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.N.A.R.U.T.O. 110-113

Entering the final stretch

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Every fight before K shows up puts me to sleep. Thankfully it’s almost past what I consider the boring part of this arc

Osvaldo

Thank you! I drew it myself a few years ago.

watLegendsr

pfp is sick

YourGuy

@Hayden same to you 😊

Ana

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hayden 💟

Feening for the next drop ….

G

Love this arc because this is when you become familiar with Choji’s game 🔥

Jake Relis

Just kinda how Naruto fights go more or less. xD Have to imagine things are actually happening quickly and the pauses are just for us. Animators did the manga dirty with techniques to prolong fights, which make them seem like they have such terrible pacing/timing.

Jeff

I feel like if OG Naruto was ever reanimated to modern anime standards, the pacing/flashbacks/dialogue/pauses would be so much quicker and smoother, and make it so much less obvious that there are all these ‘attack opportunities’. It’s just a downfall of the early 2000s long-running weekly shows unfortunately, things could definitely be condensed and animated to happen much more quickly in 2024. It’s why binge-watching them is so much easier than watching in weekly chunks (thank you guys so much for your patience with it, I can understand the frustration!) Just keep telling yourself the show is over 20 years old, it’s doing its best 😭

MissJodles

Ive personally never seen that happen tbh, but i hope thats the case.

Big Brother 2

Aren’t they already watching it cause it won the last poll?

Manny

😂😂 that’s insane. I voted for monster personally, but the dedication is cool

Bambina

Kishimoto actually did better with Sakura in the manga but the anime just straight up hates her for some reason

Maari

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bondbond53

I rewatched shippuden and holy shit, the pacing is definitely so much better. Not only that even the fights and the way everyone has grown makes things better than this loll. A lot of things happened within the first 5/10 episodes which shows the difference in the pacing between this and Shippuden so I think they'll enjoy it tbh.

AA

comparing a slightly above average dojutsu vs the 9 tails is wild Brig

Karlsefni

True, early Shippuden is kind of slow. But the 100s are peak hype and 300s to the end are simply beautiful. The 300s and 400s set Naruto apart for me, my fav used to be Pain too when I just watched the show casually for the first time. But after a few years of really delving into the story and rewatching the show, I fell in love with episodes 300+ of Shippuden. Just gorgeous and beautifully deep

Thomas

How do you hate the upcoming reveal? What had you watched up until you started seeing Naruto? That would be my only logical explanation as to how you could possibly hate this

S0uL YgR

they should fr skip all fillers tho + skipp the whole ass filler arc as well

lololol

true, shippuden starts way too slow for me and the early arcs are pretty mid apart from the hidan/kakuzu arc.But the pain arc is some of the best anime ive watched in terms of just satisfaction and seeing naruto’s growth.

lololol

A lot of people saying "just wait until Shippuuden, it gets a lot better" might be right, but I don't remember that really being the case. I guess we'll see but hopefully you guys didn't set their expectations too high, although they're enjoying it now so either way it should be fine but we'll just have to see.

Nick K

I'm honestly trying im not gonna lie. I'm glad though that i'm not the only one who thinks the way I do like others in these comments

Studio Geck

NAH... Neji Vs Kidomaru is one of the best fights in the story

cade-carter

@S0uL I appreciate that! I can definitely agree that she's totally lacking in og Naruto, but I personally disagree with anyone who still tries to claim her as such by Shippuden (though its truly unfortunate that even then i feel like her chara was kinda done a disservice) I also understand why people hold a certain distaste for her because of how she's treated Naruto at points, but I also believe that its important to acknowledge her character development regardless, even if people still dislike her or not Also I can see what you mean by the last, but I don't really think its about simple childish obsession at that point. Like we can see in her little flashback montage of team 7 how much she's come to value their little unit and time together, and by this point they've already been in several life threatening situations with eachother,,like that's inevitably bound to bring you closer when you're on the same team, right? So beyond something as simple as a crush or obsession, I see it more so as just the desperate last attempt of someone trying to hold onto someone dear to them and the memories they've made, even as they're clearly walking out the door

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

Yea that’s about where I would skip to on rewatches.

