Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 3, 2002
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Naruto closely follows the life of a boy who is feared and detested by the villagers of the hidden leaf village of Konoha. The distrust of the boy has little to do with the boy himself, but it’s what’s inside him that causes anxiety. Long before Naruto came to be, a Kyuubi (demon fox) with great fury and power waged war taking many lives. The battle ensued for a long time until a man known as the Fourth Hokage, Yondaime, the strongest ninja in Konoha, fiercely fought the Kyuubi. The fight was soon won by Yondaime as he sealed the evil demon in a human body. Thus the boy, Naruto, was born. As Naruto grows he decides to become the strongest ninja in Konoha in an effort to show everyone that he is not as they perceive him to be, but is a human being worthy of love and admiration. But the road to becoming Hokage, the title for the strongest ninja in Konoha, is a long and arduous one. It is a path filled with betrayal, pain, and loss; but with hard work, Naruto may achieve Hokage.
naruto (still wondering why the protagonist's named after a fishcake)
Written by sleepyrounin on July 26, 2012 at 4:15 AM
Overall Rating
Average
Story: 3
Dialogue: 2
Animation: 2
Entertainment: 3
pros
+ complex universe with a wide variety of quite well-thought out charas and background
+ good messages (there's the typical fight-for-your-friends etc, but also things like "if you want to be accepted, stop doing crap and stand in for yourself")
+
cons
- fillers => story gets long + predictable
- childish main characters => dialogue ensues with lots of banter, humour not relatable to teens and older, and gets... clichéd
- animation's poor even considering the release date
conclusion: highly relatable and highly recommended for the younger audience around. skip the fillers, and it has its moments, with the comedy being aptly timed and the dialogue and story easy enough to understand. however, there's not much to find here for teens and older; the whole thing may easily get too "easy" for ages 12+. i won't say anything no matter if you like or hate it, but personally, i'm not recommending this anymore for the wider variety of possible fellow otaku out there.
