Naruto CritiquesOur collection of Naruto lists that offer constructive critques of the series. Some of these might fall into the hot take category...consider yourself warned!
Vote up the hot takes that actually make a good point.
Naruto is one of the most well-known and beloved shonen anime series to date. The series has close to 15 years of air time, over 700 episodes, and a spinoff-sequel. It's no surprise that it has its fair share of criticisms and mixed opinions regarding the story and characters.
Do you think Danzo gets too much hate? Is Itachi completely overrated in the fandom? Would it have been better if these takes were teleported into Kamui's dimension? If you're looking for some hot takes, you're in for a treat!
Here are some of the spiciest takes from Naruto fans. Let everyone know which hot takes you think are valid!
Just about every female character was undersold/underutilized. Tsunade was a very strong character, but I usually see her being voted the weakest hokage…Sakura gets shiested because of her obsession with Sasuke - I wished she was written to be strong for herself instead of pining over Sasuke. Ino, Tenten, and Hinata didn't get to show their powers very much, and with Hinata, everything she did was for Naruto, again not herself. She had Byakugan, she could have been more powerful than she was portrayed…
Kakashi and Jiraiya were incredible shinobi, but failed [to teach Naruto] other jutsu to fight with…especially after they learn he is a wind type…[they] don't train him to use any wind-based jutsu. [If Naruto had a] mastery of the Shadow Clone jutsu combined with [an] even beginner-level wind jutsu, he [would've] finished a lot of fights sooner.
Talk no Jutsu is really a great power. If you don’t believe it, try to change someone's behavior with just words. It’s the hardest thing ever…feels even harder now than ever.
Kaguya should not have been introduced at all. She added nothing to the ending [of the] story and [she] felt like a cheap way to get rid of Madara instead of [Naruto and Sasuke] dealing with him as a final boss before the fated final fight. The alien thing as a whole felt very random and with Naruto being a reincarnate of Asura, [it] took away from his character of being the self-made underdog.
