Originally Posted by
Empire
You do realize that other anime series have adapted to the standards set by the modern anime, right? If its airing in current time it is part of the "modern" anime setting. But then again, those series usually don't stretch out a mediocre story to ridiculous lengths.
Sorry the amount of "story" in naruto is less than a teenage novel, so its not exactly what I'd call "hard to come up with." Much less since the thing has been going on for over a decade.
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Still like the manga, you guys just have to "open your eyes" every now and then and realize that yeah, naruto is waaaaay fucking behind modern anime.