Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-5085906-20170428222809/@comment-734582-20170429090054

Mr. Grave wrote: I know I'm simply grasping at straws here, but I wanted to share this with you guys and maybe get some of your own opinions. You can't really grasp at straws when there's not much known about the circumstances to begin with. Your theory is a perfectly fine, legit theory. I'm not entirely sure how someone could fight against the immense reputation that Naruto brought up, and i'm not sure if the Franchise is willing to go that way, since it would be returning to roots laid out...6-7 years ago in real time and 400-ish chapters of story ago? It's a huge risk, but i can see them doing it.

I've said it (several times) before, but the very specific wording of Kawaki makes me think that Naruto is indeed sent away to some other dimension. Now technically the afterlife is a dimension in Naruto, but i mean some other dimension than the Pure or Limbo world.

A political maneuver is something i can see working well, because it negates Naruto and Sasuke's greatest strength. They lost the first round against Momoshiki because they had no choice but to sit still and take every attack, even though we know full well they normally could've dodged and redirected it. But you know, redirecting a humongous bijudama in one of the most populated places in the world is not going to be very....nice.

I don't really see how Naruto can be made an enemy of the state. I think the most effective political maneuver would be also by far the biggest threat to the franchise, and it would require a leap of faith by the writers, editors et all that i just don't see them making. But there is one:

Abolish the position of Hokage. Essentially use the argument that the Hokage is now a position of too much power, and should be either reduced to a Mayor position which controls solely the village, to a position of General which controls solely the Ninja forces (but not the village) or to a President which controls solely the country (IE merging the Daimyo and Hokage position, creating a new army commander and mayor post).

It would mean that Naruto is the last Hokage.