The flashbacks were just a distraction while naruto dug that hole XD
Rioichi
2022-01-14 00:32:34 +0000 UTC
haha
Allonsyyy
2022-01-13 12:29:21 +0000 UTC
you had me cracking the fuck up im not gonna lie LOL
Daniel Klochenok
2022-01-13 10:56:00 +0000 UTC
I think the flashbacks was done so that the animators can focus on more action scenes and the flashbacks gave them a little bit of a buffer. But GOD its annoying,
sergio sanguino
2022-01-13 04:45:00 +0000 UTC
I think these flashback episodes are only frustrating because they sprinkle in a little bit of canon into them so you kinda have to watch them. They should have made it pure flashback so ppl can choose whether to watch or skip to new content.
A
2022-01-13 00:22:49 +0000 UTC
Honestly I love these episodes. I think it really ramps up how intense it all is. Do they need to do full scenes? Probably not but I think having 1 full episode to show Narutos thoughts and how his mind is racing really sets the pace. He had so much information shoved at him with his meeting with the Raikage, then Madara explaining all of Itachis past, then Sakura shows up and that whole emotional thing, and THEN Gaara shows up to say Sasuke crashed the summit and he's wanted internationally now. It was a lot for him to digest and it resulted in a panic attack. Seeing him resting while his mind is still moving at 10 miles a minute I think was powerful.
Kelsey
2022-01-12 21:34:52 +0000 UTC
This is the thing, if it was just a full flashback episode then it is what it is, but sprinkling 2% of new content in there makes it unskippable and almost cruel haha
Allonsyyy
2022-01-12 19:36:37 +0000 UTC
Yeah I'd love to find out how close the two were at this point!
Allonsyyy
2022-01-12 19:35:43 +0000 UTC
That many episodes!? *breathes heavily*
Allonsyyy
2022-01-12 19:35:05 +0000 UTC
These flashbacks definitely are way too repetitive. However, they are really just to show the struggles that naruto and Sakura are having in their head with trying to accept or understand sasuke for who he has become while also trying to hold on to the memories of who he once was. Also the flashbacks are really repetitive when watching shippuden immediately after finishing OG naruto but when the show originally came out people hadn't seen these scenes in literal years so it's a little more understandable when considering that. This is the worst of flashbacks imo. There aren't many other episodes of 99% flashbacks and 1% new content
Sam Gordy
2022-01-12 19:34:33 +0000 UTC
This is the first time I'm actually rewatching this stretch of episodes. Usually I would just fast forward or skip :/ Hang in there, it gets good again in like 30 episodes...
Vaidas Šukauskas
2022-01-12 19:30:50 +0000 UTC
The manga didn't have these flashbacks. This is why I prefer more fillers rather than padding, it really ruins the flow. BUT, seeing some of these flashbacks was cool. It kinda makes me wish that Sasuke didn't go rogue as early as he did. Well, they didn't have to stretch it to this extend though.
I wouldn't have felt bad if you would have skipped this episode tbh.
Sylla
2022-01-12 19:16:55 +0000 UTC
I understand you completely and agree about the excessive flashbacks I’m not sure if the anime was close to the manga at that point or what but way too many uses of flashbacks