The special started off decently with sasukes counter to the large number of kunei's but it totally went down hill from there...

The last ending fight was pathetic, the water swords looked dumb (neat concept, just failed horribly due ot bad animation / colors) and Naruto seemed more like an idiot then someone who is actually strong and willing to sacrifice...

The only tacticalful thing they did was a "made you look" type thing... I was hopeing for naruto and sasuke to do some good team stuff but no...

I guess the only place this ep fits in is during the training before the main tournament but before Naruto and Sasuke learned there uber moves (chidori and gamabunta) since Naruto had the Naruto Renden (combo).

I dont really care if the ep doesnt line up with the timeline at all.. but atleast make it entertaining... which this wasnt... the fights were all 1 big massive attack. I even perfer the DBZ "fast hands" thing then this... What makes naruto fun to watch is the hand to hand combat with a little jutsu thrown in for twists.