agreeI liked shippudden only cause of the akatsuki teams...hidan and kakuzu fight with team kakashi was the best hour of anime ever produced...homeboy got 5 hearts and master all 5 chakra natures...
honestly I always felt naruto was only interesting when it came to its fighting mechanics(chakra, the chakra natures, Taijutsus, , genjutsus, ninjutsus) and fighting in general. everything else in Naruto wasnt fascinating at all to me
its world was rather boring and predictable being that the world was Ninja centric.
and the story of naruto felt like a forced soap opera that was taking itself to serious.
rock Lee should've had his own story line...no gimmick bullshyt just straight up taijutsu...when he fought gaara and had his bones shattered, shyt legit had a nikka staring at the screen like 

nah son I had to quit after that
that shyt had no direction...and like a poster above me said, it had waaaaaayyy too much fillers
shyt had me feeling like I'm watching dragon ball Z...
chapters