"The ninja president who does all the paperwork because he's the best fighter" Yeah, that always bugged me.

I guess Naruto got a small loan of a million chakra.

Never ask: - A woman her age - A man his salary - Naruto why his parents' names are blue on Wikipedia

Naruto is every 'self-made' millionaire that started with a "small loan of 1 million dollars".

Might guy and rock lee are the embodiment of a free to play player in a pay to win world

What's crazy is despite being rivals, we never see lee and neji fight

My favourite part of the series was when Sai, who worked under Danzo his entire life and knew nothing about human relationships, wanted to observe Naruto and Sasuke in order to understand what true friendship is. So he basically thinks friendship is the toxic love relationship that Naruto and Sasuke have.

Guy is the only true "self-made billionaire" in the series.

*”I started in Konoha, my father gave me a small loan of the second most powerful tailed demon sealed inside of me”*

Remember how Naruto won a quiz by failing to answer a single question?

Also a thing that really bothers me is how Naruto wanted to change the whole ninja system, how people are treated and ridiculed just beacuse they were born a certain way and were affected by factors outside of their control. But what does he do when he becomes hokage?? Absolutely nothing, he doesnt change anything and even becomes a shitty father. Honestly this manga had such great potential but its ruined by random bs and bad writing it just makes everything frustrating

One more point that doesn't make sense: All the later power-ups aside, the people who run the village probably would have known about Naruto's heritage and the potential of leeching off of Kyubi's chakra, so they should have given him the hokage-training-treatment from the get-go. Instead, they let him waste away as a ramen-slurping loser? What a waste of resources!

“I don’t know much about Naruto” *knows everything that the rinnegan can do*

Then you realized Neji was right all along about destiny and fate. Naruto being the reincarnation of Asura. Kishimoto had Neji killed off because he knew too much

i cant believe we watched literal ninja jesus say "just work harder bro" and thought it was deep

Neji was absolutely 100% correct and Kishimoto killed him for it.

the last half of shippuden just came down to who had the coolest eyes

Naruto: “There’s no such thing as fate!” Also Naruto: *the child of prophecy*

Naruto is the living embodiment of “pull yourself up by the bootstraps. We get the same 24 hours, you just ain’t doing enough” from a legacy Harvard Chad who’s dad rowed crew.

Naruto defenders will say that he worked hard for his powers, but the point remains that the powers he worked hard for are nothing compared to the powers he simply inherited

Boruto : Hey dad, now that you're the Hokage and saved the world like 5 times, why haven't you stopped slavery in the Hyuga family ? Naruto : I believe in it

"His father, Might Dai." No. His father DID die. *Seinfeld Theme Plays*

"do you think anyone can become hokage by simply working hard enough?" I never really realized that

My favorite thing is Kiba literally knocked him out for like 5 minutes in the chunin exams but because he’s the main character the ref didn’t react and let him get back up lol

Rock Lee was a monster in Naruto, but in Shippuden all he did was just standing

"Rock Lee is the only character that actually exhibits the lesson the series is trying to teach." That's insanely accurate lmao

I love how you perfectly describe all my problems i have with naruto and how it is poorly written Yet somehow others think it's the best piece of fiction

Rock Lee being the MC of the show would have been insane. Only his fight against Gaara got as much hype as Naruto vs Sasuke. And that’s exactly because of how genuine, hard-working and determined Rock Lee is. Naruto should have been a SC like the rest of the jinchurki. Notice how people aren’t really interested in the other jinchuriki except Naruto simply because they are pretty much vessels for a supernatural creature. Naruto is better than them simply because he’s the MC😂 Rock Lee as the MC, having everything against him and managing to reach a lvl of power similar or even stronger than 8 gates Guy, going against all these super gifted villains, would have been perfection😭

Yeah, but Naruto had to sit on a swing with sad face.

The Thunder village breaking their treaty by trying to kidnap a girl, then getting caught and trying to double down is the equivalent of a thief breaking into your home, slipping on an ice cube in your kitchen, and suing you for damages.

Imagine killing off Neji just to get Naruto and Hinata together just to create the existence of 'Boruto' 🤢

Rock Lee is more of an inspiration than Naruto will ever be.

I always hated how they can literally walk up walls, but whenever there’s a time that it’s applicable, they completely forget about it

That Gaara mention. “He’s so gifted all he has to do is stand still” 😂

I think the real moral of naruto is just "be careful who you call ugly in high school in case he grows up to be the god president"

Small note: Kakashi is also related to a previous hokage, he was the student of Naruto's dad together with Obito and a dead girl. He is also the son of one of the greatest ninja's of the village aside from the hokages.

