Anyway.
I finally got through with reading Naruto. I was actually surprised by how not-horrible it was; from the way people talk about it, I was expecting it to make no sense whatsoever. However, the whole 'my super power is making people realize the value of friendship!' thing got old really fast. And wtf was that with Sai's xbawks change in personality? (PS- When the answer to any mystery is 'He meant to draw them holding hands and being happy,' that's when you know you need to put your pencil the fuck down and reconsider.) Sasori, however, is made of complete and utter win. I was surprised by how few times he actually shows up though, given how many fans he has. Go figure. Itachi also made me cry, which was unexpected since I didn't really care about him one way or the other until the end. :/ Shikamaru is also awesome for having more brain cells functioning at once than almost any other shounen character.
Also, someone please explain why everyone hates Karin. I mean, it's not like she's exactly a credible threat to the Sasuke/whoever's TWUUU LUUUURV OTP....