Lots of interesting points there. I'm not going to say much here, but that was really interesting. What I particularly found interesting was:
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"Naruto and Sasuke are at different sides of a spectrum, like yin and yang."
I also like how becoming a parent made him explore more detail about Naruto's parents, as he had received an important perspective as a parent himself. And it's pretty obvious about the series reaching its climax just from the way events are unfolding and that he says "things are hotting up".