Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
However, you have to remember they are both villains: Orochimaru and Kabuto, so some amount of distrust is quite essential to basic survival. If you are a backstabbing bastard yourself, the natural way of thinking is that everybody else is as well.
I like that Kraco.

Anyway, nice episode good animation. Sai's mice and that snake following Orochimaru were especially well done. Very nice pacing really built up the suspense and tension for next week.

Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
It's interesting, not even Kabuto or Zetsu have ever seen Sasori's real body. I wonder who has, besides the ones we know.
I don't think many people have ever seen Sasori's real body. He said the that the last time he was pushed far enough to actually have to use it was when he first joined Akatsuki, which I'm assuming was around twenty years ago when he first left the village. So I don't think anyone other than the earliest members of Akatsuki know what he really looks like. Maybe just Oro, because he is the oldest member we've seen so far and whoever created Akatsuki in the first place.

Quote Originally Posted by AssertnFailure
I like this scenario because it begs the question: How would this scenario have played out if it was really Sasori that was there instead of Yamato? Who would win if a fight broke out?
I definitely think Oro and Kabuto would have won. They seemed to have had this all planned out so I don't think there would've been any chance of them losing. Kabuto's first blow would have destroyed his puppet and since Orochimaru was Sasori's partner in Akatsuki I think he would have already seen most if not all of Sasori's tricks.

The only X factor would have been whether Sasori brought Deidara with him which I don't think he would have because not only does he not trust anyone but I don't think anyone else in Akatsuki knew about Kabuto being a spy or their scheduled rendezvous. Oro's confidence leads me to believe that he knew that Sasori always acts on his own which is why they planned an ambush in the first place.

Plus if anyone in Akatsuki had known about the rendezvous they certainly would've shown up because not only would it have given them an opportunity to get information on Oro and possibly capture and kill him but they would have gotten another shot at capturing Naruto as well.

Next weeks episode should be epic. Naruto is already freaking out and I don't know why but it should provide good entertainment. We should also get to see what Sai and Yamato can do. I don't expect anything from Kabuto since he doesn't seem to actually like combat much, and being a medical ninja I guess he justs avoids it as much as possible. The big thing for me is finally getting to see Oro in action again, he is without a doubt my favorite character in the show and it'll be nice to see what he can really do because last time we saw him fight he was armless.