Osvaldo

Please Carter, for the love of your God, wife, favorite anime, favorite color or anything you deeply deeply love, pleaseeee can't you just get past that usual villain taunting!!!!???? It's a staple of anime, Novela, Series, Movies. Yes they drag it out a bit here for character development purposes but idk how you just can't ignore it. Why don't you make up a story in your head that maybe the other guys is actually hitting him hard but because of the Spinach pill it's not affecting Choji as usual? Maybe by the 2nd kick, especially in the curse mark mode, they would have already died but Choji is just THAT STRONG it's actually taking him longer to kill him? That's it, by the time you finish thinking that, Choji is already in his yellow pill and you won't be mad. Thanks to Cannon for fighting through his sleep and Jack the professor 👏👏👏

S0uL YgR

The fact that you explained it so politely and well made me rethink the reason for Sakura's uselessness so I thank you for sharing this great point. The fact that she was selfish and mistreated poor Naruto knowing he had no parent will never be excused though, just hurts my heart too much. And what makes it worst is that at least here it doesn't make sense how she was this obsessed with Sasuke to the point of saying take me with you when child you are what like 12? Crazy but I guess could happen in real life 🤷‍♀️ It's just an insane thought that builds the Wall of China between us 🤣

S0uL YgR

Agreed. Even though that first arc of Shippuden can be a bit slow at times. It’s good but someone like Carter and the other 2 might find it slow and boring. But when when you hit the arc with the opening bluebird, don’t want to spoil, it’s all up hill from there. Pretty much a sprint to the end. Especially THOSE episodes in the 100s. Can’t wait for them to start Shippuden. That what truly makes this show great above so many others

JD Galbraith

Well since gek watched it, I'm guessing it wasn't a Filler. It was actually when Tsunade became Hokage and officially named him as one of her first duties back in the village.

S0uL YgR

Episodes 120 or son are so good tho. These next few are just the appetizers for what’s to come

JD Galbraith

True and this arc is what builds up to Shippuden. If this arc doesn’t happen there there is no Shippuden. It’s obvious, but you don’t know until you watch Shippuden. Shippuden’s storyvjs way more in depth than OG and I think Carter will like it more There is no unnecessary fights or things happening, for the most part. Shippuden gets way more serious, characters have depth and the chance of death means more. Don’t want to spoil. Even the ending part of this arc is heavy that I believe Carter will enjoy it. We will see!

JD Galbraith

I've gotta agree with a lot of what's been noted here - Naruto is a pretty slow go for the first series compared to Shippuden. I think part of that lends to the slow nature of the story, and the rest of it had to do with its presence as a very early (and foundational) long-running series - there wasn't much other foundation for series that aired weekly start to finish, and having both early animation styles and issues with catching up to the manga too quickly. I've been a fan of Naruto since I was 8 or so, and it's my favorite piece of media, but even I understand when I rewatch it how rough some of the early content can be 😭 Shippuden reaaaally carries its own though - as all of us in the comments (as well as McKay & Brig) have noticed and noted - it's only up from here really. I'm really glad you're all starting to enjoy it, if not enjoying it already, and I hope it continues to be a fun experience :~)

goblin.bones

I am curious about your name choice as well.

Astro Teddy

May I know the backstory of your cute name choice?

Astro Teddy

every upload im more and more convinced Jack could be a voice actor 😂😂

Lydia

we NEED this

Lydia

You’re right, 300 is a stretch but I was thinking of a certain episode and how it relates to the final arc. The plot definitely gets great much earlier and looking back at OG Naruto where is the plot 😂

Thomas

I think the plot gets good way way before episode 300 of shippuden but I won’t get into it for fear of spoiling too much

Kamui

I know that’s a long comment but I think it’s worth noting. Basically what I’m saying is Naruto is an astronomically slow burn FAR beyond any anime they’ve seen. Its structure is also different from the anime they’ve seen for that reason. For an analytical viewer like Carter focused on writing and plot, Naruto becomes great 300 episodes into Shippuden and it is literally until the final arc that we have enough information to appreciate the greatness of the show in its entirety.

Thomas

I love the final arc of Shippuden because of what it means for the world and how that central ideal manifests throughout the story. I have a feeling Carter is similar, and will be able to appreciate the show MUCH more after watching the final arc. Also he seems the type to consider Naruto great deep into the story. A certain episode in the 300s, I think will be the turning point. I remember when they were watching the Chunin exams, some of the comments were literally telling them to quit the watch through, and that Naruto is not for them. But even early as now, when the plot has not even been introduced, Jack and Cannon are genuinely enjoying the show. I have faith Carter will as well, but he is more analytical and as someone who is the same, it took me deep into Shippuden to realize the story’s greatness, and the final arc to put it as my definitive greatest. One phrase: “restoring love and what that means.” Think about that phrase and what it means in the final arc, then think about what it means in the story.

