Naruto Wasting Its Characters Almost Ruined The Series

[@cj-ew6xg]

A lot people Think That a wasted Character means a bad Character Rock Lee was wasted and he Still was Really well Written

[@amari648]

I still have rock lee as one of my favorite Naruto characters even tho he peaked at Part 1. I even rewatched his fight with Garaa and Kimmimaro before finishing shippuden because of how cool he is and his flashbacks. He should have had a fight against Sasori since Sakura was able to kill him with Lady Chio and he’s better at taijutsu than her. He definitely has some of the best filler episodes in all of Naruto so at least he has that.

[@michaelfr6290]

@@amari648 My thoughts. Rock Lee is my fav character but I do think he should have been utilized more in shippuden. Especially in the war.

[@amari648]

⁠@@michaelfr6290Agreed. He probably still is my favorite Character in the entirety of Naruto even tho Deidara, Shikimaru, Sasuke, Itachi, Jiriya(RIP), Kimmimaro, Choji and shippuden Ino, Sasuke, Might Guy, Kakashi and Naruto are some of my favorite characters. He should have fought some of the Akatsuki with might Guy or another character.

[@ChaosGodEnerjak]

I think the problems lies with the term “wasted character” itself. Waste is not just literal garbage but refers to some unused or used in inefficient way, likely to the effect of a net loss. When that is attached to a character, it pretty much means that they are of that status as well. I think people should probably say things like “an underutilized character” or “a character with that had more potential” rather than use a term that most commonly, explicitly refers to bad characters.

[@ARandomWhoGames]

My hot take for this list: Anko should've been #1. The fact that she is the only character in the Leaf village that has curse mark and never interacted with Sasuke is a huge missed opportunity. Imagine that speech that Kakashi gives him before he leaves the village, but done by Anko who is someone who knows from 1st hand experience what Orochimaru and the curse mark can do to a person.

[@IIIISai]

Her dissapearance was unexplained, she questioned sasuke using curse mark in the exams and dissapeared after that, she shoulda been there to protect sasuke from kabuto not kakashi, she shoulda made the seal not kakashi, she shoulda been on the water tower with kakashi not jiraya, when kakashi gave his ignorant speech that was a perfect moment for anko to get emotional and give sasuke proper empathy but she wasnt there, she shoulda been running to the final valley but she wasnt there, she shoulda been on the sasuke retreival to kill orochimaru and save sasuke but she wasnt there, she just dissappears, wasted design personality and lore, better if they killed her off with a slow posion after orochima her trying to help sasuke in the exams, she also knows oros plan to kill hiruzen and keeps quiet, wasted in war arc as a plot device, her getting fat in boruto was fine it symbolized how she wasted away, a genuis design if u look at it that way, kishimoto doesnt give 90% characters good conclusions

[@LibraKai]

@@IIIISai I mostly disagree. Kakashi as his direct teacher makes sense being there for all those reasons, as well as Jiraiya being at the hospital being Naruto's mentor. That said, you definitely have a point in at least being there to assist in fending off Kabuto, sealing the Curse Mark (although it would call into question why she didn't seal her own), and notably Kakashi's speech. But that doesn't necessarily mean "replace Kakashi/Jiraiya in every one" since outside of those three scenarios, Anko has less reason for interaction with Sasuke than just a fellow victim of Orochimaru's experiments. I also don't see how Kakashi's speech is considered "ignorant" by any means.

[@indrainspace2601]

"have sakura fight sasuke" So have her die in like less than half a second? Sasuke ran through the five Kage gauntlet and just killed Danzo and he wants her to fight HIM? Yeah ok so he just wants to see Sakura get packed up.

[@liamroma3677]

Honestly, if we're logically speaking and she was portrayed properly, sakura would've been able to give a weakened sasuke a fight. I honestly think she would've.

[@narutohinataashgaara]

Having sasuke fight Sakura could of been very impactful instead of stabing Karin through during the Danzo fight he could of done it to Sakura instead showing how far gone he is

[@goldenlockx]

I think the main point for a lot of these arguements is that they want the charcter to be written/made strong enough to be able to hold a candle. Like obviously Choji would do nothing to Hidan or Kakuzu, but if they are there, then they should be written to be able to do literally anything, but be bystander. Just don't even have them there if they do nothing.

