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Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
What the gently caress is with the new ED? Ugh.

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Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"


Harettazetta fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Apr 16, 2010

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Boring, boring, boring, villain is monologuing again and---

:tviv:

I can't believe they loving NUKED the village. poo poo just got real.


I never thought that this show still had the capacity to surprise me. (Also: gently caress, this ending is incongruous.)

Harettazetta fucked around with this message at 22:14 on May 27, 2010

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Teek posted:

Everyone's forgetting poor Shizune, she was also killed.

Alternately, there are people like me who were just glad. :3:

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

ipokesnails posted:

The best season 1 tactic they could add in would be a kancho deathblow to one of the Pains.

I have to admit, that would be fantastic.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

SpartanIV posted:

I thought to myself "Man I hope that is transformation like in the zabuza ark!" and then it was. :unsmith:

...Man, Season 1 was so win. I wish the show had been consistently as good since, but it seems like they've really watered down character interaction since Sasuke turned emo. :smith:

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
That does look badass. Hopefully single player's not mired in all the 'do stupid fetch missions' poo poo that no one cares about.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Oh no they didn't. :ohdear:

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Seriously, this is making it very hard for me not to jump ahead via the manga - I've never actually found myself anticipating a new Naruto episode as much as this arc has made me.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Animation was poo poo and felt really out of place. Also, I thought I was watching Naruto, not Bleach.

Still a great episode.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Mr. Deathy posted:

Man the replies here are more like the other anime forums than I thought.

Like as in some people saying "the animation was poo poo" which is fundamentally wrong. The animation was outstanding no matter how you look at it. It's the ART quality which is questionable, but that is stylistic choice on the director's part. It's intentional. People can feel free not to like it of course, but they can't claim the fluid animation is bad without coming off sounding like an idiot.

The artistic style was an extreme departure that really didn't belong in this series, and was therefore poo poo.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Indiana_Krom posted:

especially the upcoming year-ish of Sasuke BS that awaits at the end of this fight.

As an anime-only viewer, you have just made me very happy. Oh so happy. :suicide:

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Yes, but those episodes looked pretty horrible, too. I dunno, really just not sold on the art style and I wish it would stop rearing its malformed, hideous head.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
I reiterate - great episode. Silly art. If anything, though, I was hoping that Naruto actually would rip off the seal, because then he might actually become a more dynamic character.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
I normally hate in-episode recap, but that was pretty nice.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Well, that just goes without saying.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Really, anyone interested in Sasuke at this point in the game are the dregs of humanity.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Kingtheninja posted:

I hate to say it gang, but it looks like the filler is going to continue into january. Going by the latest wikipedia episode titles, it might come back at the end of that month, but who knows.

Do not trust to hope. It has forsaken this series. :(

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
SPOILERS GUYS







Why do we watch this show

Harettazetta fucked around with this message at 09:08 on Jan 5, 2011

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
I'd argue that his cast is too big. I'm by no means a Sakura fan, but I feel like we haven't seen her get much plot love since.. like, what, the whole Sasori thing? I can only see Naruto sperg out about Sasuke so much.

Raikage basically echoing my sentiments in this episode was nice.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Soviets posted:

Honestly, I am a Sakura fan, and I wish she would get more plot-love.

Hoo boy. Then you'll like 201 probably just as much if not more than I did. :D

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Having actual character growth for a change is extremely refreshing.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Slave posted:

201 *stands there crying the entire episode*

Well, yes. But... it was nice for a change for her to realize the impact of her actions. And really, for the last several episodes to be about smacking people off the Sasuke train. None of the ways that's been done so far were as satisfying as the way Sai delivered it. 201

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Ha. The Shikamaru ones are so amazingly terrible.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
I'm hoping for a verbal smackdown. Somehow though, I bet it's just going to end with Sakura crying again.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Well, that was officially the strangest exchange ever. 500-some episodes and I still don't understand these characters, apparently.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Beautiful Ninja posted:

Didn't Naruto summon Gamabunta the first time in mid-air after Jiraiya pushed him into a canyon?

Just so.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"

Angry Grimace posted:

I wonder how many times I've actually seen, through flashbacks, Itachi's "hate me, cling to life" speech. Probably literally 30+

That seems a conservative estimate.

Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Babysitting Gaara is not a valid way of Ninja.

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Harettazetta
Jul 22, 2006

"Well, what choice do I have!? Trust is for fools! Fear is the only reliable way!"
Lately, Naruto for me has been about five minutes long without the odd, pace-crushing (and often fillery) flashbacks. Bless the fast forward button.

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