Thomas

when today?

Jacob Goldsmith

Nah I’ve seen people that genuinely hated og Naruto even by this point in the show for the same reason that Carter isn’t loving it that ended up loving shippuden. Not a guarantee but I think there’s a pretty good shot he likes shippuden

Kamui

I'm afraid at this point, aside from peak eps, he wont. He hates tropes and they never go away. It keeps him detached from the emotion and story being presented. He also doesnt love naruto the character by now either. Im afraid this show will never be S or even A tier for him.

llB0JANGLESll

Remember during the exams even the audience and the jonin/ higher ups were hinting about shikamaru becoming a chunin so it wasn’t really a surprise cuz logically he’s such a strategist already smarter than most people around him and also knew when to quit ( like he did with temari ) naruto on the other hand is least suited to become one cuz he stupid af it’s not just about being strong and in real life when u become one and it’s no more exams and child’s play u can’t just keep taking a beating and shouts I’m gonna be hokage then fight without a plan ( but bro the mc so this shit don’t matter ) 😂😂

Gyt

Naruto? YESSSSS

dancc7

you dont like men hopping on trees?

py

That's a weird way classify someone who's watching a show and letting his opinions be known... Of course he's gonna care about the writing and critique it if it falls flat.

Big Brother 2

Can’t wait for the next two episodes of kaiju!

Jv1300

W Choji and Sakura hate.

Osvaldo

Honestly I hate this arc til the last quarter of it. Always found it boring as hell.

Osvaldo

@Ana Half of that was literally just me citing the actual material...its not even an "take" atp afhdsjvb - Also its not an excuse. Its just /part/ of the explanation...and yeah. Child assassins in training are still /children/. She is also not the only one in class who behaves that way at all, and if you really think so it just sounds like were watching different shows lmao. And it tied horribly into him being an orphan an orphan, but I really don't think him being an orphan was the main point at all. She literally says how she just hates how he interrupts class, disrespects authority, and is always trying to hit on her (which yes, is an issue she has with Sasuke as well, but yet some people want to conveniently bring up for him and yet ignore for Naruto...). And like I said its fine to disagree with the other overall decision, but its not about being his mom...its about being a /team/ and /trying/ to do what you can to help that team. The mission literally had no bearing on the test. It is known /within/ the source material that Naruto had /no chance/ passing the test. His stamina is insane and he's bold in the field, but that means nothing on a written exam which he has no knowledge or preparation for. Yeah Hinata tried to help him...because she was the one that was right next to him and could show him her answers. Again, neither Naruto nor Sakura realized the point to the test was cheating...and even if they did, I'm not ever sure they could've even managed to sneakily trade answers with the abilities they had at the time without being noticed. And Sakura is /canonically/ correct. If the test was set up in the way they said it was, Naruto /wouldn't/ be able to do it. I personally don't find it crazy at all...obviously Naruto can physically raise his own hand, but Sakura knew his own stubbornness and determination would never allow him to. Which if the test wasn't a trap...would again, have been the smart decision. Sakura has her own insecurities, absolutely, but she also has very real reasons to have issues with Naruto...which hasn't even been the case in /dozens/ of episodes though. You're welcome to your own opinions and I'm not even trying to change your mind or anything, most of what I'm saying is just what's genuinely happened in the show...if you don't like Sakura cool, I do. I really don't think there's much else to talk about, lol. Even if I did care about changing your mind I can tell anything Id say wouldn't matter, but that's fine because I don't asbchbd Edit, because I only saw your edit with all the extra stuff now, after I'd already responded lmao: Don't even think that ones canon material, but saying someone cant complain about their parents to a friend because they don't have any just seems wrong imo. Sure it might be insensitive and you should take notice of if it bugs them and such and keep it in mind for the future but...friends complain to friends. There shouldn't be an issue with that on its own. Not even gonna address this point because I don't feel like retyping my thoughts that I already commented under the episode reactions it was relevant to Literally everyone else is shown training as a squad with their Jonin teacher who seems to pay attention to them equally/is from a clan family. Aka have access to other experienced shinobi and their knowledge. Neither of which is true for Sakura. Sasuke is from one of the MAJOR clans and has a lot of prior knowledge from that even having lost them so young + gets special training because of it as a genin with Kakashi. We don't really see Naruto doing much on his own outside of pulling pranks and stuff prior to graduating, but after the fact he also gets special attention for a multitude of reasons. You're welcome to you opinions, I'm welcome to mine. Saying you're done going back and forth and that those are my only points while ignoring 90% of what i say is wilddd, but sure lmao 🤚🏻🤚🏻😭😭 Especially because the 100eps ago thing in of itself was because you said something was recent, when it was almost at the very beginning, and I was merely pointing that out...and because character development is one of the main points of any story, and they've depicted her changing thoughts and developments repeatedly, but okkkk lol

