SharkVice's manga / #Shounen(42)

Watched the anime and the movie is one of my favorites of all time. The movie did a good job wrapping the loose ends of the anime

It was a great story overall. Personally, I find Kishimoto's ability to connect characters to the story unmatched. I had never read a story where all characters were so interwined to each other. Characters from early in the manga were relevant even in the later half of the story or after their deaths. There honestly werent that many characters given the length of the manga but they were all memorable and they were all necessary to the story to the point where if you took one out you would be left with a gap. It was brilliant storytelling and that made Naruto spectacular to me. The only thing that could've been better was the romance as it was something that Kishimoto obviously struggled with but it's not a big deal since shounen manga don't need to be romantic. There are other shounen manga such as One Piece, Dragon Ball, HunterXHunter, and Captain Tsubasa that don't focus much on romance development. Kishimoto still tried though but the result came out bland though the extra episodes after the end of the manga (the shippuden season 21 episodes) have romantic moments worth noting (specially Naruto's wedding).

My favorite manga <3

A promising shounen sports manga but unfortunately was ended prematurely

An elementary school kid in love with his adult otaku neighbour

Blood C (anime + movie) is better

I'm a HUGE fan of dystopias and horror and this manga is a disappointment. The plot is interesting but it is overshadowed by the extremely bland characters, and by a poor execution which is dialogue driven. The first 30+ chapters are just dialogues between the characters to make them seem smart. Although it's an adventure story, there is barely any adventure and it's mostly skipped or fast forwarded along with any possible character growth. By chapter 120+, only two real arcs have finished with 50ish background characters with no personality, a handful of "main characters" with 0 character growth, no real adventure arc, and a goal that is not quite clear to the reader. It makes you wonder how this manga is one of the current top 5 shounen. For a proper horror dystopia, see Psycho Pass. For a story with real good "what is going on" kind of Mystery, see From the New World. For a story full of adventure in a world against humanity, see 7 Seeds.