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As one of the echelons in the anime universe, naruto is your quintessential ninja shounen action story. But what sets it apart from prior iterations on the ninja theme are a pantheon of characters, kick@$$ artwork (characters actually age in a time skip--a detail other authors seem to ignore), and a story that doesn't fail to deliver. As one of the most popular it's got fans and haters alike, but I salute kishimoto for his masterpiece. This one deserves your time: it's got something for everyone. Permalink " "
What began as a simple story of a boy dreaming to be Hokage became an entire universe of mysteries to explore.
What makes it special is the diversity and depth of each character, and saying that it flaunts an extensive list of characters is an understatement. The story is addictive because of the relationships that tie each person, each clan, each country to the other.
No village is a separate entity, it is connected to a much bigger context which holds a reality of its own. Everything in the plot has roots and origins, not your typical bad guy that comes from a different galaxy to challenge the main hero.
While there are some plot holes every now and then, the major story line is consistent. And when new characters and concepts are introduced they are treated with compelling depth, and relations to old characters are established making the Universe seem bigger and more realistic.
A final thing to note is the strength of emotions shown; characters bleed, cry, suffer, smile, worry, laugh, love and even die. Some have better fortunes than others, making the readers relate and feel affectionate.
The manga passed the 400 Chapters mark and is still going strong, with more intrigues and sinister plots to unravel. so stay tuned!
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Plot: Series is well written, and has its moments of glory, when people will scream from happiness; there are also sad moments, when there's probability to shred a tear or two; but one thing for sure - there is little of moments, when someone will say: it's a crap. Kishimoto is unexpected, even though he gives some mithodology/art/martial arts hints from other sources. The fights are unpredictable, besides the few one, which occure rather later on in the series.
Characters are probably the ultimate moment of glory. They are well-written, ba!, they are superb written. Each character has his/her own history, background and special skills. A few characters made just to show off as the plain foes have no specific history, but you know from the first glance, if you like it or not. That's probably the one of the best things in 'Naruto' manga.
Themes like in shonen title, so: 'friendship', 'working hard for your dreams', 'genius and hard-work', 'protect what's important to you', 'power and responsibility' xD and much more. All are well written, and divided in such a way, that it's not a nuisance, but a pleasure from within.
I read many shonen title's, and 'Naruto' just seems to me the perfect <fighting> shonen created up till now. I'm probably exageratting, but it's rather non-objective review. I think everything, from the beginning until now, is somewhat unique, and cool. Even if I read somewhat myths or other things, which seem quite correspond to Naruto, it's always done in the way by Kishimoto-sensei, that it shocks me - in positive way.
It's a piece of art in shonen genre mangas. It's masterpiece. It's a title, which every single person should read, if it's hobby is manga, exclusively 'shonen' one. I will just say one more thing: just read it and see for yourself <3 Permalink " "
No matter what the reader loves, it is bound to be in the Manga, whether it is epic battle scenes, vague love relations, kings, self-proclaimed Gods, warlords, clans, villages....and the list goes on
This of course leaves fans of any object or character, which leads to insightful discussions and love-to-hate and hate-to-love relationships.
If you haven't read Naruto yet, it is never late to read something that will, most likely, leave an impression on you, as it did with the millions and millions of fans. Permalink " "
But, futhermore, Naruto have something that is lacking in Dragon Ball, the twisted plot and thrilling emotional drama between the characters. These points make Naruto stands aside as a great manga, maybe in the top few of all ever. Simply masterpiece. Permalink " "
It's not only funny, but touching...
I really love this one. Permalink " "
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Naruto would be way better as a novel. The author would be able to squeeze more text, feeling, suspense, pace and character development into the story which he fails to convey effectively in a manga most of the time, partly due to his drawing style (many head shots, lack of shading, boring backgrounds).
Also, the gags are not good. I've never laughed about a single one.
Well, it's like vick86 says, you shouldn't start analyzing Naruto if you don't want your fun reading it to be spoiled. Permalink " "
The main defect of this serie is the inconsistent plot and background : certain abilities will turn out to be able to be far more than expected, some combats will escalade in power to end up as you expected them, rules of power comparison set on the beginning of the serie turn out to be turned upside down after a few years.
This is yet entirely understandable, as the serie has been going on for a few years now.
I would actually recommand people to read the serie in two separate chunks : the pre time-skip and the post time-skip. While the first part relies on a schema of tactics and subtelty, the second part is rather based on an escalation of power with a taint of tactics.
In the end, I wouldn't dub that serie to be the best shonen ever, yet a very good manga that is worth reading from time to time, as hanauta and vick86 said. Permalink " "
I think that instead of naruto: shippuden, kishi should change the name to:
Sasuke: the evil snake.. Permalink " "
The characters in Naruto aren't so typical once they bare their souls to the audience. The protagonist and hero of the story, Uzumaki Naruto, isn't the most likely hero ever made. He isn't perfect, and that's what probably makes most of the audience engage with him in his adventure. He's human too, an imperfect soul growing up with the most greatest ambition of all despite all the odds and challenges put up against him. Also, Naruto doesn't always concentrate on the main character like many mangas do- rather, various characters make their entrance and becomes either Naruto's ally or foe, and take up the spotlight to make relevance.
Even though the story is set in a Japanese fantasy ninja world, Naruto makes it all believeable. Possiblity is never out of our reach- this is what Kishimoto reveals through Naruto.
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