Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32617252-20170726232219/@comment-5085906-20170809173104

@Thekillman

But y'see, the problem you listed is not a problem that's exclusive to Naruto. It's something that's plagued and is continuing to plague shonen anime for quite a while.

One Piece had Paramount War where the fight only happened among the high-ranking guys and the rest of the hordes were brushed off everytime Mihawk felt the need to bust an iceberg or two.

Even Boku no Hero, which is being praised for utilizing shonen tropes in an ingenius and better way than it's predecessors suffers from this problem, where one student hero can overwhelm a bunch of quirk-equipped villains with which pro heroes struggle against.

Regardless, this is not what I'm referring to when I'm talking about power ceilings. What I'm saying is it is okay for one or a small group of known and developed characters to save the day against the villain, because honestly that's who we care about - we don't give a shit about "Nameless Shinobi #325" and his struggle with alcohol addiction - we care about the guys and girls that grew up along with us. BUT, and this is a big but, there's no need for them to gain a powerup everytime that happens. Naruto got two of those in the span of the Fourth World War. Honestly, I would have been satisfied if the powerups stopped at the Pain Invasion Arc and Naruto just learned using Sage Mode better instead of conjuring some bullshit chakra avatar that gets triggered by his dead mom. It's just stupid.

Speaking of Sage Mode, this also poses the problem of not being able to enjoy seeing your character use that powerup. I loved how Naruto looked with his normal Sage Mode and I would have loved to see more of it, but no - as soon as he got his next powerup, it was swept under the floor.