Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33056229-20170908102621/@comment-734582-20170908190751

Mr. Grave wrote: He probably would have expanded the story and done things differently if he could, but he couldn't mainly due to Shonen Jump's intrusions but also in large part due to his declining health. Plus, considering the Naruto series was pretty much printing money, Kishimoto also knew that once he put his foot down about ending the series, there would be no backing off.