all this time characters preach about hard work, but when does it ever pay off in this story? it seems like characters that have kekkei genkai or bijuus sealed in them, or some sort of born with talent succeed. it tries to play naruto off as a hard working type, but the only reason for his growth at all is the demon sealed in him and the fact that he was born with an insane amount of chakra which furth spoils the them.

this fight with b/t sasuke and deidara is further proff. diedara never stood a chance and was countered every step of the way. sure he managed have sasuke use up his chakra, but fight was extremely once sided just because sasuke was born with godly eyes. next chapter sasuke will find a way to survive, and one of the coolest ninja in the series will fade away into obscurity.

maybe well will get to see a real hard worker like hinata finally grow... oh wait she has a fucking kekkei genkai too.