Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnder
I still probably would have turned it off a gee willigers if Shino wasn't so damn cool.
Basically all (young) ninja who are capable of intelligent independent action look pretty cool, compared to those who all the time are running back to the group leader asking for permissions and instructions for every little thing. Shino looked all the time like he knew what he was doing.

I don't think I even need to mention Naruto himself in this context...