Was a good episode. If they keep up the level of animation and follow the storyline a bit more fastpaced, Naruto will be back on my 1-10 list again.
Personally think some great progress was made here.

One thing I see coming back alot, which can't be seen as realistic, is how people behave in situations. They walk when in a rush, they chitchat 5 minutes everytime they have to get somewhere and time is essential. It's just not fitting to me.

And they slow down combat to make an apparent difference in skill/strength. I miss brilliance. Instead of making the opponent a superb fighter, they downgrade the skills of character we already know into something that doesnt range far from moves a robot could perform.

Im anticipating some really great fights from now on, so Im keeping my hopes up in that field. Storywise I think the tension and emotion is being expressed properly, which is something the series lacked during 2 years of fillers ( or was it one ?)