[Premium Access] Naruto - Episode 8 The Oath of Pain - Group Reaction

openings are 1:30 not 2:30

HybridThizzle

Not gonna lie, I hated the opening song until I started watching you guys jam out to it every episode. 😂

Neal Cabanos

I hope u guys increase the amount of episodes cuz this series is really long

Blackeye

True lol

Blackeye

Love how Nahid's keeping it so real about the show's pacing <3

most other new OP/naruto reactors watch 2-3 episodes per video. its way too slow early on. and also 2 Naruto episodes = 1 AOS/40 min shows.

Burooj Ahanger

ah telling Sakura to shut up, so it begins as it would.

Burooj Ahanger

oh and a lot of the animes people recommend over naruto are actually boring ngl. There is a reason this show got so popular despite the horrible animation/pacing issues initially

Emily

Watching this is so weird since i recently finished shippuden which has a wayyyy higher budget for animation/soundtrack and the pacing is definitely improved. But og naruto is still fun, when i watched the next arc me and my friends would literally be screaming at the one on one fights like we were dads watching football. I kind of see this og naruto as a prequel to shippuden overall though

Emily

Don't let the flashbacks get to you. It can feel redundant and tedious, but the overall show is great and this is the beginning of the show and is where Kishimoto really didn't know what he was doing with it hence all of the vague rhetoric. He had a bit of an idea of the world composition and characters, but nothing solid on direction. Sasuke "I want to kill a certain someone" Uchiha, Naruto "Believe it" Uzumaki, and the whole "Lets do a random C-rank mission for blank village" are good references to that. Both very important characters, but at this point in the show since its the beginning Kishi is still thinking well wtf am I doing with all of this. He's also notoriously bad at female character writing and admits it hence Sakura "I only think about Sasuke" Haruno. But she gets a lot better along the way, especially in Shippuden, which I really hope you guys end up enjoying this show enough to transition over to.

JediMasterSamson

Yeaaahhh.... you're going to get very sick and tired of the constant flashbacks and still shots. Animes did not have the budget they do now back then. Naruto is pretty much 5 minutes of new material per episode and the rest is still shots, flashbacks and intros/outros.

Mike B

Flashback no Jutsu!!!!! Watch the Naruto Kai videos, they cut out a lot of the recaps

godUsoland

Oh. If you think NARUTO’S anime is slow. One Piece practically moves at erosion’s pace. Two and a half minutes of opening song, NINE minutes worth of recap, five to ten minutes of pans or reused footage, and two and a half minutes of ending song. Anime originally made in the 90s were not known for fast paced episodes.

John FD Lobrano

For sure.

WB

It’s a great show, but not all great shows are good for reactions. I think the series as a whole is going to be rough honestly.

WB

I agree. I think it’s a great show, but the amount of filler prevents me from really enjoying it. 100 episodes is still a ton.

WB

Well I watched penty of Naruto at 2x, but you shouldn't fast forwad in the first couple arcs. The show has cadence to it, some stuff is skipable and some stuff isnt, you should learn it before you start skipping ahead or you will miss key points. One big clue for skippable scenes is whenever Sauske starts speaking, skip aheaad. Besides we all had to suffer through it and so should you.

Ryan

Does Hulu have a function to 2x the speed of the episodes or something? That would help too imo.

Saifu

Naruto is the twilight of anime, rip norimes

tsujoi

theres no shame in fast forwarding through stuff you've already seen. It does it ALOT. great show other than that though

Johny Belcastro Jr

I think you should move the reaction to vimeo. TV Tokyo is already taking down videos. They took down your episode 6

Lavota Carter

Agreed

Jason Lim

normies should react to death note instead of naruto

ArdynXV

The pacing of these last 2 episodes is definitely some of the worst in the entire series. Next episode as well, kind of, though not nearly as bad. As you already know things really pick up after the next few, and then... then this first arc has a very climactic and satisfying ending that makes sitting through episodes like these, WORTH IT 😬👍

Keep It Zen

Yeah, I stopped watching the anime around that time =P The pace is SO slow =P Tha manga was way better =P. I don't know if it gets better with time, but I'll watch it with you!

Simon Varvaressos

Naruto eps are 15 minutes they retell the last episode and and everything gets dragged out

PS

I think yall said you cant skip around to make it easier on the editors but you might have to lol Naruto like DBZ likes to drag things out but instead of dragging it out through one long powerup they use flashbacks or long talks with the villain with flashbacks and its honestly more enjoyable if you give yourself the option to skip a few flashbacks

Jose

Or y’all could cancel Naruto and react to The Wire 😀. Jk

AK Jay

That's not necessary. Only really noticeable in the first arc, which they've nearly finished already.

