Naruto: Shippuuden Episode 3

[Skaw]

damn... and here i thought Ep. 3 was nice to watch since it was the fruits of their training. .... gosh... dont you think the story is a bit dragging? we dont see much of some action... maybe i was just expecting too much

Personally, I'd rather have sprinkles of slowdown than nearly 2 years of filler again.

[Assertn]

too early to have sprinkles of slowdown.

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

too early to have sprinkles of slowdown.

yea they need to get on the grind and move everything along as quick as possible now

[Yukimura]

A lot of things in this ep felt like they were going in slow motion. I didn't feel much excitement when the characters took action (even the actions I wasn't expecting like Sakura punching through trees and Naruto rasenganing through trees...poor trees). The sand stuff was somewhat more interesting, but still it felt like the ep was running through molasses.

[mage]

It's because of the flashbacks of their first bell training. That totally ruined it.

[darkmetal505]

What happend to the sexy animation? I'm not going to complain, after all, it can't be perfect. Did Deidara and Sasori walk through the slit in the outer barrier in the manga? I think Deidara made the bird before he entered.

[Danad_corps]

Even if this ep was running through molasses, its better than anything we've watched for the past 2 years of Naruto. Would you rather have everything go fast paced with lots of excitement for a short while or would you rather have everything go at a slow pace with a little excitement here and there for a long time to come. I'd rather have a slow-moving, good storyline than a fast-moving story with a script that I would find in a kindergartener's imagination.