Now this is an episode worth watching. Naruto had some pretty sick moves too, even if they heavily relied on him having a billion times more ammo than other people via his Sage jutsu.

I don't think they'll go down this pathway, but if Naruto got someone to summon him back to the mountain even after he runs out of clones, he can revive as a Sage in no time. That toad oil seems to suggest a very rapid absorption of natural energy, and if Naruto's able to fully master Sage jutsu, he shouldn't have trouble maintaining control of that.

It also seems like the only reason Pain changed from Pusher to Summoner to fight Jiraiya was to keep his village intact.

Katsuya skit was pretty funny.


PS: Did Jiraiya or anybody ever redo Naruto's seal, or has it been left as it is all along? They mentioned yonks ago that his seal's weakening and that the Kyuubi's chakra is more readily leaking out. It's particularly worse when Naruto's pissed.. and I wouldn't imagine someone being more pissed then having everything he cared for blown away while he was gone.

Or has stillness-training finally taught him some self-control? As awesome as that is (no more "mass shadow clone rushes" simply because he's pissed), it'll get a little boring if he never fires up again since this is, after all, shounen.