Considering how the Fourth Shinobi War went with the abrupt appearance of Kaguya, who replaces Madara as the main villain(and the Juubi by proxy) and the reincarnation crap regarding Naruto and Sasuke, they'd still be hard-pressed to make the argument that Kishimoto was a good or decent writer.
almost everything from the Fourth Shinobi War was forced in out of nowhere with literally nothing in the past chapters that signified it would happen... Where did Kaguya come from out of nowhere? I thought Naruto was all about hard work? I thought he was fighting on the side of a Rock Lee where he was using hard work to beat the "genius" in Sasuke. Where did SS and NH come from? Complete kitten that went against the entire story. I have no idea how any respectable writer could ever look at what Kishi did and support him. I see all of these Mangaka's buying all 72 volumes, I don't know why they would spend close to $700.00 just to buy a story where the writer goes against his entire story. Seriously, why in the world would Sakura-Chan act the way she did towards Sasuke in 699? She didn't once wonder where Naruto was, she was willing to leave with Sasuke and abandon Naruto even when the story made it clear that she could live without Sasuke but she can't live without Naruto. No Sai around(conveniently) to question it, Kakashi standing like an idiot while she goes with the wrong person. Kakashi is quick to stand up and advocate for SS, but why is he not helping Naruto when I'm sure he already observed that Naruto loves her JUST like Obito loved Rin? Was he not the one who made Rin aware of Obito's feelings? Then we have poor Naruto who couldn't even be with them because he couldn't bear to see the woman he loves being 'swept of her feet' by Sasuke. He just chose to stand at a distance. That whole scene was supposed to be a NS forehead moment and them revealing they love each other.
I don't know who that was in Chapter 699, but that sure as hell wasn't Sakura-Chan. She wouldn't leave Naruto for Sasuke, she would be worrying about Naruto's feelings, she would BE with Naruto because she would realize that she loved him all along. Nobody should buy anything of Kishimoto's until he rights his wrongs. This dude literally tried to shoehorn kitten in the story that had nothing to do with what he wrote in the past. Nothing lead up to 90 percent of the kitten in the War Arc, and he tried to insult our intelligence like we wouldn't notice. SS, NH, Kaguya, that reincarnation kitten, all shoehorned and forced with zip leading up to it. The whole War Arc was basically a whole "let me let Naruto down, one dream at a time." fest. You want Sakura-Chan? Nope, I'll give her to your so called brother instead. "While I'm at it, let me have her confess to Sasuke right in front of you with her having knowledge that you love her, so I could further rip your heart out of your chest." Something the real Sakura-Chan WOULD NEVER kittening DO. Especially not at that point in the story. At the point in the story, the real one would clearly be choosing Naruto over Sasuke, she would be showing Naruto himself CLEAR signs that she loves him that even Naruto would notice. Kishimoto is a kitten until further notice and he gets no support from me until he fixes that garbage.
I know I always say all of this, but the ending hurts my heart and it always will, to see Naruto just have his biggest dream ripped away from him. To see all that he went through for her, all the pain he endured for her, to see how hard he fought for her, how deeply he loves her, just to not get rewarded with Sakura-Chan's heart, which he doesn't even know that he always had and always will have. He never got a chance to confess, he never got a chance to kiss the forehead that he so deeply cherished, the girl that he deeply cherishes. All he wants is to hear those three magic words from her. I want to see him sweep her off her feet, I want him to make her blush uncontrollably, I want him to get his date from her finally and to marry her like he dreamed of. I have to see it happen.