Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20141124214040/@comment-12509038-20141229234626

AsianReaper: Kakashi is absolutely an amazing character- he is pretty much tied with Itachi as my second favorite character in the series. Like you said, he has one of the most tragic backgrounds in the entire story. I think its even debatable to say that he had it harder than Naruto ever did (I'm not sure if his back story is worse than Sasuke's though- Sasuke went through some deep sh!t in his life). Still, through it all, Kakashi persevered and became one of the strongest shinobi in the entire village (even without his Sharingan).

For the record, Sakura is the one who got the less amount of power ups (or at least she's the one who worked the hardest to get where she was out of the three). The only real power up she received was her Strength of a Hundred Technique that she awakened over the course of three years. She is definitely the one who put in the most work, and she never ever received a BS power up like each one of them have gained in the past (and this is coming from someone who isn't even a Sakura fan). And regarding the Perfect Susanoo, that was beyond BS. Despite the fact that it had a cool design and it was interesting to see what Kakashi could do with it (such as the Kamui Shuriken- that technique is awesome), there is no logical reason for Kakashi being able to maintain a Perfect Susanoo. Had it been a Susanoo ribcage or even as much as an incomplete Susanoo, I'd be fine- in fact, I would've thought it was epic that Kakashi could do something like that. But a flying Perfect Susanoo??!! GTFO! xD

After Sasuke, I think Kakashi has had some of the best battles in the entire series. Some definite memorable ones are his battle against Hidan and Kakuzu, Pain, and Obito.

Did you ever see King of Lightning's infamous "Kakashi Sucks" video? Tbh, he does bring up a lot of valid criticisms against Kakashi's character- ones that I had never thought about before. What do you think of that?

Gemnist: Well if your first paragraph did anything, it just made me think of another question for you- what did you think of The Last? xD

As I've explained to someone else before (and as you've mentioned yourself), Kishi has admitted that he is horrible at writing romance. Therefore, I think this movie approach was the perfect way to deal with the whole pairing nonsense. Kishi could have tried to implement that into the manga, and it probably would've been a travesty. Still, that being said, there should have been a moment where Naruto acknowledged Hinata's confession somewhere in the manga. It didn't need to lead to the beginning of their actual relationship (as that is the main purpose of The Last), but its just a major plot point that was never expanded upon in the manga. And while we're on this, its kind of an extension of the previous question, but why do you consider The Last filler that is being promoted as canon material? From everything we've seen, it seems like this is just another portion of the canon story told in a different entertainment medium. I absolutely consider it a part of the manga's main timeline.

Your brief explanation of Sasuke's journey is one of the largest reasons why I love his character. Once again, this is another part that will be touched upon in more detail with the Sasuke character discussion. Regarding his cold blooded murder of Danzo, this is a tricky subject. First of all, I want to make it clear that I don't condone people taking it upon themselves to commit judgement upon others. I believe it is up to the judicial system to deal with these issues and select the correct punishment. However, at the same time, I haven't gone through what Sasuke has gone through and so its not exactly my place to judge him for killing Danzo. For example, I don't know what I would do if my entire family was murdered, and I was alone in a room with their killer. I'd like to think I would follow the law and allow the murderer to present his case in a court of law. Though at the same time, I don't know if I would actually be able to contain myself with their killer. You get what I'm saying? Basically, you can't judge something like this until you've lived it firsthand. So in a way, I can understand Sasuke's desire to kill Danzo, and I think he was very justified in that moment. After Danzo's death, his lifetime goal of revenge was achieved- there was no reason to do anything else, such as destroying Konoha (I chalk that up to Sasuke just being consumed by his rage and being manipulated by Obito). However, had he gone to Konoha and killed many innocent civilians (especially women and children), that's where the issue would arise. Personally, I always thought that Sasuke probably wouldn't be able to go through with his plan of slaughtering innocent people. Essentially, he would talk a big game, but when it comes time to act, he wouldn't do it. But anyways, to answer your original question about if we wanted Sasuke to kill Danzo, I can tell you with almost absolute certainty that yes- we did. Everyone hated Danzo, and I don't know one person who was rooting for Danzo in that fight.

I suppose the brief talk no jutsu in 696 was a bit unnecessary, but at the end of the day, it was just to further explain Sasuke's goal a bit more, and since I was so interested in this plot point, it didn't bother me. To be honest, I thought the fight was over after 695, so I was just happy to see it continue after their brief talk. I don't know man, they have so many techniques and I feel like they didn't get to show off everything they have. If anything, that's why I want the anime to expand this fight so we can see more of what they can do. And if anything, I want to see chapter 697 extended upon an entire episode- twenty minutes of pure and brutal taijutsu! And if it looks like Kakashi and Obito's battle from episode 375, then it could go down as the best episode of the entire series! But anyways, can you go a bit more in-depth about why you don't like the anime extending fights? I still don't entirely understand your reasoning. Your reasoning for your moment does make sense, and that was one of the more enjoyable elements of that battle. If anything, I just think it was a bit too short. We needed to see their titanic chakra avatars battle a bit more- that's exactly what the anime needs to expand upon.

That's the whole beauty of reviving the Uchiha Clan. With Sasuke being redeemed, the Curse of Hatred has officially faded from the world. It was an ideal that originated with Indra, and was passed down by each of his transmigrants over the generations. When Naruto beat Sasuke in their final fight, not only did the cycle of battle between the two siblings ended, but so did the Curse of Hatred, as Indra's successor (Sasuke) finally accepted Asura's successor (Naruto) beliefs, thus leading to the end of the ideals surrounded in hatred that Indra originally created. So with that in mind, Sasuke is going to lead the crusade of Uchiha redemption. For centuries, the Uchiha have been perceived as one of the most evil and twisted clans in the shinobi world. Just look at the climax of the Fourth Shinobi World War- the two major foes were members of the Uchiha Clan. It is now up to Sasuke to cleanse the Uchiha of their sins and make them seen in a positive light over one that is consumed by a lust for power. That is what I always felt would be the purpose of Sasuke's life after the series was concluded. Regarding dojutsu, its not always used for evil. In fact, in a peaceful world that has been created after the series, dojutsu can become a very useful way of spreading peaceful methods, such as ninshu.

I'm dissatisfied with the romance in the series as well. But since I didn't have such high expectations for the outcome, I think I was more accepting of the outcome than others were.

I'm not sure if Orochimaru can really be redeemed. If I had my way, Orochimaru would be the final villain of this miniseries, and it would be up to Bolt, Sarada, Naruto, and Sasuke to finish him once and for all. It just makes sense for Orochimaru to be the final adversary- that and it would wash the taste of Kaguya as the final villain out of everyone's mouth. xD