[ SECRET POST #2860 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2860 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Wasted Potential

[darkmanifest]

Sakura is the big tragedy of the manga, IMO, because Kishimoto kept handing us moments of her potential awesomeness and then pulling the rug out from under her for no reason. She's gonna try to assassinate Sasuke! Fail. She's finally surpassed Tsunade! Fail. She's finally gained Sasuke's recognition and is gonna shame him for his behavior! FAIL. It's almost comical. If she hooks up with him, not a table will be unflipped.

Yeah, the friendship was pretty good in the first part, and the first Valley of the End was flawless, but then it just...stopped for 98% of Part 2. Right now there's people on the forums going "omg Sasuke finally reciprocating Naruto's devotion is so perfect!" and I'm like...this shit should have happened about 300 chapters ago. It means nothing now.

Oh, god, no, Gai is one of the only things done right in the entire war arc. His conflict with Kisame, him holding his own against Big Douche (trying to limit spoilers), the flashback to his dad, it was beautiful. Then Naruto swooped in and stole Gai's thunder, because of course he would. Ugh, all of Gai's team got shafted really badly. What happened to Neji seemed like an allegory for crapping on Part 1's most meaningful moments.

I just wish I knew what went wrong. I've heard some stuff about Kishimoto wanting to end things shortly after the Pein arc and being urged on past it, which sort of make sense, since the resolution of that fight was the first real disappointment of Part 2 that I remember. If I had known how much worse things would get from there, I would have been happy to end on that cheesy note.

Re: Wasted Potential

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. Sasuke is just terrible for her and her character development. Just when you think she's over him and is gonna kick his ass for all the shit he's caused, she goes right back to being a schoolgirl with a crush. It is just super disappointing. I don't mind her forgiving him, but the mooning is ridiculous. I was hoping she'd get over her crush and realize that yes, she cares for Sasuke, but it wasn't romantic in nature anymore. It would have been a great character arc.

It was so one-sided in part 2. And no amount of half-assed flip-flopping on Sasuke's part makes me believe that he's suddenly going to be chummy with Naruto. It was just terribly written all around. It would have made more sense if it had happened sometime before the war arc, maybe. I dunno. Sasuke as a character has been so inconsistently written that I just have no idea anymore.

He really was! I'm so bitter that Gai didn't get to go out on his own terms, in a blaze of glory, protecting the people he loves. I don't understand why he couldn't have beaten Madara and have Kagua come out of Madara's pulverized body. Sure, it ends with Gai's sacrifice being a bit meaningless in the long run, but it would have been a bit better. At least Gai would have died knowing he'd helped out more than he did. I don't think Gai will be fine being utterly broken. We still don't even know how much Naruro healed him for fuck's sake.

I've never thought of Nehi's death that way. That certainly puts a new perspective and makes me more bitter about his death. Ugh. I'm kinda glad Lee and Tenten got shafted. Who knows what Kishimoto would have done with them.

Ending after the Pein arc would have been much better than what we got. And we still have two chapters and a movie to go before we see just how badly Kishimoto can wrap it up b