Why The Naruto Manga Is So Much Better Than The Anime

The Naruto Manga is much better than the Naruto Anime. The Naruto manga and Naruto anime have several differences and similarities, but one is much better than the other. The Naruto anime has some pretty terrible animation ati times while the Naruto Manga has a more consistent art and beautiful two page spreads.
But the main issue with the Naruto anime is the pacing. The Naruto filler arcs, the slow animation, long recaps, extended and unnecessary flashbacks, and the additional useless scenes added in the anime do a lot of harm to the anime series. The Naruto Manga has an extremely fast pace which is not translated to the anime at all, unfortunately.
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[@DygoKnight]

Which one is better? Manga or anime?

[@hackroots02]

Manga

[@BroBright]

Haven't seen the manga but probably the manga

[@cyberghost7_633]

The manga is definitely better than the Anime. It just looks soo much better

[@vladmanea6161]

I didn't read the manga, but the manga is better

[@flamephantom248]

your rewrite

[@Zand3rsson]

We for sure need a naruto remaster/re-release without all the filler and all the recaps and all the FLASHBACKS. I rewatched naruto recently and when you skip all this, episodes run from 20 minutes to like, 8 minutes

[@Tungdil_01]

Just like Dragon Ball Z Kai

[@liricopetanco6257]

Or One Piece. Fuck the redrosa saga, i stop watching before the gear 4 apear but my God! The couldn't made the anime slower, a filler arc would be nice even if it was just to make time. At least it woul be SOMETHING other than a 5 minutes of an episode for weak.

[@kpxi1045]

Naruto kai lmao

[@bloody5081]

It needs the Bleach TYBW anime treatment frl. Just imagine some of the best fights in shippuden with that kind of quality.

[@kikuokahime1025]

​@togachan5081 we need Mr Beast's Naruto anime

[@odiwalker3973]

I'd argue that watching Naruto fighting an ostrich during the Pain Arc only adds to the overall theme of that arc, meaning, the pain. Its clearly the superior version

[@DygoKnight]

Visionary

[@liricopetanco6257]

Honestly i liked the filler, it was a good rest to see more of the rest of the cast working together. At least there Rock Lee got a bit of respect showing him fighting not only with taijutsu but also using his weithed steel together to make a broom to fight. I think that happend in one of the movies but it was a great scene.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

some filler was good, and I'd say even added to the cannon (like the hunt for the beatle, the guren arc, and some of the added fights in the war arc); but some were just utter garbage.

[@celenial6009]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447the fillers I hate the most are Naruto and gang fighting some fodder ass bandits for 20 episodes. I love the ones that add to character’s backstory, or expand on stuff and sometimes good filler fight arcs

[@windghost2]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447The Power arc is amazing and deserves to be canon.

[@nxkx4079]

the rock that crushed obito and the swing have more screentime than tenten

[@amonggus1]

And young Rock Lee, Gaara, and Sasuke.

[@civilwarfare101]

That rock is the important character in the entire series.

[@elgwninja]

@@civilwarfare101wait hold on a minute

[@civilwarfare101]

@@elgwninja To what?

[@elgwninja]

@@civilwarfare101 that actually makes sense

[@PikachuODST]

One thing that has always killed me to this day is the Final Fight. There's one panel in the Manga they left out in the anime and it holds ALOT of meaning. When Sasuke says to Naruto he has no family, there's a panel in the Manga of Jiraiya's grave Naruto made for him. That would have meant SO MUCH to put in that fight. I still can't believe they left it out.

[@sephikong8323]

That was legitimately one of the few things I actually really liked about the part post Kaguya introduction, I actually felt strongly about this panel. Sad to learn that it wasn't even included in the anime

[@RT-zn9bj]

Why was it important?

[@oreoicecream1829]

​@@RT-zn9bjJiraiya is his family 😢

[@chkensammich]

​@@RT-zn9bjbecause dude straight up was THE kind father figure in his life?

[@RT-zn9bj]

@@chkensammich well I guess I just mean, like, what was the panel symbolizing? That Naruto DID have family, and lost it? Or that he didn’t have any family at all in that moment? I think the anime’s final fight was amazing, and I spent hours analyzing it for fun. By the time this fight occurred, I think it was pretty well established that Naruto had hundreds of member in his Found Family, so I’m just wondering what exactly is missing from the anime, that the Jiraiya panel adds to the manga? If that makes sense.

[@Vorusen]

We need a "Naruto Kai" like DBZ got. No filler, no recaps, better animation, more streamlined, etc. If they did that it could be the best way to enjoy naruto.

[@Zetsukun12]

Naruto kai already exists as a fan project that cuts all the filler episodes and scenes, and bundles episodes by manga volumes, so you have 72 movie-length episodes with 0 filler.

[@mcbdllc2848]

They kinda did for the 20th anniversary on crunchy roll I think

[@MN-vw3rp]

​@@Zetsukun12yo source, need to check that out

[@Lordofgamerz]

@@Zetsukun12 give the sauce lmao

[@Zetsukun12]

@@Lordofgamerz I tried posting the sauce twice now but I guess the opps don't want y'all to know cuz my comments keep disappearing. I'm sure you can find it with a simple search tho

[@perr0263]

It took me more than 10 years to finish Naruto because I got bored constantly. I tried the manga and I finally did it.

[@perr0263]

To clarify: I never was able to go beyond the "Tsunade retrieval" arc. I restarted the anime multiple times and got bored around that arc... for more than 10 years (2008-2020)

[@breathair69420]

Man it took me a few months to finish Shipeden and Og series.

[@Mistathe4th]

RIGHT THE WAR ARC WAS SO DIFFICULT TO WATCH!!! 😭 The first 300 eps were fine skipped some filler (who hasn’t tbh ). After the madara vs 5 Kage fight, the war arc was so boring. Kishimoto just pulled shit out of his ass to continue the series.

[@Sg190th]

After Pein, I took a break. Read the manga for a change and was at the war arc finding out who tobi is around 2013.

[@trillionaire8886]

@@Mistathe4thpeople that can’t stand filler eps typically are of low intelligence/attention span.

