I rewatch the Chunin exams like once a year because it’s so epic. I remember watching it as a kid and trying to convince my mom the chakra circulatory system was real.
I think another very important point is that suddenly chakra was infinite for everyone, remember when kakashi said he is only able to perform the chidory 4 times a day ? Or how sasuke was out of chakra against itachi after some awesome fireball jutsus and so on ? Later in the series they just spam their ultimate jutsus over and over again, kakashi spams his kamui, ofcourse the antagonists have infinite chakra too. Also suddenly they didnt need to perform handsigns anymore. Remember how special it was to see a shinobi who performed handsigns with only one hand so they were able to cast jutsus in very difficult situation ? After the ten tails it was only explosions and more explosions.
After reading this comment I just realized that maybe kakashi's kamui spamming isn't just as ridiculous as people think. I think when he died in the pain arc, his mongekyou blindness meter (let's just pretend that's a thing) was reset. That means five kage summit and on, kakashi uses his mongekyou as much as sasuke did agianst killer bee and the five kage. But then when guy was fighting madara, kakashi says he's starting to go blind from the mongekyou which I think is weird cuz he's been using it the whole time
I really hated that, Kakashi invented raikiri when he was like 13? So in part 1 after 13 years aprox he can only do it 4 times. 3 years later he spammed it infinitely, damn that three years were really productive
Ahmet Hakan I agree, as the series progressed it definitely started to suffer from the same issues as DBZ (Infinite power creep to the point of being unbelievable in a negative sense)
Team Guy was done dirty. Rock Lee had the potential to become someone on Naruto's level. Neji's death felt unneeded like only for Naruhina to come together. And Tenten could have become a weapons genius if she as given more time to develop.
Either might guy should have died, or neji’s death should have been a “team guy+hinata” moment, not a naruhina moment. I hate how Naruto has to be involved in everything
@@hellothere10yearsago97 what do you expect? His name is literally the title of the anime. Besides, they barely had moments before then. It was usually just Hinata being a flustered mess and Naruto being clueless, so I see why that was the decision.
Orione Ervins yes, that is true. But she is also useless. Atleast Sakura could heal people, tenten is just plain useless, her powers won’t work against stronger opponents, she would get whooped by every reanimated ninja in the war if she fought any of them 1v1. She is the weakest from her Generation.
You aren’t wrong about the Rock Lee vs Gaara fight. My Mom sat down in the living room while I was watching that fight about 6 years ago and she ended up watching the whole show and finishing the manga with me and my brother lol
When you kinda think about it, TenTen is the only TRUE ninja. She uses the tools and stuff, and the reason why she is so useless and weak is cuz she was born into the wrong world. A ninja who was born into a world of wizards, and she still lives. Edit: Also Rock Lee but without the gates thing
Im surprised how Naruto is just a ninja show, with strategies, kunai, sword and basic jutsu. And somehow turn into fighting alien with ridiculous reality dimension power that broke the own anime power system
@@Shepard4Life Believe me, I've done that. Even the actual important episodes had flashbacks within them, or it's just drawn out way too long. There's usually lots of staring between each character with music in the back. For example, when Sasuke tried to kill Sakura. The battle with him, Naruto, and Kakashi was expanded to four episodes which was so unnecessary. I'm one of those people that gave up on Naruto because of that reason. Of course, I went back to it by reading the manga. For the fights, I would just watch it on TH-cam.
Joy Joy LaRosa I’ve watched the anime like 4 times through and only just decided to pick up all the box sets last week and I have to say the manga is 100x better, the fucking fillers just ruin the atmosphere of naruto I completely agree with you saying the fillers drag out way to long.
LeRandomRayquaza2011 I can see if that breaks your emersion (pretty sure I'm spelling it wrong). But in the series defense we have known the the Ninetails was able to destroy the largest nation in the verse since the very begining. Shippuden introduced the concept of their being 8 beast relative in power + the original beast that was the manifestation of all. For plot sake their would have to be stronger ninja to combat the op monsters. Granted the hints of a MASSIVE power creep were subtle but they were there. Imo it's crazy but I love it.
Thats nothing compare to goku who went from a kid that was as strong as a bullet proof window to fighting gods and different characters from other universes
Remember when the fights in Naruto were focused on Strategy and doesnt depend on brute power and force? Like Naruto vs Kiba Naruto vs Neji Shikamaru vs Temari The chuunin exams were so epic. Its those kind of fights Ive been missing for. When strategies were so cool that even though you are not that powerful, you can take out that stronger guy by thinking on your feet. Sadly, Kishimoto doesnt care about those things anymore and the plot now relies on broken jutsus and overpowered abilities. Its turning into a DBZ-ish show and it lost the thing it was unique for.
My problem with some of naruto’s fights is that they are sometimes too dragged out. They would speak, stare at each other, plan attack for waaaaaay too long
They should have made it so that throughout history Indra always beat Ashura until Narutos incarnation where he breaks the cycle. I think that would have been better.
Not just him. Kaguya too. Ramen guy is still hiding his secret Six Paths Mode. He was reincarnation of Hagoromo Otsutsuki. That's why Kishimoto made him a regular chef in a local restaurant. He was just way too OP and story would easily be uninteresting.
Honestly for me it went downhill when they started introducing them aliens like when Kaguya was revealed as the final villain I was like dafuq?? Madara was hyped as the final boss for such a long time y dafuq should we care about some alien we never heard about before?? It felt very anti-climactic for me esp for something that I've been watching since childhood.
I agree - no one cared about kaguya because she came in at the last minute. Madara should have been the last boss. I didn’t like how naruto turned into a zombie tv show.
Mmmm Scrumptious Orochimaru barely being relevant in Shipudden after the whole of the original series made him out to be the big bad guy was the worst part when the show started.
The problem was the fact that they went from silent killers to literal gods among men. Ninja tools are pretty much useless and I’m surprised they were still using them in war. Stealth plays like no part anymore since everyone at this point is a sensory type or they simply just bust down the door and walk up to them. The power scaling is so massive that realistically on earth there are 2-4 people actually capable of fighting a Ostutski. Everyone else is pretty much fodder at this point. I get it someone has to be at the top and stronger, but this turned from basically Iron man to Avengers endgame levels of power.
@@SteveCrafts2k most powerful armor Ik, but how was he displayed in endgame to show he had power, the snap isnt proof, cause if the suit was all that powerful he wouldve survived the snap
@@sokkaaaaaa Any normal human would've died instantly. As the Mark 85 was made to contain the power of Thanos, it gave Tony enough time to harness the stones.
Anyone remember how blood pumping the fight between Sasuke and Orochimaru in the death forest was? That intense music running, + the taijutsu and insane maneuvers.
I hated the reincarnation and prophecy arch too. It kind of defeated the whole point of Naruto vs Neji fight and the message that no one but you is in charge of your fate. Plus Naruto was a great protagonist because he had to work hard for everything, it didnt come natural to him he had the kyuubi but it was more a burden he turned into an advantage. It made readers feel that they can achieve there goals to and the whole destiny element ruined it.
Hadès I only kept watching for reanimated Madara. Boys a beast 👌it’s those little things that kept me watching shippuden other then that it got lost in the plot.
What really pissed me off was that Kishimoto introduced a bunch of new, interesting characters in Part 1 during the Chuunin Exams but then just wasted so many of them, as a lot of them like Tenten never really got much of a role in the story. One important aspect of writing is that if you add something to the story, it better count. For example, if you put a gun up on a wall and bring attention to that gun in one scene, in another scene the gun better be used. Otherwise, it's just wasting time, and it feels like it was wasting time getting to see cool characters like Shino in action during the exams ultimately to never see him do anything significant. Speaking of those characters by the way, Neji's death also served no purpose...like, we haven't had our attention on him for years, who can even remember him well enough to care? It just came out of nowhere, with no foreshadowing whatsoever, and if Kishimoto was going for an unpredictable brutal death he shouldn't have done the cliche'd "holding them in your arms as they die." My point is though, the Konoha 11 deserved better.
Neji's death served a purpose, but was not needed. Any random shinobi could have died in Naruto's arms, with a whole flashback episode to show that Naruto cared. That's how relevant Neji was up until he died. It impacted Naruto, but didn't give that fight any more weight because no one other than Naruto had cared about Neji since he practically became a side-character. A fight is only given weight when the readers are invested in the characters. Hence why the Kakashi VS Obito or Naruto VS Sasuke final fight being regarded so well. If the final fight had been Naruto VS Random Ninja #36, would all the taijutsu have mattered? No one would've cared if it was Naruto VS Shino or Naruto VS Tenten.
It's a concept called "Chekhov's gun". It doesn't "have" to be used, but generally, you shouldn't add unnecessary details to your story. My main gripe is that Kishimoto barely explored the other villages like he did with Konoha. Konoha has multiple strong clans, like the Hyuga, the Uchihas and other groups with wacky abilities like Choji's family and Shikamaru's shadow possession with a story of long conflict. The final war is mainly managed by ninjas from Konoha, which is stupid as hell. In the sand village, there's the puppet thing and then... that's it. There's the village with the floating kages, that's it. There's the village with black people using lightning jutsus, that's it. There is no depth, and those villages are never explored to the extent Konoha was explored. It would have been a better story if there were direct fights and conflicts against the other villages instead of going straight with Akatsuki as the first villains, which basically gives a reason for other villages to cooperate since they have a common enemy.
That tip about only adding stuff that counts in your story is not quite right. I'm currently reading the cookbook that was inspired by the many recipes found within the Game of Thrones books. None of the meals described in the books serve any purpose plot-wise, and none of them "counts", as in, none of them move the story forwards. The author has received a lot of crap about detailing these meals down to how they smell or how they look, and yet the story wouldn't be the same without the sum of all of the seemingly meaningless details like these. Just like in real life, not everything that you'll get to experience will be absolutely key to the person you'll become, and not everyone you meet will shape you. And yet you can't deny those things and people are out there, whether you like it or not. Maybe Tenten was just there. Maybe Neji just died.
Well his death had a purpose and it was that Naruto and Hinata could end up together I`m not even kidding that his the reason why Kishimoto killed of Neiji just because of a horribly done pairing that needed a characters death so that it could happen
To be honest, "here's a list of all the characters in class & you just guess which ones are important" was a pretty unimaginative way to introduce characters. In a well-flowing story, you'd meet each character as they become relevant, so nothing gets wasted and the setup is valuable.
lol that an exaggeration, the most played flashback is played 8 times ( I counted when I rewatched) It was naruto and jiraya talking about hatred and shit and how jiraiya was going to pass it on to naruto
i feel that tenten should have gotten a flashback tho, even if she wasn’t as mainstream. the characters in the fillers even got flashbacks so kishi could’ve given her one
Well nowadays in the age of streaming it might be annoying, but back when we were kids and that stuff was basically only on TV I personally was grateful for the flashbacks of the episodes I didn’t get to watch.
