Ok, this may turn to a flame thread, which i didn't want. Please give reason peacefully and with logic.
Why fans of Naruto(anime) like character Naruto Uzumaki? I mean, he is such a lame character.......Now, i know people are gonna welcome me with troll pics and say "you suck", naruto hater, you fail, etc. But really, there must be a reason why there is a large fanbase of uzumaki naruto.
Now, you people may say,-
1. he is cool:- Oh? is he? how? in first part, he farts, eat like wolf, drools, a total clown and lacks even a bit of knowledge. In second part, he is overconfident, impatient, and just the opposite of a ninja. How he is cool?
2. He is powerful:- Man, there are many people powerful like him, lets say, Kakashi, Sasuke, Pein, Sasori, Deidara, Itachi, Kisame, Gaara, Muu,............And i can go on, now you would say he beated pein, then i would say thats pure plot. he is no special.
In first part, he beated Kiba, how? he farted U_U Wow, what a technique! then he defeated neji, who trained his ass off compared to naruto who just ate ramen and slept. there are many others, or MOST of his fights, which are won by total plot no jutsu.
3. He is intelligent:- Wow wow, stop bro, he is the most idiot character of the series. He is totally dumb. In first part, he was not able to write a single letter in test. He lacked even 1% knowledge in anything. In second part, he is still dumb and a extreme slow learner.
4. He is talented:- How? he learnt shadow clone jutsu at young age? He did that from secret scroll of hokage, where the technique was simplified, still, he used drastic amount of chakra to make clones.
Then you will say he learnt rasengan in 1 month. Quite short time, isn't it? NO. Kakashi directly copied it, no training. About minato, he created it, and of course creating a jutsu takes time and idea.
And, he learnt Rasenshuriken. huhh......You would say Kakashi was able not able to mix rasengan with lightning. I would say lightning does not suit rasengan, wind do. Now if i say mix rasengan with earth chakra, what you would get? it is not possible.
5. He is fast:- Bless Kyuubi for that power, base naruto is slower than chouji. And oh, you may say that Kyuubi is like sharingan/byakugan. They too are blessed with ocular powers? WRONG! Naruto is from uzumaki clan, whose speciality is vast special chakra, not Kyuubi kekkei genkai.
6. He is ambitious:- Man you say that shitload of screaming " i would defeat you", " i will save you sasuke" or " i will not give up", bullshit with hollow words! he just need to get pawned by someone powerful, but unfortunately, Kishi's plot making saves him again. He wins 50% fight with talk no jutsu.
7. He is Hardworking:- Well, it seems that way, but not totally. There are many who work and train harder than him. For example, rock lee trains 3x more than Naruto, Neji, Sasuke(yes, i said it, he is not handed everything)
Kakashi, Gai, etc are hardworking as much as naruto. Moreover, if seen, Naruto eats ramen and sleeps.
And also, many times, his ass was saved by others when he ran blindly into trouble. If he was not saved, he would have get killed nearly infinite times.
About liking other characters, i would describe why people like them briefly-
1. Minato - Fastest shinobi alive, cool, heroic, insanly powerful.
2. Jiraya- funny, powerful, famous, knowledgeable.
4. Kakashi- Humorous, Very powerful, fast, talented, cool, badaas!
4. Itachi-Insanely powerful, genjustu master, MS master, intelligent.
5. Gaara- Powerful, cool, badass.
6. Nagato- Insane doijutsu(rinnegan), extremely powerful. badass.
......................................................etc.
Please post with reasoning and again, And also, please don't bring other people(kakashi, sasuke, itachi, nagato) to answer, of you have not got any good aurgument.And please again no flaming.
The thing is.. it's opinion. People that like Naruto like his personality and this is because of their own personal preference. I love Naruto; he's my favorite character. Oh, and umm.. everything in any anime or any story whatsoever is plot, so I don't get your point.
I love him because he never gives up, he never stops believing, he cares about his friends, and overall I just like his personality. Now, what I've noticed about people that don't like Naruto is that they don't really pay too much attention to him. You saying he hasn't changed at all is complete bs. He has changed a lot since part 1, and I even liked him then.
Plus, I guess you gave me every reason not to like him, but once again, this is all preference. And btw he is strong. He did train a lot. Granted, maybe not as much as other characters but he did train quite a bit. Now, not so much but he doesn't really need regular training since he's a Jinchuuriki.
Almost every character has their handicap, and Naruto's is Kurama and his Uzumaki blood. Neji and Hinata have the Byakugan. Kakashi has Sharingan/MS. (Btw Kakashi doesn't work as hard as most characters so I'm calling bs on that) Guy and Lee are the two most hardworking shinobi I can think of, however their handicap is the eight gates. Sasuke's is the Sharingan/MS. Even though you say not EVERYTHING was handed to him (which I sort of agree with since he did training of his own) you have to see reason here. Let's take a look at why people might not agree with you.
He has the sharingan, Kakashi took a special interest in him, (He was his sensei but he has other students
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