5 Reasons Why Naruto Manga Does NOT Inspire Anymore
74The "inspirational" manga Naruto
Naruto manga and anime are huge amongst anime and manga fans. It is popular amongst kids and teens, and even young adults throughout the world. The one thing that makes it so popular is the story that everyone can relate to one way or another, and also be inspired from. The author's imaginations were surreal when put into Naruto manga and episodes.
However, it has been 10 years since the first chapter of Naruto manga was first published in Japan. It has been 10 years Naruto has been inspiring kids and teens throughout the world, and many fans have felt that Naruto manga now isn't the same like it used to be 10 years ago. What Naruto did best was to inspire, however, as of now, Naruto manga has begun to sink. It no longer inspires its fans the way it used to.
These are the reasons why Naruto manga has stopped inspiring;
1. Naruto used to inspire without trying. Now it seems like it tries too hard "to inspire" out of something that is not inspiring at all, like begging Raikage to stop hunting for Sasuke because "he is my best 'BFF' friend".
2. Naruto used to have very strong side story that backs up every fight scene. This story, which usually synched together with corresponding fight scenes, usually is told as the fight itself goes on, and both ends together in a dramatic way that touches our heart, like Gaara/Naruto fight, Gaara/Lee fight, Sakura/Chiyo/Sasori fight. It can be said that almost all fights that took place in the manga was backed up with strong side story. This is not the case now. Everyone just go and fight, Kisame/Hachibi, Sasuke/Hachibi for instance.
3. Uzumaki Naruto, the character, used to be someone who keeps on moving forward no matter how hopeless it may seem. Now he seems like someone who lingers too much with what happened in his past. As Chris Gardner, the writer of the book and associate producer of the movie "Pursuit of Happyness" said, you have to come to terms with your past and face it, but if you cling too much to it, you'll lose the chance to move forward. Sasuke used to be like this. Sasuke rejected the chance to have a good life in Konoha because he couldn't forget about his past. But now the table has turned. Sasuke has moved on once Itachi died, but at the same time, Naruto couldn't even let go of his past with Sasuke and Team 7.
4. Uzumaki Naruto, the character, used to cry when he needed to, when the story required him to. And we, the readers usually cried along with him. Now, he cries all the time and all we do is roll our eyes.
5. Uzumaki Naruto used to be a little hero in our heart one way or another. Now, he's none other than a lame kid who whines too much, cries too much, and bended on his knees until his face reaches the ground to ask someone to forgive his best "BFF" friend Sasuke.
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u know what...
doestn't matter what u said...
naruto still the best anime...
kids still want to watch naruto...
Naruto forever!!!
i think ur right, but still people will watch it till the end cuz they have watched so far already. i also think so. to be honest i only started a few weeks back to reading and watching naruto. i paused it around episode 150 cuz i knew it was only fillers left. but now i see ur points and i did realy miss sasuke when he left in the serie. but i realy hate it when people cry. well atleast thanks for ur points but still people will watch it... even if it isnt good anymore... lots of people stay...
i see what you're saying, the only thing i have a rpoblem with is "BFF Bestfriend" because if you put BFF there's really no reason to put bestfriend after it... sorry it just bothered me... hehehe... but anyway! yeah, i think the writers are getting lazier and don't really care anymore. it kinda pisses me off a little that the show isn't getting better. i still like, probably always will, but they need to work on that...
@Narufangirl16: haha, yeah, i put the "bestfriend" because somebody eventually didn't understand it when i only said "bff", lol, so there u go. And yeah, Naruto is my favorite manga of all time, it just disappoints me when it turns out the way it did.
this is so true! =_=
I agree, however I can't stop watching, I have to know how it ends.
I sort of agree with some of your comments (the begging part is silly especially), but the author has created Naruto as loyal to his friends. Sasuke was his first connection and Naruto made a promise to himself to bring him home. I respect the author's consistency.
Bory, you're wrong, it's not what you should call "consistency" at all. A character, just like real life's human being, should be allowed to grow. As a human, we grow, we learn from mistakes. People who refuse to grow are NOT heroes. Naruto himself used to be such a hero, a stubborn kid with extreme determination, a kid that defies the odds to make it.
I'm not saying this character (Uzumaki Naruto) should break his bond with Sasuke or stop trying to save Sasuke. What I was saying is through all of this, after years, this Uzumaki Naruto character should grow, in all aspects, his way of thinking, and his perceptions of "friendships" and "bonds". He should learn a lot from the fight with Nagato (Pain/Akatsuki leader), and then Jiraiya's death, and then the collapse of his entire village from the Akatsuki attack. Upon learning that Sasuke's current goal is to crush Konoha, the first thing Naruto should do is to compose himself and the lessons he's learnt from all those big events should allow him to do so. Instead, he IGNORED everything else completely, he ignored the lessons he's learnt, and risking other people's lives (we're also talking about the rest of the Naruto world) just so he could meet and "save" Sasuke.
