That’s a modern Shonen thing. The big three were all quite slow. Remember the Chunin exams alone was over 80 chapters. And the soul society invasion arcs was also over 100 chapters.
Not really, Naruto was really fast paced. The chunin exams was a bit long but that’s because it includes the initial exams, the prelim tournament, small training arc, the tournament and then konoha crush

it’s not like one piece that a saga is just 2 or 3 big arcs
 
Not really, Naruto was really fast paced. The chunin exams was a bit long but that’s because it includes the initial exams, the prelim tournament, small training arc, the tournament and then konoha crush

it’s not like one piece that a saga is just 2 or 3 big arcs
That’s why I’m comparing it to the old One Piece when a saga was made up of 5 arcs and would only span just north of 100 chapters.

The slow down became evident in Water 7 tho then just… kept getting worse.
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CP9 Saga is also like 60 chapters irrc
I wish… Water 7 alone was 53 chapters. That’s where oda slowed the narrative unfortunately
 
That’s why I’m comparing it to the old One Piece when a saga was made up of 5 arcs and would only span just north of 100 chapters.

The slow down became evident in Water 7 tho then just… kept getting worse.
I mean, even then One Piece was still considerably slower than Naruto

10 chapters into Naruto and you’re already fighting a top jonin, 30 chapters you’re into the big tournament arc, 100 chapters later and you’re seeing the top ninja of the world

There’s a reason why one piece fans often have to tell people to “wait till x before you quit” Naruto never had this since the pacing was relatively quick

Part 2 thought the pacing is horrendously slow. The shift is so drastic that had people complaining at the time
 
I mean, even then One Piece was still considerably slower than Naruto

10 chapters into Naruto and you’re already fighting a top jonin, 30 chapters you’re into the big tournament arc, 100 chapters later and you’re seeing the top ninja of the world

There’s a reason why one piece fans often have to tell people to “wait till x before you quit” Naruto never had this since the pacing was relatively quick

Part 2 thought the pacing is horrendously slow. The shift is so drastic that had people complaining at the time
Yeah the fourth ninja war being an entire quarter of the manga is so bad.
 
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