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i find it really interesting how you saw the Sasuke hospital scene, beacuse as i see it - that's Sasuke actin up- he is about to make a decision he is probably terrified of, and he acts in an exaggarated manner to both convince himself that's the right choice and to provoke and get a reaction, especially from Naruto. he is less emo, and more of a rebellious, frustrated kid. frustrated mostly in himself and his shortcomings.

We all know the real reason Shikamaru didn't let Sakura come on the Sasuke retrieval mission is because he just wanted to bond with the bros. 😂 3:21:21

I was 12 in 2007. I grew up every year WITH Naruto. My bestfriend died when we were 13. I wish I could of told him Itachi was a good guy after all. For these reasons it will always be my #1

I had a completely different understanding of Naruto's chalk eraser in the door trick on Kakashi; I always thought that Kakashi knew it was there and let it hit him, lowering Team 7's guard as they now have a low opinion of their new teacher. This culminates in the bell test where we as the reader, along with Team 7, see Kakashi's true level of ability. So cool to see different interpretations of the same text!

I didn’t realize it at the time, but Naruto taught me a lot about mental health. It changed the way I viewed people. Everyone has their own pain that they carry and battle with every day. We all may be different and our circumstances unique, but we are all warriors inside. Despite how young Naruto and his friends were, I saw myself reflected through them. They were only twelve years old and they were dealing with stuff much bigger than themselves. I was twelve when I got into the show and I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety. I could relate to Naruto’s loneliness and Sakura’s struggle being the wallflower and feeling worthwhile. (Totally underutilized her!) All of the characters grew on me in their own way. And every single one of them had issues far beyond a typical person, regardless of if they were an adult or a child. And it was normal! Baggage was normal! But they didn’t let pain crush them, instead they deeply reflected on their past and what led them to where they are. Unique to most depictions of mental illness, pain and mistakes defined the good parts of them, not the bad. Emotions, no matter how raw and painful, were a road map that helped shape them. Emotions only fueled their inner fire. The more raw and authentic, the better! The fights in Naruto are some of the most unique, action packed, and dramatic. Every single fight is about out-smarting your opponent! Using your wits! For a story about underdogs, it fits perfectly with the show’s themes. It doesn’t matter how weak you are, or how much the odds are stacked against you. It doesn’t matter what the superpowers of the opponents are or how strong they are. It all depends on how you use your limited resources to your advantage. And the stakes always feel so high because this isn’t a show about tournaments and winning for the honor of winning. No, this is life and death. This is survival. These kids are thrown into a world they aren’t fully prepared for by the adults and have to learn very adults things in a short amount of time. And the threat of death continues to feel so real because there are so many ways to die in the ninja world. Getting stabbed, getting crushed, getting poisoned, getting skewered, getting exploded, getting ripped apart, getting eaten alive by bugs, getting your face ripped off. Drowning, beheaded, suffocated, or going insane. Just to name a few. All of these things can happen and the kids know it. There are even worse things than death in their world. And Naruto does an amazing job of striking that balance of an adult ninja world these kids have to navigate, but the kids still act like kids. They are still dorky and silly and competitive at times. And as kids, they have their social groups and explore the dynamics of their relationships with each other. For example, they have silly and serious rivalries with each other, as well as friendships and people they are romantically interested in. But when it comes down to a fight, these kids know the world is stacked against them. Which I think is how every kid feels when they’re growing up. We’re all thrown into situations that we aren’t prepared for because we’ve never faced situations like it before. We’re experiencing them for the first time and the stakes feel like life and death. These kids are navigating an adult world with the only tools they have. Their wits.

The most frustrating part of Sakura for me is that she has a every man story arc in her that is completely wasted

My vision of original Naruto is very skewed because it was sooo annoying waiting weeks to months for new episodes on adult swim as a child. I thank you so much for this video because reignited the passion I have for this series and giving me the realization of how touching tsunade and Naruto's arc is especially. Yours videos are incredible and you deserve all the success I know you will receive.