GoldArthur

If you guys get annoyed later on it’s completely ok, this show could’ve been greater if the studio had more help

AK Jay

I would suggest you get someone (from discord) who gives you a timestamp at which the episode starts (after recap) :D

Steffen Bauknecht

It is going to be funny to see them get annoyed by the padding in this series. This anime going to have a ton flashbacks. It is going to take a while to get through some stuff. After this arc some flashbacks do at least move the story along and give actual background information on characters that explains their motivations. It is going to be a rough ride in this arc.

Jjop017

I swear if they re-released naruto condensed to like 100 episodes with updated animation it would be a huge hit.

Jigga Man

Not really, you just don't notice stuff like that as much when you're not watching it with a nitpicking friend who can't shut up

ElectricAnt

The show is especially slow during this arc but it definitely gets better after episode 20.

Jose

um SPOILER

Fadilla Achmad

Naruto had already transformed..Thats why Sasuke reacted and said "oh thats your plan" when he held the shuriken he sensed that it was naruto

Danny Jeter

Don't forget FMAB

Jason Lim

Yeah, I completely forgot how much panning shots the original Naruto had, maybe because I was young and didn't seem to care too much back then

Jason Lim

Lol the tactics

Varun Narayanswamy

You mean 2002

ElectricAnt

Naruto came out 2007 , give it a break guys.

Daddy

I think its important to point out that the author of this series was terrible at writing female characters and he always says that about himself. It might be hard to spot interesting female characters in naruto compared to other series.

Banketo

Shoutout to Thoth and the Emerald Tablets though, I caught that reference Suraj

scottrager

It's not Naruto...it's the studio that made it. Perriot is trash. They do the same thing with all the anime they make.

scottrager

Masashi Kishimoto is known for not being able to make good female characters. They don't usually have good characterization or any real depth. I promise it does get better after a while haha Naruto does get some really cool female characters and the ones we do know are developed as well. And oh my god, as a kid, I was definitely annoyed with how these episodes were paced. Most of each episode were flashbacks and only 5-10 minutes of new content! But now that I'm re-watching it as an adult, it's WAY more annoying lmao I'm sorry you guys have to suffer through these slow episodes haha But you know, the cool actions sequences in between the slow make it worth it, for me anyway XD I always enjoy your reactions! Wednesdays are my favorite part of the week because I get HunterxHunter and Naruto! Love you guys! Hope you had a great Christmas!

Vanessa Grijalva

Damn it’s been a while since I’ve seen early naruto. It has not aged well

Alejandro Gil

Welcome to the show of Delayed Gratification. Sometimes it moves PAINFULLY slow but the high points are worth it, you all have so many epic moments to watch, you just have to trudge through the long still shots and over explanations lol

Andrea C.

DBZ fans have no right to complain about Naruto's pacing lol

ElectricAnt

I think this show is great for reaction videos because you can put the new content of each episode into the 10 minutes. :D

Daniel Burgmann

Ya'll better get ready lol. Naruto is kind of known for its flashbacks. But it's also known for it's crazy fight choreography, so just hang in there. Things get awesome, especially after this arc (though this one is still cool).

Elijah

Also, as always, Kakashi is a BAMF

Manny D.

Yeah the slow pacing and the repeated scenes and CONSTANT flashbacks are going to make for interesting reactions. There are better fight scenes though, don’t worry. But that replaying the end of the last episode in the beginning of the next episode happens a lot, especially since this was released on a week to week basis (so they could remind the viewer of where things left off). I’d love it if someday they re-edited the entire series to fix that. In an official capacity. But a lot of the fights are on YouTube where he uploader has edited them to be more watchable, if anyone is interested in that. Luckily the story is good enough that the pacing issues don’t detract too badly from the show.

Manny D.

Naruto is known for having a ton of flashbacks, but I had forgotten just how many.

olof

I've always felt like the Land of Waves arc is especially tedious when it comes to unnecessary flashbacks during the fights, it gets a bit better later on. This show is great, it has a lot more depth and wisdom than it would seem, but sometimes it gets just haard to watch. It's worth it, though.

Nikodem

This arc of the show is awesome. For the Normies: There is a show on Hulu called The Misfits. It’s an awesome show. I recommend you guys watch the trailers on Hulu or YouTube for season one. Imagine delinquents in their 20s receiving powers.

Marcb92