First thing he says: "I don't know much about Naruto" proceeds to explain entire plot wut?

Beginning: punching and stabbing each other with kunais End: punching and smashing each other with their family trees

The problem with Naruto is that it proposes a hypothesis and then continues to prove that hypothesis wrong as the show progresses, but still seems to be under the illusion that it’s proving it right. Yes, hard work was necessary for Naruto to get where he did after a point, but he also couldn’t have done it without a hell of a lot of luck, prime genetics, and political connections he did not solely earn but gained by virtue of his parentage. It’s like when a millionaire’s child calls themself self-made when they only got where they were because they started with their parents’ money and connections. Yes, he did do far more with those things than others might have in his position, and he did suffer plenty in his childhood, but that does not mean his hypothesis and the hypothesis of the entire series was proven wrong through him. It reeks of nepo baby trying to justify how they earned their position by saying they had to work hard for it. Just because you worked hard, doesn’t mean you started on an even playing field with everyone else. You had privileges and advantages others could only dream of and you would not have made it to where you are without them unless you got incredibly, miraculously lucky. That’s the story of Natuto and it’s telling that he doesn’t realize this himself, but Sasuke and Neji have since day one. Naruto didn’t prove Neji wrong in their chunin exam fight, he proved himself wrong and made Neji’s point for him, all while believing he did the opposite. Big face-palm moment right there.

The major problem with writing like this is that the creators misunderstand the difference between ambition and motivation. Naturo is extremely ambitious. He puts so much energy into impressing other people. But he lacks any motivation to actually do anything.

No wonder everyone hates Naruto, he hogged the only swing in the village smh

''He apparently got so exhausted from beating Naruto's ass this whole time that getting hit in the chin once was enough to win the match.'' Lmao

"Naruto works hard" goes away 3 years on training with jiraya: slightly bigger rasengan...

This was the narutofandom's 9/11

"Someone with basic common sense would be *very* dangerous in this universe." And that's why Fanfiction exists.

Wow, Neji’s father literally died in the dumbest way possible

Naruto is full of plot-holes that condemned the show to me. Like, everyone during his childhood avoids him for being like the murderer monster itself but when he grows up no obe realizes he always had this power? God damn Kishimoto

Lmao I've always felt this way about naruto Like bruhh they try to make it sound like having the nine tails inside of him is a bad thing And then it bails him out of everything and it's ridiculous

"I don't know much about Naruto" *Proceeds to explain Naruto and it's lessons in great detail*

The Rinnegan is like when your friend said that his superpower was that he had ALL the superpowers

Naruto emphasizes the other person's values ​​and plans by saying, 'That is wrong, and I will try to break the chain of hatred,' but he himself does not mention at all where and how the plan is wrong or how to create true peace. He just keep repeating empty cries of "You're wrong! I'm right, trust me!" and when that doesn't work, instead of a logical rebuttal, he just appeals to emotions like "You wanted to become Hokage too."

It is like a story where you get to the top leaderboard in a MMORPG claiming to be a free to play player... while being the son of the developer.

Isn't it sad that Lee is actually more hardworking yet he is literally just a comedy relief?

Ninjas are supposed to be silent, stealthy and sneaky. *Naruto wearing a bright orange jumpsuit like an asshat:* BELIEVE IT!

2:30 You know that Kishimoto is running out of ideas or just being lazy when a lot of characters in the series feels more like a Naruto rather than giving them a whole new different personality.

I come back to this video every once in a while to see the sheer copium in the comments.

To be fair, he earned Jiraiyas attention by using prostitution. So that part was earned by...hard work?

naruto against neji : fate is stupid lol naruto in the last arc : you're the child of prophecy naruto , it was your fate to be here

Get the brand new 2024 Uzumaki Jincherokee. Four wheel drive, turbo Chakra injection engine, and a ten year powertrain warranty.

just realizing naruto's story could've been completed if he just becomes like Jiraiya, traveling the world learning more about the people and himself and possibly being a writer instead of being a hokage

I feel the need to throw Orochimaru into the ring of Hard Work. While he was born very intelligent, all of his crazy powers were created by his hard work, none of that bullshit madness was just handed to him. He used the power of SCIENCE! magic to improve himself rather than simply being born a freaky snake man.

Rock lee did a better job of being naruto than naruto

Kabuto is the best example of hard work challenging birthgifts.

