Your Favourite/Least Favourite Naruto Arc And a Rating (Original plus Shippuden)

kirbehyostom said:
Ahhh, I choose the wrong one by accident.

For some reason I liked the whole thing with Zabuza. Mainly because it was around when I first started watching. 7/10

The Chuunin Exams almost made me quit the show though. I just found it so unnecessarily drawn out (like most of the show tbh). 2/10

DarkDawn said:
It's interesting that some people love the war arc and some people hate it...

Minagatachi said:
It's a pretty divisive topic. In the manga discussions people seem to have nothing but complaints for the chapters, but in the anime discussions people have nothing but praise. Not to mention about 50% of it sucked and the other 50% was batshit insane.

judals said:
Best arcs were Land of Waves and Hidan and Kakuzu, solid 8s, good story, fleshed out characters for the most part, really intense, had some good fights, clever fights, and most importantly, actual ninjas.

Followed by the Chuunin Exam (excluding the invasion) and Sasuke retrieval, the latter had some good character development for Sasuke, and arguably being his swan song before he became stale.

judals said:

Oh and Kakashi vs Zabuza, back when Genjutsu was clever, and didn't work 'because I told you so'.

Minagatachi said:
You mean you didn't think Sasuke tricking Danzo into believing he had a Sharingan left on his arm was clever? In my opinion that was the best use of genjutsu in the whole show.

Minagatachi said:
You mean you didn't think Sasuke tricking Danzo into believing he had a Sharingan left on his arm was clever? In my opinion that was the best use of genjutsu in the whole show.

tsudecimo said:
Favorite is Pain arc (or more accurately Itachi Pursuit + Invasion of Konoha) . I wrote why before:



My next favorites, my 9's:
Chunin Exams arc
Search for Tsunade
Sasuke Reterival arc
Kazekage rescue arc (was slow tho, but I will forgive that cuz I enjoyed the content)
Hidan and Kakzu arc
5 kage summit arc
The war arc except for it's beginning and what's beyond chapter 678 I think?

My 8's:
Land of waves
Invasion of Konoha
Confining the Jin (If it were Kushina's episodes alone, then it's 10/10)


Least favorite is probably Sasuke and Sai arc, it had it's importance, but I didn't enjoy it a lot. 7/10.
and others
Shinobi world war the beginning
introduction arc

tsudecimo said:
There are still tactics and strategy in the war arc.

babymimi said:
Chunin exams, Itachi pursuit & invasion of Pain are ∞/10.
Everything else would either be an 8 or 9, minus the Confining the Jinchuriki Arc (I only liked the Kushina part) & the war arc until Madara showed up. I don't really have a least favorite, even the most boring arcs had entertaining moments.

RedRoseFring said:


Sai Arc *cough*.

IntroverTurtle said:
I don't know if I can say a favorite. I love a lot of the arcs but I would have to say the Kazekage Rescue arc and the Sasuke and Sai arc are my least favorites. First of all the timeskip was handled horribly, Kishi was only able to make it so Naruto grow larger in body size and nowhere else. Then it was Naruto's behavior during the whole arc. Surprisingly it was Sakura that made that arc as good as it was. Then the Sasuke and Sai arc felt sorta rushed/pointless. I mean it introduced Yamato and Sai who are important characters, showed Danzo's plans, and gave us a look at what happened to Sasuke and new inspiration for Naruto but it felt just wedged in there.

IntroverTurtle said:
Forgot to talk about my favorite arcs, must not have read it fully.

Anyways my favorite arcs are probably the chuunin exam and pain arc, maybe add in the Hidan and Kakuzu arc for favorite and the war arc for least favorite. Was really hoping that the manga fans were wrong about it since they usually are but as it goes it gets on my nerves even more, especially the filler. Beginning of the arc was horrible, the worst filler arc the series has ever had and then the stupid water prison thing, etc.

8animet said:


Not much, its mostly just power up after power up and DBZ-esque explosions

tsudecimo said:

Gaara using gold in his sand to increase the weight of the Former Mizukage's steam clone thing

Naruto using Sage Mode to dodge the Raikage's attack, then ramming a Rasengan into the former Raikage's elbow and making him hit himself

Ino, Shikamaru, Choji and Darui collaborating to use their jutsu and the Rikudo's treasure tools to seal Gin and Kin

Kakashi using a Yamanaka clan member to enter him and control him, having a Naara clan member to attach his shadow to him, and then have the Yamanaka clan member to run him towards Zabuza and have the shadow transfer to Zabuza

The Commando Unit using a moving Earth Style platform up and down to avoid Deidara's bombs

The Five Kage combining jutsu in a way that Madara wouldn't be able to absorb (that was very well thought out)

The Sasuke/Tobirama/Minato/Gaara combo that they used on Madara

The Shinobi Alliance using weak earth-style to slow down the Ten Tails' Bijuu Damas

Naruto and Sasuke were using some tactics to damage Madara (Naruto and Sasuke ran towards each other with Rasengan and Chidori activated, then Sasuke used his new Rinnegan technique to move Madara in the middle of them and have him take the damage)

Naruto vs Obito and the tailed beasts (Naruto using Shadow clones to make Son Goku throw up. Hiding a clone for sage mode)

Naruto, Gai, Bee, Kakashi vs Obito ( Strategically discovering Obito's mysterious powers, ultimately leading to his identity. That fight in particular was pretty strategic and tactical)

The double Flying Rajin Jutsu, where Naruto and Sasuke Hit Minato but they transfered the attack to Obito

Naruto + Tobiarama Rajin Jutsu

Naruto + Minato to transport all the alliance from Obito's bombs inside the barrier.

