honestly the manga should have delved more into the political aspects of ninja life to give Naruto a more full understanding of what his dream meant by having him interact more with the people pulling the strings like the konohakagure while simultaneously maintaining his current bonds with other ninja simply carrying on with their lives. instead they decided to make the enemies more insurmountable in power than in concept. enemies have more of an immediate threat vs. a large scale threat. I just imagined it would have more of a Kenshin sequence feel towards the end with the Uchiha political genocide and all. Kinda like when Shishioh took over u know?