Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-39213635-20190515005629/@comment-4708882-20190522023035

"Shippuden" is simply the second part of the manga with a lot of the plot becoming more upfront in the later part as we learn more of the full extent of Orochimaru's plans, ultimate goal and the Akatsuki and how they played a major part of the backstory especially with Itachi Uchiha who is alluded to from the very start. The ending was controversial only because the writer hit some writers block on how to defeat Madara Uchiha so he had to find out a way to dispose of him because he was basically invincible by that point.