Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1018594-20150521121708/@comment-3261234-20150521132940

Hated it.

"Yeah, we don't need a third stage as we are all buddies now and don't need to fight, it's old and obsolete. The second stage where you tried to drown your enemies in quicksand was legit though. GG everyone"

"Want to see the full fight between Matsuri and Shira? Want to see Ajisai's and Fuu's deaths? Want to see some cool Hidan-Kakuzu-combination after such a long time? Want to see the opposition leader to NOT commit suicide after talk no jutsu? Yeah well nope, screw you and your hopes."

Seriously, in hindsight, this arc was not the worst in terms of visual quality and so on, but it was the one with the most wasted opportunities. If an arc begins and you know from the beginning "okay, this does not look so promising, but let's just bear with it", then you know what you get and can accept it more or less. But if an arc starts with an interesting concept, you get hyped just to be massively let down in the end. Something that obviously could've been done well but was sullied by half-assedness is worse than something that was bad from the very beginning.

Can't wait for the next arc, would be awesome if it comes right after Kaguya appeared...