Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-27805535-20160215213915/@comment-734582-20160216113043

Curse of Hatred wrote: Part 2 definitely had some good parts, but I would have been so much happier if it had ended after Naruto vs Pain. Screw anything about a war I think the War arc was fine. Naruto suffered from a series of unresolved problems, and in the grand finale those problems became grand problems. It doesn't make them exclusive to the War Arc, they just became more obvious.

I think the biggest problem post-Pain is simply the timespan. In a matter of weeks Naruto goes from being strong to taking on Pain himself, then in a matter of days takes on the strongest shinobi in history, and then in a matter of hours he takes on Obito, Juubi, Juubito, Madara, Kaguya and Sasuke while transforming from a Jinchuriki to a God.

Really, in what totals as a few weeks Naruto goes from a fairly average ninja to a God. I think the War Arc would've been better as a Part III, with the Akatsuki going into hiding after Pain's defeat so Obito has some time to master the Rinnegan, Sasuke has some time to adjust to his powers, Naruto has some time to connect to Kurama following his near-merger, etc etc etc.

A timeskip of a year or so would've done a lot of good for the pacing.