[@thenewyorkhip-hopspot5485]

Kurani not getting the spin back for Asuma was always dumb

[@kala1401]

For some of these characters you can’t say that had wasted potential if they never had any potential to begin with. Case in point Kiba.

[@5001Fergies]

it is actually nuts that this dude’s metric for a wasted character is not being as strong as naruto and sasuke. Boy am i glad he didnt write naruto 😂

[@TrayJD]

Dygno just needs to admit that he wants to rewrite the whole story I'm not sure if I seen anyone else complain about naruto more than him yet

[@B3anFl1ckr]

Hes consistently got the worst takes and most of the time just misinterprets the story entirely

[@whateverwhatever4476]

Dude can't even do a rewrite right?

[@PurH662]

I’m more interested in the Naruto facts he’s posted + he has a playlist of if he rewrote Naruto

[@dragonballandnarutofan]

12:05 bro is the reason the entirety of shippuden happened the way it did

[@stormslasher9471]

Majoirty of these characters are background characters that already servced their purpose or characters that he didn't like how they were written I wouldnt say they were wasted. The only characters I agree are neji lee and maybe anko

[@cyberlain5767]

Around the 14:00 part, the dude says that it is convenient when it is really not. Throughout the story of Shippuden it has been stated countless of times that the Uzumaki clan are really good in sealing justu and Orochimaru, a man know for doing extensive research, was looking around the ruins of the Uzumaki clan's former home doing research on those sealing techniques (I'm pretty sure the reaper death seal is a jutsu developed by the Uzumaki) so I have no idea about that critique.

[@neonhavok]

damn i hate these people that make videos but dont understand the characters or story, great job breaking this shit down and pointing out the shit that dont make sense

[@maxeason7048]

What’s crazy is that konoha 12 isn’t even an official name that kishimoto gave them it’s a fan made name every went with. And choji moment against the ghetto statue was better in the storm 3 game imo

[@11_valyghost2]

Idk why people are so fixed on them lmao they act like they are like the strawhats narratively or some shit they are just naruto classmates 😭people will say naruto doesnt use its side cast and then list like 9 backgrounds characters out of 500+ other side characters

[@maxeason7048]

@@11_valyghost2 yup and act like shippuden didn’t introduce so many good side characters people care about like killer bee, the toads, even all the kage’s. The konoha 12 had nothing new narratively to add

[@tipjrjr326]

Anko coulda have been cool as a sibling student to Kabuto, like if they had more of a connection as an example of someone who strayed from Orouchimaru & one who stayed.which i know doesnt change her much, but it does give her bit more presedence & character that couldve gone a long way inbtge war ark

[@phantom-X2086]

Yeah, I kind of hate that her connection with Orochimaru went almost nowhere.

[@indrainspace2601]

Konohamaru catching a path of pain body over Sakura would be some absolutely comical slander 😂

[@raidenpainn1561]

The thing is... Konoha Mary didn't kill that pain body much less even probably damage it because the same pain body came back (separated from the others) with 0 visible injuries.

[@Graymanlegend]

I swear "wasted potential" is just a code word for why didn’t this character get more fights for shonen watchers. Ino isn’t a fighter and Kiba was hot garbage back in part 1 so i don’t know why someone would expect them to square up against the Akatsuki or anyone higher than that. If you want all these side characters and literal one use cast members to get limelight then Naruto would be cancelled for readers losing interest because they’re aren’t gonna sit through half a year of chapters of the Kiba arc.

[@Your_Father_LA]

Not necessarily but for most yes. For some wasted potential is a guy like L from Death Note. He was young, smart and could possibly have solved more cases dealing with the death note to stop further deaths. A lot of characters have motivations that could've drove the story further which would most likely lead to a fight because it's anime.

[@lesserglobe6436]

The Overwatch bit earned my like🤣🤣

[@PieMan8522]

This is why I like some Naruto filler, a lot of people get some fun filler arcs like Anko and Kurenai

[@glasses_black]

Not dygoknight takes 😢

[@ThePanda200]

I watched his Naruto rewrite made it to part 4 or 5 and didn't like it he wrote out Konohamaru and said “he doesn't add anything to the story” when that's literally Narutos first kind of friend he thinks of him as a brother and student like some of his ideas are fine just some things were wack

[@Powertoninetynine]

Fun fact she's only fun fact. Soccer's only a character because kishmar needs a felt space on the teams.

