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Story 8/10 - As many have already pointed out, the sheer amount of fillers and flashbacks, boy! They're unbearable. But thanks to fan-made Naruto Kai, pacing should no longer be an issue now.

Still, can't afford tens of hours? Watch the entire show at 1.7x speed then! If you're a native Japanese speaker like me, you should have no problem keeping up.

Some of the arcs like Pain's arc had a deep & profound philosophical theme and I loved it. Had it not for the pacing, I would've given 10/10, but alas.
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Art 6/10 - I had to drop the show for 2 years because of the art-style. ... The change from Naruto to Naruto Shippuden certainly requires a bit of getting used to.

Picking it back up after two years, everything looked so much better for some reason. But still, it's by no means perfect or even good.

The animation on the other hand was outstanding, especially battle scenes.
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Sound 10/10 - To be honest I didn't care about the OPs & EDs. But that's just because I'm not into Jpop (atm). They're by no means bad, though.

The voice actings were superb. The casts were amazing. LOVED the background music! - 10/10
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Character 10/10 - Masashi Kishimoto is a genius at making characters loveable. Gotta love the easy to remember simple character names & their unique quirks. Most characters had a pure heart, and that's what drew me in. - 10/10
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Enjoyment 10/10 - As I said, watch the Kai version at 1.7x speed and you'll enjoy every minute of it!
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Overall 10/10 - I always preferred One Piece over Naruto, I even fought my college friends over it, but after finishing the series today, well what can I say, I've finally experienced the change of heart. Lol.

Naruto is now one of my all-time favorites - Take my 10/10!!

Art 10/10 - Outstanding. One of the qualities Makoto Shinkai's works is known for.

Sound 9/10 - I wanted to give it a 10, everything was perfect, but the Ending Theme's singer pronouncing Hello as Hallo annoyed me. I was like "dear Japanese people, you have the letter へ in your alphabet, you should have no problem pronouncing Hello."

Character 10/10 - Loved them. The old man could've looked & sounded older, though.

Story 6/10 - Watching this film made me feel sorry for Japanese people in general. They refuse to believe in the hereafter, yet still choose to fantasize about reuniting with the dead. If you are ... a religious dude like me, you cannot help but feel this sentiment. Also, as far as I know, Japanese people have a bunch of different words for 'god', 'angel', 'ghost', and 'jinn' (e.g. they have 'kami', 'tenshi', 'yuurei', 'youkai', 'bourei', etc.) but for some reason they always choose to only use the word 'kami' to refer to all those different unseen entities. They mistake everything for 'kami'. "Sense to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)" also made this same 'mistake'. Their theology has gotten messed up, it makes no sense if you look at the bigger picture of how their 'world' supposed to work - be it the fictional realm in this film, be it Japanese people's actual traditional view about the actual world. No wonder religion has started losing place among their younger generation.

Enjoyment 8/10 - Definitely enjoyed the art, the voice-acting, and the directing. Some scenes could've been executed better, though ([Minor spoiler alert] e.g. the scene Shin came to save Asuna from Izokus, the timing was so off, I felt as though I was watching Dragon Ball for a moment, lol). And I personally found the ending a bit dissatisfying.

Overall 8/10 - VERY good. Should YOU watch it? Kids will definitely enjoy animes like this. Adults like me who love to analyze successful director's past works will also enjoy this. If you are a teenager who hates semi-religious stuff, you'll probably hate this.