User blog comment:Silver-Haired Seireitou/Sake Time with Sei - A Look Back: The Best Moments of Naruto/@comment-4666155-20141105034056

Oh God Sei, don't do this to me? Where the hell do I start? I can't only name one:

Naruto's first use of Kurama's chakra against Haku. That has to be one of my favorite fights in the series, though it doesn't make #1, it does make the top five. Haku and Zabuza were always my favorite villains, but the first time Kurama's chakra ever really released from the seal was the first hint of something monstrous about Naruto that Kishi would only continue to develop as the series went on.

Hinata vs Neji. I went to New York when this fight was airing, so I actually had to tape it on the VCR so I could come back and see it when I returned. Yeah, this is way back; Hinata's determination and desire to prove her worth to both herself and Naruto has always been one of her more endearing traits, and it's never shown through better than right here; the girl takes more beatings than Vegeta, refusing to back down while Naruto is watching, all for the effort of changing herself. Hell, had her heart not stressed out, she'd have kept trying to fight despite her chakra points being blocked.

Gaara trying to kill Rock Lee in the hospital. You may think this is an odd moment for me to list, right? But not only did it give us quite a look into the mental instability that is early Part I Gaara, but this is actually where I started Naruto in middle school. A girl I liked showed me a volume of JUMP (back then, I assumed DBZ, Pokemon, and Digimon were all American made), and that volume had this chapter in it. Hell, I think it was after school when I saw this, behind one of the damned classrooms no less. It may not be full of action, but the fact that this is the chapter that introduced me to Naruto will always make this moment one of the best.

Naruto vs Neji. I remember this fight pretty damn well, but I remember the manga incarnation just as well. This was the fight all of us lived to see in Part I, second only to Naruto vs Sasuke (wait for it), and needless to say, it didn't disappoint. Like Hinata before him, Naruto took beating after beating, all the while standing firm in the face of Neji's ridiculous idea of "destiny". But the best moment of all was when Naruto finally tapped into Kurama's chakra. While it was only a portion of what he can do now, it was still one of the most awesome moments in early Part I, when he activated the initial Jinchuuriki stage of his own goddamn will.

Following right up is Sasuke vs Gaara. While it was short, watching Sasuke copy Lee like a little monkey made it very interesting and the Chidori was damn awesome.

Jiraiya. Any fucking time Jiraiya appeared, especially his debut.

Naruto vs Sasuke, Part I. The best fight in the entire series. Like the T. Rex from Jurassic Park, this is the fight that owns the entire goddamn series. I won't call it perfect, but not only did this fight have some of my favorite action, introducing the Version 1 of the Jinchuuriki forms and the Stage Two of the Cursed Seal, but this gave us the best look into Sasuke's mind prior to the final fight in the manga. We finally learn just what makes him tick, and while you know he's a douche, this is Part I, where Sasuke is still OUR douche. This fight was the perfect close to Part I; drama, tension, action, and emotion were all expertly done.

I'll add more a bit later because holy shit I cannot stop, this is just Part I.