The story for this episode gives us a good range of characters from their younger years under Kakashi's tutelage as they're sent to some village that's suffering like other villages do seemingly every week in that they're being accosted by bandits and it' more

Right from the start of this episode you know you're going to be in for something not altogether good. The episode title alone is a huge clue that you'll want to pass on this week, but what got me was just how off model and unappealing the character more

While I've certainly railed against a lot of the filler we've gotten since the end of the previous arc, Naruto spends an episode doing a good kind of filler piece here by actually expanding on the known continuity. Much of what we've seen has had th more

With word that Naruto is going to get back on track in just a few weeks, it makes going through the remaining filler stories a double edged sword. You know the good stuff is coming back soon and can hold onto that, but you may also find yourself str more

Naruto's filler run has had its moments here and there, which isn't saying a lot overall, but the quality has certainly ranged from the worst filler ever to barely passable inventory story material. With the latest episode, it's got afterschool spec more

The world of Naruto has a whole lot of variety to it and we've seen the summoned creatures that are fairly interesting over time, such as the frog style ones. Naruto gives us another flashback story to Naruto's younger days that deals with cats. Or more

Naruto's journey in the past with Jiraiya lead them to a village where some small ties were made to a different story earlier in time, which is made more plainly clear in the episode summary. Kandachi's position as a former right hand man to Hanzo f more

Considering the options available to a series of this nature and the scope of what's involved, as well as the passage of time, there's a lot of really good stories that can be told when you need to break from directly adapting the manga. The lack of more