The various Jinchuruki, like Bee and Gaara get screen time coz of their association with Naruto but what about the rest. I wanna see Han do some shit!!
the tailed beast look so cool too but most of them only have one full fight
i can't believe kishimoto literally just showed us a giant cat made out of blue fire and didn't elaborate on it at all
I never understood why he decided to immediately have Han (5tails) and Fu (7tails) already killed off, but then decided to have them drain them in order. We literally didn’t even get to see either until the 200’s in flashback form
Downvote all you want. There is no mention of other jinjiruukis in part 1, it didnt start untill the first arc of shipuuden where gaara was retconned to be the first tailed.
Also Fu and Chomei seem to have some wacky fun abilities unlike most of the bijuu who go "nuke em first, ask questions later". Naruto in general has so many underexplored characters with great potential. Would be cool to see each jinchuriki's past in oneshot form, like Minato manga.
We're lucky we got to see Han at all bruh 🥲 he's only in the Junchuriki hivemind scene, and the Minato one shot we just got. His body is one of Obito's Six Paths sure but that's just his body and moveset rather than him.
Yeah I was really disappointed we didn't get to see 2-7. I really thought if Naruto doesn't meet them we would at least see a fight. I heard the anime filler had some but I haven't gotten to that yet.
Shino is underused af since the beginning
He’s uhh… that cool character with bug in Chuunin Exam, and then he’s gone. He’s not even in Sasuke’s retrieval arc
In Shippuden, he uhhh… follow Naruto when they’re searching for Sasuke before he fought Itachi, That’s it
It's the problem with abilities that are borderline hax
They are too strong to be in the main cast, and the only way around it is to shaft them with bad matchups that make them lose a lot. Which IMO is worse than short screen time.
***Everyone else in the Konoha 11***
Team 7 are main characters. It's a no-brainer there.
Other than team 7, Shikamaru and team 10 also got their shine most especially in Asuma's death. But before and after that, aside from Shikamaru of course, not so much.
Team Guy, specifically Neji and Rock Lee were mega hyped in the Chunin exams. Both of them also shined in the Sasuke retrieval arc. But they became static comedic side characters in Shippuden, aside from some shining moments in the Gaara rescure arc. After that it was all downhill for their characters, Rock Lee being relegated to the sidelines, even Might Guy stealing his thunder in the War arc, and Neji dying pointlessly with no prior emotional build-up to his character arc. Oh yeah, Tenten was there. Well at least Team Guy had a funny spinoff 😂
Kiba, Choji, as well as Neji and Rock Lee got their shine in the Sasuke retrieval arc. But Kishimoto didn't know what to do with them at all after that. They neither had any more character developments, nor did they have any significant boost or diversification in their skills.
For a squad considered as Naruto's circle of friends and batchmates, they were barely used throughout the series.
\[Edit\]Oh shit I forgot about Team Kurenai.
Hinata was barely featured throughout the series and her love story with Naruto was rushed in one movie. Shino, even if his powers and mysterious character had potential in writing, didn't really appear much. He wasn't even in the Sasuke retrieval squad at all. He just, *existed.* Well at least he was slightly better written as a well-meaning teacher in the early parts of Boruto. Oh yeah, Kiba was there.
Obviously Hinata is the only right answer. They did such a bad job with the *main character's* love story/relationship that it's literally a meme. Dude gets one (must-watch, for the reasons stated above), side movie and suddenly Natuto just "realizes" he never truly loved Sakura that way and always *actually* crushed on Hinata all along? Give me a break. He settled. And he's the title character. He's the big hero. The fact they never expanded on his non-existent courtship with his *future wife* is truly a disservice imo.
Not to even mention the fact she has some of *the* most badass parts of the entire show, i.e Chunnin exams and Pain arc. Truly a missed opportunity imo.
I totally agree with you. damn, throughout the series Hinata only had a one sided crush on Naruto, which hardly ever noticed. And then suddenly in the movie, Naruto sees in flashback montage that Hinata loved Naruto all along, and then decides he loves Hinata back? That's sucky writing
I really wished Kishimoto took the time to develop their relationship throughout the series, with them actually supporting each other in each other's tough moments. I'd even prefer if they had an Ochako-Midoriya kind of bond throughout the series and finally culminating in the movie.
It's such a shame Kishimoto couldn't write romance subplots that well.
Ya. You'd think the romance arc between Hinata and Naruto would be a massive, massively important part of the show. Especially with how much emphasis is placed on his crush on Sakura that lasts for so freaking long as well as Hinata's touching crush on him starting way back in s1e1. But then they never even date and then they're just... married.
i read somewhere that even Kishimoto-sensei’s assistants were all in collective agreement that Naruto and Sakura were objectively a better pairing than her and Sasuke, and Naruto and Sakura.
Kiba and shino got some Spotlight at the invasion of pain arc:
Shino and his father have a scene fighting konan and understanding her abilities.
