Just reread and watched the Chuunin exams arc, still the best in the series

[GiantShuriken]

Its too bad Kishimoto couldn't really recreate what he had in the first arc of the series, although the closest he got was in the SRA. Its still a good series, but it has definitely never reached its former glory.

 

[villain55]

I agree 100 %

 

[Sound]

Hunter exam is as good as that.​

 

[I'm stupid real stupid]

But everybody were fodders and i hated watching the other Konoha Characters
War arc up until Madara's defeat is the best

 

[GiantShuriken]

It was pure storytelling genius. It was really a coming of age story for the characters as well as the series. So much tension, so much feeling, so much childhood emotion and discovery of one's soul among all the characters present. Naruto's quest for being acknowledged from being totally disrespected in the beginning with no one caring about him. To later earning Sasuke's respect when he revealed he wanted to fight him, then at the end with Gaara where he said "Uzumaki Naruto, eh?", when in the beginning he was one of the people who didn't even want to know his name.

 

[Incendiary]

It was pure storytelling genius. It was really a coming of age story for the characters as well as the series. So much tension, so much feeling, so much childhood emotion and discovery of one's soul among all the characters present. Naruto's quest for being acknowledged from being totally disrespected in the beginning with no one caring about him. To later earning Sasuke's respect when he revealed he wanted to fight him, then at the end with Gaara where he said "Uzumaki Naruto, eh?", when in the beginning he was one of the people who didn't even want to know his name.

COMPLETELY AGREE. I loved the character development in this arc too, and the storytelling, the way everything was tied together including Gaara's development, Lee's injury, Naruto's clash with Sasuke -- was just brilliant complexity. It has to be one of my favorite arcs, if not THE arc.

 

[cafe123]

Sasuke's retrieval arc for me.

 

[Legitimate]

Kaguya Arc for me.

 

[neosmith500]

Its too bad Kishimoto couldn't really recreate what he had in the first arc of the series, although the closest he got was in the SRA. Its still a good series, but it has definitely never reached its former glory.

I agree fully

 

[sandman20]

Eh disagree went back and watched it and it was good, but not really as hyped as I was when I was a kid.