Starts with Konohamaru summoning a frog...Wait I thought his grandfather had a contract with the monkeys. I know he suppose to be the closest thing Naruto has ever had to a student but at least that would be more interesting. Shino introduces him a the grandson of the third and a genius because God help us if someone isn't in this series not a genius! A few girl run up to talk with him, and Bolt tries acting cool by mocking him. Wow the side characters look generic...one actually kind of looks like Sakura, and a swear I've seen the other three girls before in other anime. Are they actually copying characters from other anime? The fat filler says he has an inferiority complex...She is right. Bolt is so unlikable I'm agreeing with the fat filler, and because of that he decides to attack Konohamaru to steal the scroll. Since he has not made a contract with the toad he just makes himself look like a fool. Oh looks like they are finally going to give some importance to Salad this episode because she the one that give the reactions to Bolt being lectured instead of the Clone.
So they are teaching summoning ninja tools this episode. So all the kids start listing what summoning animal they would like to have. Bolt picks snakes...what a surprise. After Bolt ignores Shino and says that they should try summon a big animal next time, Salad finally lectures him. Since the way Bolt keeps trying to act cool is causing a lot of problems, he is bringing down the reputation of the entire class. This starts the conflict between the boys in the class and the girls, you know for this episode.
Konohamaru and Shino go and have tea together where Konohamaru brings up that Shino's generation (ie Sasuke Sakura and Naruto) had a lot of competitive people that left a mark on the world. Which gets Shino thinking.
They bring up that Salad and Bolt used to hang out because of their parents, again. That they both don't like each other, again. They both want the same food with only one left. Bolt says he deserves it because he always has it. So there's that entitlement again. Bolt brings up that yakisoba is his second favorite food next to hamburgers. Salad buys it while Bolt is distracted and he has a hissy fit. The repeater finally comes in and says they should just have a fight over it. The clone is back (and so is her being the reaction shot to everything again) and once again like her predecessor does nothing. Shino breaks it up, and decides to have a girl vs boy capture the flag.
The event happens (What? I'm not going to do a play by play of a fight). Eventually Bolt get the idea near the end to use the Frog summon scroll in order to scare the girls. Instead when he does the summon he awakens the demon from last week. Then summons...something that looks like a snake that knocks the fat filler off the roof, which was where the flag was. So Bolt and his friends spring into action to save her, and we see the evil demon aura thing while he is holding the fat filler. Konohamaru destroys "the Snake." Oh the clone got the flag isn't that great.
And because this story is predictable as kitten all is forgiven and this conflict between the girl and the boy that was only in this episode is resolved completely in this episode. Also at the end we see Cups watching over everyone.
Honestly even thought I think are going to change Salad's personality, again. She is still the best character of the next generation. So her presence did improve the episode up a bit. It still a generic by the numbers cookie cutter anime, but for a few bit it was an average generic by the numbers cookie cutter anime, instead of a bad and boring one. Or it could just be them kittening on Bolt in this episode made me like it slightly better because I'm started to truly get tired of him.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 26 April 2017 - 12:38 PM.
