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Gina Szanboti
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You say that like this has all been presented in a seamless, chronological way. oO When I finally broke down and watched The Last because the Obito filler seemed destined to go on for another year, I didn't know Kurama ever went to sleep, so his presence didn't register as significant (and I honestly don't remember all that much about the movie by now anyway, since so much of it didn't make sense without seeing the ending of Shippuden yet). Now that I have seen the part where he goes to sleep, there's no continuity to explain what you just said about becoming whole again, or leading into the movie even now. We just suddenly leapfrogged past the movie and into "sometime later." Making people jump around across several media, out of sequence to boot, is not exactly the ideal way to tell a coherent story. But thank you for the explanation the anime didn't bother to provide. |
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SailorNaruto
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This episode was absolute incredible in my book. I don't know why but I've always been a huge fan of time skips, and since I love "The Last" I I especially like that this arc is taking place in that time line. Maybe I'm just easily pleased, but I thought the art was damn good. Not spectacular like you'd see in One Punch Man, but for Naruto's standards (flashback to the fight with Pain
 ) it was above average like the article says. And even though I'm not particularly fond of Sasuke, I'm interested in seeing his quest for redemption, especially since I've never read the novels.
You're half right. From what I can tell the Sasuke Shinden LN, which this episode and the following episodes are adapting, takes place a little bit before "The Last". And since they're wearing the exact same outfits as in The Last, as well as how Kakashi is the Hokage, I'd say they're really close together. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Episode 485
That wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. From the moment they walked into the Coliseum it was obvious what Orochimaru's plan was to lure out "the Merchant of Death" (that must be like in the top ten most popular baby names among villains). Chino's lecture to Sasuke kind of lacked moral weight since she wasn't doing anything to stop it either (yeah, I know the point was to hint at her tragic backstory, but still). But why stop it? Who were the "victims" here? It wasn't a battle to the death, and they didn't seem to be slaves with no choice, so it was no more decadent than the Chunin exams, and those combatants are children! Trying to paint this as evil just doesn't work in Naruto's universe and Weiß Kreuz did it better anyway (at least they knew how cheesy they were being). I did get a chuckle out of Orochimaru's reaction to her age. The timing was impeccable. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Episode 486
Yes, that was much better than last week's episode. I've been enjoying watching Orochimaru quietly observing everything. I didn't get that En Oyashiro kidnapped anybody, at least not directly. If their villages sold them, he was happy to buy (or win in the fights), but it didn't seem like he picked anyone out and said, "I'm taking that one, whether his village is selling or not." Outside that, the whole arrangement seems more like how athletes' contracts are traded around, with the kids he acquires like his farm team. Well, except for the part about slaughtering any others who share the kekkei genkai he's interested in... His comment about medical jutsu gave me pause, but mostly he seems a more benign "villain" than say, Orochimaru, again except for the slaughtering. At least he's not as batshit crazy as Koko Hekmatyar, who was the protagonist of her series. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Episode 487
I think the red water was just due to extremophile bacteria and algae coloring the water red. Probably some iron compounds as well. Colors of hot springs in Yellowstone range from deep blue to vivid red and everything in between, depending on dissolved minerals and the lifeforms that dwell in them. See Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Springs. So no, not lava. Lava isn't transparent. 
Looks like I was wrong about the kidnapping, although given the circumstances it could almost be viewed as a rescue. Still, I was oddly unmoved by her backstory. Not sure why. I think I just don't like the character much, haven't from the start. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Episode 488
And so it was...sort of. I guess. I do agree Daddy needs more explanation.
Seems like the cycle of hatred is about over when there's only one left standing on one of the sides. Anyway, it was nice to see St. Sasuke traveling the world, spreading the Gospel of Naruto and baptizing converts. Am I the only one still watching this? oO |
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Animechic420
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Did anyone else noticed Shikamaru's hair???
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zrnzle500
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No, I'm still watching too. I've been watching this long so I might as well stick it out to the bitter end. I had been meaning to post something so it is not just you but I keep forgetting 
Overall, this has been one of the better filler arcs in a while, and it has increased my (very very meager) faith in the writers to learn that it was mostly them and not the novel writer responsible for this. The animation in the fight scenes, especially the blood dragons, was well done. They have some good people working on that end. If only the writing part could be so good. Hopefully this next arc can be at least as good as this one was. |
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Gina Szanboti
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What was I supposed to notice? |
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NeverConvex
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I don't watch the show anymore - I still think the world could be really cool, but the animation's writing/animation folks have long since lost my good interest or good will. But I still check on the thread whenever it's bumped, in case I miss something cool, especially about one of my favorite characters. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Episode 489
Shikamaru has always been one of my favorites, so I'm looking forward to this. It's off to a decent start. I don't recall the anime ever explicitly saying why he should be so devoted to Naruto (no one else seems to need a reason either), but it seems to me that he might feel like he owes him after the damage he took fighting Kakuzu, which gave Shikamaru the opportunity to take personal revenge on Hidan for killing Asuma. Plus all the saving-the-world stuff he did a couple of times after that...
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"With Itachi's story behind us, the anime moves into adapting Shikamaru's story, with much more faithful results."
dont u mean sasuke's??? fail ann... |
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Gina Szanboti
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Episode 490
Yeah, the outcome was pretty obvious long before it hit. But how convenient that they just leave the "bodies" lying dead in front of the gates. Good thing they don't cremate their enemies, huh. |
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zrnzle500
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Or behead them or something to double check they're dead |
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chaccide
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^ I learn a lot about being a villain from shows like this.
I'm still watching but I don't have much to say about it. I am wondering where the Naruto anime is supposed to be going. Are they animating a bunch of light novels then ending? How many of those are there? Are they going to do anything with the sequel? Does anyone know what their plans are? |
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