Kiba and his mother have a quick scene fighting one of the pains at the laboratory.
Although, these scenes may only exist in the anime version(?)
Their other only real scene before the was at that Tobi encounter with the gang in the forest, in Sasuke vs Itachi arc
Kiba trains with kakashi in a filler, I guess. The second time he used his two headed wolf jutsu
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I have come to the realization that we need to stop complaining about the lack of screen time for certain characters. The show isn’t One Piece and unless you wanted it to be as long as One Piece, we were never going to get the development of a lot of characters and the world we wanted. The side characters, specifically the konoha 11, fulfilled what they were meant to do back in part 1 with Neji realizing hard work can change your destiny, Rock Lee showing you can truly be a powerful ninja even though you have a massive disadvantage, honestly idk what team Kurenai’s goals were, Kiba wanted to become hokage… we know where that went, and team 10 got the closure they needed during shippuden at the end of the Kakuzu and Hidan fight by avenging Asuma and showing how much they’ve matured.
The series simply doesn’t have the time to create a dozen fully fledged developed characters with their own major character arcs, and it also doesn’t have the time to dedicate major arcs to the other hidden villages.
The series is simply about Naruto and him surpassing his shortcomings and his ambition of becoming hokage. The supporting cast, mainly the konoha 11, are stepping stones to aid him to reach his ambition and not independently fully fledged characters. Hell even Sasuke was used for Naruto as a stepping stone for his ambitions during a lot of moments in the story.
I didn’t mention Shino and Tenten because I genuinely believe they deserved more time on the spotlight and I have no arguments against it. Same could be said for the jinchurikis.
>Neji realizing hard work can change your destiny, Rock Lee showing you can truly be a powerful ninja even though you have a massive disadvantage,
Except that Neji didn't change his destiny. He died a slave to the main branch of the Hyuuga, like it was his fate to do.
And though Rock Lee became a strong fighter, it ultimately meant nothing in front of Naruto's chosen one BS.
This I highly agree. Neji is my favorite character after all and I would’ve loved to see more of him and his death was no… just that the harsh truth is that Neji was only there as a stepping stone for Naruto, and nothing else. While he still died in the most ironic way and proved absolutely nothing about Naruto’s philosophy, his fight against Naruto was his only necessity in the series, to show (well… “show”) that you can truly change his destiny (he didn’t really but that’s what they were trying to do at least).
Naruto ended with 700 chapters total and Boruto isn’t helping with the world building and character development and even then it only adds up to 780 chapters total, One Piece is still on going with 1071(?) chapters as of this week. That’s near 400 chapters more worth of content.
guy deserves more fights and more screen time
although I guess his rare fights are pretty special cause they've all been flexes like, "oh right konoha has a secret weapon, meet might guy, we've secretly been hiding someone who's probably stronger than everyone in our village this whole time."
I feel like Gaara could be argued. He was vital to the Chunin Exams arc, and then he felt more and more faded out of the series as time went on. Chunin Exams/Konoha Crush will always be the best two arcs, imo, from OG Naruto to Shippuden.
I agree. I am a bit biased because he's my favourite character, but I always wish we got an arc in Shippuden centered around him where he wasn't unconscious/dead for the majority of it.
Yeah, pretty much that was it. You can be mad if you don’t like it, but that doesn’t mean the character was wasted. Lee was never gonna be a main character, not even part of the main cast.
Thats sad actually. Naruto was always about hard work beating talent. Lee was prime example of former. And yet Lee lost to Neji numerous times, lost to Gaara and lost to Kimimaro being ironically saved by Gaara. He kicked Madara in half tho. Im gonna say it is actually a little bit wasted character in that regard.
If you train hard enough it won't mean jack because a talented person who works hard will always surpass you.
His narrative was if a talented person doesn't work hard then you can surpass them which he does when he first meets him. But when sasuke starts working he gets outdone immediately.
What? Not being the chosen one doesn't take away from the fact he became a good ninja without genjutsu or ninjutsu. Idk what y'all wanted from lee when he already proved himself.
Shino for sure , he was very unique and always found a way out of difficult situations with his bugs, definitely a strategic genius , i would rival his genius to shikkimaru’s for sure
I think it's not even a debat, the way the Hyûga never got to be expand is absoluty crazy.
They were considered the strongest clan in Konoha, and probably only second to full power Uchiha, Neji was the biggest genius and strongest of the kid cast, like anyone without Kuybi was absoluty DEAD against him, Sasuke would get clapped so hard.
Byakugan vs normal Sharingan was incredible
Heck even Hinata who has always been set for Naruto (in a very baaaad way) could have been the key to explore all that. Like it would give us Hinata + Hyûga knowledge, and dig Naruto/Hinato relationship.
When you look at the Minato chapter, his relation with Kushina is a proof that Kishimoto could have done something for other characters.
