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[Rabbit]

very cute

LOL. Thank you. And I really agree.

[LuckyChi7]

My first calling sign was when the war started. Madara and Obito were to OP that they could have easily won the war

 

You know I've been pretty curious, but was the war arc even necessary at the end of all this? 

Edited by LuckyChi7, 27 March 2015 - 03:11 AM.

[Rabbit]

You know I've been pretty curious, but was the war arc even necessary at the end of all this?

I think it was to stretch the whole storyline. I don't know. I mean they could have introduced Kaguya without having a war.

[WhyDoIWatch]

This. This is one of the worse things that happened in the franchise.

I don't like Kakashi but the rage of Kakashi's fans were funny as hell XD and yeah it was...

[Rabbit]

I don't like Kakashi but the rage of Kakashi's fans were funny as hell XD and yeah it was...

I'm a Kakashi fan before Kishi turned him into a useless and suddenly overpowered old man.

[LuckyChi7]

I think it was to stretch the whole storyline. I don't know. I mean they could have introduced Kaguya without having a war.

 

That would've been so much better. 

[griff142]

For me the turn in the series was the war arc because that is when the god like powers started to make a play ugh looking back on that it was a total Dragon Ball z ripoff and didn't need any of it. It shouldn't have been more about skills of a ninja then the powers really.

[MoonDrop04]

WHOA!!! It's been a long while since I've last seen this forum and everyone is still raging up a storm to no end!!!! AWESOOOOOOOME!!!!

Most of y'all probably don't remember my Monkey ass but nonetheless I'm glad to see y'all still here!!!! So what's happening folks!?!?

[Gaara's hair]

WHOA!!! It's been a long while since I've last seen this forum and everyone is still raging up a storm to no end!!!! AWESOOOOOOOME!!!!

Most of y'all probably don't remember my Monkey ass but nonetheless I'm glad to see y'all still here!!!! So what's happening folks!?!?

I remember your monkey ass  

[MoonDrop04]

I remember your monkey ass  

HOLY NARU-JESUS!!!!!! I AM REMEMBERED!!!!!

Wat up? Still got that sexy hair??

[Gaara's hair]

HOLY NARU-JESUS!!!!!! I AM REMEMBERED!!!!!

Wat up? Still got that sexy hair??

Of course Waiting for that part 3 to come out

[WhyDoIWatch]

For me the turn in the series was the war arc because that is when the god like powers started to make a play ugh looking back on that it was a total Dragon Ball z ripoff and didn't need any of it. It shouldn't have been more about skills of a ninja then the powers really.

TBH, the scale has to go up at some point, its not like Part 1 when they couldn't do those explosions besides I think that the War Arc had some of the best moments in the series but it could have been infinitely better.....

[MoonDrop04]

Of course Waiting for that part 3 to come out

Meh not really but I'm gonna need some material from this "new era generation" so that I can really flesh out my own Naruto ending in my head. I want my "Naruto" to beat the crap out of Kishi's "New Naruto" at his own game

[LuckyChi7]

Hey Moondrop it's been a while, glad to see you again. 

[Gaara's hair]

Meh not really but I'm gonna need some material from this "new era generation" so that I can really flesh out my own Naruto ending in my head. I want my "Naruto" to beat the crap out of Kishi's "New Naruto" at his own game

Not being the new Naruto automatically makes your Naruto win  

[Rabbit]

Of course Waiting for that part 3 to come out

You just wanted to see yourself animated.

Edited by Rabbit, 27 March 2015 - 04:10 AM.

[Gaara's hair]

[quote name="Gaara's hair" post="788426" timestamp="1427428456"]Of course Waiting for that part 3 to come out [/quote

You just wanted to see yourself animated. :zaru:

Gotta see that hair...Why emoticon no work?!

Edited by Gaara's hair, 27 March 2015 - 04:10 AM.

[tricksie]

 

You know I've been pretty curious, but was the war arc even necessary at the end of all this? 

 

No it was completely unnecessary, as were most of the side stories and fillers. That's not personal perference or opinion. The way stories are constructed is that all scenes are stepping stones to the final resolution. They all contribute a piece, and if you were to work from the end backwards it the story would unravel like one long unbreaking thread. (Or one of Kushina's hairs!) Each piece moves you closer even in a some small way, and even if it appears to go backwards a bit. It still can not be omitted or replaced. 

 

The litmus test for Naruto is exactly how much of the war arc was necessary to bring Naruto and Sasuke to their final battle? How many characters contributed to the climax and resolution? 

 

Could Naruto and Sasuke still have had their battle if there hadn't been a war? Yes. Thus, in terms of a good story construction, there didn't need to be a war. Their final battle was not dependent on winning or losing the war. 

 

The war arc was built as an accordian to expand with needless character backgrounds and side stories to fill up time. Then, when it was time for the final battle, the rest were forgotten. Nothing that happened in the war arc came into play in the final penultimate series-long climax. Except perhaps for the presence of Kaguya transporting them to different zones and weakening them a bit. (However even her as the ultimate villain was a waste because there was no weight to her as a villain. No one knew about her so no one cared. You knew Pain and feared him. You knew Madara and feared him. Cagey? Eh.) In the end the two fought in a glorified schoolyard brawl. It could have and would have happened anywhere. There was nothing special about when it happened. And it had nothing to do with the closure of the war. It was just a personal battle for Naruto, and it meant nothing to anyone else in the shinobi world.

 

So no, the war arc wasn't necessary to the story or the ending. It was just filler. And it sucked.

 

edit: and what sucks worse than it being pointless is the fact that some of the storylines were left hanging in the war arc, apparently never to be resolved. Hello, anyone seen Yamato??

[Rabbit]

Gotta see that hair...Why emoticon no work?!

Try asking Gaara. You'll most likely get a 2 second screentime then Gaara will be shown bald after that.

[Gaara's hair]

Try asking Gaara. You'll most likely get a 2 second screentime then Gaara will be shown bald after that.