I remember being disgruntled Viz edited out the swastika in the translated version, but even the Japanese anime did too.

Yeah, does anyone remember this guy? The one who attempted to kidnap Hinata and was killed, so they sent Neji's dad as a peace offering? Who the fuck was he? I was under the impression he was the raikage, but later we find out that's impossible. I think Kishimoto didn't really flesh out his plans for Cloud yet and tried to quietly drop this plot line.

I never really understood completely why Kabuto knocked out Kiba. Part of me wants to say it's because he wanted to eliminate any potential obstacles before the fight, but another part wants to say he did it to keep Kiba out of danger when the fighting goes down. Well, maybe I'm giving him too much.

Seriously, out of everyone I think Naruto was the true ninja. He came up with the most sneak attacks that aimed at the enemy's inattention and moments of weakness.

Shikamaru, what are you here for? What is the point of becoming a ninja?

I forgot how Gaara just casually killed two dudes on the way to fight Sasuke. Man, he was totally fucked up.

So... there's just a giant shuriken stuck in a wall in the Sand Village? Like, no one tried to pull that out? Who the hell threw that anyway?

I remember when they introduced elements in part II, I wondered whether that was another thing Kishimoto invented at the last minute. I'm starting to think he actually thought this out from the beginning; I've been watching carefully throughout this entire rereading and it works according to that later canon. That, and a scene like this which implies both Sasuke and Kakashi were lighting elementals.

I'm not certain if Kishimoto figured out what he wanted to do with Orochimaru. Sometimes I heard his motivation was to collect all jutsu, sometimes it was to make the world interesting through war, sometimes it was to become hokage. Or maybe it was Kishimoto demonstrating even Orochimaru had no real goals.

What the hell did the Third do here? How the hell do you just stop a summoning like that? Why the hell didn't they do that during the final battle?

If this was your life goal, you picked the wrong profession. You know Konoha has other jobs than ninja, right? You could run a ramen shop.

God, I totally forgot for the end of the chuunin exam, the only scanlations floating around were from the Chinese.