So really the only good part of the episode was maybe the last 10-12 minutes as well as the opening and ending this week. The op/ed this week showed footage from the Naruto Shippuuden movie so from watching it I concluded that the character designs for the bad guys musta been done by the filler team….while the animation was done by the team who animated the Naruto / Sasuke fight at the end of season 1. As usual I’m really looking forward to seeing the movie in its full glory (maybe in 2008 it’ll be on DVD) but more so for the animation and not for the story (coughhinatawannabewhowasostrasizedasachildlikenarutocough). Anyway this week my favorite part was when Sakura appeared to pass out from the poison, but when the hokage puppet came near she smashed it to bits because of using an antidote. The Team Gai/Naruto & Kakashi flying through the rocks fillers are getting really boring to watch to the point that I am now actually scrolling through the episodes.

Upcoming Attractions: Sasori gets nekid.

An excellent episode which brought out some great changes based on last season. So here’s what we resolved this week: Hanyuu basically shares a soul with Rika so when Rika ate crap that Hanyuu didn’t like - well she felt that one. Also why is Takano the assistant nurse to Irie ?_? She wasn’t always one was she….? I thought she was just a random scientist/researcher person o.o; Satoko is apparently in some sort of health state that cannot be cured. (I didn’t get what though.) Also it appears everytime the Hinamizawa reset happens, the time between it and the next reset gets shortened. This time around, Rika decides to spill the beans to Keiichi about what the “destiny” will be and for some reason he is willing to change it. With this he ends up NOT playing the card game and giving the doll to Mion instead of Rena - which Rika says might “soothe” her “broken heart”. (aka not cause her to go on a mad rampage.) Rika said she will try her best this time to change her fate.

By the way, I still hate Hanyuu’s voice. Someone should just give her a winged backpack and a bag of taiyaki.