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

Sorry guys Kaiju will have to be tomorrow, im tired as f. Shogun will be up in a bit and Kaiju will be tomorrow afternoon

Studio Geck

hahahaha name one reason to like sakura at this point then? even in your og comment, you cannot name a single good thing abt her. 😂

Kaydee

🙄🙄🙄 omg all those L takes. Sakura fans always use she's a child excuse. They are literally are training to be ninja "assassins". She's the only one in the class that behaves this way. Being a child doesn't excuse her from this . Also no she was definitely coming at him for being an orphan. So all that stuff you said just proved it even more. Doesn't matter if it was 100 episodes ago it's still relevant. Last it's not up to her to make a decision like that for Naruto. Who is she his mom? She does not that right. Doesn't matter how "compassionate" she thought it was. It's clear that she was doubting her own self and wanted to put Naruto down. Like she hasn't seen what Naruto was capable of before this exam. Their first mission being an example of him proving himself while she just stood there. Hinata tried to help him. While Sakura didn't believe he could do it. Her raising her hand for Naruto was one of the most craziest things she did. Naruto is not dumb he heard the rules he's very capable of raising his own hand. She projects her insecurities on Naruto. She's an L character. Oh and that one Naruto movie where Sakura complained about hating her parents to Naruto and orphan. She did Ino dirty. Her only friend and person who was there for while was being a bullied. Then she became a bully herself. All for a boy that does not like her Everyone else trains to be stronger without having a a special teacher. What's her excuse? Sasuke and Naruto were alone and still improving themselves. She just sucks. A lot of better characters deserved her screentime. I'm done going back and forth. Especially if your only argument is she was a child and something happened 100 episodes ago

Ana

Jack never misses a detail its actually wild

Alex

And hes 100% right on sakura. She does nothing. Its a genuine shame kishimoto struggled with female characters but im not going to pretend like sakura has done a single thing at this point

Alex

@ 4:24 Cannon absolutely knows whats good

Alex

Next ep about as good as it gets for Choj

Gon Freaky

@Ana I meant recent in terms of the rewatch,,If you're citing the point I mentioned then that was genuinely damn near 100eps ago atp 😭😭 Also I don't entirely understand the 'clowning him for being an orphan' point bcuz tbh while don't get me wrong, it WAS absolutely trash of her with the attitude she had and stuff,,a lot of it was just childish complaining? Like whining about how he had no manners and that her parents would scold her for it and stuff while he must get away with it bcuz he didn't have his own to scold him,,which IS awful with the way she said it, but also just sounds like the ignorant take a kid would have...which she acknowledges repeatedly throughout the series following that. And cool, like I said you don't have to like her or anything,,but you're the one that came under /my/ comment just replying with random negativity without actually tying it into anything I said originally 🤚🏻🤚🏻😭 edit: Ah also though, in regards to your point about her raising her hand to quit for him - you can certainly disagree with the decision or whatever, but that was genuinely portrayed as her trying to do an act of compassion for him. Sakura was the only person smart enough to solve the questions on the test, and neither her nor Naruto realized that the point was to try and cheat without being noticed,,meanwhile Ibiki told them that if they failed here, they'd never be able to retake the test unless they chose to quit now. They straight up give you her thoughts over the matter, knowing that Naruto couldn't answer them on his own and wouldn't be able to cheat well,,and knowing how important his dream of being hokage is to him and how she doesn't want him being unable to retest and make chunin holding him back from it,,anddd knowing how upset her teammates will be with her for it, but just thinking its for the best if she takes the hit of it along with them now so they would have a better chance in the future...which if it HADNT been a trap, purposefully set to cause such dilemmas, then she would've been right in that.

