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Aside from the largely irrelevant flashbacks in the beginning, this was a surprisingly decent episode. I wouldn't have expected to judge a long speech by Naruto to be anything but a bad memory to forget, but in my opinion it worked. Perhaps it's because the whole idea of Naruto desperately trying to bring Sasuke back is a dead horse already beaten far beyond recognition and thus I wouldn't have believed any sensible dialogue could be generated out of it anymore. An achievement worth of some respect that they did and managed to squeeze a little feeling out of that shit.
As a single plot relevant detail I wouldn't have believed Naruto would manage to trick Sasuke into such a trap: That Sasuke won't add to his list of crimes (against Konoha, at least) before he has beaten Naruto. I guess even idiots have their brighter days and geniuses their dimmer times.