Remember when Kekegenkai was like the most OP thing. Also when the Shadow Clone jutsu was a forbidden technique, and only high level jonin could make a few.
Rock Lee is better at being Naruto than Naruto himself. What i mean by that is Rock Lee was like Naruto bullied by his "friends" not knowing any Jutsu's and overall being weak student in the academy, but both Naruto and Rock Lee trained the difference is that Rock Lee had nothing and came out on the top while Naruto was a member of one of the strongest clans in existence and he had a Tailed Beast power inside him.
Naruto: "I'll turn myself into a big shuriken to be thrown with a another big shuriken then turn back to normal and attack him from behind." Naruto Shippuden: "he blocked my kamehameha with his big bang attack, guess i'll have to use a bigger kamehameha"
In my opinion the peak of Naruto was the Pein arc. Everything else after that kinda felt redundant. Naruto got his goal of being acknowledged and his character arc basically ended there.
@@knownname190 The problem there is that there was a ton of stuff that didn't really get us closer to that goal, or only opened up more questions. IMO I would've only wanted like 40-50 more episodes at most to wrap up Sasuke and "Madara", show off the characters a little more, get Naruto to come to an understanding with Kurama, and that's about it. Not a whole war. (that also introduces even more characters we have to keep track of)
@Sados59 Maxi I was thinking of that number of episodes without counting fillers as a part of it... it would probably be possible imo, especially if the show went easier on all the dramatic pauses, the general tendency to drag shit out, and shortened up the flashbacks I could still be wrong, but either way, I just don't think a whole fourth war was a necessity.
I also found the power levels to be perfect during the Pain arc. Pain was supposed to be the super powerful villain, and it showed. Naruto also showed he was the strongest in the village, however the fight still required strategy to win.
No it didn't. And I hated talk no jutsu. That is why I like one piece more... But still, Naruto was one of the best animes I have ever seen, so I have no complains from it except talk no jutsu and the so called "otsusuki clan". Otsusuki ruined naruto in my opinion.
@@riripari2042 Yeah, they could have made samurai Op, but their main objective was overhyping ninjas. Tho, you could say that Sasuke was the perfect samurai
Bro sarutobi got rid of his jutsu that needed hand signs so he can only use snake jutsu because they don't require hand signs mainly because they absorb nature energy
Pedro vinícius yeah but I don’t think breathing in space, having a planet busting ninjitsu, teleporting, and having a fucking demon inside of you is “power”. These characters are ninja’s. Not gods.
Naruto was never an underdog. He had an entire linage backing him up and giving him special treatment. He also had a powerful demon inside from day one and is the reincarnation of ninja Jesus
He was hated continuously because people lacked knowledge about him and had no clue that his existence is the reason that leaf village was saved. He wasn't given "special treatment" he just had stronger people training and guarding him because many people were after him
@@cloudii7339 So basically an outcast with hidden power like Gaara who manage to overpower Rock Lee when Naruto himself has Kurama a tailed beast far greater than Gaara tailed beast 🤔
@@dylenm7878 don't you dare disrespect the Gaara vs naruto fight when naruto literally was strategic in fighting Gaara with no nine tails involved till he ran out of his own chakra it's as dude said the fight is definitely underrated the naruto vs Sasuke fight was indeed badass but naruto vs Gaara really shows that naruto doesn't rely on nine tails like he does now.
@@ju-lq9jp They did that with pretty much all non team 7 ninjas from the academy. Just imagine what they could’ve done with Kiba. He wanted to catch up to Naruto like Naruto caught up with Sasuke but instead just made him a useless dog lover
I can definitely agree that Naruto was in it's golden age during Part 1, in which it was a brilliant coming of age story about a kid who wanted to become the greatest ninja in his village. The filler episodes were definitely what harmed the series in the long run though, and it actually caused me to drop off the series for quite some time. I came back about a year or so later, but then dropped off a year or so later. I recently came back this year, but this time it's to actually finish the series.
Manga is better than the show I think. No filler, but I still think it fell off later in the series. Things just get too crazy and don't flow as well. Though I also heard that it wasn't meant be drawn out as long but it was forced basically.
Masterge77 I stopped watching it for 6 or so years, came back and watched until chapter 103 when the 3 tailed beast filler ended and I didn't continue, it became a chore watching it.
@@unreal4good367 Basically. he was just the latest in a long line of reincarnations of a ninja demigod. most of his early struggles are due to a lack of adequate teaching. His dad was a legendary ninja who was a master of sealing techniques, while his mom was from a clan known for their overwhelming levels of ninja energy who were natural adept at being hosts for tailed beasts. he is sporting a very impressing bloodline on *both* sides Even ignoring that stuff that came up later that paints him as a prodigy, he never studies, which is why he doesn't know basic stuff about jutsus. Early on, he learned the shadow clones in just a couple of hours using a ninja scroll. So, he's not an idiot. He's just very lazy and expects things to come to him with 0 effort.
@@rabbss830 That is demonstrably bullshit. He's *clearly* got the the Uzumaki natural chakra reserves and his mother's aptitude for being a jin-grand-cherokee. Note the difference between when he's using his own power versus clifford's He also is very smart at learning techniques when he *actually applies himself* which he *rarely* does until he's given super teachers to compensate for his *laziness*
@@InfernosReaper high chakra reserve isn't talent, it's called perks, Naruto never inherit any Uzumaki related ninjutsu. And Naruto's creativity is majorly different from Minato's, it was thanks to Naruto's himself and his teachers. So no, Hagoromo was right.
The whole thing was about being an underdog...turns out he’s the son of the fastest ninja and hokage ever, and he has crazy amounts of chackra because of his mother actually, who comes from a clan of crazy chackra levels. He ends up using the demon’s power more than his own, making sage mode rather useless. What a waste
@Mehmet Sarikaya I know the 3rd was trained by the 1st but I have no recollection of blood or family ties. But if you meant Naruto, then yes, in a sense he's a descendant of Hashirama.
The characters just ended up being too fucking op to the point where it’s like are these people even considered ninjas anymore. They might as well put these characters in db super and I wouldn’t even know they were from naruto. Naruto and sasuke at their fight, they were literally flying in the air and dropping ki blasts to each other like wtf. What happened to hand signs and pure fighting with fists and kicks.
Completely agree with you. They tried to bring the hand signs in that last fight, that's true. But man, you're right that that whole taijutsu-hand signs-strategy amazing parts of Naruto were forgotten completely. Too bad. Like in the end noone even needed to use any hand signs to use Jutsus. I freaking remember myself being amazed by Haku using 1 hand to use a Jutsu that even Kakashi was freaked out. And then we have shitbombs dropping everywhere, justsus being casted and everyone suddenly has infinite mana and no need for hand signs. meh
Naruto Shippuden was ruined by the overpowered abilities. Remember when the height of power was watching the 3rd Hokage fight Orochimaru and the resurrected 1st and 2nd Hokage? It was all about using a bunch of elemental jutsus against each other. It was about being quick and outwitting your opponent, like when Kakashi fought Zabuza. Then of course, Naruto was a downtrodden loser, but then became a "chosen one" which means the early evil Neji was right that you can't change your fate or destiny.
I personally thought shippuden was amazing aside from most of the filler, for me growing up with Naruto part 1 was very special to me however everyone I knew who watched it always talked shit about Naruto's character. I thought this series was great for character building and story I don't understand how it was ruined by overpowered abilities that were for the most part already in part 1, it's not like they pulled stuff like the Rinnegan, amaterasu and other kekkai genkai or tota out of their ass or anything. Plus you're acting like elemental chakra styles played no role at all, like Naruto didnt even know his chakra element was wind based until he started training to use rasen-shuriken. I do agree some stuff was unnecessary but overall it was a pretty good sequel.
Derek Richardson exactly. Rock Lee fell into shadow, Neji was killed for other Shinobi. I still think the talk-no-jutsu scene with Neji holds value in the arc overall, but it is really conflicted in light of the entire series pointing to Naruto being the 4ths son given the Kyubii, and gave fans the wrong idea about who our hero was, and where the show was going.
Also, we didn’t need to scale much beyond the powers of Pain. He was the end. The Hokage level surpassed. All the Akatsuki fights had been immensely interesting to that point, but the Kage summit arc felt the need to one up it for some reason, and then of course the war arc came along and one upped it again. If not for that I think the scale at the end of the show could’ve been less repugnantly similar to Dragonball’s Boo arc.
Naruto is a soy boy who wants attention. The writer wants to tell the story that effort will win over talent and naruto keeps yelling about "hard work" and "dont giveup"... when he is actually naturally gifted being born with 9tail fox and his parent is a hokage and his mother is from the uzumaki clan which have lots of chakra. Hypocrite Naruto talks about effort when he is born genetically superior. Naruto just proves that in life you can only be successful if your parents is powerful or you are born with good genetics. Someone who works hard like Rock Lee will always lose to someone born superior like the fight between Lee vs Gara.
The main thing Kishimoto did wrong is : he made Konoha the focal point of the story but didn't explore village politics , Danzo Root, Konoha Elders, Yamanaka, Aburame, Yuuhi, Inuzuka Sarutobi, Akimichi, Hyuuga clans should have been explored, side characters that are important in the village - Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuuhi,Anko Mitarashi,Might Guy,Danzo Shimura,Yamato. Asuma and Kurenai were leaders of Genin Team 8 and Team 10 like Kakashi,Anko Mitarashi was Orochimaru student,Might Guy was Kakashi's rival , Yamato was Orochimaru experiment and Danzo was involved with everything that happened but Kishimoto or his editor decided not to explore , I wanted to know what were their dreams,thoughts , inner conflicts and relationships with elders and Hokage. I am just saying , if you are gonna introduce so many characters, you should at least give them a whole arc to shine without mc to steal the spotlight.
