Quote Originally Posted by RyougaZell
I liked the episode (except the useless part of the other shinobi exploring the other areas, especially when we already saw it was not that one).
My main gripe as well. There was no sense whatsoever in having us watch them search all those empty places. I wonder why they even animated stuff like that.

The fight wasn't bad but it warmed up pretty slowly considering we are talking about Akatsuki and people knowingly attacking Akatsuki. If I was to ambush those mofos, I'd have gone all out from the beginning. That is, a surprise attack with the most devastating attack. Anything else would be inviting a shinigami for a visit. But these fellows took it very easy indeed. After this I wouldn't actually mind a few corpses just to teach them a lesson, although Shikamaru would be a pity to lose as that would mean an end to the Shikamaru-Temari couple.