Naruto

ok so I've seen like 200+ series and i have to say that this is one pathetic series. i watched up to shippuden 50. im telling you nothing interesting happens, and like 90% of the series is filler anyway.

the plot is seriously lacking and its a pathetic excuse for a slice of life/action-drama type of show. im writing this for people who legitimately haven't seen the show but the series is just NOT worth the acclaim or watching at all.

the characters are even worse. you have your over-zealous,untalented guy who thinks he can do anything if he tries hard enough. . .and he ... just so happens to get increasingly stronger enemies to fight along the way. than you have your emo broody guy who all the fan girls swoon over while he talks about how much he resents his brother and must AVENGE HIS CLAN! get over it already and last you have your naturally talented good girl who has a crush on the bad boy, even though its obvious he hates her and that the other guy would kill to have her. look people this has been done MILLIONS! of times before so please if you haven't seen the series don't watch it. it will waste days of your life away for nothing. . .literally the series will take up 88 hours of your life! thats over 3 and a half DAYS! you could have been doing something WAY more productive. hell, it doesn't even have to be productive. you could probably have a better time watching paint dry! listen to me people, for gods sake i only watched as far as i did out of obligation to finish a series i started but it wasn't worth it! so PLEASE heed my words and never ever watch this series of overrated garbage!

Proof that I will watch just about anything, or rather that I once had nothing better to do than watch this crap while waiting for Squidbillies to come on (Unknown Hinson fangirl).

In either case, there are few anime out there that evoke a visceral reaction like Naruto. Sure there is Inuyasha and you can get your eyes clawed out by yaoi fangirls for calling them closet lesbians, but no other anime has started a craze of shut ins wearing orange sweatsuits and headbands to school like Naruto.

See, a uniform code is not just for keeping Crips and Bloods from wearing gang colors to school.

Naruto ... is about a Ninja named Eddie. No, he's named Naruto. He lives in a village where some great Ninja master gave his life to entrap an alien parasite into a carrier queen, I mean a Demon Fox into a baby's body. That baby is Naruto, a completely useless ninja who can summon the great power of the fox within. Think of him like a impish Goku, or maybe Ichigo--I don't know. Anime that go on forever all blend in for me.

What is this all about, well it's the typical drawn out storyboard of characters growing up and becoming ninja. Doing Ninja missions (which are filler episodes) while the story dances around the plot that Sasuke is some talented Ninja with a traitor dick of a brother, some girl called Sakura, some short quiet Rei-clone of a girl whose name escapes me but I keep running into on gelbooru, and a sensei who loves kancho--but in the English dub the delightful Japanese pasttime of poking someone's asshole in a nonsexual way with your index finger is clearly unacceptable and heavily edited.

Honestly there is no plot. Naruto is a loser, but he has a great power and a lot of the show is geared around how he takes a beating but when he unleashes that power, it is maximum. There's some effeminate snake ninja who plots to get revenge on the leaf village, molests Sasuke, gets pwnt only to return over and over again, there's Sakura being split whether to spread her legs for Sasuke or Naruto--but settling for some old woman instead.

This is your typical cliffhanger anime where you watch someone power up or prepare to unleash an ultimate technique for 20 minutes, then are forced to watch a filler episode before you see the obvious, with plot twists usually being mundane like "the ninja training exam has been hijacked, oh noes!" With that said, you'd think with over 200 episodes they could develop the characters, but strangely these kind of anime seem to be unable to do that--instead of relying on stock characters that don't really change over time (well, they can become more moody, evil, or slutty--but that isn't a dramatic and shattering change).

I just have to concede that I don't understand this. And I also have to concede that I don't like this. Good drama and fiction doesn't spread itself so thin, becoming hopelessly lost in itself.

Also, for the love of God, don't dress up as Naruto.

Just don't.

This has to be one of the worst anime series I've seen, and I've seen 240 anime series. Now that's saying a lot.

