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[Seda]

Naruto idea of subtly:

both the character and the show

 

[SparksterMeta0]

"You'll be fine..."
No she won't!

 

[Moaradin]

This ED is pretty good at least

 

[Ray Down]

both the character and the show

True .

 

[Crocodile]

I mean why even leave her side if it was that obvious to you something was amiss?

 

[BatDan]

Six filler episodes left

Time for Feels Piece

 

[Hellwarden]

I do like how Naruto is smart enough to realize something is up, but it does raise the question of why he left her there in the first place.

"Hey, this village seems shitty. Come with me."

"Okay."

 

[cntr]

I mean, I've read series that made me care about characters in a handful of chapters. You don't need an entire arc to make them interesting characters.

Heck, even Naruto managed to make Killer Bee an interesting character in one episode, though it still had to resort to gimmicks to pull that off

 

[Schadenfreude]

Those villagers were really laying it on super thick if even Naruto picked up on it. Time for One Piece.

 

[Man God]

Main event time.

 

[Tacorona72]

This ED is pretty good at least

Tru dat.

 

[ckohler]

I made it to Brook Piece!

 

[Ray Down]

I mean why even leave her side if it was that obvious to you something was amiss?

Naruto isn't the most forward thinking guy.

 

[B-Dubs]

I mean, the main complaint from people about naruto is the bloat and how it should have ended sooner, we really dont need to know about 7 other people before we actually moved along with the story, we got the jinchuuriki experience with gaara, naruto, and now killer bee, we learned that they are usually outcasted and and that they're hard to control, and that they can be mastered, and that you can overcome the stigma potentially, in all 3 of these characters, all the other jincuuriki's backstory are all mostly that in varying degrees

The issue with the bloat is at the very end of the story. The last arc took like 5 or 6 years, prior to that it was moving along way too fast if anything. Take three of those years to build Naruto and Sauske's relationship prior to the timeskip, give other characters a bit of limelight and more character moments for the whole cast in part 2, build up the other jinchuuriki a bit, and I doubt people would complain as much about bloat.

The issue with Naruto is the story focused on all the wrong things for most of it's run. When it actually focuses on the right things it's a good story.

 

[Ray Down]

Now on to a much better show in almost every way possible, aside pacing.

 

[cntr]

there's a point where Naruto felt it was meant to end, and then it continues for 6 years, and it all feels like pointless naff

that's what people mean by the story being bloated

 

[Man God]

I'm so happy.

 

[cntr]

wealth fame power

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Yo ho ho ho!

 

[Zonic]

last time

brook was sad that luffy destroyed the iceburg that he was gonna use to make the greatest tasting shaved ice

also, skeletons don't have tear ducts to produce water

 

[cntr]

oh fuck I didn't think they'd jam in a recap here too

I SHOULD'VE KNOWN

 

[foxuzamaki]

Here's all 9 of the jinchuuriki

I remembered reading the chapter kishi showed these off, it was to celebrate 10 years of naruto and was the first time we saw all 9 of them

 

[ramoisdead]

A whale of a tale!

 

[Schadenfreude]

I mean, anyone that enters the Grand Line would have met Laboon, Brook.

 

[BatDan]

Tears are overflowing from my eyes
But I have no eyes to begin with!

 

[cntr]

also, skeletons don't have tear ducts to produce water

well, we already knew that he could poop

edit: Brook is 88 years old, damn

 

[Imperial Bishop]

I mean, anyone that enters the Grand Line would have met Laboon, Brook.

It's been 50 years tho

 

[Tacorona72]

A whale of a tale!

HA!

 

[ramoisdead]

Ian Sinclair is fucking great. There goes my weekly announcement on that.

 

[ckohler]

Tears are overflowing from my eyes
But I have no eyes to begin with!

Yohohohohoho!

 

[Zonic]

So brook is 88 years old technically

 

[Ray Down]

Yup Brook is 88 years old.

Still younger than Doctor Kureha

 

[Soulflarz]

oh right OP hi guys <_>

 

[Schadenfreude]

I'm not ready, guys.

 

[Dr. Chaotix]

You cannot escape your fate~!

IT IS FAR TOO LATE!

 

[BatDan]

Brook is 88 years old in the present. He's older than the majority of characters.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

When he was all skin and bones...

 

[MetatronM]

SHIROIIIIIIII~~~ HANDKERCHIEEEEEEEEF~~~~

 

[Imperial Bishop]

Black handkerchief. How does he come up with this stuff?

 

[Zonic]

"SOUNDS LIKE OUR NEXT MEAL, MATIES"

 

[Man God]

It begins.

 

[B-Dubs]

there's a point where Naruto felt it was meant to end, and then it continues for 6 years, and it all feels like pointless naff

that's what people mean by the story being bloated

I'd argue there's a certain point where we needed another timeskip and a bit of character focused story to slow everything down and reset. Instead the pedal hit the floor and the story accelerated needlessly for years. Shockingly that bloated part also felt massively sped through. It was a problem that proper planning could have solved.

 

[Grexeno]

HE'S SO CUTE

 

[ramoisdead]

Damn whale shrieks.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

SO CUTE~~~!

 

[cntr]

I mean, anyone that enters the Grand Line would have met Laboon, Brook.

well, Brook can't go back to check, and nobody told him about it until now

 

[Dr. Chaotix]

Rubber bath toy goes "PYAA!"

 

[Ray Down]

Remember Kureha is 140 and we have no idea how close she is to knocking on death door due to old age.

 

[BatDan]

Oh noes it's Pandaman!

 

[MetatronM]

Pandaman, no!