Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4700229-20141027210331/@comment-3279282-20141105222226

Allow me to chime in: Kishimoto's Naruto is - even though terms like good and bad are subjective - not "good" from an objective point of view. I think the thing it lacks the most is a logical makeup. There are many events that seem illogical to the point where they feel rushed. This is something a "good" story should not have. Neither are the countless plot holes and timeline errors the manga has. A manga can be as entertaining as it wants, if the story doesn't fit altogether, it's not a "good" story.

It is, however, good enough for a Shonen manga. Naruto gave the readers everything they can expect from a Shonen. We got fights and magic, we got some kind of moral and we got pairings. So everyone who says that they dislike Naruto because of the explained above, should probably read some higher-class manga, something that doesn't focus on fights and magic.

If Kishi would've wanted to create a better manga - and yes, I say that despite being an author, because I don't need to be an author to have basic understanding of how to write a story - he should've begun thinking about the end earlier and in a more clear way. He said himself that he had to make many changes to already established things because he didn't think too far ahead. Just having the ending of the story in ones head is not enough. The author needs to connect the dots in his story. And Kishimoto failed to do exactly that.