Ok now on to some of the things that made it so bad. First is the so called story that's supposed to take place I guess two hundred years ago. Yet they have tv and radio, so when the heck is this anime supposed to take place. Now as for the story which makes no lick of sense to me revolves around Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke on a journey to become the best ninjas. Which wouldn't have ... been so bad had the creators focused on one type of anime instead of over blowing three of them from comedy, drama, action. Just focus one one and have the other two has secondary. Next lets move on to perhaps the worst part of the the show, the characters. I'll focus on Naruto. He is perhaps the most annoying main character I've seen in a anime series. Every episode I watched, I wanted him to die more and more, I couldn't look past him in the show. The other two main characters weren't nearly as bad as him, I might have given a little better score if they got rid of Naruto and focused on Sakura and Sasuke. Ok moving on to the so called action. First it's ridiculous, not very exciting, and drawn out through 2 to 3 episodes. Finally there's the length of the so called series. There's 240 episodes, plus another series, a few movies and some OVAs. I truly believe the creators and the company that own Naruto are just milking pre-teen and young teenagers of their and their parents money. Now don't get me wrong I know studios are trying to make money, but theirs a difference between making money and ripping people off.

So please don't support this show anymore.

Wow... I look back and realize how painfully mediocre Naruto is compared to all the Anime I have watched recently... Its a shonen series, but it isnt really special... Just another addition to the "boredom-inducing-fillertastic" pile of anime in the end. It seems that many people have overrated this series because it was one of their first series, and they havent really watched many series anyways... -just a thought (All you hardcore fans keep reading, I explain myself)

Overall: Naruto had the setup to be something epic, though the length and the way they tell the story completely destroyed what chance they had at becoming epic. ... They dragged out the story to include useless extra stuff, and though the characters had some depth, they kept trying to add more depth and not really adding much at all, just wasting time. The whole of Naruto is filled with episodes where you dont really get anywhere both in character development and story development, even the non-filler episodes did not do that well in developing the series in general. I admit, I liked watching Naruto at first, when I didnt really have much experience with much anime, now I look back and man does it look like crap compared to things like Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion or Tengen Toppan Gurren Lagann, or even Black Lagoon, I can understand why people that are fresh into anime are easily turned into "Narutards" now, just like the "Pokemaniacs" back in the day. This series is on a path that leads to a "Inuyasha" kind of standing.

Story: Kid wants to be mayor of ninja town, ok thats nice, but has he REALLY gotten much further to ACTUALLY becoming "Hokage" in the last 200+ eps of this roundabout story? fillers killed what little naruto had in story. The way they stretched the story to encompass EVERY LITTLE THING is its main flaw, little side stories are nice and everything, but if you overdo it, you are just adding a giant mass of fat to the bone, no meat. If they just made Naruto something like a 2 season shot or something less then 50 episodes, then there might have been an epic anime that is worthy of being in the group of truly great anime.

Art: meh... its not anywhere near as impressive as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex with its 30million yen budget per episode, but it at least doesnt have any major flaws, though the art seems pretty bland sometimes, other times, the art is overly complex for what they are trying to show, but usually there isnt much of a problem in art.

Sound: i never really liked the kind of atmosphere that the background music made me feel, it wasnt epic, the background music didnt really fit the situations very well, for example the overpowering flute in most of the bmg and the apparent manly "HUA!" that is overused do not really set much of a mood, I understand that there is a theme towards more traditional Japanese type of music, but it doesnt work well in many cases, there are way too many times where it just wont set the mood right and they beat the crap out of the dead horse, its hard to explain very well, Im raising my score to a 5 because AKFG and Sambomaster sang openings for it and they worked well with the anime.