Exactly! There was so much cool stuff in part one about the village and the will of fire and SO MANY characters and then they all just get forgotten in shippudden it’s without a doubt one of the biggest disappointments of naruto
Naruto vs Pain is probably the most iconic one. That was the moment when Naruto went from being 0 to hero. Dude straight up defeated 6 with the help of frogs. And the way he returned with his gang of frogs is just pure boss. That's the moment when he also got recognized even by other villagers. So I think no one can top it. But the most meaningful fight and animation is kakashi vs obito. Hands down just pure insanity. There was so much meaning behind that fight
I don't understand why everybody loves Pain's arc. Like, EVERYBODY in the village was frozen watching the fight beacause it had to be Naruto's hero moment 🙄 Sasori, Kakashi and Itachi's deads were 1000 times better
@@narutolover1098 that was the second time i cried in naruto.The first time i cried was in the very first ep of naruto when iruka protected naruto started blabbering stuff
Hokage Sarutobi: kept the village safe from Orochimaru Hokage Minato: kept the village safe from the Nine-Tails Hokage Tsunade: kept everybody alive during the Pain assault Hokage Kakashi: kept the seat warm for Naruto
@@debbiek3469 still failed because everyone died eventually. If its not because Nagato's asspull reviving ability, Konoha would literally have no citizens
@KA - 07BA 967925 Dolphin Sr PS That’s because they didn’t have bs writing to help them. They need to stop with that bs peace. There’s a lot of people who would want revenge for the lain they suffered and it was not realistic at all. Can’t suspend my disbelief.
Shino (base series): he mysterious and always a threat. While everyone proclaims their greatness hd silently outwit his foes without boasting about his intelligence or how gifted he is. Like his insects, his plans are small, meticulous, and by the time everything comes together you will find yourself swarmed and defeated. Shino (Shippuden): The writers remember his existence sometime Shino (Boruto): Looks like Godot from Ace Attorny. Got screentime but lost literally all his charm-
@@amalajohn1127 he was basically a joke in shippuden too tbh, like half of his screen time were just the two running gags of people ignoring/not noticing him or about him being salty for not having been part of the sasuke rescue mission in the base series. but yeah, in boruto it's only the running gags...
Hype started dying down right after Naruto vs Pain(end of Shippuden Part 1) after that everyone went from ninja/wizard to flat out DBZ imitations with weapons and elements
Honestly.... The best thing about naruto was individualism, choices, self improvement, finding a code a code and sticking to it. Each arc glimmers theses ideas. From the tool speech, to the chuunin exam(Especially the forest of death), To the village having to deal with the death of the 3rd Hokage, and Naruto falling out with Sasuke. The world felt truly alive and we were learning the world more & more
Tbh it got so annoying when saving sasuke was the main part of the story every time he said I’m gonna save sasuke it got more annoying he prob said it a hundred times
@Dralliance 9,000 its true??? Im sorry but with all the drama i have in my life i dont make my whole life about it. So yes, its possible NOT to do that. The issue is not Naruto chasing someone he thinks hes a friend. The issue is making his whole life and consequently the whole anime about it.
Sasuke was a main part of the story. The entire series had to do with his Uchiha bloodline. From the nine tails attack that ended Minato, to the attack in the chuunin exams that was partially to gain Sasuke's body, to Sasuke becoming the driving force behind Naruto. Don't even get me tarted on all the background stuff Itachi pulled to kick-start events in the series as a double agent. Then on to Madara.... Need I say more? The whole story revolves around Sasuke even the main character, Naruto.
Naruto shippuden in the begining: kurama power it's to much evil and dangerous for you control and it will damage your body, try to win the fights with your own tatics After pain arc: haha look Naruto's new form with the chakra of all bijus together, giant rasengan
5:50 naruto vs pain was a whole lot more than just shipping’s and sage mode. It was coming to terms with grief and dealing with the hate. Instead killing out of revenge, having to connect reconcile and forgive
@@harleyzeth Yaa i remember how happy i was that he got what he deserved but than they fucked up after that episode with fillers and i was waiting for naruto too accept hinata but they totally ignored it even tho she literally confessed her love.
What kishimoto did not understand is that people did not wanted to see huge explosions and energy attacks, they wanted battles with handsigns, strategic movenents and kunais. If I want to see battles with huge explosions and energy attacks I would go watch Dragon ball z, super and gt(Which I have). But When I go to watch naruto fights I Dont expect those things. That for me made me switch naruto from my favorite anime regarding battles to my third favorite. First Being DB and second one piece. Too bad cause I really liked the old battles.
Bro. I agree with you. Naruto was excellent. But in Shippuden, all the jutsus were over powered. Then the whole throwing planets bs. It was too dragonball z ish. Ninjas are supposed tonbe stealth right? Well when There's energy beams and huge explosions everywhere......
I agree but the series took a downhill from the pain arc and it's universally agreed that the Pain arc was the highlight of the show. Eventhough Madara was the strongest villian, he didn't have the impact that Nagato had on the audience. Now I could deal with the child of prophecy and believe that's the most it should've stayed. Making Naruto and Sasuke the reincarnation of Indra and Asura only proved that Neji's theory about destiny is correct. NARUTO was destined to be great regardless of his past which took away what made it special..
I've finished naruto this year... And yeah, basically i agree with everything. Especially the part about tactical battles and taijutsu. That was the sauce. And the last villain being the most boring one, like, how are we able to enjoy that after Madara? Weak
You nailed it, I stopped watching Naruto when they started cutting meteors like butter. Naruto was better when the fights were more of wits and smarts than the nuclear war type it became towards the end. I miss the days when Kakashi was shrouded in mystery, or a silent genjutsu could delay an opponent, Shino's weird nature (another wasted character) and all
Yep. Shino was actually my favorite character once I saw Sasuke fighting deidara. So much nonsensical power creep meanwhile the only guy consistently using his brain? "Useless"... Meanwhile the "underdog" Naruto.(ROFL) is killing every enemy left and right because he's literally jesus...
There were early warning signs at the end of Part I, the downslide began at the start of Part II, and the end of the Pain Arc was the point of no return.
the thing with me is, Naruto itself, base 2002-2007, will be in my eyes, one fo the best piece of media in existence, and now onto my third season of Shippuden (which i enjoy alot) I can say that it lost its spark, it still an amazing show with great comedy, characters and fights, but the OG naruto always outshine it.
Naruto died imo right after the pain arc. The war arc was pretty boring until madara was thrown into the fold. My main issue with the entire naruto series was how back in pt 1 the world of naruto seemed so large. They actually used hand signs and the secondary characters actually shined. Shippuden wasn’t too bad, but a lot of the characters were thrown to the side, I mean neji was literally killed by a large piece of shrapnel. Another thing about shippuden that bothered me was how naruto and sauske basically became gods by the end. And they had to battle an alien god. But naruto as a whole manga and anime was a series of ups and downs, it had it’s really good moments and really bad ones
The most annyoing parts for me were: 1. Obsession about Sasuke. This n!gga doing bullsh*t all over the place, trying to kill friends, but Naruto still wants to get his "friend" back and Sakura is just getting wet everytime she sees him. 2. The time after the Pain Arc. Yeah, it's nice to see that Naruto finally got accepted from the village, but they should have put that way more towards the end. I liked the underdog Naruto and after that epic fight, he was kinda their Jesus and known around the whole fucking Ninja world. 3. The part where Sakura said: " Finally I caught up to these 2". Well, okay that was the funniest scene in whole shippuuden, Not annoying. 4. The damn fillers, but I must admit that some of them were just great, like the story of Kakashi / Obito and this special with these orphams and Narutos First time in this sick golden mode. 5. !SPOILER! That Sasuke didnt die after he did fucking DARE to betray Naruto after this awesome fucking hearthbreaking Goodbye between him and Minota. Saddest momenet in the whole fucking Naruto/Shippuuden.
facts sasuke was a bithc since day one and they made half of shippuden focus on this bland boring charactar. and your right after pain arc it just went to shit honestly the whole reanimation jutsu made no fucking sense like they are immortal made of paper that comes out of no where and infinite chakra??? wth at least just make them human that makes no sense reanimation jutsu is the single worst thing that killed the serious
@@whydoweexist518 And now in boruto, If the character doesn't have infinite chakra he haves some bullshit to steal chakra from his oponnent, Or "guns" to spam jutsus, and also fuckin aliens and more alirns
Abuck Definitely agree with the first two, Naruto had a legit hard on for Sasuke like he was the abusive husband. And I thought the original plot of Naruto was his quest to be the best. So if the whole world is pretty much regarding Naruto as the GOAT, how much more story is there to really tell?
@@navystar9601 he did stop the reincarnation but it was ironic how he was the child prophecy when he was portrayed as a drop out in early series who's only hope was hard work
Lets be real, The whole naruto was awezome and naruto shippuden's beggining was great but after they added the otsuki things went down. Youre telling me martians came out of nowhere and now people can fricking FLY!!!??? In resume the problem was that naruto tried to becomd a new dragon ball z and failed miserably.
I liked the whole "sage" arc if u can call it one. The process of him learning about it and learning about what jiraya went through as well and then out of nowhere he finally arrives to where pain is and has sage mode
the probem wasnt that there was filler. the problem was the filler wasnt relevant. filler is a good time for world building and telling stories for other characters. they could do an anbu filler, a root filler, a kirigakure filler ,4th hokage filler, etc. but the fillers all revolve around naruto in ways that are a waste of time because they arent canon.
@@orlandolazardi9818reduce the amount of fillers your gonna make, and make fillers about cool characters but kinda irrelevant to the main story, like sakumo for an example , idk, they could have made some fillers about tobirama as well, same goes for minato, i feel like minato could have been used just a lil bit more
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"I knew Naruto's childhood better than my own" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
SOO TRUE
ME TOO AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!!!
@@tashicaelwin9558 naruto is the best anime ever
@@Julian-ke2tg You trippin'.
@@justablackpfp999 what do you think 😂
I rewatch the Chunin exams like once a year because it’s so epic. I remember watching it as a kid and trying to convince my mom the chakra circulatory system was real.
It is real
Lol
😩
Christopher Campbell nah
It is but Naruto is ridiculous
I think another very important point is that suddenly chakra was infinite for everyone, remember when kakashi said he is only able to perform the chidory 4 times a day ? Or how sasuke was out of chakra against itachi after some awesome fireball jutsus and so on ? Later in the series they just spam their ultimate jutsus over and over again, kakashi spams his kamui, ofcourse the antagonists have infinite chakra too. Also suddenly they didnt need to perform handsigns anymore. Remember how special it was to see a shinobi who performed handsigns with only one hand so they were able to cast jutsus in very difficult situation ? After the ten tails it was only explosions and more explosions.
