It was the first Anime I saw though, when I was like in 5th grade, maybe? Saw a short excerpt on one Saturday morning, and the dub made me think that it was the stupidest thing ever.

Now One Piece, I reluctantly started to read because the other two was not satisfying me. Let's not kid ourselves, Naruto's one aspect that hooked you in was its awesome plot at the beginning. Ninjas- Hackneyed but still cool, designs-who cares, plot-TEAR JERKING, Heart wrenching epicness. I mean when you learned about all the elements or different techniques, its just like a perpetual awesome-bucket. It's universe is just SO diverse and so much endless possibilities. My god, this had such great, great, great, great potential, even more so than One Piece or Bleach. Shinigamis-cool, character designs-cool, plot-heroic. I have to admit I personally started out with Bleach, god that manga was epic, I so wished it didn't fall from the clouds. No doubt they all began as rockets, with sky as their limits. If I was homework-less and bored I would not mind re-reading all three mangas to cite and support my argument flawlessly but as I will not do so, only view it as an opinion. But One Piece is without a doubt a clear paragon in which long mangas should follow to NOT fuck up a good plot. Sure Naruto wins his battles through strategy or through brute force he and Luffy and Ichigo never gives up, thats the charming aspect about them, etc. I think this discussion is getting away from the main crucial factor of any manga or story-its plot.

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