Trying to give as much of a bias free response as i can. Everyone already knows that i vastly prefer Naruto.
Toss up really. Depends what you're into. One piece especially early on is very kids friendly. Strawhats finding each other and going to sea to chase their dreams while running into several adventures. Naruto is darker and the real plot shapes up much quicker with the intro of the Akatsuki very early on. Shippuden is straight to the point, Akatsuki vs Everyone while OP never lost the adventurous part.
Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sakura > Strawhats, straight up. Much more likeable imo. The crew felt alive pre ts but post ts majority can't even be described as main characters any longer. Even Zoro was sidelined.
OP not a debate. Main reason why OP is so loved is because of all the groups Oda created outside of the main cast. Most of us stick around because we wanna see our favs do shit and not due to the plot being so thrilling. Admirals, Yonkou, Shichibukai etc. are amazing. The Konoha 11 was great in part 1 but absolutely trash in Shippuden.
Personal preference. Naruto for me. Part 1 Orochimaru/Evil Itachi were just the Goats. Tobi was one of the best/most intriguing villains in anime history to me. It went downhill when we found out who he really was.
Any OG Naruto fan remembers the Tobi is Adult Sasuke from the future theory?
God i loved that. People made up such amazing plot behind it. Kishi missed out.
Don't need to talk about Madara. Dude's Goated.
Aww tough. OP overall. More unique and versatile. We range from absolute goofball to edgelord with goofy character traits.
I prefer Chakra tbh. Definitely not good by all means but not as bad as Haki is.
Ohh another tough one. OP has amazing story arcs early on. Baratie, Arlong Park etc while Naruto has Sasuke's who in quality are better than all of OP's imo but i give the w to OP here.
Yeah, Oda gets that W.
Naruto for all three. I just preferred it personally
OP. You can't fake OP. Oda created one of the most unique pieces of fiction ever.
We all know the answer.
This can be toss up. Kishi picked out a couple favs and gave them a ton of characterization while Oda focuses on a lot more characters that get low-moderate build up in their character. I feel like OP is full off unnecessary characters. Could write off 50% of the cast and nobody would give a fuck.
Naruto by far. OP has been a great ride pre ts. All the arc formula were new, intriguing and exciting. Everything after that is copy and paste + trying to change some minor details so it isn't obvious. Nearly every Naruto arc is completely different, Kishi surely wasn't as lazy as Oda in that regard.
As a kid i wanted great battles and a few amazingly written individuals of the main cast i get emotionally attached too which is exactly what Naruto was for me. Hell i still tear up watching the scene where Konoha does a standing ovation for Naruto after beating Neji. I'm just much more invested in him and Sasuke than any MC of OP. Seriously i don't give a shit about any crew member.
I can see why anyone would go to each side but I'm definitely backing Naruto.