Once upon a time long time ago, Sasuke was the only bond Naruto cared and should care about. But today he's got the whole of Konoha to think and care about. It won't make sense if you go all the way to "save" your one friend by risking the lives of the people in the whole village or other people in that matter too.
Naruto can go all the way to "save" Sasuke alright, but I'd like to see him do it in a respectful way, a way that we can look up to and admire, NOT the petty and lame way that he's doing it now. You understand if you're reading the MANGA.
My MAIN problem is NOT Naruto or Sasuke themselves. My main problem is the author/mangaka's obvious laziness and lack of passion for the last few months (or probably almost or more than a year?).
You are so wrong!!!
Naruto is changing but for the better not for the worse! Now he can see light in even the most darkest situation. He defends his friends and cares about them a lot. I have not really seen him cry to much and he is still inspirational! I like it better then I did when I first watched it! The battles still have back ground stories but for those that do not they are saving those for later to be explained. Naruto manga will continue to inspire me and many others for a very very long time.
Naruto is an amazing manga and with it a anime too. Naruto has inspired me to become the Prime Minister of Canda due to the thing Naruto want`s the most to be Hokage. I want to change this world from what we have made it and I hope that Naruto does too.
Naruto been going downhill since Shippuuden. Period.
naruto might be the best.
best of the animes.
people would deny with my opinion because they thought others are better
@everyone: I'm sick of lamers who don't get the point of this article. If I'm not a fan of Naruto, and if I'm just a basher, I wouldn't bother to write ANYTHING about Naruto at all. This is what I think as a fan, and as a FAN, we are entitled to critic/express our concern for something we love, not just swallow everything that is being thrown at us and insist to defend it.
You are not obliged to "defend" Naruto because of this article, there's no point in doing that, I don't hate Naruto for God's sake.
ANYMORE COMMENT "DEFENDING" NARUTO WILL BE DELETED, SO DON'T BOTHER TO LEAVE ANY.
I don't agree. That's all.
I totally don't agree... learn to watch and feel a little deeper.... DUDE!!!
@ everyone
Shut the fuck up. Bring this whole Naruto shit in a "Naruto Rocks" discussion. What nufoundglory is trying to say is that Naruto is no longer inspiring and is quite repetitive now.
I agree with the side stories in the fights. They don't do those anymore, but I don't agree with the fact that he isn't inspiring anymore. Him not giving up on Sasuke is one of the most inspiring themes of the manga. You see, Sasuke isn't the past, he's still reachable. Unlike Sasuke's family, whom he could not reach because they were already gone, but Sasuke still has a chance to be saved and Naruto still has a chance to save him.
Naruto is my greatest inspiration.
I for 1 am tired of the lingering drawn out bs of the love life between naruto hinata and sakura they need to choose 1 already and imo it needs to be hinata he choose sakura is to much like narutos mom lol
@ Rrr, thanks, that was exactly what i was trying to say. @Ariana, I'd rather see Naruto with Hinata too, if i were to choose between those 2 that is, but honestly i couldn't care less about the romance going on in the story.
Anyway, @everyone, I think Naruto manga has been nothing but wonderful until came the ending of Asuma arc. From there, the manga started to sink. Sure, if you were to compare it to "some" other manga out there, Naruto manga still owns by miles, but to compare to how Naruto manga USED to be, i'm not so convinced.
But anyway, i think Studio Pierrot did quite a good job with adapting the what-supposed-to-be-lousy Naruto PART II manga (post Asuma arc) to anime.
***SPOILER*** In the manga, the Kushina/Minato part seemed random like it was thrown in in the middle of other unrelated story, and then the Jiraiya's recollection of Pein's bodies he encountered before his fight with Pein, all seemed misplaced and random. BUT thanks to Studio Pierrot, in the anime it was more organized and made more sense. I could go on and on but for now, let's just agree to disagree. ;)
thats right the anime is messed up at times when big fights happen ecspecially when Pain attacks the animation gets really lousy and it does not look good. But in all the anime is fine as nufoundglory had said or something else.
The manga is getting good because it has plotted out the ending. and the anime that just came out the other day was goood the hero of the leaf
I reckon the first episodes of Naruto were irritating.
