Friday 6 July 2012

Naruto Shippuden Episode 269 - Forbidden Words - Review / Thoughts

After the past couple of lacklustre Shippuden episodes, you could be forgiven for thinking episode 269 would be the same. Thankfully though, as I predicted, once Ginkaku and Kinkaku got to fight things improved a lot.

Gone are the long, tedious (and frequently boring) explanations and talking, and in is a lot of fighting between the Gold and Silver brothers - Kinkaku and Ginkaku and Darui's team.

As I said in previous reviews, I was really looking forward to seeing the fight in the Anime, and it didn't disappoint. Darui once again showed that not only is he a badass, he is also extremely quick on his feet when it comes to battle. His strategy when he was about to be sealed was brilliant, and I really liked seeing him escape like that.

Both Samui and Atsui got sealed very quickly which is a bit of a shame, but I guess it was kind of necessary to show just how the legendary tools worked so that the viewer (and Darui) knew the rules and could have hopes of countering them.

Then of course the end, and OH MAN things just got serious. We know how deadly Naruto used to be when entering any kind of Kyuubi form, and while we don't know just how much power Kinkaku will have from his one, you can bet that it's going to take an awful lot to fight him. No doubt seeing someone other than Naruto in this form will seem strange, but it's also a pretty cool thing to have, plus it is sure to keep fans guessing as to just what is to come next.

Overall I really enjoyed this episode, and to be honest I can't really think of any major faults or problems to mention. Luckily after the past couple of poor episodes things have picked up again, my only gripe now is that for some reason next week is ANOTHER without a Naruto episode. That's twice in a very short space of time, and still without any sign of an hour long episode to make up for it.

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