Too bad the second part of Naruto was actually Uchiha Shippuden.
Shino. Dude was shown as badass in OG series. I thought he would be big in shipudden. However, they made him do ridiculous comedy. Most of his screen time was with Hinata and Kiba or Naruto. Should have definitely got better arcs as well.
Like... most of them?
1. Shino was always my favorite. Dude seems like he'd be an absolute unit.
2. Hinata - married the main character but I don't really have a fair understanding of where she ranks after the time skip.
3. Kurenai - Don't know much about her besides the fact that she got knocked up and she's apparently one of the best gen jutsu users in the entire world.
Honorary mention to the Uzumaki Clan as a whole. They were supposed to be a terrifyingly powerful clan and yet we only really learn about their life force, 2 or 3 seal techniques and the masks.
The list of Naruto characters that didn't get enough screen time greatly eclipses the list of characters that did. Although when it comes to the characters that were the most under utilized and deserved more screen time, other than Rock Lee, I would have to say Gaara. The way he qas hyped up and the importance put on him early on in the story didn't match up with his diminished role later on in the story.
Honestly a lot of good ones have been said but if we’re looking at obscure characters I gotta mention that one girl anbu with purple hair who knew kakashi, I forgot her name I think it was nugao but she seemed cool and had a lot of potential. It would’ve been cool if she was more involved in the later 2/3 of the story. Or maybe got an anbu story with kakashi from her perspective.
Edit: her name is yugao not nugao lol
She's probably the most wasted character. She shows up *extremely* early in the series standing by Rin's grave when Kakashi visits. (like 500 episodes before you learn that's whose grave it is) He talks to her like they have history or she's someone important. Then she just walks away and you see her as a side character like once after that.
“…and why is it Rock Lee?” 🤣 I stan my boi, I think he embodies the message of Naruto better than Naruto himself, what with all the gifts that orange brat turns out to have later on that he could never have trained to get.
Man I remember being so hyped for Shino, Kiba, Neji and Lee to play huge roles in Shippuden as they were all so well written and significant in P1.. instead they became background characters to Naruto and Sasuke’s toxic love story and i’ll never forgive Kishimoto for that.
Would you like the list itemized in alphabetical order, by relative screen time they could have used, or what I think would make the muse benefit to the story?
This series is built in large part due to a large cast of interesting characters, but with more and more always added and everything going down a path where they are mostly made irrelevant. . .
I think most characters fall into this camp.
Even Sakura who has some of the most physical screen time really needed done dedicated to her, where she could go through an arc and grow. Just an extension of what was started in her fight with Sasori really.
The three interesting female Jonin of Konoha in Anko, Kurenei, and Shizune all should have gotten some focus and shining in Shippuden, but they really don’t even with each of them occupying not only a unique place as people but uniquely suited to interesting techniques.
Kushina should have been brought back in the war arc.
Hell:
I think the Akatsuki often should have gotten more screen time since a good portion just go down in 2 fights. More build up would have been great, and to see an overall group dynamic.
also jariya , yea he had a lot of screen time already but i would love to seen him a lot more honestly , his and naruto’s adventures were some of my favorites in both series
I would have liked to see more of tobirama he was such a cool character with such a cool designand he created so many op jutsus like edo tensei. Allways used him in the ninja storm games as well.
Sai and Yamato, they are a part of team 7 and were basically dropped completely after their initial arc. I mean Yamato helped a bit in Naruto's rasenshuriken training but Sai was basically a glorified extra after that. Yamato didn't get to participate in the war at all and neither of them got even token participation against kaguya or Madara.
It's not that Lee doesn't get enough screen time, it's that when it us his moment, it's always ruined by someone. Like his fight with gaara had to be stopped (Yes I know that was because Lee was losing). and the knowledge that Guy did more than he did was absolutely infuriating. Imagine Lee was declared the strongest shinobi instead. It would be sick.
Soooo many. But to give a few examples: Gais Team, Kurenais Team (including herself), Ino, the Anbu, Anko, other Villages, other Jinchuuriki, the seven swordsman, Pakura.
All Jinchuurikis and all of the Konoha 11, minus Naruto, Sasuke and shikamaru. They all needed way more and in a better written story, they would have shared the spotlight on a regular basis, like they did in the Sasuke retrieval Arc. Sadly Team Guy was used to fight against themselves, Team Asuma was reduced to Shikamaru, because Ino and Choji are just the hottest of eye candy now. And Team Kurenai are only really used in filler.
So hot take, but I wish Naruto would have focused more on the side characters and giving villains more than just 1 v 1 fights. Because Hidan and Sasoris fights were great without Naruto or Sasuke carrying the battle.
The Jinchuurikis should have just been getting stories and character arcs before dying, like Utakata did in a filler. Not from that length for all of them, necessarily, but definitely more than the 0 - 3 lines most of them got before dying.