What do u expect ten tails to weave signs?
After reading this comment I just realized that maybe kakashi's kamui spamming isn't just as ridiculous as people think. I think when he died in the pain arc, his mongekyou blindness meter (let's just pretend that's a thing) was reset. That means five kage summit and on, kakashi uses his mongekyou as much as sasuke did agianst killer bee and the five kage. But then when guy was fighting madara, kakashi says he's starting to go blind from the mongekyou which I think is weird cuz he's been using it the whole time
I really hated that, Kakashi invented raikiri when he was like 13? So in part 1 after 13 years aprox he can only do it 4 times. 3 years later he spammed it infinitely, damn that three years were really productive
Ahmet Hakan I agree, as the series progressed it definitely started to suffer from the same issues as DBZ (Infinite power creep to the point of being unbelievable in a negative sense)
He trained A LOT in those three years
The ramen guy never open his eyes because he has double rinnegan......
rinnemangekyo tenseijouganketsuyugann sharingan whilst having the 100 tails completely under his control sealed in him
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
@@eye-yamstewpeed8254 this guy knows the truth
That makes sense 😂😂😂
Team Guy was done dirty. Rock Lee had the potential to become someone on Naruto's level. Neji's death felt unneeded like only for Naruhina to come together. And Tenten could have become a weapons genius if she as given more time to develop.
Every academy ninja was done dirty besides team 7 of course
Poor Rock Lee
Either might guy should have died, or neji’s death should have been a “team guy+hinata” moment, not a naruhina moment. I hate how Naruto has to be involved in everything
@@hellothere10yearsago97 Tbh Tsunade, and might guy should of died. Kishimoto got soft.
@@hellothere10yearsago97 what do you expect? His name is literally the title of the anime. Besides, they barely had moments before then. It was usually just Hinata being a flustered mess and Naruto being clueless, so I see why that was the decision.
Let's not forget that the dammed swing had more screen time than Tenten
Tenten was more useless than sakura
Nightcore lover tsunades pig had more screen time than Tenten😂
@@ilirhajrullahi3234 tenten is not useless
she just doesnt get much screen time
Orione Ervins yes, that is true. But she is also useless. Atleast Sakura could heal people, tenten is just plain useless, her powers won’t work against stronger opponents, she would get whooped by every reanimated ninja in the war if she fought any of them 1v1. She is the weakest from her Generation.
@@b4nds1 loll
Nobody:
Kishimoto: Did someone say swing flashback
I genuinely laughed thx
Hisoka: Did somebody say 'Schwing' flashback?
Swing-sama is the true antagonist of the series
NOOOOOOOOOOO
this took me out lol
You aren’t wrong about the Rock Lee vs Gaara fight. My Mom sat down in the living room while I was watching that fight about 6 years ago and she ended up watching the whole show and finishing the manga with me and my brother lol
Wow cool mom👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Cool
Cool mom.
cool mom
Your mom cool asf
When you kinda think about it, TenTen is the only TRUE ninja. She uses the tools and stuff, and the reason why she is so useless and weak is cuz she was born into the wrong world. A ninja who was born into a world of wizards, and she still lives. Edit: Also Rock Lee but without the gates thing
@Hackerbashjam world of wizards! 😂😂😂
Really though, I've always said that about TenTen.
Hackerbashjam And Lee because he had to work extra hard just to stand next to the others.
Bruh kishimoto coulda had tenten use the sage of six paths weapons and seal madara, than she woulda been useful. Shame
@@capa1575 That would have been so frustrating considering she was so irrelevant to the plot
Naruto spend 90% of his childhood on that dang swing.
😂😂😂
True lol
Maybe he wouldn't suck so much if he actually picked up a Ninja book or two
@@PurushNahiMahaPurush He did, he practiced for multiple hours (dont remember the episode) where he had a lot of books in a flashback
The swing got more screen time than most of the side characters
Naruto: *School Fights*
Naruto Shippuden: *WW3*
WW4*
Boruto: 💩
WW4 because the 4th great ninja war
Naruto Shippuden is both school fights and WW
4
Im surprised how Naruto is just a ninja show, with strategies, kunai, sword and basic jutsu. And somehow turn into fighting alien with ridiculous reality dimension power that broke the own anime power system
It’s like how dragon ball went from martial arts to transformations & fighting aliens
it broke its own world building
@@chidubememma-ugwuoke2315 more like martial arts to fighting Gods strong enough to destroy many universes
@@chidubememma-ugwuoke2315 goku is an alien though
The original naruto was dope for me because it wasn't all about transformations and fantsy jiutsus , it had grit and gnarly hand to hand combat
amen!
Shippuden is to naruto as what dbz is to db
Did you just say gnarly
Jdogg 4089 dbz is better thn db
Also had more depth to the story, shippuden kinda lost its depth and it was all about naruto learning new jutsus and the akatsuki capturing jinchuriki
What happened to Naruto?
FILLERS and even more FILLERS with backflashes
u can always skip fillers :D
@@Shepard4Life Believe me, I've done that. Even the actual important episodes had flashbacks within them, or it's just drawn out way too long. There's usually lots of staring between each character with music in the back. For example, when Sasuke tried to kill Sakura. The battle with him, Naruto, and Kakashi was expanded to four episodes which was so unnecessary. I'm one of those people that gave up on Naruto because of that reason. Of course, I went back to it by reading the manga. For the fights, I would just watch it on TH-cam.
Joy Joy LaRosa I’ve watched the anime like 4 times through and only just decided to pick up all the box sets last week and I have to say the manga is 100x better, the fucking fillers just ruin the atmosphere of naruto I completely agree with you saying the fillers drag out way to long.
Joy Joy LaRosa I think the only filler I found interesting was Kakashi Anbu arc filler
Killa Underrated Agreed. Or Itachi’s childhood
Naruto went from ninjas doing hand signs in the beginning to dropping nukes around near the end.
LeRandomRayquaza2011 I can see if that breaks your emersion (pretty sure I'm spelling it wrong). But in the series defense we have known the the Ninetails was able to destroy the largest nation in the verse since the very begining. Shippuden introduced the concept of their being 8 beast relative in power + the original beast that was the manifestation of all. For plot sake their would have to be stronger ninja to combat the op monsters. Granted the hints of a MASSIVE power creep were subtle but they were there. Imo it's crazy but I love it.
Nonono the fucking 9 tails was premiered in the first episode
TridentH20 that’s actually really true, good point
Thats nothing compare to goku who went from a kid that was as strong as a bullet proof window to fighting gods and different characters from other universes
cod logic
Goku never started off as strong as a human.
The fucker took a bullet to the head in the first episode.
Remember when the fights in Naruto were focused on Strategy and doesnt depend on brute power and force? Like
Naruto vs Kiba
Naruto vs Neji
Shikamaru vs Temari
The chuunin exams were so epic. Its those kind of fights Ive been missing for. When strategies were so cool that even though you are not that powerful, you can take out that stronger guy by thinking on your feet. Sadly, Kishimoto doesnt care about those things anymore and the plot now relies on broken jutsus and overpowered abilities. Its turning into a DBZ-ish show and it lost the thing it was unique for.
Shikamaru’s fights are always the best. Him against Hidan is my favorite.
@@sabilly1471 everyone loves rock Vs gaara by default, that shit is epic af
@@sabilly1471 yeah but that fight was through speed and brute force. No tactics involved.
Shikamaru vs hidan was 🔥
Shino vs kankuro
My problem with some of naruto’s fights is that they are sometimes too dragged out. They would speak, stare at each other, plan attack for waaaaaay too long
Dominik Holdas yeah fights take a looooong time
Naah,you dont see watch fight in OP
Most anime do that bruh(stare, plan, talk too much while fighting), im surprised you posted this without observing anime in general(shonen anime)
Every anime does that
Ikr I stopped watching because of that. Well I never even bothered to watch the whole anime anyway I just watch a few episodes cause of my sis
naruto went from: make your own destiny.
to: naRUto IS ThE PRoPhECy CHIlD.
Well, prophecy and destiny are the different things
insert red thread of fate
u'r a ninja, Harry
They should have made it so that throughout history Indra always beat Ashura until Narutos incarnation where he breaks the cycle. I think that would have been better.
Well might guy
In Naruto: I WILL BECOME HOKAGE
in Naruto Shippuden: SASUKE COME BACK
SAAAAAAASUKEEEEEEEEEEEEE
NAAAAAAARUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTOOOOOOOOOO
(pops up from offscreen)
_"Spongebob."_
Naruto: I WILL BECOME HOKAGE. BELIEVE IT
Naruto shippuden: I can't become hokage if I can't even save one friend. Ya know.
@PenguinPopUwU OwO Long live NaruSasu ♥️♥️♥️
How Naruto’s frog wallet not only lived longer then neji but it got more screen time then ten ten 💀
😂 the absolute disrespect
Kishimoto should have made Ramen Guy beat Madara.
Not just him. Kaguya too. Ramen guy is still hiding his secret Six Paths Mode. He was reincarnation of Hagoromo Otsutsuki. That's why Kishimoto made him a regular chef in a local restaurant. He was just way too OP and story would easily be uninteresting.
@@gabrielfarkas257 Honestly same, it would be the ultimate plot reveal in history not even as silly as it sounds and I wouldn't even be mad
Did you guys not hear? Ramen guy fought Naruto and Sasuke in Boruto, he killed em both
@@merryperson123 kinda like get backers the manga having the barkeep being secretly a fucking badass but that might be showing my age a bit
Honestly,him fighting and killing Madara would be a better plot twist than that fucking black zetsu bullshit
Who ever loved the Naruto Shippuden 1st opening
Everybody Stand Up.....
Meeee
Meee
Me
Crazy Minds the very first anime opening in naruto was on par with bluebird change my mind
Too lazy to stand
Honestly for me it went downhill when they started introducing them aliens like when Kaguya was revealed as the final villain I was like dafuq?? Madara was hyped as the final boss for such a long time y dafuq should we care about some alien we never heard about before?? It felt very anti-climactic for me esp for something that I've been watching since childhood.
If I were to get a quarter everytime you put question marks or "dafaq?" I'd have 2$
@@wallie8539 dude all of them needed to die
I agree - no one cared about kaguya because she came in at the last minute. Madara should have been the last boss.
I didn’t like how naruto turned into a zombie tv show.
Mmmm Scrumptious Orochimaru barely being relevant in Shipudden after the whole of the original series made him out to be the big bad guy was the worst part when the show started.
