Reviews

The original shonen jump Naruto was all around a very good show. Introduces us to the characters that we would be following for the next 719 episode across Naruto and Shippuden and it has some pretty great moments like the chunin exam arc and the land of waves arc. All around I thought it to be a great experience. Then I got to Shippuden and as soon as I finished it I had felt that I changed as a person after watching it. It is an absolute masterpiece and honestly Im mad at myself that I didnt watch this earlier because I only got into anime over quarantine like a lot of other people did. The story is honestly significantly more interesting than shonen jump because there was an actual story line instead of a bunch of random missions. The art at sometimes can be a little weird but that is made up for by the beautifully animated fight scenes and the animation gets significantly better towards the end. The characters for the most part are likeable but there are indeed some characters that you very much want to punt through a roof. Also, in my opinion, the biggest downside is that there are a significant number of characters that don't get developed enough and its mainly the girls which kind of leaves a bad taste. The openings and the ost are iconic. When you get to episode 54 and hear Blue Bird for the first time it just hits so different. Then one of my personal favorite moments when watching any anime was when I got to episode 380 and heard Silhouette for the first time because that song is an absolute banger. This show in my eyes is perfect and I get that this show can be viewed as very long by some people but you also gotta take into account that 41% of this show is filler which equates to about 205 episodes so you only need to watch 295 episode of this and they are all worth it. This is my favorite anime at the moment and I get that there might be better out there but as of right now I believe this is a true thing of beauty