What's funny is the fact that, as you said, one of the main messages of Naruto was to prove that through hard work, one can achieve anything, but half of the cast of Naruto didn't get the chance to achieve anything even despite having the drive and putting in the work because Kishimoto sidelined half of the cast, so they couldn't have ever gotten the chance to do anything they dreamed of as a result. Hell, there was even a whole filler episode (I can't remember which episode or the name of it, so don't ask lmao) that really showcased how what's supposed to be the point of Naruto isn't actually true and that hard work won't really get you anywhere if you aren't naturally talented or talented enough to where you'd at least be average. Hypocrisy at its finest lmao

"His political connections give him the best training money can buy." Holy shit.

The virgin Sasuke vs the chad Rock Lee

As a fan of the series, what I'm pissed most about is that you're 100% right

I dislike how Naruto is willing to brush Konoha's wrongdoings under the rug

It's funny how Rock Lee was miles above anybody at that tournament. Nobody there stood a chance against him, every other fight after that looked like a kindergarten play.

Everyone to sasuke: revenge is NOT the answer Everyone to shikamaru when asuma died: i support u😍

This was pretty cathartic to watch, embodies all the issues I have with the show. Also I must say one thing, Gaara might be the best written character that wasn't thrown into trash for the sake of the main duo. He was psychotic, lost a fight that forced him to listen, he took the advice and worked his ass off to overcome the mental torment and became someone good without being destined for it.

“A magic dead mother shield”💀💀

The biggest joke thats not a joke is that rock lee should have been the main character

"His father, Might Dai" No, his father DID die.

the two characters that embody the themes of naruto are sakura and lee, neither of which come from a special bloodline, both having to work for everything they have

naruto is like, the biggest missed potential of all time. It is and was such a juggernaught for it's iconography and helped kick start anime in the west. But man, a story about ninjas and their tactics and fighting upwards as an underdog really flew out the window early on. The whole point of real life ninjas was to fight back as an under dog, they had something good going for a while there. A shame it had to die as a second rate machismo magical girl show with extra fighting. Really, naruto was primed for 2 other core ideals instead of hard work trumping natural talent. Never giving up, and fighting with your demons. I use to think that narutos whiskers on hisface, and his instant mastery with shadow clones was a subtle hint that he was not fully human. The fox was literally a part of him, and made up part of his personality and power set. It's initially why he could use the sexy jutsu so effortlessly, because historically the nine tailed fox would take on the shape of a beautiful woman to lead people astray to their doom. The fox didn't need naruto, but naruto needed the fox because it was a part of his soul. If it were removed, we would no longer have naruto. No shadow clones, no sexy jutsu, and his personality would essentially be gone. Just a husk. But the damn fox is evil. Before they strong armed the whole madara bullshit in, it attacked the village cuz it was a bastard that wanted to murder. Sealing it away in a helpless naked baby was a last resort, and they had to raise the devil child cuz if it dies then the demon comes back. Everyone hates naruto for what he is but they tolerate him because they have to so they can not be murdered by a giant evil fox. My pet theory was that in a world of secrecy, misdirection, poison, or off the wall berserk figheters, naruto was a balance of technique and raw power, his clones literally being a technique manifestation of his mastery over ninja magic and his willingness to do something 100 times as many times as the next guy. Him experiencing what his clones do should have been a key point of the narrative from day one I don't know where the hell this Dragon ball hard work message became the point of the series when it's extremely not true. Hell, Lee was both the proof that hard work pays off, and a caution about recklessly working hard. His extreme attitude nearly got him killed against gara because while his extreme efforts went a long ways, he was not prepared for every scenario, meaning you can't just throw the best punch and win. Naruto had the technique, tools, and ability to think on the fly to make up for what the rock lee brute force and training couldn't. But then it turned into happy kingdom hearts magical slap fight "it was all a part of the plan" now face my high numbered whooshy whooshy magic powers oh my persona will fix everything without a care in the world. At least the merch and branding was cool. The world feel is really the selling point of naruto

So jiraiya, kakashi, and hiruzen all had a great relationship with Minato, but completley ignores his orphan son, it also baffles me how hiruzen says that he'll take care of naruto but all he did was put a roof over his head. Like at least put him in a orphan system or some shit. And jyria was so close to minato, he could've raised his son (who was named after a character in one of jyria's books) but no instead he was to busy "researching".