Wake up honey, the AxelBeats Naruto analysis is here.

Fun fact: the first airing of Naruto in the US (Toonami) was 18 years ago today.

Please make part 2 Axel, I always enjoy your anime review and opinions.

Naruto finally getting the respect it deserves

Dude! The symbolism of Konohamaru’s name now is so much deeper than I thought! Naruto practicing being a hokage to “Konoha-maru”, genius!

2:08:50 "The fastest way to a girl's heart, the chidori" IM DYING

The fact you only have 73k subs is insane. You put more love and passion into your videos than people with hundreds of thousands or millions of subscribers do. I’m waiting for the day you blow up man!🔥🔥

This is awesome the length of this vid is crazy. THE EFFORT!!!!

I was a huge fan of Naruto for the longest, I have obitos ring symbol tattooed on my finger and my son is named Tobi. For a while I had fallen of from Naruto being caught up in modern animes and this video has hit me and reminded me how much Naruto meant to me coming up. No show or manga has hit me as hard as Naruto did for a long time. Recently it was jojolion, something that taps that understanding of loneliness and failing to make those connections, iruka and narutos relationship makes me cry like a little girl, the building of Naruto and Hinata relationship does the same. And this show holds so many memories for me, I truly hope you make a second part to this. Naruto Shippuden has so much in it that kills me and I would love to hear another perspective on it. Thank you so much for the video though

Given how the story was written in its entirety, instead of audience’s understanding at the time of the writing, I do think it makes more sense for Kakashi to have sealed Sasuke’s cursemark. Kakashi was the strongest of the Jonin and had been trained by Minato, who was incredibly absolutely proficient at fuuinjutsu from his time with Kushina. It makes sense to me that Kakashi would have used his sharingan to copy/train in fuuinjutsu in the case that Kushina ever lost control in a post-Minato scenario. Just my 2 cents but I woulda loved to see Anko incorporated into Sasuke’s narrative as well 😭

It is interesting how the different instructions take down Negi. The proctor just jumps in front to stop Neji from progressing which is what a referee would do getting between fighters to break them up. Kurenai goes for the striking blow preventing him from hitting since Hinata is her student wants to stop it. Might Guy sort of does a stranglehold so if Neji does move probably going to be taken down probably showing off his strength and being the more brutal option probably because Might Guy is a wholesome guy that having his student do this would take it more personally. Kakashi just puts his hand on Neji arm seemingly being casual about it but we all know it wouldn't take much effort to snap Neji's hand almost as if going for the, try it and you will live to regret it.

This is the best Naruto review I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait for Part 2!!!

This is one of the best long form Naruto videos I've seen.

I didn't expect myself to watch this whole video, but thank you for creating it! It reminds me about what I loved about this show, growing up alongside it as well. I look forward to part 2!! Keep up the good work :)

Glad to see someone make a video like this. Looking forward to part 2

So far I’ve watched a little bit of this video and it’s been great the way that you go into detail about these things that other videos don’t usually talk about makes this video feel so unique and gives better perspective on the story. I’ll definitely try to watch more of it later.

I love this content so much. These deep dives just make me love the series so much more 🥹 keep going Axel 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I can not wait until pt 2!!! You're absolutely incredible, and so underrated. Can't wait to watch you pop off & gain all the subs you deserve :))

Thank you for another great video. I feel nostalgic. I don't know how you do it. So much patience and details 🤯💛

I absolutely loved your One Piece video and excited to see more of these long term analysis. I love these. Keep it up

I appreciate how much energy has gone into this vid

Hate being early to two part video essays cuz now I gotta wait to see the second part 😭😭😭 this is really well made btw ty for making this!

As someone who loved Naruto so much and watched the entirety of the filler, this video was so lovely and made my day ❤ thank you! Im really looking forward to the Shippuden video ❤❤

Before even finishing props to you for this vid man. Just looking at the runtime you put a lot of effort into this.

