FrogKing: You've already posted twice here. Once to tell me to stop watching the show. It seems that I've inadvertantly trolled this forum. Sorry. Like I said, I felt that it was becoming overly repetitive. I'm not a fan of constant flashbacks either. That said, I'm sincere in my interest to start watching it again.

Dionysos: You're right, I like Naruto. And the first time I saw the Chasing Sasuke arc (well, up to the Naruto/Sasuke fight), I got really sick of the fights too. I got sick of the Wave Country fight, for that matter. And the Chuunin exam preliminary tournament. They all had their highlights, but they were too "talkie." I don't watch Naruto for the fights -- some of them are spectacular, but most are just slow paced and boring. I watch that show because I like the character, and how he interacted with Sasuke, Kakashi, and Jiraiya.

I didn't mean to start comparing the series, since I'm sure someone will feel like I'm baiting them. At that point in Bleach, however, I didn't see any character development. I only saw three or four characters getting retardedly strong implausibly.