Years and years ago a magazine called Shounen Jump came out in America. A lot of kids went wild over so many manga in one place, it was like a dream of sorts. Many interesting manga were in Shounen Jump like Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragon Ball Z which was put on air in America so there was some familiar faces and hopefully more to add to the memories. One manga that caught my eye was a little manga by the name of Naruto.

At first Naruto seemed like a very interesting manga. I mean what more could you want? It's got Ninjas! But as the story progressed I realized that not even ninjas could save a dieing storyline.

In the beginning Naruto had some promise of an interesting story. An ambitious ninja who wanted nothing more then to be the head of the village. It would be no easy walk in the park so he would have to train hard and learn lots of new moves to be on top of the game.

As the story progressed I noticed that the protagonist had really only learned a few basic moves after long periods of training. I also noticed that there were far more interesting characters who deserved spotlight. Rock Lee: A determined young martial artist who trained day in and out trying to keep up with a natural born genius of the Hyuuga clan who fought against what potently are magicians with his bare hands. How cool is that! Nara Shikamaru: A overall pure genius that is to lazy to give a damn that he is a genius. Aburame Shino: A mysterious young man who uses bugs to fight.

Just like in the manga and I quote "Your not the kind of person that could be the main character in a manga Naruto". They should have stuck with that in the rough draft of the story.

In my eyes story of Naruto tries to tell us to stay determined and if we work hard enough we can achieve anything. I do believe that is a good message, but all I have learned from the character Naruto is that if I tap into my dark side I won't have to do any real work.

The manga itself was good up until the naruto shippuden where things just started to get worse.

Not that I care for looks but the artwork did get somewhat less detailed later on in the story. To some this is a critical aspect of the manga.

The storyline from there only started to got sillier as the manga revolved around Naruto and Naruto alone.

I would like to say more but I want to make this a quick little review with as little spoilers as possible. Long story short: Naruto needs a new main character and more spotlight on the support characters.

overall rating
7/10