I rewatched the later half of shippuuden 18 after having read this week's manga chapter, and found something that I thought was quite amusing....

At the end of the episode, after the previews, they show a conversation between Deidara and Kisame, with Deidara asking about Itachi's personality. Then at the end, Deidara even goes so far as to say in reference to Itachi's sharingan, "He uses a pretty artistic technique, doesn't he?"

Anyone else find this extremely ironic, considering that this was the central point behind his flashback in this week's manga?