[@vconti3688]

My biggest issue for the anime is honesty how they treat sasuke leaving the village in part 1. In the manga, sasuke leaves with the sound four essentially straight after his run in with Itachi and his fight with Naruto at the hospital. This setting is much more fitting for sasuke to run because he realized he wasn’t making any progress on catching itachi and Naruto was caught up with him so something needed to change. IN THE ANIME THO, Sasuke comes back from seeing Itachi and just is kinda fine. They then had a filler arc with that electric sword dude where Naruto saves the day WHICH MAKES SASUKE SALTY AND LEAVE THE VILLAGE because Naruto had the final blow My favorite character in all of anime is Sasuke but the anime really does make him way more of a jealous kid instead of the avenger of the Uchiha that the manga better portrays him as

[@marko1263]

They completely botched that whole sequence. There's also that Kakashi mask episode which, while funny in isolation, completely ruins the tone because the show is about to become much darker. Not to mention, Sasuke is supposed to be in a coma. In addition to the stuff you mention about poorly portraying his motive for leaving.

[@juswavvy9634]

​@@marko1263kakashi mask episode was one of the few good filler episodes and hilarious too

[@bigjawline9235]

@@juswavvy9634just competely ignored what he said huh

[@vishwathayumanavan8777]

@@bigjawline9235 naruto and db fans can't read man you know this :(

[@Jdudec367]

Nah how they treated him leaving the village in part 1 is fine really. Nah it's just as fitting in the anime really and he realized that same thing too. Which yeah makes sense, give it some time for it to really set in for him. No it wasn't because of that, it was because of Itachi. No in the anime he still seems like a avenger of the Uchchiha and the manga doesn't better portray him as that.

[@neoshenlong]

A lot of people hated the fourth ninja war, and I really didn't get why. Then I realized the anime has an absurd amount of filler that 100% killed the pace of an arc that's huge moment after huge moment. I read the whole arc in the manga when it was almost over and, tbh, I really liked it.

[@hibikiverdugo9465]

Yeah, I remember when everyone were hyped about Tobi's identity and making theories about it, Madara memes and Obito vs Kakashi. That shit was hype back in school. Naruto has a lot of writing problems but Kishimoto was hardly mediocre with it.

[@lapplandkun9273]

Actually, it's still bad. Aliens are bullcrap and Kaguya was still an asspull.

[@neoshenlong]

@@lapplandkun9273 yeah but Kaguya is like 5% of that arc

[@maybeimrambling9401]

@@lapplandkun9273 that wasn't kishimoto but the editors

[@Jdudec367]

@@neoshenlong eh it's more then that really.

[@godzilla7779]

i wonder what naruto would feel like with modern pacing, animation techniques and a good 4-5 seasons. probably would outsell most current shows

[@Lordofgamerz]

naruto with seasonal pacing and god tier animation throughout the entire thing would be OP lol nothing would touch it

[@Marian_Polnocny]

Modern pacing like Bleach TYBW? I'd pass

[@naganut9718]

Why??? ​@@Marian_Polnocny

[@Marian_Polnocny]

@@naganut9718 Everything happens too fast and there's next to no actual tension, fights turn in a pretty colors festival and lose most of their impact. For battle shonen 2-3 chapters per episode is where it's at, anything more or less results in bad pacing

[@naganut9718]

@@Marian_Polnocny if that's what you think then, just do it right? Anime like CSM and JJK are done well

[@leer6871]

I always roll my eyes when people say the animation was low quality in the Naruto vs Pain fight. Objectively that was over animated. The same animator who worked on that fight also animated the first Final Valley fight between Naruto and Sasuke. It was a stylistic decision that you didn’t appreciate, not poor animation

[@RendererEP]

Minor point but the anime studio also seemed to go out of their way to make Sakura weaker and unlikeable, (on top of Kishimoto often faltering with her character). There's quite some difference in her actions and character in the manga and light novels to the anime. They even did that in one of the last arcs of Boruto. By excluding, changing or adding new things

[@Joshua_N-A]

Sounds like as if as she's a different person. I never knew there was such hatred on her character. I only found out this year when I decided to revisit the series.

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

The biggest change was removing many of the time Sakura saved Naruto during Part 1.

[@mcbdllc2848]

​@@willfanofmanyii3751yeah cuz when did that happen except when she saved him from falling in the forest if death?

[@willfanofmanyii3751]

@@mcbdllc2848 For one, the times Sakura saved Naruto during Zabuza's introduction.

[@jacinto1477]

Based studio

[@Douge11]

We need 26 episode seasons. For pretty much every show. Fewer pointless cliffhangers, but more room for expanded character moments. Pacing would be so much better

[@Noblesavage31]

I like filler if it’s meaningful cause 26 episodes is not enough for me too connect with characters

[@magmaspacer1967]

@@Noblesavage31That sounds like a you problem because most stories are about that length.

[@Noblesavage31]

@@magmaspacer1967 nowadays yes back then no I’d like 25+ episodes with at least 5-10 seasons not just two like recently

[@DuBstep115]

@@Noblesavage31 26 episodes with 100% content = is same as 50 episodes that flashback things we have already seen and drags out unnecessarily long

[@jsjadhdnsxodjwfdjdbvg]

For example, Attack on Titan. Every minute was important and meaningful. Although Naruto is like Doraemon to me. I love Shin chan, Doraemon and Naruto thorough and thorough

[@SpanishCebolleta]

I remember back in the old days, during early Shippuden, having to wait a week for an episode full of flashbacks, redundance, and very little plot happening overall. That's when I decided to read the manga instead.

[@taesang5664]

omg i just remembered this struggle lmao. around when kaguya was introduced i think there was a whole normal season length of filler of the individual tsukiyomis of the side characters. dropped it completely around that time.

[@edwardnowakowski5990]

I will say, my favorite episode of the whole show is mostly anime original content. The way episode 82 of shippuden expands on shikamaru’s response to asuma’s death in chapter 330 is fantastic, and his conversation with his dad is to this day one of the my favorite moments in anime history, and I’m glad you brought it up But one golden exception doesn’t disprove a rule.

[@majinblussb]

Wait… the “let it out” scene. THATS FILLER?!

[@edwardnowakowski5990]

@@majinblussb yup, all filler, read chapter 330 to see what parts are canon

[@Vibrant133]

@@majinblussbit’s amazing how poorly the manga adapted the asuma grief

[@majinblussb]

@@Vibrant133 You would think that such an impactful moment would be canon 💀

[@FailboatsRus]

bro, you know damn well why Neji's seal on his forehead was censored. Come on, now.

