Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25626003-20150728002625/@comment-26773508-20150909130803

Fearlandscape wrote: BakumatsuWarrior wrote: 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. Two of those casualties barely got any screen time as it was. Might as well have killed Kiba and Tenten if one wanted to build a body count. But then again any death other than Kakashi, Sasuke or Sakura would have failed to make an impact anyway. Which is exactly why the War arc sucked. A good War story always has awesome action and a lot of heart-wrenching moments, which can only be accomplished through the deaths of important protagonists. When Neji died I could only feel sorry for his character. I didn't feel sad; I was just sorry that Neji had soooo much potential as a character but got completely neglected throughout Part 2, all so that he can one day randomly pop up in a manga frame and get fatally stabbed by half a dozen wooden projectiles. That was such a distasteful way to kill off a character. Instead of feeling sad and thinking "I'll never see Neji's awesomeness again!! Booo hoo hooo...", I was thinking "I wonder how many awesome Neji moments Kishi could have actually created instead of this random crap -_-"

Moonlight Guidepost wrote: 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. I lost it when Kishi nerfed Hanzo and used that tired old cliche of the "One Hit Kill Samurai Slash" to take Hanzo out. I mean like seriously? This guy fought off the Sanin and could have killed them in the Second War. And how is he defeated? Yeah, that same boring one-slash technique all samurai mangas use. Pathetic!