Itachi wasn’t exactly a villain. With regards to Nagato and Danzou they actively tried to crush the good characters. Itachi followed the villages orders and joined Akatsuki to protect his home town.
I always thought kishi made itachi to appear evil on purpose so you wouldn’t notice there was actually a plot behind him, much like what kubo did with ichimaru in bleach.
its true too many characters get sidelined, but only the cool ones die. not just chouji, i want all of the rookies to die asap. they all suck ass, all the cool characters in this manga where evil. oro, all the akas (the epitome of coolness), some of the dead kages, itachi (who was good, but you get the point, he was too cool to be good and had to die). who of the non evil characters are dope? killer A & B, kakashit…, and thats pretty much it. gaara to a degree (not as cool as he used to be though), neji to a degree, and at least rock lee is cool in the way he fights.
I keep telling my wife and brother in law that EVERY episode from this point forward will be dope, minus any inevitable filler. And even some of the filler will be good, since it will be Naruto “training” while examining armadillo cocks.
LOL @ the hate Chouji’s getting. His hesitation shows me that he still has some flaws, he isn’t prepared to strike down one of the men that he has total love and respect for, which is understandable to me.
/cosign. I miss anime episodes like this. Some storyline progression, great action, and above all some good quality animation.
:clapdos: While I understand that the economies of scale most likely make this idea improbable, tt’s a shame that they couldn’t just cut the number of episodes down and continue to make them like what we’ve seen in 204 and similar.