Quote Originally Posted by Abdula
Are you saying he wasn't before, because as I see it Naruto is and always has been a huge influence on the village. If the end result is just character development then it wouldn't be as bad but there are certainly other ways he could have gone about accomplishing that.

Seems to me like we are just going to jump from one giant haxxor battle straight into another one and that would be sad.
Oh he was deff an influence all along. But now after single handedly saving the villagers by talking pain into reversing a total cataclysm... The Jounins all know Narutos finally reached that potential as a true leader. Instead of just giving them something to believe in, they have someone to follow.

I hope him and Shika work together again, that would be a real ruthless combination now that naruto actually can improvise his own strategies.