Naruto Shippuuden - Episode 86-87
Shikamaru’s Genius
When He Was Cursed, You Dug
I was expecting this episode to be real bad, because of the last being so good but, I’m glad I was wrong.
The animation is not top notch like the previous episode but, it’s good and Kakashi’s "filler" fights are cool.
As a side note, there’s some new music on this episode.
Shikamaru’s plan works and they take out Kakuzo’s heart and he dies.
The creatures continue living and come to save Kakuzo. It’s good to see Chouji actually doing something. His "filler" actions were done right and make sense with his abilities. The anime script writers are finally doing something right. Shippuuden is becoming better and better. I hope that quality isn’t lost again in the future.
Anyway, Kakuzo uses his last resources and catches all of them unprepared. He’s about to kill them when Team Kakashi arrives.
Naruto and Yamato’s combined technique was really cool and smart to stop Kakuzo’s combined technique. Kakashi couldn’t counter his abilities himself because he could only counter fire with water, he had nothing to counter the wind mix in Kakuzo’s attacks but, the wind user has arrived.
I really liked the mid-episode parody for the first time. If they can make good funny quick sketches, it’s way better than the usual "password games".
Maybe it’s because I don’t remember the manga so well anymore now but, I’m enjoying this episodes more and can’t actually tell if some stuff is anime original or taken from the manga.
Kakuzo’s comment on Naruto being worn out was funny.
Sakura looked funny. She even reminded of Naruto fighting Sasuke (when he was running and had his nose all tinked up or something) when she was running alongside Sai.
Overall, not the best production, quality wise, but, a good episode. I hope the next has Naruto’s fight with some better animation.
And what the hell was that at the end?
I though it was some new movie at first but, it seems like a quick preview into Shippuuden’s next season. It should start right in next week’s episode, that means this arc, and Naruto’s fight, is gonna end next week. It will be about the three tails, which only took one or to chapter of the manga.
There will be some filler but, things look good overall. I’m just concerned with the fact that they are not only doing filler but, also changing the original story-line with Konoha protecting the 3 tails. I hope something good comes out.
- Personal Enjoyment: 4/5
