Should I watch Shippuden after "Rewatching" Naruto?

I put it in quotes because I never really watched more than a handful of episodes when it was on toonami as a kid, this was also around the time when there was the big rivalry between the big 3 and I was more a bleach fan. Watching all with a bit of foreknowledge I'm surprised to like it a lot more than I would've initially thought. I've got my complaints sure but that was to be expected.

The problem is I know the direction it's going in after this and I've talked to a friend about this, what I really liked was the tactics and use of ninja tools but then after the timeskip it turns into a "my jutsu is bigger than your jutsu". I'm exaggerating here, but that's how I've heard it basically turns out, with that only Naruto and Saskue have any relevance as they are both ninja Jesus? Again I've never watched Shippuden all my knowledge is secondhand, mostly memes and video essays.

Should I continue into Shippuden or should I save myself the disappointment? Because I know that the things I liked in the first half won't be expanded upon and the direction the story seems to go down a very different direction from the hard work vs talent story (which doesn't sit right with me when only 3 of the konha 12 don't have a clan) to "breaking the cycle of hate"?

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Simple_Finger48832025-12-30 12:08

😘❤

Arelius_AmadeusCero2025-12-30 12:08

If you've got the time, yes

Odd_Manager48342025-12-30 12:10

Honestly you should definitely watch it !
Shippuden is really good and pretty much well written BUT there is a lot of filler and you can skip a lot of it but some are definitely needed to be watched

senpaikantuten2025-12-30 12:15

Yes you should.

What you're describing is basically the Fourth Great Ninja War which is the last arc of the series (400 eps or so).

Akatsuki fights were still pretty tactical especially the earlier arcs in Shippuden. I won't say which fights but there were Akatsuki fights where Ninja Tools were an integral part of the battle.

McLovett3252025-12-30 12:16

Shippuden has hype moments, aura, and still has amazing touching beats

Shippuden suffers from One Piece Pace a LOT in some arcs, look up what episodes are filler because there are a LOT, like I'm talking straight up a year went by once and we only had 3-4 canon episodes that year.

But if the pacing of canon doesn't kill your interest go with it until the 260ish episode then switch to the manga and watch the anime for the cool fights and hype/sad moments until the final FINAL(you'll know when you see it) part then you should watch the anime from there until the end

AND THEN

Watch Naruto: The Last Movie & Boruto: The Movie, nothing else of Boruto, the movie is worth watching as a nice sort of round out of the series

AlbatrossChoice34712025-12-30 12:20

Wait, there are people who don't watch shippuden after watching naruto?

Mr-Dumbest2025-12-30 12:21

Not sure why sometimes people involve so much mental gymnastics where its not needed. If you want you watch it, if you don't you dont watch it. And even if you do, at any point you can stop if you not feeling it.

magnidwarf19002025-12-30 12:38

I mean it's the direct continuation

korinokiri2025-12-30 12:39

Shippuden is better than OG Naruto if you care about the overarching story, and fights.

InitialComplaint4282025-12-30 12:44

Definitely watch Shippuden, everything from Akatsuki suppression to pain arc is peak(ep 72-175), after that it gets a little more like u said "my jutsu is stronger than yours" but it's still very fun, and I daresay the last arcs are a little overhated imo

Also skip the fillers, DEFINITELY skip the fillers

For me, OG Naruto is a 7.5 meanwhile Shippuden is a 9

Derallerechtere2025-12-30 12:54

yes just skip fillers

Noto9872025-12-30 12:55

Bro all of bleach is my jutsu is bigger than your jutsu.

And out of all the fantasy fighting animes naruto is the least my jutsu is bigger than your jutsu

Niwrats2025-12-31 06:00

if you want to watch a rather average anime that is lengthier than it needs to be, sure. certainly makes more sense to watch it after naruto than postpone it. mild disappointment i suppose?

RogueAngill2025-12-31 10:34

I already have low expectations after basically nothing was done with Anko's story and somehow missed the obvious setup for the spider guy and bug guy fighting bringing Neji along instead, when they were hyping up him fighting Saskue earlier.
I'm aware of how bad the power creep will get, and I'm definitely not looking forward to that, but it'll be worth a few laughs, at least

Illustrious_Arm_7322026-01-03 19:38

absolutely YESSS