Naruto 169 Discussion

**DarthEnderX** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 03:33 AM

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.

**TS8** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 03:36 AM

That one part with Anko sneaking up behind Naruto made me chuckle, but that was about it.

**Kensee** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 05:01 AM

Following up last week's fillers and this weeks's Bleach filler, I was iffy on how this was gonna turn out ... but yes, this was acutally a pretty decent episode.

The animation was good and had a intersting storyline going. The main thing was Anko and her past, that kept me in it =D. Reccomend it, watch it, enjoy it ^^

***Terracosmo*** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 05:37 AM

Best filler so far. Animation was up to par for once, and as far as filler plots go this was actually pretty tolerable. Even had a few laughs.

I like the team's mix, pretty interesting to see those 4 on a mission together. I also like how they brought back Kabuto's old team mates, at least I'm 95% sure it's them... the abilities and glasses are dead ringers.

You know, I've always wondered why Anko has so little screentime. I mean she's hot, funny, pretty cool and was Orochimaru's pupil. That should count for something. Also, she's a scorpio just like me! (Yeah I'm a sucker for zodiac signs and shit like that).

***Kraco*** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 05:54 AM

I have to agree: If this keeps going with this quality, it will easily be the best filler arc so far. I don't actually have anything to complain about so far. The animation was indeed quite nice, the story seems interesting, and even Anko's memories of Oro were pretty artistic. Naruto's near 100% failure rate with summonings continue, which is not surprising, but interestingly enough they had developed a new joke for it, so it was cool. Naruto's techniques so far haven't been overplayed (well, not that there would have been chances yet), and if this doesn't change, it would alone be redeeming. But that remains to be seen.

I'm hopeful so far.

Edit: A couple of typos.

***masamuneehs*** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 05:56 AM

gadzooks! doth mine eyes decieveth me? The serfs cheer jubilantly for that scoundrel called Naruto filler?

Lo and behold! I shalt DL thine praised Act 169 for mine own merry pleasure. Mine reaction post shalt be in the splendid tongue of dubiously created english of olde, following in the style of this.

**el_boss** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 06:29 AM

I almost had an heart-attack from this episode's greatness. I wasn't prepared at all for this kind of quality. I mean we had just lowered our expectations to near zero, then BAM! they hit us with this.

The animation was truly splendid. It almost made me gasp when Anko did the fire breath and the fire hit the water, beautiful.

I really hope they don't end this they way they ended the bug arc. I don't think I would be able to handle the emotional trauma.

**Ero-Fan** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 07:40 AM

He, maybe since their doing Bleach fillers along with Naruto ones, we're gonna see them alternate between crap and decency? I hope not, hopefully, this trend of decent filler (if you can call one episode a trend) will last until filler is over.

**MFauli** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 07:44 AM

Finally, a good filler episode ^^

Superb animation (Anko´s fire attack)
Serious story
No generic enemy-design

I like it ^^

**Psyke** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 10:03 AM

I agree with most of you that this is one of the best episodes so far.

Reasons:

- Hand seals are back! Yeah!
- Cool animation once again
- Villians that do not have fish eyes or fat lips
- Orochimaru's past. It's hard for fillers to make connections to the actual manga storyline, but I'm glad they are trying to show us Oro and Anko's past.

Hopefully this episode sets the standard for the upcoming fillers to follow.

**DarthEnderX** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 10:03 AM

Originally posted by: el_boss
I really hope they don't end this they way they ended the bug arc. I don't think I would be able to handle the emotional trauma.

Interesting when you mention that, since the bug arc was the only other arc I actually liked, right up until the last five minutes of the arc.

Conversely, the Curry arc was pretty shitty up until the last episode, and then all of a sudden it rocked.

**Ero-Fan** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 10:24 AM

I'm starting to think maybe the finished the new episodes(the ones after the fillers are supposed to end), so maybe they got the original animation team back to finish up the fillers? If so, its about damn time.

**nests** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 11:26 AM

Nice filler best one so far I hope it deosnt go downhill from here finally we see some bad guys who can use actual ninja skills
Anko's flash backs were pretty good
man Naruto seems to get all the women in this fillers

**BioAlien** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 12:02 PM

best filler so far (i swear if this filler end with naruto farting... i stop watching naruto)

**LobsterMagnet** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 12:29 PM

Man have you poor guys been so overwhelmed by crappy fillers that you'll praise anything that seems half decent. Honestly I'm still on the fence about this one. There seem to be some interesting ideas at work here but whether or not we'll see them coagulate into something decent is still up the air. If you break down all of the other filler arcs they all sound like good ideas.

Infiltrating Orchimaro's underground mansion.

Mizuki's return from ninja prison and an explanation of his past as well detailing his relationship with Iruka.

Meeting one of the other seven legendary mist swords man.

They all sound good on paper but I don't think I need to remind any of you how they all turned out.

**The Heretic Azazel** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 12:59 PM

Magnet, your hate for Naruto filler astounds me.

Did Shino just shunpo Naruto? OWNED.

**Ero-Fan** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 01:12 PM

Wow, a triple post, been a while since I've seen that.
@Lobster: Its not like were praising this filler arc, its just that its been so long since we had a decent episode that we can talk about without feeling dirty for watching a filler. I'm sure everyone is worried that this little filler arc will go downhill, but we gotta hope for the best, since Bleach just craped out on us..

**infamous** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 04:02 PM

It was a good episode defentaly worth it to see and it has to be those 2 guys that Kabuto was with

**Necromas** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 04:23 PM

I'm guessing that mystery girl has a curse seal like anko does, and perhaps her level 2 form is the sea monster.

***Kraco*** · Thu, 01-26-2006, 04:55 PM

She might have the seal, but it would be a brave move from the script writers to make her the monster, who attacked the ships. Unless there was something shady about those ships. Of course I wouldn't mind if they actually had a controversial plot in this arc, and Naruto et co would need to fight a victim at the end. That would certainly offer a more realistic view on ninja business. A needed lesson for Naruto who always wants the good to triumph over evil. Yet somehow I don't see that really fitting the story. Of course it's possible somebody would always force the girl to do it, though... But that wouldn't explain how she can travel and go shopping freely.

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