Kishimoto by this time must be shaking his leg, and lying on his bed of yens.. but he ought to know that mangas and animes are better perceived as an art, climaxing the stories into a ending with a bang, rather than going dragonball style (watch how they ended with joker characters who just are not serious in their fight) and coming up with bogus characters (8 tails looks very much ajoker) just to make shonen jump fans disappointed every week.
However, I still have to admit that I enjoy the Akatsuki ordeal and without this makeshift but unpredictable team, the ninja clans will definitely live in utmost peace that bores everyone. Hopefully I can grab a cloak when cosplay is more "onz" in Singapore and use it as my blanket every night.
Haha.. I really have no idea which one is more charismatic: the one who believes he can childishly dream on to become Hokage with his pure determination, or the one who chooses his stubborn path to achieve his own powers with his dogged mind of vengeance.