Thumbs up as far as fillers go.

Some nice action. Interesting setup. Maybe even revealing an interesting characters past too. Even the animation was good. That's a shocker. Plus Shino! Even when he doesn't do anything he makes the episode better.

Might even get to see some Anko seal action this arc.



Those two badguy ninjas...anyone else think that those are the two guys from Kabuto's squad during the exam? You know, the ones that fought Sasuke and Kankuro during the preliminaries?

They sure do dress down for ninjas.


Overall though, was pretty good.