I’ll try to answer as short as possible.
First of all, achieving superficial goals that characters stated at some point of their childhood is not necessarily a satisfying conclusion. The whole point of following the story is to see characters change and deepen their views, develop more intricate goals and aspirations.
Do you think that Sasuke fulfilled his role in the story when he killed Itachi - after all it was his original goal? No, killing Itachi was just a huge step in forming Sasuke’s political beliefs and worldview. Just like that Naruto in the later parts of the manga never stated that becoming Hokage was his ultimate goal, the word “Hokage” transformed into a label that described so much more - the power to protect and keep his friends together, the power to bring change into the system that led to so much hatred and tragedy, the power to fulfill his promise to villains whom he transformed, the power to bring Sasuke back and give him a home where he could live, etc. Some of these things were stated loudly in the manga, some required looking deeper than surface into Naruto’s character development.
So 1. Naruto. Naruto became Hokage without really achieving it. Originally Naruto was an underdog who had to fight against odds by being stubborn and working hard. It was later revealed that Naruto was a son of previous Hokage, a boy of prophecy, a reincarnation of the strongest ancestors, he had an unlimited power source in his belly, he learned from the strongest teachers from the start and had connections to each ruler of Konoha. His road to Hokage’s seat was paved with yellow stones. Yet, it could still be ok. It could be ok if Kishimoto showed us Naruto working hard to develop a new system of shinobi, working his ass off and struggling to find an answer that would lead the world into a new era. He could show Naruto searching for a compromise in cooperation with Sasuke that developed a darker ideology of equal importance. Instead Naruto just got the seat. He had no competition and no answers. He just continued to rule the same system his predecessors created. Just showing us that the world is somehow magically in peace under the same circumstances is not enough to make this kind of resolution viable. Also, the world is not changed if there is another Uchiha villain that wants to kill everyone just like the former villains did. Also we don’t see Hokage Naruto do any admirable work - why should we celebrate the main hero becoming a nominee ruler in the world that doesn’t even need ninjas anymore most of the time? We don’t see him protecting his friends due to being Hokage, we see him drinking and eating instant ramen. He couldn’t even create a world where Sasuke would feel comfortable living in Konoha. Development my ass.
2. Sasuke. Sasuke represented change. He represented the need to change, the driving force of change. He was the force that could not be stopped and driven into submission, because Sasuke directly saw the darker side of Konoha and thus he was restless to see ninja world change and he could never live in the world that destroyed everything he loved. Sasuke’s goal after Itachi’s death was to see change, not have a happy family, rebuild his clan or work for the system that mutilated him. Instead he was castrated, beaten into submission, brainwashed and sent to a redemption journey that apparently had to fill the void in his soul after his essence was ripped out. Sasuke became a broken shell of a man - satisfied?
3. Team 7 reunited is bullshit. Unless people’s equivalent of being reunited is being once in a scene together without trying to kill each other. That is what we’ve got - Sasuke stating that Team 7 meant something to him, him having little interaction with Naruto and Sakura and abruptly leaving to almost never return. Apparently that was the moment when Naruto and Sakura lost all connection as well. After all the hype about Team 7 it almost looked like a confession that Team 7′s bond was a hoax. In my head reunited Team 7 would mean them working together again, becoming close friends and family. The only way I could see that was them going on a journey together to figure out answers. Sasuke could never live in the old Konoha and both Naruto and Sakura would not only want to be with him, they would want to broaden their world view as well to become future leaders. What we have now doesn’t bring any kind of emotional satisfaction since there is no exceptional bond, there is hardly any bond at all.
4. Sakura. It was easy to see that the better version of Sakura really wanted to become stronger as a kunoichi and as a person. When Sasuke was not in the picture her aspirations actually broadened. Almost everyone hated Sakura’s original characterisation as a shallow bitchy weak girl and we wanted her stronger Part 2 self to fight on par with Naruto and Sasuke. (I had a feeling that Sakura hated her weak self even more than we did.) We wanted her to help Naruto save Sasuke from the darkness as she promised. In the end all Sakura did for Sasuke is cry and beg which had 0 results, and we have every reason to believe that she gave up on her kunoichi aspirations the moment Sasuke returned. The last image of her in original manga was in apron dusting shelves. She never reached Tsunade’s level, she never became a leader, she never even got the status of Legend for defeating Kaguya. I won’t even go into Gaiden where it was stated that SS broke her as a woman. You could say that being useful in the war and having Sasuke back was enough. But even if she got Sasuke, what about her view of herself? How is it satisfying for the readers who were led to believe that Sakura will eventually be equal to Naruto and Sasuke and surprass Tsunade? All those loud words were for nothing.
5. Hinata. While Part 2 Hinata definitely got what she wanted, Part 2 Hinata was a shell of the character a lot of us loved in Part 1. Yet, since she had a very tiny amount of panels, it was never really obvious that she aspired no more. We only saw her lusting for Naruto, but a lot of us assumed that her earlier ambitions were still there. We interpreted some of her words as her wanting to move on and stand on her own. As I said, goals tend to change, but usually in stories they develop into something deeper, not regress into a shallow obsession. We were in for a surprise. Still, I repeat, we could be happy for Part 2 Hinata getting all she wanted in life - Naruto’s D. But the way she did this was atrocious. She never managed to reach Naruto’s heart herself - she gave up over and over and over again. She was denied development even in her love life as she never managed to get over her insecurities to tell Naruto how she felt face to face. In the end deus ex machina did all the work for her. At the same time Naruto’s character was mortally damaged by retcons that made him into an emotional impotent and a scumbag. If I have to be happy for Hinata sitting on Naruto’s D, I am happy. But I think I was supposed to be happy for Hinata who reached Naruto and won his heart by overcoming her fears and growing as a person. In the end she is just a stagnating housewife. Bravo. Oh, also she did nothing about her clan and all her power-ups came from the thin air.
6. Final part - the ninja world and the rest of the cast. Are we supposed to be happy seeing that the peace that somehow magically fell on earth also destroyed all aspirations and life-purposes of our favorite characters? They all just wander around trying to lead normal non-ninja lives in the world that doesn’t need them anymore. Brilliant. We see them grouch as their children refuse to learn their old techniques. We see our favorite aspiring strong ninjas reduced to being unhappy parents. Was Choji’s, Ino’s, Sai’s, Lee’s, Temari’s ultimate goal to settle with children? Was Shino’s ultimate goal to teach in the academy as a low-class chunin? I won’t continue. Everything these people ever stated about themselves went into the window.
I won’t even bother, though I’ve said like 10% of what I could say.
Naruto’s ending destroyed all development, all major themes of the story and all purpose of Naruto’s journey.
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