Necratoid Wrote:The main reason Naruto is considered a moron, in the first place/series, is that he had active sabatoge of his traditional education. Naruto had to basically steal his education and only failed as the test was geared towards making Naruto fail.Really? Can you point me to an official source for this assertion? As I actually sort of like the series, I've watched every single episode that has actually been aired by my local cable provider (up to season 5 of Shippuden) and read most of the manga, but cannot recall any proof that anyone (even Mizuki) actively sabotaged Naruto's education.
Perhaps the real reason Naruto is considered a moron is (at least partly) because he actually is a moron. If you look at the most recent issue of the manga to come out in Japan, you find a scene in which Naruto (who has been through a huge number of power-ups and several years of secret training) remarks upon an enemy's immunity to a certain type of attack immediately before he attempts to defeat the enemy with that sort of attack. When the attack fails, he makes a statement along the lines of 'D'oh! I'm sooo stupid!' The anime version of him is even worse; many events in the anime could only be explained by gangs of club wielding thugs beating him over the head between scenes.
Of couse, Naruto isn't the only idiot in the series. Most characters do something dumb at one point or another. I was actually quite disappointed by how dumb Shikimaru's plan seemed to be when he was fighting Hidan and Kakuzu, and by how amazed everyone else seemed to be by his supposed genius.
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