When I was like, 9, I was flipping through channels and saw it. But I saw how stupid he was (his fail bunshin), so I didn't bother. I only started watching once I saw a random Haku/Zabuza episode when I was 12 :)
Naruto is still amazing.
the problem with naruto is that they have run out of ideas the story is nearing its end and rather than just end it in a cool way by saying naruto is a senju uzamaki and he is the next sage of six paths they go on with these random useless story lines which are dead boring
just end it and give us an ending which is the ending of all endings
like make naruto recreate the world with his parents and saskues clan or something
Well, the reason why Masashi Kishimoto stopped attaching side stories is that this Naruto needs to be finished as soon as possible because it has taken so long since it was first released!
i think the manga is still very intresting and have a lot to reveal but the anime episodes really sucks , they are just making useless episodes and not follwing the manga's storyline that why i stoppend watching it.....
i used t like naruto aswell, however now its all just bout sasuke and naruto, the side characters dont mean anything anymore, like rock lee gaara and others. also the only people who are growin stronger are naruto and sasuke also, no one else
First, nufoundglory is expressing his honest views, which I mostly agree with. Naruto isn't as inspirational to some people as it used to be, mainly for the reasons you listed, especially the first. Plus many people didn't like the way Sasuke started seeming much stronger than Naruto at first in Shippuuden. I sure as hell didn't.
On the other hand, I'd like to note that inspiration wasn't the point of Naruto begging the Raikage, it was merely a plot device to get Naruto and Kakashi close enough to the kages so they could meet sasuke after his battle with danzo. When he took a beating for Sasuke from Samui's team mates was a lil inspirational.
Also, the side stories for battle scenes haven't been ignored at all in Shippuuden; Sasuke/Itachi, Kisame/Guy, Danzo/Sasuke,Jiraiya/Pain,Naruto/Pain, even Darui/Kinkaku/Ginkaku. Their stories were all told, and mostly reserved for their final battles [kisame/guy]or when necessary [Kirabi training Naruto]. So I think Kishi hasn't done too bad there.
Naruto is only growing better. He has learned to deal with feeling a whole new level of pain and hatred from his loss of Jiraiya and the village before Pain resurrected them. Before, his pain was directed at a faceless village over a long period, but with Pain, he finally had a face, a real person he could wreak vengeance on, someone that caused him a lot of focused pain in a very short space of time. And he still was able to resist the powerful urge to kill him. That is strength. Plus his feelings for Sakura no longer blind him to facts.Meeting his true self at the falls of truth(?) shows that he wasn't just forgiving the villagers, he was instead suppressing his rage deep inside. Children are more emotionally flexible and resilient, and as an adult pain cuts way deeper. He has always wanted to protect the village, and his begging the Raikage was his own way of trying to break the cycle of hatred Pain had warned him about. He didn't want the revenge to continue. He even told Sasuke that they'd both die before Sasuke could destroy the Leaf. If he gave up on Sasuke he wouldn't stick to his ninja way, cos he'd go back on his promise to Sakura and Sasuke. He's consistent. He's now way stronger than he was in Bushiden.
@bored: So it seems!But remember Gaara is stronger than before, and so is everyone else (except maybe Neji!lol). It's just that showing it would make the series "Naruto, Lee,etc" instead of "Naruto". The series has to focus as it reaches a climax: that way, it can end when Naruto is done with Sasuke and Madara. Imagine having to finish each individual's story! That's...you get the picture.
Sorry for a very long comment.
to those who are criticizing naruto, maybe you don't understand the story or maybe you are not updated. . .
. . yes, we all have our rights to tell what we think about it but before you judge it. , plz understand the side of the story coz' you might put down the confidence of the writers...
Just a quick disclaimer here, i'm not hating on Naruto. In fact, i still watch Naruto anime and occasionally read Naruto manga these days. Naruto still is my most favorite Japanese manga of all time. It's just that it isn't as good as it used to be, that is all. Peace.
u guys are right, all of u it's just that all of u wrote wat u though and it's not a bad thing, people think differently..and thats ok..
IYes Naruto does whine nowadays, and I know this post is about two years old, but having said that I think the reason Naruto is so determined to help Sasuke, is because he really saw the downside of revenge, when he saw Nagato/Pain.
I actually agree Naruto tries to hard to inspire, but I think the inspring message for Naruto is that he do anything to help his friend, no matter how twisted and corrupt they become, or no matter what organization he joins. I think Naruto is reminscing about Team 7, but I don't think he is stuck in the past, or otherwise he wouldn't do the things he did now, like befriending Sai and learning from Yamato, even though their objective was to get Sasuke at first.
I find it inspiring that Naruto still believes in Sasuke but I actually find it annoying as well. E.g. He really doesn't acknowledge that his people even from Konaha, want Sasuke dead. I don't how Naruto is supposed to "save" Sasuke.
I think the story is just trying to be somewhat reliastic as naruto is crying and growing stronger for his bestfreind similar to goku turning into super saiyan after krillins death but point is sasuke is not dead rathe he is fugitive who has has caused lot of choas even if naruto becomes hokage I dont think sasuke will socially accepted so he is to die at the end or become undercover agent similar to his brother itachi anyway I think sasuke will understand narutos fellings and is probably going to help naruto lets just be optimistic
I agree with all your reasons. I was a very loyal Naruto fan up until a few months ago when I suddenly stopped caring. I don’t feel the same connection 5 years ago. To be honest I haven’t felt anything since Naruto’s fight with Gaara in part 1. The plot twist that usually had me hanging on the edge of my seat don’t excite me anymore…( I would name the spoilers but I don’t want to ruin it for fans).
