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[Soul]

Will there be any new characters in the series that will be introduced in the future?

[Strangelove]

I think the series is almost done...

[Soul]

I think the series is almost done...

Yes I know that,But I hope maybe there will be,I mean just see those twin jinjuriki's from the edo tensei,They poped from nowhere.

[Fenris]

Naruto and Sakura's child.

[Chucky-kun]

uh.... speaking of characters.. what happened to Suigetsu and Juugo?

[Kamina-Yoshi]

"What happened to the other characters?"

To put it nicely in reference to Juugo, Shino, Kiba, Tenten, and the others:

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Edited by Kamina-Yoshi, 21 January 2012 - 06:12 PM.

[desaix]

I think the series is almost done...

I don't. There are FAR too many lesser plot threads still to be wrapped up, several of which were just introduced. I think we're closing in on a transition to a new super-arc, however.

[Dragunov]

What will this super arc consist of?

[shadow_Uzumaki]

There are always new characters being introduced for the purposes of furthering the plot. Heck, if Tobi is unmasked, he may be a different character not introduced before, a new face.

[tricksie]

yeah, seriously. He's introducing new characters at an astonishing clip. Especially for a series that most people agree is in its endgame.

[ciardha]

yeah, seriously. He's introducing new characters at an astonishing clip. Especially for a series that most people agree is in its endgame.

It makes sense when you look at the overall plotline. In part 1 he introduces the world so it starts out small and the kids are pretty young to draw the younger age range of Jump readers in, as time goes on he adds more characters in. The first big jump in characters are mostly other children of the younger main characters ages and various adults in the instructor roles somewhat similar to Kakashi - the Chunnin exams (including the various proctors and examiners like Ibiki and Anko especially, who give the first hints that Konoha has it's darker side too), plus the villainous Orochimaru and his associates, including Kabuto who brings in the first truly ambiguous character (who's side is really on, etc...). It's from this point that Kishimoto hints at the foundation for a more complex story, a more complex story needs a broader range of characters.

Then you get the search for Tsunade arc and get the first more in depth step back to an earlier generation and their associates. This is the true foundation of the deeper, more complex story Kishimoto planned all along- but introduced gradually as he drew in more older readers, and as his initial readers grew up.

In part 2 Kishimoto starts out in familiar territory but adds more generational backgrounds and characters to go with that- some living, some dead. Kishimoto assumes most of his readers are in the upper ranges of Jump readership now, thus can follow a complex story which he wants to spur readers into thinking about the questions the characters are struggling with. The first part of part 2 are just to lay this premise- up to Naruto's fight with Pain. Thus the part 2 databook covers up to the end of that arc. (with the first hint of things to come is the seemingly almost random introduction of Bee's students and the Raikage- who's tie to the story is their connection to Bee, who Sasuke had fought. The connection to the main characters becoming more distant as the full picture of the ninja system is revealed.)

The 5 Kage arc kicks off the second half of part 2. (We get the foundation of this part with Jiraiya's death and Naruto's Sage training. At the same time- nearing the end of the first half of part 2, is also where we learn about the origins of the Senju and Uchiha clans- the premise is set up there for the panoramic picture of the second half of part 2). From this point on we get more and more perspectives on the ninja system. It's to show the message we've been told in various forms since the start of part 1 (in increasingly more complex ways as the target readers in Japan matured). How the ninja system is innately harmful and must be changed in a revolutionary way. We get a broader range of reactions too, some have to be slowly convinced of this- like the Raikage. It took Bee to finally somewhat get that through Ei's head. Even Oonoki saw it sooner, but his granddaughter is still not seeing the full picture- for her it's more about kicking butt, she's not yet seeing the big picture. Karui as well.

Of Sasuke's part 2 associates (Hebi/Taka), Karin got the harshest lesson about that. I think she's seeing more of the picture now- her experience being around Naruto and Sakura and the more humane treatment as a prisoner she is getting in Konoha is going to help that. There's some hint that Jyuugo might be getting a hint of it, Suigestsu only in the sense he wants even moreso to be a big power in the world. Sasuke, of course, is the blindest to the reality. He doesn't see at all the "underneath the underneath". Naruto tried to give him that in a way Sasuke would understand (interesting how in the second of part 2 Naruto is the wiser character, it's Sasuke that is the most willfully ignorant, the exact flip of the first part of part 1. Sasuke when presented with the truth behind the picture stubbornly goes in the opposite direction. First we have Itachi true story and what he wanted Sasuke to see, then Gaara trying to reach him, finally, we have Naruto trying to get Sasuke to see. But each time Sasuke willfully choses the opposite direction.)

Edited by ciardha, 21 January 2012 - 09:52 PM.

[K9ofChaos]

I don't. There are FAR too many lesser plot threads still to be wrapped up, several of which were just introduced. I think we're closing in on a transition to a new super-arc, however.

I completely agree with you.



Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Kishi decides to make a Part 3. :True:

[Chucky-kun]

everyone's viewing fake madara and real madara as the biggest threat right now.. but what about sasuke.......

[Karuma]

More akatsuki maybe, because most of them are dead anyway.

[shadow_Uzumaki]

Just curious, has Kishi actually said he's bringing Naruto to a close with this arc or not?

Despite this being a huge arc, it doesn't automatically mean it's gonna end the series.

[Chucky-kun]

I doubt this is the last arc considering how many loose ends there still are..