Naruto Shipudden Episode 73

[Kusanagi]

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If i wasn't trolled

[Assertn]

Good Episode. Animation was really crisp and it showed a decent amount of content too.

[DarthEnderX]

Yep. A nice all around kick-ass episode.

Is it just me, or is Yamato's Kyuubi controlling technique becoming arbitrarily cooler looking? It used to be just some spiked logs, but now its like dragonhead candle-things.

And the akatsuki priest seems to be immortal or something.

[Harima Kenji]

This ep gave some meaning to the previous filler was of some kind of importance. We got to know Chiriku, thus caring just a little bit more about his fight.

[Kraco]

And the akatsuki priest seems to be immortal or something.

I think he's rather some sort of an undead creature seeing how he ends up in a ritual with a stake through his heart after every hard fight... Still, I hope this was the last time we see things like this. A third time of seeing those two first losing and then suddenly cut to winning with no explanations would be ridiculous.

To be honest I never expected much from those monks. Based on the filler the head monk was the only one there worth anything, but a lone monk vs two Akatsuki mofos isn't exactly the very definition of a surprise outcome.

[unandpw]

And the akatsuki priest seems to be immortal or something.

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-Assassin

Awesome episode. I like the subtle battles these guys get into.

[KrayZ33]

I think he's rather some sort of an undead creature seeing how he ends up in a ritual with a stake through his heart after every hard fight... Still, I hope this was the last time we see things like this. A third time of seeing those two first losing and then suddenly cut to winning with no explanations would be ridiculous.
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ya, his arms got all "bony" after they fought the two tails (like this haloween costume) thats why I thought/think he's some kind of undead when he fights... maye like a Necron from Warhammer ^^

oh great ep... movie quality (!)... I bet the next one or two hundred episodes will be bad again , it's like they spend all their money in 1 episode and earn it back in the next 20 or 30 filler episodes :/

Hidan and Kakuzu are totally awesome... they are even more creepy and "darker" than Orochimaru in my opinion, I absolutely like them.. best characters so far and I havn't seen much from them yet ^^

[Abdula]

Hidan and Kakuzu are totally awesome... they are even more creepy and "darker" than Orochimaru in my opinion, I absolutely like them.. best characters so far and I havn't seen much from them yet ^^

Woah, getting abit ahead of yourself there, eh KrayZ? Maybe just a little too excited.

[KrayZ33]

Hmmm not really, it's just that Oro is only disgusting and not creepy. While Hidan's ritual has the opposite effect on me..

and Kakuzu is one of the few characters who at least _looks_ like a ninja for me since I prefer it when they wear a mask(like Kakashi, Zabuza and the Demonbrothers )... and his looks reminds me a bit of Shredder... a character I loved when I was a child and he becomes bonus points for beeing a laid-back, money loving, badass character.

[Abdula]

Oro is not creepy.

Okay then

and Kakuzu is one of the few characters who at least _looks_ like a ninja for me since I prefer it when they wear a mask(like Kakashi, Zabuza and the Demonbrothers )... and his looks reminds me a bit of Shredder... a character I loved when I was a child and he becomes bonus points for beeing a laid-back, money loving, badass character.

Yeah Kakuzu is nice, I've been waiting forever to be able to use this cool avatar of him I had, which unfortunately is gone now. Its going to be wonderful seeing the rest of this arc animated thats if they don't manage to mess it up.

Speaking of messing things up, for anyone who reads the manga. That scene in the last episode where Kakashi was talking to Asuma and Kurenai came in, that was supposed to have happened while Kakashi was still in the hospital right before Naruto's training began, oh and Asuma was the one that was sent on the recon mission right? I think I got something confused somewhere, the timeline is just too muddled. I guess they must have changed something because they sent Asuma on that fake recon mission in the beginning of the fillers.

[ASSpirine]

Lol at Hidan again
Cool ritual

Hope to know more about these 2 akatsuki's

[DarthEnderX]

I'm loving these two new Akatsuki too. I could just listen to them banter back and forth all day. I don't hear the word "cocksucker" nearly often enough in shounen anime.

Still, I hope this was the last time we see things like this. A third time of seeing those two first losing and then suddenly cut to winning with no explanations would be ridiculous.

Well, obviously they aren't going to show off what they can actually do until they fight some of the main characters. If you watch them fight, and know all their powers, it takes the suspense out of the fights with the real characters.

he's some kind of undead when he fights... maye like a Necron from Warhammer

Necrons are robots.

[redcat]

I don't hear the word "cocksucker" nearly often enough in shounen anime.

does anyone know if that was an accurate translation or a bit of an exaggeration by DB?

[Abdula]

It was a bit of exaggeration, Hidan curses like a sailor but we didn't get any of that until later, when he gets angry. You won't like him when he's angry

[Kusanagi]

So how exactly does a ninja stay alive after having a stake driven through his heart? I would say he's doing it to himself, and so far we've seen him do it to the 2-tails and to Chiriku.

And why does Chiriku, a monk, have a 30 million bounty? I know he was a member of the 12 ninja guardians, but it was never explained that they were criminalized or anything.

[RyougaZell]

Dude... there are bingo books for any country.
Enemy countries put bounty's on the heads of hero's in the ranks of their enemies. Kakuzu must be using some Rock bingo book or something like that.

[Kraco]

Maybe he did some daring deeds in the service of the feudal lord, and some other country placed that bounty on him.

[Buffalobiian]

So how exactly does a ninja stay alive after having a stake driven through his heart? I would say he's doing it to himself, and so far we've seen him do it to the 2-tails and to Chiriku.

And why does Chiriku, a monk, have a 30 million bounty? I know he was a member of the 12 ninja guardians, but it was never explained that they were criminalized or anything.

Perhaps his immortality stems from that ritual. Every time her performs it, he gains a life. He can be killed then, but with great difficulty, hence his saying "If you can"

[KrayZ33]

Btw didn't Yamato summon the waterfall Naruto uses for training now, days or weeks ago?

And the water is still flowing out of nowhere? Doesn't that consume a massive amount of chakra? I mean, it's not like there is a river constantly flowing.. at least I couldn't see one when he created the "new scenery"

[Abdula]

Well in the manga, Naruto was just starting his training now so really he didn't create the waterfall more than a few hours ago. This Akatsuki stuff was supposed to have happened while Kakashi was still in the hospital which is one of the things that made Naruto's training so important because they were already coming for him. There is also another important scene that they skipped that I'm interested to see where they are going to try and fit it in. They just completely messed up the timeline.

I mean, it's not like there is a river constantly flowing.. at least I couldn't see one when he created the "new scenery"

Maybe there was one underground, or he just tapped into the water table or something. I don't think Yamato is strong enough to create his own water source.

*looks at KrayZ's avatar*

Oh you bitch.