I'm not really liking the direction Kishi is going with Naruto at the moment. He's simply introducing way too many new characters who have new abilities at the same time. Theres no way he can do these characters or their abilities justice with the time hes going to be able to give them. More and more characters are being shown via Edo Tensei and I think its a big mistake. It would have been better if he introduced a few new characters and made their fights longer and delved into some of their stories. A few characters he could have kept around are Dan, who of course has an important history with Tsunade. Mangetsu Hozuki, who has an important history with Suigetsu. Zabuza/Haku who were important to Kakashi. Sai's brother. The old Akatsuki. And maybe a couple of the former Kages such as Gaara's dad.
With the way it is right now its just too much. Naruto has always been a story driven series thats been enhanced with great fights. Not an action series enhanced by a story. With all of these historically significant characters getting introduced out of the blue, theres no way Kishi can give them worthy stories and do them justice.
With the way it is right now its just too much. Naruto has always been a story driven series thats been enhanced with great fights. Not an action series enhanced by a story. With all of these historically significant characters getting introduced out of the blue, theres no way Kishi can give them worthy stories and do them justice.