PT 1 Naruto is peak Shonen
Chimera Ant Arc is the best arc in Shonen.
FMA is my favorite shone from start to finish
I enjoyed Naruto up until when Itachi dies and possibly even before that but thats when things started to go down hill - and this is Manga specific so pre-timeskip I'd say a complete masterpiece. a few things i found wrong at the start was Gaara being named Kazekage after being hated by every single person in the Sand Village he was crown within 3 years he was what no older than 18 surely given we had someone like Granny Chiyo there were other candidates worthy of the title. Introduction of not only Sai but Yamamoto were absolutely wasteful the allowed an Anbu Root into a more prominent named team and Yama was used as canon fodder to create the military for Obito and his War which was not actually his idea it was Madara's whos idea it wasn't actually either it was Black Zetsu's which was not even his idea it was actual Kaguya's. Kakashi essentially disappeared from being Naruto's protector and Sensei. The Pain invasion arc was utter trash at the end he solo'd the entire village just to be swayed by a 5 min conversation resurrecting every single person who we thought had died gicving the manga a wow factor. Itachi as much as i love his plan was god awful and sasukes was infinetly worse even after the revelation, he went from allowing Orochi to be his mentor to grow stronger only to be manipulated again as Obitos puppet. Tobii was an absolute badass until he became Obito and then was also just utter trash. The only true core of Villian that i felt was from The Sound Four, Madara, Akatsuki members like Kisame, Hidan, Deidara and Kakuzu.
Orochi and Kabuto have both been pardon of all crimes. Naruto is just utter trash when it shifts into the 2/3 of the timeskip.
Chimera Ant Arc is highly overrated - dont get me wrong i absolutely love HxH but Mereum is one of the worst Main Villians i've ever seen. Pitou was a badass along with so much that came out of it but I enjoyed the York New and Greed Island Arc better while CAA introduces a lot of cool characters it drags on and on and doesnt really go anywhere with the story overall. Felt as if it was poorly executed I'm not a fan of Adult Gon that was an asspull and a half but enjoyed the consequences of his actions. I have Chrollo and Hisoka as a better anti than Mereum. The storyline started and ended with that Arc where as York New cemented the true MC and Villian - Kurapika and Spiders. The Ants are all virtually forgot about as soon as the final battle wraps. Was a waste tbh
FMA is one of my all time favorites nothing bad to say. Masterpiece.
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Pain should've been the final villain, with a short Sasuke vs Naruto arc to wrap the story up
Pein was dope until he wasn't I would've been content with Tobi or Itachi being the final & i mean Tobi not Obito - if he was revealed to be the true Madara i would've also been content with that.
