Those idiots who troll on other anime reviews with pointless shit to say ruined this for me.

Written by Crimsontears486 on March 5, 2012 at 6:27 PM

Just like the title says. Thanks to all of the idiots who troll on other anime reviews, typing completely useless shit like "This is a ripoff of Naruto!" Or, "This is shit!" and do on and so forth, without giving a reasonable explanation (which unless I have been mistaken my entire life is pretty much what a review is. The explanation as to why or why not aspects of a show/movie/etc are good or bad), have completely ruined almost everything Naruto related for me. I was able to get up to where Sasuke was kidnaped... and then I just simply couldn't bring myself to watch it any longer, because I felt embarrassed to be grouped together to any degree with those idiots. So thank you to all of you who fall under this category, for completely ruining two series and a bunch of movies I very possibly could have otherwise bring myself to enjoy. -_-

As for what I was able to get through.

This anime has a very basic story line, that could almost be called generic. There are a lot of filler episodes, which I can only assume are made to keep the viewers in suspense with near countless cliff-hanger endings. However it gets to the point where it is almost a hassle to watch. The animation is good, I can't bring myself to say great even when taking away the bias mentioned above. The music however I do enjoy, and the Japanese voice actors/actresses I feel fit the characters well. However the whole point of the characters being Ninjas is almost completely lost, if it weren't for the fact the word "ninja" or "shinobi" are mentioned several times in each episode. The action scenes are well done, when the characters aren't staring at each other for a couple minuets. However it is those very action scenes, as well as some costume choices for the characters that completely defeat the purpose of a ninja.

All in all, with taking away as much of the bias that I have away as I can, I can still only bring myself to say that this anime is average. Despite the fact I did not finish even half of it, I am able to tell that the story pattern will not differ much, and I know through some friends that this is true as well. The content of the story changes, the abilities evolve, but the pattern, amount of filler episodes, and lag-time between and during the fights remain for the most part unchanged. If anything, one of the few redeeming qualities that would almost make me want to give this anime a slightly higher rating is the comedy. Though it's light hearted, and almost cliché, it is timed in a way that makes it effective.