Character: There is a very large cast in Naruto, though its usually a bad thing, they made it work somewhat. Even though the characters are somewhat deep, they all consist of cliched stereotypical shonen characters and do not have much to set them apart from the giant mass of other shonen story characters, also nothing EVER changes in the personality of the main character, Naruto, though he is cheerful, optimistic and energetic, he never realizes the reality he lives in and due to a lot of dumb luck and his gift of insane power he passes all his trials and tribulations, he is so naive that it is painful to watch, he almost never has a mature or realistic look on things, EXCEPT FOR HIS FEUD WITH SASUKE, even then he still does not have a mature attitude in many situations. His development is like Arika in "Mai-Otome", painfully naive, though he doesnt even advance as far as Arika in maturing, at least she somewhat matured throughout the story. There are good characters in the mix, for example, Shikamaru and Garaa are pretty well developed characters that have promise. However with all that said, Naruto kills EVERYTHING in character, its amazing how dumb he is sometimes, dumb to the point where he should get himself checked for mild autism, unfortunately he usually blocks out the possibility of good mature side characters with his obnoxiousness. I guess there was more then one reason people tended to stay away from Naruto, besides the fact he has a fire fox's spirit sealed within him.

Enjoyment: it was enjoyable when I started watching it and it stayed that way for about 100 episodes, then it just tanked... now I have no intention of taking this up again. The amount of entertainment is not enough to keep me interested, nothing like Detective Conan, which nearly only uses its entertainment value to keep me interested.

Naruto has to be the most over rated anime in existance. Every kid who has never seen anything else besides pokemon and dragon ball Z all give it rave reveiws, but all the experienced anime watchers know better. SOme people describe it as Dragon ball z with ninjas, i think that is quite and accurate description.

Story: 5

I gave this a five just because of the filler nightmare and lack of a functioning plot.


Art: 8
As much as i hate to admit it, the anime has really good art. But it has been put to waste by everything else.

... Sound: 5

Whats the word? Cliche action sounds.

Character: 3

The character is horrible, there just doesnt seem to be anybody that interesting in the anime. And alot of useless characters such as sakura.

Enjoyment: 3

It was torture but every sad i had to watch it.

Overall: 2

Worst anime ever.

Uh what a bad anime.

STORY
Classic zero to hero story. But it's a very lazy story and full of bullshit.
The power balance of the characters is ridiculous. Very weak characters can suddenly get power-ups and be victorious. The relationship between Sasuke and Naruto makes me to my stomach. It seems so fake that people who hate each other so much have weird love.

ART
The visuals are very bad as they have to shoot so many episodes. There is almost no fighting animation. Have silly word duels.

SOUND
... Naruto's voice is incredibly annoying. Other than that no problem.

CHARACTER
Oh man... I hate Naruto,Sasuke and Sakura really bad. All of them are incredibly frustrating. I love Kakashi. But I hate most characters of Naruto. Cringy.

ENJOYMENT
There are many flashbacks. Characters are looking each other lmao. Saying same things again and again. Most of episodes are soooo boring.

Oh man. What a garbage.

Naruto (also referred to as "Ninja Brokeback Mountain") is an anime about sand ninjas and eugenics. It is a gateway anime of the worst kind riddled with one-dimensional characters who lack development, poor pacing, numerous plot holes, shitty villains who "aren't really so bad in the end", an anime saturated in filler arcs, a final arc with a complicated mess of a plot that stretched on for a year, massive use abuse of plot armor to cover up shitty writing, and a story of "friendship" which somehow makes Boku No Pico look like Metal Gear Solid in comparison. Despite this, it is one of /a/'s ... guilty pleasures due to being a massive lolcow which has provided them with lulz for 15 years. The story is about a blonde-haired, afro hairstyled, blue-eyed, half-emo, foreigner half-demon ninja teen struggling to be accepted into society by being a whiny fagget who annoys everyone around him, including the viewers. His goal is to become Hokage Ninja Obama and change the world. To accomplish this he becomes a ninja who dresses in bright colors, doesn't into stealth, announces his presence to his enemies, literally only uses 2 jutsus for the entirety of the series, forgives mass murderers, and rather than killing enemies would rather give gay speeches about bonds and friendship and other shit. In fact, He is such a failure of a ninja that the plot replaced him with Sasuke "Edge-Lord" Uchiha as the main character halfway through the story due to Kishimoto's boner for his favorite character. One of the many themes in Naruto that are ultimately ignored is that hard work surpasses talent which is shown in how Naruto and Sasuke become the most overpowered characters by having perfect bloodlines and literally being handed power ups while characters like Rock Lee are ultimately forgotten by the plot. Great writing there, Kishimoto! Another lesson Naruto teaches is that if you stalk someone long enough, they will change their mind about you and will run back into your arms.

