In the end Neji was right

I remember when I first watched the shonen exam. Naruto vs Neji is among the fight that I loved so much. that was at least 10 years ago. There were many powerful characters with interesting back-story and purposes. Especially 3 of them were too strong and have all their chance to win against naruto.

Neji was among these 3 and clearly, the was dominating naruto in that fight and would have won without Kurama's chakra that powered up naruto and healed him in the last minutes. Naruto,s perseverance was also very admirable.

In the fight, Neji and naruto didn't only clashed with their punch but also their view point about the world and expecialy destiny. Today looking back I can't help but feel that Neji was kinda right.

At the time naruto was just the vessel of Kurama and an underdog, someone who was fighting against all odds to create a future for himself and become the best of the best.

As we know now, Naruto was far from being a simple underdog, he was the son of the seventh Hokage, from a powerful clan Uzumaki who is known as seal specialists. And if that wasn't enough He was the reincarnation of a god among man.

This completely invalidates my first impression about him and disproves his own statement to Neji to Naruto that no one can avoid their destiny.

In the end, Naruto himself wasn't free, he was fated to live as the next Ashura and save the world as the child of prophecy. Fated to fight Sasuke, suffer and become the strongest. Befriend and unit the Biju.

While I don't approve of Neji's action toward Hinata, it's important to acknowledge that his claim about destiny was right at least in the world Kishimoto created.

Neji was fated to serve the main family either willingly or unwillingly.

Still, this doesn't change the fact Naruto is one of my most preferred anime. Not only for the epic fight and scene but the emotion it brink in you when you watch it. Kishi really created an amazing world that is still fascinating for a lot of anime fans even today.