Oh, and also, Kishimoto’s going to really shit all over your character for the rest of the arc. Shikamaru: Hey, we’ve all decided that since Sasuke has made himself an international issue, we’re all gonna kill him, m’kay? Now listen to my bloated and moronic explanation of how Kumogakure killing Sasuke would set off a cycle of revenge that could be easily rectified if you, Ino, and Naruto had the brains to realize that it would be really, really stupid to attack a Kumo nin for carrying out the law. Sakura: Oh God, am I crying again? As if my haters don’t have enough of that to mock me till Doomsday! Tell me it gets better for me throughout this arc! Seriously, what have you done lately? BTW, it gets worse for your character. Sai: Also, I’m here to remind you that for someone who promised to work with Naruto to save Sasuke, you’ve been awfully willing to let him shoulder the burden. Sakura: OMG, I did not realize such a thing despite the fact that my team mate, who I work with almost every day, is not the least bit subtle about his interest in me. But anyway, you realize that Naruto has feelings for you? Sai: Hey, Sakura? You know that romance subplot you’re a part of? Well, you’re really going to hate this. Karui: Hey! Aren’t you the chick with a crush on that Sasuke guy?! Well, he’s now working with the Akatsuki! Just last week he attacked several Kumo citizens, captured my master, and wore a shirt with a popped collar! Just a head’s up! BTW, what do you see in that guy?! Sakura: Yay! I haven’t had a chance to shine in about 200 chapters! Will I get a fight scene? Kishimoto: I’m about to make you relevant again! Just wait for your cue. Things that Sucked: The Assassination of Haruno Sakura’s Character by the Author Kishimoto Masashiįor a change of pace, let’s try to approach this particular gripe from a different angle than the usual. Furthermore, despite the Land of Iron suddenly being introduced as a neutral site capable of giving even the reigning superpowers trouble (on top of being an entire country of samurai, to contrast with the series’ focus on ninja), none of the characters from there really did anything to stand out, with most of them being faceless masses for everyone else to mow down. Yeah, we got a little bit of insight into how other villages ticked, but for the most part, that insight failed to go anywhere. Unfortunately, that was thrown out the window for the rest of the arc, most obviously when seeing how quickly Sakura managed to track down and reach Sasuke (and how easy it was for Kakashi and Naruto to follow).Īnother issue was how the world-building didn’t really mean anything. Remember how it took the characters several days just to get around between Konoha, Suna, and the Land of Rivers and how that played into a race against time to rescue Gaara? Remember the brief travel montage that followed a modified Team 7 spending a night at an inn while on the way to meet with Sasori’s inside man? During this arc, there was an early attempt at creating a sense of scale by showing, to some extent, the different amounts of time required for each village’s representatives to reach the meeting place. I could understand the the main stars of the arc needing to be within a certain proximity of one another, but was the same necessary for Killer B and his music teacher? What were the chances that these characters would just so happen to be in that region despite B not being directly involved in the whole summit? ![]() First of all, it felt overly convenient that everyone was somehow within the same general area. It was this arc that, in spite of its attempts to expand the world of Naruto, only started to make it feel a lot smaller in more ways than one. Things that Bugged Me: It’s a Small World After All Instead, it was nothing but more of the same old junk. If anything, it should have been a seminal arc, the final part of the story’s second act. Not only that, but Naruto was finally able to come to a decision about how he was going to approach the matter of Sasuke. The world was finally getting expanded upon in a big way with greater exposure to the other major hidden villages, and the villains seemed to finally be open to revealing their grand master plans. It really shouldn’t have turned out this way. ![]() As if the story couldn’t get any worse, it somehow managed to do so during the Five Kage Summit Arc, which started promisingly enough only to fall victim to many of the same issues that had plagued previous arcs.
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