Naruto

El Ray Fernando · 07:30 AM

Naruto General Discussion:

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In a concealed village, a young man hides within a bunch of leaves. His name is Uzumaki Naruto, a mischievous boy attending Ninja Academy.

Everyday, he does nothing but cause mischief and making Iruka-sensei mad. And above all, it's doubtful that he'll be able to graduate from the Academy. But Naruto has a dream... A dream that he'll become the head of the Ninja village, following Hokage and will become the best ninja around.

However, all the adults in the village give Naruto cold looks. The truth is, Naruto has a secret about his birth. 12 years ago, "Kyuubi no Youko" (Nine Tailed Fox - A kind of evil spirit who tormented the village, was sealed within Naruto's body who was, at the time, a baby. The head of the academy, Mizuki, uses Naruto to steal the "Fuujin Scrolls" and makes Naruto understand his past. Naruto is outraged.

Even with Iruka's help, Naruto just barely defeats Mizuki. Knowing Naruto's secret, Iruka knows Naruto will meet someone who'll help him and so, makes a decision. Naruto is allowed to graduate safely from Ninja Academy. Along with his classmates, Uchiwa Sasuke and Haruno Sakura together, they make their first step as Ninjas!

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My two cents is that these long ass fillers have driven most of the viewer base away towards bleach in particular. But good news only 5 more weeks of fillers left than we shall continue back on the lines of the manga. Episode 174 was particularly poor this week, anybody else notice a pattern or theme emerging in most of these episodes? I stopped reading the manga a while back otherwise I had no reason to watch the episodes, seriously I don't care anymore, they should let the manga and anime run at their own pace let the manga run ahead because they simply cannot write a qualitative departure from the manga, the fillers are so poor and repitative. I'd rather they would just take a break rather than butcher the series.

As for episode 174 it was so poor I'd rather not bother discussing it.

Anyhow thats my rant, discuss away.

Current Episode: 19
Current Manga Chapter: 362

Number of weeks left of fillers: N/A

bighunt · Local time: Mar 4, 2006, 09:15 PM

pattern or theme emerging? how bout boredom!! like you said, these fillers are dragging on and on and on....

I was pretty surprised to see Sasuke at the side of Orochimaru. that got my hopes up, but only for a fleeting second. these next 5 weeks might be torture!!

El Ray Fernando · Local time: Mar 5, 2006, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by bighunt

pattern or theme emerging? how bout boredom!!

The theme I am talking about is:

"I was too once like you all alone"

"But my friends showed me the light and acknowledged me blah blah"

This was once again prominant in the Kaima story line, is it me or is every character always made a loner like naruto and is then shown the light?

Its so predictable nowadays.

Chaotic · Mar 4, 2006, 07:21 PM

I'm waiting until the fillers end just to start watching it again. I have the patience to do so... Either way, the fillers aren't all that great anyway. <_<

Neogin · Mar 4, 2006, 07:24 PM

Personally, the last few fillers were decent. Not amazing, but they were okay. I really don't see what the big deal is, so what if the series is getting longer? I hated the animation in the Naruto vs. Sasuke fight, though. It was sloppy.

El Ray Fernando · Local time: Mar 5, 2006, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by Neogin

Personally, the last few fillers were decent. Not amazing, but they were okay. I really don't see what the big deal is, so what if the series is getting longer? I hated the animation in the Naruto vs. Sasuke fight, though. It was sloppy.

I agree the fight was mediocre, and sasuke looked fugly in some of the scenes.

I'm sorry but the fillers have just left the series dead these past few months. Even if they did something with jiraya for a few episodes I would have been happy.

Neogin · Mar 4, 2006, 07:29 PM

Well, the next arc should be good. I mean, Kiba and Hinita make an appearance, so, it should be something to look forward to.

Kaiten · Local time: Mar 4, 2006, 06:20 PM

Pretty much the only thing keeping me going is the Manga. The thought of the surprises at chapter 300 keep me hoping something big happens soon. As for the anime, they should just end the fillers and take a break. I'd rather have a very short season [full of fillers] than water down the quality of the Naruto story. Just think the Cartoon Network viewers will have to wait years until they get to see the crap that's on right now.

