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Dec 12, 2008 10:56 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Oh my, I couldn't imagine that Orochimaru could become even uglier!!! Poor Sasuke. And no anime can be popular enough without vampires, I see (even "Bleach" - remember those Bounto).
I liked the sunset colors. Though I don't like "Naruto"'s colors on the whole, as well as "Bleach"'s. Sunrise was better.
Sakura wasn't like herself when she cried over Sasuke, I mean her appearance, her face was rather different from before!
I enjoyed the music playing when Anko and Orochimaru were talking in the moonshine.

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Jul 30, 2009 3:07 PM
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That was fantastic can't wait to see what will happen next. I hope Sakura kicks some arse.

Nov 14, 2009 9:53 PM
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Bleach SX =0 peace

All Sakura did was cry
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Jul 26, 2010 5:42 AM
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Orochimaru is a very dangerous person, Poor Sasuke he never asked for a seal.
Sep 28, 2010 12:36 AM
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Sakura is annoying.
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Apr 21, 2011 4:00 PM
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Freaking awesome episode, great fight scenes, an intriguing new villain and all you guys do is complain about Sakura? Are you even watching the show?
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Jul 11, 2012 2:10 AM
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insan3soldiern said:
Freaking awesome episode, great fight scenes, an intriguing new villain and all you guys do is complain about Sakura? Are you even watching the show?


Yeah, exactly. Especially the fight between Sasuke and Orochimaru was amazing. It's good to see Orochimaru finally <3 :P
Sep 7, 2012 6:08 PM
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i love that orochimaru theme music!

man sasuke got a hicky from orochimaru. lol
Feb 22, 2013 10:59 PM
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I wonder how Orochimaru knows Itachi Uchiha...
Aug 21, 2013 3:54 PM
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Orochimaru is making things interesting! such a powerful shinobi.
Jun 18, 2014 10:49 AM

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Orochimaru brought a lot to the table by bringing up Sasuke's brother. This is going to bring a whole new level to Sasuke's character development. I can't wait to see the direction this goes.
Jul 19, 2014 3:55 PM

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So finally Orochimaru is named. For a lot of people he is a favorite, look forward to seeing him more ^_^
Aug 1, 2014 7:30 AM
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insan3Spectre said:
Freaking awesome episode, great fight scenes, an intriguing new villain and all you guys do is complain about Sakura? Are you even watching the show?

Yeah, for now I will kinda ignore Sakura 'cause she can't do much.
Orochimaru appears! Awesome episode
Aug 13, 2014 12:24 AM
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Well.............fuck.
It happened.
Orochimaru The Pedophile appeared!!
I am getting pumped!! A lot of things will happen now :3
Nov 29, 2014 10:51 AM

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All that action was great but Orochimaru was obviously holding back to test the current limits of Sasuke's abilities but still it was very fun to watch and I am interested to see if they will go further into Anko's relationship with Orochimaru and how she received the cursed mark.
Jan 7, 2015 2:59 PM

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This orochimaru character is making everything so interesting! Expecially being Anko's sensei and saying he might destroy the village. And Sasuke for a curse mark! What's that about? And the fight was the greatest fight so far! This is getting so intense!! I love it!
Aug 11, 2015 6:57 AM

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That was an excellent fight scene. And I wonder what the significance behind the marks are. o.o
Aug 11, 2015 8:50 AM

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insan3Inquisitor said:
Freaking awesome episode, great fight scenes, an intriguing new villain and all you guys do is complain about Sakura? Are you even watching the show?


Those remarks are really starting to irritate me. Sakura is barely more annoying than the regular teenager, but everyone and their mother feels obligated to call her annoying in every other post. Is it just the popular thing to do in this fandom or what? Smh.
Aug 11, 2015 4:03 PM

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_Aisu said:
insan3Inquisitor said:
Freaking awesome episode, great fight scenes, an intriguing new villain and all you guys do is complain about Sakura? Are you even watching the show?


Those remarks are really starting to irritate me. Sakura is barely more annoying than the regular teenager, but everyone and their mother feels obligated to call her annoying in every other post. Is it just the popular thing to do in this fandom or what? Smh.


