Naruto Fans

I like Naruto. The way I always describe it is it's neither as good or as bad as anyone says. It has lots of ups and downs. I really enjoyed the other teams besides team 7. Shino is actually my favorite character lol. (My 3rd favorite anime character of all time behind Shanks and Feitan) And then Kiba is my second favoritee. As for things I didn't like...I just didn't really like the main characters of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura compared to other characters. And it only got a bit worse as the story went on. Especially regarding Sasuke. Of the 3 of them, I do have some affection for Naruto. But that aside I actually enjoyed the story up till after the Akatsuki and Pain were relevant. Once Sasuke confronted Itachi and things went the way it did I just gradually became more annoyed. Things just felt messy and that was abundantly more clear than ever during the 3rd Ninja War. It's frustrating because I want to like the series more but I really mainly go back for Shino and Kiba primarily. And that's kinda itt. tldr: I like early Naruto to the end of the Akatsuki in Shippuden