Madara couldn't be beaten
The problem was the fact that they went from silent killers to literal gods among men. Ninja tools are pretty much useless and I’m surprised they were still using them in war. Stealth plays like no part anymore since everyone at this point is a sensory type or they simply just bust down the door and walk up to them. The power scaling is so massive that realistically on earth there are 2-4 people actually capable of fighting a Ostutski. Everyone else is pretty much fodder at this point. I get it someone has to be at the top and stronger, but this turned from basically Iron man to Avengers endgame levels of power.
I get your metaphor but how was iron man powerful in endgame
@@sokkaaaaaa
Mark 85, most powerful Iron Man armor.
@@SteveCrafts2k most powerful armor Ik, but how was he displayed in endgame to show he had power, the snap isnt proof, cause if the suit was all that powerful he wouldve survived the snap
@@sokkaaaaaa
Any normal human would've died instantly.
As the Mark 85 was made to contain the power of Thanos, it gave Tony enough time to harness the stones.
@@SteveCrafts2k ok, that means he is just an ounce of powerful which if he was globs of powerful they would've displayed way better
Anyone remember how blood pumping the fight between Sasuke and Orochimaru in the death forest was? That intense music running, + the taijutsu and insane maneuvers.
Hey..are you hurt? Scaredy Cat!!
Much better than madara just killing thousands of people
Orochimaru was such a fantastic villain.
The entire plot of Naruto is about a child who wanted to become president
Naruto: Make Konoha Great again
M. Rasyid Rizki Tajati STOP SHEGWJ
@@JadeSpecter I LOVE U AHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Naruto: I'm going to build a wall and Suna is going to pay for it.
@@jinkisaragi874 He even has the hair
I hated the reincarnation and prophecy arch too. It kind of defeated the whole point of Naruto vs Neji fight and the message that no one but you is in charge of your fate. Plus Naruto was a great protagonist because he had to work hard for everything, it didnt come natural to him he had the kyuubi but it was more a burden he turned into an advantage. It made readers feel that they can achieve there goals to and the whole destiny element ruined it.
i liked how naruto denied the fact that he wasn't a reincarnation though, he said he was naruto uzumaki
This is why I hate Boruto He never trains or does anything. He was born with alot of strength and that is all.
@Hongkong Player I'm pretty sure Uzumaki's have lots of chakra could be wrong doe
@@Julian-yn7ge no you're right. It's not just cuz he has the nine tails, but his family has more chakra
@@phinephrogs3812 Oh okey thanks dude 👍
For me, the saddest scene was when Shikamaru played Shogi with his dad after Asuma’s death.
That scene was created for the anime, it wasn't even in the manga.
that scene is literally ART and beautiful
@@AD-ey4yr bro did you actually read the manga?😂
@@steez2082 I’ll read u
yup
Tbh the only reason I was so hype to watch Naruto is because of the Akatsuki. When they all died it went kinda downhill for me
Tobi was part of akatsuki
if u was so hype only by that well u miss a lot of stuff
Yea,I also watched just because of Akatsuki.But when they all died I was like:,,F. this shit I'm out".
@@taka3634 no pain arc was the climax of the story they shouldve ended there because after that arc it kinda went downhill pretty fast
Hadès I only kept watching for reanimated Madara. Boys a beast 👌it’s those little things that kept me watching shippuden other then that it got lost in the plot.
What really pissed me off was that Kishimoto introduced a bunch of new, interesting characters in Part 1 during the Chuunin Exams but then just wasted so many of them, as a lot of them like Tenten never really got much of a role in the story. One important aspect of writing is that if you add something to the story, it better count. For example, if you put a gun up on a wall and bring attention to that gun in one scene, in another scene the gun better be used. Otherwise, it's just wasting time, and it feels like it was wasting time getting to see cool characters like Shino in action during the exams ultimately to never see him do anything significant. Speaking of those characters by the way, Neji's death also served no purpose...like, we haven't had our attention on him for years, who can even remember him well enough to care? It just came out of nowhere, with no foreshadowing whatsoever, and if Kishimoto was going for an unpredictable brutal death he shouldn't have done the cliche'd "holding them in your arms as they die."
My point is though, the Konoha 11 deserved better.
Neji's death served a purpose, but was not needed. Any random shinobi could have died in Naruto's arms, with a whole flashback episode to show that Naruto cared. That's how relevant Neji was up until he died. It impacted Naruto, but didn't give that fight any more weight because no one other than Naruto had cared about Neji since he practically became a side-character.
A fight is only given weight when the readers are invested in the characters. Hence why the Kakashi VS Obito or Naruto VS Sasuke final fight being regarded so well. If the final fight had been Naruto VS Random Ninja #36, would all the taijutsu have mattered? No one would've cared if it was Naruto VS Shino or Naruto VS Tenten.
It's a concept called "Chekhov's gun". It doesn't "have" to be used, but generally, you shouldn't add unnecessary details to your story. My main gripe is that Kishimoto barely explored the other villages like he did with Konoha. Konoha has multiple strong clans, like the Hyuga, the Uchihas and other groups with wacky abilities like Choji's family and Shikamaru's shadow possession with a story of long conflict. The final war is mainly managed by ninjas from Konoha, which is stupid as hell.
In the sand village, there's the puppet thing and then... that's it. There's the village with the floating kages, that's it. There's the village with black people using lightning jutsus, that's it. There is no depth, and those villages are never explored to the extent Konoha was explored. It would have been a better story if there were direct fights and conflicts against the other villages instead of going straight with Akatsuki as the first villains, which basically gives a reason for other villages to cooperate since they have a common enemy.
That tip about only adding stuff that counts in your story is not quite right. I'm currently reading the cookbook that was inspired by the many recipes found within the Game of Thrones books. None of the meals described in the books serve any purpose plot-wise, and none of them "counts", as in, none of them move the story forwards. The author has received a lot of crap about detailing these meals down to how they smell or how they look, and yet the story wouldn't be the same without the sum of all of the seemingly meaningless details like these. Just like in real life, not everything that you'll get to experience will be absolutely key to the person you'll become, and not everyone you meet will shape you. And yet you can't deny those things and people are out there, whether you like it or not. Maybe Tenten was just there. Maybe Neji just died.
Well his death had a purpose and it was that Naruto and Hinata could end up together
I`m not even kidding that his the reason why Kishimoto killed of Neiji just because of a horribly done pairing that needed a characters death so that it could happen
To be honest, "here's a list of all the characters in class & you just guess which ones are important" was a pretty unimaginative way to introduce characters. In a well-flowing story, you'd meet each character as they become relevant, so nothing gets wasted and the setup is valuable.
The flashbacks disgust me...especially that itachi killing his whole clan flahback...it eas shown almost 22 times
lol that an exaggeration, the most played flashback is played 8 times ( I counted when I rewatched) It was naruto and jiraya talking about hatred and shit and how jiraiya was going to pass it on to naruto
i feel that tenten should have gotten a flashback tho, even if she wasn’t as mainstream. the characters in the fillers even got flashbacks so kishi could’ve given her one
There are so many of the same flashbacks! It’s annoying 😂
Well nowadays in the age of streaming it might be annoying, but back when we were kids and that stuff was basically only on TV I personally was grateful for the flashbacks of the episodes I didn’t get to watch.
Flashbacks are made for kids who watch it on tv and maybe haven't watched all the anime or don't remember everything
Remember when Kekegenkai was like the most OP thing. Also when the Shadow Clone jutsu was a forbidden technique, and only high level jonin could make a few.
lol memories
Madara Uchiha's eyes have more evolutions than pokemon
Change My Mind
Madara himself had more evolutions lol
I don’t know about you but we humans have evolved quite a bit
Base to Sharingan to MS to EMS to RInnegan to Rinne-Sharingan. 6 stages so yh, literally, since no pokemon has more than 3 stages total in a line.
Would have made your point better if you said digimon
the sharingan had more evolutions
Let's not forget...
that Kurenai used genjutsu on Itachi.
*tried to*
George Nephrite fucking meme jeez
And then got put into a genjutsu
Itachi tricked to thinking he was under the genjustu
Lord Slamzer yeah she pulled a dumb move there 😂
Naruto fights were amazing when the premise of the fight revolved around being a ninja. And a mortal.
True...
No they wasnt🤷🏾
Bradley TenshiXVII ding dong your opinion is wrong
Meast dude they were able to survive fireball jutsus
And ended up with coliseum size rasengans nukes
Rock Lee is better at being Naruto than Naruto himself.
What i mean by that is Rock Lee was like Naruto bullied by his "friends" not knowing any Jutsu's and overall being weak student in the academy, but both Naruto and Rock Lee trained the difference is that Rock Lee had nothing and came out on the top while Naruto was a member of one of the strongest clans in existence and he had a Tailed Beast power inside him.
Rock lee is one dimensional
@@vexxvenno So is Naruto
@@bayekofsiwa5847 not really
Consider the fact everyone shunned naruto rock lee was just made fun of
Kermit I had a seizure reading this.
Naruto: "I'll turn myself into a big shuriken to be thrown with a another big shuriken then turn back to normal and attack him from behind."
Naruto Shippuden: "he blocked my kamehameha with his big bang attack, guess i'll have to use a bigger kamehameha"
Pog champ
Have you watched Pain Arc?
How Naruto tracked Nagato's real location?
@@nagatouzumaki9215 Have you seen all of the fight between Naruto and Madara/Obito/fucking ninja GODDESS
@@lancethedecayedguardian2719 yeah I know at that time
The powers level got too much
No no no you got it wrong. He wouldve used the Spirit bomb because it ALWAYS works.
The Kamui dimension is legit the PlayStation 2 intro.
💀💀💀
🤣
It really is
🤣🤣🤣🤣 its true
I will never be able to unsee this.
In my opinion the peak of Naruto was the Pein arc. Everything else after that kinda felt redundant. Naruto got his goal of being acknowledged and his character arc basically ended there.
Actually that was decided to be the ending of Naruto Shippuden
But the company wanted more so they continued
@@knownname190 The problem there is that there was a ton of stuff that didn't really get us closer to that goal, or only opened up more questions.
IMO I would've only wanted like 40-50 more episodes at most to wrap up Sasuke and "Madara", show off the characters a little more, get Naruto to come to an understanding with Kurama, and that's about it. Not a whole war. (that also introduces even more characters we have to keep track of)
I also loved the hidan kakuzu arc (both fights vs asuma and then kakashi)
@Sados59 Maxi I was thinking of that number of episodes without counting fillers as a part of it... it would probably be possible imo, especially if the show went easier on all the dramatic pauses, the general tendency to drag shit out, and shortened up the flashbacks
I could still be wrong, but either way, I just don't think a whole fourth war was a necessity.
