Naruto 170 Discussion

[masamuneehs]

Lol when I thought Naruto was going to give those brats a tongue-lashing or have some sentimental "empathy" mental process with Isaribi, then that little kid came out of nowhere and kicked him in the shins. I thought that was sorta funny, specially cuz I wasn't looking forward to one of those sappy speeches. Speaking of Isaribi... her voice sounds sorta familair. Anyone know who her VA is?

Animation was subpar, but I didn't find the minor characters as ugly as the first couple arcs. I actually thought that one woman's flashback story about the island was done well. Also, the music around 19:20 to the end of the episode (starting when Naruto recognized Isaribi) sounded pretty good to me, didn't recognize it. A soft, sad, wind instrument piece.

the new ending, albiet filled with Sakura (and that blonde woman who flickered in the leaf for a moment... Tsunade? or...) the new ending KICKS ASS! Great song! A must download!

Oh, and this struck me as really weird: Sasuke's tone with Orochimaru was pretty harsh wasn't it? To interrupt your master, calling his informing an old comrade "unneccessary" is pretty impudent... "Don't talk about it." Damn, I see that Oro hasn't taught Sasuke much in the way of respect (or fear for him)... And was it my or did Sasuke's voice sound deeper? Is it the same voice actor, or the same one just using a slightly different voice?

[Kraco]

Originally posted by: masamuneehs
Oh, and this struck me as really weird: Sasuke's tone with Orochimaru was pretty harsh wasn't it? To interrupt your master, calling his informing an old comrade "unneccessary" is pretty impudent... "Don't talk about it." Damn, I see that Oro hasn't taught Sasuke much in the way of respect (or fear for him)...

Like I said before, I think it's something totally different than that. They both know what Sasuke's real reason for being there is. So, it's a kind of ironic situation in general. Orochimaru isn't one of those miserable bullies who wants power just for the sake of oppressing others; he has said he wants to learn every jutsu and that way be the strongest. From that point of view, it doesn't really matter to him at all if Sasuke doesn't behave like a subordinate. With Orochimaru's special kind of humour, I think he enjoys it when Sasuke surprises older, more submissive servants with speeches like that. That's made quite evident by Oro's laughter after Sasuke is finished and the scientist (or whatever that dude was) is somewhat taken aback by those words.

[XanBcoo]

Originally posted by: masamuneehs
Speaking of Isaribi... her voice sounds sorta familair. Anyone know who her VA is?
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And was it my or did Sasuke's voice sound deeper? Is it the same voice actor, or the same one just using a slightly different voice?

Sasuke's voice was pretty much the same. Perhaps you just go too used to him playing Ishida [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] Isaribi's voice sounds familiar to me as well for some reason. Perhaps even Rukia (or at least a low tone voice like hers).

As for the episode. Yeah, it's not that bad. It's got a more serious atmosphere, so I'll definitely download last week's ep to catch up. I absolutely loved seeing Young Anko, but I didn't like how she couldn't remember stuff about Oro. She seemed to know more about the curse seal and about Oro in general for her to only have a few memories of them.