Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24098614-20141114234521/@comment-25690287-20141115190122

Look, forget the pairings. The pairings don't matter. I only brought them up because a lot of people didn't like how tacked on they were. If I knew how hung up everyone was I wouldn't have mentioned it.

The fact is the ending renders part 2 meaningless. Years of blood, sweat, and tears all reduced to a bunch of mindless flashy fights. Even the final fight meant nothing. Sasuke surrenders, agrees to go back to Konoha, then turns on everyone for no point other than to give everyone the epic final showdown, then immediately surrenders again once it's done.

As soon as Sasuke surrendered at the VOTE everything before it became just a footnote. Asuma, Itachi, Konan, Nagato, Neji. Their deaths went from important moments when the people around them grew stronger, to just another scene. Team 10 got stronger to avenge Asuma, Sasuke slipped further into darkness because of Itachi, Naruto swore to a dying Nagato that he'd break the cycle of hate, Hinata was inspired to become stronger so nobody would lose somebody like she did. All of that went right out the window. Asuma and Neji didn't need to die, Sasuke didn't need to turn evil, Konan and Nagato could have happily lived. But they needed to die, just so we could get a flashy fight and lazy "I'm sorry. I should have listened the first hundred times you said you weren't giving up on me."

And I apoligize for the intelligent comment. I was frustrated. I've spent years listening to people praise the anime for running the characters into the ground. Then those same people are confused as to why people don't like the ending. That made me fear for the future of anime and manga and I snapped. I am sorry.