Comments on: Naruto Shippuuden episode 82 is a masterpiece

By: Robin Eriksson

Robin Eriksson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:25:12 +0000

Hey. Was just browsing true internet and I found your wounderful blogg.
So ive been watching alot of anime you posted and what makes me watch them is because your emotions of each anime. You express your feelings and thoughts in such a great way it makes you want to see the anime even more.
Anyways enough flatter hehe. Thing is I wanted to wish for you to give your thoughts and stuff on the latest (what is it maybie?) 8 Naruto shipp eps. When he meets up with Itachi and everything that happendes after.
Just a wish from my side.
ANyways waiting for the next blogg update and keep the good work up.

By: English Dubbed Anime

English Dubbed Anime — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:34:18 +0000

Hm. I wasn’t a fan of the first Naruto series. As it was kinda cliche to me. Shippuden, however, is alot more mature. I’ve watched it from Episode 01, and read the Manga, and am up to date with it. It gets lame at times – but moments like this really make up for it.

By: Dorama

Dorama — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:50:28 +0000

Everyonce in awhile producers surprise us and give us anime scenes of this quality

By: Saruuuubiii

Saruuuubiii — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:02:33 +0000

I haven’t watched a single episode of shippuden since episode 10…
(Mainly because I read the manga and avoided fillers)
But I watched this… Gosh, it was beautiful~ The animation was better than usual, as you stated, and the gray color tone to the episode was really impacting.
For this, I should really reconsider watching the anime, as I’ve only been watching short series like “Higurashi” and “Umineko”.

By: bateszi

bateszi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:33:11 +0000

@Akikaze Yeah, my plan is to catch up with Naruto and then to do the same with One Piece. I hate not having episodes of One Piece lined up, it gets me so hooked, more than any other series, and now you've got me really intrigued too; Oda breaks my heart like no other. @mellytan You won't regret it, even if it is just a one-off, it's worth watching if just to take in some great anime.

By: mellytan

mellytan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:23:33 +0000

Peer pressure aside, I haven’t personally had the urge to watch Naruto in a few years… but if people feel so strongly about it, I think I’ll grab this episode.

By: Akikaze

Akikaze — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:45:33 +0000

I really can’t find the motivation to go through Shippuuden,i tried back when it started airing .Still,after reading this post you’ve convinced me to at least watch this episode sometime in the future,it looks superb,totally different from what I image Shippuuden to be like and that is why I will watch it.

since we are on Shippuude and so also on shounen I had to mention without spoiling much,but soon you will get to see one of the most memorable and most emotional moments in One Piece.I was actually surprised not to see a post dedicated to that moment but then I saw how far you are with One Piece.

By: bateszi

bateszi — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:25:57 +0000

@Omisyth

It wasn’t a trick, this episode really is that good.

@Hinano

But you don’t have to watch the filler. After all, that’s the good thing about watching Naruto in batches; the moment the filler begins, you can just skip over it. I mean, this was an amazing episode, and to ignore it (as a Naruto fan) is just plain wrong.

@Celeste

The ‘down-town’ scenes were so lovely; I particularly liked the moment when Shikamaru passes a small boy carrying a baby on his back; just the elegance of their movement, the way they humbly turned to face each other as they crossed paths, felt so full of life, and the moment I saw that, I knew I had to write this post.

@Protodude

The Zabuza arc feels so long ago now, but you’re right, it was great, and was what really got me hooked on anime (as a medium) for the first time; its finale was so exhilarating. I wish Kishimoto would more often intersperse these really long story arcs with some tighter, more face-paced ones, like Zabuza.

By: Protodude

Protodude — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:33:55 +0000

Yeah, reading this week by week in the manga was pretty exciting, and it’s actually my second favorite arc right behind the Zabuza arc. Shikamaru’s probably one of my favorite Naruto characters for pretty much the same reasons Celeste stated, so having the story focus on him for a bit as opposed to Naruto or Sasuke was pretty refreshing.

I’ll definitely have to give this episode a watch some time then. I’ve actually heard a few comments on 4chan that this episode was outsourced to Gainax, though I don’t know how true that is.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:55:26 +0000

Man, this episode had me at “hello”. I remember those three shots of Kurenai slumping as she heard the news from the manga particularly well, and it animated beautifully; as did the rest of the episode. The lack of music as he wandered around the village, Shikamaru’s stiffness as the lady at the restaurant collapses and cries, the weight with which he plunked down the shogi pieces and the way he gradually slumped… the animation of this episode was on the same compositional level as that of Mushishi or Shigurui, particularly after his fit of crying: slow, calculated, prescisely placed elements, coming together effortlessly.

Shikamaru was always one of my favorite characters in Naruto: never a protagonist and aware of it, and never wanting to be, yet when thrust into a leadership role, unfaltering and calm. He comes across as cold and detached, and this can easily be read as a sign of his maturity, but this episode reveals otherwise. Let’s hope the rest of the arc (or at the very least, the final confrontation in the woods) is handled with anywhere near the delicacy this episode received.