Official Naruto 76 discussion ***SPOILERS***

[LostAngel]

Yashamaru is definetly a boy. I personally want to know more about his father, rather his father intended for him to become a monster. I love having character depth and good back stories. I thought the flash backs were great. I just hope once the fight starts up, they don't throw a punch, flash back, throw a kick, flashback. He was trying to kill Sasuke, but Sakura interfered. Reason he is not killing her is to piss Naruto off and make him fight him I guess. Well that makes more sense to me than anything. I wonder if Gaara is going to change form completely before the fight is up, as it looks, night has a while before it comes.

I think Yashamaru was trying to test and maybe kill Gaara, he did say he was going to protect him, I think he meant that even if it was from himself. I believe he loved Gaara. Hehehehe. Gaara is so cute as a kid. Gaara's life is ironic. One scene I thought was cute showing how much Gaara liked Yash, yet a bit gross was him sucking on his finger when it was bleeding.

I want more of Kakashi and Gai fighting, they are so awesome. The whole thing with the Hockage and Ochi is that I think they are just showing how stubborn the strong ones are, plus it takes up time. One thing I notice about Naruto is that it drags out a lot of stuff taking up time. Overall the greatness stills prevails.

[ZakuHan]

Yep, good episode, I thought the flashbacks were well-done. I detest how they drew Yashamaru though, WAY too girly.

And.. Psycho does not mean evil. If he were evil, he would have smashed Sasuke instead of trying to have some fun with him (which he was clearly doing), and destroyed Sakura without a second blink. He's psychotic. Sakura protected someone that hurt Gaara (matching Yashamaru protecting the girl that made fun of him), so he knows she's important to Sasuke. Naruto makes it obvious she's important to him too, so now he's using her to taunt him into fighting him. Psychotic, not evil

~Chris