I also found the power levels to be perfect during the Pain arc. Pain was supposed to be the super powerful villain, and it showed. Naruto also showed he was the strongest in the village, however the fight still required strategy to win.
The best filler was the one with the guy and lee imposters
Same bruh😂😂😅
Hey do you know the episode number?
Nah the best filler was team 7 trying to do a kakashi face reveal lol
@tom gu how is it different form filler?
_the best filler where team 8 had a mission which they went to a hot spring but hinata did something weird while there’s a fan service there, but..._
I’m pretty sure it was Narutos backstory that attracted people
There are many more Characters besides Naruto who captured the eyes and heart..... For example- Kakashi, Itachi and Minato etc
@@nitro1asphalt841 itavhi 😢😢😢😢😢
yeah, until the constantly replayed it during shippuden to the point it genuinely ruined the series for people.
@@nitro1asphalt841 Haku ;-;
No it didn't. And I hated talk no jutsu. That is why I like one piece more... But still, Naruto was one of the best animes I have ever seen, so I have no complains from it except talk no jutsu and the so called "otsusuki clan". Otsusuki ruined naruto in my opinion.
I don't read manga or watch anime but this is what I've gathered
An ancient world filled with ninjas and samur- *SUDDENLY ALIENS*
Yup that's about it.
Pretty much.
Or you could short that with "Jutsu and Martians"
Actually they didn't too much focus on the samurai though they did exist. The main focus was ninja with super abilities.
@@riripari2042 Yeah, they could have made samurai Op, but their main objective was overhyping ninjas. Tho, you could say that Sasuke was the perfect samurai
haku and zabuza made the show amazing and honestly are still my favorite characters to this day, they are underated asf
the reason why i watch the show
tHeY ArE DeD
Amateurz You’re not alone✊🏾
So much potential wasted.
They showed what was the real ninja world , a world of suffering and more,that's how people learned that Narutos was going to be a rollercoaster
Back when Orochimaru actually used jutsu instead of just snake techniques
Orichimaru in Boruto uses sword
Bro sarutobi got rid of his jutsu that needed hand signs so he can only use snake jutsu because they don't require hand signs mainly because they absorb nature energy
Ya know Hiruzen didn't die for nothing
hiruzen sealed his hands away
@@alphabetlord5590 In shippuden he literally just spams snake justu's
Zabuza's arc, best arc. Zabuza and Haku, villains with so much depth that didn't got explored enough.
I am still waiting for more of them though cs i've watched it in elementary school and it was one of the most memorable arc ever
In Naruto classic they are Ninjas
In Shippuden they are Magicians with a few karate skills
U just read my mind
They are ninjas with powers that was always the premise this Guy is só whiny lol
Pedro vinícius in shippuden they aren’t ninjas they are fucking super saiyans.
@@moa4185 like i Said powers
Pedro vinícius yeah but I don’t think breathing in space, having a planet busting ninjitsu, teleporting, and having a fucking demon inside of you is “power”. These characters are ninja’s. Not gods.
No one:
Kishimoto: Did any one call for a FlashBack scene ?
Just so you know Kishimoto doesn't own the Anime Naruto. He only owns the Manga so Kishi doesn't have any hand on fillers and flashbacks.
@@FLYEYE-4k WHAT'S your point
@@Wishhuhhh that we shouldn't blame kishimoto for the filler or flashback did you even read?
Naruto was never an underdog. He had an entire linage backing him up and giving him special treatment. He also had a powerful demon inside from day one and is the reincarnation of ninja Jesus
He was hated continuously because people lacked knowledge about him and had no clue that his existence is the reason that leaf village was saved. He wasn't given "special treatment" he just had stronger people training and guarding him because many people were after him
@@cloudii7339 So basically an outcast with hidden power like Gaara who manage to overpower Rock Lee when Naruto himself has Kurama a tailed beast far greater than Gaara tailed beast 🤔
@@wallie8539 that he couldnt control and was destroying him yes
@Torika Gomutsutchi Fr 😂
@Torika Gomutsutchi that's fucking facts
So everyone is gonna ignore first fight of Naruto and Garra? When Naruto uses summon jutsu, and boom big toad vs daemon?
Mike ikr it’s such an underrated fight that not many people bring up
Yeah that is one of my favorite fight scene in naruto.
Mike it's large-scale but it's a tailled beast fighting a sannin summoning. It's also not just random explosions and BLASPHEMOUS power levels.
Naw thats wack compared to naruto vs sasuke the animation was crazy on that looked like some ponyo shii
@@dylenm7878 don't you dare disrespect the Gaara vs naruto fight when naruto literally was strategic in fighting Gaara with no nine tails involved till he ran out of his own chakra it's as dude said the fight is definitely underrated the naruto vs Sasuke fight was indeed badass but naruto vs Gaara really shows that naruto doesn't rely on nine tails like he does now.
"Like this fello was so strong, he made the main character run... *AWAY*
I was reading your comment when he said that in the video
NIGERUNDAYO SMOKEY
My man was able to get crunchyroll at age 14 while I'm here watching anime on kissanime at 480p at 14 😢
Same here i am also 14
Dude, there is pages to watch anime for free(?
@@sejpuV dub
Same
Some of us had to wait until it came on cartoon network 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I'm done with Kishimoto when he made Naruto forgives Obito, after all that Obito had done
@A5-AQ_ haha poor writing go brrr
Same. Also usually naruto talks no jutsu works and it is plausible. But I don't buy that one he said to obito,
When Jiraiya died I said "At least I still have Neji" 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭
welp
Oof
Nyd
Rip my dude rip 😔
U know negi died too 🤦🏽♂️
Rock lee was my favourite. They did not do him justice in later series which kind of made me mad at naruto anime.
Totally agreed
definitely agree
My favorite was always tobi. Its always funny to think about who's under that mask
@@sabilly1471 and that's why we have naruto sd but it's sad that that's a comedy series
@@ju-lq9jp They did that with pretty much all non team 7 ninjas from the academy. Just imagine what they could’ve done with Kiba. He wanted to catch up to Naruto like Naruto caught up with Sasuke but instead just made him a useless dog lover
I can definitely agree that Naruto was in it's golden age during Part 1, in which it was a brilliant coming of age story about a kid who wanted to become the greatest ninja in his village. The filler episodes were definitely what harmed the series in the long run though, and it actually caused me to drop off the series for quite some time. I came back about a year or so later, but then dropped off a year or so later. I recently came back this year, but this time it's to actually finish the series.
www.animefillerlist.com/shows/naruto-shippuden
I think part 1 was shit
Well I loved the forest of death ark and chunnin exams. Sasuke retreevel ark was great everything else was shit
🙏🙏
Manga is better than the show I think. No filler, but I still think it fell off later in the series. Things just get too crazy and don't flow as well. Though I also heard that it wasn't meant be drawn out as long but it was forced basically.
Masterge77 I stopped watching it for 6 or so years, came back and watched until chapter 103 when the 3 tailed beast filler ended and I didn't continue, it became a chore watching it.
naruto went from being a show about a kid who’s trying to make his way up through determination to “naruto is the prophecy child”
so he was destined to be at the top and all that struggle was just a bait and switch? just making sure.
@@unreal4good367 Basically. he was just the latest in a long line of reincarnations of a ninja demigod. most of his early struggles are due to a lack of adequate teaching.
His dad was a legendary ninja who was a master of sealing techniques, while his mom was from a clan known for their overwhelming levels of ninja energy who were natural adept at being hosts for tailed beasts. he is sporting a very impressing bloodline on *both* sides
Even ignoring that stuff that came up later that paints him as a prodigy, he never studies, which is why he doesn't know basic stuff about jutsus. Early on, he learned the shadow clones in just a couple of hours using a ninja scroll. So, he's not an idiot. He's just very lazy and expects things to come to him with 0 effort.
@@InfernosReaperhe doesn't inherit anything from his parent's bloodline, stop lying, Hagoromo has made it clear himself.
@@rabbss830 That is demonstrably bullshit. He's *clearly* got the the Uzumaki natural chakra reserves and his mother's aptitude for being a jin-grand-cherokee.
Note the difference between when he's using his own power versus clifford's
He also is very smart at learning techniques when he *actually applies himself* which he *rarely* does until he's given super teachers to compensate for his *laziness*
@@InfernosReaper high chakra reserve isn't talent, it's called perks, Naruto never inherit any Uzumaki related ninjutsu. And Naruto's creativity is majorly different from Minato's, it was thanks to Naruto's himself and his teachers. So no, Hagoromo was right.
What happened to Naruto? *flashback to the swing*
The whole thing was about being an underdog...turns out he’s the son of the fastest ninja and hokage ever, and he has crazy amounts of chackra because of his mother actually, who comes from a clan of crazy chackra levels. He ends up using the demon’s power more than his own, making sage mode rather useless. What a waste
THIS
Rock Lee is the real underdog
@Mehmet Sarikaya Genuinely curious but how is he related to the 3rd? I must've missed something or just don't remember lol.
@Mehmet Sarikaya I know the 3rd was trained by the 1st but I have no recollection of blood or family ties. But if you meant Naruto, then yes, in a sense he's a descendant of Hashirama.
@Mehmet Sarikaya He's a very distant relative since both Uzumaki and Senju clans are offshoots of Asura Otsutsuki.
The moment they introduced Aliens to a show about Ninjas it was over.
What aliens?
Wraithzone Games They could've tried to explain those without the whole alien shit.
@Dark Cat Or another plane of existence.
Ninjas are trivial. So why is Boruto on a 21st century world-likr appearancr where they have Ninjas instead of proper police...
Ninjas vs Aliens
sounds like a Sony Pictures Animation film
I just rewatched the Chunin exam just for the Gaara x Rock Lee fan and my yearly crying over how Neji is somehow the only one who dies
The only reason people hated Naruto...
BECAUSE HE HOGGED THE ONLY SWING IN THE WHOLE VILLAGE!!!!!
Hahaha.
Infinite Memes LOL
😂
AND HE JUST SAT ON IT!
He got the swing by using sexy justu
The characters just ended up being too fucking op to the point where it’s like are these people even considered ninjas anymore. They might as well put these characters in db super and I wouldn’t even know they were from naruto. Naruto and sasuke at their fight, they were literally flying in the air and dropping ki blasts to each other like wtf. What happened to hand signs and pure fighting with fists and kicks.
