Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26388300-20150603054656/@comment-25402783-20150604022102

The worst to me was anything with Kaguya. It's not that they were bad fights per-say but just a very disappointing final villain and that took away from what could and should have been. It should have been Madara in Kaguya's place and that's why I think it's the worst. I honestly hope someone at New York City Comic Con asks him why he did Kaguya and not Madara as the final villain.

Anyway I digress my favorite fight is a three way tie: Pain-Jiraiya, Naruto-Pain and Kakashi-Obito. All these fights have one thing in common; emotional heft and build up. With Pain Vs Jiraiya you had Jiraiya fighting his former pupil whom he still loves but feels he must kill to save the world. All the while Pain/Nagato doesn't care for his former teacher and just want's to kill him.

With Naruto Vs Pain you finally see Naruto have bloodlust in his eyes; he want's to kill Pain so much, you've never seen such rage in Naruto and you can really feel his pain and hate. And the one part where Pain is about to stab Hinata and when Naruto yells "Stop!" And Pain just looks up at him... then back down. . . and stabs Hinata, it was a pretty powerful moment.

And the Kakashi Vs Obito fight was alright in the manga, but man in the show it was so good! The fight choreography, the way they blended the flashbacks into the fight without having them get in the way or slow things down. It was so great to see these two former friends fight with the intent to kill.