About the manga ending in 2014, I already knew that, it had been mentionned earlier. Now, like the writer of the article at Saiyan Island, I think that the manga could drag until the beginning of 2015 (time for Kishi to finish the war arc + the battle Naruto VS Sasuke as he promised + one or two chapter to settle everything else).
It's a little shocking to read that he doesn't know how to take care of Madara's case (but it explains why the manga is so empty of content lately, he's trying to gain time to think of a good ending for Madara).
I don't like ForneverWorld's reviews, this guy lacks objectivity and has already spread tons of misinformation, I wouldn't trust what he says if he were the last NARUTO reviewer on Earth BUT for once, I agree with him : for a foe as important as Madara, Kishimoto should have planned how he's going to be defeated A LONG TIME AGO, especially since he keeps on powering him up. Now, he's in deep shit, 'cause unless he comes up with a random new power for Naruto/Sasuke like Kubo does for Ichigo every once in a while OR finds a smart but simple strategy to beat Madara (Shikamaru ? please ?), he's gonna mess this up. There's no way you can come up with a good ending to such a big battle very quickly, just by discussing with the editors. So I hope he at least have some ideas.
About the Sasuke thing, that Kishi wanted to make him a candidate for the Hokage seat since the beginning of the manga... Am I the only one who thinks that yes, it has been foreshadowed ?
Not by Sasuke himself. But I can't be the only one who remembers the battle in the Valley of the End, right ? For me, it was pretty obvious that Sasuke was the younger version of Madara and Naruto was the younger version of Hashirama. And (but I could be wrong on this, my memory is hazy), but it had been hinted that Madara and Hashirama had fought for the Hokage seat. So yeah, I saw the Sasuke thing coming a long time ago, but I was surprised like everyone else when he announced it, because I had completely forgotten about it.
Plus, I think that Sasuke defeating Danzo (the "Hokage" at the time) was a good hint too -> Sasuke does not agree with Danzo's methods -> gets rid of him -> to impose HIS methods of ruling Konoha (good or not, we don't know that yet).
So I'm surprised to see so many people surprised at this ^^ !
Now, I don't think he actually plans for Sasuke to become Hokage (or that would be the beginning of "bi-presidential" power in Konoha).
Pandarenboy said: I kinda would like an arc for Sasuke vs Naruto and get this current one over with as soon as possible
Don't worry, it's coming, if Kishimoto keeps his promise that is. I don't know if it'll be a whole arc, but it's supposed to be the last battle of the manga.
EDIT : Just found this on a facebook group. Relevance level : 100%.
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