Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140830021423/@comment-1018594-20140830113933

Ino. From what we've seen about her character, she's hopelessly in love with Sasuke and irreparably superficial. She's the typical billion dollar princess and she's basically pre-Team 7 Sakura. Shikamaru got major development in the Hidan and Kakuzu Arc, Choji during the War arc, but Ino? Cut her hair, grew it back and then nothing happened.

Minato is the most overrated character in any manga I've ever followed. Ever. He's bland, given ridiculous power for absolutely no reason at all, and he really doesn't offer much to the story besides "I sealed Kurama into my son...and I also kinda made the Rasengan". I thought he was alright when all he could do was the Flying Raijin. Then we found out Tobirama (who I believe is actually underrated) did it first. But then he perfectly knew how to do Kurama Chakra Mode, Tailed Beast Mode and Sage Mode despite being dead for the last 16 years? Kishimoto tried to build him up too fast and failed. Horribly. He's often used as a measuring stick for Naruto, but let's be honest; Naruto surpassed this deadbeat the second he learned how to combine Wind Style with his Rasengan. I actually rooted for Obito and Madara against him.

And finally, I'll say Shisui is kinda bad. Sure he overcame the Curse of Hatred...but that's it. He was said to be pretty powerful, but the filler saw Danzo pluck his eye out within the first minute of a fight. And now he's getting Susanoo and he's playable in the new game? Dude, he had no more than 10 minutes of screentime in the entire anime. We get Shisui with an all-new moveset and everything, but I'll put money Hebi/Taka still won't have updated movesets or costumes.

I feel Minato is the only one that really detracts from the story, but everyone else could have been written better. Much better. Especially Ino and the rest of the Konoha 11: they spend the entire story watching Naruto and Sasuke's backs and then they're giving equal billing in the fight against Obito and Madara? Get the fuck outta here.