I feel like the only true crime one can commit against a death god is immortality. With the undead, the death god could dismiss it as humans being humans. A prolonged mid-credit scene after the movie ends. Immortality makes it so that the movie never ends.
That's just the power creep endemic in late naruto, especially in regards to the Uchihas. I wonder if after naruto just straight up went super saiyan if Kishi had any regret?
There is power creep and then there is the villain having to nerf himself in order to get the heroes to win.
Having the balls to kill off a character that you had abandoned for hundreds and hundreds of chapters and had no idea on where to go with him is hardly impressive. Every chance Neji had to be developed was squandered. Same goes for most of the Konoha 12. It is almost funny that Neji died as a way to FORCE Hinata and Naruto to grow closer only to then have Naruto introduce SAKURA as his girlfriend to HIS FATHER! That was the last time Naruto and Minato ever talked! That means that Minato lost his one chance to meet his real daughter-in-law! This is what I call missed opportunities! Naruto is filled to the brim with these! A lot of Naruto could have minor tweaks to make for a better story but Kishimoto chose to either retcon or failed to notice the opportunities at hand! Most of Konoha 12 could have been erased and it would not matter because nothing was to be done with them either way.
This is part of everyone's gripes with Boruto. On principle, sure everyone can relate to a busy dad and wanting him around and being pissed off when he isn't. I get it. The problem is Naruto can literally be everywhere at once. It just makes Boruto come off as such fucking shitstain.
Yes you remember the Divine Tree from the end of Naruto? Well there's more of those now. They also became sentient and possessed people like Moegi. Yes that one girl who was around Konohamaru. She's a bad guy now. Also Sasuke is a tree both in the sense I described above and quite literally.
I have to blame this on Naruto too. He could have used the clones for most of the work but did not. He could have spend some time with his family while the clones handled the paperwork with Naruto coming to deal with the physical stuff that could poof the clones.
Naruto already got screwed over by his shadow clones before.
I am not saying it would be perfect but a lot of busywork could be done with clones. The previous Hokage still found time for themselves and their family. Same goes for the other Kage. Tsunade was able to train Sakura while being Hokage after all while at an era that was much less peaceful. If the clones were poofing themselves every now and then only to make sure Naruto is on the same page as them, it would be solving most of the problems. There is no excuse for not being able to take some time off. Even Shikamaru had time to teach Shikadai.
I can explain it: Retcon. We were shown that the office of the Hokage was busy but never that busy. He is shown to be busier at peace than one is at war. Kishi wanted to write Boruto as someone who needs his parent's attention but it was hard as he was not an orphan. Thus, he made the office of Hokage be far busier than it ever was in previous adorations. He can't seem to write a child that is not basically an orphan.
I can kind of give some credit (that will immediately be taken away) in that it appears he is overseeing a massive expansion and modernization of his village, which I can imagine makes him far busier than the others prior to him and even his other top wizards from the other nations. However, he is also a fucking moron who seems intent on not handing any of these administrative duties to subordinates or those who are simply better suited for such tasks (like Shikamaru).
What else can you expect when the most readers want from this drivel is "ninja wizards cool fights bro"? It ain't that deep bro, so why do you care? - Narutard.
Except much of that expansion should no have to do with him. The hidden villages are a small part of the countries. Outside the village borders, there are different authorities that handle things such as the Daimyo. Also, the mayors do not oversee every building being built, just the ones that receive public funds. And yes, other departments of the government usually deal with such stuff.
Kishimoto truly wanted Boruto to have the same problem as Naruto with some differences. In my opinion, Boruto should have been a different character. Right now, he is a more obnoxious and edgy Naruto.
I always hate the "It is not meant to be deep" argument. It is not the defense one thinks it is. Stories can be deep in their own, equal, way. One thing might be more important for one person or the other but it matters not. To say that the author was not trying to add depth into the story is to dismiss every ounce of time, sweat, blood and tears that was put into it. Kishimoto made a deep story. His flaws prevented it from being as good and well made as it could have been but that is another story.
Naruto and Hinata just makes sense IF the author wasn't a ditz who kept him simping after Sakura for so long. And Hinata deserved better than the pain fight since she was to be the eventual wife of the MC.
Worse. He modeled Sakura after his wife.
Going by optics, Naruto and Hinata makes more sense she's the only one who didn't shun him from the very beginning. Going by actual story though, he has more chemistry with Sakura. Heck, Sakura has more chemistry with him than Sasuke. The story never says anything about Sakura's total infatuation with Sasuke. They could've shown him saving her life back when they were toddlers so she could go "This isn't you Sasuke, remember the time when you saved me from..." during Sasuke's edgelord psycho phase. But no, it's never show to have any deeper roots than a childhood crush. I guess I just find the whole thing odd, Naruto's not really hideously ugly, and he's an all around decent person. So her "mental block" preventing her from developing any genuine feelings for him is a bit of a head-scratcher. Guess sometimes, people are like that, what can ya do?
Worse. He modeled Sakura after his wife.
Name a Naruto character and I will tell you of how much potential they squandered. The Akatsuki should have had subordinates for the weaker heroes to show off their skills. I am reminded of the Bleach fights and how the fan favourites always get a chance to fight. In Naruto, Kiba, Shino and Ten-Ten could have joined Neji in the afterlife and no one would notice. They never had kids that we know off (we suspect Ten-Ten is Metal's mother but we are not sure plus Rock Lee might reproduce asexually) nor character arcs.
I am not sure if this is the kind of chemistry one wants. Spousal abuse is not what one should use to build a relationship out of. At least Hinata is a better role model and wife. She does not throw temper tantrums like madman either.
The fact that he modelled after his wife (while modelling Naruto after himself), depicted her the way she is and had him end up with another girl has me pondering over the implications behind all of this.