You're better off watching a rock than this show.

I used to think that naruto was an ok show. But then I realized there is no point in watching an anime that will NEVER END! Even after 220 episodes they still refuse to end it. Instead they make a sequel!And naruto is also the most annoying main character ever. after the 500th "believe it!" the catch phrase tends to get annoying. one of the most annoying parts of the show are the flash backs.it gets really annoying when they show flash backs about the time that character stole a piece of bread or something right in the middle of an epic battle. another ... thing that isn't really annoying but is kinda weird is that this show has head sets, giant televisions, stoves, cameras, etc but no cars or guns. just a little odd. so unless you have a thing for anime that doesn't have an ending, and has annoying characters this probably isn't an anime for you.

I forced my way though around 43 episodes before dropping this, so you can't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. This has to be one the worst animes ever made. I'd recommend Mars of Destruction before this. Naruto seemed to have potential at a first go, oh maybe it's going somewhere! Then it doesn't. So much for the plot. The art, is decent. Not really good enough to wow me. The sound was decent as well, but nothing worth talking about. The characters are awful, with no depth to them at all. If you are going to drop it for anything, ... it's going to be the shallow characters. Overall I didn't enjoy this. Nor should anyone watch this anime, ever. Go watch something good, like FMA or GTO.

NARUTARDS BEWARE

Let me start off by saying that I, like many others, watch this show immediately after very popular anime like Dragon ball z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Trigun, so I thought that this show was great, though some things always stuck out in my mind.

That being said, let me move on to this, Naruto TANKED, FAILED, SUCKED, WOMPED, AND ALL AROUND NOT GOOD after the Rock Lee vs Garra fight, (around ep 50 ish)although looking back it was not that great before that.

Story:

Very mediocre, "I want to be the ______ strongest and best ________ so that everyone will ________!!!!!!!!!!" Seen it all before, he ... wants people to notice him because he didn't have any friends and has a demon fox inside of him that he conveniently didn't began to use until the beginning of the series. Now I would like to digress to a few things that I notice, First Naruto claims that nobody talked/acknowledged him but then he is shown eating with Choji, sleeping with kiba, and running from the hokage? with Shikamaru when they were all younger, now I no expert but that sounds like friends to me. Second is on the first episode, a YOUNG, UNTRAINED NINJA WANNABE and a mediocre older ninja managed to steal a highly "important" scroll that teaches someone something that alot of people already know (shadow clone). anyway, the story suck because usually when someone says they are going to do something (especially when it's so close to there reach) they do it, Naruto it no closer to become Hokage than he was 200+ episodes ago. LOL I don't even need to talk about the fillers since its been killed and rekilled.

Art:

Everyone says its so great but has anyone else noticed that in at least 2 fights (team 7 vs girl Orochimaru and Sasuke vs Naruto) the animation changed drastically in the middle of the fight...........'nuf said.

Sound:

No real complaints other than, that music gets annoying after a while, I mean the HUH one, and some of the VA's are annoying.

Character:

Oh yes, now first SOME OF THE CHARACTERS DON'T HAVE PASTS!!!!!!!!!! yea I suppose people like Shino and Ten Ten had absolutely nothing of importance happen to them, and while on the subject of Ten Ten, the author of Naruto HIMSELF said the Ten Ten iss just a FILLER character, acting only to fill in the place of the female character in Guys team..........what type of crap is the a filler main character, also there are no character (outside of filler) interactions, I'd like to see Lee and Hinata have a conversation, I'd like to see Kiba and Neji chat it up. Naruto is just plan annoying his attitude changes to much, one minute he's destroying the villages monument and the next he's risking his life for one dude, and what's up with this I will get Sasuke back no matter what it so annoying, has he given up on being Hokage? The saving graces of the characters are Kakashi, Shikamaru, and a few others that they almost never show. One more thing the characters almost never change, Kiba has been the same( from what they've shown) since the beginning so has Sasuke, Sakura, Lee, ALL FEMALE CHARACTERS etc, etc

Enjoyment:

like I said, at first I enjoyed it, then it just starting getting.........Awful.

