So many contradictions here...i agree with both sides =D It's normal for people to make threads like this one, we have our personal opinions. Therefore, we can easily disagree on such topics. It's true, too, that most of us don't pay for the manga, we read it free on the internet. The only ones who buy it are the japanese and people who want to have it especially. Maybe Kishimoto had some gaps, maybe he didn't do some thiings very good BUT everyone makes mistakes, isn't it?
We have to, no, we must accept it. The man has his own life, his own problems, maybe he has a good or a bad day afterall when he writes the manga. Of course, we develop and had developed high expectations, as he has been writing Naruto since 1999. Kishi can't please all his fans, so we must side and try to understand him. He is not a robot, to make everything perfect...
Then again, sorry for this wall of text =D i had to say all this stuff...