War Arc: the Best and the worst.

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as we all know, the War Arc, Naruto's final Arc, can be considered by the great majority as the Naruto's worst Arc. But still, is also the longest arc of the series by far, so beside having some of its worst moments, it also had some good things hidden inside.
So... What was in your opinion the worst and the best of this Arc?

To me personally the best in general was the Uchiha Bros vs Kabuto fight. I know its an unpopular opinion (cries of "boring!" and "too much flashbacks!" can be heard right now), but it encompensated two of my favorite moments of this series to me:
1. Itachi's final goodbyes to his little brother
2. Kabuto's story.

Let me break it down:
On behalf of Itachi's farewell... Do I really need to say anything? The raw emotions of the moment, the words said, the true umbreakable love of an older brother to his ototou...
It was on of the last moments that I truly felt Kishi's genius (another one being chapter 698)


And the other was Kabuto's backstory.
Kabuto before that always felt a little iffy to me. What does he want? Why he is with someone like Oro? Why he is such a jerk all the time? But when I truly understood what he bem trought, what drive him to become that..abomination in the end...
It struck me really hard. Here was someone who didn't even knew his own name. Who did not have a família, who did not have friends, a purpose or an identity. Someone who just wanted to to figure out who he really was in an unforgiving world that rewarded the ones from especial bloodlines and gifted since birth with genius and uniqueness and shunned nobodies like him. And that was what made him my third favorite character of all times...


And the worst? Obito Kamuin'g from the afterlife to give Kakashi a plotdevised DMS. It was the only moment in this series that I honestly tought about quitting it.
But I did not hated because of the obvious. It wasn't because of the stupid way that it was created; it wasn't how completely illogical it was or how much of a obvious plothole it felt. It was because the last chapter was just sorte of perfect. How they made Obito's farewell. It made someone like me (who pretty much hated Obito after his identity was revealed) to get a little tear eyed. But the next episode was like: "remember how you tought Obitp is finnaly dead? Just kidding! We'll overpower Kamui even more so he can litterally jump trought the outherworld!"
It truly felt like a spat on the face of everyone who felt something genuine on the last chapter.

So... How about you?
 

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The worst was all the obito flashbacks about rin, plus the way how some characters looked like fodder compared to all the power ups that naruto and sasuke got in one arc.
 

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The war arc was the best. Because sakura and tsunade got screen time power ups
 

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I agree OP. The war made me love kabuto.
 

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EMS Sasuke was nerfed, Rinnegan Madara was nerfed, Minato was given two asspull power ups thanks to plot no jutsu. Obito should have had DMS before becoming jinchuuriki honestly how difficult would it be to take his eye from Kakashi.

Sakura had 0 new feats yet again, her jutsu was just a copy and paste. The War Arc was too rushed for proper character development.
 

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Gaara, Onoki, KCM Naruto clone, Dodai, Temari + fodders VS the four edo kage was the best moment IMO.
Darui's fight with the bros was nice as well. I enjoyed Madara's actions thoroughly as well.
 

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Best:
- BM Naruto
- Obito Uchiha
- Kabuto vs Uchiha brothers
- Edos and KCM Naruto clones
- Madara vs Gokages
 
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Naruto meeting his mother, fighting alongside his father, and Tobirama/Hashirama made up for the shitty writing.

KCM unlocking was pretty epic, BM Naruto too. My favorite part was the New Sannin trio, and the short parts of the other K11 members shining. I hated everything about Obito and Rin though
 

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best is obito kamuing back to bakakashi to cheer him up. worst is kabuto and itachi bleggh :p
 

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Best:
Madara;s arrival
BM Naruto
8 gates
Uchiha bros vs Kabuto
K11 in action
Naruto and Sasuke new powerups
Darui vs Gold/Silver Bros
Kakashi, Guy, Naruto and Bee vs Rinnegan Tobi

Worst
Kaguya return
Wasted potential
Rin
BZ one shotting Madara
DMS Kakashi
 

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Best. (no order)

Naruto and Ay's confrontation.

Naruto's BM transformation and the events surrounding it.

Edo Madara VS Alliance and kages.

Darui VS Kingaku and Ginkaku was nice.

Naruto, Gaara, and Ohnoiki VS previous kages.

Alliance VS Juubi was epic, and some very good moments were there.

The tag team of Naruto, Sasuke, Minato, and Tobirama VS Juubito.

Guy VS Madara was pretty good.

People will hate me for saying this, but I liked the Kaguya fight. It got creative with abilities and was a good fight, regardless of Kaguya's non existent back story.

Naruto VS Sasuke.



The worst:

The Sakura focused scenes. Do I really have to go into this? During this war, we focus in at some points on Sakura's feelings for Sasuke and how she feels about her usefulness. How...........underwhelming.


The early fights of the war arc. Talk about boring. Got to love far weaker displays of the Akatsuki.


Hashirama's flashback. This was important, but it didn't get interesting until later. So, we were stuck within a double flashback for several weeks.

Obito returning from the grave. How does this guy keep managing to give the reaper the middle finger?
 

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Lots of great moments:

Itachi and Sasuke vs Kabuto
Bijuu Mode Naruto
Team 7 reunion
8 Gates Gai
Naruto and Sasuke Rikudou power-ups
Madara in all his evil glory (best rape face - possibly of all time!)

But sadly, there is also BZ and Kaguya. Those chapters felt like they were inserted from a different story.
 

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Best
Obito's backstory
Obito's unmasking
Obito's redemption
Naruto unlocking Bijuu Mode
Naruto vs Sasuke
Obito's death
Juubi Madara
8 Gates Guy

Worst
Kabuto
Any Sakura scene
Sakura's survival
Kaguya
Obito coming back from the grave
This stupid filler arc in the anime
 

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Off the top of my mind:

Best: Edo Madara's fights, Uchiha bros vs Kabuto (the portrayal of all characters involved), Ino-Shika-Cho teamwork, double Kamui's power, fights vs Edo Kage, Alliance vs Juubi.

Worst: not getting a backstory on Kaguya, some of the Edos getting trolled (Deidara and Sasori :|).
 

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Ni&&as is still mad bout dms kakashi.

Lemme get you some salt from kamuiland.
Or do you want it from the pure world?
I heard is better there
 
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