[@espurrseyes42]

The Anbu guys were cool in Clash on Ninja. Especially the Wolverine Guy.

[@tylersworld1227]

W STREAM FINNA READ DBS AFTER DIS ‼️

[@lordbrisk8446]

Facts

[@TSO_Sage]

WE SURE DID

[@coreyosbourne1072]

"Kiba trynna keep up with naruto and them" Lowkey smooth overkill

[@attackonyugioh92]

Choji was THE BRO back on the ps2 that uzumaki chronicles was fire

[@FangLeng-lh4gn]

Rock lee got his conclusion when he accepted Surgery which was out of his hand and requires Luck which he don't liked and thought he can do anything if he just put effort. He accepted that Luck is part of life too Ofc Luck isn't only thing, you have to do Hard work as well as Tsunade had to put those works to increase that chance from 50% to 68%

[@Powertoninetynine]

I'm not gonna say I don't like this guy.I really don't like this guy you're watching

[@Pharr-Shot]

Yeah, I wish we could've seen more of Anko, as all your points are correct, & besides being the main proctor of The Forest of Death during the Chunin Exams, her only big/relative part was being used to revive Orochimaru, but due to that, she doesn't have her curse mark anymore & can't use any of the curse mark abilities & jutsus (not like we ever got to see any from her anyways). Then, they decide to do her SO DAMN DIRTY & made her totally irrelevant in Boruto...😭😭 Why must they do our snake gal like that!!??

[@theinktician]

? Just the proctor? Ibiki was the head of totture and interrogation😂 with all the rogue ninja in the series we couldnt get a proper interrogation? Nah HAYATE was just a proctor😂

[@GolDJewelz]

I would say sakura and sasukes relationship is absolutely wasted. sasuke shows nothing but hate for her the entire show but he marries her. sakura should’ve ended up with lee tbh.

[@jamesb.3869]

He doesn’t mention the last: Naruto the movie where Sakura almost kills herself saving Naruto because he was reckless. She also helped Naruto realize his Romantic feelings for hinata. Also what about the light novels that were adapted into anime cannon after the main story in. Both things I mentioned are canon to Naruto shippudden. Even the side characters received a lot development. It just tells me he didn’t watch the series in its totality.

[@nunogabriel646]

also we all know sakuras punch on kaguya was just kishimoto wanting to give her some light even tho it would make no sense at all. She has 3 eyes, can see 360 degrees and tf not but yeah a random girl punched her. Not to say that if you take that out, plus the number of people she healed off-screen during the war and all the help she got from chyo against sasori she has like 1 or 2 moments

[@SavantPete]

I love Orochimaru as character and villain. He feared death and put his greed and desires over his morals. After seeing Kabuto try to accomplish his dream and fail, he realizes his desire for immortality and conquering death was pointless and should strive to live his life. I just don't like how he has no remorse for his past and can just walk around the village as he pleases. He is literally being cosplayed by children, children younger than he has k!lled.

[@Pharr-Shot]

As far as Sakura attemping to destroy the Rinnegan that Obito had, Madara popped up at LIGHT SPEED & SNATCH THE RINNEGAN AT THAT SAME LEVEL OF SPEED!! It was literally "in a split second" kinda' thing, at least no longer than 1 mere second total. I understand the anime didn't show that all that well, much less even go over how he was able to do that, but in the manga, that's a different story. I really don't get why most don't understand that??

[@2kami2]

Aye this the same dude who said Itachi not getting EMS was a plot hole

[@lanelesic]

Orochimaru is such a character that its kinda fitting he would slither away after the stakes got higher and his power level was proven to him to be not as relevant as the real deal end game bosses.

