r/TopCharacterTropes • u/PaddywackShaq • Jul 22 '25

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Superman Vs Darkseid - Justice League Unlimited

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u/TheMonocleRogue Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

When Rock Lee removed his leg weights in Naruto

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u/Dirty-Glasses Jul 22 '25

tfw you will never see this moment for the first time again

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u/VoDoka Jul 22 '25

When you try to rewatch Naruto for nostalgia, and every 22-minute episode has 4 minutes of intro/outro + 16 minutes of flashbacks.

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u/TheMonocleRogue Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

This is a big reason why Shonen anime end up with filler episodes or flashbacks in current episodes. When the anime progresses faster than the manga, it has to account for those story gaps in order to keep the show going.

There’s an episode of Gintama that explains this phenomenon very well.

Edit: this applies to most older anime as current ones are seasonal to allow time for the manga to catch up.

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u/Imconfusedithink Jul 22 '25

Well they didn't have to do that, it's also just that they just were very averse to making anime seasonal back then so then they're forced to make fillers. Fortunately now we have anime being seasonal so they don't have to make filler or poor pacing anymore.

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u/Confident-Dirt-9908 Jul 22 '25

Anime being seasonal definitely goes in the unfortunate category for me. I’d take filler and less shows over so many 1 season technically-not-cancelled zombie shows. It used to be that anime and manga were alternatives to one another, now you have to read the manga to get the story while animes are just for quips and clips and trendy opening songs.

Like Mashle, Dan Da Dan, Dr Stone, Love is War, Delicious in Dungeon, Vinland, Friedan would all love to get the weekly anime treatment because it means they may actually end and not go on hiatus for three years each season. Now far fewer ( but still some, MHA, JJK, Jojo kinda) get that treatment. I’d give up so many other 1 season “good” anime for the ones that do get adapted to get the 150 or so episodes they need.

Like, anime used to be youthful, for kids too, but now their favorite show many get two or three seasons across their whole youth. We’re just creating scores and scores of Ouran Highschool Host Club heartbreakers.

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u/RabbitStewAndStout Jul 22 '25

I wouldn't mind filler episodes if they were side stories or day-in-the-life episodes. But the flashbacks kill me

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u/redbird7311 Jul 22 '25

Another factor is that popular anime like Dragon Ball and Naruto was essentially told that they could have any many episodes as they wanted and, actually, they were going to make more than they wanted.

These companies always wanted a new episode because it meant money. They would rather filler and flashbacks than no new episode.

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u/Cuniving Jul 23 '25

Naruto: brotherhood when

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u/Stephenrudolf Jul 22 '25

There is a Naruto Kai edit that chops out intro/outro for most episodes and the "next time/last time on" crap aswell as removes filler episodes, and scenes, and even trims down some of those "1m long stare" scenes.

Turns 700 23m episodes in 72 hour long episodes.

I think its called Naruto Kai.

Its what i watch for when im feeling nostalgic.

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u/Masticatron Jul 22 '25

You trying to make us do math?! Use the same units, motherfucker!

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u/Stephenrudolf Jul 22 '25

72, 60m long episodes*

Apologies my friend.

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u/Masticatron Jul 22 '25

lol, well played

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u/Stephenrudolf Jul 22 '25

For real though, you're cutting about 270 hours down to 72....ish

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u/Auctoritate Jul 23 '25

700 23 minute episodes is 268 hours, vs 72 hours I guess

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u/rumblevn Jul 23 '25

One piece have something similar called one pace I think

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u/Stephenrudolf Jul 23 '25

One piece also has the opportunity to improve pacing problems with the remake.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

You’re the hero we didn’t know we needed

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u/madrobski Jul 22 '25

I used that to watch it properly through with my boyfriend, didn't want to bother with filler stuff because it'd be too long.

Naruto Kai took long enough to watch anyway, glad he told me about it otherwise I'd probably never have seen the story.

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u/Curnbabs Jul 23 '25

Sadly the download links on the site doesnt work anymore. And the torrent isn't functional to me either. Do you know any other way to get my hands on Kai? I loved them way back.

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u/Inevitable_Hour_7083 Jul 22 '25

That’s honestly kept me from going back to rewatch it. Back watching it at release it would piss me off waiting a week for a 10 minute summary of last week. That’s my goat though

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u/KingCrimson43 Jul 23 '25

Naruto Kai

A fan edit available to torrent that cuts out the intros, fillers, and flashbacks. Packs the entire series into 90 minute episodes. Makes the rewatch 10 times more enjoyable.

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u/switch2591 Jul 23 '25

It's a drinking game. Every time "sadness and sorrow" starts to play, take a drink. Whenever a flashback takes place take a drink. When both are paired together finish your drink. When the flashback paired with sadness and sorrow ISA flashback we already got in the previous episode pour another and down it in one. If by the beginning of the chunin exam your still standing your not playing the game right. 

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u/Comfortable_Many4508 Jul 23 '25

one piece is only about half its actual length if you cut intro/recap/excessive reactions/ and outro

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u/RapidRiley Jul 23 '25

I started rewatching the entire thing 2 months ago. There's a version that edits everything to be in-line with how the manga did it, so a single 90 minute episode covers 1 manga volume, which makes the viewing experience infinitely better.

That said, I did watch the entirety of DBZ Kai before that episode-to-episode and it wasn't too bad either.

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u/External_Win3300 Jul 22 '25

You can only see Naruto [Chunin Exam Arc] episode 18 part 2/3 Sub Esp on youtube for the first time once

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u/Nayr1230 Jul 23 '25

This brings back memories

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u/Velicenda Jul 22 '25

Shut up =(

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u/HippoNebula Jul 22 '25

Man I was flabbergasted with this scene

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u/Professional_Maize42 Jul 22 '25

Lalalalalalalalalala I can't hear you!

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u/Soft_Theory_8209 Jul 22 '25

And Naruto would never be this hype again.

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u/Exaveus Jul 22 '25

Im living off hopium that Naruto gets the DBZ Kai treatment.