Oct 27, 2006 12:39
So. Most of my friends haven't been reading the Naruto manga, and have just been waiting for the anime to catch up. Understandable. But I have bad news for those people who think that the filler episodes are going to stop any time soon. Know why? Because now we have... dun dun duuuuuun! Filler MANGA!
I can kinda sorta understand starting a story with a main character who's a retard. I mean, he's the underdog, and he's supposed to surprise you in the end with all his hard work and blah blah, until finally, he's a dependable person. But after 319 chapters, the retard shouldn't be here anymore!
Surprise news for all of you, but Sasuke showed up in the manga a while ago, and surprise surprise, Naruto proves yet again that he's a retard. 3 years have passed in the story since part 1 of the Naruto manga ended. And what has Naruto learned? Not a fucking thing. Sure, he can do the tajuu kage bunshin at will, but as we all know, it does nothing but waste time. Look at the anime, they make use of the kage bunshin in every episode, showing enemies that lord their power by killing the copies over and over again without having to actually KILL a person. I've heard "It's time to kill you now" so much in the anime that I've learned the japanese words by heart. Not really. But if I wanted to, I could. Oh, and when Naruto goes kyubi now, it gets bigger and more like a fox, but other than that, Naruto hasn't changed at all. He also grows more tails. And ::gasp:: the more tails he has, the more powerful he is and the closer the kyubi's seal is to breaking... what surprising news!
And recently, we had a story arc of about 8 chapters (that's 8 weeks' worth of work!) that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with a main character. Naruto made ONE appearance. And who was the star of these 8 chapters? Asuma. Well. Fuck. Do you even remember who that is? It's the guy that uses his chakra knives. Oh, and guess what... he doesn't use any special move AT ALL during those 10 chapters other than those silly knives. I was actually rooting for the enemies to kill him, just because he's such a horrible character thanks to this idiot mangaka.
Oh, and what was the point of all these chapters? Suspense. And half-assed suspence at that. Naruto's in training to make a NEW JUTSU. But don't kid yourself that it's actually something cool, because it's the same damn thing he could do before, only BIGGER.
I swear, I'm looking forward to One Piece more than Naruto, and I thought I'd never say that. Yes, One Piece is funny and cool, but it's silly. And for some reason, it actually WORKS.
Anyways. I'm starting to think that this manga Naruto shouldn't be called that at all, because Naruto is simply the main character that sucks. The story itself is about Konoha. I opt for a name change! Let's stop calling Naruto Naruto, instead calling the show Konoha! Who's with me? We'll band together to change the name. We'll rule the world! no wait.. that's my other plan.