Lets start by looking at the most important part of an anime, the story.
The main story line is actually very well written and thought out. It gets me really into the anime and makes me want to keep watching all day if it were possible. Now the flaw are the fillers. Yes I know that fillers are necessary and I am not saying that I disapprove of fillers. The problem I have with fillers in Naruto is the terrible quality and timing of them. If they were able to make a good storyline for them to follow during the fillers and not suddenly interrupt big moments in the anime I wouldn't mind that much at all.
There were even a few times where I dropped the anime in between because I got bored with it. But after a while I couldn't help myself to start watching again. The reason for this was the main storyline. Without the fillers I would have to give the story a 8 out of 10 but the fillers just take out too much.
The thing I have to like most of all are the characters. Al the important characters have their own background and there is no black and white way of looking at the. The bad guys are not all that bad, they all have there reasons and motivation why they are doing what they do. The only thing that bothers me is the recurring "Naruto" type character, that can perfectly relate with the lead character of the show. I feel like they are repeating the same character over and over with just a slight twist each time.
So overall it is a good anime, and the main storyline is good enough to still make it enjoyable overall. I am still hoping that they'll remake the whole thing at some point and just remove all the filler material and also go over some of the artwork, because there were some moments wherein the animators seemed to be rushing.
