[Anime] Naruto

it does get a little boring when Jiraiya trains Naruto the first time.. But the rest is good. Just dont watch the fillers. Only this week's filler episode is good for those shino fans that always wanted him to smile or some shit lol

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Originally Posted by Cobra Commander

Naruto has really gone downhill in my book, a lot of the fans I knew off stopped watching after the zabuza arc. I guess it was the animation quality and story, so then the animation started to dwindle, but now the stories themselves are boring as hell (save a couple of funny moments)

I dunno if I can keep watching this series

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Actually I think that the fight between Rock Lee and Gaara is where the anime crested in quality. The way they present the impact of the fight and the animation style really grabs me. Watching Gai actually cry over discovering Rock Lee's inablity to continue being a shinobi because of his injuries (which Tsunade cures much later on), has much more impact than most of the other scenes in the series.

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Well you may be right there Kaiten, actually I agree with you with the animation quality, but the story became almost too dragonballish, which is what all my friends hate for some reason.

You know the whole bad guy gets stronger and the good guy powers up and so on.

Actually I think a lot of anime fans don't like that kind of scenerio.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Cobra Commander

Well you may be right there Kaiten, actually I agree with you with the animation quality, but the story became almost too dragonballish, which is what all my friends hate for some reason.

You know the whole bad guy gets stronger and the good guy powers up and so on.

Actually I think a lot of anime fans don't like that kind of scenerio.

That's a common complaint I hear about Naruto as well. I've seen fans of the Bleach anime who seemed to be bothered by the main character's constant power-ups.

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Originally Posted by Rydia

That's a common complaint I hear about Naruto as well. I've seen fans of the Bleach anime who seemed to be bothered by the main character's constant power-ups.

bleach is "evolving" into naruto wannabe ..
and thats sad .. .. ...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I kinda makes you wonder if any fighting anime that has been a seasonal thing (not just 20 something episodes) has been able to be successful without going the dragonball route. I can't think of any at the moment.

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I think you're forgetting that this is A SHONEN ANIME. Not only is Kishimoto a huge Dragonball fan, the series is simply stuck in the shonen genre. That's what it is. Bleach happens to be a shonen anime/manga as well.

Because of the genre, it's very easy to tell how characters will grow and where a plot may go. Dragonball and it's sequels practically made the genre and it's cliches. Fortunately some shonen manga manage to break out of it's mold and do something refreshing or unexpected.

When watching Naruto, you kind of have to keep this in mind. If you don't, the show and the manga will suck for more than poor storytelling or animation in recent chapters/episodes. The series is definitely in a slump now, but I wouldn't say that it's going to last for long.

Hopefully.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Also, the first two seasons were excellent. If you and your friends stopped watching during them, then you might as well avoid any other Shonen series.

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Originally Posted by Cobra Commander

I kinda makes you wonder if any fighting anime that has been a seasonal thing (not just 20 something episodes) has been able to be successful without going the dragonball route. I can't think of any at the moment.

Yu Yu Hakusho had about 112 episodes. None of them really failed though the last arc was a little rushed, I didn't mind it one bit. Thats another shounen jump series you should look into. Everyone may get a power up but at least they dont actually get it out of "Anger" Or find out that they have some hidden power.

Originally Posted by kurado

Not only is Kishimoto a huge Dragonball fan, the series is simply stuck in the shonen genre. That's what it is.

That and Naruto clothes resembling Goku's orange and blue karate gi. Along with the super saiyan hair color >=].

Chapter 308

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I was RIGHT. He does have the Kusanagi Sword. His is only special and to see Sasuke beat up the whole freakin team is beyond me. Im pretty sure Yamato is alright but to see all of them knocked out, Chidori flowing around his body,sword, and showing up before the kyubit with naruto is a fucking shocker. Kyuubit knows something! But i doubt sasuke is that damn powerful to beat Kyuubit alone. What is more interesting is when or how will he fight against Itachi. Itachi was probably training as well.

THIS should be the chapter we were all waiting for. Finally..

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308:

Yeah finally a good chapter. The little action they showed was good even though we all knew Sasuke was gonna overpower everyone. You really think Sasuke would fight kyubbi? I don't think anything is gonna happen.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

woot~Naruto's back on track...finally

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I wonder what Kyuubi knows about Sasuke/The Uchiha clan. Heh, if Sasuke fights Kyuubi, he's gonna get eaten in a second. Not even the 4th Hokage could defeat it, and from what I've seen in the manga, he's stronger than pretty much evey shinobi so far.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Casaubon

308:

Yeah finally a good chapter. The little action they showed was good even though we all knew Sasuke was gonna overpower everyone. You really think Sasuke would fight kyubbi? I don't think anything is gonna happen.

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There was always that saying "Anything can happen" so you never know. But its not like Sasuke was hesitating not even for a minute. Kyuubit , on the other hand, seemed a little surprised. What Im curious about is how the hell he got in there.

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I was bored, so I decided to look up some information about the 2nd part of Naruto. I just read that everyone got promoted, one way or another, and that doesn't include Naruto. (Sasuke and Shikamaru don't could, >_>) I feel sorry for the kid..somewhat.

