Anime Discussion - NARUTO series will END on 11/10, FINAL EPISODE on Shonen Jump.

[VanceIX]

fatslob-:O said:

VanceIX said:

Oh, it hasn't aged well, but compared to the other two, I think it has done relatively well. Naruto and Bleach should have ended years ago, while I can see some justification for One Piece still running (some, mind you, not a lot even then). I personally gave up on all 3 around three or four years ago, there comes a point where it's hard to keep up with the weird plot designs the writers pull to try and keep the series alive.

@Bold I think your giving One Piece too much credit here ... LOL 

I agree that both Naruto and Bleach should have ended on an earlier note but "years ago" is putting it really harshly when both of them still had a fair amount of plot development to go through. Most of One Piece's justification to continue it's story comes from the excuse of it's strong adventure theme. 

Aren't a lot other long running shounen's guilty of trying to keep the series alive ? 

Oh, most certainly. There's no denying that.

The problem with Naruto and One Piece, for me at least, is that they started feeling drawn out and tedious to read. For Naruto, it was after the Pain arc, and for Bleach it was after the Aizen arc. If the quality was kept up, perhaps I wouldn't be commenting now, but there was a very noticeable decrease in quality after those arcs, and with it a big decrease in the casual fanbase.  The shows could have lasted longer with better and easier to understand stories, but as it is, they fell flat for me.

One Piece still felt OK, not nearly as good as when it started, but decent. I stopped reading after the merman/mermaid arc, but I was still mildly interested in seeing where they would take the story. Whether or not it decreased in quality from there, I can't comment.