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Anonymous
I think naruto is a fine show, but it suffers from Assumed Stupid Fan Syndrome. It's in a lot of animes, and perhaps it's because of the translating difficulties between the Japanese and English languages.
For example, when someone dodges an attack, even though everyone knows it was never going to hit in the first place (either due to the attacker's lack of skill or the defender's abundance), there is bound to be one character whos exclaims an astonished "He dodged!" or "He missed!". The odd thing is both that character and the audience in general saw the errant strike, so it makes little sense to have to declare it.
While it is common in Naruto, it is also prevailant in many other animes, particularly Inuyasha, DBZ, and One Piece (whether a coincidence or not, these are also animes with high critisms for writing and general story flow problems).
One other thing i noticed about Naruto and other animes is it's reliance on Deus Ex Machina battle resolutions. No matter what foe they face, the heroe(s) will find some power they had no idea about, or a power that they shouldn't know about, that will either win the battle or rout the enemy to retreat. In the lack of a hidden, unknown power, a previously unknown or unexpected (by rational logic) character will often arrive to either save the heroes or defeat the enemy.
While that is a fine dramtic technique common in almost all forms or media and art, overuse of it can make obstacles almost meaningless.
But I should make it clear I find Naruto, DBZ and other animes of it's kind to be good shows. Great shows? Sometimes. Greatest shows? No.
And i guess that's just my 2 cents.
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