[@JakeTylenol]

8:35 his rebuttal would be:”So make the story so they are near each other”

[@TSO_Sage]

hinata being next to naruto so much of the scenes would be just is for vibes 😂 gaara rescue ❌ sasuke retrieval p2 ❌ pain ✅(and omg she was) kage summit ✅ (you can but i see why not) war arc ✅ (again she was)

[@JakeTylenol]

@@TSO_Sage if you ask me? I think you could’ve had her help Naruto overcome his inner demons with Karama. Have her assigned to the mission to make sure Naruto is like isolated away from the war when he was training with Killer Bee but maybe come clean in the end, something like that. Idk, that’s the only place I would’ve put her that she wasn’t already

[@m141cage2]

Yo it’s crazy how ppl want everyone to sine in a story in real life everyone doesn’t shine

[@liamroma3677]

She's a medic ninja. It makes sense that she would be hesitant to just kill her former friend. SHE'S SUPPOSED TO PROTECT LIFE. She's honestly portrayed realistically.

[@Errorcode586]

Orichimaru is wasted potential because we never got to see a satisfying conclusion to his time as a villain after he fought Naruto he proceeds to do nothing but get absorbed by sasuke one shot by itachi and then randomly comes back as a good guy personally I wanted a better end for basically the main villain until obito

[@thedevilsleutice]

Kiba and Lee are the Yamcha and Tien of Naruto.

[@Powertoninetynine]

It would have been hilarious if she just died on a wave mission

[@nunogabriel646]

i think orochimaru was a wasted character but not because of the reasons he said. He knew every jutsu, he did research about everyone and everything yet we know nothing about him, abut what he knows

[@UnrealGemini]

Sage is gives manga writers a lot of good faith. We all agree that Naruto doesn’t write female characters well. Majority of people who watch Naruto hates Sakura for multiple reasons and she ends up being with guy that treated her horribly. Which is a bad message for the viewer or reader which makes her a wasted character. Hinatai should’ve had more screen time to develop her relationship with Naruto or her as character. There’s female viewers of the show that hate her because they think Naruto should’ve ended up with Sakura. Because Sakura had so much screen time and treated Naruto like shit and they thought that she would realize that Naruto is better for her than Sasuke.

[@kingdamazo7266]

Bro just wants everyone to have more fights He doesn't understand what character development is in the slightest

[@thepandasamurai228]

I still think these charachters were wasted

[@liamroma3677]

Yugao attacking baki would've caused problems between the two villages wouldn't it?? They were allies at that point in shippuden.

[@coreyosbourne1072]

Yo it just hit me Choji is in like every major battle

[@Powertoninetynine]

Sasuke Wood fold Sakura Like sunday laundry

[@Powertoninetynine]

Bro is the sky high

[@miah5561]

Not if I'm above it

[@endoftheline8061]

DygoKnight... I wanna like the guy but he makes it so hard. I was interested in his rewrite but in the arc that he added (not a bad decision to add something to Part 1, mind you), he ended it with Naruto literally fucking beheading someone. I just cannot take him seriously.

[@11_valyghost2]

So edgy

[@Pharr-Shot]

Why you gotta' skip Ibiki like that?? I mean, yeah, he is just the procter at first & all, but he was also head of the Interrogation for all of Konoha, & even went head to head with one of the Pains (I believe it was the Animal Path?). I thought his abilities were dope, I do wish we could've seen more & TRULY see how he does interrogation. He's obviously a hard dude, all the scars across his face & head, he ain't someone you wanna' mess with whatsoever!! Not saying he had any real impact on the story, but it just would've been cool to see more of him & learn more about him, like for example he could've been shown in the War Arc, trying to help fight against all the Edo Tensei'ed shinobi.🥷 I think that that would've been really cool to see.

[@devaughnfranklin6683]

Sage: it’s just anime Lebron: it’s just basketball Cowboys haters(when we lose): it’s just a game

[@ChampionAzure]

I knew that list was trolling when he put Yugao on the list, who is in one panel in the manga. Dygoknight has a very skewed view of what Naruto should be and it clouds his takes so bad.

