Re: Okay, since several believe the "the manga has gone to shit now" I would like to.
The power levels don't exactly bother me, it's the sudden change in plot. I don't like the fact the Kaguya is the new final villain (or at least, she seems to be the final villian). Madara was introduced to the story hundreds of chapters ago, and there has always been power to his name. The moment I found out that he was reanimated, I got the hunch it would be him vs. the world in the end. It's not even that I like Madara, because he could be a better villain in my opinion. The difference between Madara and Kaguya is foreshadowing and plot relevance.
And what if it turns out that Kimimaro and his clan as well as the shinigami were foreshadowing for her? Kaguya I believe was foreshadowed well in these past two arcs, but I will agree Madara was developed and foreshadowed better, though Kaguya too is heavily inspired based on the the parallels I have found of her.
Yeah, you could say Kaguya was foreshadowed and she has tons of plot relevance, but it seems as if it was thought of recently as a last minute attempt to make the series "more interesting" when it was already interesting. It's one of those "don't try and fix what isn't broken moments".
Very understandable and reasonable.
His entire reasoning for leaving the village and doing Madara's bidding was because a childhood crush died. I don't care who tries to sugarcoat this or twist his motives to their liking, it really boils down to some female dying. That's not exceptional writing.
I think you're becoming a bit too unreasonable here with the "I don't care how people sugar-coat it" statement lol. The way I interpreted it was he saw the shinobi system as a whole as a curse or as hell. He stated this when she died, he stated this when he returned to Madara and he stated it a third time to Kakashi. He didn't even regard Rin who died as the real Rin, or even Kakashi. Obito, while still ruthless also seemed to relate to Naruto's personality and ideals and was effected by him throughout the series by Naruto's victories and swayings over Akatsuki members. Furthermore, he seemed to put the safety and happiness of the world over his own well-being. Yes, as I saidm he was ruthless, but he seemed quite lucid most of the time, never liked Madara and in my opinion was not unhinged like him. Madara possessed a god complex. Obito in my opinion didn't he also didn't mock or torture the shinobi like Madara did and tried to persuade them. I'm sorry if you regard this as "sugar-coating," but it's just the way I interpreted and how I saw him portrayed. Maybe even this was not enough for you?
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Well I'm only trying to be courteous and friendly lols.
1: I would of liked it to at least keep to the scale where elemental ninjutsu can be used, and they don't possess techniques that are so obviously over powering without consequences that they can use it endlessly and exclusively or however they see fit.
But Naruto and Sasuke
did use elemental techniques on Madara and the whole of the alliance and even Naruto and Sasuke were worn out from fighting Obito. Naruto and even Kurama ran low on chakra several times while Kkashi finally lost his stamina and started going blind.
3: I don't like it when an established under dog and hard worker was suddenly throw on a pedestal as the worlds savior, who can heal a man from a jutsu that takes the users life, and thanks to being the reincarnation of the verses God is nearly promised greatness.
But wouldn't you agree that if they hadn't worked hard, they would not have made it where they are now, destiny or not? In my opinion, Naruto was on a pedestal from the start. The whole series is named after him and the valley of the end statues were obvious parallels to destiny for me. It didn't just start in this arc, but all the way back in the beginning.
I agree it would have been more enjoyable, dynamic and realistic if Gai died. On the other hand, it's not as if Naruto resurrected him. He just kept his life force from going out.