Etc....

8animet said:

deus ex machina's disappear mate, especially towards the end it was only about who gets a asspull power up now.

Characters brought back to life for no real reason (Edo tensei shouldn't have happened) and it was only for fanservice, just lazy

- power levels growing way too much in a short time because of deus ex machina's and OP villians, especially in naruto and sasuke's case (became god-level over the course of a few days)

- fighting zombies and plants, Obito should have convinced smaller villages to join their cause would have been a lot more interesting

cycle of hatred never really broken, I know world peace was a naive dream but there wasn't even a mention of in the end

tsudecimo said:

What deus ex machina's? What asspulls?


It happened in the second arc of the series (Chunnin exams) but for some reason, people seem to forget that. It should have happened, considering the main antagonist of the arc, Madara, exist because of it. It was not only used again, but was enhanced in explanation and purpose.

They were brought back, to fight the allied Shionbi forces, it wasn't random or without purpose. It also gave closure to some characters (Tsunade, Gaara, Sai, Chouji, etc) the author described it as a fantasy element to the story. I don't see any damage that came for it, quite the opposite only pros.


Again, what deus ex machina? I'm 100% that you didn't pay attention to these things or don't know what that term means.

The power levels didn't come from nowhere. The war arc, is about the tailed beasts, which was established from the very first chapter as being with insane amount of power

''One swing of the it's tails and mountains would crumble''

Every powerful ability Naruto had in the war arc, was from the Kyuubi or/and the tailed beast (sage of six path) The power levels in it, are logical. And have been established through several chapters. They became ''god-level'' through specific abilities, they didn't become strong out of nowhere, so I don't see the issue.


What? why would smaller villages join Obito? not to mention he doesn't need them in the first place, he has 7 tailed beasts. That would feel really pointless.


LOL. It was broken, with Obito, and most importantly with Naruto vs Sasuke, after Sasuke, an Uchiha, finally let go of his hatred, and accepted Naruto. did you not read the last chapters or what?

But peace did happen, after the end of the war arc, what are you talking about?

8animet said:

if you can't see the bad writing in the war arc (most agree on that even those who love Naruto) I'm not sure what to tell you

8animet said:
Did you just forget the

tsudecimo said:
Every powerful ability Naruto had in the war arc, was from the Kyuubi or/and the tailed beast

8animet said:
Lets not forget: Orochimaru reattaching Tsunade's crushed abdomen cleanly as if nothing happened

8animet said:
Madara surviving after Hashirama "kills" him and takes his body (not really during the war but the flashback was shown there)

8animet said:

There was already closure in most cases and bringing them back undermined their deaths (Asuma, Nagato, Zabuza, Haku, srsly why?)
And full closure isn't always needed, there was no reason for Minato for an example to come back, he and Naruto talked once before and that was enough

8animet said:
]Bringing Orochimaru back was even worse and then all the Hokages too..
It did more damage than good and was pure fanservice, I mean I like the characters too but the dead took way too much time from the living

8animet said:
So the cycle of hatred (that has been going on for god knows how long) was broken because Naruto TnJ'ed Obito and

And how will peace be kept? Just because Naruto holds Kage meetings? Thats stupid and naive

8animet said:
Obito and Madara were disappointing villians, interestingly you didn't reply to that or to HER
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8animet said:
And another question: Why did Obito even declare war? Wouldn't he have been better off working from the shadows and trying to get Naruto/Bee that way?

he was uniting all the world's superpowers (who distrusted each other before) against him because of that move

tsudecimo said:
At least admit you are wrong about the sage and Tsunade :P

Internetforums don't mean anything, it still sold great in Japan during the war arc (it ranked number one in Jump above one piece, several times), and it still sells great in France and The US. So the internet as per usual is a vocal hate minority.

tsudecimo said:
There was no better time for them to meet so6p. Even though I don't agree, you can call it a plot convenience if you want, but it's 100% not an asspull.

I'm saying the people who hate the war arc, are in the minority, if they love the Pain arc or the series as a whole, it doesn't really change that the arc was received greatly, where it matters the most in Japan, it's simple statistics. People who don't even buy the manga hating in internet forums don't really mean anything, especially when most of them are sheep, and/or immediately call anything they don't like or understand an asspull or a plot hole, etc.

I can count the number of people who I met online, who actually have valid criticism, and good critical thinking in one hand, everybody else keep repeating the same complaints without understanding them. But hey, everybody is free to dislike what they want, as long as they don't ignorantly pretend the level of quality is inherent, and not just opinion based.

Of course there is a reason, they didn't pay attention ;)

tsudecimo said:
I really don't wanna go down that road lol. I will stay with my unbiased and objective statistics.

PriestSlayer said:
By far, Itachi Pursuit arc. Itachi is a great char. He got the deserved screen time, and a good fight. Also the twist at the end was really good.The rating would be a 9/10

Now onto my least favorite, probably the current one. War too dragged, fillers too much, villains too edgy, except for Madara. Rating 4.5/10
I miss Naruto's golden age...