Leo held up his fingers one by one.
Alex hit play. And somewhere in the digital ether, the ghost of a streaming executive added another phantom season, just to keep the argument alive. In North American DVD/streaming splits, Naruto Shippuden has 20–22 seasons depending on the platform (e.g., Hulu lists 22, while the official Viz DVD release has 20). The original Japanese broadcast had no formal seasons—just continuous episodes. how much seasons are in naruto shippuden
“ is the official DVD split in North America. That means you have 20 season finales. 20 times they’ll fake-kill a character. 20 times you’ll watch Naruto run down the same cliff.” Leo held up his fingers one by one
“You see,” Leo began, “in Japan, Shippuden didn’t have ‘seasons’ like a normal show. It had arcs . One continuous river of ninja tears, flashbacks within flashbacks, and Naruto yelling ‘Dattebayo’ for two straight years. But when it came to the West, the distributors panicked. They looked at the 500 episodes and said, ‘We can’t sell that. Chop it up.’” In North American DVD/streaming splits, Naruto Shippuden has