Naruto 182 Discussion

[Death13a]

For who still puts up with fillers here:

Episode 182

[fahoumh]

It's sooo painful, but I cannot stop watching. Sadly, there isn't much else to watch. Maybe I should start watching Bleach.....

EDIT: I just finished watching this and it was terrible. What a fitting way to finish off a craptacular day.

[Aperion]

I've come to two realizations about this particular filler.

The first is that it sucks so bad, even while stoned it's no fun to watch.

This leads into my second point, which is more of a theory, really. I believe the people behind this particular filler intentionally made it as bad as they possibly could. Why? Well, that's a bit difficult. Either they hate their audience passionately or they are freaking geniuses who are aiming to ram Naruto into the ground so that when the main storyline starts back up, it will seem like glistening gold and the fanbase will become even more solidifed and loyal than before.

At this point, the marketing campaign for Naruto products will kick into overdrive to force-feed the Naruto-watching public with crap they don't want. For example, they will put Naruto on the box cover of Wheaties, or even more likely, put out their own cereal, Rasengans(TM). In the meantime, they will work with Mattel to put out $15, 2" tall Naruto action figures made out of the broken dreams and hopes of the fans that watched the filler arcs and never recovered.

I had more fun writing this than I did watching this episode. If you read past the first part, I apologize, but I can not give you back the 15 seconds of your life back for reading this; no refunds.

[The Heretic Azazel]

It felt more like 20 minutes.

You fail, Aperion.

[Yukimura]

::Sigh:: I think it will never end, the stream of crap just keeps on growing and growing, why did they bother writing themselves into this corner, Naruto really doesn't seem like the type of show that would address the ethics vs honor question, especially since Naruto always chooses ethics, to the detriment of whever he's supposed to be honoring.

[Kraco]

This arc has been quite a twisted mess, and I actually find some aspects of it somewhat interesting. It's as crappy as fillers regularly are, but still there are a few worthy points to it, plot and settings wise.

While Yukimura said that Naruto really doesn't seem like the type of show that would address the ethics vs honor question, it just makes it all the more essential they even try to do it. I find it funny how Neji tries to teach Naruto the meaning of a contract and honouring one. Being a part of a distinguished, traditional, old family Neji is probably the best person to do it; after all, he has had to overcome a very personal justice - honour question, himself.

Otherwise I think this filler actually succeeded in portraying nicely a weak little ninja village in Naruto world. And that's the essence of the Star village: It's weak, suffers from lack of good human material, and filled with fear and desperation. Their best people were weaklings like Sumaru's mother, and the easily knifed former leader. So, when evaluating the whole Star village, it's of utmost importance to remember it's on a totally different level than Konoha or Sand.

What has happened in this arc in Star village is actually what has happened numerous times in the real life when random tribes and incoherent subnational entities (or even nations) have been equipped with modern firepower: They become unstable and hurt themselves even more than others.

[Aperion]

It felt more like 20 minutes.

You fail, Aperion.

You spent more time reading that useless crap than I did writing it out?

[kaigan]

It's sooo painful, but I cannot stop watching. Sadly, there isn't much else to watch. Maybe I should start watching Bleach.....

i am way ahead of you my friend. Bleach has topple Naruto in my book...

the crap that was on the naruto fillers really killed the show