I watched the first around 20 somehting episodes in japanese but then I didn't feel like getting more. It dissapointed my witht he "Believe it" all the time but I continued watching it on tv. Lately though I've been liking it, there is less "believe it". In fact I don't think he's said it in a long time. I do like the action in the recent episodes though. And so far I'd say my fav is Shikamaru.