Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-31278419-20170520230807

I do love the original Naruto, but it does have problems. Nowhere near as many as shipudden, but a lot of the problems in Shipudden started in Naruto. Or at least as we got further into shippuden things had me wondering why this wasn't covered in the original series.

Things such as how it took several years for someone to try and teach Naruto about his elemental nature. That seems like something that should be figured out in the academy. Yes, they may not be able to use elemental jutsu, but they can at least know what their affinity is for future reference. All it requires is special paper and channeling chakra.

Or how Sakura had no real combat skills till shipudden, but even then got shafted out of the spotlight.

My big thing with the original series is that it didn't feel long enough. We didn't see much of the other cast. Granted we saw more of them then in shippuden, but a lot more could have been done. Sasuke and Naruto's relationship felt kinda forced to me. They weren't on a team more then a year before Sasuke left and Naruto has this massive crush on him. Yes it's a big part of the plot, but they didn't spend enough time together for me to believe that Naruto would care that much about him.