Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4849011-20151112232753/@comment-4849011-20151114145438

Thekillman wrote: Sometimes i feel that the Anime team understands Naruto better than Kishimoto himself does. And sometimes it seems like the Anime team wants to alienate all fans. I honestly hope we once will see a Brotherhood version of naruto, like a new Anime made with the entire Manga in mind, made to fit it and expand it where necessary, without extreme fillers. The thing about fillers in Part I is they had a purpose- entertaining people while allowing time for the new manga issues to be released. Now, as someone pointed out on a different thread, all the issues have now been released, so there's no point to stretch things out with filler. If the fillers meant something (like the Shadow of the ANBU arc or the episodes in the FSWW arc), it would be different.

As for Naruto and Sasuke, I thought the Land of Tea arc was well done. It added to their antagonism (by making Sasuke even more jealous) and fit seamlessly into the manga narrative.