ITT: it's 2003 >Sasuke jobs to him >Gaara nearly loses

Now that I think about it, Shippuuden was a fucking mess comparing to the original Naruto. The threat was real when they were younger, and it was somewhat realistic in their setting. And then you have revival of the woman that created chakra...

About Rock Lee, his fight against Gaara was the best in the original by far. If they continued reasonably with the power levels, he would have been able to use Gate 7 without a problem after the timeskip.

>>157206116
>Can you imagine this kid at his full power?
might guy vs madara basically.

>>157206116
Fuck off narutard

>>157206116
No one cares about jobbers.

Naruto is a gateway anime of the worst kind. It's a bad series, a clusterfuck of story and characterization that isn't very well done by any aspect, but which attempts to compensate for its weaknesses by adding in excessive shipping faggotry and DARKNESS. The normal anon can see this as the shit it is, and may enjoy it, hate it or be indifferent to it, but all the while recognizing that the series itself, regardless of their opinion, is plain bad.

However, these very aspects that try to smear over the shit of its core make it a breeding ground for aspie, unsociable underageb& faggots who engage in every kind of faggotry both online and in the real world. The superpowered characters all trying their hardest to look cool, the jutsus, peculiar, colorful clothes, the whole ninja faggotry and everything about the Naruto world fuels their escapist fantasies, while the pity-party character backgrounds, emphasis on revenge, and overall preachiness of the series make it fit just right with the mary-sueish drives of your average preteen and his sense of unwarranted self-importance towards the world. Exactly the kind of shit that makes little kiddies and underageb& retards eat this shit right the fuck up.

Naruto is basically THE series to attract the most hated anime fanbase known to /a/, which is why, regardless of individual opinions, it is the responsibility of every anon to troll the fuck out of this show and everyone who likes it, and ensure that no Naruto threads ever encourage the newfriends to show their faces here.

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>>157207468
>The threat was real when they were younger


I don't know man, that Hidan and Kakuzu fight was pretty high stakes, before Naruto had to save the fucking day to showcase his shitty new rasengan.
Kakashi could have done some cool shit with the other jonin to defeat Kakuzu.
The problem was, Kishi made Kakuzu way to powerful with his "I have fought with the First Hokage and survived" flashback, leaving it to none other than Naruto to beat him at the time.

>>157208552
>might guy vs madara basically.
Nope. All-Mighty Lee would wipe the floor with Madara.
Naruto would enter the scene right as AMLee would OPM Madara.
End series, show now focuses on Lee and his adventures as the taijutsu specialist

I wish the main character in Naruto was Rock Lee instead of Naruto. I really liked his character.

>>157210747
Naruto is surprisingly more sociable than Lee. The people he meets in his life are also interesting. Lee is just a happy "train as hard as I can!" guy.

He had his moments but Naruto was a more interesting character. We explored his relationship with his mom and dad, the kages, his Kyubi, a lot of early movie characters, Hinata, Pain, Gaara, Jiraya, Kakashi, ect. I'm not including Sasuke because that was the only worst relationship they had. Borderline lovers.

>>157210747
You can't always get what you want.