Naruto Shippuden Episode 178 - "Iruka's Decision"

While the simultaneous stories of Naruto are being narrated, there are things which are worth appealing. It is also interesting to see some of the other characters and how they were in that stage as well as their past and the future also seemed to be written. With their traits likely to be changed during the course of this episode being written, doing stuff like this helps them to get more exposure and some more background can make them to turn out to be a richer character. However, the down turn of this episode has been seeing young Naruto, especially when he pulls out the sensual Jutsu gimmick.

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This episode focuses a bit on Naruto as he attempts to prove his mettle in the forest looking to grab something which will prove that he was in the forest. Unluckily, there are some other ninjas in the forest as well which are so dangerous that even Kakashi has to confront them before things go out of place. The group which was stationed there to figure out the patrol routine of the Leaf village found Naruto in the forest. Thankfully, Naruto doesn’t get to save himself and is in turn knocked out only to allow the experienced ninjas to deal with it. This however proves that he does not know much as he has still not completed his academy and he has a long way to go in life.

The main focus of the episode is to show how similar Iruka and Naruto are as we get to know more about Iruka’s youthfulness. The things are exactly not the same but there are still many similarities to turn into a reason to make Iruka treat Naruto a bit better, having gone through the same state of affairs earlier in his life. The gory past which these two share has been well explored during the stories and it was needed after a lengthy spat with the Pain. But the viewers also get to see the present as Iruka remembers the past and the story is shifted to Sasuke and Akatsuki.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 177 - "Iruka's Ordeal"

As Naruto has achieved a sense of belonging in the Shippuden television series after saving many in the village from the attacks of Nagado, now the viewers are reminded of how shamefully and miserably was he being treated earlier in the village. There were some defining moments when Naruto came back home after the fight and the viewers were reminded of how cruelly he used to be treated before being honored and being treated as a member of the village. Iruka’s episode was fairly decent enough as it showed a change in his attitude towards Naruto as compared to the early days. It also reveals that the people in the High- End village are mean and cruel.

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Iruka is again at the centre of the episode as he is battling the past of losing his parents by an attack by the Nine- Tailed Fox and then changing his approach towards Naruto. Moreover, Naruto has begun to slam those who are looking down at him with contempt and has also refused to return to the academy, even though academy can be instrumental in helping him to gain respect and admiration in the village. But as every one of us knows that the children are not so reasonably strong and we should not be surprised if Naruto faces the same kind of conflicting emotions.

It is heartening to see the early stage of problems which the characters have been facing, which was ambiguous when they met for the first time. In order to see what kind of situations did Iruka go through when dealing with Naruto, it is fairly decent but it might be an inappropriate time to show Naruto at this stage of his life. The same can be implied when Iruka deals with Sasuke. The relationship between the two is established very early and there is no need to go back to the old childhood rivalry and discontent. Though there are some lovely moments of little Naruto, it is not enough to salvage an episode.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 176 - "Rookie Instructor Iruka"

The final climax of the larger part of Naruto’s story in the previous episode in which he was adored by a majority of the people in the village has proved to be a highlight of the series and was executed very well. On one hand it contained a lot of flashback scenes; it was the right time to occur as it helped to strengthen those feelings since the past four hundred episodes. On looking towards how it looked like, this works well as much has happened since few years. It would not be pleasing for many people to follow an episode in such a way as it is nearly impossible.

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Now let us take a look at the supporting cast of the series. Two stories are going on which have one main lead in the present time and another in the flashback which depicts the young Naruto. The one in the present time is more like a leader as we see a group of Leaf village that are roughly four to five days to it. The main story here is the case of Iruka as he and others rush towards to the village to help the things. This leads Naruto to land near a tree which reminds him of the past when he used to put on goggles only to land himself in trouble. It just reminds us of his journey over the past years.

The main focus of the episode centers on Iruka’s initial days as the new teacher of the class in which Naruto is the main troublemaker. While the other kids in the class are also engaged in other pranks , it is Naruto whose pranks is very tough to deal with by Iruka , but Hokage has asked him to hang on. It is really amusing to see Naruto indulging in all kinds of pranks to tease Iruka. If you watch him behave childish, it will help you to recall about your feelings for the series.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 175 - "Hero of the Hidden Leaf"

The series of happenings in Naruto were fantastic!

The past events weresome kind of a game changer. Pain’s destruction of the Hidden Leaf was remarkable. It’s a combination of action and tension. It’s definitely worth following. The emotions surging cannot also be ignored. The tragedy that unfolded was thumbs up for me. Seeing Naruto talking it out with Nagato, doing his best to have a better grasp of Nagato’s past is remarkable. With that little time, we had seen the similarities they shared and their differences in handling the situation they once went through. Naruto sure has grown up and is endowed with better understanding.

