I am sorry you feel you need leaving, but if you are sick of the history, then surely it is for the best. Sometimes, when you have grown sick of the stuff you were a fan of, it is better distancing yourself not only from it but also from the fandom (at least that is what happened to me when I got utterly fed up with the X-Men. It was not enough stopping buying the books. I also had to leave the boards I used to while away to cut my last emotional ties with it). However I would like hoping sooner or later you will be back.
Although your decission of not only selling your volumes but also getting rid of all of your Naruto-related stuff seems a bit extreme. Are so frustrated with Naruto that you do not want to keep anything NS-related? But hey, it is your choice, and I am sure of your wallet will be happy.
Still I have to agree with James. You have not wasted "ten years" of your life. You have wasted ten minutes every week reading the chapter. And -I trust- you have enjoyed part of that time, and you have made friends thanks Naruto. So I would like believing you have not "wasted" ten years. Telling that sounds... overly dramatic, IMO.
At least I would be angrier about wasting my money that my time being fan of something.
Regarding your last straw... I honestly am not upset about it. Indeed, it may be frustrating when a battle consists of an endless string of one side power-leveling and turning the tables and then the other side making the same thing, but I have not reached that point yet... among other things because I have only read a handful of chapters and I am waiting for the arc or series closing before reading it properly in one sitting (trust me, it is better that way. A lot of things seemingly make no sense make sense when you can see the big picture and quickly see where the author is heading towards).
I am indifferent towards the chakra-sucking tree. Japanese entertainment has been borrowing elements of Western religions and mythologies -and awfully mangling them and twisting them into something beyond recognition- since the early nineties... or the eighties (Saint Seiya, one of my favorite series, blended Greek and Scandinavian myths; and Tenku Senki Shurato borrowed elements of Hindu beliefs). So borrowing the Tree of Life/Yggdrassil and the Fruit of Knowledge does not bother me. I got used to it long before Anno thought "Hey, these names show up in Judaism and Christian tales sound cool! I am going to name things with them in my mecha anime! And so people will think it is deep and has some mystical meaning! Genius!".
However...
this neverending story
This I shall not stand for. There is only ONE Neverending Story. This: http://en.wikipedia....verending_Story. Please, remember it.
Edited by Jenskott, 12 September 2013 - 01:45 PM.