4.14 AVERAGE

adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

Neji is a cool character. I just can’t wait to see all of them grow into themselves

Naruto finally gets to join Bleach in my "I visually recognize these characters but fuck if I remember their names" category.

Oh no, is suddenly important fat guy side character okay? What about veiny eyes tiny ninja? Probably. It's still too early to start killing off characters that rank highly in popularity polls.

Will Naruto convince Sasake to come back? Fucking no he will not cause there's 50+ volumes left in this series so strap your ass in for some ninja jargon.

Will bad guy snake guy get another shower scene? I hope not.

Obviously the bad guys underestimated our heroes, Neji shows off his tensai, suspense builds in the background, and Orochimaru and Kabuto are for real for real the real creeps...on to the next match uP!
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Another solid volume. Good fights and fun to get some real focus on Neji and his internal thoughts. The story continues to do a great job juggling the characters through this arc and makes you easily root for them as the fights go on. And the building tension is great as well head in to the last couple of volumes of this opening part of the overall Naruto story.

Classic one at a time pick off stuff