Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32617252-20170726232219/@comment-5085906-20170808232401

Ancladar wrote: now that we've seen the nine tails cut the moon in half with a beam and kids in the ninja academy stronger/more competent then jonin my hopes for this series being good is zero. I agree with the rest of this post, but I don't think Naruto ever stopped being good. Yeah, some characters underwent shoddy development, there were a lot of plot holes and retcons, but you kinda have to expect that from a series that spans across more than 500 episodes. If by "being good" you mean being forced back to the roots of the classic Naruto, then yeah, you're right - there's no way Boruto's gonna get back to those roots 'cause really it wouldn't make sense in-canon. How would I feel any sense of dread or contempt for an Orochimaru-scale villain when there are two nuclear weapons that could obliterate him with one throw? It may seem disappointing for someone who was lured in by the atmosphere of classic Naruto, but I know there are a lot of Naruto fans who don't have any big issues with this borderline-DBZ power creep.

I agree with the rest of what you said, though. I think Kishimoto really screwed the pooch early on. He orchestrated the perfect battle in which he could set up a power ceiling that could have prevented this power creep from happening - Hiruzen vs Orochimaru - but by the time Part II rolled out, that ceiling had already been torn through. From there on, the power ups just kept on getting more ridiculous.