Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32676759-20170725042729/@comment-734582-20170824151856

Starscream1998 wrote: Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with that it's just some of the endearing themes that made Part 1 so beloved like effort and endurance gave way to destiny, prophecies, bloodlines, reincarnations and genetic talent which kind of sucked. A lot of that was already present in Part 1 too though. Kakashi's KKG already made him a top-tier shinobi, just for having that eye. Sasuke's dojutsu matched Haku's, and Naruto could only fight back by releasing his inner demon. Sure Naruto had to fight hard and train hard and needed cleverness to win, but without Kurama's power all that would've been for nothing.

Sure it wasn't a big a problem back then, but these kind of issues were never really addressed and it adds up.

Starscream1998 wrote: But of course around the fight between Guy and Madara Kishimoto to his credit started to build up Kaguya (as much as he could and it really comes off as forced) to replace Madara's role as the thing that would bring the Naruto and Sasuke together. The series started a thematic shift around Pain, where the whole bhuddist theme that continues into the current series started. Death, reincarnation etc. Sure the end goal was always VOTE II (Something Kishimoto himself said), but the road had it's deviations. The 4th war however features many new KKG and all sorts of new backstory that makes it clear that Kishimoto wanted to add way more. Presumably Kaguya was some aspect of the story he couldn't really fit until he had no other option than to kill Madara with her.

Though i've also heard rumors that around the 4th war Kishimoto had health issues and his assistant did a lot for him.