It's hard to be anything but speechless after going through all that. 
 Most of the volume was taken up between a good and solid resolution between Naruto and Sasuke, with the final fight that had been so damn necessary from the beginning of the manga and brought to such a howling crescendo. 
 It was absolutely gorgeous. I cried like a babe. The message was friendship, and no matter how many times the theme has been pounded into my thick skull over the length of the manga, it still resonates because it's true. 
 What I really wanted more of was the very last chapter, ten years later, and giving us a LOT MORE. The Gaiden was also good, but that's also finished, of course, and now I'm just sitting here twiddling my thumbs and wanting to know what else is going to happen, because we DON'T KNOW. How is the ninja world now? Did Naruto succeed in wiping out the cycle of hate? Does Sasuke come home every once in a while to grab a little nookie? I want to know! 
 Sigh. 
 I guess that's what all the forums are for. Hell, most of them are probably all deep web by now. If anyone out there wants to send me any links to any slash, please skip it. I want serious story. :) 
 What a damn awesome series, and it deserves all the props and fanbase it has got. I don't care one shit about all the haters. :)