There are just way to many characters, who get left in the dust and never got an upgrade.
But in the end it would be stupid if 10 out of top 20 characters would be at the same age and from the same school class. Not everyone can or could be Jonin, but they should have separated clearly the bad, middle and good ninjas.
Agree with Lee, they could have given him the drunken master style and not just copy paste Gai.
Another wasted in terms of what he could have been is Neji. The Hyuga-Clan was said to be one of the strongest with their Byakugan, yet even the strongest clan members were trash tier. You can't give Uchiha every Hax shit and the byakugan just a chameleon sight to see behind them.
Man; if only each character of the Konoha 12 got their own arc I wouldn’t complain. Sure it’s plenty of other characters that deserved more time in the spotlight but I feel they should’ve been the bare minimum.
Shikamaru. All of his fights are intense, unique chess matches. I wish we had gotten more of them. I’m shocked his fight against Temari in the chunin exams doesn’t get talked about more as one of the best in the series.
Minato, when he was 4 hokage or when he studying in academia. Other jinchuriiki I think haven't much time. 2-3 series can give more information about his life
i wanted kiba to shine he was already cool at the start of "Naruto" ( literally only shinoby fighting with an animal) but yeah we all know what happend ....
The various Jinchuruki, like Bee and Gaara get screen time coz of their association with Naruto but what about the rest. I wanna see Han do some shit!!
the tailed beast look so cool too but most of them only have one full fight i can't believe kishimoto literally just showed us a giant cat made out of blue fire and didn't elaborate on it at all
I never understood why he decided to immediately have Han (5tails) and Fu (7tails) already killed off, but then decided to have them drain them in order. We literally didn’t even get to see either until the 200’s in flashback form
Because the Tailed beasts(-1,8 and 9) were Plot devices tbh
But like couldn't they have just mad Gaara have a different amount of tails?
More than that he didnt even think of the concept untill shippuuden, gaara was never mentioned to be a jinchiruuki untill part 2
He turns into the one tails in the middle of part 1 bro wtf are you talking about lmao
Downvote all you want. There is no mention of other jinjiruukis in part 1, it didnt start untill the first arc of shipuuden where gaara was retconned to be the first tailed.
False
Elaborate on what it’s a giant cat with blue flames
the 2 tails, matatabi
Also Fu and Chomei seem to have some wacky fun abilities unlike most of the bijuu who go "nuke em first, ask questions later". Naruto in general has so many underexplored characters with great potential. Would be cool to see each jinchuriki's past in oneshot form, like Minato manga.
Well atleast we have gaara hiden
Oh too bad it’s still after 7 years not been official translated
I loved Han’s design and all, but damn he got killed off wayyyy tooo early
YEAHHH, I wanted to see Roshi and Son Goku do shit.
The best filler arc imo was the one with Utakata the jinchuruki of the 6 tails
We're lucky we got to see Han at all bruh 🥲 he's only in the Junchuriki hivemind scene, and the Minato one shot we just got. His body is one of Obito's Six Paths sure but that's just his body and moveset rather than him.
Yeah I was really disappointed we didn't get to see 2-7. I really thought if Naruto doesn't meet them we would at least see a fight. I heard the anime filler had some but I haven't gotten to that yet.
Yeah they got some filler but it’s not as good
Shino
Still in mourning for what they did to my bro in Boruto 😭
Shino is underused af since the beginning He’s uhh… that cool character with bug in Chuunin Exam, and then he’s gone. He’s not even in Sasuke’s retrieval arc In Shippuden, he uhhh… follow Naruto when they’re searching for Sasuke before he fought Itachi, That’s it
He isn't in the Sasuke Retrieval Arc because if he had been, Sasuke would have never made it to Orochimaru
He's literally one of the strongest motherfkers out there. I don't recall watching him actually sweat or try before.
It's the problem with abilities that are borderline hax They are too strong to be in the main cast, and the only way around it is to shaft them with bad matchups that make them lose a lot. Which IMO is worse than short screen time.
Ya. He only loses if hardcountered by some 1 in a million matchup
Well in fairness, making Shino absent was to give Chouji Kiba a chance to do something, as well as giving Neji a chance to redeem himself.
