Originally posted by: Feannag
More than a few questions are still left after this...
What will become of Orochimaru? He's been to great a villain for the creators to cast aside so easily. My guess would be he finds some way or help to recover from his seemingly irrepairable injuries. He's simply too evil and too ambitous to be done in completely...
What will be done with Gaara? It's evident he is completely tapped out, and the Sand did not return to the gourd form on his back at the end. He's incapacitated for the present time. But Konoha can't simply send him back to the Sand village, and he's probably too dangerious to contain.
Who would be chosen as the 5th, and what will the village do about their former allies in the Sand Village? Orochimaru is Kage of the Sound, so there's really nothing to do there. But when former allies become enemies...
It should also be seen that the Chuunin exams only contained ninja from thosre three villages, or seemed to. There are seven villages, so where are the others?
80 will most likely be a 100% story episode honoring the 3rd's sacrifice for his village, and his people. Not a bad thing though.