[@andycampbell8622]

Because westerners

[@niks660097]

NEIN

[@malachite9071]

crazy how the nazi's took the symbol for good-fortune and flipped it, and then proceeded to take L after L in ww2. Maybe dont reverse/mess with an ancient symbol of goodluck lmao.

[@niks660097]

@@malachite9071 "Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made."

[@sambasambasamba6931]

@@malachite9071is that a fact? Not sure if that’s true

[@coag5570]

This applied to the Dragon ball Z manga too when i read it for the first time...no 3-minute stare, and the fights were actually fast paced!

[@souls-of-mist]

Dragon ball z takes the cake. I shit you not, there are episodes in which the fight only somewhat starts after the first 12 minutes before characters go back to staring at each other and saying stuff like "you have so much power, huh? But I haven't even started!"

[@globalpotaoto6681]

@@souls-of-mistidk I rewatched DBZ a few weeks ago and while it does have those issues it’s not as bad as people say it is. There was only one instance where they did a recap for 12 min and that was during frieza

[@souls-of-mist]

@@globalpotaoto6681 yeah I remember it being during goku and frieza's fight

[@stan52323]

That's why DBZ Kai exists

[@felixlara2945]

​@@stan52323DBZ Kai is only alright the soundtrack is different and kinda extremely mid

[@BluePhoenix_]

There are two filler segments in Naruto that i like. One is the one with the crystal kekkei genkai lady and the other is the stuff that shows how the infinite tsukuyomi looks like, from the perspective of one's that are trapped. Even though the latter one is pretty long, and does kill the pacing in a mayor way, it's just interesting to me. I hate pretty much all "oh no, fillergakure is in danger, we need to help them" filler arcs.

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

There is also the one with Sora,but just the part where he fights Choji and Kiba.

[@magmaspacer1967]

@@naamadossantossilva4736What about the stuff with Utakata?

[@legoroan9866]

I like the kakashi arc. There are also some nice flashback fillers that build on characters, like there’s a few Obito flashback episodes in the war. He’s my favourite character so some of them were quite nice. But not every flashback is unique so some are repeated a LOT

[@Layla109]

@@magmaspacer1967 I liked the Utakata arc as well and the young mentee of Utakata's is underrated as far as how mentally strong she is to choose to endure what she did (without giving spoilers). Naruto has a LOT of characters and seeing some of them get an episode, filler or not is something I can't hate on rather it's bad or good. I do wish the filler gets sorted differently as to not drag the momentum away from the main plot. I really don't get why anime use extended fillers the way they do.

[@magmaspacer1967]

@@Layla109 I feel like there could be an ultimate guide for Naruto if you actually want to watch some of the good fillers that give characters more spotlight

[@baitreview]

The thing with the Naruto anime is that there are some moments of brilliance that far outweigh the manga. Both fights between Naruto and Sasuke, Kakashi vs Obito, Rock Lee vs Gaara and so many other fights were handled so perfectly that even if you prefer the manga overall, you would still be missing out by not watching the anime

[@25meip]

Honest question, are those fights better because of the way they were depicted? Or just because it's animated?

[@christiannoriega428]

​@@25meip Both

[@phistoltv5196]

​@@25meippeople are mostly in love with the choreography of which Naruto anime are the kings of "hands" in all of anime. I think the anime has the W to the manga,

[@inkoctopui3787]

@@phistoltv5196 The anime is good only for the fights, otherwise the manga is a 100x better.

[@rinkaneko706]

the most upsetting thing in the anime naruto for me is how the whole sakura's aggressive attitude like smacking or kicking naruto is most of the time are filler scenes. her character's development is actually much better in the manga. kishimoto has always wanted to make sasuke and sakura a couple and in manga it has so much scenes because you can see his soft little smiles when he's proud of her and overall his affection to her & his team

[@jahrusalem3658]

Yeah, didn't Manga Sasuke actually respond to Sakura's advances, like small blushes and shit? Or am I remembering wrong?

[@ayhamahmad2277]

she actually was never supposed to end sasuke to begin with kishimoto wanted her end with Naruto not hinata hinata barely exists in the manga the only reason she ended with Naruto because she was popular character because of fillers

[@Asherrr-q4p]

@@jahrusalem3658nah your correct

[@jayfiggs4656]

I really believe that the Kaguya/Black Zetsu arc were meant for Boruto. Madara was built up since the OG Naruto as the main antagonist. And given the fact that the whole Otsutsuki clan is explored in Boruto gives even more credence to the fact. Now why would Kishimoto add (shove) Kaguya into Naruto? Simple, Naruto was still in peak popularity and corporate strong armed him to extend the series further. Again, its just something I still strongly believe til this day.

[@phistoltv5196]

I agree with you but end of the day the rule in manga is that whatever the original author says happens is the gospel truth even when it makes no logical sense.

[@lycan2494]

ur delusional then. black zetsu appeared end of part 1 after watching naruto and sasuke fight. so kaguya/black zetsu arc was planned since from the beginning :)

[@tomofasia]

We need a remastered 4K version of the whole Naruto and Shippuden that in together will fit in 100 episodes or less. I would pay for it.

[@relos.]

I hope one day they will do anime reboot with 200~ eps in total like you said. It would be so amazing and even more fans from the future would experience it and in a much better way.

[@Roshuwah]

I was rereading it earlier this year for the first time on forever and there's subtle stuff like how sand coffin looks like a bunch of hands pulling on you which was really cool! But you're right about the pace, i was surprised at how quickly you get into the land of waves and then the chuunin exams!

[@hawyang]

I like both version. The manga was short and to the point. But I didn't mind guy's flashback. It help with the build up to him opening the 8th gate.

