The manga has had its ups and downs but in general I enjoy it (otherwise I would have dropped it). I like going back and re-reading it just to get the whole picture because I tend to lose track of the story with this 17 pages per week thing (and I have terrible memory).
It's not my #1 manga, but, for some reason, it's the only fandom which I have been participating in consistently ever since I started reading (though on different sites) it. And my Naruto fave has been my fave ever since his first appearance, despite being dead since 2010, and despite the fact that I have had a bunch of other favorite characters from other media. I actually got a tattoo in his honor (not a portrait of course, but rather symbolic). So yeah... I'm a fan all right.