I'm certainly not one that has said Sakura is annoying from the very beginning (honestly, I kind of like her), but in last episode's discussion you're damn right I complained about how she is starting to annoy me! She hasn't participated in a combat situation once in all 30 episodes! Which is fine, if her character is just scared and weak, but what bothered me was her yelling at Sasuke for being scared and just standing there and not doing anything. That's what I find annoying about her.

Other than that, this episode was very interesting! I don't understand what the Curse Mark does. And what the heck, is Orochimaru some kind of vampire?? That bite was unexpected. It looks like they are about to run into even more trouble though, so I hope that Naruto and Sasuke don't wake up right away so that (hopefully) we get to see Sakura fight. ★4/5
Dec 16, 2015 6:07 AM
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The first fluidly animated episode of Naruto, with intense fight scenes. One of several Naruto episodes I can rewatch over and over.
Apr 22, 2016 3:11 PM

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The fight at the start was well done.

BTW, I wonder why did they stop using Orochimaru Theme later on. It is so epic and climatic.

By the way, if anyone is wondering what purpose Sakura has in the series... well she doesn't to be honest. Kishimoto simply is bad at writing females as he generally makes them useless so the guys can show off by being awesome and continue to SAVE THE GRILL for the whole time.

In the whole series there are only few good written and badass females but definitely not Sakura.

Now that I am re watching I have to think... man Naruto and Rock Lee really had shitty taste.
Oct 2, 2016 7:56 PM

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isn't sakura supposed to be better than naruto at least in the very beginning? and isn't she supposed to be really smart? it's even harder to like her because she's arrogant too on the inside.
maybe if she was a bit like armin from snk she would be a likable character. she doesn't need to be strong strong. but if she had had at least one strong point i would have liked her a lot more.
Mar 1, 2017 9:27 PM

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And thus the curse mark makes it's grand appearance!
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Aug 30, 2017 6:35 PM

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Damn that was pretty interesting! But Sasuke got himself cursed :s doesn't look too good! But well in general pretty lovely progression, let's see what's next.
Sep 8, 2017 12:00 PM

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I feel like Orochimaru is the Dio of Naruto.

Also, I'd recommend destroying Sound Village and it's inhabitants ASAP.
Jun 26, 2019 1:55 PM
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Who did the animation for this episode? I love everything about it. Especially the fight scenes.
Jul 19, 2019 9:08 PM

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Holy smokes Orochimari is insane strong
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Jan 18, 2021 5:17 PM

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Orochimaru is really interesting!! Kudos to Sakura for staying there and keeping an eye on her passed out teammates. Overall good episode.
Feb 16, 2021 6:10 AM

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every episode in this arc is getting better and better.

finally we got to see orichimaru, and we got really great fight between sasuke and orichimaru.

sakura redemption is close.
May 10, 2021 11:55 AM

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Orochimaru is a lot more badass than I remember
Apr 23, 2022 3:25 PM
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An important little gift tho' Every any-Orochimaru relationship is very strange.
Aug 27, 2022 7:06 AM
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very good naruto, best shonen ever
Dec 27, 2022 10:51 PM
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Lol, still waste of time
Feb 25, 2023 10:07 AM
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Orochimaru is so creepy. I can't believe he was a sensei once. I'm hoping that they call off the chunin exams though.
Feb 25, 2023 10:09 AM
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The animation of orochimaru and the person he was pretending to be in this episode really reminded me of a Junji Ito manga
Mar 4, 2023 9:05 PM

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aaand the sakuga returns in full force
Mar 28, 2023 11:55 PM
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good very good daddy of goat
Jun 19, 2023 5:48 PM

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The animation in the fight with orochimaru was sick.
Nov 17, 2023 3:54 PM

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OH YES OROCHIMARU is here what a strong dude i love him and Sasuke truly held his own against him
Jan 5, 2:21 AM

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I'm so glad there's finally a decent female character in this show, that being Anko. I hope she plays an important role later on, and we will see her more frequently.
Feb 29, 10:19 AM
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bad ešpo9spde o agzte it

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