The 4th Great Shinobi War Arc is a mixed bag—mostly disappointing in my opinion. I'm disappointed with Naruto's relationships, I'm disappointed with the stretched out running friendship theme , the hypocritical theme of cycle “revenge is bad” *cough*(Shikamaru)*cough* and I dislike the glaring plot-holes that are popping up as of late.
I don't mind the prolonged series but its same lame idea. “Don't abandon your friends” yadda, yadda, yadda. It’s a good messages but it’s not presented tastefully as it was earlier in the series. I mean… ten years later and we’re still on the friendship thing and rescuing Sasuke theme.
When Sasuke made it clear he doesn’t need it. Sasuke has done what Naruto hasn’t…he moved on. Which is why he has reluctantly earned my respect as a fictional character.
Sasuke has accomplished his goals and makes new ones while Naruto is nearly stuck in limbo. It’s true Naruto has matured lately but he hadn’t accomplish anything expect one thing—gain acknowledgement. He still isn’t Hokage and he hasn’t rescued Sasuke which is lame for a ten year running comic series and has made no realistic new goals expect making stupid ones like world peace (yeah… good luck with that kid). His persistence used to awe-inspiring but now it’s annoying and bending on the point of obsession/denial.
The story plot seems simple but Kishimoto has dragged this out far too long. Kishimoto admitted himself that he can be lazy and it shows in his work in my opinion.
And before some diehard fan comes bitching at me and tells me to rot in hell or whatever petty curse… I AM STILL a NARUTO FAN. I just see the good, the bad and the potential/or wasted potential in one of my favorite mangas.
Remember— A true fan is also a critic. Which is why I give a round of applause to nufoundglory.
Wow...I have tears in my eyes right now. You have taken the words right out of my mouth and expressed them even better than I EVER could have. Slow clap for you.
Naruto is definitely not the inspirational, memorable anime it once was anymore. I started watching when I was fairly young and I was OBSESSED with it. I thought it was a beautifully thought out story taken place in an amazing, creative, badass ninja world. Zabuza, the Chuunin exams, akatsuki. I thought it took an absolute GENIUS to create it all. Good times, gooood times.
But after Pein's defeat, there was no more threat from my beloved Akatsuki. Therefore, the main problem of the story was pretty much already resolved. It could have ended right there and have gone down in history as an amazing anime, but no. They had to try and scrape together what they had left into a new sloppy new storyline based solely around Sasuke just so that they could keep reeling in the profits.
Reading the latest chapters one day, just because it had become a habit of mine, I suddenly realized that I just...didn't...CARE. I suddenly realized that it really didn't matter to me whether or not they saved Sasuke, or what their next move was going to be. Because I knew that it was going to be sloppy and poorly planned out. I no longer went to bed each night thinking about Naruto and the gang, looking forward to the next day so that I could open my computer and see my heroes again like I did before. It was actually kind of heartbreaking, really.
So yeah, you're absolutely right. Naruto is no longer the heroic young kid he was before, and the story all together has totally sunk.
i dont like what you said about naruto not letting go of sasuke. Because if he did let sasuke go what would be the point of the series.. thats the whole story line..
really? ok, i agree that the anime may suck (i don't even watch it anymore), but you cannot say the manga's the same. sasuke wouldn't have "let go if his past" if he wasn't told the truth. in fact, he didn't even let go if his past, he still clings to his hatred to justify his bitchiness.
and yes, you should totally find a friend. look i've been there. that "everything in this world sucks" phase. just hope u actually would get over YOUR PAST~
@Sol: Excuse me? Are you actually talking to ME? I never at any point in my life think "everything in the world sucks", i wonder why u suddenly made that kind of statement? You're talking about YOUR own teenage life, i guess? Just because you had such an emo teenage life, doesn't mean everyone else who watches Naruto does too, haha! LOL XD!
are you kidding?? no back stories?
let me explain it to you.
-jiraiya/pain, he was fighting his former student back there. No back stories?
-naruto/pain, he was fighting his teachers killer (not to mention that pain in fact was naruto's senpai). No back stories?
-deidara/sasuke, the fight based on deidara's grudge againts uchiha. No back story?
-sasuke/itachi, well this one doesnt need an explanation. Their problem is considered as one of the main plot.
I can still go on and go on until naruto aggaints tobi.
Still thinking there are no back stories?
And as for naruto cries alot.
I dont think he cries alot. He was only crying when he found out that jiraiyas dead. And for me, that is good enough reason for him to cry.
