psylitar wrote:
I've noticed the pacing of Naruto (the Anime Show) is really slow in the beginning. They drag stuff out a ridiculously long time, and reshow stuff over and over and over. Like the bridge fight that's like 5 episodes with a 5 min recap of the episode before at the start of each new episode. Then there is the Chunin exam which has to last like 20 farking episodes. And I have also noticed that every now and then there is an episode that seems to have to do with absolutely nothing at all, and is pretty much a waste of time to watch (I'm assuming that's "Filler").
I would assume the Manga doesn't have any "filler" in it really, as it's what usually happens when the Show catches up to the manga and they need to waste time. Anyhow I haven't read Naruto, just watched the first 130 epps or so, but I found these things to be true of the Show/Manga "Bleach". There was significantly less BS in the Manga then in the show, which really dragged its heels at points.
The worst is all the god damn flash backs..
I recently caught up with naruto.. and I thought the last like.. 20 episodes were all story or something because it lead up to the three tails. But no.. it's just mostly ******** that has nothing to actually do with the manga.