Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-27089028-20170520143733

Thekillman wrote: Starscream1998 wrote: Ok, here's another idea on how I would reboot Part 2 of Naruto (not Part 1, that's perfection and I will fight anyone who disagrees). I'll raise my hand and say i disagree. PT2 problems were present in PT1. It's just that the mistakes piled up, making them more noticeable. To fix Pt2 properly you'd need to start with Pt1.

Starscream1998 wrote: Let's get the really obvious ones out of the way. Fights need to be more personal Agreed, the kaiju level stuff falls under "what you want but not what the story needs". Susanoo itself was just the right size, it was big and imposing but the user was clearly visible within. Perfect Susanoo is so large, it's no longer emotionally engaging. The Mangekyou was among the coolest powers, but spamming it removed the whole "Oh shit" moment you got whenever someone like Itachi, a guy famous for eye prowess, closed his eyes. Starscream1998 wrote: Moving onto the plot, if we turn our minds back to the ending of Part 1 you had a perfect set up for the whole of the 2nd half of the story i.e. The Akatsuki and Orochimaru. No Tobi, no Madara, No Kaguya, no sage of six paths and his bruber BS, no God trees, no aliens and heck even get rid of the Bjuu's or rather make them something other than tailed beasts The Biju, Akatsuki being after them etc were already established in pt1. I do agree with the Demon aspect there, i liked that alot. But it seems to me that Kishimoto's greatest weakness is that he wants to add too much. IE we have 9 biju but we know the most about just 3 (Shukaku via Gaara, Gyuki via Bee and Kurama via Naruto). Many akatsuki members showed up for just one arc. I think it's clear that the current amount of time vs content is a mismatch, and we either should've had more chapters (easily 100-200 extra to properly explain and deal with everything) or we should've seen more stuff on the cutting floor.

I think the Boruto movie is an excellent example of a fairly tight narrative, with clear themes and structure. An excellent example of a movie that ran just long enough to explain the necessary while being short enough to not get bored halfway. Maybe I'm blinded by nostalgia but to be honest Part 1 is beautiful to me, it was the starting point of it all and even today harkens back feelings of freshness as if I were reading it for the first time.

Sasuke and Naruto are practically demi-gods now at this point and while it totally makes sense due to the amount of crazy shit the both of them have been through it really does leave the rest of the cast in the dust which is a shame because a lot of minor and secondary characters really have some amazing things to offer. It's why I like Dragon Ball Super a little more than I did initially as they are starting to reintroduce characters that were left behind in favour of the Goku and Vegeta show and give them some spotlight.

Kishimoto for what it's worth did a damn fine job for what it's worth but even he I think can admit that maybe a lot of the stuff was a little confusing here and there.