
All the other characters were pretty much as-is.

Naruto was on point for the movie, as he usually is. There's not much more to say on his character. His minions serve little to no purpose except to be a distraction. The antagonist.well, he's just another generic Naruto bad-guy doing bad things in an Orochimaru-like way (experimenting and chimeras). This prompts Nations to prepare for war, particularly Leaf and Sand, because for whatever reason they think that Konoha is behind the entire thing (I'll get to why this is stupid later on). Meanwhile, the antagonist somehow made a projection which was seen all over the nations where he announced that he is a Konoha ninja and is going to become more powerful than all of them and start the Fourth Ninja War.


Naruto (as well as Sakura) doesn't take that news well, and goes after him. The final bloodline he has yet to grab is apparently the Sharingan from Kakashi, and so he activates a mark he had put on Kakashi (who convinces Tsunade to let him go before his mind is taken over) to pull the man to him. Your typical Orochimaru-type bad guy who is trying to absorb five major bloodlines in order to become immortal/all powerful. There was a little of it, but it wasn't as bad as some of the other movies. One of the only good parts is that this movie wasn't one of the typical "everyone gets super quiet during talking scenes and then the volume hits max decibels during battle/tense scenes". This movie has so many glaring errors that I was either scratching my head or groaning through it. Where do I start with this one? The Shippuden movies are very hit-and-miss, and that continues on for the later movies as well (which I actually saw before this one). Naruto and Sakura refuse to accept his decision and immediately chase after him, but can they defeat Hiruko and save their leader within the two-day time limit, especially when Shikamaru and the others are sent to stop them and bring them back home?

Hiruko now needs just one more jutsu to become the ultimate immortal ninja – and his final target is Kakashi! Sensing the immense threat Hiruko poses, the copy ninja decides to sacrifice himself and become an outcast for the sake of the village. His name is Hiruko – the mastermind behind the recent disappearances – and he has successfully absorbed four of the great bloodline traits in his quest to gain the strength to start a fourth great shinobi war. After sustaining injuries during their investigation, Naruto and the rest of Team Kakashi head back to Konoha to heal, however not long after their return an apparition of a boy appears in the sky. Across the great shinobi nations, ninja with special bloodline limits have gone missing without a trace.