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

@jojojack, no. It's just the only ones that seemed relevant to the discussion.

jblakk

@Saki why would I site recent things when they are not that far yet? Bruh she literally clowned him for being an orphan. Idc if she didn't understand him. Like who clowns someone for being an orphan? The exams weren't that far back so yes that's the example I used. I have plenty more because she sucks so bad. Worse anime character to exist. You like her cool. But I don't

Ana

L CARTER ‼️

G

🤣🤣

G

The way Carter Hates chogi is mad funny

G

@Ana Girl its fine if you dont like her, but ur not even citing recent examples 😭😭 Its true she didnt treat Naruto the best in the begining, but literally WITHIN this batch girlies saying she always misunderstood him and was thankful to him,,and I'm not even sure which point ur talking about for the second,,but are u talking about the written exams dozens of episodes ago or???

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

Just watch it later.

Amna 🍉

@jblakk these anime elitist are soo annoying. All you did was compare the pacing to another show. And now they know everything about you. They need to try to get a life instead of worrying about others so much

Ana

not tryna be negative but im curious if the night posts can be done a little more east coast friendly. most of the time the posts are like past midnight for the EST people

Jacob Goldsmith

@jblakk Thats all the anime you’ve seen?

Zannen Da

Ironic, I love One Piece as much as you love Naruto.

Zannen Da

You’ll see the light in shippuden Carter

Kamui

Gek weekly Redzone live stream would be so peak

Kamui

Saying you prefer the sakura vs ino fight instead of choji’s is blasphemy 😡

Charlie

BAKA

Jacob Goldsmith

almost at peakpudden

Jacob Goldsmith

Looking forward to more Shogun, the first episode was great!

Jonoridge

💀

JaJa

Carter is the Fat Strangler from Family Guy. He just wants to strangle the fatties.

Niffol

Next friday is too far awayyyyy :( Surprise us with next episode! :P

Julio cruz

I love this fight wdymm

Nope

I CAN'T STAND THIS CHOJI HATE!

Niffol

Let’s gooo

Shadow

thats something i want too :< that they watch the opening when the arcs are done we cant just keeping waiting for them to watch all of the openings at the end of the year. like waiting to watch openings and endings for naruto and shippuden would take forever.

bearuber

let's quickly go to naruto shippuden !

sarah

"why don't they do this?" *they do it seconds after*

Kite

Fam. What are you talkin about. What a wild assumption. Now i gotta drop unnecessary lore on you for this shitty assumption lol When I was 8 my older brother had a foreign exchange student friend who introduced him to naruto 2 years before it was even on toonami. I then in turn watched it as well in sub prior to any dubs existing. It was my first anime (DBZ/pokemon excluded) It got me hooked. I went on to watch Death note as my second anime. (AoT is my all timer) JJK and Vinland saga are the only modern animes I watch but youd be crazy to not believe modern anime pacing is way better than OG anime pacing. Switching to seasonal was both better for animators and the pacing of a series. Now back to you, drop the elitism and team sport mentality to anime fandom and just be kind to people lol, sheesh.

jblakk

Next eps of Shogun and Kaiju coming later tonight!

Studio Geck

I still think you especially would like One Piece the most in the group and I'm fiending for the day I see that "one piece 12 hour watch party" in my inbox 😂

MEW1023

I love this show 😭

McKay Carter

fr all naruto openings are too iconic to skip

neko

You can reply I'm just not gonna care 😊😊😊

Ana

more Naruto tomorrow pls? :(

dotsae 🇧🇷

Then why are you under people's positive Sakura comments? Sow what you reap

bondbond53

I'm hyped for the next few episodes.

Jonoridge

This is my favorite arc of Naruto. And I'm a Sakura hater she has no redeeming qualities to me. Sakura lovers don't come under here crying cuz idc. She's not a good person. She did Ino and Naruto so dirty. She also can't take no for an answer

Ana

Sakura sucks now. She sucks later. Everyone doesn't have to like her. She shouldn't of been in the show.

Ana

Definitely did Lee dirty he's one of the best characters

Ana

Sakura sucks. She acts like she's so much better than Naruto. Was even gonna raise her hand to quit for him. So for her have the audacity to do that she shouldn't suck so bad. Booo Sakura

Ana

I can't remember but i think in a filler they explain why only shikamaru gets promoted but I could be wrong. I first watched naruto back in the 2000s.

