That's how I usually do it with most of the anime. I read the manga and when a fight comes in I watch those episodes or a youtube video with only the fight.

I keep track of the correlation between episodes (anime) and chapters (manga), you can find a list, if not check a wiki for the episode, there should appear which chapters gather.

Usually the manga is more brutal and has more info about the story, also is the original idea of the author.

Manga. Reading it now and enjoy it more than the Anime.

Watch the best moments on youtube that are anime Only

By the war arc I was only reading the manga. Never touched the anime after that.

And for good animation I played the games.

But 700 episodes tho 😩

I just started last week and hit chapter 193 today, I’d recommend manga if you’re someone who likes reading manga.

Both without a question. The anime is great! Fights are cool, music both in the show and for openings is iconic! And I even think the filler can be fun. But I think the manga delivers the actual story of Naruto in the best and most accurate way. And Kishimoto is a great artist!

The naruto anime is pretty faithfull, some stuff does get censored though.

The Boruto anime is like that one dude from highschool that rawdogs everything that moves, not faithfull at all

Hinata never fought Pain and got slapped in one panel

Why did you post this 3 times and why are you so adamant on trying to prove the Boruto anime has filler ?

It’s been stated multiple times the anime is canon. Your last post was even more immature than this. At this point you’re just looking for someone to validate your dissatisfaction

Shippuuden Anime end with a wedding, the last chapter in the manga ends with the Hokage Naruto statue with One Piece logo painted by Boruto.

• in my opinion, no. I first experienced naruto through the manga, loved it, and tried to pick up the anime after, but it did not vibe at all with me. the pacing really threw me off and all in all the art and effort put into the manga makes it an instant win for me.

• yeah it adds a few extra lines of dialogue here or there sometimes (or an extra animated scene, you know) but it doesn’t really deviate from the source material in a way that’s noticeable from what I’ve seen.

• I don’t recall there being anything from the manga that wasn’t in the anime, other than censorship. I think the kakashi anbu arc would have been cool to see canonized in the manga. adds more to his character along with some others.

• everything in boruto is canon. the manga tends to be more serious though and most of the anime feels more of a slice of life. Naruto has fillers like most shonen series but you can find lists that tell you where to skip so you can keep up with the canon material only.

• Yes. Well, mostly in terms of color palettes but if you’re reading the manga you won’t notice aside from when you see the covers. some noticeable things are the anime changing naruto’s pale blonde hair and light blue eyes to a highlighter yellow and dark blue in the anime. Ino’s color palette also got changed up quite a bit (in the manga she has dirty blonde/orangish hair with green eyes, in contrast to her pale blonde hair and blue eyes in the anime.) along with a handful of other characters.

hope this helped some!

Well firstly you don't need to drop 170$ dollars. You could just read it on your phone or at your local library(I read the series during high school. And reread it on my phone).

There are not massive differences between both beyond some facial expressions and pacing. If you watched the anime, your buying the PHYSICAL Manga as a fan to support the series or because your a collector.

Main differences in the Manga are seeing the art in it's original form(which I consider way better), improved pacing, and significantly reduced censorship. Kakashi's full hand goes through Haku, instead of stopping at his chest. Stuff like that.

Of course you lose out on the voice acting, music, extended fights, etc of the anime.

Also $170 is unnecessary unless you really want to collect the physical manga. If you sign up for a Shonen Jump subscription you can read on your phone or in your browser. It's $4 USD a month.

I fully recommend reading the manga.

The sounds and music for starters

I think there are a lot of moments which in anime seems better because of the very nature of medium , background music , characters having a voice that we can hear .So , it is able to better capture the human emotions but it's just my experience.

But if you like manga maybe stick with it . I am someone who generally prefers anime over manga .

Ig it's just I have a lot of stories I want the read but Naruto is long and I don't feel it'll compare to manga I read like Berserk or punpun so maybe I'll just watch it with my girlfriend when we watch shows together instead of investing time into the manga

Somewhat. I’d never ever recommend the anime though, but I loved the manga. The entire seasons of useless and quickly forgotten filler was annoying, but I think the pacing and suspense just sucked in the anime.

In term of general lines, I'd say yes. If you get into details though... let's say Studio Pierrot took too many artistic liberties.

Story-wise, yes. Animation-wise, similar, but darker.

It’s all up to the individual. For me the anime minus the more egregious filler far exceeds the source material. The plot is the exact same. I personally think there is some brilliant use of voice acting, soundtrack and animation in pivotal moments. Even a lot of the filler in Shippuden is excellent.

The confusion wouldn't happen if people just stuck to what Kishimoto himself wrote and illustrated.

Compared to most Western book adaptations, it's incredibly accurate to the manga

Certain writing decisions work better in manga format but the true answer is Studio Pierott has some opinions as to how to improve the story and they make those choices. Sometimes it works well like Shikamaru grieving for Asuma's death, sometimes it doesn't like Sakura's increased hesitancy to destroy Obito's Rinnegan, and on occasion they meant well but made an assumption that's going to come back to bite them later like Kurama's death scene.

As for Sakura, every character has their negative traits amplified but it's more noticeable in her case because she gets vastly more screentime than most other characters in the series.

Modern anime fans don't know how good they have it, I remember having the entire anime just be some random bullshit that only had like 20% of the manga in it.

It did this with bleach too, there’s an endgame ship that happens that people think came out of nowhere because the anime studio decided to push a different ship that was never gonna happen

Shikamaru smokes after Asuma's death in the manga

More grotesque details that is censored in the anime (few examples are Kimimaro's flesh wounds if he pulls out a bone or Gato's death by Zabuza)

In the written Chunin exams, Sakura laughs at Naruto when he panics in the anime but in the manga she panicks as well and show genuine concern when she saw Naruto panicking

Minor color details (Rasengan is yellow, Gaara's hair is brown, etc.)

