I think you are reading too much into what is written here. The OP asked if we were satified with how the manga is
progressing Not the manga as a whole. If we hated the entire manga/story as a whole, well we wouldn't be member of the base now would we.
I agree with you. As a whole the series is exceptional. Sure I've seen better written stories....But I've also seen far worse. I have a lot of love for the series as a whole. The characters (most of them) are great the theme, great! The moral of the series, great! This war? A great letdown for me.
But that doesn't mean I hate Naruto Shippuden. I just hate the war arc and the current villain. I would have been Fine if Obito had been the final villain honestly.
Fair enough. I guess I had let some ''omg this manga has turned into crap'' threads get to me and I made the post with those in the back of my head.
True the OP asked about how it is progressing.
I do like the war arc though. Not everything, but most of it.
Without the war arc we wouldnt have have the opportunity to see old kages from the past, emotional moments of
closure, like Gaara and his father, we wouldnt have seen Naruto become friends with Kurama and the other
bijou gaining trust in humans again, just as how they trusted the sage.
The peacetheme got expanded on quite a lot in the war arc and quite
some other things.
I am not bothered by Minato with SM, as one can read from my thread in my sig.
I found the shinobi Alliance all using doton wall very confusing though.
Everyone can use weak jutsus of all 5 elements?
Madara using Susanoo without eyes raised some questionmarks for me as well.
I dont like how powerful Madara is though. I dont like a jutsu like that Limbo Rinnegan one.
That one kinda happened out of nowhere for me. Sorta seemed like some karma jutsu, hitting
back what was done to you. In that case it is cool.
Sasuke being unable to move by another new Rinnegan jutsu...
Like where do all those Rinnegan jutsu all of a sudden come from lol.
Probably a few more moments that I wasnt to fond off, but overal I am quite content
with this series and also with how it is progressing.