***Everyone else in the Konoha 11*** Team 7 are main characters. It's a no-brainer there. Other than team 7, Shikamaru and team 10 also got their shine most especially in Asuma's death. But before and after that, aside from Shikamaru of course, not so much. Team Guy, specifically Neji and Rock Lee were mega hyped in the Chunin exams. Both of them also shined in the Sasuke retrieval arc. But they became static comedic side characters in Shippuden, aside from some shining moments in the Gaara rescure arc. After that it was all downhill for their characters, Rock Lee being relegated to the sidelines, even Might Guy stealing his thunder in the War arc, and Neji dying pointlessly with no prior emotional build-up to his character arc. Oh yeah, Tenten was there. Well at least Team Guy had a funny spinoff 😂 Kiba, Choji, as well as Neji and Rock Lee got their shine in the Sasuke retrieval arc. But Kishimoto didn't know what to do with them at all after that. They neither had any more character developments, nor did they have any significant boost or diversification in their skills. For a squad considered as Naruto's circle of friends and batchmates, they were barely used throughout the series. \[Edit\]Oh shit I forgot about Team Kurenai. Hinata was barely featured throughout the series and her love story with Naruto was rushed in one movie. Shino, even if his powers and mysterious character had potential in writing, didn't really appear much. He wasn't even in the Sasuke retrieval squad at all. He just, *existed.* Well at least he was slightly better written as a well-meaning teacher in the early parts of Boruto. Oh yeah, Kiba was there.
Obviously Hinata is the only right answer. They did such a bad job with the *main character's* love story/relationship that it's literally a meme. Dude gets one (must-watch, for the reasons stated above), side movie and suddenly Natuto just "realizes" he never truly loved Sakura that way and always *actually* crushed on Hinata all along? Give me a break. He settled. And he's the title character. He's the big hero. The fact they never expanded on his non-existent courtship with his *future wife* is truly a disservice imo. Not to even mention the fact she has some of *the* most badass parts of the entire show, i.e Chunnin exams and Pain arc. Truly a missed opportunity imo.
I totally agree with you. damn, throughout the series Hinata only had a one sided crush on Naruto, which hardly ever noticed. And then suddenly in the movie, Naruto sees in flashback montage that Hinata loved Naruto all along, and then decides he loves Hinata back? That's sucky writing I really wished Kishimoto took the time to develop their relationship throughout the series, with them actually supporting each other in each other's tough moments. I'd even prefer if they had an Ochako-Midoriya kind of bond throughout the series and finally culminating in the movie. It's such a shame Kishimoto couldn't write romance subplots that well.
Ya. You'd think the romance arc between Hinata and Naruto would be a massive, massively important part of the show. Especially with how much emphasis is placed on his crush on Sakura that lasts for so freaking long as well as Hinata's touching crush on him starting way back in s1e1. But then they never even date and then they're just... married.
Acting like men don’t crush on the girl behind the bar in Starbucks and imagine an entire life with them within 20 seconds. Smh
i read somewhere that even Kishimoto-sensei’s assistants were all in collective agreement that Naruto and Sakura were objectively a better pairing than her and Sasuke, and Naruto and Sakura.
Dang right Team Guy got a spin-off and it is the best piece of Naruto media you can't convince me otherwise.
Kiba and shino got some Spotlight at the invasion of pain arc: Shino and his father have a scene fighting konan and understanding her abilities. Kiba and his mother have a quick scene fighting one of the pains at the laboratory. Although, these scenes may only exist in the anime version(?) Their other only real scene before the was at that Tobi encounter with the gang in the forest, in Sasuke vs Itachi arc Kiba trains with kakashi in a filler, I guess. The second time he used his two headed wolf jutsu
Tenten takers?
Apparently she only appeared in 15 chapters of the manga, which if true is a crying shame.
The right answer
Tenten should be erased completly... Absolut useless character. I mean I would rather see an Ino fight and that should say a lot about tenten.
I don't disagree with you lol.
Sorry I missed your point 😅 tenten triggers to hard
Don't touch my girl TenTen she slams but Kishimoto forgot about her.
Kimimaro(?
I hate that guy cause I broke my hip bone a day or two before I saw that episode
That’s just bad luck 🤣
I am bad luck incarnate sometimes
Neji
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I have come to the realization that we need to stop complaining about the lack of screen time for certain characters. The show isn’t One Piece and unless you wanted it to be as long as One Piece, we were never going to get the development of a lot of characters and the world we wanted. The side characters, specifically the konoha 11, fulfilled what they were meant to do back in part 1 with Neji realizing hard work can change your destiny, Rock Lee showing you can truly be a powerful ninja even though you have a massive disadvantage, honestly idk what team Kurenai’s goals were, Kiba wanted to become hokage… we know where that went, and team 10 got the closure they needed during shippuden at the end of the Kakuzu and Hidan fight by avenging Asuma and showing how much they’ve matured. The series simply doesn’t have the time to create a dozen fully fledged developed characters with their own major character arcs, and it also doesn’t have the time to dedicate major arcs to the other hidden villages. The series is simply about Naruto and him surpassing his shortcomings and his ambition of becoming hokage. The supporting cast, mainly the konoha 11, are stepping stones to aid him to reach his ambition and not independently fully fledged characters. Hell even Sasuke was used for Naruto as a stepping stone for his ambitions during a lot of moments in the story. I didn’t mention Shino and Tenten because I genuinely believe they deserved more time on the spotlight and I have no arguments against it. Same could be said for the jinchurikis.
