Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25626003-20150728002625/@comment-1466878-20150909031105

BakumatsuWarrior wrote: Moonlight Guidepost wrote: And people find it hard to understand why I think the story as it's been presented since Naruto and Bee joined the field is pretty ridiculous. The whole War Arc was absolute bull right from the start. Boring battles, whether against White Zetsus or against Edo Tensei ninjas; ridiculous powerups for Madara, Naruto and Sasuke; lack of any serious casualties (except Neji, Shikaku, Inoiji), etc. It basically ruined the entire manga for me. Thank you! I didn't say it in my last comment, but you pretty much laid out what I would've said in one post lol. I thought it was just me, but all of those battles were honestly boring. Then you had the ones post Kurama mode and near the end they got so many power ups out of nowhere for so many "boom! this exists and is a thing now" reasons. You don't do that in the last arc of your story. I mean wtf. It has no impact to me.

Actually, let me give you my thoughts on the progression of the manga, my image of it and my interest in tandem:

NARUTO was my #1 followed manga and I was an enthusiastic fan all into the story up through Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown. As far as I'm concerned, that was the last good/great Naruto arc. I was loving NARUTO. Everything that happened had me invested and held a place in my heart.

After that, I started slipping after the beginning of the Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation. I really tried to maintain interest and hang on, but I finally fell out of NARUTO halfway through the arc. I was sad to realize that fact lol.

Everything was utterly great up until that point. So well done imo.