Rate this anime day 10: Naruto Shippuuden

[feelosofer]

6/10

The show peaked at the Pain saga.

The Ninja War was a super convoluted mess.

Didn't like the way Neji went out.

Rock Lee was maybe my favorite character in Naruto and he was put in the backburner.

Did not need to add aliens to the show.

Almost 1/3 of the episodes were filler, that's insane.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I didn't vote in the Naruto thread. But if I did, I would have given it a 6. When Bleach comes up, it'll be getting a 7 too.

 

[Sankofa Alwayz]

Shippuden has 204 filler episodes. At a certain point it becomes a chore to finish it and you're better off reading the manga. But I guess if you really love the franchise then it won't matter much.

The initial hook of Naruto is that you're following a talentless underdog with no friends, no family who has to prove to everyone that he has value in the world. But in Shippuden you learn that he's actually privileged as hell and more or less destined to become a top ninja if not Hokage someday. This undercuts the foundation that the original anime was built upon and is a flaw in the narrative.

The villians in Shippuden are 10x's more threatening and so many likeable characters get fukked up. This makes the battles feel like they have more weight to them, because you can't be sure who will survive in the end except for a handful. This was an upgrade from the first season.

Naruto does a better job of making every character feel like they matter. Shippuden puts fan favorites on the backburner to overcook the Sasuke/Naruto romance/rivalry that becomes hard to believe at a certain point. Naruto literally getting on his knees begging for this man to return to the leaf village, at one point even hyperventilating because this stresses him so much (???), never really felt as convincing as the show tries to make it look. Not as much as it would've if they were still children.

The music is the most memorable part of the Shippuden experience to me. Some of the songs drove the scenes as much as anything happening in them actually do, some of the OP's and ED's send me on instant nostalgia trips.





same score as Naruto, 6. Does some stuff better, other stuff worse, still a lot of filler, really hurt by HxH 2011 and FMAB showing what an ideal adaptation looks like. doesn't do anything that some shounen before it didn't do better like Yu Yu Hakusho which I bring up in every thread because it's great.

I guess "The Last" movie doesn't count in this, but the ending scene from that was so good. Brought everything around full circle with the entire village there to celebrate Naruto and Hinata's marriage.

Agree with everything, especially the music.









Hell, the first Intro came out when Shippuden first aired in Japan back in 2007 when I was in 9th grade. shyt was one of most piff anime intros ever. Good times...Back when Shippuden had a massive spark

 

[AllHolosEve]

Pain was my fav villain in the manga. had a good motivation for a villain even if I don't approve of his er "solution" Not to mention that the 6 paths of pain is up there as one of my fav character designs, especially God Realm. he looks like a wrathful god

Itami o Shire

That pain let's you know what it feels like. I've lost loved ones & don't want people to know what it feels like.

But sometimes people gotta feel that pain to understand that. Maybe we should stop hurting each other.

 

[Consumed]

Agree with everything, especially the music.









Hell, the first Intro came out when Shippuden first aired in Japan back in 2007 when I was in 9th grade. shyt was one of most piff anime intros ever. Good times...Back when Shippuden had a massive spark

exactly how I feel about bleach and inuyasha.

I look back at them and see all the narrative and character flaws. but when the songs play it brings me back to a time when I had zero responsibilities and was first starting to get into streamed anime. that sentimental value doesn't go away even if the opinion changes on how good a show is.

 

[Lord-Yosh]

Gave it a 7 for fighting and world building. The plot was dumb af and they wasted a lot of characters favoring Naruto

 

[Kooley_High]

Everything was good up to pain. The great ninja war was dragged out and Obito’s reasoning for doing what he did was flat and non believable. Also i wasnt big on the “boy of prophecy” talk.

 

[JayStarwind]

I watched up until Madara was brought back in the Fourth Ninja War The tail-end of that arc having multiple antagonists threw me off for some reason.

Hidan & Kakuzu

I'll give it a 7. There was a lot of filler, not a lot of character development outside of Naruto, but it was enjoyable throughout, or at least until the War for me.

 

[AllHolosEve]

I watched up until Madara was brought back in the Fourth Ninja War The tail-end of that arc having multiple antagonists threw me off for some reason.

Hidan & Kakuzu

I'll give it a 7. There was a lot of filler, not a lot of character development outside of Naruto, but it was enjoyable throughout, or at least until the War for me.

Kakuzu was great..,. Hidan though...

 

[JayStarwind]

Kakuzu was great..,. Hidan though...

I love both of the characters though lol. Just riding with Shikamaru.

 

[humminbird]

6 it went downhill with the war arc and prolonged the Naruto vs Sasuke fight too much.

 

[Copy Ninja]

Pain was my fav villain in the manga. had a good motivation for a villain even if I don't approve of his er "solution" Not to mention that the 6 paths of pain is up there as one of my fav character designs, especially God Realm. he looks like a wrathful god

Itami o Shire

Pain's background and how it was told was probably the best backstory in the entire arc.

Pain also had the GOAT theme song that matched his character

 

[mr.africa]

never watched naruto,my brothers watched naruto religiously for years
but this song though

 

[Hejdå]

8 for Killer Bee

 

[Slic Ric]

finally ventured down to this section, gonna give the other anime polls a look in a second. Regards to Shippuden, give it a 6, its just nowhere as good as the original series.

There is too many flaws for it be considered great unlike the original. In the OG series you could over look issues with the story because so much good was in it.For this a lot of stuff just drags, I'm neither a fan of Naruto or Sasuke so if you arent its hard to get into when 95% of the show is devoted to them, you have just nothing side characters out of the wordworks, they forgot and just threw to side so many great side characters idk

I actually liked Obito which I found funny but even his story was stupid


Edit: How could I forget to mention the worst thing which was the absolutely butchering of one of the greatest characters ever in Itachi Uchiha, just horrid writing in just ruining his character