Naruto Shippuden Got Boring Again Episode 459
Naruto Shippuden
by Amy McNulty, 
Ever since the second Ninja Scrolls arc began, Naruto Shippūden has gradually transitioned from "boring" to "ambitiously bad" with shades of "unintentionally funny." While this is definitely faint praise, information technology's virtually the nicest thing I can say about the show in its current land. Judging from what transpired this week and the latest postal service-credits preview, Jiraiya's Ninja Scrolls is dead-attack presenting a slapdash re-imagining of every major story arc from the actual canon. I don't recall the adage "haste makes waste product" has e'er been more applicable.
In one case once more dispensing with the laughably meta framing device, this episode opens with Naruto, Neji, and Shikamaru arriving at Orochimaru's hideout with evil versions of Anko and Sai in hot pursuit. In an effort to clear a path for Naruto to pursue Sasuke, Neji keeps Anko busy while Shikamaru takes on Sai. Since we've never actually seen these particular characters engage one some other in combat, I'yard almost tempted to give the show points for originality. Unfortunately, the audience is simply shown a few seconds of each skirmish earlier the focus shifts back to our sweat-suited protagonist. Before he tin can crash Sasuke and Orochimaru's rooftop rendezvous, Naruto is intercepted by the Foundation Anbu version of Yamato, who binds our hero with his wood. However, Yamato'due south trap is quickly undone later Naruto summons the Ix Tails' chakra and breaks free.
By the time Naruto reaches the rooftop, Sasuke has already been endowed with Orochimaru'south Cursed Seal of Heaven, enabling him to assume the same demonic form he took on at the end of the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. Later his Sage Style proves ineffective, Naruto once again summons the power of Kurama and goes into Tailed Animal Fashion. Over again, I'm tempted to award points for originality. Beast Mode Naruto has never fought Cursed Seal Sasuke, so the screenwriters are at to the lowest degree trying to milkshake things upward. However, like this episode's other activity sequences, this one is also brief to elicit any real excitement. Plus, Sasuke mastering his new powers mere minutes afterward receiving the aforementioned seal doesn't make a lot of sense. Just as the super-powered rivals are about to bargain decisive blows to one another, Itachi, who arrived on the scene as a murder of crows, appears betwixt the boys and is fatally wounded by his picayune brother. After saying a hurried goodbye to Sasuke, the elderberry Uchiha assumes spirit form and departs from the corporeal world, leaving no concrete body behind. (That was certainly considerate of him.) Fortunately, with Itachi's decease out of the fashion, we won't have to sit down through a tepid re-imagining of the Itachi Pursuit Mission Arc. The episode ends with a grief-stricken and guilt-riddled Sasuke wandering aimlessly through the surrounding woods.
Throughout the episode, we're told multiple times that Naruto has to exist the one to save Sasuke because of their apparent friendship, and so Naruto tries to save Sasuke through the ability of love. (In other words, "talking thine enemy into submission," equally is oftentimes the case with the Gospel of Uzumaki.) However, since animation is a visual medium, actions speak louder than words, and prior to this latest installment, the Ninja Scrolls world hasn't given united states any indication that these 2 are anything merely bitter rivals. Besides, viewers familiar with the source material will recognize hackneyed allusions to the manga's closing chapters in Naruto and Sasuke'due south commutation toward the end of the episode. This marks the first time Jiraiya's Ninja Scrolls has re-imagined an outcome that has still to have identify in the anime adaptation. (At this charge per unit, it may exist 2026 before we see information technology in animated form.) Obviously, the Pervy Sage possessed the ability to run across into the hereafter.
When important story arcs are condensed into compact retellings, it'south most impossible to convey the same sense of graphic symbol development and hit the same emotional beats. Unfortunately, the creative minds behind Naruto Shippūden either don't realize this or simply don't intendance. What they've given united states is laughable instead of memorable, shallow instead of moving. Although the re-imagined Sasuke Retrieval Arc is now concluded, we all the same have a lot more ground to retread before moving on to the adjacent seemingly countless chunk of filler.
Rating: C-
Naruto Shippūden is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
Amy is a YA fantasy writer who has loved anime for two decades.
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