Shenlon · Mar 4, 2006, 08:26 PM

I tried watching the fillers but I got bored of them and they are just wasting space on my hard drive. Is anything worth watching in which they may mix into the main storyline the later episodes of the main plot?
I'm just sticking to the Manga, its alot more interesting:

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Sweeper · Mar 4, 2006, 10:47 PM

Ya, i'm seriously thinking about reading teh manga now. After Sasuke left, everything is has been filler. Its getting ridiculous. Also, the drawings and the characters of the other villages and stuff has just hit rock bottom. Yea, i'm gonna wait a while before i dl naruto again. the fillers are soo boring to watch too.

Kaiten · Local time: Mar 4, 2006, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Sweeper

Ya, i'm seriously thinking about reading teh manga now. After Sasuke left, everything is has been filler. Its getting ridiculous. Also, the drawings and the characters of the other villages and stuff has just hit rock bottom. Yea, i'm gonna wait a while before i dl naruto again. the fillers are soo boring to watch too.

Something tells me they're putting most of their effort in making Kakashi Gaiden and Naruto 2 special. BTW try not to spoil anything for those who haven't watched Episodes 105+ (the Sasuke reference).

nazpyro · Mar 5, 2006, 12:16 AM

Yeah, the fillers have been pretty weak. The recent one was interesting for a bit, but I'm kind of sick of it now. I thought I heard somewhere that this would be the last filler, or that fillers would be done this month or something. Can anyone verify this?

Kaiten · Local time: Mar 4, 2006, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by nazpyro

Yeah, the fillers have been pretty weak. The recent one was interesting for a bit, but I'm kind of sick of it now. I thought I heard somewhere that this would be the last filler, or that fillers would be done this month or something. Can anyone verify this?

The only thing I heard for sure is that the fillers will end this spring. That could mean this month or all the way into June. It will most probably end April-May though. Check Wikipedia's list of Naruto Episodes to see a name indicative of Kakashi Gaiden beginning, that'll be a sign.

Fire On Ice · Mar 5, 2006, 02:45 AM

Originally Posted by www.sega.co.jp

The only thing I heard for sure is that the fillers will end this spring. That could mean this month or all the way into June. It will most probably end April-May though. Check Wikipedia's list of Naruto Episodes to see a name indicative of Kakashi Gaiden beginning, that'll be a sign.

There's 5 weeks of filler left then it's back to decent plot lines and less meaningless chartacer involvement.

bighunt · Local time: Mar 5, 2006, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

The theme I am talking about is:

"I was too once like you all alone"

"But my friends showed me the light and acknowledged me blah blah"

This was once again prominant in the Kaima story line, is it me or is every character always made a loner like naruto and is then shown the light?

Its so predictable nowadays.

You're exactly right!!!

Is it me or has Naruto gotten weak? He had to summon the frog against the fish dude. that guy didn't seem strong in the first place. i was if it was overkill...

Whne Naruto fought Sasuke, he seemed to be much stronger than he is now. just my opinion...

Weeklan · Local time: Mar 5, 2006, 12:45 PM

once these crappy fillers are gone the show will be good again! yaya!

ComCrimson · Local time: Mar 5, 2006, 01:13 PM

I've only really got into this series over the past few months so i'm only on episode 83 currently so i can't comment on the fillers, but i am loving this anime and the manga is pretty good as well. Although to me the anime follows the manga pretty much exactly (obviously aside from the fillers you're talking about)

Fumoffu · Mar 5, 2006, 12:09 PM

I don't think it's official yet that "Naruto 2" will begin with the Kakashi Gaiden, no? I think it's possible that Kakashi's childhood story will be done in the form of a movie or OVA.

Neogin · Mar 5, 2006, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by bighunt

Whne Naruto fought Sasuke, he seemed to be much stronger than he is now. just my opinion...

I guess back then, he had a legit reason to fight..

blisteredhands · Mar 5, 2006, 01:46 PM

I'm still following the Naruto manga, but I really haven't watched the anime since back in June when I was in Japan. I've heard nothing but bad things about the filler, so I have no motivation to watch. To be honest though, until recently, I felt the manga was dragging as well, so I'm not even excited to see them return to the manga arcs. The whole Sasori part was boring as hell to me. Recently however, I think the Naruto manga has been returning to the reasons that I read the manga in the first place. Giving Naruto some face time. I mean, the series is called Naruto, after all.