[@kaijudozero]

Hard to say. I finished the manga long before the anime was complete and watching it all get animated was the most exciting part. I never once said hey the manga did this better as i watched the anime. So id have to go revisit the manga to answer. Theres too many other manga to read for me to revisit 700 chapters of naruto. It was the best manga ive ever read tho so far

[@hc.117]

Others points to add: -Sakura is much better in the manga -The relationship between Sakura and Sasuke make sense in the manga and the anime ruined it -The relationship between Naruto and Hinata is fine in the anime but the manga version is better -The anime put a lot of plot holes like the Kaguya filler -They ruined team 7 alchemy by destroying the characterization of Sakura (and a little bit of Sasuke) -Kishimoto is one of the best artist and designer of all time in term of style, panelling, pacing etc... -The Jiraya arc (episode 432-450) is trash from beginning to end -I repeat it but Sakura in the anime is the biggest bitch ever written after captain Holdo and Rose Tico -Naruto anime is the lion king 2019, Naruto manga is the original lion king Naruto deserve a remake. He's peak fiction and a faithful adaptation with great animation could make it the best animated series of all time Naruto manga is art, Naruto anime is product

[@Jdudec367]

-eh...she is still bad she just doesn't hit Naruto as much. -not really it isn't better in the manga at all and the anime didn't ruin it. -nah the anime is better. -not really like that Filler isn't plot holes -not true and they didn't destroy the characterization of them at all. -I dunno about pacing but in terms of style and panelling absolutley. -Eh...it isn't all bad, but also the Kakashi anbu arc and the 3 tails arc are good, same with the Fu arc. -she is still bad in the manga though. -that is not true in the slightest,the anime is actually pretty good. There is a faithful adaptation though. No it's art too. And stuff like Kakashi vs Obito and Naruto vs Sasuke is better in the manga.

[@ranzudezuLRTC]

​@@Jdudec367okay Sakura hater. 😶🙄

[@beyondan]

​@@Jdudec367At least try a bit when you disagree with other people opinions, "eh" "not really" "nah" "I don't know" wtf kind shii was that???

[@metagross6897]

​@@Jdudec367can't come up with actual arguments?

[@Jdudec367]

@@ranzudezuLRTC I'm not a Sakura hater, I am just saying the truth.

[@sarexui634]

The "chikara" or "power" filler arc went crazy seeing naruto pull out pseudo kcm mode💀

[@RhiannonSenpai]

4:35 For the most part Naruto fillers don't advance the story and the characters but there are some exceptions: episodes 148-151 (Hinata focused, has a lot of interaction between her and Naruto), episodes 169-173 (gives focus to Anko's past with Orochimaru), episodes 216-220 (gives focus to Gaara). In Shippuden, some of the Asuma focused episodes from the Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc and Kakashi's Anbu Arc (349 to 361).

[@StevenRamirez08_]

Since I watched Naruto after it was completely done, I can still complain about the filler episodes because yeah the pacing was my biggest complaint about Naruto, every time it got good I would get hit with a filler and it would take me out of the story and I would have to go look up the filler list just to skip to where I was at, and I also hated how they would recycle flashbacks repeatedly and use them in later seasons like for example the flashbacks of itachi and sasuke training, I’ve seen it so many damn times

[@sor3999]

I think it's because the show was airing on TV for so long. Sometimes people need those flashbacks to remind them why that past event was relevant to the current story. Nowadays we live with streaming where people can binge watch over time and don't quite need the reminders.

[@winters0ul600]

Honnestly can't agree more, i loved naruto after watching it as it was released when i was little and am currently reading it, I can't put into words how much it reignited my love for the story

[@Narbros]

Mangas only draw one frame, animators draw thousands, you cant compare, it would be foolish to put as much detail into animation

[@sishakur6715]

Yet they make fillers smh

[@cantkeepupwithme]

@@sishakur6715they have to

[@bigruckus8664]

So we’re just not allow to compare anime and manga cuz of that? Rtarded take the Naruto fan base would’ve been out selected back in tribal times and wiped out the gene pool.

[@alireza.m]

You made some good points mate In some of the canon-filler mix stuff where you were like "Do you remember when this thing happened and it was pretty slow" I was like _No_ , I had actually completely forgot about that before you mentioned it, which shows its lack of importance to the story. But then you mentioned such spectacular moments in the anime that reminded me of how good Naruto was, it's really something to remember.

[@Ave_Christus_Rex3777]

I wanted the naruto anime to be reanimated, with better over all quality and zero filler. To be honest. What I want is for them to omit out Kaguya and make Madara the main villen. Reveal madara's mangekyo sharingan ability and have him use the perfect susanoo while he's in 6 Path mode. And have him use the Rinnesharingan to it's utmost

[@BreezyDylan]

Right have them defeat Madara in shippuden and have Kaguya come in during Boruto

[@hc.117]

Nah, Madara defeat and death is perfect. He's beated by the plan he tried to imposed to the world, it's perfect writing. What the anime could do it's putting more foreshadowings that black zetsu is Kaguya all along because the only moments that foreshadow this are lost when you translate the manga to japanese from other languages

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@hc.117 Kaguya is dumb and no. It's not perfect writing.

[@hc.117]

I use the term "perfect" just for the joke. If you dislike her that fine Now the build up for Kaguya is much better in japanese because black zetsu talk in a specific way (katakana) when everyone in Naruto speak in Hiragana When the god tree (Kaguya) speak to Madara to absorb her, the dialog is written in Katakana, it's a direct foreshadowing that black zetsu is her will since the beginning. It's the reason why the twist is bad in others languages. The replacement of madara is not the problem (it makes sense with his character) but zetsu being the mastermind and being related to Kaguya comes out of nowhere Kaguya being here since the beginning (with black zetsu) without we noticed her is pretty cool

[@sluttyhoe1972]

I agree! Kaguya was just forced and her character is just garbage. Madara was enough and would've saved us from garbage ass Boruto. If you like Boruto that's fine, but I hate it w a burning passion.

[@TheNumberThirteenxiii]

So… I’ve always thought about this. The Ultimate Ninja Storm series has some amazing fights that aren’t in the anime OR the manga. How would y’all feel if they dropped the 2D style for the anime and used the 3D cell shaded style? Whatever graphics engine they used for it is absolutely phenomenal and sometimes I forget that it’s actually 3D and not drawn animation. That also decreases the work load animators have because they will already have pre-made models for every character. I’d definitely be into that.

[@theusopppirates2865]

Meh, the 3D cutscenes definitely have their weaknesses when it comes to some of the scenes with less spectacle. Some of the small moments lose their impact.

[@littenfire3563]

0:41 that's why I find it weird that the anime toned it down since most anime are TV 14 to try to be accurate to the manga's level of violence

[@drparadox7833]

I had a literal flashback to how I discovered manga. I was watching war arc. Tobi is winding up, Madara gets teased and.... BOOM filler arc about Naruto in the academy begins and goes on for gazzilion episodes I remember googling what happened and found out about fillers and discovered Anime was based on manga, switched to it and never looked back.

