What do you wish Kishimoto would have done differently?

[LobsterMagnet]

One thing that I give kishi props for in my book is offering Oro. It was something that needed to be done for the longest time. Feels like finally one of the biggest open plot lines in naruto has finally been drawn to close and now the storyline has more breathing room.

Although I must say I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of akatsuki character development. Honestly I was really curious to hear some hint of a back story for Hidan and Kuzuzu but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen any time soon. Same goes for Zetzu, Diadara, and kisame.

[iMUSTbeTHEdevil]

I think that more information and scenes on Asuma would have been nice. His death was wasted. I mean if they would have put him in more scenes I would have felt bad, but I didnt really know him. Yeah it was cool that we found out that he was the Son of the 3rd, but they called him Sarutobi Asuma in the first Arc. So with that said, more Asuma. Would have made Kureni's pain more real as well.

-dg-

[The Master]

I wish that sasori had not died as i thought he had the poetential to become and intresting character and i also think that it would be nice to know a bit more about the other countries

[elmojo]

just some loopholes.. like how the hell sasuke could beat orichimaru and kakashi was peeing his pants (mind you kakashi was considered more elite than sasuke in his younger days) when orichimaru faced him

other than that i think the story is progressing fandabidozo!

[Assertn]

just some loopholes.. like how the hell sasuke could beat orichimaru and kakashi was peeing his pants (mind you kakashi was considered more elite than sasuke in his younger days) when orichimaru faced him

other than that i think the story is progressing fandabidozo!

Not a loophole.....
Kakashi had recently admitted that Naruto has exceeded him. If Sasuke hasn't exceeded Kakashi too, then how else would he be able to compete with Naruto?

[bagandscalpel]

Although I must say I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of akatsuki character development. Honestly I was really curious to hear some hint of a back story for Hidan and Kuzuzu but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen any time soon. Same goes for Zetzu, Diadara, and kisame.

I think, it's the case that Kishimoto's realized that he's stretching himself thin with so many villains existing at one time. I mean, yeah, it is a real pity that characters like Sasori, Hidan, and Kakuzu have a nil chance of any sort of further development, at this point, but it's all for the sake of progress, eh?

[elmojo]

i miss hidan and kakuzu, just their relationship and their beliefs were so unique .. i guess theres still toby and deidara

[Super5]

In terms of plot, Kishi could have made many improvements to the story in order to make it more interesting. It seems like everything after the time skip is getting rushed because he's just introduced too many characters and there isn't enough time to cover them all. He can't flesh anyone out, there are just too many. Even the Dragonball manga didn't have this many characters, and Toriyama struggled with keeping those chars relevant, especially in the latter half of DB.

I guess my real complaint is that Kishi introduces a plot thread, or hints at something (ROOTS, like Assertn mentioned) and then just drops it for like 100 chapters. I also think he could have used the timeskip to really give us some background on the characters, or just show some nice snips of their training. At least more than 1 chapter's worth.

I don't have a problem with characters using the same techniques over and over, that's their specialty. Just because we've seen it before doesn't mean their enemies have - if it's effective, why not keep using it? Besides, as we know, it takes a long time to create a new jutsu and it's difficult to learn existing ones unless you have the affinity for that element.