When Naruto first became popular in the Philippines, I didn't like it immediately. Why? I don't know. The only reason I can think of is that my mind set at that time is "Flame of Recca is the best ninja anime! Naruto is just some lame ninja anime." I just ignored its massive popularity.
I was in 2nd year college and I was browsing around the internet when I found out that there will be a new Naruto anime based on the part II of the manga. I read more about it and was introduced to Tsunade. I immediately fell in love with her because of her superhuman strength. I like female characters who are strong and not acting as a damsel in distress and that's when I decided to buy a DVD. As they say, the rest is history.
( Hero's Come Back! )Although I can just drop the anime and manga, I can't. I want to finish reading the manga and finish watching the anime although it's becoming painful for me to do so. I have this habit of not letting go of an anime or manga even though I want to stop watching or reading it. So please, Kishimoto, make Naruto more interesting for this fan of yours once again so I can have enough reasons to continue reading it. As for TV Tokyo, enough of the fillers already :|