Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
It was an alright episode, and the slow and somewhat pointless Konoha parts didn't bother me that much. Even if this is Naruto, I don't need 100% action all the time. Like DE said, this could have been much better than Naruto just behaving as if he had never been away from the village. This gave the impression he really came back after a long while.

However, there were many Sand related things that bothered me. The biggest one was that just how lousy can the Sand village be? Or is this the reason why Orochimaru failed in everything but assassinating the Third? I mean, in this episode, aside from the very end, everybody but Gaara was totally useless in the Sand village. Are they really so bad ninjas? If it had been Konoha under attack, you can be sure it wouldn't have been just one ninja trying to defeat the attacker but multiple and from all directions. And why don't they even obey orders? "Don't touch the bodies!" "Ok. But I'll just help this one guy up, alright?" Wtf? That guy at least deserved to die.

And the other thing is Kankuro. If only he planned to get Gaara back, why did he attack like that? He should have planned an ambush and only rescue Gaara and run. Instead he comes out in the middle of a barren, plain desert seemingly with no attack plan, against a guy who just defeated Gaara, and another one of unknown powers. Jolly good thinking. Kishimoto should change his mushroom dealer.
Kankuro simply disregarded all his ninja training and orders given by his superiors. He was ordered to track them only, right up to their hideout.