although im rather convinced that the story will move on soon i just had came to a shocking realization. the animes doing a kurenai arc, and kurenai is won of the least used jounin sensei in the story... but theres also asuma. as far as i know they havent done an arc involving him (but then again i didnt watch great deal of the last two seasons... but asuma is my favorite jounin if they did filler with him im pretty sure i would have watched) they might do an asuma arc... i pray they dont.

even if they dont we will have to wait at least one episode after the kurenai arc so they can wrap things up before we go to the gaiden.