This is one of my favorites Anime ever. The characters are written in depth. The main character continues to go through character development through entire series with each arc passing by. You won't even realize how much Naruto changes by the end of series until you compare them both by watching the series again because the changes are so subtle. You attach with characters as you can relate with them. This show brings so much emotion and you start to feel sad for even villains as you understand why they did all the bad things. It has very emotional moments like Jiraya's death etc. This story deserves to get five stars until the pain arc, After that it goes downhill probably because the author had to push the series.