Naruto is a great series to watch... If you have no job and have a few spare hours to fill.
It has enough to be mildly entertaining.
I have a few annoyances with this series though.
Characters:
Usually naruto and sakura; They both tend to do things in the middle of a fight that make you want to cringe at.
Sakura just sits in fear, hardly has a decent fight scene. Is really boring to watch. HELL!! It annoys me when she constantly bags Naruto for being useless and you feel like screaming "WELL WHY DONT YOU GET OFF YOUR ASS THEN SAKURA!!"
Naruto: I enjoy humour, but this kids a little brat. He just complains and gets in the way all the time. Its like that annoying smelly 5yro cousin the constantly gets his face in the way when you are ready a book. Or who sits and asks a million questions when you are playing video games... annoying is an understatement.
Also, when it comes to the fight scenes. I get extremely annoyed at sequences where the main hero powers up to his highest levels AND STILL GETS THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF THEM! You get all excited, only to be very disappointed. I might add Dragonball Z has this problem time and time again.
Plus the fight plots arent very creative. it starts off easy, then the enemy has hidden potential. someone comes in and saves the day.... BEARLY!!
There arent any moments when you are proud of the characters triumphs. By the time it ends you are left thinking "well its about time!"
Also, I dislike the lack of variety in the fighting. They seem to forever repeat the same attack again and again. No new moves. No combos. Nothing that makes the next boss fight amazing!
Coming back to things characters do that are just flatout stupid. You think "that was obvious!! how did you not notice! you are a freaking ninja!!!" Im not saying they need to be godly powerful, but its not clever stuff that gets them.
ALSO IM SICK OF THE REPLACEMENT JUTSU! the one where they trap the guy and they turn out to be a log or something. WAY WAY OVER USED!!!
I might just add, that Gurren Lagaan has none of this and is still amazing. The fighting is impressive and gets.to.the.point. when they power up, you know its gunna get brutal! and it does!
Even when Rock Lee uses his 'Forbidden' jutsu, its amazing!!! But it doesnt even amount to the finishing move. He still loses and it kinda feels like it was pointless to even try.
I like my Movies, anime etc to get to the point and stay on track.
Like Dragon Ball; naruto is fine to watch with a spare moment. But its so repetative in ideas, it feels like "same shit different story"
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