The real question is, can Naruto as a whole be saved?
I hope so, for two reasons
1-) I care for the history and the characters, even Sasuke, (he deserves to lose everything for abandoning everything), all the konoha 12, including Naruto, he deserves his spotlight, maybe THEN he will be cool.
2-) I HATE a history that gets abandoned by it's author, like shaman king, naruto is still in the top three, but that can't last for ever, if it gets to the bottom and gets cut like SK…
I am somewhat conform with akatsuki, but they all need to die, soon, Itachi by someone else than sasuke to make him suffer, preferibely sakura, or sai to piss of the fanbase even more.
Something else after them will be good, except madara, enough uchihas already, we have, the konoha rebelion, kabutomaru, hebi suigetsu is evil, and karin has her secret agenda, jugo could go bersek any moment, the tailed beast I doubt that will still be so calmed after the creator of the seal dies, maybe they decide to get hosts but by posession, them in control, to increase their powers be human, and get separated ways, if they escape and form another organization i'll be... disapointed and pissed off.