Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4700229-20141027210331/@comment-28861328-20141105225112

FF-Suzaku wrote: Naruto is not high literature. We all get it. If you want to have a discussion about that, at least articulate your points and make a dedicated thread to discuss the merits and faults of the series' writing. Now that it's over, you can do it throughtfully with a view of the whole picture.

Frankly, I'm tired of reading all these complaints about it not turning out how people wanted or "feeling rushed" in every single thread.

I'm entirely with you in that boat. It is sort of a cliche argument, but a valid one: If you don't like it, don't read it. If you read it, despite not liking it, that is your problem: shut up.

Seelentau wrote: If Kishi would've wanted to create a better manga - and yes, I say that despite being an author, because I don't need to be an author to have basic understanding of how to write a story - he should've begun thinking about the end earlier and in a more clear way. He said himself that he had to make many changes to already established things because he didn't think too far ahead. Just having the ending of the story in ones head is not enough. The author needs to connect the dots in his story. And Kishimoto failed to do exactly that.

Valid point. I've always been told that if you really want to do a better job of making sure the story connects all the dots and matches the ending, write the ending first. That way, even though you may have to make changes here and there, you still have an end goal in sight and it is harder to veer completely off track.