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At has come to this at last. Naruto is right in the middle of filler till episode 220 something. And it mostly reeks. In the 88 episode stretch of bridge-to-nowhere garbage youll find a few episodes that are worth sitting through, and the rest making you cringe. Watch this for the episode with Hinata and the bees, and Naruto trying to find the bug. No episodes in this boxset or the next few take the story anywhere (FILLER!)So buy it if you are a completist. Go in with any expectations at all and you will be dissapointed.
Rating: 1 / 5

Don’t torture yourself watching these fillers. They really are that bad.

I must start out by saying that I did not believe anyone when they said the fillers were so horrible.

Their had been some filler episodes here and their that amused me.

Then, after Orochimaru changing bodes, and Sasuke getting away, the fillers began. The first two filler arcs, one involving travel to his hideaway and running into trouble there, and then another about that guy who made Naruto steal the scroll at the beginning, the two big prisoners, and that plot seemed pretty good. I enjoyed them.

Then their was a rather boring, poor plot about a bikouchu beetle. Only one episode was good with a summoning jutsu of a giant bee, and Hinata basically taking them out. So maybe 1 1/2 out of the 5/6 episodes then goes for into this box set.

Their is a rather interesting story for about 5/6 episodes about a man named Riaja, who holds a funeral for everyone he kills while they are still alive in the coffin. He is one of the seven swordsman, like Zabuza was and the guy who was traveling with Itachi as well.

While this may sound interesting, it get’s very cheesy when Rock Lee continues to go on about “The Curry Of Life.” It is really, really stupid.

Then their is a further story with Riaja travels with a boy who is his eyes and ears, and a lot about mortality, blah blah blah.

This is a poorly executed story with a good action scene followed by why people hate these fillers so much.

After that, it’s just the same thing over and over again. Tsuanade sends Naruto on a mission with some characters; they go fight someone with a plot fit for an episode of Pokemon (actually, no it’s not), and it concludes with you annoyed by how bad it is done.

And what’s worse is they play on what you want. They are:

1. More Naruto. Who can get enough?

2. To see other characters get more screen time. First it was Hinata, then it was TenTen, both who get near entire episodes devoted to them. This seems to continue to go on.

In the last 9th season (presumably box set 16; it won’t end until after that), Gaara becomes the character we NEED to see more. I know I’ll end buying that one, but not any of these.

3. Being so-well packaged, with 13 episodes at average, an excellent dub, and playing cards that are really nice.

Do not buy this box set. It is just torture to be teased with decent storylines that go more and more downhill as they go on.

I reccomend box sets 1-11 but not any of these.

Hold out for Naruto Shippenun; at least seasons 1-2 are not filler.
Rating: 2 / 5