I agree insom. It won't change a thing; the criticism is just that.

I'd say that the reason I'm bitching is exactly the reason you defended him: he's doing what he's doing to compliment the anime. That means, he's doing it to the exclusion of the story, which for massive chunks of time becomes non-existent. It'd be nice for him to say, "man, I had a great thing going. And it was all because of the story. Why don't I get back to that?"

As far as Naruto being in the action category, that's been only recent. Think of the first 5 episodes. There was comedy, fighting, story, and character development.

In the past 10 manga issues, try to pick out the comedy, story, and character development. Let me help you... *places a microscope on the table*

-xtortout