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timepiececlockAnd that was an even BETTER episode. Daaaayyymmm.
"Maybe I was the only one... that thought ...you were my friend. If that's the case... then I...am so stupid."
:::flashbacks hit::
Oh man. I'm getting teary-eyed. I'm actually on the verge of crying here. It's the stupid music. The Naruto music of angst and pain and loneliness. This music is doing it to me and NOOOOOOOO!!! NARUTO! NOOOO!!!!!
::Naruto glows red and grabs Sasuke's hand::
YES! But still... kinda wanna cry still...
Sasuke: What...is this?
Rashaka to monitor: It's a demon, fuckface. He's got a demon. Like Gaara. Get with the picture.
Rashaka to monitor: Oh, and when you see him again in three years, he'll have had three years to get used to using the demon's power and he'll whoop your ass clean off with it.
Naruto: I will not let Orochimaru have you!
::credits roll::
Rashaka: WHAT?! NO! YOU CAN'T END IT THERE DAMMIT!
...
::deep breath::
Well, I'm very pleased with how this is turning out. I like it better in the anime than the manga for these last few episodes. And I'm glad these eps are getting the star treatment as far as animation goes, and not the C- treatment of some episodes.
For stuff like this I almost wish I hadn't read the manga first, because it would be nice to experience this sort of confrontation unspoiled to get the whole emotional and visual experience out of it.
Parting thoughts: I love Naruto and I think Kakashi's voice is too fucking sexy for this show. And I don't find voices speaking Japanese sexy very often.
EDIT: Upon rewatching certain parts, I have to say that younger!Naruto looks cuter than younger!Sasuke in this episode. And if Sasuke grows up to look like Itachi and Naruto grows up to look like the 4th (you totally know he will!), Naruto's gonna be the one getting the dates.
Also, I'm never ever gonna stop using this icon. Cause it will never not be appropriate.
EDIT: I also had some post-132 thoughts on the Kakashi scenes here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ladyjessamyn/379448.html?view=969016#t969016
Sheesh. Trying to psychoanalyze that guy is hard.
You know what I've really appreciated about the last 4 or 5 episodes? They make better use of silence. Sometimes Naruto, both the anime and the manga, likes to fill up silence with lots of words. Lots of explaining, lots of analyzing.
In the last few eps, though, especially this one and the last one, there's just been a lot heavier use of silence as a mood device.
Thank you. It's working beautifully.
"Maybe I was the only one... that thought ...you were my friend. If that's the case... then I...am so stupid."
:::flashbacks hit::
Oh man. I'm getting teary-eyed. I'm actually on the verge of crying here. It's the stupid music. The Naruto music of angst and pain and loneliness. This music is doing it to me and NOOOOOOOO!!! NARUTO! NOOOO!!!!!
::Naruto glows red and grabs Sasuke's hand::
YES! But still... kinda wanna cry still...
Sasuke: What...is this?
Rashaka to monitor: It's a demon, fuckface. He's got a demon. Like Gaara. Get with the picture.
Rashaka to monitor: Oh, and when you see him again in three years, he'll have had three years to get used to using the demon's power and he'll whoop your ass clean off with it.
Naruto: I will not let Orochimaru have you!
::credits roll::
Rashaka: WHAT?! NO! YOU CAN'T END IT THERE DAMMIT!
...
::deep breath::
Well, I'm very pleased with how this is turning out. I like it better in the anime than the manga for these last few episodes. And I'm glad these eps are getting the star treatment as far as animation goes, and not the C- treatment of some episodes.
For stuff like this I almost wish I hadn't read the manga first, because it would be nice to experience this sort of confrontation unspoiled to get the whole emotional and visual experience out of it.
Parting thoughts: I love Naruto and I think Kakashi's voice is too fucking sexy for this show. And I don't find voices speaking Japanese sexy very often.
EDIT: Upon rewatching certain parts, I have to say that younger!Naruto looks cuter than younger!Sasuke in this episode. And if Sasuke grows up to look like Itachi and Naruto grows up to look like the 4th (you totally know he will!), Naruto's gonna be the one getting the dates.
Also, I'm never ever gonna stop using this icon. Cause it will never not be appropriate.
EDIT: I also had some post-132 thoughts on the Kakashi scenes here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ladyjessamyn/379448.html?view=969016#t969016
Sheesh. Trying to psychoanalyze that guy is hard.
You know what I've really appreciated about the last 4 or 5 episodes? They make better use of silence. Sometimes Naruto, both the anime and the manga, likes to fill up silence with lots of words. Lots of explaining, lots of analyzing.
In the last few eps, though, especially this one and the last one, there's just been a lot heavier use of silence as a mood device.
Thank you. It's working beautifully.
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Date: 2005-05-03 10:11 am (UTC)Same here. I actually had a delayed reaction to it or something. Because at first I was like "Hey! Spiffy action and fighting sequence!" It wasn't until a day or so after finishing the arc that I realized how freaking upsetting it all was because Sasuke was MEAN and Naruto was SAD. I was looking back through the colored images or something and it hit me, I think.
it was afterward, with the image of Kakashi carrying the unconscious Naruto on his back through the rain.
Oh, yes. That's such a beautiful, heartbreaking image. I'm looking forward to seeing it animated, too.
Also, I left a comment on your ep 132 post.
Awesome! I really want to reply, because you gave me a lot to think about (which is great, because I love character analysis). But I'm too tired to think analytically anymore tonight. So I shall reply as soon as I can tomorrow. :)