Quote Originally Posted by Yukimura
Everything TwisT said below is correct. This episode took what I thought was the most highly anticipated event in the story and completely ruined it by dragging it out with lots of shots of the same scene from different angles. It was purly rising action (literary term), but they don't show any of the actual Action other than the epic bitch slap and the Kabuto ownage (which I must admit were awesome). But everything else was just froth... I could also have waited a week if it meant the animation wouldn't be horrible throughout the episode
Quote Originally Posted by TwisT
And next (042) will air January 10th.
I must say that this was the worst episode and worst special ever. They took half an episode and turned it into a double episode by having them stand on the bridge starring at each other for over an episode in lenght. At the end of the special he has just transformed in to 4tails something that should have happened right after the first break. This was without a doubt the worst and most drawn out episode they have made.
Sounds like the Gaara arc all over again. Just like how they ruined Kakashi's MS, I guess that is their formula now get everybody hopes up, and ruin all the action scenes by drawing them out with bad animation no less. Well atleast we can expect some high quality emotional scenes when its all over.