Naruto Shippuuden Episode 290 : Chapter 1 Chikara

Well, I really enjoyed it. It was really great getting to see Naruto and Sakura team up together, plus that bonding moment at the lake. The animation is beautiful, as well was the fight.

I actually thought that the second half of the episode (flashback) was very interesting and indeed necessary. It's important that we get to see exactly what happened, along with the characters whom play an important role in the filler plot. I'm glad they did it early on. The little girl (I apologize for forgetting her name ) seems to be the main filler character here, and I suspect that she has an important secret ability which will play a role in the plot. Perhaps its with the melody she says she hears and sings, along with her drawings. I can see her possibly bonding with Sai, haha.

Anyways, I don't think anyone should be hard on the studio for this filler, especially after only seeing the first episode. I'm glad they're doing something special to celebrate hitting 500 episodes, and appreciate that they went so far to get the top animators for this one. Regardless of how it turns out, I'm thankful for their good intentions and am excited to see how this goes.

Dawwww. So many feels.
I love how the both of them have a smile that is only reserved for each other. I hope we have more moments like that and not just in filler.
I must say the added budget and better animators are really obvious, a part of me is disappointed it's being used for a filler arc but it's a nice little celebration.

The flashback was a little jarring but what would Naruto be without a copious amount of oddly placed flashbacks right?

Funny that this filler is closer to most anime movies (Naruto, Dragonball Z, One Piece etc) than standard filler in that it's virtually impossible to place in the series timeline, once you start trying to place it, it starts to fall apart.

Aww, thanks for sharing those gifs, you guys. Once again, the studio sure like to insert some nice interaction of NS. I won't be surprise to see more. It's amazing how much scenes we have that the amount of AMV's sources are growing. Funny that it came out in Thanksgiving. So, I guess we are thankful for fanservice? Lol.

I'm starting to believe that because of Kishi keeping Naruto and Sakura away from 'each other people are starting to give Naruto and Sakura interaction in fellers a lot more value something I'm not accustomed to see on a NS section forum.
Interaction are always nice, after all they are friends, really good friends plus Teammates.

Nice moment would be Naruto saving Sakura from the copy Kyuubi blast, while Sakura disobeys orders because she wanted to be with Naruto and try protect him in the Sora arc, Sakura blushing at Naruto while he was training to learn Rasenshuriken, Sakura and Naruto's part one fake mission searching for the Akatsiki's, Naruto holding Sakura's soldier pill notes close to his chest, chapter 235, even this These are just examples of what I mean.
Again Naruto and Sakura interaction are nice since god knows how long they haven't shear a good moment with each other, but what we have on this filler so far should be something expected and very natural to us.

Also People don't need to agree with me since this is just my own personal opinion on the matter.

Sora's arc had some nice scenes, like when that red haired girl kissed naruto and made sakura jealous.
LOL'ed

what episode was that?

yeah I guess that's what the lack of NS moments does to you
Edit : never mind, now I remember.

Edited by candycane-chan, 24 November 2012 - 09:13 AM.

LOL

You know, the thing I'm happy most about is seeing them together again after so long. It's very enjoyable. That said I am actually more excited about this filler arc then I am with the current part of the manga, which in my opinion is kind of boring. I really enjoy seeing a normal village and that fat guy save everyone. He's a damn hero, give him a medal. Man, I wish Naruto could stay this good, but sadly after this filler arc we're going to go back to the same old boring series. It's kind of sad.

Honestly I really loved this episode, much more entertaining then anything I've seen from Naruto in a while. There's just something about it that is right. I hope they keep doing it.

@Don-Kun: I know what you mean. You got to admit, these two just have the right chemistry to make it work. They can interact for the whole episode and it will still feel like they have more to do. It doesn't go against the characters since well, they are close friends, so no harm really done. To me, it's always nice to see them interacting together since they can communicate well enough to understand each other.

Also, I do think the movie was like "Sorry for no interaction between them in manga, but I'll make it up in the movie." I mean the interaction between them in the movie has more than the recent NH development, if you want to call it that. I don't know, NS has that daily life interaction whereas Hinata has that "Did I do good? Am I strong?" That's just me.

I understand what you mean. It doesn't help that they're in the middle of side characters' glory phase in the anime. I do like what's going on now, it's just I think we are due for good guys interaction. Other than that, I do find this episode enjoyable and breath of fresh air from the current arc. I would have said that long time ago with the movie, but again, movie only release in Japan and other lucky countries.

I'm so glad they put Sakura back into episodes! I missed her so much ),: also sweet narusaku moments even though it's filler, OH WELL!

Also, I'm like in love with this animation It's so beautifully made! Can't wait for the next episode!