Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25306941-20141006045359/@comment-1629132-20141007054135

I don't think you're reading into it too much at all.

When you follow a series intently for years it is hard to think it's over. When Dragon Ball Z first arrived in America I was 6 and became an instant/slightly obsessive fan. It was just too awesome and always entertained me. In fact it still does to this day although I can enjoy it in a mature manner. I bought all of FUNimation's Dragon Boxes so that I can go back and watch the series anytime (I don't like relying on the internet). And GT was sad for me too, but I learned that there will always be other series. My cousins got into Naruto a year or two before it came into the U.S.

After it arrived I enjoyed Part I of the anime in English Dub (And some sub) and I have been religiously reading the manga online for about 8 years now. You kind of do follow how the characters grow so it's like following a lfie story. Anyway now I'm a young adult, but still can enjoy these series without any embarrassment. I know a lot of people my age in this country feel anime/manga is immature or childish (in the sense it is only meant for kids), but that is simply untrue. I have enjoyed several anime over the years and hope not to quit anytime soon, (although I do find it hard to get into new series these days). So cry if you need to brother, but know the adventure never ends!

I don't know if I have a favorite moment (I really enjoyed the canon portion of Part I and some of the filler), but as for the series ending I personally think Sasuke MAY die somehow. If you think about his character there is no way he can turn around like Obito did. It's true Itachi, Orochimaru and Obito manipulated Sasuke, but after talking with Hashirama and knowing the absolute truth behind everything he is freely making his own path and decisions.

So even if Naruto defeats him I do not think he would give up on his goals so I think he might as well die, but who knows. Maybe he will lose all of his powers and be imprisoned somehow. It's really hard to predict how this fight will end (other than Naruto likely winning because he is the main character). I think 5 more chapters is WAY too short for the fight and ending of the series. It should be as long as the first fight at the Valley of The End, but I suppose the first fight was longer because they talked more.

Anyway the only other loose end is releasing everyone from the IT and the tailed beasts from Chibaku Tensei. I wanted Naruto and Hinata to get together, but we will see as there was only so much development there (for crying out loud she confessed her love for him!). I suppose the series may end with a type of time skip or with every loose end being tied up like at the end of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

A few more predictions/possibilities: Sasuke will spam his Rinnegan powers and use Susanoo and Amaterasu or Kagutsuchi as usual and Naruto will use new techniques such as a Truth-Seeking Ball Rasengan or something. It will hopefully be an interesting fight since the Truth-Seeking Balls can negate ninjutsu. But I will be dissappointed that the fight will be 5 chapters or less...that's pretty much like 3 anime episodes...