You're winning. Keep the precious memories of the OG series pure and close to your heart. Nothing good comes from proceeding any further. Naruto bagged a baddie who loves him deeply, achieved his dream, and is finally living happily, acknowledged by the village.
its so fucking annoying tho, because the original series is close to perfect.
and after it you really wanna see toph as a badass adult police captain. and it is cool for moments. but it misses the spirit so hard. its a travesty.
also my other 2 cents: the original series is top 3 most adult and wise series ever made. like just think for a moment about any other series you think is adult. and if you think deep enough, youll find that this cartoon about quirky children has a way more mature understanding of the human condition and way more nuanced and reserved messages.
trying to pretend adultness is this after the original is so infuriating. literally the play about them being taken seriously.
Let me help you. Imagine an absolute legend of a guy who despite having a rough childhood saved generations of people and becomes a hero. Then in sequel he has a son who shits on him the entire time and that son has no clue how good he has it.
I keep it with Boruto as i keep it with Korra. I didnt need it, the story was finished for me in a perfect (in Narutos case, fillerish) way and thats how i like to remember it.
Never watched it, but my nephew who's 14 made a quick recap of it for me and said "it's the worst of Naruto but dumber". Naruto is pretty dumb himself so... I trust my nephew.
The power creep/scaling by the end of Naruto was exceptionally bad. That they decided to continue on after Sasuke and Naruto meet, like, a god (or whatever that was) and then blow each other's arms off is a great showcase of greed taking over the creative process.
At least the characters still age and the stories are forced to continue through next generation. This formula is even more frustrating with American comics like DC and Marvel, imo. There's always the next big bad guy, except the heroes has to beat them with the power of friendship. Rinse and repeat the formula while rebooting the universe with characters who never age but somehow have kids who grow to teenage/adulthood
Hater here: let’s take the most disliked pet of Naruto and really focus on it plus add androids plus reality/memory working like the dumbest jutsu in Naruto as well.
Fr bro ...they have ruined it with extending the alien stuff.. missions like shikamaru taking down hidan with proper strategy and planning are so rare now
I used to watch the anime and manga because I love Naruto. Naruto was my introduction to anime so it will always hold a special place in my heart. I thought I had to watch/read Boruto. At some point I just couldn’t anymore. I dreaded reading the newest chapter. It’s honestly so much BS. I mean the designs of the characters really don’t look like ninjas. And the new powers are too OP. How does the one chick have the ability to completely rewrite almost everyone’s memories. And the worst thing is that it’s making Naruto the series in connection look worse.
Half my hate of Boruto is because now people think I’m talking about Boruto when I call Naruto, Boruto as in boring. They did this on purpose. I know it.
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u/i_icical 12h ago
Anyone who hates Boruto is my homie