Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25380140-20141125072410/@comment-5407586-20141125143509

Well, less Uchiha crap (or at least, not always talking about the Massacre, the Massacre, and the Massacre), some more backstory about the tailed beasts (their character development wasn't on par with their importance in the story, except for Yang-Kurama, to some extent also for Gyuki and Shukaku) and their jinchuriki, less focusing on Naruto and Sasuke (the main reason for Part I's supposed popularity through the fandom seems to be the fact that there was a lot of screen time for "minor" characters): these modifications would've allowed Naruto to truly rise to the top spot in the manga industry of all time (IMHO). In the War Arc, the Edo Tensei's potential wasn't exactly well used, apart from the former Kage and Hanzo. After Madara's appearance and the start of the battle with Tobi, Kishimoto apparently went "screw the Alliance, they're cannon fodder at this point, who cares", which goes a little against the idea of cooperation and teamwork (which was an important point of the series).