Like chambers, I knew about Kimimaro before his anime appearance so I was looking forward to him. He struck me as a really cool villian at first, lots of potential. Then that crappy fight with Naruto happened (made up for by Lee and Gaara's awesome fights with him). Then we found out he was just a Haku clone, and then he died in a really boring way. His existence spanned over only a few episodes, and he never left a mark on me like I thought he would.

So yeah, I was disappointed as well.

And Kiba doesn't suck.