I agreed, 'Consangunity.
Naruto fandom has defintely gone too far, they will cosplay like him, they will eat ramen noodle like him, they'll even take a s**t every time something gone wrong just to believe they are in the ninja life.
Guess what: There are better anime then Naruto, some that doesn't need ridicilous amount of filler. Now I could say that around 80% of the Gaian are Naruto-fans and that they will believe they have power to jump from the cliff and won't die due to the impact of the free fall force.
Character-wise: DAMN IT. Every friggen episode, they get stronger. Every friggen episode, nobody other then just generic people just die. Even more enemy get killed then the characters. Truthfully, it is chiche.
Evil-wise: "I'm going to be lazy and expect my minion to do all of the work for me." Very chiche once again.
Episode-wise: If it contains more then 100-episode (and containing filler), it will sucks a**.
Hence, why Naruto sucks. Believe it.
Now as for other anime, may I suggest Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou? It has an interesting storyline plus I believes what is to have an character development.