Originally Posted by
scotbud123
Well, it's a Shonen. Things are bound to get out of hand at some point. The only way to counteract this is if they pull something like in Bleach where he gets nerfed the second he uses his strongest form. But that would be kind of lame, I would rather have super OP characters with some things that aren't 100% explained (even if you can assume an answer on your own) then having Naruto get nerfed every time he wants to get serious.
The show was originally supposed to be about mages, not ninja, so that's why some things are the way they are. I agree, when it comes to JUST being a ninja, very few characters in Naruto ACTUALLY did that properly.
Energy still tires people out, just not nearly as much. I guess you could say that's cheap writing but I see that more as they've just become much more proficient at what they do. (Or, in Naruto's case, the fox is working with him 100% now so he has a MUCH bigger chakra pool to work with.)
Techniques are still explained for the most part, I'm pretty sure by the time the war comes to an end most of the things your asking now will be explained.
The playing defense thing isn't a bad thing at all, if you want "ninja" related tactics, that's one of the prime things right there.
Naruto getting the power to make the sun wouldn't make sense, since it would be pretty pointless. :S But it could happen, the sage of six paths made the moon. I don't see that as a BAD thing, it depends how it would be introduced and why.