Naruto 209

[Boomstick]

Eh okay episode for a filler, better quality then the last few(except for the animation).

[Animeniax]

Pretty good episode, especially for Naruto filler. I like how they elaborated on little things like the team selection, and the genins eating their ramen lunches. The Naruto vs Rock Lee training was cool too, and something I suggested they animate way back. They could fill up several episodes of training fights between the various genins. I really liked the character interaction between Naruto, Rock Lee, and Sakura. It's too funny listening to Naruto talk trash and then Sakura trying to apologize for him.

What really made this episode watchable was the background music. Just like in the latest Bleach episode, the right theme for the right scene makes the action flow so much better. One of the worst aspects of the filler-parts of the Freeza (sp?) saga in DBZ was lack of appropriate background music.