All posts by An Advocate for Manga

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Tigerwu98 wrote: While it was nice, it made no sense. In the novel, he decided not to go with that, since Naruto could chug down a dozen or more in one visit. He considered that here and still decided to go with it?! And the basic idea of the episode was that a gift didn't need to be extravagant, just come from the heart! While I can see the "heart" part, I don't see the lack of extravagance part. </p> </i></div>
<p>The all you can eat coupon was from the Shop owner. Gaara's gift has yet to be decided. </p>

<p>Man, I was touched by Gaara towards the end, and I gotta say, the "all you can eat forever" card got to me. Touching. </p>

<p>^ Yep. Speaking of, the second one had the animation of a gag series. Seriously, a good 80% of the episode at least was in toony form. Not sure if that was a budget thing or just laziness. </p>

<p>Honestly, my favorite part was Naruto's letter to Sasuke. It was touching when the Police Force was mentioned. </p>

<p>From the looks of it, it was the right choice to not watch this episode. </p>

<p>With considering why its being done, I find it perfectly reasonable. </p>

<p>Like I said, its also to help the artist and author find themselves with the process. I believe its their first big story. </p>

<p>I think its a great idea for the sake of the artist and author having time to find themselves with the feel of the story. I also dug the art save for 2 panels. Something I noticed this chapter, not sure if its like that for the previous 5 as well, but theres no screentones. I get that they aren't entirely necessary, and that it can be time consuming, but even Kishi found some time for a little screentone when he could. Hope they fix that in the Graphic Novel verson. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>SuperSajuuk wrote: Agreed, this kind of "expansion filler" is good, given the manga just tended to "skate over" what actually happened. I call it "expansion filler" since it's filler that expands on manga scenes to make things more realistic. That kind of filler is the best filler imo. </p> </i></div>
<p>I agree. Filler thats just meant to prolong the real plot is bad. Filler that tries its damnedest to expand on the real plot <i>can</i> be great. </p>

This episode was amazing.

<p>FINALLY! We've reached the final stretch folks. The stretch we should've reached over a year ago. Unfortunately, Pierrot is really trying the pacing as hard as they can. Why do I feel like Sasuke's heel turn is going to be the cliffhanger next episode? </p>

<p>^No, not really, but you got a rough idea of it. </p>

<p>Elve, I agree. This is how I've always thought it to be. Thinking about it, Hagoromo should have all advanced nature Kekkei Genkai, right? Asura could've inherited one or two of them. This is, of course, mere speculation, but the probability isn't low, is it? </p>

<p>I agree. Never didn't. I was merely stating something with no pertinence whatsoever. I wish there were answers to those questions, but as of now, its subject to imagination. This is a moot topic. That's pretty much it. </p>

<p>Ravenlot, we all know "it was Ashura's battle." </p>

Oh I wasn't trying to argue his case. I was merely stating that that's probably what he meant. Though I can see why you thought that I was.

<p>^ My depiction is Hiruzen in his 30's, and Itachi if he never contracted the sickness he has. </p>

<p>I'm glad to have seen you come around Sajuuk. It started off strong, but so did the Chunin Exam filler, the Shadow of the Anbu filler, and the IT filler. Just give Pierrot enough time, and they'll mess something up. Its all about the money for them it seems. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Jawnaphino wrote: Those 2 episodes you are talking about are marked as Canon. I don't think it will be Indra and Ashura's background just yet. I could be wrong, anyway my source is animefillerlist. </p> </i></div>
<p>Marked as canon? So can you show me something that indicates that Kishi in some way wrote those episodes, or I'll have to believe this is simply your head canon. </p>

Norleon knows.