This episode adapts a chapter that to this day remains controversial among the Naruto fandom. I for one think that Kishimoto had good reasons for doing what he did here, but I also do think those who disagree with it have a point.
At the same time, in a weekly manga, it is all too easy to write yourself into a corner and if Kishi hadn't done what he did I do think he would not only have backed into a corner, but plow right into the walls.
I know this because I have written stories and fanfictions myself and have backed into corners many times without the weekly deadline pressures. It's a lot harder than it looks, trust me.
What do you think?
Official Naruto: Shippuden Talkback Thread
Opening 7: "Tōmei Datta Sekai" by Motohiro Hata
Ending 14: "Transient Fireworks" by Supercell
You can find some of the OPs and EDs on the Toonami Digital Arsenal in high quality (seriously, they need to update this).
Last time on Naruto Shippuden:
At the same time, in a weekly manga, it is all too easy to write yourself into a corner and if Kishi hadn't done what he did I do think he would not only have backed into a corner, but plow right into the walls.
I know this because I have written stories and fanfictions myself and have backed into corners many times without the weekly deadline pressures. It's a lot harder than it looks, trust me.
What do you think?
Official Naruto: Shippuden Talkback Thread
Opening 7: "Tōmei Datta Sekai" by Motohiro Hata
Ending 14: "Transient Fireworks" by Supercell
You can find some of the OPs and EDs on the Toonami Digital Arsenal in high quality (seriously, they need to update this).
Last time on Naruto Shippuden:
Nagato continues talking to Naruto and describes his second pain, how he and Konan helped Yahiko used what they learned from Jiraiya to create the Akatsuki to bring peace the Hidden Rain Village. But Hanzo deemed Yahiko's group a threat to his regime and allied with Danzo to kidnap Konan. Hanzo orders Nagato to kill Yahiko if he wants her to live and Yahiko sacrifices himself for Konan's sake, horrifying Nagato and forcing him into the crippled state he's in today.
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