OP, high school versions of characters is a very common thing with Japanese cartoons & comics

@-Lunacy  
To this day I haven’t seen the episode this silliness came from, hell I stopped watching the anime altogether after the Sasuke Retrieval Arc.

 
quality

Haven’t seen either, not judging either,

this is a fad or what?
 
I’m actually decently sure it’s something of a genre on its own. :I

I haven’t seen either, so I don’t know.

>>> That one.
 
Simply because I’ve never watched Naruto and don’t give two shits about it.

@gittonsxv  
oh yeah, konoha gakuen den

are you telling me naruto had some sort of high school spin off too?  
wat

I tried watching Naruto once.
 
Never again.

Haven’t seen either of them so can’t say. I always take the “I’ll at least give it a try” approach first. Heck if I dismissed something based solely on not-so-great first impressions then I wouldn’t have given ponies a shot in the first place.

ew naruto gakuen den…

Naruto easily, why? BECAUSE IT’S NARUTO! At least EQG is based on something that’s actually good!

I can’t judge either of them since I’ve never seen them.