Well, that's because that's what Japan is feeling right now. it's true what terrorking said, which I can't rep because of limits, it's rather sad that we thought Sakura got assasinsted badly, which she still did, but Naruto got the worst and pretty assasinated the story with it. Story got damaged so bad that it was on life support (sorry for this analogy), but the movie did it.
Amazing how hero/heroine got killed by anti/side. Who would have thought.
Good analogy. 699/700 damaged the story beoynd repair, but The Last killed it completely.
A good point that's getting lost at times. Everything after 698 is such a departure for so many characters. The Last even more. But it's not just Naruto that's ruined.
No it's not only Naruto that's been ruined. Sakura is a housewife, Ino seems unhappy with her child, Temari seems unhappy with her marriage, Tenten's shop is unsuccesful, The five kage are all unhappy because of Onoki etc. Everyone seems unhappy.
And let's not forget Neji, who was was killed off for the sole purpose of bringing Naruto and Hinata closer together.
I know. And it's a shame. I would think this would be a place where we can treat him a little kinder, though, acknowledging who is responsible for the character assassination.
I think it's about acknowledging that the fault doesn't lie solely with one character. It's not just Naruto's fault and it's not just Sakura's fault either.
But yeah, the realy culprits are Kishi and SP.
And everybody was having so much fun <___>
Did I kill the mood? Sorry, I didn't mean to. 

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