Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1018594-20151001190939/@comment-26518343-20151005115225

Tangocharlie07 wrote: I can seriously not understand the level of retarded filler-hate I am seeing in this thread. More than half the comments are nothing more than "Lol bad epswode!!11 lol". And I can bet none of them even bothered to watch the episode.

Canon canon canon. Seriously, what's it with canon guys? Most of us have already read the manga and hence know what's coming. The fillers at least give the chance to see something new, something original. I will wholeheartedly agree that many times fillers are bad, horrendous even. However, the dreams have not been bad at all.

This episode was quite interesting in my opinion. I liked how they showed(even if the smallest amount) a glimpse of the Konoha with Minato as Hokage. Also, Naruto living with his family was a good scene to watch!

I didn't get how Shika and Chouji hated on Naruto... Maybe next episode will explain it?

3.5/5

Have barely read the manga (not a manga fan) but watched the series from the beginning with my kids since they are both fans.

You make some valid points. The War Arc may be canon but it is also mostly crap. I'd rather watch characters we used to see more of earlier on than have a supposedly unstoppable Madara and this Sage of the Six Paths rubbish shoved down my throat, even if it is from the manga.

I miss people like Itachi, the Konoha 11, Jiraiya, Iruka and the Akatsuki. You know, some of the people who actually helped me enjoy Naruto in the beginning. Any story I can get them in it, I will at least watch it.

As for Shikamaru and Choji, I always got the impression (at least from the anime) that all of the Academy kids loathed Naruto, including them, back in the beginning. Aside from Hinata, of course.

We saw scenes in early episodes of people like Choji, Shikamaru and Kiba joking with Naruto on the playground, but that can be interpreted as them merely humoring him or tolerating him. Doesn't imply they were friends with him. We saw Kiba's true feelings about Naruto during their Exams match, IMO.

Like you, I also enjoyed this episode.