[@clementborisov7050]

After watching Naruto part 1, I realized that the episodes after the Sasuke retreival arc were all fillers except the last episode. This is when I learned about fillers and started skipping them in Shippuuden.

[@marko1263]

Another thing is character design. When you look at modern adaptations such as AoT, Vinland Saga and others, you can't help but be in awe at how much better everyone looks compared to the manga. In the Naruto manga everyone looks better than their anime counterparts.

[@Ayeato]

That's entirely circumstantial. No berserk anime will ever look better then the manga for example. Isayama was never super good at drawing so it wasnt exactly hard to make the anime look better, especially since it was WIT studio making the adaptation at first. Character designs are simplified because they have to be drawn thousands of times and in fast paced animated scenes you can do a lot more with a less detailed character. Id argue most anime dont look anywhere near as good as the manga and when it does its the exception.

[@chasinghaze0962]

@@Ayeato I agree. Just look at Bleach anime adaptation. Even with the focus on character design and depth instead of movement, it still looks a bit worse than manga. So it depends on which manga is getting adaptation

[@DuBstep115]

​@@chasinghaze0962 In Cour 2 yaha vs Ichibe fight there is 1 scene where animation is on par with manga and took them probably same time to animate 3sec than normal 5 minutes :D

[@orionparsons7631]

I literally remember seeing the same flashback at least 15 times in one episode of naruto the filler in this show is absolutely agregous

[@gabieldenstierna]

Ah, filler episodes. 13-year-old me didn't know they were a thing either so I sat through the whole anime until I caught up with it (from 2013 to 2016). I remember the horrifying realisation that I essentially had two options: Watch everything as it aired once a week, even the fillers, or wait until the anime finished (which at that point, I didn't know when that would happen) so I could skip the fillers. I sat through them once a week lol.

[@andrewsigler7437]

One of your better videos in my opinion. I'm glad at least one other person in the world thinks that the anime adaptation of Guy vs Madara could've been a lot better than it was. I think that they drew Ten Tails Madara poorly in the anime so often that it negatively affected how people viewed that character design.

[@zthirtyblue]

The Naruto anime needs to be Re-animated. They have no idea the numbers it would do. No filler modern animation. People forget that all of the Naruto anime and Naruto: Shippuden up to around when Naruto begins his training to create the Rasen Shuriken animated in 4:3 aspect ratio, if you’re watching on a TV that’s not from before before 9/11 then you’re going to notice a lot more of the age of how the show is presented. Now 4:3 aspect ratio had its time and place and sometimes still does today (if only in very small circumstances) but seeing the black squares in the sides of the screen really bother me and I’d imagine a lot of other people. Plus just an opportunity to have an adaptation that is ACTUALLY worthy of the source materials name would be amazing to see in my lifetime and if need be I would personally not mind helping with crowdfunding if that were to be the direction the animation studio were to take in regards to financing the re-creation of a new Naruto anime

[@4dojo]

When Naruto was still in productions I read every new manga issue and watched each new anime episode. Ultimately I got excited for both of them, but I was more excited for new anime episodes. Sometimes I wouldn't understand what happened in the manga, so I would wait for the anime episode to show it more clearly. And seeing it all in color and motion is better to me. But I do get why some people prefer the manga.

[@godshideout400]

Filler episodes are valid the story of Indra and Asura is accurate

[@lapplandkun9273]

They are, but it still doesn't make it better

[@saadmaan3281]

Actually, something I hate about the anime is the fact that even after the manga ended, they still continued to make filler episodes, which made me stop watching it during the war arc until the show completely ended. So no... The only reason why there were fillers in it wasn't because of it getting close to the manga.

[@alexp7401]

Bro, why is there not a little sound chip that hooks into a sound device that plays the openings inside of the manga 🤯

[@WESTSIDEBULLITZ]

Started watching Naruto in 2005. Part 1 fillers were some what good just for the fact of giving the Konoha 11 the spotlight. The Team Guy fights in the Gaara rescue arc was my first instance of feeling like filler and it got worse with the Sasori fight. That was the moment I truly commited to the manga.

[@andrewl3779]

I watched the Naruto anime series until after the Pain arc. I was using the filler list at some point after that but gave up after having episodes with 6 minute flashbacks. I switched over to the manga and was absolutely floored by the pacing. I was expecting less flashbacks, no fillers and stuff but the fact that I was able read to the end of the manga in 2 weeks rather than having to consistently check where the flashbacks and timewasting was going to happen in the anime was lovely.

[@sergiovillalta1981]

Hope Naruto gets a project like “One Pace” were they adapt the anime as close to the manga

[@arthurmorgan3180]

For the LONGEST TIME I thought that the Crystal-lady arc was cannon, it literally had a whole tailed beast + Deidara and Tobi coming in, should’ve honestly been cannon to the story I rly enjoyed it

[@SkiddyOcean117]

In conclusion: - If you take out filler it gets better BUT - There are many still scenes ruining the pacing of the episode - many unnecessary filler flashbacks in the middle of many episodes. - filler in the middle of episodes This is true I am showing this show to my friend and the amount of things I have to skip just to keep him interested is starting to piss me off. they need to remake the entire show Ill pay for it.

[@jf_kein_k8590]

Dunno if this counts in there too, but the anime also changed Sakura on occasion, making her unsympathetic towards Naruto.

[@ranzudezuLRTC]

Yup...some of S.P's staff really dislikes her and makes her look bad in the Anime... 💔💨

[@Ayaanra30]

If Kaguya wasn’t introduced we would not know where did Chakra come from so I think she was necessary I guess I think Hagoromo inventing chakra would have made sense since he made the tailed beasts

[@925263]

We had absolutely no need to know where chakra came from. It was stated to be the natural life force of all things. Kaguya retcons this. It's bad.

[@lunyolieny4463]

@@925263humans before had chakra but they couldn’t use it because it was just life force energy so no your point is invalid

[@aloxgo2889]

I never going to forget when in the manga the face of pain was so mysterious and in the anime a scene in a flashback of orochimaru when itachi join to akatsuki they show the face of pain like it was a random character

[@HaZaire]

When I go to a filler list I just remember the number the canon ends and go to it again once I hit the number

[@AndroidUTJ4]

0:11 I was introduced to another female Asian character, over and over again.