Overall:

A good started anime, but for people who have seen things other than Digimon, Pokemon, Dbz, anything on Adult swim, and Sailor moon, I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS!!!!!!!!!!

As a big anime fan, i watched many different animes, maybe not as much as most people, but still enough to find what i liked and disliked, and Naruto is definately not in those choces of in between, it,s plain flat hatred, at first i was obsessed with the anime, and now i do NOT understand why... seriousely... it,s really disapointing, Naruto is the most viewed and probably the most loved shounen manga/animes ever.... i seriousely don't get why people are so hooked on it, it's clichéd and overused

Story: 1

A kid who's parents died (right there, cliché) when she was a baby (cliché) has ... the dream to become the leader of his village (cliché) and has a crush on a girl (cloché) who hates him and likes another guy (cliché) who is way cooler (cliché), those three end up in the same team (cliché) with a teacher who wants to unite them better (cliché).... That's the basic story, alot of things happen obviousely, but i just can't find anything that really ATTRACTS me to the story well.. and i,m a huge fan of shounen, many of my friends don,t even believe i'm a girl because of that, so i have a pretty good eye to compare, and when i compare between this anime and another shorter/better story, i would definately pick another anime... the story is too long and too boring after a while, many of my friends stopped reading/watching it because it took too long, they simply don't care about the end anymore.

Art: 8

Art was pretty good, that was one thing i didn't hate about the anime, it's pretty basic and simple to draw, and it's also easier to imitate drawing characters like those, but i can't give the art a 10, because it was too simple, sure most people will tell me what the hell i'm talking about since art isn't what matters most, i know that, but i'm trying to look for reasons to not give this anime a 0, catch my drift?

Sound: 4

The sound was okay, but it was always the same tone... i just wished they had different sounds, and the allmighty overused HA noise... well it's in one song, but it apears everywhere...

Character: 1

the characters were UTTLERLY clichéd... hyper main character, cool second main character, lovesick mmain girl.... you see those almost everywhere....

Enjoyement: 1 (sadly there is no 0..)

Plain flat boring, plain flat clichéd, plain flat annoying and most of all, plain flat TOO F*CKING LONG i can't believe people are ACCTUALLY still into that anime! like seriousely? What is so awesome about it? oh no wait.. don't tell me.. cause i don't care...

Style - It's ok. Some parts (e.g Lee vs Gaara fight) are decent, other parts are not so great. 2 out of 3.

Character - The main flaw with Naruto characters is that they are clinically retarded. Ninjas are supposed to be stealthy, right? There wasn't a single stealthy ninja in the whole of naruto. Naruto wears a orange jumpsuit, Sakura wears red, Sasuke wears blue, the Akatsuki wear black cloaks with red clouds and everyone wears a shiny light-reflecting "forehead protector". Sure is stealthy. You see, normal people tend to avoid fighting for no good reason as it means getting hurt, noticed, and arrested. ... Naruto characters on the other hand start fights for no reason at all other than to bolster their incredibly fragile egos. Naruto is an impulsive idiot. Sasuke is an arrogant asshole. Sakura is useless. In addition, all of the characters are immature, naive, and lazy. Oh yeah, did I mention the fact that Naruto charges headlong into every fight, breaking formation and getting his ass kicked, every single time? He must have brain damage from getting beaten up so often. 0 out of 4.