The TMG Specialist u don’t understand my point so I’m not even going to argue with u.
Completely agree with you. They tried to bring the hand signs in that last fight, that's true. But man, you're right that that whole taijutsu-hand signs-strategy amazing parts of Naruto were forgotten completely. Too bad. Like in the end noone even needed to use any hand signs to use Jutsus. I freaking remember myself being amazed by Haku using 1 hand to use a Jutsu that even Kakashi was freaked out. And then we have shitbombs dropping everywhere, justsus being casted and everyone suddenly has infinite mana and no need for hand signs. meh
Now its like the strongest one wins and Not who is strong AND smart could win
The TMG Specialist wow cringe
@@rolan5948 how are you so brain dead?
Naruto Shippuden was ruined by the overpowered abilities. Remember when the height of power was watching the 3rd Hokage fight Orochimaru and the resurrected 1st and 2nd Hokage? It was all about using a bunch of elemental jutsus against each other. It was about being quick and outwitting your opponent, like when Kakashi fought Zabuza. Then of course, Naruto was a downtrodden loser, but then became a "chosen one" which means the early evil Neji was right that you can't change your fate or destiny.
I personally thought shippuden was amazing aside from most of the filler, for me growing up with Naruto part 1 was very special to me however everyone I knew who watched it always talked shit about Naruto's character. I thought this series was great for character building and story I don't understand how it was ruined by overpowered abilities that were for the most part already in part 1, it's not like they pulled stuff like the Rinnegan, amaterasu and other kekkai genkai or tota out of their ass or anything. Plus you're acting like elemental chakra styles played no role at all, like Naruto didnt even know his chakra element was wind based until he started training to use rasen-shuriken. I do agree some stuff was unnecessary but overall it was a pretty good sequel.
Heroic Champion yup
Derek Richardson exactly. Rock Lee fell into shadow, Neji was killed for other Shinobi. I still think the talk-no-jutsu scene with Neji holds value in the arc overall, but it is really conflicted in light of the entire series pointing to Naruto being the 4ths son given the Kyubii, and gave fans the wrong idea about who our hero was, and where the show was going.
Also, we didn’t need to scale much beyond the powers of Pain. He was the end. The Hokage level surpassed. All the Akatsuki fights had been immensely interesting to that point, but the Kage summit arc felt the need to one up it for some reason, and then of course the war arc came along and one upped it again. If not for that I think the scale at the end of the show could’ve been less repugnantly similar to Dragonball’s Boo arc.
Naruto is a soy boy who wants attention. The writer wants to tell the story that effort will win over talent and naruto keeps yelling about "hard work" and "dont giveup"... when he is actually naturally gifted being born with 9tail fox and his parent is a hokage and his mother is from the uzumaki clan which have lots of chakra. Hypocrite Naruto talks about effort when he is born genetically superior. Naruto just proves that in life you can only be successful if your parents is powerful or you are born with good genetics. Someone who works hard like Rock Lee will always lose to someone born superior like the fight between Lee vs Gara.
The main thing Kishimoto did wrong is : he made Konoha the focal point of the story but didn't explore village politics , Danzo Root, Konoha Elders, Yamanaka, Aburame, Yuuhi, Inuzuka Sarutobi, Akimichi, Hyuuga clans should have been explored, side characters that are important in the village - Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuuhi,Anko Mitarashi,Might Guy,Danzo Shimura,Yamato. Asuma and Kurenai were leaders of Genin Team 8 and Team 10 like Kakashi,Anko Mitarashi was Orochimaru student,Might Guy was Kakashi's rival , Yamato was Orochimaru experiment and Danzo was involved with everything that happened but Kishimoto or his editor decided not to explore , I wanted to know what were their dreams,thoughts , inner conflicts and relationships with elders and Hokage. I am just saying , if you are gonna introduce so many characters, you should at least give them a whole arc to shine without mc to steal the spotlight.
wait you're especially right about yamato... they definitely should've explored him being a test subject
Exactly! There was so much cool stuff in part one about the village and the will of fire and SO MANY characters and then they all just get forgotten in shippudden it’s without a doubt one of the biggest disappointments of naruto
@@overripedrat475he wanted to have more arc but his editor said no
Naruto should've been as long as one piece
Kishimoto wanted to have more arc before the chunin exam but the editor told him to cut down
What made Naruto special is Naruto.
Nope
Oh yeah... that self-made hypocrite
@@wallie8539 People decided Naruto was an underdog and got pissed coz they were wrong. Not Narutos fault.
@@Miles_Moraless he was
Yes he was an amazing character not all too serious over edgy one
Naruto vs Pain is probably the most iconic one. That was the moment when Naruto went from being 0 to hero. Dude straight up defeated 6 with the help of frogs. And the way he returned with his gang of frogs is just pure boss. That's the moment when he also got recognized even by other villagers. So I think no one can top it.
But the most meaningful fight and animation is kakashi vs obito. Hands down just pure insanity. There was so much meaning behind that fight
I don't understand why everybody loves Pain's arc. Like, EVERYBODY in the village was frozen watching the fight beacause it had to be Naruto's hero moment 🙄 Sasori, Kakashi and Itachi's deads were 1000 times better
That fight was one of the worse ones for me because nobody helped. Which had to do with kishimoto not developing characters enough
@@Aurora-dq4lt uuh bruh Naruto said he doesn't want help. Naruto said it was his fight not anybody else's
Lol anyone else pissed that we never got to see Neji vs Lee.
Like that would have been a good as brawl 👏🏾
Or Neji versus Sasuke, we never got to see the Byakugan versus the Sharingan
Or Naruto vs Lee
we also needed to see neji mega buffed
Hands down neji best character. He needed more appearance anyways
Being a Neji fan just hurts
Can we just aknowlaged that naruto vs pain is the Best fight ever and from there everything went downhill
That fight had to be the climax
Trueeee
The ending of the fight was the worsts
The pain arc was the climax
Facts
Before he used talk no jutsu for Nagato to magically revive everybody and of course dying in the process
Exactly
Same
Trueeeee
When Haku died i genuinely cried for the first time in anime.
LoL
me too
I cried after he died and Naruto used his talk no just on Zabuza
love him
@@narutolover1098 that was the second time i cried in naruto.The first time i cried was in the very first ep of naruto when iruka protected naruto started blabbering stuff
Hokage Sarutobi: kept the village safe from Orochimaru
Hokage Minato: kept the village safe from the Nine-Tails
Hokage Tsunade: kept everybody alive during the Pain assault
Hokage Kakashi: kept the seat warm for Naruto
"kept everybody alive during Pain invasion" everybody fucking died lol. And itll stay that way if Nagato didnt revive them
@@youwouldntremembermeanyway7410 no,when Pain used Shinra tensei,Tsunade protected everyone by using Katsuyu and even went into a coma
@@debbiek3469 still failed because everyone died eventually. If its not because Nagato's asspull reviving ability, Konoha would literally have no citizens
@@youwouldntremembermeanyway7410 I agree
@KA - 07BA 967925 Dolphin Sr PS That’s because they didn’t have bs writing to help them. They need to stop with that bs peace. There’s a lot of people who would want revenge for the lain they suffered and it was not realistic at all. Can’t suspend my disbelief.
Shino (base series): he mysterious and always a threat. While everyone proclaims their greatness hd silently outwit his foes without boasting about his intelligence or how gifted he is. Like his insects, his plans are small, meticulous, and by the time everything comes together you will find yourself swarmed and defeated.
Shino (Shippuden): The writers remember his existence sometime
Shino (Boruto): Looks like Godot from Ace Attorny. Got screentime but lost literally all his charm-
I feel so bad for Shino, he's basically a joke in Boruto.
Yeh they should have killed him or done his character better
@@amalajohn1127 he was basically a joke in shippuden too tbh, like half of his screen time were just the two running gags of people ignoring/not noticing him or about him being salty for not having been part of the sasuke rescue mission in the base series.
but yeah, in boruto it's only the running gags...
Hype started dying down right after Naruto vs Pain(end of Shippuden Part 1) after that everyone went from ninja/wizard to flat out DBZ imitations with weapons and elements
Honestly.... The best thing about naruto was individualism, choices, self improvement, finding a code a code and sticking to it. Each arc glimmers theses ideas. From the tool speech, to the chuunin exam(Especially the forest of death), To the village having to deal with the death of the 3rd Hokage, and Naruto falling out with Sasuke.
The world felt truly alive and we were learning the world more & more
Tbh it got so annoying when saving sasuke was the main part of the story every time he said I’m gonna save sasuke it got more annoying he prob said it a hundred times
@Dralliance 9,000 im sorry but nothing u said or will ever say will not make the plot annoying and all about Sasuke. Sit that one down pls
@Dralliance 9,000 its true??? Im sorry but with all the drama i have in my life i dont make my whole life about it. So yes, its possible NOT to do that. The issue is not Naruto chasing someone he thinks hes a friend. The issue is making his whole life and consequently the whole anime about it.
Sasuke was a main part of the story. The entire series had to do with his Uchiha bloodline. From the nine tails attack that ended Minato, to the attack in the chuunin exams that was partially to gain Sasuke's body, to Sasuke becoming the driving force behind Naruto. Don't even get me tarted on all the background stuff Itachi pulled to kick-start events in the series as a double agent. Then on to Madara.... Need I say more? The whole story revolves around Sasuke even the main character, Naruto.
He went from bieng a chad to simp
@Dralliance 9,000 Too bad that friend was a murderer who almost killed one of his friends
Naruto: Thoughtful combat, usage of taijutsu and weapons, strategy and tactics were heavily involved.
Naruto Shippuuden: haha big explosions go brrrrr
Naruto shippuden in the begining: kurama power it's to much evil and dangerous for you control and it will damage your body, try to win the fights with your own tatics
After pain arc: haha look Naruto's new form with the chakra of all bijus together, giant rasengan
So basically, everyone become Deidara in Shippuden
@@rhuonaChanel except they’re literal gods 🤠
deidara won,,sasori lost
When ever I see the picture of naruto sitting in that swing, it makes me wanna cry
Clyde bruh
5:50 naruto vs pain was a whole lot more than just shipping’s and sage mode. It was coming to terms with grief and dealing with the hate. Instead killing out of revenge, having to connect reconcile and forgive
It was also when Naruto earned the respect he always craved, not just from the hidden leaf but from the entire world. Respect above even the Hokage.