Iruka remjnds me constantly (especially recently wjen i rewatched this chapter in the anime) of why I became a teacher, to champion my students. To inspire and protect those kids. I also love how you're the first person ive seen to point out the connecting with people being the theme of Naruto. It really is.

My man, I am SO here for this. Found you with your amazing one piece video, and your hard work is extremely appreciated!

Awesome video, can't wait for part 2 !

Your deep dives are THE 👏 BEST 👏❤

I love this video, what a God and an inspiration you are, Mr. Axel! Excited to see what you do next... 😲👍

*These are magnificently put together..!*

oh thank god. i just finished your one piece retro last night and wished for a naruto one to help understand what the hell is going in the anime i've been watching with my husband for 13 years.

haven't been this hype for a piece of yt content that dropped in a while

Thank you for making video analysis video for Inuyasha, One Piece, Demon Slayer and Part 1 of Naruto.

Great video man!!!! Keep it up 👍

Complaining that every town or city within the Land of Fire looks like the Leaf is akin to complaining that every town or city in the Roman Empire looks like Rome. Like yeah, no shit, it was all built by the same culture.

Thank you for all your hard work love the videos ❤

Man I couldn't stop crying while watching this video forgot how emotional naruto could get me really need to read the manga and this video was great sad to see it didn't do to well view wise even though it's a great video the countless tears I shed while watching it could attest to that

Keep up the awesome work and videos Axel love the video

Always love a vid I have to comment on before i can finish

Needed this video! Only watched the intro so far but this motivated me to continue the Naruto series on my channel you’re the man! Excited to watch the rest

Love the effort so much, these videoes are content far beyond the reach of your average creator. I´ve always taken a stand as a passive watcher but you sir desserve more. I will be becoming a pateron, your hard efforts must be appriciated😊

Thank you for this work 🎉

This is awesome! I hope there’s a part two lurking……..

Naruto is my favorite anime. Thank you for covering it.

You do the best anime analysis out there, be proud!

Rip All the female characters, they aint dead but their writing is

As expected, another absolute banger of a video. Similar to yourself Naruto was the first of the big 3 I ever watched, and was also the show that got me into anime in the first place, I have watched Naruto and Shippuden about 3 times, and as I expected, you have managed to show me new themes and nuances in the show I hold very dearly that I had never noticed. These long form videos you make, analyzing these absolute titans of shows are amazing. I know they must require tons of time and effort and just know it does not go unnoticed, or unappreciated, please keep doing what you’re doing, and I cannot wait for Pt 2. Im gonna sign up for you patreon after I leave this comment. Good job dude

Thank you so much for sharing so much good information!!!!

Naruto, is quite the series. It’s got the great bones as a story and while some fat can be trimmed off it’s still one of the greats

1:03:38 Actually, no, and the show even addresses this, pointing out that people with natural talent who _also_ put in the work are always going to be the best. And I think it's even Sasuke who says that line.

Honestly, I feel a lot of Sakura hate is born of the anime. The anime spent a lot of time making her look worse. Overemphasizing her negative traits for comedy, drawing her off model ect. A lot of western audiences saw Naruto primarily through the anime, which is why outside of Japan, Sakura hate is basically a meme level constant. Japan on the other hand has more people reading the manga weeky in JUMP, with the anime as a bonus. And in Japan, Sakura is more popular and well received. Due to circumstances growing up, i experienced Naruto almost exclusively through the manga and english scanlations of it, and as a result I didn't get the extreme Sakura hate for a while. Yes she is underdeveloped, but not worth this level of hate. Then I watched more of the anime and it clicked. She got done almost as dirty as Orihime in the original Bleach anime, and if memory serves same studio... Anyone i look forward to seeing how your views on Sakura change, if it all, when looking primarily at the manga.

