Friday 29 June 2012

Naruto Shippuden Episode 268 - Battleground! - Review / Thoughts

For fans hoping for an awesome episode full of awesome battles, prepare to be disappointed. I can tell you before I go any further that the only good thing in this episode was Darui who you see above.

After last week's episode dragging so horribly, there was at least the promise of something good this week judging from the preview, but sadly it was very misleading.

For the most part this episode dragged just as horribly as the one from last week, and was once again really dull and boring as a result. There were more long tedious explanations, and the only thing in terms of fighting was some incredibly generic stuff with fodder throwing kunai at the Zetsus, and also a bit of incredibly basic Taijutsu that didn't accomplish much if anything.

I did enjoy the meeting between Hizashi and Hiashi though admittedly, and I do wish they had more time. I did find it strange though that Choza was talking with Asuma (and I think) Dan and set it up like they were going to battle, only for Choza to just end up fighting with some Zetsus the next time that area is revisited.

Darui was the best part of the episode though, for someone who doesn't say much and who until now hasn't done much, he sure is impressive and a very cool character. His Black Lightning looks so awesome, and the Anime team did a good job of showing his Black Panther technique here too. Darui really could be the surprise package of this war, and if he keeps up like this then there will always be something to look forward to in the coming episodes.

But as a whole this episode was once again pretty boring and frustrating, and I just wish that more action could be seen and a lot less talking which is slowing things down far too much. I have learned my lesson about trying to predict how good an episode will be just from an episode preview, so I will just say that when we do get to see Kinkaku and Ginkaku fight, as long as the Anime team don't screw up, it shall be a very good episode.

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