It's been getting better.. Way better. Shippuden is awesome,Akatsuki abrought an whole different level to the series.I think he means the anime as a whole
Agree with this, and the claim that the Sasuke hunt is pretty worn out.the anime and the manga has been getting better.. but as for naruto himself, he is a little too mental bout sasuke...
wat the?!
wut kind of question is dis?!
he's gotten stronger of course!
Yeah, alot of problems show up right after one is solved or figured out. Now the problems are more serious than those before the time jump. In the first part the two big things were the Exams and Sasuke leaving. Now, every part is effecting the future. Starting with Gaara getting captured. The Akatsuki has another tailed beast and Sasori was killed, also Gaara no longer has the 1 tail. Then Sai and Yamato came, which definatly is effecting alot. They learned more about Sasuke. Hidan and Kakuzu show up, ending up with Asuma's death. and i think you all get the picture right? Anyways, everything in Shippuden effects everything in the future, unlike the first half, where only about 2 or 3 things effected it.In terms of Anime/Manga then its gotten more interesting, More serious problems are showing up and they may even experiance war which has only been hinted on as being hell before the timeskip, now we get to find out, as with how the plot has aged, the kiddy games are over.
In terms of Naruto as a character, I would say he's matured in a sense that he's starting to understand the limits of certain approaches to situations he's been encountering.
The hotheaded/Reckless idiot routine has been divided between Sakura and Sasuke. (whether you like it or not, It's true)