The series is fascinating and it is interesting as the author put this story as some people like them makes the other malgenio yet interesting is a series that has everything fight, love, hatred etc.

I like Shippuden a lot more. It does seem more grown up, and I liked seeing all the members of the Akatsuki. :>

I love the twist of the story from naruto 1 to shippuden. the part that i really really like is when "itachi wishes the 3rd to take care of sasuke.. when the 3rd died, itachi came back to konoha (viewers reason to invade konoha) but the author's reason is too look for sasuke if he is OK and if he will be approach by madara.." weeeee! i really love that twist!

Happy APing!

Well, it is natural, that the older the characters in that story get, the more dramatic, mature and less comedic the storyline will be, suited more for young adults than for little kiddies.

Me, too, I like the storyline as it is now. There's nothing to complain about now as it is. At least Kakashi and Hinata are alive...

BTW would Hinata make another approach for Naruto of re-confessing his love to him.

Naruto has forgotton about that obviously because he immediatly is getting back to business with the lightning bunch

Shippuuden story is really fascinating! It is no more anime for little children, it's more dramatic. I was crying when Itachi's died/>C<\
The latest series of manga made me disapointed. There was stupid narutotherapy, he came back to Konoha, talked to Pein and he became a good guy at one stroke. It's no longer attractive. Also, I did not understand the purpose of bringing back to the life Kakashi. I love Kakashi, he is awesome! But I think it'd be more interesting and dramatic to leave him dead.

I don't know. i like some parts of it, and i really hate other parts. it is nice that the series is darkening up a bit. to have a ninja series with no death is a little, i guess contradictory would be the right word. the ninja lifestyle is often associated with that of an assassin after all, so despite how sad it is that some really good characters have been killed off, it is rather fitting.

i do however feel like naruto himself has been turned into a bit of a gary stu. he is able to master techniques that would take any average person years and maybe their whole life to master in only a few weeks. this also takes a lot away from his character, as naruto isn't a genius, he never has been, and he has had to work very hard to learn to manage the massive amounts of chakra inside him. making him a savant all of a sudden just detracts from who he used to be.

also, i feel like kishimoto has been reading way too much bad fanfiction. we have had suicidal naruto, martyr naruto, and pacifist naruto which is just weird.

Well after following the Naruto story for years now, we can definitly assume that the main topic is a generation conflict.

Ancient Ninja villages badly influenced by the old generation of leaders stubbornly sticking to their beliefs of "Justice" or justifying their points of views of their ways of life which leads to war. They endanger the lives of innocent people. And those who suffer losses of their loved once are being pulled into the vicious cycle of vengeance and lust to kill.

And then when a new generation rebels against the stubborn leaders. They take critical punishments and judgements, but only a handful of new generation Ninjas stick to their belief and have the guts to stand up to stubborn and treacherous ways of those old leaders ... and one of them is our hero Uzumaki Naruto... The Ninja system as it is now since the appointment of Danzou as a Hokage, is once again tainted by corruption and treachery (like a passing under the table)

Concerning our Hero Naruto,... since the encounter with PAIN he lost his reason to fight and chose to take punishment instead of fighting in order to maintain peace within himself and with others. The only question will be... will he also do it when he will meet Sasuke again? Will he also rather take punishment from Sasuke instead of fighting him like in the old days?

I love Naruto Shippuden a lot more then the origional Naruto. Everyone's so much more mature, everyone's smarter, stronger, older, and wiser. The storylines can go much deeper, and the relationships are less vauge. Plus, Sakura couldn't do anything worth mentioning as a kid, but in shippuden she is SO DARN COOL! I mean come on, who doesn't love it when a girl can crush a rock and a man with her bare hands? Another plus: Naruto isn't as stupid as he used to be anymore. He's much more skilled and he actually looks really good in his new outfit. Hell, everyone looks great in their new outfits! lol.

The only interesting stuff in this anime was the double episode about Kakashi's childhood which should have been aired before shippuden beginning.

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The only interesting stuff in this anime was the double episode about Kakashi's childhood which should have been aired before shippuden beginning.

even that episode was a cut version~~~

Very impressive story >.<

It becomes more and more a political warfare issue, but now Sasuke is on the move. Maybe he will be the first one confronting Danzou since he swore to destroy Konoha...

Sasuke...damn the worst manga character ever.
It would so much interesting without his childish illogic revenge.

Hell yeah I Like It

In the latest edition of the Naruto Manga. The grueling battle between Sasuke and Raikage is reaching its climax. Sasuke is using his Sharingan techniques so intensively that your can see his eyes bleeding. His lust for revenge has made him strong. It is only a question of time when Raikage will be finished of soon.

In the mean time, Uchiha Madara sees Naruto's destiny to fight Sasuke one day and then he pops up in the air getting free...