Okay so my two cents.
- Team 7, Team 8, and Team 10 tag team. Good show. It's nice to see everyone doing something other than just standing there. Team Ten's giant yo-yo ball attack? I loved it. It's so different and actually shows that Kishi can still create humerous things. I laughed at the attack and such, but I love how it can be underestimated. I also agree with Slextrem who I think Team 8 is not really working as a team. They kind of do their own thing. It's cool that team 10 is just as coordinated as Team 7.
- Shino at least got a chance to be badass....and it is scary. I don't want to be his enemy.
Kiba is doing his Cerberus trick which looks cool. These guys are still not as powerful as Team 7, but at least they are holding their own
Hinata....I'll get to her later.
- Poor Sai. I do like his character and it is sad that he got knocked out with one hit. Sai seems to be used for a lot of set-ups? He was a set-up to Sakura's confession, a set-up to the reuninion with Sasuke, and now he is the set-up to this. Like others would have been nice to see hims stretch his stuff, but he got owned. Too bad.
- Sakura can summon slugs...I don't want to hear anyone make fun of Sakura ever again. I agree that Hinata will never be able to beat Sakura....ever. There is just no way. Sakura has the power at Hokage level (Seeing as she is as powerful if not more than Tsunade who is Hokage.) Team 7 is indeed the most powerful team out of the who group. Slug Sage mode? One step closer to making it a possibility. I do have to agree that her having Slug summon is a bit summon and would be nice if there was a hint story wise. I know we have covers and such, but I think people wanted a story depiction of her either getting it or using it in prior battles or something. It is not quite an asspull as it is quite possible for her to have this and get it off-panel, but I think the fact that it was so sudden is what people find fault with. At least it is not like Sasuke where you have no clue where he got it and seems to just make up powers as he goes. (I don't know where Sasuke got the Hawk summon)
- Return of the three Sannin. Okay, who thinks that now that Sakura has these huge power-ups she can compete with Sasuke? I actually foresee the return of the big three Sannin fight. Remember the one with tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru in part 1? Yeah, imagine that with Team 7. Parallel again? This is gonna be good. I am wondering I Orochimaru is going to have nostalgia. "Heh, reminds me of my old team." I wouldn't put it past him. I don;t know why he wanted to destroy Konoha, but he still kind of respected his teammates and saw them as friends. So, I'll leave it at that.
- Hinata.....erm. Okay, I love the fact that she is finally getting some "umphf" and now she is not just watching behind the sidelines anymore. I am glad she mastered the 64 palms or whatever. I AM a little concerned that she still fangirls Naruto, however I am not upset by this because by this time I am expecting it. She will never be anything more than pairing fodder I am afraid and all she will ever think about is Naruto. No, NH moment here as it is still just Hinata reminiscing and we have Naruto who once again confirms he loves Sakura. So I am not threatened pairing wise. I am sad though because I want more for Hinata, but she will never be anything more all because of her Naruto limitations. Funny that the one thing that gives her strength is also the one thing that holds her back in a lot of ways. I guess, I just wanted her not to be a Naruto fangirl the entire time, but I guess this is unavoidable. So yeah, that's my take. I know some here hate Hinata and are sick of her and that is fine, but for me it is a different story than just pairing wars.
BTW, many NH fans said that Sakura was gonna fangirl Sasuke, but it was Hinata fangirling Naruto this whole time. Go figure.
- Sasuke is getting intimidated by Naruto? haHAH, eat it, Sasuke. Also this is why I think the mangapanda translation is better in chapter 632 because you notice Sasuke never even commented on Sakura's new power. He did comment on Naruto's power. So it seems even with Sakura there, he still doesn't notice her. This is gonna get interesting.
Also, is it me or does anyone find team 7's teamwork a bit....weird. Nothing for nothing, but Sasuke seems to fall in tune with Sakura and Naruto rather quickly despite being away from them for over what? 3 years? You'd think a mistake would happen or something. Instead, they are fighting together like they did this before. I guess I find it a little odd.
So that's my take.
Edited by James S Cassidy, 05 June 2013 - 05:55 PM.