Introduction: Hi, from now on, we will be doing this weekly, I will make a topic about the latest release and then for those of us that did watch it, we can have a discussion on what happened and or is going to happen in the future.

Note: Manga readers, please try your best to not spoil it majorly for all of us

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LOl first

Cool epi, I thought there woudl be a new opening but nope

I think the new op is gonna be on ep 74, cuz thats when the movie scene openings end.

Overall cool episode Filler/storyline mix

Omg 2 tails got owned

And I think its kinda wierd how everyone is stressing over the WHOS THE KING thing

yea i would had loved to see that battle with the 2tailed seems like it will pick up again from here

Yay! Finally some good action.

It was a good episode, allthough a bit filler, but a filler on the right way. the 2 tails got really pwned ( too bad we didn't get to see hot it happened).

Animations were back to normal (after some "strange" ones for some past eps).

Only thing thatbothered me was the look od Hidan - in manga he looks much more beffed-up, more muscular and taller than in the anime. But who cares. The action is on its way and that is what matters!

i thought it was a good episode and i cannot wait to see whats so good about hidan and kakuzu that everyone has said.....overall i thought it was a good episode and i like the last few secs of the episode...i noticed there was a blacked out character with naruto,gaara, and nii....i assume that is the unknown one that not even the manga readers know?? but anywayz...next episode looks good...

yeah great episode but they didn't show us how they took down the Bijuu or their powerful ninjustu so we have no idea what they are capable of, but strong enough to take down the 2 tail.

And I"m curious about the importance of the King, what is the meaning about that... I wonder if its something insightful or enlightning

And what was Asuma going to tell Gaykashi before Kurenai interrupted... I really wanted to know what he was going to tell him.

But the best part is that akatsuki next stop is Naruto Bijuu. ON the next episode is shows them going up against the Fire Country so that will be very interesting.

i assume what asuma wanted to ask about was about kurenai....maybe he wants to take their relationship to the next level??? lol i don't know...i thought a few episodes ago they had a scene where asuma and the third were talking about what the king really meant....maybe i miss heard or am thinking of something else...who knows lol.....finally what do you have against kakashi??? he is a really cool character

I'm excited that it's back to the story line although it'll be strange to go back to Naruto's training, it's been so long i'm not sure if "anime only" ppl would remember all the details of his training so far.

In all honesty I enjoyed the filler .. it was a little lame but all in all it was entertaining and that's all that matters.

I find it strange how ppl are wondering about "who is the king" that Asuma was mentioning..... obviously it's the children aka. the next generation...

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I love this next arc coming up, i remember having discussions ages ago about how the next fight scene will be played out. Hidan and Kakuzu are a mad pair. Get ready for some good action anime only viewers.

i luv how hidan and kakuzu foght with each other...poor nii

Manga never bothered showing the fight scene as well.

But yea; Hidan and Kakuzu always win their fights until ......... *Manga Readers know*
If you look up their fighting styles you will understand why.

I like this episode, but when naruto get training again ?

I thought Sakura would be peeling the apple for Naruto, or at least BOTH her team mates but she was doing it for Sai. Sai made me laugh. I guess Sakura still feels awkward at Naruto's antics sometimes. Shoving the whole apple in his mouth made me laugh and feel bad for the poor guy.

It felt like there was a considerable gap between episodes 71 and 72. But i'm glad to see another Shippuden episode anyway.

the warrior has risen beware bigboy30 is coming to the naruto movie jajajajaja