Naruto is one of those series that's adapts really well into an animated format and appeals to kids which is why it became the series that captivated a generation. I think I might like this series more if it didn't get so much praise and didn't have such an undeserving massively mainstream popularity.

Story:
I give it a 6 because let's be real, it's not the worst but it sure as hell is not the best. The series is very repetitive and there is very little change, there is big bad villain and he comes along and wrecks shit and Naruto changes him with friendship, rinse and repeat and increase the scale a little bit for each arc. I might have given the story a 7-8 but god damn the last arc was so bad it just blew me away so I had to drop it down. Naruto has the problem any long Manga has, lack of direction. The series just kept going on and on and on and there just wasn't a central plot, no big bad guy to kill untill the end where they basically played whack-a-mole with big bad OP villains, kill one and another pops up. Orochimaru could have been the perfect villain but god damn they had to turn him into some useless character at the end and have a completely new character be the final boss, just lame. Also the last chapter practically gave me cancer with all the fail ships, sorry stalker love isn't romantic to me and characters who don't even know each other in the main series being married with children at the end... What a joke. 6/10 and that's being generous.

Art:
The art is solid, pretty consistent throughout the series, it's not amazing art by any means and I thought the generous usage of black at the end was pretty annoying but the rest was solid 8/10.

Character:
All the interesting character get killed off and the main character is basically worthless post time skip. 4/10

Enjoyment:
I give it a 3 because I loved this series and it turned to shit so I basically went from like 9 to -6 which evens out to a 3.

Overall:
It gets a 6. Basically the series stole a template from HxH for the majority of the first half and the more it tried to deva-ate from the path it just got worse and worse. The original was good but it peaked at the chunin exams. I think that a 6 is honestly being generous for this big of a train wreck and I think less of anybody who gave it an 8 or higher.