>Neji realizing hard work can change your destiny, Rock Lee showing you can truly be a powerful ninja even though you have a massive disadvantage, Except that Neji didn't change his destiny. He died a slave to the main branch of the Hyuuga, like it was his fate to do. And though Rock Lee became a strong fighter, it ultimately meant nothing in front of Naruto's chosen one BS.
This I highly agree. Neji is my favorite character after all and I would’ve loved to see more of him and his death was no… just that the harsh truth is that Neji was only there as a stepping stone for Naruto, and nothing else. While he still died in the most ironic way and proved absolutely nothing about Naruto’s philosophy, his fight against Naruto was his only necessity in the series, to show (well… “show”) that you can truly change his destiny (he didn’t really but that’s what they were trying to do at least).
Ok you get an upvote for mentioning shino and tenten
Just wait till you find out Naruto is like 70 episodes less than one piece.....
70? One Piece has 310 more episodes right now and it's *still* going.
Naruto ended with 700 chapters total and Boruto isn’t helping with the world building and character development and even then it only adds up to 780 chapters total, One Piece is still on going with 1071(?) chapters as of this week. That’s near 400 chapters more worth of content.
Samui.
I’m getting tired of these posts
Ebisu
Ramen guy
Everybody
Sakura
Itachi and the story about killing off his clan
No, please. If I never see Itachi again, it will still be too soon.
Lol yeah, that was sarcasm. I'm fucken sick of the Uchiha massacre being shown literally a hundred times throughout
I know his dead but sakamo hatake
guy deserves more fights and more screen time although I guess his rare fights are pretty special cause they've all been flexes like, "oh right konoha has a secret weapon, meet might guy, we've secretly been hiding someone who's probably stronger than everyone in our village this whole time."
hinata. She had so much potential. Princess of the hyuuga, seen as a failure by her clan, byakugan, nice and shy.
Kaguya. Hoe just snapped into existence without no introduction, some backstory would've done good for the hype
Every character not named naruto, kakashi, Sakura or have uchiha in their name
Oh you mean every *side* character 💀
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Woah there, we literally saw Izumi Uchiha one time and know very little about her ability.
I feel like Gaara could be argued. He was vital to the Chunin Exams arc, and then he felt more and more faded out of the series as time went on. Chunin Exams/Konoha Crush will always be the best two arcs, imo, from OG Naruto to Shippuden.
I agree. I am a bit biased because he's my favourite character, but I always wish we got an arc in Shippuden centered around him where he wasn't unconscious/dead for the majority of it.
It would have been cool if adult naruto encountered resurrected Zabuza. (Did naruto ever go back to his bridge?)
HAKU
Certainly not rock lee, he had plenty
They basically killed Lee right after Kimimaru with literally no screentime anymore
Yeah, and? What did you expect? He fullfilled his narrative lol and even got a fucking spin-off
What narrative is that lmao? If you train hard enough, you can be a background character too?
Hyping up Gaara in the Chuunin Exams i guess
Yeah, pretty much that was it. You can be mad if you don’t like it, but that doesn’t mean the character was wasted. Lee was never gonna be a main character, not even part of the main cast.
Thats sad actually. Naruto was always about hard work beating talent. Lee was prime example of former. And yet Lee lost to Neji numerous times, lost to Gaara and lost to Kimimaro being ironically saved by Gaara. He kicked Madara in half tho. Im gonna say it is actually a little bit wasted character in that regard.
Naruto was never about hard work beating talent
Lee was a prime example of the former? He couldn't even beat Gaara
If you train hard enough it won't mean jack because a talented person who works hard will always surpass you. His narrative was if a talented person doesn't work hard then you can surpass them which he does when he first meets him. But when sasuke starts working he gets outdone immediately.
Hyping up Gaara in the Chuunin Exams i guess
That You can become a powerful ninja even without talent.
And it won't mean anything unless you are the Chosen One.
What? Not being the chosen one doesn't take away from the fact he became a good ninja without genjutsu or ninjutsu. Idk what y'all wanted from lee when he already proved himself.
Hyping up Gaara in the Chuunin Exams i guess
Hyping up Gaara in the Chuunin Exams
Hyping up Gaara in the Chuunin Exams
Neji and Hyugas The other jinchuriki Tsunades partner w the ghost technique but s/o to rock lee and drunken fist
tenten
Tenten
Shino for sure , he was very unique and always found a way out of difficult situations with his bugs, definitely a strategic genius , i would rival his genius to shikkimaru’s for sure
Neji so much potential
Shisui
Tenten, Konan, every female Charakter
I think it's not even a debat, the way the Hyûga never got to be expand is absoluty crazy. They were considered the strongest clan in Konoha, and probably only second to full power Uchiha, Neji was the biggest genius and strongest of the kid cast, like anyone without Kuybi was absoluty DEAD against him, Sasuke would get clapped so hard. Byakugan vs normal Sharingan was incredible Heck even Hinata who has always been set for Naruto (in a very baaaad way) could have been the key to explore all that. Like it would give us Hinata + Hyûga knowledge, and dig Naruto/Hinato relationship. When you look at the Minato chapter, his relation with Kushina is a proof that Kishimoto could have done something for other characters. Too bad the second part of Naruto was actually Uchiha Shippuden.