Story - The story of Naruto is complete nonsense. Throwing knives are crap as ranged weapons. It'd be easier to just sneak up on someone and stab them with it. Why does nobody use a bow and arrow in Naruto? They already have computer screens. The original Eastern concept of chakra was taken by Naruto and made into magic points that allow you to break the laws of physics. Naruto originally wanted to be a hokage. Now he's more interested in retrieving Sasuke. Okay let's go through the plot. First there was the Zabuza mission, where I thought they should have died. Zabuza alone could have taken all of them out but he wasted too much time chatting around. Then there's Haku, who was about to kill both Naruto and Sasuke when suddenly Naruto's 9-tailed fox guardian came out of nowhere and saved the day. This then happens every single time Naruto is in trouble - the 9 tailed fox saves the day. It gets repetitive and sends all the wrong messages to the kids (no hard work needed, just call the 9 tailed fox!!). Also, how Naruto defeated Kiba in the preliminary exam was just incredibly stupid, needless to say shitting your pants wouldn't save you from someone determined to beat the shit out of you in real life. Oh yeah and Naruto gives speeches that instantly turns villains into good guys. 0 out of 3.

Overall 2 out of 10 for retarded characters and nonsensical plot.

This is one of the most over rated animes ever, i may say that this review is abit biased seeing as ive watched only 2 episodes in a row, but through friends ive watched well over 30 of tid bits of episodes. But i remain uncertain of why this anime is so good. To me its only a good "cartoon" not anime. For only non full anime fans watch this who don't know what a good anime REALY is. and comparing this to other animes its TERRIBLE. Nothing good can be said about naruto in my eyes. The japanes voices are so kiddy and terrible ... acting and little good for the bubs. The story jsut DRAGS N' DRAGS. Although the characters i can say some what of good about there "coolitude" and the art is rather good. It's bright and creative and creates a somewhat decent atompshere in each scenerio.
But this is not a good anime and i dont recomend watching it.
if i was to recomend a good starter anime, I WOULD NVER SAY NARUTO.
I would recomend either Gintama or Bleach. They both have a fantastic comeical side and serious fighting side.
if u dont watch niether of them still avoid THIS RUBBISH and instead watch Inuyasha
OR on a logn shot Yu-gi-oh

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I remember back when i first saw naruto. I thought he a was a pliot. How offen do you make that mistake? What kind of ninja wears a orange jumpsuit? Also ninja are stealthy, they stick to the shadows and use swords and shuriken NOT some dragon ball z crap. Plus he's is a goku knockoff, 9 tails, super sayian anyone? If sasuke wants to leave, let him, don't make a whole 2 or 3 seasons of fillers that have nothing to do with anything. "Curry of life" REALLY!?

This anime is not very good.
The characters are unlikable, and ironically, the worst one is the main protagonist. They are all annoying and mind-wrenching, and distract from the story.
It's executed poorly, and it takes way too long for fights, and explaining attacks, making the show too slowly-paced for an action show.
Basically, this show is OK-for a kid. For someone like me, spoiled with Death Note and Urelmo, I hate it.

Yeah, Ninjas are the pretty cool. The best thing to happen to history. But, what the f*** is Naruto?!?! What Ninja do you know that goes up to you and announces that there a ninja? That doesn't tip anybody off?? Like what the Munch. I don't know what to say. (okay yes I do) And don't ninjas wear all black and only work in the night so they don't fall into enemy hands??? And ok... Naruto kind of gets it, he's wearing a jump suit... BUT WHY IS IT ORANGE?! Then, there's the girls in Naruto! why is... sukura a ho? Why is Hinata and ... Neji the only people making some kind of sense out of the whole seris? Okay, Im going to stop, all I got to say is Naruto's dumb. =P

Okay so the art and sound was of any anime, but that's not the point. The story seemed intesting at one point, but it fell apart. Way too nija cliché . It was devastating. I heard so much about this series and was expecting so much more. The characters were simple. The main character was the "apprentice wants to become the best there is and travels with his friends to achieve his goal" kind, which we haven't seen much of *coughPOKEMONcough*. It was dumb. And the humor was terrible too. I think that this anime is really only meant for anime junkies or otakus who ... don't care much for the story and just care for the cool outfits and sayings in the stories. This story had way too much of bad comedy, obssessed girls(which tried too hard to be funny and it sucked), and a lame plot. It really ticks me off that people even dare compare this series to Bleach. ? Really? Bleach actually has some depth to the plot and some sensibility in it. It shows devotion, romance, trust, and all the rich ingredients of a hit show. Naruto may have devotion but its cheap and crappy. This was such a let down. :[ Sorry all Naruto fans.

