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[Namikaze Clan]

After the end of Part 1 the series took a huge nosedive in quality in Part 2. Aside from the ending, what do you think was the worst aspects of the second half?

Edited by Namikaze Clan, 04 October 2015 - 03:07 AM.

[TouKen4Life3g]

After the end of Part 1 the series took a huge nosedive in quality in Part 2. Aside from the ending, what do you think was the worst aspect of the second half?

Can we have more than one?

[Namikaze Clan]

Can we have more than one?

Sure why not?

[Nostradamus]

Too much focus on the Uchiha's and their clan of psychopaths and not enough on the now ex-main character.

[RisenFromTheAshes]

The unnecessary death of Neji, the concept of reincarnation and destiny being affirmed, and the extreme focus on Sasuke Uchiha are the top three things that I dislike the most about it. 

[NaruSaku fan in Kentucky]

"Neji's death for NH" Which she showed no emotion towards.

[Liu bie]

Too much focus on the Uchiha's and their clan of psychopaths and not enough on the now ex-main character.

True in this, that focus in the Uchihas the little progress made Naruto was downgrade by them.

[SlyNinjaKnight]

I would say my top three Least Favorite Things about Part 2 would be the near total focus on Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan rather than the title character, the constant power ups and the fact that all the main characters' characterizations were wiped out just to 'try' make the pairings make sense (which still failed miserably).

[ThroughWithLove]

#3. Retcons

#2. Sasuke.

#1. Hinata.

[Hanabi]

1. sasuke's wishy washy personality, kishi's lack of understanding/planning for this character till this very day -.-

 

2. not focusing on the ninja aspect of this narutoverse

- ranks like jounin become a joke when konohamaru saved his pervy special jounin teacher

- not exploring more of the naruverse, like other villages

- konoha ninjas not having elements, it's like they never trained at all, other than sasuke and naruto 

 

3. uchihas like madara, itachi, sasuke, obito getting all the op powers. ordinary people like lee can do virtually nothing, as proven by guy in the war arc.

 

4. lack of planning in the war arc where the pacing is horrible. i could barely stand the beginning.. nobody cares about those metal samurai for instance. huge time waster.

[TouKen4Life3g]

Yeah, they didn't really establish the Samurai Era all that much, so it's hard to care now, especially it's even further from the past.

[RisenFromTheAshes]

1. sasuke's wishy washy personality, kishi's lack of understanding/planning for this character till this very day -.-

 

2. not focusing on the ninja aspect of this narutoverse

- ranks like jounin become a joke when konohamaru saved his pervy special jounin teacher

- not exploring more of the naruverse, like other villages

- konoha ninjas not having elements, it's like they never trained at all, other than sasuke and naruto 

 

3. uchihas like madara, itachi, sasuke, obito getting all the op powers. ordinary people like lee can do virtually nothing, as proven by guy in the war arc.

 

4. lack of planning in the war arc where the pacing is horrible. i could barely stand the beginning.. nobody cares about those metal samurai for instance. huge time waster.

I agree with you for with your second one entirely. I felt that we found out about all the rival villages, their history and their ninjas too late in Part II. I'd at least expect them to go into it a bit in Part 1 and they did with Suna/Kiri a bit but it wasn't enough imo. The lack of training was something that was literally irritating to me as well but not as much as the decrease in the ninja aspect. 

[Narufan85]

Where to start? The biggest issue for me was the transition towards a Sasuke-driven narrative. Whether it was Sasuke himself or the lengthy backstory of the Uchiha, that becomes the driving force for the story. I fell in love with Naruto because of the titular character and my desire to see him achieve his dreams, not read about the Uchiha page after page.

[Shadow1275]

1. sasuke's wishy washy personality, kishi's lack of understanding/planning for this character till this very day -.-

 

2. not focusing on the ninja aspect of this narutoverse

- ranks like jounin become a joke when konohamaru saved his pervy special jounin teacher

- not exploring more of the naruverse, like other villages

- konoha ninjas not having elements, it's like they never trained at all, other than sasuke and naruto 

 

3. uchihas like madara, itachi, sasuke, obito getting all the op powers. ordinary people like lee can do virtually nothing, as proven by guy in the war arc.

 

4. lack of planning in the war arc where the pacing is horrible. i could barely stand the beginning.. nobody cares about those metal samurai for instance. huge time waster.

The elements one is huge. My favorite part of part 1 was all of the different elemental techniques and how cool they were. Enter lategame part 2 and elements are discarded for Sharingan, juubi and rasengan techniques. I liked the rasengan and it's elemental side but it got boring after the 5 millionth time Naruto used it. It would have been better if Naruto had learned more wind techniques or better yet, give him another element to counter Sasuke like Earth.

[Sakurafan1]

"Neji's death for NH" Which she showed no emotion towards.

 

Please stop with this ******. As much as I dislike Hinata, she did weep for his death and even visited at his grave marker afterwards. If she had shown no emotion toward it, she wouldn't had even bothered.

 

http://www.mangapand...m/naruto/614/15

http://www.mangapand...m/naruto/614/17

http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/700/4

Edited by Sakurafan1, 05 October 2015 - 02:31 AM.

[HalfDemonInuyasha]

Extreme lack of (good) Naruto development (both individually and as an actual shinobi).

[Nar123]

Please stop with this ******. As much as I dislike Hinata, she did weep for his death and even visited at his grave marker afterwards. If she had shown no emotion toward it, she wouldn't had even bothered.
 
http://www.mangapand...m/naruto/614/15
http://www.mangapand...m/naruto/614/17
http://www.mangapanda.com/naruto/700/4

Then afterwards..."Naruto-kun's big hand is so warm" while her dead cousin lies at her feet

[Namikaze Clan]

Naruto went on a three year training period and unlike his teammates didn't learn anything new. Sakura got super strengrh and medical jutsu, Sasuke learned how to use a sword, and what did naruto learn? How to make a bigger Rasengan

[Sakurafan1]

Then afterwards..."Naruto-kun's big hand is so warm" while her dead cousin lies at her feet

 

Okay then. Thank you for the clarification.

[TouKen4Life3g]

The rebound is too rushed and awkward. I mean yeah, emotional (barely there) was quickly out of the way in many ways. Honestly, if we can blame the writer, I would say Kishi is the one at fault. But if we go by only story, then Hinata was painted selfish.