Well thank you nufoundglory, you have finally revealed the reason why you wrote this post. You just couldnt stand reading naruto anymore. You couldnt even stand reading a view lines of comment on your own post page.
Naruto is doing just fine. Even recently, better than ever. But yeah, it doesnt matter anymore. You wont even read this comment.
Well anyone, dont comment in this post, the writer wont read your comment.
He's too lazy to read.
you know what i think you're nothin more than a jealous young animator who just can't achieve what naruto anime has
I think shippuden is even better other seasons when he was a kid
naruto is the best of all the animated and is way cooler than any t.v. show naruto is a insperaion to me and my bor naruto toat us how to be brave and how to stand up for what is right and what is wrong so what i am about to do is put a bomb on the bulding and make them pay for not puting naruto back and if any body reads these i want you to know i will be in a green rian coat and with yellow boots i will go behinde the biuling and put the bomb where no body can find it if they do not put naruto on by july 1,2012 the bomb will go off and i am the one ho got the button and if you want to know were i live i live on odel street i live in a blue house and after that i will kill the obama and the other presdent
Your right it's turning shit now, just like bleach. Naruto can take a chidori to the shoulder and still fight but a sprained ankle is too much for him lol. There's no flare now and the writers are struggling, it's obvious.
PS I prefer the fillers now at least you know they are crap, so you don't need to hope for anything.
Ok I get what you trying to say and that's what you think but to me the manga is great also the anime...and also when he cries it shows how he cares for people. But their times when we need to cry for nothing...and you don't need a side story in fights, I mean you get more of the fight...but it would be good to see a side story too.
I think the story has gotten better and if you read the latest manga chapters (CAUTION- SPOILERS)
you would notice that the most important side stories are being dealt with like the hatred between Uchiha and Senju, the tailed beasts' story, Itachi revealing more about the truth and so on.
I definitely think Madara's presence has made the story more interesting
Yeah. I think the plot is great. Naruto doesn't cry that much. And fights aren't for nothing. Kisame fought the Hachibi because he wanted to seal it for the Akatsuki. Sasuke fought the Hachibi because he was in the way. It's not all pointless. Naruto can't forget his past because he personally blames himself for it. When you feel like that, it's really difficult to let it go.
Naruto. FOREVER.
Look at the current Fourth Ninja War plots. How lousy can they be? Sure, there's some interesting stuff going on *SPOILER ALERT* like Sasuke meeting the revived Itachi, the real Uchiha Madara being revived, the mysterious new identity of "Tobi", and a few minor plots here and there, but overall the Fourth Ninja War arc is A MESS, lack climax, I find myself skipping pages and pages of boring and monotonous fights with no climax. I'm sick of it. Just END the story already, Masashi Kishimoto! I bet the ending would be very lame too. Aaah...so much after following the manga for YEARS...!
Honestly, as a long time Naruto fan i have to admit some of it's overall appeal has been lost through the last few years. I find way to many unexplained events to really be hurting the mood of the show for me. (SPOILERS) Orochimaru dedicated his whole life to his cause and kabuto after what seems like a month in the show has surpassed him in every way.Matering therevival jutsu and discovering sage mode? Like really orochimaru wtf have you been doing all your life?
@crusslom: i absolutely agree! I wonder if all the people leaving comments on here really read the manga up to the current chapter or if they only watch the anime? I find too many plotholes in Naruto these days compared to the old Naruto. Remember the days where Naruto got stronger slowly, phase by phase? These days Naruto got way too strong within a blink of an eye, and everyone seems to always give an ok to him for whatever he does these days. Tsunade, Killerbee, even the Raikage, he got it all too easy now, in "every" fight scene in the Fourth Ninja War, *spoiler* every one NEEDS him there. All these other ninja's seem worthless without Naruto, including Kakashi and Gai who practically didn't do anything in the fight against Tobi. Why on earth Kishimoto decided to put Kakashi and Gai in that fight is a mystery to me.
@Nufoundglory: I really couldn't have said it any better myself. Although old Naruto had a bunch of things that got on my nerves too, for example: (SPOILERS)The third hokages battle with orochimaru, the battle itself was fine but how were those four genin holding up a barrier that even anbu couldn't get in to? Or how Orochimaru used his revival technique to bring back the first, second, and almost fourth hokage back to life? Last time i checked the fourth hokage wasn't able to be revived because he previously used the reaper death seal technique on himself. Yet he was on his way to being revived if not for the third hokage stopping Orochimaru.Don't get me wrong here, i absolutely love naruto, it's one of the greatest if not the greatest anime i have seen overall. Sometimes there were holes in original naruto aswell, but it was ok because no show is perfect and they had very small amounts of plot holes in comparison to shippuden. After the Pain arc things have been going downhill, it is still quite enjoyable to watch and read, and i continue to do so, but before i was extremely excited for each chapter each week, now it's more of me reading it just to find out what happens next because it would feel like a complete waste if i stopped now. The show is great now but the show was amazing back then. Also, i think they added Gai and Kakashi into that fight to try and take away from the fact that naruto has literally become a one man team and that he can basically go toe to toe with any ninja in the universe right now. Hes like 17 and hes definitely in the top 3 best ninja ever. It's really gotten out of hand.