I love these type of videos!! - Anime Plot Enjoyer

Naruto will forever be my favorite anime/manga of all time. It has everything I love in a anime/Manga. Nice Vid

I know you’re not at 10k likes yet and I know and appreciate the immense work and time commitment these videos are. Those things considered, I truly hope you will continue with making your second Naruto video. I love Naruto so much and would adore a 5, even 6 to 10 hour video about it. Best of luck to you and here’s hoping you will reignite many people’s passions with Naruto through your contents!

Thanks man, genuinely. I've had a rough time as of late. Just hearing the love you have for my favorite anime and breaking down things that I never realized on my first watch of naruto because I didn't have the life experience I have now really help put things in perspective for me. I legit cried during few bits when I realized how relevant the things naruto went through apply to my life now. The insight on kishimoto's life and inspiration really hit my chest. Even got some tears welling up now. I think I will watch the series again just to see what I can pick up on myself. You've earned a new subscriber. Thank you for your dedication my guy. I hope you get the recognition you truly deserve some day.

These videos are great for people like me who don't want to read a whole series but still want to learn about all the major events

Your videos are seriously GOD tier!!! I’ve seen the one piece videos many times now it’s time for Naruto lol

I swear one day I'll support you for your efforts!

Subscribed just for the beginning for knowing the struggle of a anime fan as a kid back in the day

Awesome job once again. Love theses in depth videos on a series. I'll forward if your going to do Attack on Titan analysis. And my Dad is currently watching Naruto right now.

Look forward to Part 2, but take your time, gotta let em cook for that good content

This video is high quality! I’m here before this blows up. Long videos usually take a while to get views, so be patient!

these 4 hour plus videos are amazing

I started rewatching an reading Naruto. So happy you took on this challenge. Naruto is part of my personal big 3. ❤

This is a really great video. It took me a few times to get past the first 10 mins but then I just went to the chapter log and skipped to chapter 1. I know the first 10 has good info and is an important part of the story but I really just wanted to get into the Naruto narrative. I do hope you make a Shippuden volume as it’s really a story worth telling. Especially in the style you tell it. Anyway thanks for the time you spent to create such a great vid. I’ll rewatch it many times as it really grabs and hold your attention for a good 4 hrs. That’s not easy to do. I look forward to your next retrospective.

2:14:33 I would argue that *because* Naruto has worked so hard up until now and he metaphorically takes the first step to building a relationship with the nine tails that his nine tails power are earned. There is no limit to your capabilities. Sometimes you have to dig deep and you’d be surprised you have a new resource to pull from.

