Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160303111202/@comment-25122992-20160303164253

Wow, actually the best episode I've seen recently. The canon part adaptation was fully OK, some dialogues of the Team 7 were complemented with the new lines, we got all the IT dreams from the manga with additions and with some new ones (Kankuro's and Sai's). Although there's no actual setup for Itachi events coming (these are neither his memories narrated by him, nor Sasuke's tale), the episode smoothly turning into Itachi's story seem to be pretty well-done. I'm not sure the anime completely sticks and will be sticking to the actual plot of the novels, but the first impression has given a great hope that it'll be one of the best filler arcs we've ever got. Probably, it's a test from the Studio Pierott to prove if the novels are actually worthy for anime adaptations, and if Itachi's arc will be successful (and after this episode I think it can be), we'll see other Naruto novels adapted into the anime as a contunuation of the plot.

Besides, I wonder if the girl asking Itachi to play with her is really Izumi Uchiha.