Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20141029205355/@comment-1629132-20141030092251

Hiyayaka-kun wrote: Dissapointments galore for the actual fight. Too much like dragon ball, needlessly large explosions, but I guess you don't have to worry about stealth as a ninja if you blow up everyone that could possibly see you.

That aside, I liked the dialog and the translation of it was well done (at least on MS). It was made perfectly clear finally by both parties where they stood and how they felt. Overall, I got a sense that they entire story would have been better if there were less characters that were given more indepth story than all the watered down and sometimes unanswered/unfinished plotlines/holes/bits that we ended up with.

I mean are we really naive enough to believe that when the MT is undone that EVERYONE is just going to get along? That Orochimaru will just be like "meh, that was fun, guess I'll go further mankind with my science now".

It wasn't bad, but as others have said, it felt rushed. Maybe like Kishi just doesn't care anymore and wants to be done with it. One thing I can say is this ending is NOTHING like I would have suspected back in 2002 when I started reading this.

What do you mean by less characters having indepth stories? I feel support characters like Rock Lee, Neji, Shikamaru, Choji, etc. were given an appropriate amount of focus and development as well as background. As for most of the former villains are dead or reformed now I do wonder about Ororchimaru. It doesn't seem like he has any intention to end his experiments as he noted to Hirizen while they were battling the Shinju. I do feel like this last part slightly rushed, but all in all it made sense and I'm sure the anime will depict it well and even extend the fight by an episode or two. Hopefully there won't be too many unnecessary flashbacks though. I think endings that are least expected are more interesting as it surprises you. It's only upsetting when it doesn't fit at all. Also Kishimoto has been writing the series since 1999...don't you think it would make sense to believe he is a bit tired? This is basically his life's work and he wrote the story as best fit that he saw it. After Naruto I'm sure there won't be any other work of his that will hold a candle, kind of like Toriyama and Dragon Ball. But I don't think he grew apathetic about it and thought "Wahtevs. Guess I'll just have Naruto and Sasuke make up now so I can end this shit."