Let's get here the usual links as well:
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Less flashbacks than I expected, based on the foreboding comments last week. The fight itself hardly provided anything new, though, but at least it did show Sasuke burning his candle from both ends is more than evident. He fought like a buffoon, without a trace of keeping his cool. Perhaps he wasn't ready yet to face old friends in battle, suggesting of an internal conflict of emotions within.
I can't really see this fight going on for too long anymore with Sasuke in his current condition.