hydragonwarrior
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Can't stress this enough - avoid the filler.
So should I try Naruto when I am sort of feeling too old?
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Shikamaru & Kakashi>>>> everyone else
Episode 167 is pretty good, but I still prefer the amazing episode 133 of Part 1.
Episode 82 (Shippuden) is probably my favorite Naruto episode though.
Only the first arc is any good, and after that is decent up to volume 16, after which quality started dropping and never stopped. So overall, not worth it. There's a ton of better shonen series out there, like Kongou Banchou, Nanatsu no Taizai, Houshin Engi, Flame of Recca or JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Read any one of them instead.
Or if you're an anime guy, watch Baccano.
Or if you're an anime guy, watch Baccano.
chicagocubsfan
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I would say definitely watch it, it's a really good shonen. Make sure you have a filler guide though. Overall Part One is better than Part Two. But from the End of the Sasuke Reunion Arc to the start of the War it's so good.
And I will say that the Pain Arc in Shippuden is one of my favorite arcs of all time in any anime.
And I will say that the Pain Arc in Shippuden is one of my favorite arcs of all time in any anime.
flaxknuckles
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Watch Samurai Champloo, Afro Samurai, and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, 5 episodes of Attack on Titan (don't go any further) and then never ever ever watch anime again. Really though, stay away from most shonen stuff. I don't know why in the hell I watched 40 episodes of Hunter X Hunter but that was some of the most boring tv I've ever experienced.
I don't absolve naruto for it's short comings, I grew up with it and always just loved it's shinto ninja themes and the battles. Stupid fun.
Anyways recommend me some things, I'll need something this summer. I promise I have good tastes.
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Exactly the same. Just say no man. Believe it.
chicagocubsfan
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HxH is awesome man.
Mauricio_Magus
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If you want to watch a good shounen show then watch One Piece or even better, JoJo.
Clairvoyance
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The last couple of arcs in One Piece are probably worse than any arc in Naruto.
I'm talking about anime only, since the One Piece manga isn't a low budget, slow-paced pile of shit like the One Piece anime has been for a while.
"Watch some of this popular stuff and ignore all the other good stuff out there that I won't bother looking for" is what this post reads as. Which shonen have you even see? Gintama, Jojo, and Kuroko are among the best anime out there.
OP if you want something more adult watch Fate/Zero.
Or Kaiji.
The beginning of Shippuden is a bigger slog than the One Piece anime has ever been.
It absolutely ruins good fights like Deidara vs. Gaara and Kisame vs. Gai by padding them with nothing.
God, Kisame vs. Gai was unwatchable. It went from a fast-paced thrill ride in the manga to watching two dudes move at a slugs pace.
chicagocubsfan
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Water 7 is pretty damn horrible when it comes to pacing. Like 8 minutes at the beginning of every episode is straight recaps.
Naruto needs a DBZ Kai like adaptation.
I felt similarly about first 35 episodes but you bolted out just at the start of the one single good HxH arc.
Mauricio_Magus
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I only read the manga, so I wouldn't know that. Thanks for the info anyways.
It's one of the best shounen anime out there, it's a genre that I really don't like and yet I still read One Piece.
One piece is amazing, but after the davy back fight, it's pacing gets just as bad as Naruto
I watched the first part when I was like 16 and I really liked it. Started watching shippuden now and just had to stop after
I could get past the whole "Naruto saves the day, Naruto cannot lose" because I liked the characters and wanted to see where the story went, but at this point I don't think I'll ever come back, that kind of bullshit is just too much and the story takes too long to go anywhere unlike in the first part.
Cool characters and fights, but a lot of stupid stuff that will make you think the show is really for 14 years old kids only and too much filler bs.
a badass evil supermind that is completely determined to fulfill his objective is convinced by a 17 years old kid to stop his goal after so many years, restore everything he's destroyed (reviving all the important characters that "died" during the battle) and become good before killing himself.
I could get past the whole "Naruto saves the day, Naruto cannot lose" because I liked the characters and wanted to see where the story went, but at this point I don't think I'll ever come back, that kind of bullshit is just too much and the story takes too long to go anywhere unlike in the first part.
Cool characters and fights, but a lot of stupid stuff that will make you think the show is really for 14 years old kids only and too much filler bs.
Starts off a bit slow, but is enjoyable. By the time you get to the Arlong Park arc (one of the earlier arcs, but it's many episodes in nonetheless), it turns god-tier, and stays great for quite a while (some people have issues with the Skypiea arc, but I thought it was pretty good).
I think it starts to slow down after Impel Down which is way later. I don't even think the Marineford arc is that great in part due to the pacing. From then on the anime doesn't remain as good, and Fishman Island is decent but Punk Hazard is meh. The current arc, Dressrosa, started slow but it's good thus far and better than Fishman and Punk Hazard. The pacing seriously needs to improve though.
