The Challenge

The whole time skip thing with it being a big deal that he was being trained by one of the sannin was stupid. I mean shit look at all the crap sasuke learned with Orochimaru.

Actually hell Jiraiya's teaching even on screen amounted to do this with little to no explanation. Especially as he was completely relying on NAruto's huge chakra load.

I find it ironic that all three of the Sannin were far more interesting than their students. I actually like all three of the Sannin. Don't care for the Team 7 except for Kakashi. But at the same time Kishimoto is so misogynistic that he'll buff the hell out of Naruto and Sasuke but Sakura will always be useless in combat.

How did the third Hokage give his opinion to be known by Tsunade? He died shortly after Shikamaru's match in the third exam of the Chuunin

Since I stopped at about chapter 560 or something like that, here is a list of the good and the bad

*The Good:

• Techniques are fun to watch, seeing how they are performed and learning them is nice fun, shows Kishimoto has some nice ideas
  
• I still like Neji & Shikamaru, plus Gai, Kakashi, & Lee are funny imo, as corny as they are, I laugh at their silliness
  
• For the show they got good composers, soundtracks are just pleasant to listen to imo
  
• Medical ninjas, I find it enjoyable, and relaxing to watch, same goes for their techniques
  
• From the Chuunin exam until meeting Sai (minus filler episodes) is fine

*Indifferent:
Jiraiya, Ebisu, Konhomaru's friends, and the minor characters like the ramen store owner and his daughter
Bending ninja rules a bit, something to do with the no kill policy at least saves right people at times

*The Bad:

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