lol "I blew it into another dimension." it was so bad, that i found it good.

I loved how Deidara fought with the kunai in his mouth and almost escaped, badass, it just shows how useless team gai was in this entire arc. Kinda sucks how Deidara doesn't get a fight, instead its just a pursuit, but oh well. I didn't like him at first, but he's definitely one of my fav akatsuki now!

Naruto's tearful (borderline emo) speech and gaara's death didn't quite carry the emotional impact i thought it would. Disappointing. It was almost as horrible as Kakashi's dimensional vortex. I'm not sure, but with an anime as popular as Naruto, you'd think they could afford a better animation staff! Either someone's funnelling some money into a slush fund, or the show's creator is giving a friend's animation company a break.