Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24529455-20140609220958

One of the main themes of Naruto, which was never really paid attention to much due to the whole Sasuke fervor years ago, is the quest for greater power. Basically, that's what this whole series has been about. It started off somewhat innocently, where the power prize was a mere Sharingan for Orochimaru. It's really spiraled since then, beginning with the Mangekyo Sharingan, followed by the Rinnegan, which leads into the power of the tailed beasts, and finally, the Ten-Tails and basically God.

The quest for more power is basically what moves the story forward. Sasuke became a villain at the end of Part I to gain the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, while the Akatsuki started going after the tailed beasts. And then there was Orochimaru's quest, which really did not impact the series other than possibly reanimating Madara-which we'll get to later.

The majority of Part II focuses on Obito, the main "human" villain of the series, in his quest to get the power of the Ten-Tails, the ultimate chakra manifestation. He makes sure to actively keep control of the Rinnegan to get to this milestone, and after many frustrations and a World War, he finally succeeds. However, due to coveting the Rinnegan and Orochimaru's quest to gain all power (at least it had a little impact on the story), Obito's grip on the Ten-Tails is much less powerful, as he is caught up in so much power that Madara was able to force Obito to resurrect him, a much powerful being, a "demigod", if you will.

Madara basically takes all of Obito's power and expands upon it, eventually succeeding where Obito failed in placing all the world in a genjutsu. With every jutsu at his disposal, Madara basically became God. But there was already a God. Named Kaguya. Since Madara became so much like her, she basically took over him, and now we have the ultimate being.

It is these villains' quest for power that have shaped the heroes' increasing power, because, let's face it, any new powers that Naruto and Sasuke gain are sure to have been used by the So6P and Madara at some point. However, there has been one point often made in the series: about Naruto promising various people to bring peace to the world. We have seen several battles caused solely because of the quest for power, and so it is unarguable that this is what has motivated all the truly bad guys in Naruto. After 679 chapters, I have finally come to the conclusion that this theme is what Naruto is all about. For all the new powers they gained, Naruto and Sasuke have repeatedly failed to bring an end to the Shinobi World War, and now this mad craze for power that has existed since the beginning of the series has created a god that cannot truly be killed. So now, I believe that the final solution isn't an ultimate battle power-up. (But not Talk no Jutsu either, blech). What will happen is that eventually, Kaguya will fall and chakra will be eliminated, thus eliminating the future threat of what has happened in Naruto's history. Not saying that the Shinobi world will become "Earth", but the only eventual way to stop the ultimate power is to eliminate power as it starts.

I'm gonna get a lot of heat for this prediction, but what are your guys' thoughts on this? 