I enjoyed this anime a lot when I was young. I found the
story line to be generally interesting and motivated me to
continue watching.

Now that I'm older I know Naruto wasn't a good anime.
Story progression was long and destination was set years
in the future.

The characters were unique and differed drastically from
each other. Each character has their own story which
... gives the anime some pros.

Unfortunately I weigh story more than anything else. The story doesn't end, it continues into Shippuden. If the story wasn't as slow progressing and random then the anime
would be better.

For some reason loads of people like this anime, I really do not get that. I watched the show until a certain villain (do not want to spoil it for others, just because I am civil) died, because the villain was the most interesting character. I mean:

Naruto.

Uninteresting character with the"a super powerful creature is inside you" cliche (seen it in yu yu hakusho, bleach ans a ton of other shows). What does he want to be? A ninja... That is the begin motivation and then I wonder "how do I connect to this character?". Then the failed attempts to make him funny make him annoying, ... his power is not that interesting and then I did some research and it will only become worse.

Sakura.

What is there to say about her? did she do anything in the first 2 seasons? well... she jumped before an old man to protect him with a kunai... and failed to do so. And that is all my faulty memory remembers about her.

Sasuke.

Somehow he is the beef cake bad boy personage, that got girls in real life swooning over him, I really do not get you people... He is bland and monotone, but hey at least he does things!

Fights.

Nothing that we have not seen being done better in older anime (yu yu hakusho for example, hell even dragonball and flame of recca were better in fight scenes). Big weapons are being used (what use is a shurken if it is foldable and has a diameter of one meter?) mostly and when they use their kunai their utterly useless. Then they use their ninja magic to fight, sasuke mostly breathes fire, naruto copies himself and sakura does nothing.
No real tension in this anime from what I have seen and does not really motivates me to look further (and I watched some horrible anime, willingly (though they're not on my list because they are quite obscure and I forgot their names...)).

Premise.

Ninja ninja ninja ninja, ninja ninja, believe it! Even though they are not ninja's since they do not use any stealth, I can forgive them calling themselves ninja's, the problem is that they keep putting attention to it! WE GET IT YOU ARE A NINJA AND NO I WILL NOT BELIEVE IT! STOP SAYING THAT! And Naruto has some kind of 9 tailed rabbit thing that says it is a fox sealed inside him for a reason and there are people with very unusual weapons that would not be that good in our world, but hey suspension of disbelieve, eh?

Overall.
Not a pleasant anime and I find it a wonder that the show lasted this long in manga form...

I used to like this series.

I used to enjoy it.

Not anymore.

This series does not age well. I found the apex of the series to be the Chunnin Exams and the very moment that Naruto decks out Gaara was probably one of the better moments showing the differences between the two.

But now, looking back....it wasn't worth the time.

... Some of my favorite series have less episodes to work with and tell more interesting stories.

Some of my favorite series have less plot, but are a lot more enjoyable.

And some of my favorite series run less than the amount of filler episodes in this series.

Overall, I lost interest. I still like a couple of the characters. But I've outgrown the series.

Naruto himself as a character stopped being interesting and was turning into the whinny little kid type I found throughout the series. Sakura is just useless and Sasuke reminds me of a slow and way dialed up emo Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho.

This series is a cash cow, it was fun at the time, but now it's run it's course and doesn't age well.

A lot of the series development is either pointless or easy to see from miles ahead.

It's easy to see why kids from 10-17 like it. But I'm 23 and outgrew that trend.

There are better series out there. Pass on this if you haven't watched it.