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As to how the events unfold, it sure was good and appropriate. Nagato’s last move put an end and a closure to lots of things including that concerning Jiraiya. It is also good to see Naruto being welcomed by the people from the village after the series of events which took place. Naruto has improved a lot. It is also good to see the people cheering for him, welcoming him for his return from a triumphant encounter with Nagato. Naruto being finally accepted completely by the people is a nice scene to behold. Nagato should have also been given the credit since even for the last minute he did his best to correct the things and the damaged brought by his sad past.

Flashbacks might have been too bad and is not of my taste but as for this area, I believe it is seemingly appropriate. We remember how Naruto managed to overcome the people who were once against him. It is nice to see how he was able to win the hearts of many by continually surprising them of his accomplishments.

Naruto’s journey is very remarkable reminding us that we can always make the most of life provided that we just believe in ourselves and not to easily be overcome by the initial impressions people have about us.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 174 - "Tale of Naruto Uzumaki"

Naruto’s pretty impressive as he deals with Nagato. Naruto wanting to have a deeper and better understanding about Nagato’s dark personality, preferred to hear the latter’s tale. Nagato has been open enough to share the pain and all the misleading thoughts he’d been carrying through the years. Naruto after learning about Nagato’s painful past seems to understand him better and claims to understand why Nagato resorted to violence. However, Naruto’s still firm with his belief that Nagato’s made the wrong move and had better some other options otherwise.

To divert his views even a little, Naruto imparts the story from Jiraiya of the Tale of the Gutsy Ninja. It’s quite interesting as it showed its relevance to Nagato in his younger days in a different perspective. It talked about Nagato and his friends’ experiences while they were still under Jiraiya’s protection and how Jiraiya felt about them and the potentials he sees in them.

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Nagato’s pain and sufferings were seemingly similar to that of Naruto’s. They obviously shared something in common. The only difference lies on how they made their picks and how they come up with decisions. Fortunately for Naruto, he has made use of the connections available for him. He had friends and someone to turn to in times when the world turns rather hard for him. This is quite the opposite for Nagato. This is what truly separates the two. Naruto also possess a rare gem that is he believes in himself. Seeing things this way, made him unique from the rest who shared the same experiences he has gone through.

Believing in your self could truly make a difference. Naruto had just proven that.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 173 - "Origin of Pain"

Pain’s journey as a war orphan together with his friends Yahiko and and Konan is quite intriguing. Digging deeper into their past and understanding what made them the way they are really caught my interest. As the story leads them to Jiraiya’s team where he’s with Orochimaru, that void in their hearts turned into something darker. Orochimaru’s past isn’t that clear for me yet the more reason I want to learn more about him. We’ve witnessed how Jiraiya led the three orphans and gave them rigid trainings for them to be able to defend their selves as they grow up and face the ninja world.

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The confidence they’ve got from all the trainings they’ve been through works in a very interesting way. It leads them to painstakingly doing their best to promote peace without force. As for Nagato, he had the earnest intentions of protecting the friends he loved so dearly for they meant the world for him. Due to all of their efforts, they were able to manage a powerful group. They believed that by doing so it would aid in bringing peace to the three warring nations. This turn out to be some sort of deception. Hanzo and Danzo realizing that Yahiko’s group seems more like a threat to them, they created traps all are aimed at crushing Nagato and the rest of the team.

This betrayal triggers Nagato to unleash his immense powers together with all the anger and pain that build up through the years. Having some twisted understanding on the world leads him to his worst.

It was a sad story and a very excruciating experience for Nagato.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 172 - "Meeting"

Naruto’s encounter with his father in his mind is a very fascinating scene to start with. Questions and some blurred facts about the sealed Nine- Tails were brought to light. Naruto and Nagato facing each other in the same space for me was a plus. We learned more about ninjas and their rather peculiar behavior for that matter. Nagato opening up his side of the story to Naruto is something I cannot easily get off my mind. Such an encounter was indeed of great help for the two especially for Naruto. After hearing Nagato’s painful experience, Naruto now has a better opinion on things and is now capable of sound judgment.

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Nagato suffered a spiteful childhood. Witnessing in his very own eyes the tragic death of his family is too much for a child to carry at such a young age. Pain is inevitable. Seeing his parents killed is something too much for him to handle. Added by the fact that the ninjas apologized afterwards after realizing they killed some innocent lives. It was indeed a long journey for Nagato to cope up and make his way out of the tragic events he once experienced.

Nagato’s life is something that follows the traditional plot. Nagato as a war orphan meets some friends along the way. Friends who like him experienced a handful of hardships as well. Just like Konan and Yahiko. Yahiko as a boy wants to uplift himself from the terrible situation he’s in. Yahiko once had such an optimistic spirit. Sadly, after their encounter with Jiraiya’s team, things turned worst.

