joeldg - navigating the surface

A while back I started watching the Anime Naruto, and loved the storyline of the original part of it. It went on perfectly until about episode 140, when the television part actually ‘passed’ where the Manga (drawn comic) was at. They didn’t really know what to do, so they created all these filler episodes until #219. I couldn’t stand the pain of watching the horrible filler episodes so I

finally gave up at about episode #180.

All the while the manga continued to develop the story and is much further along now. So, they basically pretend that the last 80 or so episodes didn’t happen and that he was “training” and

we re-enter the story two and half years later, and Naruto has grown up some.

And grown up he has. He is taller, finally got a new wardrobe and we can only assume he has picked up some fancy new abilities, this episode is perhaps the most anticipated Anime release in history as people are all kinds of crazy over it and there are multiple websites that are devoted

to all things Naruto.

It is a crazy episode, and they have a lot of catching up for people on what is going on.

When I downloaded the torrent, there were about 20,000 seeders and so it literally was the fastest 250MB I have ever downloaded.

I also noted that Naruto’s headband has changed colors.

Each of the kids (including Konahamaru and his buddies) have grown up, and each has their own little explanation for the audience showing their size in comparison to how tall they were. The Sasuke storyline finally picks back up and we are teased with it in the very beginning of the episode with a glimpse at where this episode and the following ones are leading.

Anyway, if you are not familiar with Naruto, watch the eps on one of the sites (some have streaming episodes even) up to about episode ~130 to ~140 and then skip ahead to episode 220 (Shippuuden 001-002)
Pick it up at http://yhbt.mine.nu/t/ The wait is finally over.

You can also pick up Bleach there as well, if you are not familiar with Bleach, it is kids who work as Reapers, vrs the Ninja school of Naruto.