</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Kagari @ Jan 11 2004, 08:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ^^ agreed, we&#39;re all gonna be thankful for the &quot;filler&quot; as you half-fans call it, because when the fight breaks loose, we&#39;ll have a full hour of naruto goodness.


I liked 65....shikamaru is SO cool....Lee and Gai&#39;s reaction to Neji&#39;s loss was sweet.

that little discussion between naruto and sasuke before gaara came down was awesome, as well.....&quot;Hey&#33; Did you win the first match?&quot; and naruto&#39;s like &quot;of course&#33;&quot; and you could see in sasuke&#39;s eyes he was proud of naruto, and he wants to fight him....i like these episodes....

everyone calls it &quot;filler&quot;....just because there isn&#39;t a battle doesn&#39;t make it filler, cmon. Story is just as important, and 65 was story. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
ok. There is one thing i have to say to this.

Out of all the Naruto episodes, none of them can be classed as a simple filler due to the fact that they give you background info and storyline. Episode 65, is the first episode i can seriously call. A FILLER.

I&#39;m not a half fan as you say, it&#39;s just.... Think about what happened in the episode. Was there any background information at all? No. Was there any talk amongst the characters of any plans or of anything regarding the future? No. Was there any talk regarding the situation and the characters thoughts on it at all? Yes, with Rock Lee for about 2 and a half minutes.

This had no storyline in it at all. This had no background info at all. Even the animation was bad, like it was rushed. Seriously man, this is a true filler if ever there was one.