[@Sg190th]

Not only the violence is better, but Sakura is shown to not be as "trash" as people want her to be.

[@ayhamahmad2277]

The studio loves hinata so much that they wanted her to end with Naruto hinata barely exists in the manga the only reason she ended with Naruto because she was popular character because of fillers they hate sakura for some

[@SillyRobot]

Honestly, I enjoyed watching the Utekata arc. I watched it with my family, and found it to be quite interesting and emotional.

[@lordpopo8306]

Manga with select anime episodes is the best experience, as the manga has really excellent paneling and clean art, with proper pacing and content better represented (not to mention anime obfuscates some canon with its filler). However, they’re are many episodes that greatly improve on the manga in its additions, direction, and production but also there are some that properly rearranges manga chapters so that immersion is not broken. The manga is pretty bad in how it has multiple events play out at once and keeps shifting POVs when something big is going on in one of the POVs. It breaks up Jiraiya vs Pain very poorly for example.

[@hackroots02]

The first season and Shippuden both combined 720 episodes, remove all the filler, probably about 370 total..... maybe.... so read the manga better option.

[@thealmightysting1115]

Or skip the filler lol

[@Evan_Schaefering]

@@thealmightysting1115 Tons of episodes are a mix of filler and canon content though so the pacing is still kinda bad even skipping the stuff that's entirely filler.

[@inkoctopui3787]

@@thealmightysting1115 not even that, the "canon" episodes have padding on them like extra unnecessary flashbacks along with horrid pacing, it's atrocious really. read the manga, it's great

[@Endlesslofi10]

Talk about BERSERK manga vs Anime ☠️💀

[@piadas804]

I am pretty sure that "anime cannon" means scenes or episodes that do not exist in the manga, but which change the story significantly. For example, the first animation adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist was manga cannon in the beginning, but became a complete different story in the end. That is anime cannon.

[@magnuskehr3625]

I'm gonna defend exactly one thing about the anime. In episode 130 or something when Sasuke leaves the village, after, like, 90 straight episodes of filler, the first episode of Shippuden hits you like a fucking truck. That shit was insane, like, woah my gahd. I probably have so much nostalgia for that episode, since at that point Sasuke had been gone for so long, and seeing him again, with the new and orchestral soundtrack, gave me goosebumps I couldn't possibly describe.

[@jpcsdutra]

Filler can be ok if it is written by someone that gets the show they are working on and its characters. Of course it can't move plot or conclude character arcs, but it can be neat to have more character interactions and chances for them to do their things. The boy that wanted to be Hoshikage in the Star Village one is serviceable. We get to see Naruto interact with another kid with his same name. Characters get to do more of what they do. There's a couple fights. And you know, it doesn't ad, but it doesn't subtract. It's another little mission for the ninjas to do and interact with themselves. The random episodes where there's a competition or an absurd mission or the entire thing is a gag or they have to walk back on everything by the end of the arc because it can't be canon is a terrible bold way to do filler. But you know what? Entire filler episodes or fillers have, with time, proven to be superior to be the superior form of filler, if you can even say that. Take One Piece for an example. It tried filler seasons twice, they not only didn't work, they also sucked at reading their own characters. So they stopped doing them, and instead focused on extending the credits, reaction shots, conversations, padding the entire run time with people repeating talk points, jokes, etc. The result is that One Piece is fine weekly or can be fine on a first time watch, but it is DREADFUL for streaming and rewatches. You have to skip 10 minutes of the episode everytime and then sit through 5 minutes of things that aren't the five minutes of things you actually want to watch. On the other hand, seasonal shonen has been looking better, yes, but every other week there's another show being exposed to working their animators to the bone in crunches and bad pay and shit like that, so it isn't exactly worth it. Also a lot of these shows suffer immensely from hype dying down.

[@holdenmuganda97]

I feel like in general “good” filler is added to shows when the manga rushes through things. But most of the long running Shonen don’t have good filler. They have filler that ruins tone and pacing. Good filler exists but it’s usually done wrong.

[@inesatt1313]

Sakura's character was well handled in the Manga and so is Sasuke's secret crush on Sakura and how their facial expressions coincide Sasuke and Sakura shared expressions sometimes

[@925263]

No, they fucking didn't lmfao. Sakura was trash in the manga, too.

[@inesatt1313]

@@925263 Take your hateful comment elsewhere You are misty eyed

[@sayafui]

@@925263go read again pls

[@LeraRiemann]

i know of a project that tries to recut Naruto anime to a version that's as close to the manga as possible - no fillers, no unneeded flashbacks, no anime-added scenes in manga-canonical interactions. the full thing tallies to 70 feature-length films 1.5 hours each, about 2.5 times shorter then the original anime. and it STILL has pacing issurs when characters stare at each other and do nothing for a minute. it STILL can stretch a panel into a good minute of show because if it was cut any further, the soundtrack would get all spliced. i think that's pretty indicative. honestly, at this point the only thing that can be done is to reshoot the anime entirely.

[@BKXIX]

I’d love to see a Naruto Kai with all the filler cut out, as uncensored as possible, and reanimated if possible just see how much shorter it is. This is one time I’d excuse bringing a franchise back just to milk extra money.

[@ferrer1811]

11:19 Bro, that swing has more screen time THAN TENTEN😂

[@stevengrant4117]

This is why I want a Naruto Kai

[@justinarzola4584]

The manga has great art .

[@GoharioFTW]

Naruto filler was built different. The filler episodes during the 4th ninja war arc was brutal; there would literally be half filler and half canon episodes.

[@TeddSkylight]

This is the anime vs manga ups and downs in a nutshell. Orochimaru walking to the bridge. Manga : 1 Panel. The Anime : **10 minutes.** Shikimaru trying to process his coping by trying to hide his emotions until he broke down and cries with mournful tears. The Manga : Non-existence.. The Anime : We glad it happened.

