I used to love this manga so much. I was obsessed with Naruto. But after that time lapse of 3 years, everything just went downhill from there. There wasn't really a stable plot b/c Naruto and co. would always go off that line. Everything doesn't connect together well, but they do connect.
It's really hard to relate for most of the characters b/c there's really nothing to relate to.
The past 20 updated [online] chapters have been a huge disappointed on my part and I wish that Kishimoto Masashi wouldn't make the manga so predictable.
I can't do what he does and I respect him for doing what he has/is doing.
But as a critic [supposedly], I find Naruto too predictable.