(SPOILERS)I was thinking about my comment and no it started going down hill around when naruto fought kakazu. Kakazu has been around for generations, he even fought against senju!! Yet he gets tricked by one of naruto's shadowclones.... How about when konohamaru takes out a pain!! lmao those were the days.....
this is SO true i mean i loved when naruto would jump up beat the crap out of somebody but its like he puts to many actions into his emotions and cries i get it i mean when i lost my mother i cried like a baby and my father...well not as much cause he died when i was 9 but still its just so not cool i love a good naruto episode when he shows a good fight wins and proves a point now he just cries and doesnt show alot of strength he even goes as far to run at a person who is obviously stronger than him and fails like on episode 219 when he attacks that guy with all of the weapons he was doing pointless wastes of energy like trying to use the kunai knife or his fingers to open a large steel or iron cage around gaara and trying to kick that guy it was boring and drole he cries alot and i dont think the series is gonna end well if its going as downhill as it is now i havent watched alot of shipuuden but it seems it might not be as great as i thought it would be
I Agree 100% still love Naruto :/ One piece is better ;D Peace
just watch the anime, the manga shows no excitement
ya know i agree with points 1,2 and 5 cause i really want naruto to learn from his mistakes, cause hes always soo loyal ikr its a good thing but sometimes it makes me think as to how stupid this guy and how much is he willing to secrefice just for sasuke, i wish he was a little bit samrter like or a have IQ like his father, but it wouldnt be as interesting,but eeven though now it doesnt inspire me as before in 1 series ,however naruto is still amazing and always will be!!
well, i read all of your comments(points). i am 17 and i got the first reading material reading MahaBharat(2000 pages-hand written). Naruto Manga have aproxx 10000 pages with images
all i want to say is, Naruto manga is the first that i completed. It have emotions, martial arts, blood, lessons, probably every thing
here is the contradicton for some of ur comments
u said- Naruto is character who cry and never give up no matter what goes, than tell me how can he give up on Sasuke hes friend or best friend to go ruin his life alone like if i got some disease in my hand then according to you i have to cut it down by sugery where as i can just try to heal it
then naruto or Murkhi(another book) or Mhabharat is writen to inspire all, i never tell us(or command us) how do we get our lesson, it totally dependent on us how do we get it-(That same you can see in case of Itachi and Sasuke, itachi chose a path which leads to the death of some hundreds and life to some thousands, where sasuke(may be one time) have thoughts about killing all those thousands saved by Itachi)- in this case you can say it is depend on itachi and saske's mental strength of decision
What ever it is all our personal decisions to what we are doing and thinking
All i can see is, naruto begins with a kid to a teenage(or an adult)- At kid age he tries to teach us how inspirational and energetic a kid could be, At teenage he tries to teach us how powerfull and carey- we should- caus he just want to help and secure all his friends and the world(ding-dong)
But NARUTO MANGA is just normal story like any other story, it should have a start and an end too, there should be character who can be a kid and goes to its adultage(like naruto, and he cant be so foolish any more)
also it have an Epic flow where every single character have its own worth, a mere Kisame ends like it stopped me for a while
think i have some devotion to Naruto or whatever
i just want to care abt Naruto should go with Hinata not Sakura
however i am agreed to nekoyasha, narufangirl
and to cnbenson- i just want to know the end- toward manga or for videos
I miss good villians like Orochimaru and other people besides Akatsuki members, EVERY SINGLE TIME! No more meaningless fights with Madara or Naruto vs Sasuke... make a good plot mission for the end, end it. Dont be lazy... the series is too important and great for that to happen. I hope Kishimoto doesnt die before he ends it, if he ever does... Just saying. :(
I don't really agree at all, really.
1.it doesn't matter if Naruto himself doesn't inspire..ever think about the other characters?
2.uhhhh...the fight scenes now...hello??its become an all out world war..there isn't going to be a story behind every damn fight..even leading up to it there shouldn't be other than the fact that the bad dudes want what they want and won't let anyone in their way.
3.If you've read the latest chapter..it's obvious sasuke hadn't moved on since he's trying to destroy the thig his brother loved the most.hes obviously not moving on if he wants revenge..Naruto hasn't moved on because he still had some kind of hope....even though its kind of pitiful now..at least he's still trying for his so called best friend
4.he cries all the time now...so what?youd cry if you were in his situation,wouldn't you?i think I would..just saying.he has his reasons
5.Even naruto had to grow up at some point.i would have had to stop reading if he stayed the same the whole time..the little brat used to get on my nerves to the point I would have a literal headache from imaging that voice..yeahhh..he also cries a lot,but for reasons that are important to him that should be understood by the audience.
