What is your favorite Naruto Episode?

[HimizujinEternia]

Well, I don't have favorite individual episodes, but I do have favorite sequences.

My top three episode sequences:

3.) 46-47 (Hinata vs. Neji)

I loved this fight when I first saw it, and I still do. See, Hinata is easily one of my favorite characters, and these two episodes are the reason. At first, I thought of her as merely being cute in her shyness and crush on Naruto. However, after these episodes, I saw how much potential she has as a character. After all, she was the true first person to acknowledge Naruto, and that is incredibly important.

Another thing I got out of these episodes was my sheer HATRED of Neji. I'm sorry to all the Neji fans out there, but no matter how cool a character this guy is, he is easily the biggest bastard in the entire series. His view points introduced in this episode not only conflict with one of the main themes of the series, but also with mine. In my eyes, there is no fate or destiny, there is only the choices you make. Besides, he nearly killed Hinata, and as I said, Hinata is one of my favorite characters.

Oh, and one more thing: my all time favorite quote in Naruto is said in these episodes:

"A Dropout can defeat a Genius with Hard Work."

2.) 48-50 (Rock Lee vs. Gaara)

Rock Lee is easily one of the most incredible characters in all of Naruto, and these three episodes are the ones where he gets the most development. These episodes demonstrate just how powerful a character Lee is. His past and his progress is shown, and he shows what it truly means to be driven. His words as he tells his goal to Gai, as well as when he's Sparring with Neji, are incredibly touching.

It has one of the most thrilling fight sequences in the series in it as well. I also find it humorous as to how torn up the floor gets in this single fight. In all, a very good pair of episodes.

1.) 60-62 (Naruto vs. Neji)

As I said, I detested Hyuuga Neji at this point, and I still dislike him to a point. This episode was pretty much payback in my eyes; Neji deserved to be beat down to the ground for what he did to Hinata and his utterly awful outlook on the universe.

That said, this fight was still incredibly enjoyable to me. We get to see Neji's reasons for being such a bastage, and we get to see my favorite attack in all of Naruto: Hakke Rokujyuuyon Shou. IT LOOKS SO FREAKING COOL!

Also, these episodes also reminded me of one of my favorite scenes in any movie: the final fight with Smith in Matrix Revolutions. Not just because the action was superb and incredible, but because the whole "Choice Vs. Fate" theme comes into play in an incredible way here. "Let me ask you something... why do you continue to fight in the face of fate?" "Because I choose to... I mean, because I was called a dropout." If I had the materials, I would so turn this fight into an AMV for Neodammerung and Why, Mr. Anderson?

[kimunist]

the best (section of episodes, i could not pick just one) was probably the entire 2nd chuunin exam/prelims...

this had the most variety of fighting as well as a lot of plot stories going on as well. also, we get to see a lot of team action and practically everyone in naruto in action (excluding all the adults and etc.)


i did see 71 but i dont think its the best =/

[Vlad]

it's all about 46-47 (Hinata vs. Neji)...it's just...so good.

I <3 Hinata

[markos]

30, 48, 71 and that ep where naruto beat up haku - they are all made by the same graphic/animation team - i hope they'll do more eps, especially next naruto fight, because i know that it would be worth it (spoiler?)
the best solution although is to done every next ep and remake the olders by those people

[Kizo]

Episode 2!
Konohamaru!

[kage_bunshin]

well probably my favorite is ep 8 or 9 where kakashi is caught by zabuza and naruto saves the day!

[ssjtrunks585]

ep 71 was EXCELLENT, ep 48-50 (w/ rock lee and gaara) and ep 30, 66-67 were my favorites otherwise...because Sasuke owns in 30 and 66-67, and rock lee owns in 48-50...if i had to pick an absolute favorite, though, it would be 71 because(hopefully isnt anything bad, but...) the music was F*CKING AWESOME during the fights...

[Power PMV]

Rock Lee vs. Gaara fight.

[itsgalf]

Episode 48. The animation and action in that is just the greatest I've ever seen

[Hakeem_21]

Naruto vs Neji

Neji annoyed me a lot with his "you cant beat your destiny" bullshit.

It was good for him that Naruto kicked ass

Also we saw why he was the way he was before Naruto humbled him.

[High Wind]

just watched 71 and i loved it i expect 72 will also be on my list of fav eps

and also @ HimizujinEternia

HOLY CRAP it wasn't an essay I spent a loong time reading through your post

But hey at least its better than some of the incoherent stuff that floats about in other forums


So for me my favourite episodes are:

9
19
30
64
71

And probably 72 when it comes out


*Edit* I forgot to mention 66-67 those episodes were bad ass

[Stoopider]

Episode 48. Gaara Vs Rock Lee.
The CG's sooooooooo goooooood.

[The_Fourth]

My favorite would be... 71 it KICKED ASS!! and aslo the naruto vs. neji fight was really cool.

[Paithan]

64, cause you get to see Shikamaru in action...

[~*AmiDamaRu*~]

mine was first ep... i was soo hooked to this anime cuz this ep was amzing.. my hair rose on my neck and got goosebumps wehn naruto goes ill kill u if u touch iruka sensei and like that music kicked in...also ep 48 was mad good when lee takes off his weights and goes super fast action.. i got mad goosebumps when that music kicked in along with lee's fast actions... also 71 was good cuz it had nice actions.. and some funny scenes like hokage getting punched in the face

[loser_nin]

I&#39;d have to say 62. It had a good emotional tug to it and I like Neji. 69 definately ties....</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>PUNI PUNI&#33;&#33;&#33;</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

[Viet-Elite]

I would have to say that episode 71 is my fav &#33;

[nar'to]

17-19 - naruto v. haku
30 - sasuke v. orochimaru
48 - gaara v. rock lee
62 - naruto v. neji
64 - shikamaru v. temari
71 - 3rd v. 1st/2nd/orochimaru

it seems to be that i like the big fighting episodes. go figure.

[TeLeKiNeSiS]

39, 48, 62, 71

[HimizujinEternia]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (High Wind &#064; Feb 20 2004, 08:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>and also @ HimizujinEternia

HOLY CRAP it wasn&#39;t an essay I spent a loong time reading through your post</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
What? I like elaborating. Can I help it if I need to justify everything I do?