Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1018594-20160409062530/@comment-1018594-20160815143457

Ravenlot 27 wrote: C`mon, for example, who could ever know the series about a loser ninja who had a dream to become Hokage would end in a mission of saving the world from the evil goddess?

Kishimoto claims he had the ending thought out from the start of the manga, but then later claimed that he had to put Kaguya together at the last minute because he realized Madara was so OP he couldn't be beat believably. Obviously he knew Naruto vs. Sasuke II would happen, but everything leading up to that was basically him freestyling.