Wow terra, you sure devote a lot of time and energy to an anime where you can't stand the material and/or two of the main characters. I imagine you spend the rest of your time overanalyzing and criticizing Puffy Ami Yumi. What a life you must lead!

The same goes for the rest of you. If these latest episodes aren't a light at the end of the tunnel, then you kids are as gay and ridiculous as the Japanese kids you're bashing for their fight selections. What's worse is that most of you are probably in your 20s and 30s, and still spend waaay too much time over-analyzing a cartoon show.

Let's see, a long arc after a string of short arcs, followed by a special with teasers, followed by a 90-minute special... if that's not leading somewhere, then we might as well all slit our wrists. Terra, you and mage can go first.

Back to the episode, I liked it, even though the choice of fights wasn't that great. But who knows, maybe the studio only listed certain fights in the poll, and the kids had to pick from a limited selection. I thought the Naruto and Sakura interaction was funny, as well as Naruto eating his words with the guests appearing for their clips. It was nice to see Jiraiya and Orochimaru and Sasuke again too.