Well between the drawn out story and the obnoxious Hinata fanboys/Sakura haters. I'm only reading it because I've invested way to much time in it to just quit so close to the end.
More likely the 1st. Shonen or shounen, however you want to pronounce it, refers to often action-heavy manga and anime whose primary target audience are young to adolescent boys. And anime isn't a genre, it's a form of entertainment that covers different genres like fantasy, sci-fi, western, post-apocalyptic, comedy, horror etc. In this case Daystar is likely referring to how Naruto is often seen as the flagship of shonen series and as such being the most cliche and typical of them all.reiniat said:1 of 2;Daystar Clarion said:Was Naruto ever good?
I always thought it was Shonen: The Series. The ultimate lowest common denominator cookie cutter garbage that's eaten up by anyone under the age of 18.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, hell, Dragonball Z was THE Shonen, and I loved that growing up.
That's the issue with getting older, when the things you used to like stay the same.
Either im totally misunderstanding the meaning of Shonen (for instance, i dont even like anime as a genre) or youre not making any sense at all.
I mean i never felt like Dragon Ball Z was dragged in any way, or was filled by inconsequential episodes, and i liked it when i was young and i like it now. And i dont like anime, its just that Dragon Ball Z was THAT good...
DBZ is so bad its good.reiniat said:1 of 2;Daystar Clarion said:Was Naruto ever good?
I always thought it was Shonen: The Series. The ultimate lowest common denominator cookie cutter garbage that's eaten up by anyone under the age of 18.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, hell, Dragonball Z was THE Shonen, and I loved that growing up.
That's the issue with getting older, when the things you used to like stay the same.
Either im totally misunderstanding the meaning of Shonen (for instance, i dont even like anime as a genre) or youre not making any sense at all.
I mean i never felt like Dragon Ball Z was dragged in any way, or was filled by inconsequential episodes, and i liked it when i was young and i like it now. And i dont like anime, its just that Dragon Ball Z was THAT good...
I've never heard Naruto described that way before and am now convinced there is a version of me who is 10 years younger who is as into Naruto as I am into Dragon Ball Z...so owns one movie or so and remembers plot threads...Daystar Clarion said:Was Naruto ever good?
I always thought it was Shonen: The Series. The ultimate lowest common denominator cookie cutter garbage that's eaten up by anyone under the age of 18.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, hell, Dragonball Z was THE Shonen, and I loved that growing up.
That's the issue with getting older, when the things you used to like stay the same.