LuvStarburst

I appreciate Carters takes and attempts at understanding Sakura as usual, lol (also the terrified side eye when he tried to defend her was hilarious, lmao) - but while Cannon does have a point on her training and all, it should be noted that Sakura hasss gone on like all the same actual missions as her teammates (regardless of any lacking abilities, yes yes) + since she was disqualified in the prelims everyone's been focused on training up the people actually competing in the finals of the chunin exams, which makes sense, but notice that both Naruto and Sasuke have been given a bunch of solo attention and teachers (multiple in Narutos case) whereas Sakuras been left to her own devices,, a civilian clan girl who's only real connection would be her assigned Jonin teacher, and yet who disappeared off with Sasuke for a month while assigning an instructor to help with Naruto but set up nothing for Sakura to keep learning. Its unfortunate that we don't actually really know anything about what she's been doing in her free time outside of visiting people in the hospital and buying them flowers and such...which is nice! But I think Naruto really be cutting things close on the Bechdel test for example,,which is impressive for a full length series, LMAO Also I've been quietly waiting for Choujis time to shine ever since Cannon first declared his hate for him, lmao - man just out here eating his chips and getting absolutely wrecked for it ✊🏻😔😔 Definitely surprised by Carters take on his fight though, cuz I can see how the guy just standing around and letting him pop his pills could be kind of frustrating, but tbh that's like every fight so...idk why this one seems especially disliked acvgdh

Saki 🏴‍☠️✨

Ino and Sakura had a better and unusual backstory, in that that lead girl is the ungrateful one. This is just two annoying inconsiderate characters.

PST3

I’m not comparing it to anything specifically. It’s pretty much what you said. We’re not in that time anymore, and we aren’t kids anymore. You can still love Naruto of course, I still do, but if you’re a Naruto fan like me where it was one of the earliest animes I watched and I thought it was the greatest thing ever, once you broaden your horizons and in my case, grow up a little bit, you return to it and see that it is extremely flawed, and those flaws really stick out, and that’s ok to admit. I think it’s the tough pill that all of us Naruto fans have to swallow at some point. It’s no longer my favorite, but I’ll always have that love for it

Micah Seer

This fight was great when I watched it as a kid, I loved this arc, still do. I realized who my fav character is, and best ship is formed. But man, it is so hard watching it now.

Uros Vesic

Sooo close 😭

Astro Teddy

Thanks for the laugh💀

Astro Teddy

How to know JJK was your first anime when you compare literally everything to it 👀

victoria t

This comment got me excited

Cannon Andrus

Yes it’s annoying but it would be a LIE to say we weren’t all feeling the same way about her our first watch around. Now we’ve all seen everything and we love her but that doesn’t change how she started out

victoria t

You’d think the animators of Naruto were never informed it’s not a romance between Naruto and Sasuke 😂

victoria t

It was made in a different time for a younger audience. What are you comparing it to, JJK? That’s diabolical

victoria t

Mckay's reaction to choji eating as well

Astro Teddy

classic sausage fan cope

RapidStar

Yeah, they definitely could've done more with those plot points.. kinda disappointing. Writers did her dirty, so i'll have to take what I can get when it comes to her character developement I guess 😭

Astro Teddy

The olympic standing there team is wild

Astro Teddy

@bondbond53 Is there seriously any reason to be an arsehole because someone doesn't like your favourite fictional character? Piss off.

Faris Alamin

She just feels so useless in OG Naruto and it's not because she's being compared to Naruto and Sasuke like some people like to say. She doesn't have any signature jutsu like everyone else, she doesn't do anything except be a damsel in distress. She's supposedly smart and good at genjutsu but both of these plot points are just never used. Can't say much about Shippuden without spoiling, but suffice to say, I think she's boring there too past the first arc.

Faris Alamin

Don’t get me wrong I love Sakura but in the original series it is sooo hard not to be annoyed with her. She’s captain of the Olympic standing there team. Barely contributes if at all

victoria t

At LEAST watch the Texans Dallas game on here

Grady

He got the byakugan Naruto got his boy Kurama 🤷🏼‍♂️

Brig Andrus

Also keep in mind Naruto & Shippuden are like dragon ball & DBZ - the original series is about them as children; character & plot introductions, world-building. Sequel series is when things get turned up a notch and the real drama and character development begin. Being frustrated with the slower-paced original series is not surprising, but if you guys can make it thru to Shippuden it is so worth it! Honestly it’s incredible story telling

victoria t

Red zone is my life force

Brig Andrus

Agree with carter when it comes to seeing neji in a supportive role as well. It's always interesting seeing a subtle yet drastic switch in a character and kinda exciting. For example, something as simple as Gaara apologizing to his siblings after that fight, made me smile. I always go "yay character development!"

