Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20141124214040/@comment-8284722-20141227065829

Sheesh, it took me forever just to read your response to ME. But anyways, to be frank, I myself almost forgot about Samui and Atsui. Good thing Kishi didn't, but at the same time, he could've used all those panels to explain the fates of so many other characters. And about 50% of them involved Hinata. That's trolling if you ask me... As for Sasuke's jutsu, I don't really know or care why it's in. Same goes for Hinata tripping on a flat surface (that takes skill). Or even Tenten with the knives. I think the scene was just to show how very much of a foil Madara and Sasuke are, and that they both have far better people in their brothers, Izuna and Itachi.

In my opinion, Sasuke actually is not just A Naruto villain, but the MAIN Naruto villain. He may not be the supreme villain, but he has more effects on the plot than any other - not even Obito, who basically created Naruto and Sasuke's predicaments, can match the trauma that Sasuke put Naruto through. He's done some villainy stuff too. Like, brutally beat down his best friend just so he can become the main villain at-the-time's lap dog. Or then cause a guy to blow himself up. And then there was him trying to eliminate everyone that lived in a village that was already a bunch of rubble, to which he kidnapped the second-most-powerful shinobi of a village, impaled the target village's leader and the girl who loved him with the same attack, tried to run his future wife (SERIOUSLY???) through with lightning and then slit her throat within a period of two minutes, and having his brother's corpse desecrated. Finally, he tried to slaughter nine kaiju, five mayors, and his best friend with the intention of CONQUERING THE WORLD... Have you had enough? If not, I'll happily be part of the discussion.

Well, most Hinata addicts all think that Hinata was the very first person to acknowledge Naruto. But that's simply not true. I think the word "acknowledge" is a bit misleading; it more properly means "become friends with". But as you can see, Hinata and Naruto clearly weren't friends back then. Instead, Hinata thought Naruto was just some rock star and wanted to f*** him. The first person to acknowledge Naruto will always be Iruka, no ifs/ands/buts about it; it pretty much makes up Iruka's very purpose in the series. Hinata, meanwhile, didn't do so until his Chunin Exam victories and the Invasion of Konoha, whereupon all 11 (sorry Sasuke) became tight friends.

The Toneri thing was a pretty big battle (the friggin Moon was going to crash down upon Earth - if Majora's Mask and BEN Drowned weren't bad enough!), but I found it ridiculous. An alien invasion? Seriously? Not only that, but it had nothing to do with NH, and there was no point for another dojutsu. I like Kishi's first idea better - NO NH CONCLUSIVENESS (I heard in some interview that he was actually told by SP to place NH in the movie even though it was already going to happen). We don't need any more big battles. At all. Naruto vs. Sasuke is the end. Any more big battles and this is going to end up like Dragon Ball GT - and NO ONE wants that. World peace got established, and personally I like the peace that came about under Naruto's guidance and wait for the day that it actually does happen in the real world (Step 1: Eliminate all those al-Qaeda b****es). Though for the record, Karui and Tenten even question the peace and need for shinobi, only to be halted by Ino and a need for green respectively. So overall, I don't really care for what conflict lies ahead for Boruto in his movie and miniseries. This isn't Dragon Ball where there's always some sort of threat that can come to Earth at any point. This is a world whose conflict was gone thanks to the eponymous character. Let's move on.

I was glad there was no TnJ at the end, though was completely stupefied when it came during the very first chapter of the battle. Honestly, enough with the TnJ. It's effective but also repetitive. The action was top-notch; like Plane, I love how it went from Hiroshima ninjutsu to brutal taijutsu. The battle had quite a few emotional moments, particularly in Ch. 698. The length was perfect in my opinion - short but sweet, as they say. My favorite moment, actually, was when Naruto and Sasuke launch themselves up into space and duke out their most powerful moves back in 696; it packed emotion, brutality, and themes all in one neat package. The ending of the fight was great and I had hoped for this outcome; the ending of the series - just so many plotholes and missteps in continuity just because of decisions made way back in 1999 that could've EASILY been changed based on what was already on pen-and-paper. For the anime, I only hope it actually features some good animation and not what we have been seeing the last several episodes; if it ends up like the Invasion of Pain in terms of animation, I'll be happy as a lark.

While Karin did lack in several qualities, again, I pitied her. She had nothing just like Sasuke did. Sakura? She had Naruto, Kakashi, and all her friends. She didn't NEED Sasuke for anything. I honestly believe that Sasuke should've just ended up single - good riddance to those Uchiha.

And finally Minato. I was always hoping they would have some kind of hug (I think the only physical contact they've made is Naruto punching him in the gut and Minato patting Naruto's head). So yeah, there should've been more from Minato, but then again, he WAS an Edo Tensei, so he couldn't do much anyways (why else did Madara bring himself to life?).

Also for Plane's thing. You're pretty spot on with SS. I thought the same thing about NH and SS back then, but as the series progressed and I got to get more and more invested in Team 7, I just couldn't see either pairing. Neither could Kishi, SJ, and SP apparently - so the Naruto Project sprang up. Regarding future SS material, I'm surprised if Kishi is going to do that, because he spent a whole f***ing movie invested in NH, where he had ample opportunity to develop all five other relationships, and now he wants to make more content on this pairing. Really?... Granted, it might've ended up like Love Actually, but it's better than nothing (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, MANGA). Was it also confirmed to be ten years? Thought it was 15. If Orochimaru is in the miniseries, that's interesting; I want to know his fate, as well as Kabuto's and Taka's.