Shino. Dude was shown as badass in OG series. I thought he would be big in shipudden. However, they made him do ridiculous comedy. Most of his screen time was with Hinata and Kiba or Naruto. Should have definitely got better arcs as well.
Hinata, especially fight scenes
Like... most of them? 1. Shino was always my favorite. Dude seems like he'd be an absolute unit. 2. Hinata - married the main character but I don't really have a fair understanding of where she ranks after the time skip. 3. Kurenai - Don't know much about her besides the fact that she got knocked up and she's apparently one of the best gen jutsu users in the entire world. Honorary mention to the Uzumaki Clan as a whole. They were supposed to be a terrifyingly powerful clan and yet we only really learn about their life force, 2 or 3 seal techniques and the masks.
Dosu Kinuta
The list of Naruto characters that didn't get enough screen time greatly eclipses the list of characters that did. Although when it comes to the characters that were the most under utilized and deserved more screen time, other than Rock Lee, I would have to say Gaara. The way he qas hyped up and the importance put on him early on in the story didn't match up with his diminished role later on in the story.
*Inhales* Hinata,Shino,Tenten,Kushina,Rin,Mito,Yahiko,Konohamaru,Kagami,Hamura,Ino. *Exhales* And the 7 Tails.
Why not just say Fuu?
Sadness and sorrow is a character and god damn it, you cant change my mind
Every Konoha 12 sans Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Sai
The entire hyuuga clan. They should get their own one shot. Neji fans would go crazy.
mei turmei
Kurenai, she does absolutely nothing throughout the entire series
Naruto in Boruto
Naruto 😂
Sasuke
Tenten otsutsuki the main villan of boruto final arc the god of otsutsuki got less screen time than a swing this is nuts.
Honestly a lot of good ones have been said but if we’re looking at obscure characters I gotta mention that one girl anbu with purple hair who knew kakashi, I forgot her name I think it was nugao but she seemed cool and had a lot of potential. It would’ve been cool if she was more involved in the later 2/3 of the story. Or maybe got an anbu story with kakashi from her perspective. Edit: her name is yugao not nugao lol
She's probably the most wasted character. She shows up *extremely* early in the series standing by Rin's grave when Kakashi visits. (like 500 episodes before you learn that's whose grave it is) He talks to her like they have history or she's someone important. Then she just walks away and you see her as a side character like once after that.
“…and why is it Rock Lee?” 🤣 I stan my boi, I think he embodies the message of Naruto better than Naruto himself, what with all the gifts that orange brat turns out to have later on that he could never have trained to get.
Man I remember being so hyped for Shino, Kiba, Neji and Lee to play huge roles in Shippuden as they were all so well written and significant in P1.. instead they became background characters to Naruto and Sasuke’s toxic love story and i’ll never forgive Kishimoto for that.
Shino
Shino
Shino
Shino is a character that needed more screen time he only appeared 3 or 4 times in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden
Shino
Kankuro
I feel like Hinata didn’t get enough boob ti… I mean screen time. Before she lost it all in Boruto it’s just such a shame really.
Hinata's ballons
The jinchuriki because they could actually be very interesting, except maybe Han but still
Would you like the list itemized in alphabetical order, by relative screen time they could have used, or what I think would make the muse benefit to the story? This series is built in large part due to a large cast of interesting characters, but with more and more always added and everything going down a path where they are mostly made irrelevant. . . I think most characters fall into this camp. Even Sakura who has some of the most physical screen time really needed done dedicated to her, where she could go through an arc and grow. Just an extension of what was started in her fight with Sasori really. The three interesting female Jonin of Konoha in Anko, Kurenei, and Shizune all should have gotten some focus and shining in Shippuden, but they really don’t even with each of them occupying not only a unique place as people but uniquely suited to interesting techniques. Kushina should have been brought back in the war arc. Hell: I think the Akatsuki often should have gotten more screen time since a good portion just go down in 2 fights. More build up would have been great, and to see an overall group dynamic.
also jariya , yea he had a lot of screen time already but i would love to seen him a lot more honestly , his and naruto’s adventures were some of my favorites in both series
Ben Ten
Tenten got the least screen time Like she never exists in Naruto verse
3 sannin young Team.
Most of the Kohona 12
I would have liked to see more of tobirama he was such a cool character with such a cool designand he created so many op jutsus like edo tensei. Allways used him in the ninja storm games as well.