Astro Teddy

The honesty you guys have in your reactions/discussions is a blessing! Makes it so much more meaningful and worthwhile for us viewers. And keep it up Carter, your love for plot and attention to detail is clear. It was very astute when you picked up on Naruto’s love for “parallels” for example—very observant in a first watch through. And it is this love for plot and story that leads me to believe that Shippuden will be a different experience for you guys. Keep pushing through, it will be worth it in the end! Naruto’s payoff is TRULY unmatched.

Thomas

The dialogue from sakura to naruto was quite refreshing. Her realizing that naruto always understood her. I've mentioned it before, yes, it's true her character has many flaws or "is ass" as many say, but it's also become a bandwagon thing to constantly hate on her, which a lot of sakura haters wont admit or acknowledge at th very least. Sakura isn't even in my top 10, but I'm always rooting for her character developement, instead of anticipating the moment to point out her flaws. I'll say it again, It's getting old.

Astro Teddy

Yeah, hearing that dialogue from her was refreshing.

Astro Teddy

Sakura is insufferable til Shippuden , just have some patience LOL

victoria t

Agree. I enjoyed the dub, but never seen it in sub, so i'm enjoying the rewatch.

Astro Teddy

We actually don't film at night anymore...

Studio Geck

I think the plot is fantastic from this point on Carter so I have faith you’ll come around… if not that’s okay it’s not for everyone

Richie Sour

💀

Studio Geck

It's what makes me tick😂 nothing gets me going more than high quality plot/writing

Studio Geck

Cheeks

LVZ

I don’t really feel like his takes in this have been bad. Brutal yes but not bad. I’m so intrigued at what he’ll think in shippuden

Micah Seer

“Hey, this is the love of her life” “SHUT UP”

Billie

cannon’s hate for choji is so hilarious 😭😭

Billie

literally 😂 with Naruto you have to suspend your belief sometimes (also with a lot of shows) or else you’ll lose the enjoyment

Billie

Facts. She makes up for it tho. Kind of. Still a little off and makes dumb decisions but she does get better

Sandi

Carter is such a plot/writing snob😂😂😂 reminds me exactly of my husband when I tried to get him to watch Naruto. it’s ok, not for everyone. I love that cannon and jack are rolling with it

Sandi

@Kaydee you sound like such a pick me

bondbond53

Carter, just hold out until shippuden. This is my first rewatch of og Naruto in about 4 years and after watching so many goated movies/shows over the years, it’s shocking how much worse this is than in my memory of it when I watched during covid and I was a bit younger. Shippuden is far from perfect and has some severe flaws, but you will enjoy it much more than this. Og still has such a great spirit to it but yeah the pacing/writing of some of this stuff is diabolical

Micah Seer

I'd be so down for that honestly.

Spencer Wattamaniuk

This fight is mid but saying it’s worse than Sakura vs Ino is CRAZY 😭

Richie Sour

shes just not a good character, plus her lines are very cringey. im a girly girl but even i have to skip her scenes because i get second hand embarrassment.

Kaydee

lmaoooo

RapidStar

What do y’all think about doing NFL watch parties when the season starts??? I’d watch every game

Grady

after they finish Kaiju no. 8

Patriicia

Oh how I wish we had better pacing and animation

Nanashi

Naruto’s dub is one of the GOATS… ngl tho I’m fw the sub VAs on rewatch

Icchi

😂

GreetswithJudgement

darn! XD

Patriicia

I know, makes me sad every time

Bambina

I know you guys don’t like to watch openings bc of potentially getting “spoiled” but I wish you guys will watch the openings at least once after each arc. The current arc’s opening sung by Sambomaster is one of the best in all of Naruto imo. Maybe you’re planning to watch all of them at once, idk but it just doesn’t have the same effect if they’re not watched until after you’ve already surpassed the arc.

Ashley K

It's really cringe indeed, while they were talking Sakura literally said "thank you Naruto you always understood me, you always helped me". When she was crying and Naruto said he understood her to the core, she realised she was wrong and they missed it.

Alclevy

Where is haikyuu😢

Karma

Carter from Naruto surpassed Carter from HxH in terms of collecting L takes. Where is this menace gonna stop...

