As Naruto as ended, I have decided to give my final thoughts on it before I try to move on. There have been minor flaws throughout this series, not just in the war arc. I actually enjoyed the war arc the most out of all the other arcs. I did find the pacing horrible a few chapters after obitos big reveal. Apart from that I will analysis this series from the beginning to the end and give my opinion on it.

I started reading or watching this manga/anime way back in 2010. For me it was literally the best anime/manga ever. Especially what Kishimoto did to make his characters stand out (especially Naruto and Sasuke). Every character throughout this series has some sort of development and even then I learnt to sympathize with these characters. The first time I watched this anime I immediately fell in love with it. It dragged me in with Naruto's character and made me hate sasuke's character. In all honesty, I found part one (before the timeskip) before the massive sasuke vs Naruto fight to be completely childish, but I saw it as a means to help us gain a connection with various characters. What separates Naruto from other long running series however is the talking to the villain to see what motivates them to perform such schemes. There where times I liked the method, but times I didn't. However, this manga has taught me that sometimes a villain will have some motivation that caused them to kill or do evil deeds in general.

Naruto is all about some underdog kid who wanted to be acknowledged by everyone in his village and to become hokage. What inspires me about this kid is that no matter how much shit he was given, he never went rogue. Instead he just kept trying. Eventually getting the village and the world to acknowledge him.

What I like about kishimoto is that he is more to the point and does not drag his arcs if compared to other anime. He does have that flashback flaw, but I guess that would only apply to the scenes that repeat themselves over and over. I like the way that every villain we encounter is someone that we can understand, not to mention we can also get what caused them to become evil. This manga as also brought me to tears several times, however the anime seems to go over and beyond and make me understand the characters better. Seeing minato and kushina, seeing the deaths of jiraiya, zabuza, neji, the third hokage and even pein where tear jerking. I was not a big fan of obito in the manga, but the anime literally gives him some justice.

In this series, I'd say that we have a range of understandable characters. I do hate sakura out these characters merely because of her attachment to sasuke and the fact that this series has ended and kakashi still has his bloody mask on his face LOL. Naruto never giving up is what motivates me and Sasuke not understanding Naruto until the last few chapters. Even after all he has done, I guess I can understand why he turned out like this.sometimes I think kishimoto should have expanded further on konoha 11, but I guess he has written about them enough.

The art is beautiful and literally is the best out of the three. Okay maybe I am over exaggerating because bleach is pretty good. Naruto is detailed and the art helps me understand the characters a bit more. After 700 chapters, I literally felt torn apart at this manga's ending. The ups where Naruto fulfilling his goals and the downs where the damned pairings. Bloody hell, I did not gt the choji pairing and that sai pairing, but I guess that is kishimoto's weakness in the manga.

Overall, I love this manga. What it has done for me and how it has improved my life is because of the way it was written. This series will always be my favorite long running series even though it has its flaws.