The scene where Obito asks Sakura to stab the rinnegan is in both the manga and anime but in the anime they dragged that scene out. Probably to make Sakura look bad 😂

I don't think she blocked it, she tackled Naruto to the ground to save him, but the anime changed it so that Naruto just dodged for some reason. The anime also really exaggerated Sakura's temper which I think really contributed to the hate around her character

https://kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net/36c834ac-04f7-4808-8de5-8de8fb0cb948/353/569/90/False/naruto-vol-15.jpg

This one's from the cover of volume 15

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91BFj8APMfL.jpg

This one's from vol 13. Yeah in this one his hair is sorta reddish but it leaned more to brown.

And I think most colored panels we see on the internet are very good fan recolors

1. Everyone has different color chakra but blue is the most common. Sasuke (violet), Orochimaru (purple), Itachi (orange), Naruto (yellow) & all the Tailed-Beasts (crimson).

2. Hair colors: Gaara (brown), Tayuya (pink like Sakura's) & Ino (almost a platinum blonde).

3. Kisame skin is turquoise not blue.

4. Sakura knew about Sasuke's darkness in the manga but Studio Pierrot changed it & had Sakura say that Naruto knew.

5. Sasuke blushes a lot in the manga.

6. Sasuke Curse Mark lines are different.

7. Sakura doesn't hit Naruto that much in the manga.

8. Pain was getting dog walked by Kurama.

9. Izuna & Tobirama didn't fight in the manga.

10. Indra's MS design was swirls.

11. Sakura saved Naruto from getting decapitated by Zabuza's sword, [but Studio Pierrot took it out.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-985e598eb8dc233fdc9ec5444d48afeb-pjlq)

12. Sakura didn't laugh at Naruto when he didn't know the answers to the text, [but in the anime Studio Pierrot had her laugh.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-008c47b385f06cdc5790358888791e01-lq)

13. When Sasuke was in pain from the curse mark he was holding Sakura's hand, but Studio Pierrot took it out.

14. In the anime version of Sarada Gaiden Studio Pierrot had Sakura say that she's a failure as a mother, but in the canon manga version she never said that.

15. Kishimoto's adult [Sasuke] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5e/34/15/5e34150a56f26c940f01d9ef18786295.png), [Sakura] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/89/7b/fb897b892468fd0575c2015d64f922b2.jpg) & [Naruto] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/28/c9/e2/28c9e21cafa4a3fd8f93396587e8b2ec.jpg) gaiden designs are different.

16. Sasuke congratulated Sakura about [realizing the genjutsu] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-744e147b96d910f167298a12b7f5a741) & [Sasuke smiled.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4cc059a74735bf9aee47f2a04e01c7ec-pjlq)

17. When Naruto tried to attack Zabuza Sakura asked what he was doing, [but again Studio Pierrot changed it.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-7c5d8946bc18bd2effa6bab1cbe5513c)

18. [This sh*t didn't happen.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-55880be95b49a004b54b467b54d18ce6-lq)

19. All characters have better designs in the manga & they show blood not drool.

20. Sasuke was sure that [Sakura could've killed Shin.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-dcb63f33ce1929a0743af36ac5a390b3-lq)

21. Hashirama knows genjutsu & used infinite darkness on Hiruzen, [but Studio Pierrot changed it to Tobirama.] (https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e2c992e10c0bc3142935362711b99652-lq)

22. Hinata didn't have a fight with Pain. In the manga he one shot her.

23. Shikamaru begins smoking after Asuma's death.

Sakura was kinder to Naruto

Sasuke did show emotions to the others(and sometimes did have a bit more with Sakura)

Pain was getting manhandled by Kurama

Thats all i remember, but there is a lot more

Because the studio has a weird vendetta against her. Similar to how Danmachi has a real focus on Hestia in the anime, but not near as much in the light novel. Studios man.

Anime has vastly superior fights. Manga has much better pacing. Although this might be pretty difficult, the best way to enjoy the series is probably to read the manga for the story but watch the anime whenever a big fight starts.

Manga's better for staying true to the characters, anime is better for fights.

There are very few anime where people will argue the manga or LN is worse, the original is almost always regarded as being better than the adaptation. The opposite is so rare, I actually can't think of an example off the top of my head.

Manga is better. Though, some fights like Kakashi VS Obito and Naruto VS Sasuke (final) are better in anime.

Manga has better characterization and does not add lines or change things to make a character look bad like in the anime.

Fights are better they expand on them. That is one of the few things I give the anime

Manga Pros:
- Much lower time commitment as you can read multiple chapters in the time it takes to watch an episode
- Much greater variety of content as a shocking amount of manga never gets animated, especially in niche genres like scifi and horror if you're into those like me.
- Not censored as much

Manga Cons:
- No music, and sometimes anime music is killer
- Not as beautiful as anime can be
- Sometimes filler arcs and movies can be great.

I say yes, especially for manga that hasn't been adapted.

Manga is better, read the colored one, and watch the big fights and emotional moments.

I just started manga and I like it better. Helps improve my reading, I can do it silently and the hours just fly by when I’m really into it.

Anime is great and all but I always feel my attention span slipping when I watch it now.

By far, much better imo

The best thing about manga is that it leaves more room for imagination so you can select how the characters sound, their mannerisms, the pace of interactions and battles, etc. yourself to form your perfect version of Naruto.

For example, when I read the manga, I imagine that Lee moved much faster in his fight against Gaara than what the anime shows. Makes the fight more epic (because I like Lee) and more enjoyable for me.