Naruto Shippuden Episode 247

WARNING!: Do not read this if you are not at least up to this point in the series.

I figured i'd start out with the series that got me into anime in the first place: Naruto. I could go into such a long story about how I started watching this and how anime has changed my life, but that's not what this post is about. It's about the 247th episode of Shippuden.

I know you're probably expecting screencaps or something, but it would be kinda point since i'm not watching it on any HD place. But i'm just watching it on normal Hulu. What can I say, it's free.

Back on topic now, this episode continues where the last one left off...obviously. Naruto's mom is there to help him control the nine tails. Something that i'm sure most of us were expecting to happen from the beginning. Well, at the least the "Naruto controlling the nine tails" part anyway.

This episode had some pretty interesting revelations in it. I remember from reading the manga that a lot was revealed around chapter 500. Naruto's mom was the past Jinjericki (i'm not even going to try to spell that. Get used to it). So, then obviously, how the heck did the nine tails attack the village if she was supposed to be the host of it? Well, what a surprise, the seal weakens during childbirth. The flashback sequence began and will be carried on over the next 2 episodes more than likely. Madara/Tobi/whoever it was behind the mask at that point is about to show up and creates all sorts of trouble. Finally, we will see how the seal broke.

Wow, I somehow managed to summarize it in one paragraph. Interesting. Well, i'm more focused on my thoughts on key points of the episode rather than every little detail that happened.

So, Naruto had a lot of blue balls there at the beginning, huh? (I know this is where screencaps would be helpful, but they would be all pixelated and crap).

I have to say, it was interesting to have Naruto's mom come in at this point. It was a nice touch. For what little time she was in the series, Kushina was one of the characters I liked more than others. Her being the past host (i'll just use the word "host" instead of Jinjeruiichiki) for the nine tails was interesting idea that brought up a point I don't think a lot of people had thought of before: What was the Kyuubi doing before it attacked the village? Did everyone just assume it was just chilling somewhere and not bothering anyone and everyone was just leaving it alone?

Next point: Naruto's mom knowing Sasuke's mom in the past. Obviously there for plot purposes, but still, if only they would of known then what was going to happen with their sons. Crazy.

Seeing the 4th Hokage being "normal" was a switch. Whether it was talking about his heroics during the Kyuubi attack or the Kakashi flashback, we normally saw him in some sort of heroic role doing some sort of heroic action. But this time, he was just acting like a normal guy who finds out his wife is pregnant and then, many months later, having the baby. (they were married, right? I really hope so, other wise some jokes could be made there about Naruto.)

Anywayz, lastly, the masked man showed up to cause some trouble. We all knew this was coming, but getting to see his fight with the 4th Hokage is going to be sweet.

And there we have it, my first actual anime blog post. Kinda longer than I was expecting, but each time I do new post for a series i'm already watching, i'll have to do something like that. Hope you enjoyed reading this.