I can't believe what happened to this series. I mean I never saw the greatness some of you all saw in it but it was still solid. From all the teased relationships that never developed to it becoming some sort of whacked out DBZ clone and abandoning strategy and logic then forcing some mother or all chakra battle and story line on us that was completely irrelevant to everything that proceeded it things are so disappointing.
This could go down as a Mass Effect 3 level disappointment if things don't change quickly. I don't think a forced Sasuke vs Naruto final battle can right this ship either. Sasuke was well on his way to becoming a respectable villain before they derailed his development to have him randomly team up with Naruto and the gang. Things all began to go downhill when they neutered Itachi as a villain and made him into some type of misunderstood good guy. The series never recovered from that. Orochimaru could have saved things had they not nerffed him and had Sasuke son him so many times. He was one of the best villains in the entire series but he's so comparatively weak now he's Piccolo status.
This could go down as a Mass Effect 3 level disappointment if things don't change quickly. I don't think a forced Sasuke vs Naruto final battle can right this ship either. Sasuke was well on his way to becoming a respectable villain before they derailed his development to have him randomly team up with Naruto and the gang. Things all began to go downhill when they neutered Itachi as a villain and made him into some type of misunderstood good guy. The series never recovered from that. Orochimaru could have saved things had they not nerffed him and had Sasuke son him so many times. He was one of the best villains in the entire series but he's so comparatively weak now he's Piccolo status.