Well, that was a little disappointing. One of the best fights ever and they (the animators) rushed it.
The beginning of the episode was good as I enjoyed the dialogue between the Hokages and Team Taka (don't care if Orochimaru said they don't exist anymore). However, they could have done it much better. When Tobirama said all that shit about the Uchihas, Sasuke's facial expressions were done terribly. It didn't even look like he was angry at the Second Hokage, especially the part where he activated his MS...
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And that was only one example... there were more instances where it seems like Sasuke doesn't give a **** about Tobirama's "prejudice" against the Uchiha.
Speaking of the second, his VA could have raised his tone/volume more in some scenes, particularly the part where he told his brother, Hashirama, to shut up. The way the manga portrayed it (even if there was no voice-acting) showed more of his tough personality. Nevertheless, I still like the fact that they chose Pain's VA for Tobirama's character... such a badass voice. The rest of the conversation was done well, though. I don't mind the extended dialogue. It was interesting, at least.
Regarding the fight, as I have said before, it was too rushed. Like the scene when that wood serpent was constricting Kurama... Man, I hate it when you see the serpent approaching Kurama and next second, you see it wrapping around Kurama's body. Why did they off-panel it? There's no need to rush. Not to mention, the scene of PS's slash was too fast. Four mountains were sliced and I couldn't even see it, when I knew it was coming. They could have dragged the scene more to show the full impact of that slash, instead of extending scenes that showed explosions. Like seriously, who gives a **** about big orange circles expanding for a couple of seconds? But I guess that's just my preference.
Also, there were some manga scenes that were "skipped". By that, I mean some scenes were slightly altered from our point of view. For example, this scene from the manga showed the sheer size of the Buddha statue:
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In the anime, the corresponding scene didn't even show the surrounding trees and mountains that much (which is important because it relatively conveys the magnitude of the statue's size). It was cropped out... However, saying all of that, I still enjoyed the fight.
I'm going to give this episode a 4/5. Nice animation with decent artwork. Looking forward to the next one.
I enjoyed the episode a lot !
Loved the dialogue and the epic Tobirama/Hashirama moments.
The fight scene at the end was also done beautifully, with my only complaint being that they could have spent a few seconds more on the summoning of Shinsusenjuu, giving us a more detailed look at it...
4.5/5 from me. (tho, 5 on the poll, lel)
Well with so mcuh dialogue it couldn't have been otherwise lol XD Don't say that this makes it bad but simply epicness and in depth analysis cannot co-exist no matter you look at it.
