i was trying to see the symbol too. i think it was a cloud, which might explain what the white stuff is that he's using for his sculptures. but his hair was always obscuring the symbol so it's hard to say.Originally Posted by masamuneehs
i was trying to see the symbol too. i think it was a cloud, which might explain what the white stuff is that he's using for his sculptures. but his hair was always obscuring the symbol so it's hard to say.
I'm pretty sure the symbol on his forehead is a rock since he's from the rock village.
Naruto: Shippuuden start is roughly chapter 245 in the manga and the manga is currently at 342. If they were to go at a normal pace instead of stretching things out there might be enough content to cover about 70 episode, if you consider the manga chapter to episode ratio for the first season and if you count in the new manga chapters that would've came out by that time, we might have enough materials for about ~100 episode b4 the anime get caught up to the manga again.
so in short, i prefer for them to stretch things out a bit so we don't have to go back to 2 year of filler again.
It seems like the Narutardness genes only laid dormant during the fillers, and are even now indirectly drawing power from them now that their over. Just because the episodes aren't fillers doesn't mean they are good by default. And the claim that 'at least it's not more filler' shouldn't matter, since the quality of one episode is not actually made better by the previous episodes being terrible. Now I know my words are empty and meaningless next to the glory of having the true work of our precious Kishimotot on the small screen again, but still, he's not perfect, and sometimes he even does retarded things that don't make sense (Chouji).
Well I dunno, maybe it's just my Deidara fandom which clouds my judgement but I honestly didn't find this worse or slower than the average Naruto episode. Flashbacks galore is one of the primary staples of the show after all. :S
Despite all the bad rap for only seeing old jutsus from Naruto and Sakura, I always thought the beginning part where Naruto and Kakashi threw shuriken at each other > Naruto clones to dodge > Naruto henges into windmill shuriken > Kakashi grabs shuriken > another Naruto appears behind was one of my favorite short battle sequences in the series when they first did it in the manga.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
I enjoyed this episode a lot, and I thought the flash backs were great and didn't feel that it was draggy at all. The new stuff not in the manga was a real bonus too. On the whole I'm just really glad that the anime is back on track once more, and I'm looking forward to the next episode.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
I don't think having a leader would take away their "coolness". Infact I would say you need one as a necessaty, since you need to be able to direct such a gathering of power for a specific purpose. Otherwise they could always be arguing and never get anything done.
This doesn't mean that the leader is the most powerful one or something. Remeber being leader doesn't mean its all glamourous, you have to be able to tend to admin type crap also (though I can't quite think of what kind of admin would be required by Akatsuki).
Well I believe the density of the flashbacks is only high right now because it's so convenient to do so. We have a re-match of the bells contest, so I guess it's only natural. I for one, would expect there to be less of the flashbacks in the future.
We don't actually yet know the purpose, so we don't know how complicated or simple it is. From what we have seen so far, the Akatsuki dudes are just moving around in pairs doing little things, if anything at all, like observing Naruto and performing a half-hearted attempt to kidnap him. So, if their ultimate goal is pretty simple as well, they don't really need a leader to coordinate things. In fact, not having a leader would ensure they wouldn't fight so much with each other, because nobody would (seriously) think he should be the leader and somebody else not. No power struggle, that is. And simple things can be agreed on whenever they have their meetings.
Well, like I said, that of course assumes whatever they are doing isn't so complicated it would require a leader.
oops, guess my guess was wrong.
I do think that right now, Sakura seems to have improved way more than Naruto. I think that, unless Naruto shows us some new shit, that unless he uses the fox, Sakura could take him in a fight. And that's not even taking into account the fact that Sakura can heal shit.
Sakura had more room for improvement than the others =P
When did they ever say Deidara is from the stone village, btw?
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
It's never been directly stated but there have been more then a few times where we've gotten to directly take a look at his forehead protector and you can plainly see it's the stone village symbol.
Sakura may have improved way more than Naruto, but don't forget how utterly worthless she was before. I find it very hard to believe that she has surpassed Naruto - and based on what we have seen so far we have no way of really knowing, so all of this is speculation obviously. That said, during the 2 and a half years that Naruto was off training with Jiraiya I have to believe he is stronger than Sakura. Just my own personal bias toward Jiraiya's skills and Naruto's willpower I suppose.I do think that right now, Sakura seems to have improved way more than Naruto. I think that, unless Naruto shows us some new shit, that unless he uses the fox, Sakura could take him in a fight. And that's not even taking into account the fact that Sakura can heal shit.
I've always liked Naruto flashbacks, with a few exceptions. One: anything that flashes back to filler content obviously. Two: when they flashback to something that happened 5 minutes previous. (Zabuza vs Kakashi round one)Flashbacks galore is one of the primary staples of the show after all. :S
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