the best shounen arc ever conceived: Sasuke Recovery Mission
>best fights
>best opening
>best OST
>best characters
Why haven't this been surpassed yet?
AND STILL
Nolan Jenkins
Adrian Howard
Watch/read more anime/manga, kid.
Camden Wilson
it's a good arc, but the following shonen arcs are better imo:
>Soul Society (Bleach)
>Kyoto (Kenshin)
>Chimera Ant (HxH)
>Chapter Black (YuYu Hakusho)
>Shibuya (Jujutsu Kaisen)
>Chuunin Exams (Naruto)
Austin Myers
>Chapter Black
Not with that ending. Dark Tournament is peak
Ryder Miller
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Nicholas Lopez
>Soul Society (Bleach)
Best Bleach arc an one of the best, true, but Naruto still has this "Shounen" feeling Bleach lacks imo, Bleach takes itself too seriously.
>Kyoto (Kenshin)
I unironically consider Rurouni Kenshin more than a Shounen but one step below of being a Seinen.
>Chimera Ant (HxH)
Possibly.
>Chapter Black (YuYu Hakusho)
I consider Naruto better overall.
>Shibuya (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Haven't watched it yet.
>Chuunin Exams (Naruto)
Inferior IMO, although also kino.
Hudson King
This opening will never leave my head.
Samuel Robinson
Naruto anime looks low quality shit after watching SnK and KnY.
Both of two are different level in animation, sakuga, direction and ost.
I’m glad todays anime got much improvement comparing to early 2000s.
Nathan Perry
Ok but why the nigger drawing? Couldn't you post something better?
Owen Kelly
Totally agree, OP. So much memories in this opening.
Owen Thompson
Not a single Kenshin arc is good and Shibuya is gutter trash
Kayden Taylor
Chunnin Exams and Sasuke Recovery Arcs piss and shit all over most shounen anime arcs and havent been surpassed yet, too bad everything goes to shit after
Nathaniel Cox
Not saying you're wrong, but I want to just be an annoying cunt and point out that the Shikamaru fight (one of my favorites as a kid) is basically verbatim Giorno vs Polpo from Vento Aureo.
James Young
Not even the best Naruto part 1 arc.
Gavin Diaz
the pain arc is the best desu, resolution is a bit silly but overall is pretty great
Justin Rogers
Chuunin Exam is still better. But I live the recovery mission as well. Too bad Naruto becomes unwatchable after this arc.
Kevin Cooper
Dark Tournament gets kinda boring in the middle. It is also very basic for most of its duration. Toguro fight is nice, I guess.
Dominic Edwards
Chimera Ants fucking suck, my dude, specially the invasion part. That was already when Togashi was done with making manga.
Austin Bennett
stop overrating Chimera Ant please, that arc it's fucking awful
Asher Cook
>Chimera Ant
>not literally any other arc
bad taste
Gabriel Gray
>Chimera Ant (HxH)
Not even top 3 arc in the manga bro
Bentley Carter
>Best fights
Only half of them were cool.
David Morales
>all the brainlets ITT filtered by the chimera ant arc
it's basically an IQ test at this point, if you do not like that arc you're too stupid to listen to
Levi Young
Marineford (One Piece) is better than those
Landon Sanchez
Saint Seiya Sanctuary shits all over it.
Jaxson Jackson
>the best shounen arc ever conceived
The only arc to hold this title is HxH's chimera ants, nothing even comes close.
Henry Bailey
It's pretty mediocre. Just five 1 vs 1. The Nardo fight is pretty bad too.
Joseph Brown
I remember watching the arc as a kid and thinking Neji, Kiba and Choji actually died in their fights.
what a fucking letdown when I found out they all lived, even at the tender age of 11 I could still tell shonenshit was garbage.