Izaya

This re-watch made me so hyped that I'm just rewatching it on my own now. Already 17 eps into Shippuden. Skipping filler made me realize how amazing Naruto really is and we were really in a golden age of anime back then.

watLegendsr

Cannon's dislike of choi is killing me LMAOO but thers definitely a chance to change that opinion ifykyk

lololol

Narutos band :DDDD Im dead

Patriicia

Okay, somethings need to be addressed. Naruto only defeated Neji because of the power of his Nine Tails. Neji completely blocked his 64 (or whatever how many) chakra points. Naruto could muster no Chakra at all. He was done. Then suddenly the Nine Tails chakra pops up and he get a huge power boost. In an exam like that you cant consider that to be his own merit. He was saved by a third party entity that conveniently dwells in his body and comes out whenever he chakra ends... If anything Neji won the battle against Naruto and lost against the Fox. it was a 2x1

Izaya

She does have bad writing tho, which should warrant more critiques of the show, rather than hyperfocusing some weird comments towards her, but that’s just my input

Legendarygamer

She hasn’t been mean to the main character for like 50 episodes bro, and a crush is normal, you act like Naruto isn’t obsessed with her in the same way she is with sasuke

Legendarygamer

You know she's a fictional character right? The jokes come from how awfully she's written. Her only motivation is to be liked by a boy, she rarely helps in any way and is constantly mean to the main character. She does have her moments though.

Andy tee

It's not about plain dislike it's just making all of these comments as if she can never do right. Of course if you always turn your nose at her there's no way for her to do better. That's her character in OG Naruto, to be a simple kid in comparison to Sasuke and Naruto who went through hell. If a plain 12 y.o girl and her crush triggers people so much than that says more about them. I don't see people being annoying about Jirayia when he's been a sex offender in most of his scenes

bondbond53

sakura was ass until shippuden

sb123

as someone who loves sakura you cannot say that the sakura hate isn't warranted in the original series. she does absolutely nothing until shippuden..

meuamor

This show does Lee dirty, I wonder if he wasn't popular with the Japanese audience as he was with the Western audience. They shouldn't watch 4 episodes of Naruto at the end of the night, half of them are struggling to stay awake.

PST3

All the Sakura hate is so cringe man. You're all adult men that can obviously dislike her and point out when she's goofy but some of these comments feel like teenagers. I guess the Naruto fanbase would love this so not like my opinion matters around here

bondbond53

Petition for geks to watch Naruto Shippuden's first opening with first episode

Ayaulym🇰🇿

Cannons face on every Naruto watch is too much 😂, he looks sooooo upset but I know he’s enjoying the show a lot so it’s just too funny… endless emote potential

Frosty

Genuinely curious. Why do you want the dub?

Andy tee

I beg you please release the next recording of y'all watching the Sasuke retrieval arc 🥺🥺

Big Brother 2

surely another 12 hour binge to finish off the arc/show

Kaibur

It's funny how Carter only manages to lock in when his GOAT (Sakura) appears 😂😂

Kesendo

This arc with JJK pacing would be iconic.

jblakk

Day 18 asking for dub

G

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hayden 💟

Are you guys planning on doing any of the Naruto movies or is just pure canon material till you finish everything?

Frizen

My little pig is insane 💀

Vixen

Yes Carter, help me Free Sakura from the hate she gets from literally everyone just for being annoying 🗣️

Legendarygamer

Tsunade giving Lee that milk of the poppy

Vixen

W

hayden 💟

YES NARUTO DROP🙏🙏🙏

hayden 💟

GOAT DROP

destroyer z

these episodes were painful to watch. how do they spend an entire episode inside of a fucking rock bro

Valen

YESSSSSSSSSSS

Aden

DATTEBAYO

Lukash

Havent watched Naruto reactions in a min, but I guess they finally changed the subtitles. Font looks a little trippy, but if these subs are more accurate, then it's definitely for the better!

Enma

Here we gooooooooooo

JellyLegs

Let’s gooo. We eating good tn. I love this show

Shadow

My fav arc in Naruto OG!!

Tomato

SLEEP??? What is that

Cookie

RAHHHH

Cookie

Lfg

Cannon Andrus

It’s only up from here

Brig Andrus

25 episodes until Shippuden 🔥🔥🔥

Kamui

LETS GOOOO (going to sleep soon tho I’ll be watch tomorrow)

Kamui

I'm early

Matt Haloostock

LETS GO NARUTO DROP

Guy


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