there's the new era project, new movie....basically a re-boot to the story that's going to be pure bullsh**.
And in a nut shell, this turned out to be the biggest thorn for Naruto. This isn't the first & it won't be the last series to become an unfortunate victim of its own popularity.
The prospect of money is always enticing and the popular, already established brands get targeted by investors. Its the same case in manga/anime world. Best example is the endless rinse-repeat story of Pokemon. The Dragon ball series was supposed to have ended years ago but new movies keep being produced and released. And this series appears to have the same fate.
Naruto is no longer just a manga, its become a franchise.
Original plans get altered, plot gets changed, characters get affected... The problem with rebooting the series is that the originally planned ending will need to be compromised. A perfect ending cannot be given because suspense is necessary for the series to continue. The product is an ending which is only an 'ending' for name-sake. More often than not, such endings leave readers with more questions than answers.
Naruto chapter 700 is just that- more of an advertisement for part 3 than a conclusion for parts 1 and 2.
The investors rake in the money, the author who agreed to oblige to their wishes get their share of the windfall and the show goes on. The only losers are fans who grew to be attached to the series and its characters.
Edited by ns.Believe.It, 25 December 2014 - 07:28 PM.