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Pretty good episode. The filler elaboration of Naruto's training during the time skip is perfect and very well done (it is filler, isn't it?). Naruto finally being able to dispel genjutsu really shows some development of the character. Looks like Itachi turns it up a notch in the next episode.
HAHA! The guy who doesn't want people to tell the differences from Manga/Anime asks if the training was filler.

No, it wasn't filler.

The animation of Gai's fight was atrocious. The whole stabbing attacks with a set of nunchukus thing was ridiculous.

It bugged me that Lee was yelling in the bubble wasting his breath.

I'm starting to agree with everyone that shippuuden is dragging in a very bad way. They could drag it out so much better.