Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4437326-20140906222825/@comment-24577388-20140907012003

I don't consider it a flaw, but something that bugs me is how there are always two "brothers" that are equal in power no matter what.

First there's Naruto and Sasuke, but it works well because they were friends/rivals and are in a constant struggle with each other. A large part of the story revolves around this (unfortunately) and it causes their characters to evolve.

Then it's Hashirama and Madara which is okay because they founded the Leaf village together and it was actually foreshadowed a bit at the end of Part I. Then suddenly, it turns out they all have ancestors (Asura and Indra) that they inherited their chakra and wills from and they were apparently destined to fight against each other no matter what.

Now towards the end of the war, we find out completely out of the blue that Hagoromo apparently had a brother who seems to be of no importance since the Sage had his powers too and who exists just because he can. It also overcomplicates things because the history was a lot simpler when it was just Hagoromo beating and sealing the Ten-Tails. This theme just annoys me.