[@IIIISai]

Rock lee neji and kiba were origimally meant to die at part 1 but editors were crybabies about it, so kishimoto did nothing to them in shippuden

[@weirdboymarc7753]

14:00 why i don't watch many of his vids his takes contrived. oro staying dead was something i didn't see happening especially if you actually understand the power system and character granted i watched a bit older

[@Lokoclutch98]

No shot we at spot 5, and theres not ome of the 6 jinchuriki we dont know about. There were the main goal ofnthe akatsuki and we learned NOTHING ABOUT THEM! But we got a 17 episode filler arc about fucking sora, who literally doesn't matter. All ofbthoae episodes coulda went to the jinchuriki and tailed beast but noooooo, we have to learn about sora's story.

[@manmythandlord2371]

I think they should’ve only developed Hinatas relationship with Naruto better. It kind felt really forced. They should’ve made him remember her confession during the pain arc and think over it until they meet again in the war. Just my thoughts

[@gabrielsalahi3656]

Yea…this guy has CONSISTENTLY always been the most controversial Naruto KZbinr because it just feels like he never read the series

[@zoraxseven6522]

I don’t know if I missed it but HOW TF IS TEN TEN NOT ON THIS LIST

[@MrTreymeister]

Doesn’t Orochimaru already has a target on his back by the akatsuki

[@Your7T7]

Why not just have Sakura actually be as strong as Naruto and Sasuke No I do not care that she is a healer Naruto is also a fucking healer and she was never even SUPPOSED to be a healer in the first place she was foreshadowed to be a Genjutsu Specialist She is on team 7. if Naruto, Sasuke, AND Kakashi can all be relatively close to one another in their final forms, Sakura sure as shit should be too. I do not care that she "got stronger" if her "getting stronger" does not lead to any contribution other than a SINGULAR PUNCH that almost ANY character could have done instead. Naruto was an invaluable, irreplaceable asset. Sasuke was too. Kakashi was too. But no, not Sakura, unless you consider running up on Madara and getting instantly stabbed as worthwhile as sealing Kaguya

[@rizzardthewizard]

I agree that Hinata isnt well developed. You point out the few moments of growth she has over the span of hundreds of episodes, which is the problem in itself. She essentially becomes a whole new character off screen, we don't see what led to that change so the growth feels unearned

[@FriendlyDarkwraith]

Another common Dygo L, you love to hate to see it.

[@tododuralde]

I’ve been watching anime for years but I’ve never seen any of Naruto, One Piece, or Dragon Ball…I feel like that might get me crucified

[@cj-ew6xg]

It's never late To Start

[@tododuralde]

@@cj-ew6xgI wouldn’t know where to start. I have a base understanding of Dragon Ball Z since I’ve seen all of the abridged version

[@cj-ew6xg]

@@tododuralde I Definitely Say To Watch Db First Then Naruto I Think They are Easy To watch since they are not as long as one piece Lmao But it's Your choice

[@kena892]

@@cj-ew6xgnaruto is 720 episodes dragon ball is 600 episodes in total it really doesn’t matter how long it is when it has more than 300 episodes 😂 HxH is an exemple of easy to watch cause it’s not that long

[@dertanlee6510]

I think he is right about hinata and you say they werent near each other but are you telling me naruto wasnt in the same village with hinata after pain fight

[@bovineintervention6001]

Sakura is actually the complete opposite of a wasted character. She didnt deserve a lot of the moments that could have belonged to much stronger characters, ESPECIALLY the final punch she got on kaguya (she got the final punch on the final boss and she was wasted???) When she is in no way strong enough to deserve that shot. Kakashi deserved that. Even Rock Lee deserved that more than her. They didnt waste her, they reused her when there was nothing left to reuse and SHOULD have been wasted

[@FangLeng-lh4gn]

Kakashi did and Sakura would slam Lee all day

[@abeselomalene8817]

Hot take: orochimaru is the final/real villain of boruto

[@mistahrnscuttah4120]

See dude u tripping. What he saying is dont write kiba(yamcha) as a joke. His character didnt start that terrible they just took it there instead of giving development

[@whitelane.]

Naruto losing his sh!t in the land of waves arc

[@lanelesic]

Kiba is totally not fitting this list. He is the stereotypical early bloom early peak type, like those lads that peak in high school and then just kinda get left behind in the dust in life. Great piece for story telling as is, because you compare the true main characters upgrades and improvements against him even during the end of part one and during the beginning of shippuden. After some time he just falls of a cliff, or better yet others surpass him so hard he is not even that measuring stick anymore. Powerlevel at mid chunnin exam Naruto is like 1.1 Kiba, at the Sasuke retrieval arc, 1.2 KIba, but even at the bridge fight against Orochimaru its like 100 KIbas LOL

[@liamroma3677]

Honestly sounds like the inuzuka clan on a whole.

