Kazuhiko Torishima is the legendary Weekly Shonen Jump editor who discovered Akira Toriyama. Dragon Ball Toriyama's child is more, but Torishima played a large role in shaping the manga's popularity. Torishima served as Toriyama's editor from the beginning Dragon Ball At the beginning of the Saiyan Saga. Without Torishima, Dragon Ball We know it won't exist. That said, Torishima has a sharp tongue and isn't afraid to criticize the manga industry.
In a Napoli Comicon interview attended by X user @XMathemagicianX, Torishima recently shared some harsh words about Modern. a pieceDespite the respect for Eiichiro Oda's work on previous arcs. Likewise, Torishima praised Naruto Being “very good at the beginning”, but seemed unimpressed with the rest of the manga. According to the legendary Shonen Jump editor, there was a pen arc NarutoMasashi Kishimoto's last good saga before the series closes.
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The pain was the beginning of the end for Naruto
Torishima did not elaborate on why he thought the Pen arc was the last good story arc NarutoBut anyone who has read or watched the series can understand why they feel that way. It was the culmination of everything that happened at Penn Ark Naruto: Shippuden Up to that point, bringing the story of the Akatsuki closer to epic by having Naruto finally confront their leader, Penn.
Pain is an amazing villain who directly challenges Naruto's ideals, so much so that Naruto has no right way to deal with him philosophically. The destruction of the Hidden Leaf Village feels painfully earned and Jiraiya's death is one of the most emotional moments of the entire series. The Pain Arc is rightfully considered one of the greatest shonen sagas of all time, featuring the absolute best battles in the entire series. Lateral arches simply do not reach the height of the pen arch, especially Naruto Gradually loses itself to the alien and drags the plot out too long.
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Torishima wanted Kakashi dead and Sasuke dead
Torishima also stated that Kishimoto wanted to make Kakashi's death permanent. During the Pain arc, Kakashi exhausts all of his chakra fighting pain to save Choji, dying in the process. It's one of the most emotional moments in the series, comparable to Jiraiya's death – or would have been if Kakashi had actually died. Kakashi's death raised the stakes unlike anything else in the story up to that point, and showed that anyone can die.
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Even Naruto's strongest characters can't compete with Boruto's level. They would beat him in a heartbeat.
Until Kakashi came back and proved it Narutohas the thickest plot armor around, around the main characters. Interestingly, Torishima also stated that she wanted Sasuke dead. Considering how important Naruto's redemption of Sasuke is to the overall themes of the manga, killing him would have been a huge tonal shift, but it makes for a powerful moment that shows that Naruto's ideology won't always have a clean answer or happy ending for him, like in the Pain Arc.
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2002 – 2007-00-00
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Masashi Kishimoto
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Hayato date
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Masashi Kishimoto
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Naruto
