Naruto™ Characters: Initially Hated, Now Appreciated.

[Sasuk3Uchiha]

-Gaara (he annoyed me with his emo crap, but then made a huge turn around and is now a wonderful person! and bad ass ninja)
-Ino (because she was obsessed over Sasuke for no reason, but then the few times we have seen her lately, she has gotten strong and she cares alot more about shika-cho)
-Sakura (she annoyed me too at first for liking sasuke over naruto, and being useless but seeing how kishi has developed her character and hers and naruto's relationship...shes my fav character and im rooting narusaku!)
-Minato (because i always "figured" he was naruto's dad and i wanted to know why he put the nine tails inside his son, now that i know...im glad he did it though it was mean and a unnecessary suicide)
-Naruto (he was just so.....freaking....annoying in the beginning...i watched it for other characters not him, though i felt bad for him in his situation...now hes matured and still kept his personality, but much more tolerable...not to mention hes the hero and all haha)

Great Analysis.

 

[Wang]

Naruto. Initially when he was really dumb & annoying, I couldn't stand him, pretty much up until part 2.

 

[LOVELESS]

Like a great man once said: In the Narutoverse, you either die a villain, or live long enough to see yourself become a hero

 

[Stark]

Honestly Genin Neji was way cooler and badass.

 

[djny182]

I thought Gai was a bit much at first...but after seeing his rival contest with Kakashi I was sold. Sakura till she bossed during the Pain fight...fell away again recently though.

 

[Gaara4president]

At first I thought Gaara was just a sick little freak...until talk no jutsu got to him and he did a 180.

 

[Datguyjr]

Mine were:

Naruto (Didn't like him throughout Part 1, aside from his fight with Sasuke)
Sakura (Still don't like her, I just tolerate her)

 

[Sasuk3Uchiha]

Honestly Genin Neji was way cooler and badass.

^ This. He's still cool now, but I preferred him in Part I.

 

[Dark Artist]

from bad to good :

1 - Nagato ( six paths of pain ) i hated him for killing Jiraiya
but after seeing his flashback and his story iam kinda feel sorry for the guy .. not to mention his cool jutsus ..

2 - Kisame ( always i thought about him as a tool for Tobi .. but his death was epic and when he was facing many characters in the same time show to you how badass he was .. akatsuki beast no doubt )

3- Sasuke ( i hated him for a long time because he was acting like a little bitch with naruto .. but in shippuden i like his way of solving things even if it's a wrong way at least he cares alot about his clan not like madara or itachi )


now hated characters for me :

1 - itachi ( so overrated and because of his low minded fanboys )

2 - madara ( acting like a boss while he got his ass handed to him along with kyubi by a single man .. pathetic
and also because of his low minded fanboys )

3 - Sakura ( i wish she will die by the hand of Sasuke only so she can feel how dumb she was )

4 - Onoki ( very overrated in this site )

 

[Sasuk3Uchiha]

from bad to good :

1 - Nagato ( six paths of pain ) i hated him for killing Jiraiya
but after seeing his flashback and his story iam kinda feel sorry for the guy .. not to mention his cool jutsus ..

2 - Kisame ( always i thought about him as a tool for Tobi .. but his death was epic and when he was facing many characters in the same time show to you how badass he was .. akatsuki beast no doubt )

3- Sasuke ( i hated him for a long time because he was acting like a little bitch with naruto .. but in shippuden i like his way of solving things even if it's a wrong way at least he cares alot about his clan not like madara or itachi )


now hated characters for me :

1 - itachi ( so overrated and because of his low minded fanboys )

2 - madara ( acting like a boss while he got his ass handed to him along with kyubi by a single man .. pathetic
and also because of his low minded fanboys )

3 - Sakura ( i wish she will die by the hand of Sasuke only so she can feel how dumb she was )

4 - Onoki ( very overrated in this site )

I can picture what you've said pretty much, aside from that part about Onoki - I haven't seen many threads overhyping him, though I can see why he would be, considering his techniques.