Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24908068-20140508041424/@comment-1705651-20140510171931

Ten Tailed Fox wrote: Shadow Abyss wrote: Although the shonen genre has a tendency to do stuff like that, everything has a limit. Being a shonen is not a free "do everything as you wish and everyone will be fine" card, there's a line somewhere that must not be crossed or people will stop taking you seriously. Personally, I think Naruto coming back with magic healing powers that can solve everything and NOT knowing how he is doing that was one of these moments. And yes, depening on the stunts Kishimoto is going to pull it may become worse.

I actually find Naruto to be getting better so that is solely your opinion. Though, I laugh hard at everyone on here who proclaims Dragonball as the shining example of shonen, and then bitches about the kinds of power-ups Naruto can get. And you talk about people not taking who seriously? Well, Dragonball Z was indeed my first anime and I'm a fan of it, but I don't think it is the greatest thing Japan has ever produced either. To be fair, I even admit the quality started to decline after the Freeza arc, though Cell's is still good. And I only complain about power-ups when they are either poorly handled and the author doesn't put a lot of thought behind it, which is one of the reasons I don't like the post-Freeza arc's "every Saiyan can be Super" approach, I thought it cheapened the in-story myths about the legendary warrior.