besides your third point none of the others had credibility. which i had already mentioned my distaste for that aspect in my first post on the topic and didnt feel that i need to go any further on that. shonen manga always has a degree of predictability and even at that, predicting that yamato would stop naruto was down right pointless. they practically said he was gonna do it. and every chapter doesnt need to have an awsome sceen. there... you happy?