How would it repeat history though? From what was actually shown Madara was never killed outright. Hell had the 1st Hokage actually killed the SOB none of the problems of the manga would have been created. lol
Sasuke was a villain, should have stayed a villain, and this story should have been about actually growing up, and putting the needs of the world above your own selfish desires. In this case it should have been Naruto having to put Sasuke down because of how evil he had truly become, overcoming his desire to "bring Sasuke back no matter what" and therefor defending the rest of humanity. Much like his Father before him, who choose to sacrifice his life, his wife's life, and the happiness that his entire family would have together for the good of the village.
The big problem with this story, is it started with Naruto defending the natural rights of every person who could dream big dreams, and achieve them threw hard work. Remember the fight with Neji? Instead in the end, and especially with this stupid f@ckin movie, that entire idea was flipped on its head. It instead became about how Naruto and Sasuke were the chosen ones (a title Hinata would later also get cause f@ck it she deserve it I guess) who had to live up to an ancient prophcey. In other words they were destined to do what they did, they were put on this planet for that sole purpose. They had no choice in the matter, they simply had to fulfill what the older generation expected of them.
In the end the fatalism that Neji argued in favor of in part one, was proven to be real. Part one Nartuo was proven to be a fool, and in an ironic twist, his first convert (Neji) died for abandoning his original ideals. There is no natural rights in the Narutoverse. You don't get to decide what you want to be, you are born with a destiny and must fullfil it, and in the end no matter what you've done you'll be rewarded.
Sasuke got the girl, and no punishment. Naruto got a title that no longer matters, is a military leader in a world that has no use for militaristic talents or ideals, a silver medal trophy wife who won him by following her destiny, and is so disconnected from the person he was in the beginning that he can't even empathy with his own son who wants nothing more then to have his father's love..... Young Naruto grew up with a father he didn't really know, who ultimately for him was just a statue carved from a mountain that looks down on everyone.... Burrito (or as I like calling him Soft Taco Boy) basically has the same life. His father lives above everyone in a tower, talks about grand ideals, but doesn't even know how to treat his child as a human being.
The sad thing is Kishimoto doesn't seem to even understand what he has done. And if he does he doesn't care, because for him Sasuke was the true "pure" one in this story. What a load of kitten.
Its basically the idea of going against destiny that I'm talking about, Sasuke not redeeming himself is bad for the history and Naruto's character, even if Sasuke died by the end in a Darth Vader like death, it would be important that he redeemed himself before because if he didnt then this would just be Jiraya vs Orochimaru part 2 or Madara vs Hashirama part 2, both ended with the "good guy" failing in getting his friend back and in Hashirama 's case, even "killing" him
If Naruto managed to save Sasuke even if the Sauce died at the end then at least he would accomplish his objective
I understand you hate Sasuke and wanted him to die as the villain he became, but if we analyse things from sasukes perspective, its almost understandable that he would want to destroy and change the ninja system because of the multiple horrible things that happened thanks to it. I hoped that in the end if Sasuke died that Naruto would carry on sasuke's legacy and make a reform in the system and if Sasuke lived and became redeemed, after being punished , it would be good if he and naruto worked towards a peaceful change instead of the violent change sasuke proposed before
So while I agree on your points on how ridiculous the story turned out to be, i just dont agree with the fact that Sasuke should die just so Naruto could learn that how "things" work. maybe in a seinen your point of view could work, but not in a shonen, where the protagonist generally achieves everything he sets out to do
Edited by Nar123, 30 January 2015 - 10:26 PM.