Originally Posted by Pan

Pfft, I cannot understand how you can give Naruto 7.5 and Nabari no Ou 5. Nabari no Ou is a lot nicer anime because it actually has a storyline and character development. I understand what you mean with the "yaoi feeling" but that was just like in the beginning, I haven't noticed anything like that past the the first couple of episodes.


So basically this is the anime for you who want fillerless storyline and action. If you feel like you want fillers you can keep on watching Naruto and Bleach.

Originally Posted by Leviarel

You do have a point.

Thanks for giving this chance to elaborate on the reason why I gave Naruto a 7.5 score.

The reason - Comparing the current filler arc to the previous.

1) The action become more intense with the inclusion of Asuma (Yes, him. In the manga, he got involved in too little things, hence his death is rather insignificant since he wasn't really active while he was alive.) The anime has given him these opportunity to interact and create more memories/history for this particular character. When he gets his death in the anime, it will create more impact than it was in the manga. And what's this impact - the instance when readers like us knew about his death, how we would react, depress or even bursting into tears?

2) In this particular arc, they have done something we've never seen coming out from that anime before. The filler "bosses" are STRONG, since it is related to the 12 guardians who are renowned for their strength in various fields, one which was pointed out - lightning. This has given ample, potential, great development in the storyline, as well as Asuma.

3) Sora and his "counterpart" with the weird looking hairstyle has left us with mystery, and the other group managed to crash people of Jounin level(well, they looked as though so) or at the very least chuunin, within split seconds. Yes, that's how powerful those filler enemies are, in this current arc.

A rather good 7.5 for Naruto Shippuuden, It really deserve it i.m.o.


AND ***** I STILL HAVE MY ECONOMICS HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW...

Originally Posted by Leviarel

Right.. male protagonist with a girlish voice, and acting in a girlish way occasionally.
Not very action-packed, however at times are pretty cool with all those *cough* wickedly sick technique despite having the dialogue taking up a huge portion of the anime. It gives off a slight feel of Yaoi, and at times creeping me out with the man-goes-blushing-after-seeing-the-young-boy-acting-cute scenes.

Till this point of time, I would rate it 5/10, while Naruto at 7.5/10, bleach at 5.5/10.

I suppose the females will enjoy this series alot more than males, as I have known of fangirls.. going crazy over the "winged-devil".

Originally Posted by Pan

The current filler arc is okay at best, I couldn't watch the latest three because I got so bored.
The problem with Naruto is that they have to stretch the story over 10 episodes when it could have been done in 3-4 episodes.

Originally Posted by Cereal&Milk

Haha. 1 episode.

Was anyone else pissed when Naruto and Kakashi took 10 episodes to chase the blonde guy through the ravine when Sakura and the old biddy took only 2 seconds to finish the whole stretch? I was pissed.

As such, I quit the anime for the manga.

Originally Posted by Squallion

Also, still waiting for boy on boy love scene involving yoite and rokujo