Alternative names:
I Will Always Love Sasuke
Dattebayo
Naruto Kun/Sasuke Kun
Ninjaball Z
Born/Built Different
Ninja Michael Jackson's Wacky Escapades And Snake Fetish
NaruTed Talk
I Have A Dream
Will of Fire
Ninja Soap Opera
Keeping Up With The Uchihas
Tenten Who?
Fresh Kage Of Konoha
The Power Of Love
U Madara Bro
Kishis Misogyny Adventure
Started from the bottom
Work hard but be born special
The stagnation of Rock Lee
The Great NaruSaku NaruHina War
The Permaban of Jiraiya
Sexy No Jutsu Beat A God
Maito Gigaichad
Maito Gai The Greatest/GOAT
Ninja Wars: Revenge of the Uchiha
Seriously though, I like Will of Fire. I liked that in Naruto as well as the themes of the cycle of hatred and and thus pain, violence/wars, fear, distrust, revenge/vengeance.
Naruto did have some great themes and characters and some good world building.
I respect what Kishi was trying to express in it. Ignoring the typical Shonen problems, there is definitely a great story surprisingly in Naruto mixed in here and there at least.
Naruto is also a great name for the series imo due to the awesome songs it inspired, which where influenced by such a headstrong, defiant, chaotic but also iconic, weird, crazy, badass etc character.
Pre TS I really found Naruto himself endearing and a great underdog. He was great until the Sasuke focus, 4th ninja war and such too in Shippuden.
I loved that he had such a rough , lonely and difficult start and he stole a scroll of forbidden Jutsus and learned one, which ended up becoming so badass, creative and iconic for him. Also his relationships with Iruka and the ramen seller.
Maybe Bunshin should have been the name of the series? Lmao. Kurama/Kyuubi? Demon Fox? Jinchuuruki? Idk.