Replying to: UnknownAlso, Naruto is an average anime. Medabots is quality

I’m mad now.

Get prepared for an overly long essay about how Naruto is great and Medabots is trash BICHE

Replying to: UnknownAlso, Naruto is an average anime. Medabots is quality

Naruto is great for a multitude of reasons. But I’ll go with one of the most universal reasons

1. It’s one of the most influential anime ever made. They call it one of the “Big Three” for a reason

This show’s popularity and influence to other mangaka is almost as large if not bigger than even that of One Piece (which is also apart of the big three)
But when anything becomes popular it gets a lot of misconceptions. But hey that happens.

2. Great fights

Excluding the infamous Pain fight, Naruto has some great fights, some of the greatest fights in anime

The choreography and animation most of the time is superb, and the story the fights tell are there. Just look at the Rock Lee VS Gaara fight

Rock Lee is a loser. He has no Ninjutsu (basically magic, usually elemental) no Genjutsu (illusion magic) and when he started out he even sucked at Taijutsu (martial arts). He was trained by Might Gai, who saw himself in Lee

Might’s father, Might Dai was a loser. A glorified janitor that even adults made fun of. Once Kakashi (Naruto’s and Sasuke’s master for most of the series) teammates died, Gai was one of the replacements, and even though Gai could use Jutsu, he was still a loser, but through training and hard work Might Gai is equal if not superior to Kakashi

Rock Lee trains in Taijutsu, and his “Ninja way” is to prove that quote “I can be a splendid ninja, even if I can’t use Genjutsu it Ninjutsu. I wanna prove the whole world!”

Lee is still pretty weak though, but he has a trump card

Gaara has an extremely troubled past. When he was still a fetus in his mother’s womb, his father sealed the 1-Tailed Beast inside of him, turning Gaara into a jinchuriki, and killing the mother when she gave birth. Gaara has a brother and a sister, but he was kept away from them for most of his life. Gaara father was the kazekage AKA ninja mayor of the Sand Village. He saw Gaara more as a weapon than a son. And like any good weapon smith, he keeps him away under major surveillance and protection. Gaara was pampered as a child, which made him tempered, and sometimes arrogant. Though he wasn’t always inside his house, he had to go to school of course. You see, Gaara has the ability to ‘bend’ sand, but the sand is infused with his mother’s chakra (basically magic energy) and Gaara doesn’t even have to think to use this ability. He hurt a lot of kids and a lot people, so a lot of Sand villagers got scared of him, and the Kazekage was egged to kill him

Gaara’s father tries to kill him, but the sand protects him. The only person who truly loved Gaara was his mother and her brother, his uncle died on a mission.

After his father’s attempt on his life, he doesn’t trust anyone. He doesn’t understand love anymore. He sees himself as a weapon, and the purpose of any weapon is to kill.

So in short;

Rock Lee is an untalented underdog who can’t use ninjutsu

Whilst Gaara is a gifted child who has never been hurt in his life.

In the ninja world there’s a ninja exam called the Chunin exams. There are 4 Ninja ranks

Genin-beginner ninja who have just got their headbands. They’re usually assigned D-C ranked missions and are usually pretty weak

Chunin-Journey man ninja who are allowed on C-A missions. Once all three members of a team reach this rank, they have the option to disband (although most don’t)

Jonin-Expert ninja who are allowed on A-S missions. They’re usually adults who are put in charge of the teams.

Kage- Basically ninja mayor. These guys are extremely powerful and are the leaders of their respective villages.

Every once in awhile Chunin exams are held so genin can rise in the ranks. They’re known for being extremely difficult.

The only other way to become Chunin is if the Kage personally dubs you one.

More ninja pass the earlier parts of the exam than expected, so they have preliminary matches

Lee gets matched with Gaara

At first Lee can’t do jack sh!t to Gaara. Gaara’s sand is protecting him, and Gaara is literally just standing there.