[@zay9628]

sage its the anime it changed sasuke in the manga he blushes at sakura all the time in part 1 the anime changed him to be more edgy

[@YuhaYurm144]

Sakura did not beat Sasior Chiyo beat Sasior Chiyo got the final blow on him and Dygo Knight naruto takes are garbage and another take they could of made Shino the Seven Tails host bro the seven tails matches Shino so well

[@hwaryun7042]

All sage said was buts thats the story. Im a dygo hater but like really. Ino and Choji did nothing in the whole akatsuki surrpession mission. Why were they even in the arc in the first place? They could have been deleted from the arc and nothing changes. Sage isnt just trying to entertain a world where they did something in the story even when they did show up.

[@TubeTv2389]

This list is an example of why I stopped watching bro. He just makes videos for clicks so he has so many bad takes. It does make for an easy reaction video though lol

[@Kanyes-alt]

This is funny af

[@darkenedpp]

I have to disagree with Hinata. Out of two moments you gave, we had 700+ episodes and chapters where we could've built up to it. Hell, they made a whole movie just to justify why Naruto and Hinata were married. 😂 There's a reason why that cringey ass memes of Naruto and Sasuke being the best relationship is there. There wasn't that many moments between them for her to be the wife of the MC. I don't think she was entirely wasted, but I don't feel all that satisfied with it personally.

[@darkenedpp]

IG you could say I am more disappointed than wasted but still, my point stands.

[@JeremiahCatoe2002]

Total drama reaction ?

[@scizorbullet8185]

That hinata part was awful lol

[@Hxhnrsxvr]

Bro all these videos you be watching none of these youtubers even understand naruto smh

[@Powertoninetynine]

Oh and this guy's rewrite is garbage hot garbage

[@solidbriggs1]

Truthfully I don't think the Sakura part was wrong. Like the 3 scenes of contention weren't to Sakura's benefit as a character but as a detriment to her character. It's very easy to be reductive and say things like "You want Sakura to fight Pein?" YES! And why is that a bad thing, considering she's a "Main Character" or a "Lead Side Character"? She's on the main team, why is Konohamaru beating a Path but she's boxing Summons and crying out for Naruto? The scene where Sakura attempts to deceive Naruto by confessing her "Love for Naruto" is universally panned. No one likes that scene and it does nothing for Sakura. The other scene where Sakura attempts to take on Sasuke herself only serving as a damsel for Kakashi and Naruto to save in the same exchange. She's as STRONG as Tsunade and becomes way stronger than her and we don't see that in the series, and she does absolutely nothing here but serve as a detriment for the guys to save! THAT is wasted potential and it's sad. I think a great video that elaborates on this idea and for other characters on the list would be Sage's Rain's video on the Fem cast of Naruto and their other videos. I highly suggest maybe a watch of it might help your understanding of this criticism and they make comprehensive videos about other themes and characters in Naruto (and other anime). kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX-lYWidmbyFoassi=Ul7eoMEomGjaxcQu

[@liamroma3677]

Facts, the war arc and the gaara rescue did the most for her character. Though I do think she did a lot outside the fights. Because you have to remember her role first and foremost is a medical specialist.

[@11_valyghost2]

You are a npc lmao. You even suggested that video lmaoo

[@Waluigiisbest99]

why do you keep watching this pretentious boruto hater.

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

W😮😮😮😮

[@IIIISai]

Dygos list is accurate and orochimaru was shagged in shippuden

[@eujoblackblade473]

My nigga put Sakura on this list... My nigga... PUT SAKURA ON THE LIST?!?! SHE CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN SASUKE IN THE KAGUYA FIGHT!! WHAT THE HELL DOES HE MEAN? Combat wise? Top 3 in Konoha at the end of Shippuden. Character wise? She has one of the most developed characters in Shippuden. In fact, she develops MORE in Shippuden than in Part 1.

[@lordbrisk8446]

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