I just find this plot too common. It would have been nice if they added some twist in it. Still, this episode’s not bad.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 171 - "Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy - Part 2"

The actions that was very interesting and was ongoing for the past months is still interrupted by the memories and recalls about the period when Naruto didn’t know much about the Fourth Hokage and it is examined from all the points of view of the people that did not want to have anything to do with him. Although there will be an old man that offers information in exchange of having the boy pass some challenges, Naruto manages as always to mess everything up and cause more trouble than anything better.

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In the first part of the episode the characters are trying to complete the tasks and seem to be very upset on the different nature of Naruto and the way the battles go. The most annoying part, from the younger parts of the adventures of Naruto, is when a parrot come flying and starts to obsessively repeat ‘’baka’’ as if it was criticizing me for actually paying attention to the episode’s action. Now, after these scenes we can see the differences of caliber between the old and new series and there is quite a huge quality gap. I do not want to be mean but I think that this was one of the most annoying episodes I have saw and it just kept getting on my nerves from top to bottom, but then again maybe it’s just me.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 170 - "Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy - Part 1"

This double episode special is bringing us back to the time before Naruto was taking part in the Chunin exam. This could be amusing for some but annoying for others. If you would watch an earlier part of the show then you could see flashbacks of when Naruto and Sasuke were fighting and were at the beginning of their relationship. Making a comparison with the characters then and now I can understand why it wasn’t dealing with an ark key.

The main problem is that in the beginning the show and manga were directed to young kids. When the franchise expanded it was a great surprise when they got more matured characters for Shippuden and offered some interesting story potentials. What could happen when you try to return to the more young actions and why some would like it? There are many silly moments in the current series as well but they do not strike out as bad as the one from the older episodes do.

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It can be somewhat interesting to rewind to the time when Naruto was trying to find out more about the Hokages and especially the Fourth one after he hears some rumors although he was mostly spending his time playing tricks on people, eating or building his sexy jutsu. It relates in a different way with the story after we find out that the fourth was in fact his father and now you get to realize how the past could influence his present. The things he tried to find more information about the subject proved useless because no one seemed to be interested in helping 

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 169 - "The Two Students"

The episodes in which Naruto has spent time discovering himself and new thing about the Fourth Hokage as well as understanding why he has the Nine-Tails sealed in him is one of the best. Many questions are receiving an answer directly or not and you get a clearer prospective on everything. The survivors of the village that he guarded were recovering while he was trying to understand how to take down Pain. When he came back into the outside world he launched an attack on the Pain he saw befre him and also tried to understand the pain Nagato tried to explain him about.

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Everything that happened is only increasing his urge to find the real Pain, Nagato, and deal with him once and for all. He thinks that this is a thing he must do on his own and begins his journey, although he has to answer some of the questions of the village’s elders. It becomes to an interesting discussion on how he should proceed and if the destruction of the genuine Pain is the answer or another type of fight would be required. Naruto is confused and no longer know what he should pick, but some of his past is stepping into his present. Just as Shikaku recalls that someone like Shikamaru predicted that Naruto will change it all one day.

The fight between Nagato and Naruto is one of which you think if its more than Nagato can control and it is all about it. It has the best chance to be more than about words and there are some flashbacks to key events that are filled with anger and violence. The idea of revenge may come repetitively as Nagato could suggest but Naruto wants to break this cycle and be himself like he was thought and how he become after all the things he saw and understood. Now he wants to make everyone understand how they truly aare before to begin doing anything else. But when it is all about a group called ‘’pain’’ it won’t be that easy for sure.

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Naruto Shippuden Episode 168 - "The Fourth Hokage"

After he analyzed himself on the inside more, Naruto discovers some interesting facts as he confronts the Nine Tails trapped in there. The creature has a very intense violence that wants to set free but the most interesting part of the beginning of the episode is the awesome conversation that Naruto and the Fourth Hokage have. When he discovers that he is his dad, Naruto lets loose an immense wave of emotions and feelings. Now is the time to realize how much he had to endure and what kind of pressure was pushing on his shoulders, also how he has matured due to this hardships.

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To see his father even for those few minutes made his burden lighter, but at the same time his father makes everything harder when he explains why he placed the Nine Tails within him. He says that he and Jiraiya couldn’t deal with it and now leave it up to him to find a way. Naruto answers that he is not bright or skilled enough as a ninja in a comical fashion but the moment of fatherly faith will touch some of his strings in a way that nothing else could until then. The most interesting fact is that when the Fourth Hokage tells Naruto about the latest attacks of the Nine Tails 16 years earlier he mentions a power that was manipulating it and that is still manipulating events.

The last part of the episode changes the focus on the place where Pain and Naruto are fighting off. Naruto is doing better since he wants to know where the real Pain is and the time that he spent with his father makes him feel empowered again. He is now calm and confident, things that weren’t there anymore after Hinata was attacked. The battle gets exciting as Naruto manages to find new ways to surprise attack Pain. Submitted by Christina Ricci on August 11, 2010

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