So my little "argument" may not be very sound,but I really think naruto is just as good as its olden days,even if different.now naruto seems to be more annoying than Sakura.
I only started reading the manga not even a year ago,and I am currently fully updated on chapters.maybe it's just the people that haven't read the old stuff in a while that feel like it got worse..to be honest I fricken strongly dislike naruto and prefer shippuden by a long shot.naruto was too childish,and I kinda like how the characters changed over time..
Memphis, you're not the only one around here who's updated with the current chapters of the manga.
Check a far more interesting discussion I started on the LATEST theory I came up with about Tobi/Uchiha Madara here: http://nufoundglory.hubpages.com/hub/Uchiha-Madara
You know, we're all "fans" of Naruto, else we won't even be here.
NOTE TO EVERYONE (AGAIN!!):
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Sigh, I remember in the arc with Zabuza when Naruto was fresh on Toonami I was so hype, it was like one of the coolest animes after DBZ. Then it started to decline in shippuden and I was so dissapointed. Imo after the pain arc it has been pretty bad and honestly even before shippuden some parts where kind of flat; all I know is that the Zabuza arc was beast and it is what got me hooked and if it wasn't for me wanting to see conclusion of the series I wouldn't read/watch it anymore that is how bad it has become...
after i read those Post & Comments. i feel like i lost Manga Naruto 4ever.. well thanks and goodbye naruto. it seems we fans can't do something about it anymore.
The manga has been slowing down.
But I'm surprised you didn't include one of, in my opinion at least, the biggest reasons for it's decline: ridiculous power creep.
Naruto started off Part 2 as an abomination, where all of his friends showed far better improvement than he did over the timeskip (Props to Sakura, who went from being a worthless cheerleader to the second greatest medical ninja in the Naruverse).
Because of this, Naruto had to go through several ridiculous training arcs to reach Sasuke's point. The "30 years in a day" TKB heist was difficult enough to swallow (even more difficult when he lands the hit on Kakuzu, a person with a whooping 80 or so years of experience and intellignece on him, with a simple feint that failed against Chunin Exam Neji), but Sage Mode took the cake, ran with it, stomped on it, burned it, and forced it down our our throats.
He masters Sage mode in a week better than Jiraiya could do in 50 odd years. And he couldn't even use TKB to speed things up!
Furthermore, his Sage Mode apperently comes with a lot of extra perks that, surprise surprise, Jiraiya never showed when using it (sensing would have been useful before your arm got ripped off in an ambush, wouldn't it have Jiraiya? So would have those Frog Katas when your punch was blocked by a blinded Human Realm).
His current mode is a little better since he's had it all along and has been using variations of it since Part 1, but becoming friends with the guy overnight was just an asspull. (blatantly being vauge to prevent SPOILERS)
Also, a lot of the entire clan powers and genetics coming into play while Lee does nothing of value really undermine the idea of controlling one's destiny that was built up in the Chunin Exams. Neji was totally right.
But I kind of wonder how much this series could have been better if it ended at the Pein arc.
Delete Tobi/Madara, have Sasuke infiltrate during the invasion to take out Danzo, have him escape and become a ronin after finally throwing away his past, have Naruto declared Hokage, have Naruto give up trying to bring Sasuke home and let him escape to live his life (still friends, but Sasuke at this point would be absolved of blame and shit) thus showing Naruto as growing up and becoming more mature, and show the rest of the characters as well.
Kisame could have been the one to stop Konoha from chasing Itachi until Sasuke finished, and he could have died against a ridiculous number of strong opponents simultaneously as Itachi did.
Itachi's true story could be revealed in his own flashback at the time of his death, and Sasuke goes on without concrete knowledge of the truth, but guessing anyway.
Kabutochimaru could be left as a sequel hook.
All in all, the series could ahve been done better, with much less crap that we'd have to endure.
As of right now, it's outworn it's welcome.
Very insightful comment, Kenichi.
Anyway, I wrote this post MONTHS ago (wait..I think it was LAST YEAR!) and back then it still hadn't gotten as bad as how it is now! I agree with Kenichi about the power creep thing.
These days everyone just gets stronger all without efforts. Not only Naruto, i mean EVERYONE! ***SPOILER*** Look at Kabuto, he has now achieved a Sage Mode (dragon! instead of snake), has the ability to use Edo Tensei more than Orochimaru had ever been able to do his entire life, and basically surpassed Orochimaru in every way possible, in a VERY short period of time. Ridiculous.
