User blog comment:Besty17/One Piece in 2020/@comment-4830337-20160822190143/@comment-3507581-20160824180049

@SeaTerror

I'm a fan of both series, but I liked the Naruto ending better because Naruto finally became Hokage and the fact that the offspring characters -and the pairings which originated them, with some of said pairings already seen coming a mile away- set the foundation stones for the "New Era Project", which shows that while the main series is over, the franchise has fuel for more. I kept reading Bleach until the very last chapter, but the ending left the fates of many characters -Grimmjow, Nelliel, the Royal Guard and more- unknown (though the editors are to blame, and this could have been solved with one more volume).

@Xilinoc

Do not criticize the Gaiden, because some of its plot had its foundations laid in the Epilogue of the main manga (I read this like three times and I understood it). Also, it helped flesh out the most important traits of some of the new characters. The final battle near the end of Part 2 was foreshadowed ever since the one near the end of Part 1, it should be said.