Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20140908173055/@comment-2013124-20140928221709

I think we're on the same side and I'm doing a poor job of explaining myself. You're overly fixated on Naruto, for the reason that he's the most developed by the author. Remember when a few weeks back we talked about fodder characters? You said if they are named then they deserve development. I agree on all counts. My issue with the Pain fight in particular and your defense of it is that it was a missed opportunity. At least a dozen characters could have had their abilities and motivations explored during that arc. And it was all missed so that Naruto could be given more spotlight. My question to you is do you really believe that everyone got to show what they were really made of during that arc? Do you really think having Naruto destroy all 6 bodies of Pain was a good use of that villian and his skillset? Because I do not. I think that once again too much was devoted to Naruto and that as a result he looks like a superstar. And that the token gestures made by the rest of the characters weren't enough to satisfy me. The anime sidestepped the issue a bit, the fights the villiages had with Pain's bodies were a bit better developed. But it still wasn't enough for me. Was it enough for you? Pain's 6 individual bodies his summons and Konan, that's 10 characters at a minimum, could have been permanently defeated by shinobi from the leaf whose name aren't Naruto. There were people in the villiage at the time that had tracking ability, was it necessary to make Naruto sprout his own? To my eye by defending this fight the way it happened means you agree with Kishi that no other characters in Konoha deserve to win a fight or showcase their skills. I thought we were all in agreement that this wasn't the case.