Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26958911-20151011204829/@comment-734582-20151012082642

Curse of Hatred wrote: Seeing what Kishimoto did to Minato's reputation, maybe it's for the best... Well the guy did give us Naruto in all it's glory (and faults) so it could be absolutely great.

But to be honest, with the power of hindsight, i think that Kishi should've taken a year or two off after Pain just to refill his creative circuits.