Quote Originally Posted by KrayZ33
the first 30 episodes of the original series were simply the best....
Correction, the first 130 (or however many it was before it went to filler mode for an entire year) were the best. I didn't even start reading the manga until Naruto went to the craphole with the fillers because the series beginning was just that good. The chuunin exam is by far my favorite arc thus far.

I finally decided to give up on Shippuuden now too. These fillers the studio are making to give them more to work with on the anime suck. And not to mention that they even manage to screw up some of the actual content with long staring showdowns. Probably won't even archive Shippuuden like I'm doing with the original Naruto...I'll just watch and delete for now unless they manage to make Shippuuden as amazing as when Naruto first started.

EDIT: I don't know why most of you guys hate the soundtrack but I don't think its that bad. Of course, it pales in comparison to Toshiro Masuda's work from before but I think Shippuuden's music is one good trait about the series. Everything else...not so much.