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Seriously, the story just got more interesting with the new stuff. Basically, you guys just don't accept the idea that the new generation is surpassing the old. And now you are complaining about this and that being bad and stuff, and came up with your own ideal ending or modifications. But you cannot be sure it would have done better. Its not just you reading the manga, its us all. If you can do a better job, go ahead and make a side arc by yourself and face off with the current naruto. Its still pretty inspirational. Apparently, naruto is indeed growing isn't he?, beginning to accept what to do to obtain peace, putting his trust in kurama and stuff. He learns when to give up, on sasuke after knowing the depth of his hatred, and intending to sacrifice himself to save the shinobi world. You call that not as inspirational? That was way better than that stubborn headed epic little naruto 10 years back. All those things that weren't explained are being laid out one by one. You have to respect the fact that the author wants to give out the information, in the best way possible for the story. Giving suggestions are fine, condemning it is not. If you say so much about it failing right now, prove that you can do better if you were the author and it is still as popular.
I agree with what you are saying nufoundglory yes it is slowing down, I love naruto its the manga ive ever watched and i started watching it when it used to be on cartoon network i just think that it is the way the director is planning it i mean like you said people change and you dont want to watch the same thing over and over like pokemon the onky reason its no good now is cause it was the same thing over and over and over and over and over. i think or i hope that the way hes directing this is so that when a different naruto series other than shippuden comes out (which i believe will since there is to much to explain) he can change the outlook again maybe back to the original or whatever else. its like life we go through different moods and different outlooks and i hope this is what hes doing showing you a different side of everyone and then is going to change it to something else preferably better than the original naruto.
I kind of agree..
But I'm already hooked and something tells me that Kishimoto isn't slacking with this show/manga at all.
I think something epic is gonna happen in the big finale at the end of Naruto Shippuden..
&& I'm gonna wait and see what will happen. I've followed this show since it began and I'll follow it until it ends.
who cares if naruto inspires people or not, its for entertainment purposes not meant to inspire people if you want to be inspired go listen to martin luther kings speech on i have a dream. i dont read naruto to get inspired i read because its enjoyable to read and its one of the best manga ever.
This blog needs to be deleted at all costs. Too much trolling going on here.
this is great i would put in some other pionts but yea.
shippuden is not that great it had has it's moments like itachi and pain (i call him pain that's his cooler name)but in the end it's so mutch worse as naruto mostly because it does nothing whit caracter that was what made naruto so good
It is not about Naruto anymore, now is about how Naruto's actions affected the rest of the people and how this is affecting Naruto, Plain and simple cause and effect. How ever if you only look at Naruto, your point of view nails it right on!!! so now the protagonist is anyone but Naruto :-) Cheers, GREAT POINT OF VIEW BY THE WAY!!!.
You buddy need to stop with your dumb 5 reasons of why naruto sucks because youre the 5 main reasons nobody agrees with you Naruto is AWSESOM and it will always be SO HUSH
oh and don't listen to nufoundglory anymore, he's an idiot.
i think most naruto must have noticed that,when i first wacthed naruto it gave me a BIG shock,looking at his guts,and never giving up will,but since for 4 years i haven't felt anything,but i will continue to watch coz it hasnt gone that bad and coz he i still like the anime since it was awesome at the beginning
Everyone....just shut the hell up....if you don't wanna watch or read naruto shippuden cuz of the story line then DON'T WATCH OR READ IT!! if you like it keep on watching and reading the manga, the comments and this hub are both pointless. stop trying to win an endless battle, opinions are opinions.
finished One Piece now, and agreed solemnly to what the 5 reasons are for, seems like writers of Naruto becomes lazy or anything, because One Piece have Shocking Moments untill at the very chapters beyond 600 and sure upto 600 its amazing, and Naruto 're dragging the story(all World War Happenings in it)
but still Naruto has something that im graviting to it, where im sure that Luffy is more funnier then Naruto
duels of Naruto are little more good then One Piece
One Piece made a real hard work then Naruto
.....im just thinking that way
i completely agree with your opinion.
naruto could have ended an amazingly beautiful ending and it probably would have been the greatest manga in the history of manga yet.one example is death note,its a truly exceptional manga in my opinion,it was short,exciting,thoroughly thought out and it had the perfect ending(in the manga) and to me its one of the best manga's in history.naruto could have been on the top of my list no disrespect but i think the thought of making money just got into Masashi's head so he just made some(many) soulless plots for the sake of it.well all i have to say it,im very VERY dissapointed.And i have stopped reading naruto manga :\
It doesnt rlly matter. Next time keep ur thoughts to ur self
Please don't get OP wrong besides its almost 2 years.
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I am amaze those that disagree are totally miss out the point.
The blogger says he dislikes reason of A,B,C. Those that disagrees reason are of D,E,F. Albeit Illogical.
nekoyasha 2 years ago
Hey, this is great. I am watching Shippuuden, and I have noticed that nothing is really happening... I agree with many of your points. Thanks for the hub!