Never forget Naruto And Sasuke got New arms after a pointless fight between each other while Guy was left on a wheelchair after his fight with Madara

People saying the theme is to overcome the cycle of hatred, but the only character that represents that is *Haku* despite being the antagonist of the show..

Also one thing that is worth to mention when it comes to the whole Hard Work vs. Talent debate is this, hard work beats talent until talent works hard.

I mean last 270 episodes of shippuden are just flexing cool eyeballs Edit: wow thanks for 1,8k likes never got that much before :)

*Naruto:* You define your destiny, your destiny does not define you. *Naruto Shippuden:* Destiny defines everything!

actually no, because being the incarnation of asura or indra meant they would fight forever as they are destined to, but Naruto broke the cycle. look everyone seem to be missing out the point that you cant ignore the genetic gifts you got, its the choices that makes you unique not the power system.

Even when I was a teenager I could figure out that Naruto was explicitly targeted at rich kids with no special skills at all. The ninja training is an analogy of a military academy, minus of course the boring uniforms and the stupidity. There's of course Naruto, who's a terrible student, who gets assigned to a team with Sakura and Sasuke, both smarter than him. As the show progresses, what happens? Sakura, even though initially gifted, takes on a passive role, and Sasuke turns out evil, while Naruto gets bailed out by his hidden power in every fight no matter how stupid he is, and in the end everything works out and he becomes Hokage anyway. The message is clear as water. As long as you were born in an influencial family, you will eventually reach power if you wait long enough. Don't worry, you can do stupid things and all will be fine, the smart kids at school will only take a secondary role or cause trouble. Although I respect Kishimoto-sensei for his dedication and ability, it's so obvious that what he did was create a story to justify the power of privileged and lazy bureaucrats. The only surprise is that you need to make a video to call it out lol.

I will never understand why Naruto never focused on taijutsu. He can make hundreds of himself. If he was even slightly good at hand to hand combat, no one would stand a chance against him.

Naruto: “I hate you” *5 seconds later* Naruto: _talk no jutsu_ “Friend”

bruh I never thought of the water as kurama's piss, but I cannot forget it

I would like to add that Naruto's society pretends that men are women are (at least somewhat) equal. Yet, we almost never see a female character amount to anything. The function of the few female characters is simply to be tokens that hold the enemy until the products-of-divine-eugenics-and-magical-eye-science male leads arrive. Even Tsunade who is one of the more decent female characters is completely overshadowed by Jiraya and Orochimaru. Even Conan is a little more than a henchman to Nagato. I wouldn't have had problem if the author wanted to explore a pre-modern society where not everyone is equal. However, that is simply not the case in Naruto where everyone is happily working together. Once again, the story pretends that it has a message of equality and "hard work and ambition always triumph" while always demonstrating the contrary. Chiyo is prolly the only exception I can think off (the final boss doesn't really count). That's prolly because she isn't a cute anime girl designed for r34 purposes and an actual character.

"I don't know much about naruto" *goes through every major arc of the series*

Did I really just watch all 42 minutes of Naruto getting roasted? Yes I did, lol.

The amount of Naruto fanboys being butthurt over this video in this comments section is hilarious to watch.

Reminder that to this day Naruto does not have an answer to Pain's question of how exactly he was going to create peace

Naruto at the beginning: Hard work beats talent, nothing is pre-destined. Naruto at the end: Everything was pre-destined, Naruto is a demi-god and the reincarnation of the creator of the ninja world.

Man that Naruto reincarnation storyline just hurt. 15 years of build and it turned out it all means shit.

Some people argue that the theme is to break the cycle of hatred. This only becomes really relevant, or rather, really thematic within the last quarter of the entire show. Most of it, and definitely the majority of the early stuff, is about the underdog child rising up against the odds of people who are supposedly more privileged. And for all it matters, the fact that Naruto fans arguing in favour of the theme being to overcome the cycle of hate do so in such a condescending and spiteful manner, further spewing anger, is disgusting and an immense shame. Nothing leaned from the show people claim to be such huge fans of.

My favorite part is when u shit on Naruto for getting his ideology destroyed by neji

"Naruto and Assmunch over here" 14 minutes in and that's how you introduce Sasuke

I really hoped for a ending where Sasuke and Naruto change the shinobi system but instead we get an overworked hokage and little to no change at all.

"Naruto is a Naruto" is a phrase I utter more than I expected

I love how the three legendary ninjas (who are to my knowledge legendary in name only) are just called the "sannin" which literally means "three people." Might as well call them the "big three."