Anime: Less Talk And More Action!

'Urgh...this fight takes how long!?'

'And now behold! I will finish you off with my secret technique! I call it the ultimate jutsu, known only by the members of my clan, passed down from generation to generation. This move will paralyse you from the neck down and your chakra will be cut off completely. How do I do this? Well...'

Jump several episodes ahead and maybe he would have finished talking. Seriously some anime fight scenes featured in Naruto can be a drag. Yes the Shikamaru pun was intended.

So if I'm fighting an opponent I'm not going to stand there and tell them how I'm going to defeat them and explain every last detail of my move set! Wouldn't exactly be a great tactic would it? If I was in my opponent's shoes I would clobber me while I was still talking!

This is what bothers me sometimes with anime. Fights are drawn out too long due to the characters talking about what they're going to do next! Fair enough if you say the name of the move and sometimes I agree that it's necessary so the viewer understands what's going on but some scenes just go on and on. 

Such as the Haku & Zabuza arc in Naruto. I think the fight
on the bridge was played out over several episodes! And there's many more just like it in the series.


I'm using Naruto as an example as it's the anime I have watched the most. Bleach is another culprit but not as bad in my opinion.

I do love Naruto and I class it as my first anime that made me catch the anime bug!

However I would like to see less talk and more action in some of these scenarios. Naruto Shippuden seems to have improved upon this mind over the last few battles I've witnessed.

So in future I'm hoping to see it cut down a lot more. Otherwise I might have to explain my posts in detail such as this:

I'm going to start with a capital letter and end this sentence with a full stop. Now I'm going to throw in a comma, like this, and make a statement with an exclamation mark! 

Catch my drift?

...what a drag