NARUTO ナルト vs. FAIRY TAIL フェアリーテイル？？

I have been wondering for a long time, about something. About NARUTO and FAIRY TAIL. To tell the truth, both of this manga are quite similar to each other. Not the story plot, not the characters, but the morale of it. Both of them have very persistent and stubborn main character, and also kind and a type of 'idiot' and 'heroic' character. Just look at Natsu and Naruto. Idiot in many ways but kind, helpful and heroic as well. Not to mention, they both have hidden true powers in them yet to be trained and polished. I guess many Japanese authors love idiotic yet strong characters eh?

The story are both good, but in my opinion, FAIRY TAIL is better. Maybe because of NARUTO's long and 'dragged' story. The manga is still OK, but the anime is hell. I mean, a battle can last to few episodes and the time is wasted on the moves and tactics and the projected thoughts of the characters. I think it's bit annoying, really, because what people want is the main of the story and some brief and cool actions, not like '10 minutes of the characters looking at each other and thinking hard' or something similar. There are also episodes which ARE NOT in the manga at all. For example, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN episode 176 until episode 196 - they are all flashback from the past. It's nice that we know a bit of their past, but in my opinion, it should have been released in NARUTO sequel no? Maybe they can put one to three flashbacks episodes on NARUTO SHIPPUDEN but, 176 to 196 is just too much. And it dragged the movie for so long.

In FAIRY TAIL, there is nothing like that. The story is a bit different from the manga, yes, but it's summarised well and no dragged-on story. It's clear and concise. There are also one or two extra episodes in FAIRY TAIL, but it's in the manga, as far as I remember. And it's not that many.

Well, I'm thinking that I am in no position to criticise this, however I remembered again that I am a FAN, and criticising is one of a fan's job to help the author right? Haha, I guess you could say that. But this is the major problem. NARUTO makes me feel nostalgic and I don't really long for the video anymore since it's dragged on too long, and when I watched it, I'll feel that my NARUTO-freak genes will wake up again, but when it's over, there's nothing more. As for FAIRY TAIL, since the story is going on and stuff, I look forward to it more than NARUTO.

But, I still like NARUTO though, since it's my first favourite shounen manga, and the beginning of all shounen manga I have read and watched today like BLEACH. I think BLEACH also have a bit of NARUTO's virus - the long, boring and dragging episodes. ^^