@@harleyzeth Yaa i remember how happy i was that he got what he deserved but than they fucked up after that episode with fillers and i was waiting for naruto too accept hinata but they totally ignored it even tho she literally confessed her love.
What kishimoto did not understand is that people did not wanted to see huge explosions and energy attacks, they wanted battles with handsigns, strategic movenents and kunais. If I want to see battles with huge explosions and energy attacks I would go watch Dragon ball z, super and gt(Which I have). But When I go to watch naruto fights I Dont expect those things. That for me made me switch naruto from my favorite anime regarding battles to my third favorite. First Being DB and second one piece. Too bad cause I really liked the old battles.
Bro I highly agree with you I had the same thought as you
If you enjoy outwitting your opponent check out jojos bizarre adventure.
Play Dawn of War Soulstorm as Necrons. *Edit* For Explosions and stuff that is.
I agree but shipuden isn't too much like DbZ.Boruto is with the momoshiki fight
@@thesatanicdemon1239
I second this motion. Extremely hard. [points to Bug-Eaten vs. Josuke]
I started getting excited at Lee, and then it became about eyes..
Bro. I agree with you. Naruto was excellent.
But in Shippuden, all the jutsus were over powered.
Then the whole throwing planets bs. It was too dragonball z ish.
Ninjas are supposed tonbe stealth right? Well when There's energy beams and huge explosions everywhere......
U made to much of a point
Naruto episodes were the best y’all. It was hilarious and a masterpiece
Lavinia Palenix :D is that just a general statement or an actual response to the OP’s argument?
then in boruto,the kids just over powered😂
@Lockjaw how
Tbh one of the reason I watched was because of the Akatsuki
Sindex they were badass
Same
Rick and Morty Fan not suprising....
Akatsuki arc>everything else on shippuden
Ionasku Alexander Pain beat Naruto. Then the nine tails saved him. And even then, Pain low key beat the nine tails with planetary devestation
I agree but the series took a downhill from the pain arc and it's universally agreed that the Pain arc was the highlight of the show. Eventhough Madara was the strongest villian, he didn't have the impact that Nagato had on the audience. Now I could deal with the child of prophecy and believe that's the most it should've stayed. Making Naruto and Sasuke the reincarnation of Indra and Asura only proved that Neji's theory about destiny is correct. NARUTO was destined to be great regardless of his past which took away what made it special..
In my honest opinion the whole zestsu creating all shinobi history just made me so mad with how many plotholed that opened up
Yeah, after the Pain arc I dropped the series back when I was a teen.
true
Pain arc was the best, but the war arc might be my second favorite.
the series would be better if they never introduced the otsotsuki
Naruto used to be about strategy most of the fights but then now it's all about GiAnT RaSeNgAn BaRaGe
I've finished naruto this year... And yeah, basically i agree with everything. Especially the part about tactical battles and taijutsu. That was the sauce. And the last villain being the most boring one, like, how are we able to enjoy that after Madara? Weak
TheChromeCR same I liked Madara a lot too. I think he was talking about kaguya
You nailed it, I stopped watching Naruto when they started cutting meteors like butter. Naruto was better when the fights were more of wits and smarts than the nuclear war type it became towards the end.
I miss the days when Kakashi was shrouded in mystery, or a silent genjutsu could delay an opponent, Shino's weird nature (another wasted character) and all
I dropped Naruto around the Obito reveal. I suffered enough lol.
Cutting meteors like butter 😂😂
cutting meteors like butter LMAOOOOO
Yep. Shino was actually my favorite character once I saw Sasuke fighting deidara. So much nonsensical power creep meanwhile the only guy consistently using his brain? "Useless"... Meanwhile the "underdog" Naruto.(ROFL) is killing every enemy left and right because he's literally jesus...
Right about the time the war arch started and Kaguya was introduced. I have never been more disinterested in a villain than with Kaguya
It started to suck WAAAAAAAAAY before that.
Naruto is fucking garbage that’s moreso subjective than anything else care to tell me when?
There were early warning signs at the end of Part I, the downslide began at the start of Part II, and the end of the Pain Arc was the point of no return.
I liked Kaguya. Guess I'm a small minority
ClydeTheWeeaboo let's be honest Madara was just as terrible because he was too OP, what's interesting about a character with all the abilities?!
the thing with me is, Naruto itself, base 2002-2007, will be in my eyes, one fo the best piece of media in existence, and now onto my third season of Shippuden (which i enjoy alot) I can say that it lost its spark, it still an amazing show with great comedy, characters and fights, but the OG naruto always outshine it.
Naruto peak is the pain arc
Naruto: ''Believe it! I will be the Hokage and nobody on the village will mistreat me anymore!''
Naruto Shippuden: ''SASUKEEEEEEEE!!!!!!''
Don’t get me wrong you have a point but beleive it was so annoying, the sub is so much better tbh
@@katy4049 i like dub better but we all have opinions
@@katy4049 Dattebayo supremacy
Dude just throw his comrade to meatgrinder in order to search Saucegay
Naruto died imo right after the pain arc. The war arc was pretty boring until madara was thrown into the fold. My main issue with the entire naruto series was how back in pt 1 the world of naruto seemed so large. They actually used hand signs and the secondary characters actually shined. Shippuden wasn’t too bad, but a lot of the characters were thrown to the side, I mean neji was literally killed by a large piece of shrapnel. Another thing about shippuden that bothered me was how naruto and sauske basically became gods by the end. And they had to battle an alien god. But naruto as a whole manga and anime was a series of ups and downs, it had it’s really good moments and really bad ones
At the end it was starting to become DBZ and that was the nail in the coffin Part1 of shippuden was FAR BETTER than part 2
That’s what happen when your author is a huge dbz fanboy.
It died after the end of Part 1. Part 2 is overrated as hell with or without the Pain arc
RUSHRUSH G. I Wouldn’t Say Naruto Was Bad After The Pain Arc, The 5 Kate Summit And Killed B Training Arc Were Really Good
Went from tactics and limited chakra. To huge shitbombs like Dbz.
The most annyoing parts for me were:
1. Obsession about Sasuke. This n!gga doing bullsh*t all over the place, trying to kill friends, but Naruto still wants to get his "friend" back and Sakura is just getting wet everytime she sees him.
2. The time after the Pain Arc. Yeah, it's nice to see that Naruto finally got accepted from the village, but they should have put that way more towards the end. I liked the underdog Naruto and after that epic fight, he was kinda their Jesus and known around the whole fucking Ninja world.
3. The part where Sakura said: " Finally I caught up to these 2". Well, okay that was the funniest scene in whole shippuuden, Not annoying.
4. The damn fillers, but I must admit that some of them were just great, like the story of Kakashi / Obito and this special with these orphams and Narutos First time in this sick golden mode.
5. !SPOILER! That Sasuke didnt die after he did fucking DARE to betray Naruto after this awesome fucking hearthbreaking Goodbye between him and Minota. Saddest momenet in the whole fucking Naruto/Shippuuden.
facts sasuke was a bithc since day one and they made half of shippuden focus on this bland boring charactar. and your right after pain arc it just went to shit honestly the whole reanimation jutsu made no fucking sense like they are immortal made of paper that comes out of no where and infinite chakra??? wth at least just make them human that makes no sense reanimation jutsu is the single worst thing that killed the serious
@@whydoweexist518 And now in boruto, If the character doesn't have infinite chakra he haves some bullshit to steal chakra from his oponnent, Or "guns" to spam jutsus, and also fuckin aliens and more alirns
Abuck Definitely agree with the first two, Naruto had a legit hard on for Sasuke like he was the abusive husband. And I thought the original plot of Naruto was his quest to be the best. So if the whole world is pretty much regarding Naruto as the GOAT, how much more story is there to really tell?
Naruto to neji: your destiny can be changed!
Also naruto: child of prophecy
Rock lee in og: hard work can beat talent
Lee in shippuden: non existent
Narutp did change his desteny he is the only one who stoped the reincarnation and about lee we dont know if je work anymore maybe he stoped
@@navystar9601 he did stop the reincarnation but it was ironic how he was the child prophecy when he was portrayed as a drop out in early series who's only hope was hard work
@@bigruckus8664 Kishimoto wrote himself into a corner or some shit IDK
@@REDACTEDrose184 I think the strict time schedule of Jump got to him. Surely he was planning to at least give Lee a great moment
Yay, can’t wait to hear about Naruto’s backstory for the *563rd time*
Naruto lost his hype after Pain, that's all
Foday Church Glad I'm not the only one that enjoyed the Five Kage Summit Arc.
Foday Church Too bad it was followed by a terrible shadow clone dream filler.
elaborate please
No after madara
Lets be real, The whole naruto was awezome and naruto shippuden's beggining was great but after they added the otsuki things went down. Youre telling me martians came out of nowhere and now people can fricking FLY!!!??? In resume the problem was that naruto tried to becomd a new dragon ball z and failed miserably.
I think it was great until the pain arc ended. Then it started dragging.
@@dankestranch8738 yeah
@@dankestranch8738 Agreed. Though there were a few good scenes later on here and there.
I like to think the climax of the series was the Pain fight.
O loved every bit
I liked the whole "sage" arc if u can call it one. The process of him learning about it and learning about what jiraya went through as well and then out of nowhere he finally arrives to where pain is and has sage mode
They should have keep it small scale, focused on missions . Like the beginning of the anime huh...
But then there's no plot, it's just fighting
Rey Beltran Yes there is stopping pain would be the final chapter. Everything else would be them acting as close to real Ninjas as possible .
@@reybeltran1209 and is shippuden any different?
@@JosephFlores-yn4yi Yeah shippuden is a lot more plot focused until the war
the probem wasnt that there was filler. the problem was the filler wasnt relevant. filler is a good time for world building and telling stories for other characters. they could do an anbu filler, a root filler, a kirigakure filler ,4th hokage filler, etc.
but the fillers all revolve around naruto in ways that are a waste of time because they arent canon.
Ikr
How can you world build if you cant influence the story lol
@@orlandolazardi9818reduce the amount of fillers your gonna make, and make fillers about cool characters but kinda irrelevant to the main story, like sakumo for an example , idk, they could have made some fillers about tobirama as well, same goes for minato, i feel like minato could have been used just a lil bit more
Maybe the reason why they dont touch those is that they might fucked up the canon episodes from manga adaptation later on.
Lol Kakashi using his sharigan like a machine gun xD
"But the series became copy and paste"
Shows Kakashi