Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25374031-20140917212238/@comment-3568954-20140925081810

NeedleJizo wrote: In my opinion, Kishimoto didn't know he was going to extend the series for as long as he did. It's like it was supposed to end with the Invasion of Pain: Naruto surpassing his master was kinda like a spiritual journey.

But then Kishimoto started pulling Perfect Sages out of his ass: Hashirama, Kabuto, Minato. So now it just looks like Jiraiya was a derp because he was the only one who couldn't do it perfectly. Minato was not a perfect sage. because he said he had no experience in using sage mode in battle simply because his battles never got that far because of FTG