I'm going to be honest, I don't like Naruto, I used to but after seeing so many characters being wasted I lost interest. In my opinion, it might be top 5 when it come to the lore but the story itself wastes that same lore. Look at the Hidden Villages, how were any of them ever a threat? Konoha seems to have like 13 of the 15 most powerful Jutsu in Naruto. Every Ninja from the other Villages are also pretty useless, the final war was pretty much Konoha VS... somebody from Konoha.
Then there is the need to involve Naruto in every fight instead of letting a character other than him have the spotlight. During the final war, Shino was finally having an important fight and guess who had to jump in, yep, Naruto, cause nothing happens without Naruto.
Let's get to the Villages, NONE of them are capable of solving their own problems without Konoha, there is no balance and that makes the story boring in my opinion. There's also all the summons, only Konoha's snake, toad and Snail have Sage mode? what about Kisame's sharks? or Kidomaru's spider? do they have their own area like the toads do? do they have Sage mode? or are summons also in favor of Konoha like everything else?
Look at One Piece, they have a roster even bigger than Naruto and yet Oda still manages to give most characters their moment to shine, something Naruto is terrible at. There's also balance in power. The top tier characters will always be a threat to each other, an Emperor will avoid fighting an Admiral cause it won't end well for either of them. Even Luffy, who is now op as heck, can't be reckless against the other top tiers. It's a nice balance, something Naruto completely lacks
I recently decided against my better judgment to give Boruto a chance and what's the 1st thing I see? Every Kage other than Naruto being useless... they are supposed to be the most powerful Ninja, all similar in power level yet all the power is in Konoha, the other Villages are there just for show. Not hating on Naruto, the lore has insane potential, it's just wasted.
If you read through all that? What do you all think? do you agree?