Anyway, another "silly" filler. Who knew that Shino could laugh? Who knew that he actually knew how to laugh?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The manga is getting interesting with Sasuke's return... I will like to see how Naruto gets Sasuke to 'see the light'. While I know it will not happen anytime soon, I think it will be inevitable.

Meanwhile, I shall wait for the 2nd Sasuke VS Itachi duel which should probably come earlier.

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Chapter 308

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I think Sasuke went in there for a reason. IF he got the mangekyou sharingan, he can probably torture Naruto with his fucked up past and make him passout.. If not, then he'll just end up fighting him head on or something.

An Itachi vs Sasuke fight should be coming up soon. It'd be funny if Itachi doesn't react all surprised with all the power Sasuke has lol.

He'll deflect anything with his hand, just like Chidori.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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Getting interesting. Sasuke able to visualize what Naruto is visualizing? [The thing inside of him] Getting interesting.

So far I can't really make any comment expect saying it is just getting interesting.

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Originally Posted by Taegueki

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Getting interesting. Sasuke able to visualize what Naruto is visualizing? [The thing inside of him] Getting interesting.

So far I can't really make any comment expect saying it is just getting interesting.

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Sure you can. It's chapters like this that would make any true fan think of a thousand theories of what's to come next week. I expect Itachi vs Sasuke coming up, the other wants to see if Sasuke will be fighting kyuubit.Will Orochimaru attack again? Seeing that he hasn't done shit to assist, we already know that Orochimaru won't do much but probably ask "sasuke-kun" to help him out destroy konoha. Another theory i can think of is the Akatsuki showing up XD.

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Since we'ere thinking of crackpot theories Kyubbi ain't gonna like Naruto anymore so hes gonna go into Sasuke. Sasuke will accept and he'll kill Oro and dissapear for 80 chapters again.

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Originally Posted by Casaubon

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Since we'ere thinking of crackpot theories Kyubbi ain't gonna like Naruto anymore so hes gonna go into Sasuke. Sasuke will accept and he'll kill Oro and dissapear for 80 chapters again.

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1) You really think that Kyuubi has the power to leave Naruto? Y halo thar, seal.
2) Without the seal, Naruto wouldn't be able to control Kyuubi. Sasuke would be toast if Kyuubi somehow entered his body without there being an appropriate seal in place.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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I guess you don't really know what a joke is. Or what crackpot means. It's okay, you'll learn someday

There's nowhere I can't reach.

*Tony Soprano chant* OH.

Easy, Casaubon. Its not like he was attacking you. ^^;

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Casaubon

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I guess you don't really know what a joke is. Or what crackpot means. It's okay, you'll learn someday

Spoiler:

Hey, can we relax a little here? I wasn't all like "ur theory sux, and u sux for thinking of it. Even though you said it was a crackpot theory, I was just pointing out that the natural consequence of that happening would be that Kyuubi would manifest himself through Sasuke without restraint. That's actually a moderately interesting concept, since my spider-sense tells me that's going to be how the endgame might play out anyway. I've been assuming all along that eventually Naruto will lose control over Kyuubi, in some way or another. What I didn't think of, until you posted, was that Kyuubi might not always be in Naruto. I doubt Kyuubi himsel has the power to leave Naruto's body, but maybe some outside force could cause a transfer.

You mistook a discussion post for an attack. I take responsibility for that, since it was my post. Read the spoiler, and then you'll see what I was going for.

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I've been a long time without watching Naruto because of those annoying fillers. If they were at least watchable but most of them are a pain in the ass.

I've heard a rumor that these fillers have an exact number before the series comes back to being good again. Anyone knows (if this is slightly true) when will these fillers end so we get back to the main plot of the anime ?

In a discussion thread before about fillers asking if we were in favor or against it, I said I was in favor, but after watching about 30 fillers I belive there were at most 5 I liked. Now I'm in favor of giving the anime a break, they could put a few fillers between sagas but this many in a row is more than I can take.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Yuna

I've been a long time without watching Naruto because of those annoying fillers. If they were at least watchable but most of them are a pain in the ass.

I've heard a rumor that these fillers have an exact number before the series comes back to being good again. Anyone knows (if this is slightly true) when will these fillers end so we get back to the main plot of the anime ?

It was originally scheduled to be 26 episodes of filler. The fillers have since been extended beyond that point, and there is no definite end in sight. The next three or four episodes have been announced, and they are indeed fillers, with no sign of "Kakashi Gaiden" or anything else regarding "part two" of the story arc.

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In a discussion thread before about fillers asking if we were in favor or against it, I said I was in favor, but after watching about 30 fillers I belive there were at most 5 I liked. Now I'm in favor of giving the anime a break, they could put a few fillers between sagas but this many in a row is more than I can take.

Quite. I don't watch the anime anymore. The manga is filling that particular void in my entertainment needs.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

It'd be so much easier if they had told everyone that the filler would start Fall 2k5 til the Fall 2k6 instead of bullshitting us like that. The Manga does make up for it at least. If anything, we'll probably get it in the summer if not the summer then like i said, Fall 2k6 lol.

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