As being someone who rewatches Naruto every year especially part 1 this masterclass of an analysis and overview of a series I grew up with like so many and still hits me with so many amazing feelings and emotions to this day no matter how many times I rewatch or reread it. First off Iruka is a goat of a character such a champion role model then meeting Kakashi and how team 7 starts awesome plus 1,000 years of death one of the best moves in anime. The Land of Waves one of the best first arcs in any series I've ever seen with Zabuza and Haku really good first antagonists making me feel for them as I did for Team 7 throughout their fights especially Zabuza getting up one last time to take out Gatou after how he utterly disrespected Haku. The Chunin Exams my second favourite arc in pre ts with so many new dope characters and showdowns like the music in Naruto from the openings and osts is crazy good to me but first test being a written test instantly funny as hell how Naruto passed while everyone else showed off their skills, the second test being a super surreal survival test was dope getting to meet Orochimaru for the first time with his sound ninja to others getting shine here like Team 10, Rock Lee and then curse mark Sasuke going off the chain plus Gaara being demented af. The individual fights since so many passed were top tier for half of them of course Gaara vs Lee forever in our memories then Hinata vs Neji being a good setup for later, Naruto vs Kiba showing off his growth so much while a fart did help him get a W lul, Shikamaru vs sound chick getting a glimpse of his genius. The time in-between before final round with Jiraiya my personal goat of Naruto with Naruto training him just a tad was nice while Sasuke trained with Kakashi and everyone else training or being more of a demon like Gaara killing last sound guy who was kinda interesting actually lol but the matches once it starts here speak for themselves Shikamaru vs Temari classic, Naruto vs Neji a banger, Sasuke vs Gaara a cool clash showing off the chidori. Konoha crush was bonkers with so many fights happening at once Orochimaru vs Hiruzen RIP but did pretty damn well considering two former Hokage plus Orochimaru like holy shit, Sasuke vs Gaara until Naruto got there was dope, Shino vs Kankuro was nice to see, the other jonin destroying ninja always a treat to see, Naruto vs Gaara a massive great fight with a bunch of character development on both sides. Our Akatsuki dynamic duo Itachi and Kisame pulling up at the best possible time for them but still got put on hold while after Jiraiya with Naruto go to meet our gambling hero Tsunade and Orochimaru be scheming with Kabuto again and we get an awesome training arc with the Rasengan also Sasuke gets turned into a meme by Itachi but Jiraiya helps get them out of there then later that three way stand off with Sannin badass as hell especially how Tsunade busts up Orochimaru oh boy plus Naruto pulling off the Rasengan barely to handle Kabuto 👏 what a mad lad. To now the final arc my favourite Sasuke Retrieval this has my favourite fight in the whole series and so many defining moments for characters that'll be left to the wayside later but Choji, Neji and Shikamaru looking like they could die got to me man tearing up and shit 😢 so much badassery from them including Kiba for sure but Sound Ninja 4 were legit with Kimimaro who is insanely awesome for so little brief time but props to the boiz and Kidomaru the spider guy my favourite from the sound 4. Not to mention how Rock Lee comes back to fight off Kimimaro going drunk mode was hilarious and epic while the sand siblings coming back to help the guys out escaping death especially Gaara helping with Lee of all people lol but that finale of Naruto vs Sasuke at the final valley just does so many things right for me the build-up throughout the fight and the back and forth between them two is so damn great to the final climatic clash of jutsu were Sasuke stands over Naruto in the rain deciding to walk away towards Orochimaru instead of killing him was awesome and ended off the series at that point in such an amazing way to me. Thank you Axel for another wonderful video covering such a remarkable and exciting series.

comment for the algorithm amazing vid mate

I woke up totally missing ya, then you dropped a video! I'm spoiled now. HA

1:04:40 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I'm so sick and tired of everyone saying that Naruto is supposed to be about hard work beating raw talent when the only arc that idea was ever even relevant in was the Chunin Exams. I get it, everyone loves that arc and specifically they love Lee and Gaaras fight not only that but this arc in particular was rerun so much on Toonami back in the day that many people just assumed that that's what Naruto was about, becoming a victim of our own childhood memories. But no, Naruto in fact was about forming bonds with people and trying to understand them. The Land of Waves sets that theme in motion and is continued all the way through to the end. Ive even seen people say that Lee would have been a better main character than Naruto and these people just really frustrate me. Again if you like Lee that's fine I understand but liking someone more than the main character doesn't mean that the character is better, it just means they align more with your personal tastes.

Might’ve been because I was bullied similarly to Choji, but man that fight gets me EVERY time. So good. And the moment with the marks on the trees…shit man that’ll bring a tear every time. Love Choji.

I can’t help but feel like this video has nowhere near as many views as it should. But nevertheless, I really enjoyed it, it was very well put together. You let me relive some of my favourite memories from Naruto with some great new insights and details too. If you decide to still make the shippuden video, just know I WILL BE THERE no matter what

Great video

Nice 👍

I loved the way Temari is used here. At the end, even when shes proud of herself and knows how good she did and how strong she is, she's stull a young girl turning too a peer, probably wanting some affirmation that he thinks she's strong and he in turn is respectful to her for the rest of the series. It's an amazing moment I wish we had more of.