[@anotherwanderingwisp858]

I want to add my 2 cents about a similar situation... "Black Bullet" is one of my favourite anime but along the way I was interested in the source material which in this case is the light novels. I like reading so I was excited for that yet the only reason that had kept me from reading my stories is the fear that nowadays the television and such has made the viewer expect flashy events on the screen that blow away ( or off...) your mind. So I took a deep breath, and got myself a physical copy of the first light novel. I was shocked. The experience actually was far greater than the anime! And it was one of the anime that I liked the most!! ( well... granted, I think it was because of the story and the characters which honestly makes more sense why the characters felt more *alive* in the light novel) I should also emphasise that one of the coolest fights that were in the anime lasted few seconds while... in the light novel I spent an hour - two hours reading and it was the best fight I had ever perceived in any media; how is that possible?? Obviously they cut down the fight in the anime but I just can't fathom how something that I originally in motion viewed as cool became dozens of times cooler in... written format. And, I think this is more of a thing in the light novel "DanMachi" but in "Black Bullet" there are also some parts that have been adapted differently in the animated format: to the point it feels a different story entirely. For the light novel that I originally mentioned, the ending is superb: "Black Bullet" is my second all time favourite book and I read a lot... Cheers! And to anyone who comes by who is reading a book ( any book) pleasant reading! (:

[@robman102]

I'm a big Black Bullet fan. It's sucks the author dropped the story and never finished it.

[@anotherwanderingwisp858]

@@robman102 Are you telling me the story isn't finished after 10 volumes of light novels? xx

[@BLVINEOCKERMVN]

Youll watch the series one time, and see itachi slaughter the uchiha clan 200+ times.

[@Kairilification]

You can say whatever you want about 100 episodes filler in season 1. But i enjoyed it more than anything else. We have 100 episode without drama, just chilling and exploring the world, and this bought me completely

[@sightfield]

to be honest, one thing i like the most in Naruto is its archetypal themes. the archetypal themes become the very foundation of many lores in Naruto. People think there's no answer in some lores, but there is, you realize when you spot the archetypal themes in Naruto. "why orochimaru did what he did?", "why there's uzumaki in hidden rain village?", "why is it called land of whirlpool?", "why uzumaki has red hair?", "why eye powers become one of the most broken mechanics in this story?", "why Hashi Senju got wood style and why wood style is so busted?"... and many more actually.... unlike other manga, Kishimoto approach is like Miyazaki from Fromsoftware games. It feels like how Dark Souls or Elden Ring were written. It remains hidden, it doesn't become a tool to hype all audiences, instead it remains secret so that only few people figure it out. Kishimoto doesn't use them to be foreshadows or whatnot. it's simply there, we just need to understand it. Like there's some food, Kishimoto only feed you some of it, the rest, you need to feed yourselves

[@magikazam8430]

I said the stand still and talk thing is just how back then anime would adapt from the manga. In the manga it easy to just put a big part of a dialogue in a single pannel, but that translate poorly in anime, hence why the standing off staring at each other and talking (Or those moment when they dash in to attack and it take 50 year while they talk). Seasonal anime don,t have that problem since they acctualy got time to fill up those moment with some animation.

[@karthiknarayanan3705]

Actually for some reason I don't find the fights in the seasonal animes that emotionally impactful at all. Its like 5 to 6 minutes of God tier fluid animation but then thats it. Tobi vs Minato was such a short fight and there were staredowns and dialogues involved but the tension was maintained and the fight just sucks you in for some reason. And when some of the longer fights in Naruto finally ends it feels so fulfilling like we have gone on a journey with the characters ourselves.

[@netero7747]

You know my big problem with filler is in my opinion that it almost always involves naruto and I know he is the main character of the show but if the filler actually focused on what the other teams are up to like team guy or team kurenai I think other people would be a lot more accepting of filler even if said episodes are a bit goofy or again don't advance the plot plus I would like to see the other teams actually fight more and show their growth using their strength or just their character.

[@loler49er]

I actually voted for the game being the best version, cuz after reading/watching the series a couple times I just wanna go to the game and do all the cool shit only😂

[@Hellamoody]

The best example of the "motionless starting at each other" thing is Shippuden Naruto vs orochimaru on the bridge 😂 I promise they had an entire episode of the staring contest and just aura building up

[@RYUZAKILL117]

Every time I watch a video like this, I thrive for a seasonal remake for the Naruto anime, not only bc I’m tired of not being able to recommend it to friends (and them actually watching it), but also bc I’d love to watch it this way myself

[@krauub]

bro the pain fight is anime is actually very good

[@Justanidea5976]

I wouldn't say Konohamaru was a useless character. He's supposed to show that there are people in the village that do like Naruto genuinely and that kids can look up to him. But that's about it. Anyways, as an anime only, thanks for the good video.

[@durilp4601]

What is worst is that Naruto for all these years have been saying he will become hokage and when he was supposed to become one they ruined it by Himawari giving him a KO and he wasnt even there. They made him miss what he was dreaming about his whole life.

[@lelecoleco_bangu6924]

most manga are actually better than their anime.

[@wyshsndnsms8096]

👎

[@lelecoleco_bangu6924]

@@wyshsndnsms8096 nice argument. if you prefer a lot of random flashy effects and mid quality drawings instead of travelling throughout the pages, EXPERIENCING the panels, the expressions, the details, the montage... then just take it and leave, but then don't post a random less-than-a-second frame of an anime that was bad drawn and calls the entire animation trash for it, because that's the price you pay when you want movement over detail quality

[@wyshsndnsms8096]

@@lelecoleco_bangu6924 tldr

[@lelecoleco_bangu6924]

