Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-26093449-20150901192408/@comment-26518343-20150904000447

The Star Village Arc was my favorite in Naruto, though logically a star as powerful as the one in the village was purported to be should have become a target for Orochimaru long before this arc ever occured in the anime. That is if it had been canon of course, which it isn't.

My problem with the Twelve Guardian Ninja Arc was that it had four super-powered villains who were decimating Konoha and on the verge of destroying it, but they conveniently never into Akatsuki members or Orochimaru/Kabuto during their "filler" travels, seeing that both groups likely should have been able to stop their plans ice cold in one shot.

For Shippuden, I'll have to go with the Three Tails Arc that also featured Guren.