Part one Naruto had a different vibe to it

Only one of the big 3 left. I would love a video like this on Bleach

Great work! Even as an active Naruto fan of fifteen years, I've learned a few new things in this work. I don't agree with everything in this analysis, naturally, but I'm very impressed. Respect.

bruh you are so underrated it should be a crime

I feel like Sakura had potential to be my favorite character. She had a nice everyman arc set up and it never paid off then later she just became "special" and even that didn't pay off

Dang... we are still only at 1.7k.... thats such a long wag to 10k 😢 I really hope your video gets more traffic and likes, it is amazing! Thank you for all your hard work, especially on those long videos!❤ I remember when i was 13/14 Naruto shippuden came out and people around me came together to watch this journey and discuss whats going to happen. Even people who didnt watched anime before or after, were interested in Naruto. It will always have a special place in my heart

Hey Axel! Man I've missed your videos recently. I haven't had much time, but when YT finally showed me an update about your videos, and it's about Naruto, a show both of us watched in the days of *searching* for anime (can't say copyrighting) I had to find a way to watch it. Excited for this essay video. This series is one I wish I could watch brand new but can't help rewatching many, many times. Keep up the good work! Thanks for this! Edit: i think thats why i lived Naruto immediately as a kid, even though i found him annoying in the first few minutes. He thinks with his heart, and he doesn't let the world he lives in dictate his philosophy and how he wanrs to treat people or want others treated.

I'm so happy that you are using the manga rather than the anime for this

Good luck for your analysis video for Attack on Titan!😊

1:50:00 probably less so you miss the effect it had between oro and naruto, but that moment is meant to show that jiraiya is actually competitive with Oro.. at this point the only people that seem to be a possible threat for Oro are the naruto with the kurama amp or hiruzen possibly. kakashi is shown to be on another level and if im not mistaken introduced as strongest leaf jonin/ninja. but he immediately thinks he will die if he faces Oro. Then Jiraiya comes along and boom immediately undoes the seal placed on naruto by orochimaru. so not only is he renowned for being in the same tier as Oro, Kishimoto immediately shows you he is. so ya ostensibly the seal is placed on naruto bec he might be a problem in the future, but its more meta narative to continue to put jiraiya and oro in the same tier.

I hope you make a Shippuden episode! This was a beautiful look back on this series that has so much heart and so much care put into it. The fact you’re so unknown is criminal, because these are some of the best videos I’ve seen in a long while.

absolute insanity

A note on Sasuke in the hospital, hes a traumatized kid whos just relived that trauma without it being his own choice. Although I've never been through my family's deaths, I'm still dealing with my own trauma, and i get to choose when I think about it I'm (usually now due to therapy). He's gone from being a near normal teen back to the kid he was before we see him. Hes frustrated with his lack of power over everything in his kife, especially his brother and Naruto being more powerful than him. Power equals control for him. I could be projecting a bit, but seeing this again as an adult whos able to articulate these things noe that i couldn't as a kid, i get why hes not able to talk ti anyone about hiw hes feeling at this moment, and instead, lashes out. He acts out in the only way he knows how to handle stuff. I also never really connected the dots to him trying to spare Naruto here at the first valley of the end.

Naruto isn’t just an anime. It really is an emotional rollercoaster that talks about so many different aspects of life and people and how we deal w our emotions and what life handed us (or took). IMO it’s such a beautiful story and this story has touched my heart in so many ways. And even to this day I’m finding different ways to interpret different aspects of the story. It’s just great I can really talk about Naruto for ever

Naruto was one of the first animes I watched as a kid - I caught up with it at episode 50 and followed it weekly until the long filler "hiatuses" started. A few years back I watched the whole series - skipping fillers once again - and I fell in love with the show even more than I did as a kid, which was a surprise. As an adult I was able to enjoy way more characters and it felt stupidly good. Man, maybe I should start a rerun again😂

Naruto is one of the greatest stories ever told and _The Greatest_ Journey of an individuals growth ever told. It's my favorite anime of all time and still am engaged in it to this day❤️‍🔥

If I could like the video 10k times I would so you will continue! Great video!