@@wyshsndnsms8096 youre funny. in fact: An 85-year-old Euclid man's home has become the target of mysterious egging attacks that began in March 2014 and haven't stopped. The continuous onslaught of eggs has baffled police, neighbors and local government officials who have tried and failed to identify the source of the attacks that have ruined the man's home and kept his family on edge. "The accuracy is phenomenal," Albert Clemens, Sr. said. "Because almost every time when it's nice weather and they launch five or six of these at a time, they almost invariably hit the front door." Clemens green two-story house sits on the corner of Wilmore Avenue and East 210th Street. He and his wife bought the home as newlyweds about 60 years ago. Though his wife has since passed away, Clemens still lives there with his 49-year-old daughter and 51-year-old son. The house has been pelted with eggs several times a week -- sometimes more than once a day -- for the past year. The attacks always happen after dark and last around 10 minutes each. The family has been awoken as late as 2 a.m. by what sounds like the crack of a gunshot against the aluminum siding or front door. Clemens and police believe the eggs are being launched from a block or two away. The siding on the front of Clemens' home is destroyed, splattered with dried egg residue that stripped off the paint. Other than a few rogue eggs that hit nearby homes, no other neighbors have been targeted. "Somebody is deeply, deeply angry at somebody in that household for some reason," Euclid Lt. Mitch Houser said. Winter offered a short respite for the family, as the egging became less frequent during the cold weather. But both Clemens and police anticipate the attacks picking back up as the snow and ice thaw. An unsolved mystery Euclid police have not taken the investigation lightly. They've spent a year doing undercover stakeouts, canvassing the neighborhood and even sending eggshells for testing. The department's entire community policing unit was dedicated to tracking down the eggers at one point. Officers respond quickly to every egging call at the home -- which is less than a mile from the police station. Both Clemens and detectives are at a dead end when it comes to suspects. Clemens had suspicions about a young man across the street who confronted him a couple years ago and asked him to stop calling police about suspicious activity in the neighborhood. Clemens said that he had started calling police more often as he noticed more crime -- mostly suspected drug activity. Another neighbor Clemens suspected was ruled out when officers saw him standing outside as an attack occurred in the presence of police. Investigators have taken several different approaches to nabbing the eggers, including installing a surveillance camera on the house. Detectives even collected some eggshell samples and tested them in a crime lab. The eggs were traced back to a local Amish farm, but the trail ended there. Clemens says the culprits either have access to a large supply of eggs or are stealing them from businesses that throw them out when they go bad. Detectives have followed this thread, visiting local restaurants and businesses asking about missing eggs. They've also tried collecting fingerprints from eggshells, but Houser said that's an impossible task. When an egg breaks, it releases proteins that destroy DNA. Officers have gone door to door questioning neighbors and handing out fliers. Nobody has come forward with any tips. "The person or people who are doing it have remained very tight-lipped apparently," Houser said. "I would imagine it would be hard to keep a secret of something that had been done hundreds of times and for nobody to step forward to talk about it." The guilty parties don't appear to be intimidated by police interest in the case. An officer last year was taking a report when a barrage of eggs was launched at the house. One hit him in the foot. Houser said he's never seen this level of vandalism in his 20 years of police work. It's frustrated the whole department, which has dedicated hundreds of hours toward solving the egging mystery. "The man hours put into that investigation were huge and one of the reasons it's so frustrating that we don't have somebody right now that we can criminally charge," Houser said. The culprits will face charges of felony vandalism and criminal damaging, Houser said. Additional charges could be tacked on if investigators find evidence that the attacks are a hate crime. The search continues Clemens is waiting until the perpetrators are caught before he repairs the tarnished siding. His insurance company is refusing to settle a claim until the guilty party is found. He said he used to clean up after each attack, but it became so frequent that he couldn't keep up. Police initially offered a $500 reward for information, but bumped it up to $1,000 after nobody came forward. That money is still up for grabs. "We're not going to let it go," Houser said. "We'll continue to put effort into it until we figure something out." Despite all the torment, Clemens said he'd never consider moving from his beloved home. "I like the neighborhood," Clemens said. "I like the city of Euclid. I would live and die in this house -- but it's been kind of a nightmare."

[@inkoctopui3787]

not Hunter x Hunter or yu yu hakusho tbh

[@anonymanonymus4706]

Back in the day I thought fillers had an impact on the story at least in someway. I am one of the miserable few who watched Naruto righting an ostrich...

[@nonexistent944]

If Naruto didn't have all the fillers and flashbacks, the whole show would be done in like 200 episodes max.

[@KaoticReach1999]

Hey but in a filler Naruto finally gets his first kiss from a woman that isn't Sasuke, so the point about filler, invalid!!!

[@vocalsam3608]

I can't argue with you. As someone who read Blue Lock manga, I can definitely say that the manga has better hypes than the anime Edit: I meant some Mangas, not only Blue lock

[@lilsavage3512]

4 tail naruto vs orochimaru was horrible in anime, took an entire ep standing still

[@grandicellichannel]

Hella right hands down... in a manga, like in a good book, YOU ANIMATE THE THINGS SHOWN AND TOLD. The Power of Paper is IMMENSE! The fillers does not exists, or at least, you create them by yourself with the things you imagine letting your mind run free. It's GREAT to see what you have just withnessed page after page, but the very sensation cannot be replicated. That's the same principle why "The stories told in books when put on a screen are cheap". Because what is not there is YOURS IMAGINATION. YOUR VOICES. YOUR COLORS. YOUR SCENES! I will take aside the fact that someone is still lazy even to read a manga and comics in general but that's another sad story...

[@Xax992]

You can find something called Naruto Kai. All fillers were cut there (sadly 101 was cut too) including those mixed filler/canon stuff. And it's also ordered in way that manga did, so Kakashi kid arc is in the right spot.

[@Kamsae]

I think the only point that i disagree with is where you said "anime adaptions tend to stay faithful to the manga". The definitely try to, but often they are not. But this is just a nitpick, I honestly think you probably realize this, but you were just trying not to anger anime lovers too much. overall good video.

[@deliriumthewaifu7030]

Naruto Filler arc fans be like: But the filler is expanding the world building!!! Dude, it's not One Piece where filler pretty decent, expands the world AND is canon.

[@meritumkratosx]

I discorvered fillers through the Storm videogames, I wondered why there was certain characters in the game and why they story wasn't covered in the story mode and after some research ta-da I discovered the existence of fillers

[@souls-of-mist]

Counterpoint: Dosu team. Idk why Bandai never gave a shit about them :/

[@meritumkratosx]

@lucero4136 Yeah, actually, in Storm 1, there's not even Zabuza Haku arc at all

[@sluttyhoe1972]

​@@meritumkratosxright! They should've added them! They were like the first arc and that's BS that they were lazy to put it in there.

[@andycampbell8622]

The hand drawn stuff is so charming. If you haven’t, I recommend anyone read the pre-time skip Naruto. So much character ❤ It’s also the reason why the filler wasn’t good. There wasn’t enough character to work with 😅

[@fahimmaf2469]

The same can be said to bleach, in the manga Bleach is so impactful in every fight but in anime it looks like the fights are not intense enough.

[@mertholomy8414]

Manga is just better 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@benfrancois7856]

That isn't a swastika on neji it's not a crux gammaata,gammadion cross or the sonnernrad it's called wan infinity in China and in Japan it's called the Hepburn manji

[@Jesus-q1u]

It's a a swastika buddy

[@Nik-xh8gt]

The same think with Bleach