A few moments later Gai gives Lee the all clear to remove his leg weights. This makes one hell of a difference

Lee is fast enough to outrun the sand barrier and does what no one has been able to do yet

He hits Gaara

He tries to use a special Taijutsu technique on Gaara called the “Primary Lotus” where Lee kicks his opponent in the air and then slams them into the ground

But Gaara is extremely heavy, so it’s harder to get him into the air
He eventually does get him into the air, but the technique causes immense pain. Seeing an opportunity in Lee’s agony, Gaara escapes the hold, replacing his body with a sand clone

Lee is very tired after performing the move, and has to sit there and tank an onslaught of attacks from Gaara

After taking a multitude of blows, Gai gives Lee the OK to open up the gates

A special technique called the “8 Hidden Gates” is a forbidden technique because of its effect on the body. Gai teaches Lee the gates anyway and Lee uses them

Lee opens up the 3 right gates at first

Lee’s skin turns red, his pupils disappeared and his hair starts flying

Lee moves so fast in this state that he basically teleports, and gets many hits on Gaara

He sets up the Hidden Lotus, and slams into the floor. But the tours on Gaara’s back turns into sand and cushions his fall.

Gaara and Lee are paralyzed, but Gaara can still control his sand
Lee tries to get back on his feet, be he’s too slow, and his arm and leg get covered in sand, and as Gaara hardens the sand, he breaks his limbs.

Even though Gaara had already won, he was infuriated by how much Lee managed to damage him. He attempts to kill Lee but Gai interrupts

Despite being unconscious, Lee gets on his feet, still shaking, ready to fight

Gai gives Lee a hug and assures Lee that he IS a splendid ninja, and that he didn’t have to go any further

Gaara is confused by Gai choice to save and then comfort Lee. He doesn’t understand that you can care for someone else

He storms off, whilst Lee is carried to the hospital

Gai is then informed by the medical crew that Lee might have to retire, as the damage to not only his bones, but the muscle tissue he tore during his short time in the 5 gate mode

Then Naruto spouts some garble that made a lot more sense in the sub

This fight is amazing, and it’s just one of many great fights in Naruto.

Really, go watch it. It’s season 1 episodes 49-52.

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You know I love Naruto, but even I have problems with it

The biggest problem in Naruto is a lack of focus and favoritism. Naruto has a lot of throwaway characters and plots that don’t go anywhere. Kishimoto also obviously plays favorites

He is obsessed with the Uchiha clan and pretty much anyone who is or are strongly related to the main character, which makes sense, but the characters that get surpassed don’t just get surpassed

They get f#%king forgotten

This problem is especially bad in Shippuden

Remember Lee? Yeah he only has 1 cool moment in Shippuden, and whilst the feat is pretty badass, it’s still only 1 moment

He kicks a dude in half, now granted, this feat is a lot bigger when you know who he cut in half, but it’s still 1 moment

And he doesn’t do anything else of significance in the series

I mean Lee got his own spin off so that’s pretty cool, but not many people know about it.

And here’s the 2 biggest problems

Plot holes and retcons. And generally things that make no sense within universe

Ya know Naruto was supposed to be an underdog. But at the end of the series Naruto is mega blessed

His father is the fourth Hokage and his mother was royalty

And he’s the literal reincarnation of ninja Jesus

Even Naruto fans like myself know of this glaring issues

But here’s the biggest retcon

Here’s the biggest f%#k you

It turns out that a character has been controlling the whole thing

Nothing happened without him being there to witness it

Nothing important happened that didn’t involve him

This invalidates the entire series and is so unbelievably stupid, that I just

sigh

But don’t write off the whole series just because the ending isn’t very good

Naruto is a great series, much better than “average” in more ways than one

This doesn’t stop it from having problems, and even though they’re pretty big, the negatives don’t outweigh the positives

Naruto is really the only anime I’m passionate about, and even though it’s the butt of many jokes, I still think it’s a great experience