Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140424013325/@comment-1170104-20140427172333

The main reason I wasn't too thrilled about this arc is because we knew at the beginning how it was going to go down. We knew Naruto was going to return from his Sage Mode training, face Pein, and win. He was given the strength from his resulted training and the knowledge from people who already fought Pain. It was just the matter of him using knowledge successfully in battle. The plot didn't hold Naruto's hand like they did for Sakura when she fought against Sasori, but there was barely any struggle involved the entire fight.