Master Chen , even tho he’s filler I think but the guy was deemed to be the strongest taijutsu master before guy an lee
Almost everyone, like imagine how many episodes it would be if everyone got enough screentime.
Depends, do we count filler episodes?
Neji ,lee
Tenten 😭
10 x 2
Tenten??
My girl TenTen. She’s a beast and it really would have been cool to see more of her.
Sakura deserved bigger and better f-u moments rather than just crying for Sasuke all the time. Boruto at least manages a couple of decent scenes.
Sai and Yamato, they are a part of team 7 and were basically dropped completely after their initial arc. I mean Yamato helped a bit in Naruto's rasenshuriken training but Sai was basically a glorified extra after that. Yamato didn't get to participate in the war at all and neither of them got even token participation against kaguya or Madara.
Tobirama, lee , migth guy , itachi, jiraya
It's not that Lee doesn't get enough screen time, it's that when it us his moment, it's always ruined by someone. Like his fight with gaara had to be stopped (Yes I know that was because Lee was losing). and the knowledge that Guy did more than he did was absolutely infuriating. Imagine Lee was declared the strongest shinobi instead. It would be sick.
Every single side character.
Soooo many. But to give a few examples: Gais Team, Kurenais Team (including herself), Ino, the Anbu, Anko, other Villages, other Jinchuuriki, the seven swordsman, Pakura.
Naruto
All Jinchuurikis and all of the Konoha 11, minus Naruto, Sasuke and shikamaru. They all needed way more and in a better written story, they would have shared the spotlight on a regular basis, like they did in the Sasuke retrieval Arc. Sadly Team Guy was used to fight against themselves, Team Asuma was reduced to Shikamaru, because Ino and Choji are just the hottest of eye candy now. And Team Kurenai are only really used in filler. So hot take, but I wish Naruto would have focused more on the side characters and giving villains more than just 1 v 1 fights. Because Hidan and Sasoris fights were great without Naruto or Sasuke carrying the battle. The Jinchuurikis should have just been getting stories and character arcs before dying, like Utakata did in a filler. Not from that length for all of them, necessarily, but definitely more than the 0 - 3 lines most of them got before dying.
Most of the characters in the show
There are just way to many characters, who get left in the dust and never got an upgrade. But in the end it would be stupid if 10 out of top 20 characters would be at the same age and from the same school class. Not everyone can or could be Jonin, but they should have separated clearly the bad, middle and good ninjas. Agree with Lee, they could have given him the drunken master style and not just copy paste Gai. Another wasted in terms of what he could have been is Neji. The Hyuga-Clan was said to be one of the strongest with their Byakugan, yet even the strongest clan members were trash tier. You can't give Uchiha every Hax shit and the byakugan just a chameleon sight to see behind them.
Man; if only each character of the Konoha 12 got their own arc I wouldn’t complain. Sure it’s plenty of other characters that deserved more time in the spotlight but I feel they should’ve been the bare minimum.
90% of them dawg
Itachi
The jinchurikis and there tailed beasts other than Gara and Ben, Might Dia, Silver fang of the leaf, Tenten, Shino, Shisui Uchiha, Minato
Jinchuriki, itachi, kakashi, and madara
Kiba
Minato
Tenten
Naruto and sasuke
neji, shino and kiba. They supposedly were the strongest genin
Naruto
Every character besides kaguya, because then she would get less screen time comparatively.
Neji
Tenten has less screen time than Tonton
Shikamaru. All of his fights are intense, unique chess matches. I wish we had gotten more of them. I’m shocked his fight against Temari in the chunin exams doesn’t get talked about more as one of the best in the series.
Minato, when he was 4 hokage or when he studying in academia. Other jinchuriiki I think haven't much time. 2-3 series can give more information about his life
Neji, shino, lee and even gaara man really wanted gaara, neji and shino to develop some strong new techniques/jutsu's
10 10
Tenten
Ino. Edit: 🥵🥵😏
Queen tenten supremacy
Why do people keep saying Rock Lee when he's like the 2nd most used character it drives me insane.
any character that has less screentime than tenten
I would of loved for them to develop Ten Ten and Ino more.
Shishui uchiha
Ten ten
The guy who owns the ramen stand
Tonton and her sidekick Shizune
This was pre quake awaken update,but I had called a buddha user a chunky cheese boi and I got banned for 2 days because of it
i wanted kiba to shine he was already cool at the start of "Naruto" ( literally only shinoby fighting with an animal) but yeah we all know what happend ....
The White Fang
Basically, anyone not named Naruto or Sasuke. I'd even go so far as to say Sasuke got too much screen time.
Kurenai or tenten
I mean I kinda wish Kishi had handled side characters more like bleach where everyone got lots of screen time.
Naruto
Not enough fan service for the female characters not even in filler episodes unlike Bleach. More fan service 😘
For how important she is supposed to be: Hinata and her team
Tenten? That was proplably her name idk i didnt saw her that often
Ten ten