PeakPointMatrix
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Really? Even through Water 7? Cause that's what I'm up to right now
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One Piece is a great series, found the anime slowly paced though. Hard to go back to the anime after reading the manga, I just check out fights I want to see animated.
Also OP, totally forgot the question of your age. Your age is irrevlevant. I'm going on 24, and I still love Shounen series. I definitely must stress as others have, that reading a series like Naruto over watching it, is a much more reasonable time investment, it just is. I'd reccommend reading One Piece over watching it too. A good Shounen to watch, would be something like Yu Yu Hakusho, an oldie, but still a goodie, or Hunter x Hunter which I can never reccommend enough. Hell, JoJo is great too, just recently finished Part IV myself, and III has started recently on TV.
Water 7 is the strangest thing. It's pacing is great up through some of the most important stuff, and as soon as the backstory for Frankie is over, It's like...filler, then horrible pacing, then even worst pacing, then FINALLY the good fights. It comes out of nowhere it's just like, "CHRIST WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO FIGHT! I WANNA SEE WHAT LUFFY'S BEEN DOING!!!!" It reminds me of the stuff in Skypiea where they spend entire episodes just running through the jungle with nothing happening.
Thriller Bark was when I decided to stop watching the show and started reading it, and I never looked back.
Mate, you're just wrong.
The Bleach anime is great in adapting the canon, it just had too much filler because Kubo's horrible at pacing.
NHarmonic.
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One Piece and FMA:Brotherhood.
2 Amazing shonen.
2 Amazing shonen.
the original Naruto series is pretty enjoyable. Naruto Shippuuden however has its moments. They are rare though. The manga here is more consistent.
An alternative would be Hunter x Hunter. It's basically shonen anime made right. You will fall in love with the characters after a couple episode, the story shows so much potential, the fights are meaningful and well-thought. The current arc is mind-blowing. More people need to watch this. You should finish the original series first and then jump to the 2011 version.
An alternative would be Hunter x Hunter. It's basically shonen anime made right. You will fall in love with the characters after a couple episode, the story shows so much potential, the fights are meaningful and well-thought. The current arc is mind-blowing. More people need to watch this. You should finish the original series first and then jump to the 2011 version.
And the other 2/5 mock it relentlessly despite possibly following it still?3/5 people who try Naruto end up like this
Only if you read scans instead of actually buying the damn thing.the scribbles!!!!!!!!!!
Winterfang
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Naruto is one of my favorite series. Is free on Hulu just avoid the filler and you are good to go.
LurkerPrime
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Naruto showed a lot of promise early on, but I lost interest midway through. Shipuuden did nothing for me, and I only have a slight interest in the story nowadays. Every couple years I feel a desire to watch Naruto, but I then end up looking at a story summary and I'm once again satiated. (Come to think of it, it's probably about time for me to check a summary once more...)
The only anime I can recommend unquestionably to others is Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. It's got a really great, self-contained story and it's the best anime I've ever seen.
The only anime I can recommend unquestionably to others is Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. It's got a really great, self-contained story and it's the best anime I've ever seen.
Yeah, its why I'm weary of adaptations of ongoing series. The Gintama series sounds like it's good and has plenty of good gifs so I'm considering giving it a chance, and JoJo is so far ahead it's simply a non issue as to whether it'll catch up and it won't even matter if it does with each arc being more or less stand alone.
Winterfang
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Fun fact, every single person that complaints about Naruto shippuden ruining the ''themes'' of part one, still reads every chapter that comes out weekly, month by month and year after year.
Don't give me the ''I only read it to see it end'' because I quit One Piece cold turkey and haven't look back.
Don't give me the ''I only read it to see it end'' because I quit One Piece cold turkey and haven't look back.
There's a reason we have the term masochist, never mind those who get warped pleasure from seeing just what crap gets pulled next.
Plus Naruto will end in like 15 months max while One Piece will end in 15 years minimum. I wonder if you'd give into curiosity knowing the end was right around the corner?
PeakPointMatrix
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Wait is this freaking accurate? To restate, I'm in the middle of Water 7 in the anime right now (so no spoilers), but where does the plot stand currently in terms of reaching the end and progressing? Are the latest arcs actually accomplishing anything? I know Oda had a planned 5 years of story before it got insanely popular, but what is happening now then, like.. canon-filler? I'd be a little frustrated if every passing arc started feeling more and more bloated for the sake of stretching the series longevity. Especially if little of the main plot was moving forward.
It's not really known how long One Piece is going to continue to run for, most of the estimates for One Piece's continued length comes from the fact that the main characters passed the halfway point of the Grand Line in manga chapter 598 or roughly 13 years into the run of the series. Since they were only halfway through the Grand Line after 13 years, it's speculated that this is the halfway point of the series.
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