Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20141029205355/@comment-25349026-20141102071038

Here's my review of the questions posed, I'm sure someone will want to crucify me for my opinion on something.

1. Did it live up to your expectations? Nope

2. What was your favorite/least favorite moments? Favorite moments, anything that was not one of the following, flashback, explosion, rasengan, chidori, susano'o, talk/dr. phil no jutsu. So, I guess in the end, about 8 panels of ACTUAL fighting like men.

3. What about the fight made it great/okay/terrible? great - that its over. Ok - that there was actual fighting. Terrible - 'Now I'll show you my true form!' trope.

4. How has the pacing and length affected your view on the fight? Each chapter that passed was a fight, I had less and less hope of character development and story being rectified/clarified/justified/endified.

5. Judge the action- as a fight itself, what did you think about it? It was Goku/Gohan's final clash with (enter DBZ villain of your choice).

6. Judge the emotional impact- how did Naruto and Sasuke's interactions effect you? It was kind of lame to find out in the end that Sasuke was being a dick just because he envied Naruto or found him "cool" in any way. Imagine how much senseless violence, destroyed nature, faceless ninja extras/stuntmen, and villages could have been saved over the course of this story if people just said what they honestly felt BEFORE destroying everything and blowing each other's arms off.

7. On a scale from 1-10, how would you rate this fight as a whole? 1. It was probably one of if not the worst fight in the series. I truly and sincerely mean that. But it was too be expected after this 3 year build up of a "ninja" war where about 5% of the soldiers are WMDs faffing about altering the landscape with super powerful HUGE flashy "ninja" moves. To give you an idea of a better fight, I'd have said Zabuza vs. Kakashi. You can even do the "BIG" fights ok too if you don't do them over the top, i.e. Naruto/Bunta vs. Gaara/Shukaku or Hiruzen vs. Orochimaru and the cadaver crew.

8. Leave whatever else you want to say about the final battle of the Naruto series!

I am glad its over. I don't mean that in a negative way either. My favorite series have always been ones that are short and sweet. They tend to just have enough of everything. Super long anime/manga tend to milk stuff for ¥¥¥/$$$ and they suffer. While I never read it, I've heard several people I've talked to say that Bleach should have ended at x point, Inuyasha should have ended after Kikyo died/ Naraku was "defeated", and that One piece is just a joke.

I personally felt it could have ended on a great note after the Pain arc.

Naruto can exit the stage FAR FAR more gracefully than many of its peers, and THAT is saying a lot.