*still hopes that Rock Lee comes in, beats the crap out of both of them and shows that determination surpasses both genius and demon nine-tail-fox power*

I'm still not sure how to feel about it- the animation/fight scenes were spectacular, but for a moment there, a very long moment there, ok, most of the episode, the art and drawing made it feel like I was watching an episode of something other than Naruto.....

Props to Naruto for smashing Sasuke in the face to the point that he had t o hold his face in pain- When Naruto was hit in the face, he didn't do that ^_-