Recent content by Akabeth

Man even eyes are plug and play these days. Somebody please hook Naruto up with at least a pair of Sharingan...

Looking at the OP, two core characters immediately come to mind for me. Kakashi strikes me as someone who would've been much more 'impressive' in mission running environments. He has qualities and assets that'll benefit just about any team performing at any level. It's too bad that as the story...

Props to OP for starting this thread. It's unfortunate from my POV that this topic was brought up so late in the manga when we're practically down to two Uchihas (Madara and Sasuke). Bloodline abilities--which in this case is the evolution and individuality of the Sharingan--was something...

Okay I'm going to make what probably is a very controversial statement: I think it really takes a... diminished person to enjoy the manga at this point. This chapter embodies a good portion of faults arising from part two. Aye I agree. Honestly lol it's either the guys responsible for the plot...

When I got through this week's chapter, the first thing on my mind was

First off it's quite ironic that your post reflects the current state of the manga. My post contrasts one's development in the real world and how Naruto succeeds by virtue of happy chance (i.e. author's intervention). Combat astuteness or even intelligence is hardly at the level of what I'm...

Alright somethings to think about... I don't have the stats but I'll wager that there's a lot of young readers following this manga. The author says guts and resolve in one's ideals will convert many towards a common cause (the primary purpose of a figurehead). This model will be etched in a...

You made good points but I'm not sure how much it's going to help at this point. It's tough to be constructive (let alone positive) when you're having to cherry pick panels just to put a good word out for the manga. There was a point last year where I genuinely became miserable when visiting...

I'll be glad it's over, especially for Kishi. I have a hard time believing an author capable of building up Naruto's early arcs degraded to this level of storytelling without some inner conflict. Perhaps sales was the culprit, but whatever it's still terrible to watch.

Well it's now over one year since last post. I want to see if anyone else wants to share or modify their prior opinion. --- As for me, if we take world events and growing use of the internet in the 2000s, I'm quite convinced Naruto could've been amongst the best comic series--if not works...

Current thread reminds me of several relatively similar others during my time here... His ninjutsu has improved tremendously since part one. He can enter SM, do different versions of Rasengan and finally reached a better working relationship with Kurama among other things. I don't think he's...

Still waiting for Banbutsu Sōzō...

I tend to move my version of the characters differently from Kishi's. I much prefer the good ol' mission environment over the slug fests we've been getting lately--in other words DBZ style attrition isn't for me, therefore I enjoy seeing shinobi like Itachi and Minato fighting the most. As...

I'm roughly at the middle and will probably finish out exactly in the middle. Getting older, changes in taste, so on and so forth.

Re: Naruto 616 Discussion / 617 Predictions The color pages made me smile, and I wouldn't mind seeing those three rollin' with that attire. :franky