True but on that topic does anyone know how old shisui is? Could have been 12 I would call that kid.
12+, he did not graduate from the Academy early. Probably at least 13, since he had been out of the Academy for some time.
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ot: This was a very nice episode. The adaptation is going well.
So far, SP has been including all of the major canon moments. They've also included transitions (which are needed, since in the novels everything was in chronological order, but events did not tie together directly- there were random flashbacks and skips).
Only differences were:
Ep 1- Itachi cried when he saw the dead bodies on the battlefield and it was raining + he awakens sharingan. (Glad they did not add this, as in anime form it might have been overkill- it was already sad enough, come on. Plus, if they had done this it would make Fugaku look bad- as he brought his toddler there & this would not have made sense in the first place as Itachi did not yet understand life/death 100% enough to cry anyway).
Fugaku did not bother going to Sasuke's birth. (Good he was there, softened him up and made a nice family moment in the anime.)
Itachi was bullied by Senju kids and Izumi stood up for him. (Good for them on not doing this, as Itachi could defend himself and it was mentioned he could use clones in the novel... it was odd to see him hesitate in the books lol. The kids in the novel were trying to bully him because he was an Uchiha, but this did not make sense as a) discrimination of that degree is not present in children, they don't care for such things and b) if Academy members (teachers/kids) discriminated against Uchiha then Sasuke would have endured that as well- he never did so this plot point cannot exist. Plus, in the anime Itachi meets Izumi in a better, more natural way- they were just playing outside and she met him.)
Ep 2- Itachi never meets Izumi during the Kyuubi attack and instead protects his mom and Sasuke by smashing a boulder with his fist (Chakra-enhanced strength) that was coming at them. (I'm glad they just had him protecting Sasuke, since this moment would have embarrassed his Jounin mother... a 5 yr old saving you and your other son from a boulder while you stand there crying is pathetic tbh...)
Izumi sees her dad die during the Kyuubi attack (get crushed by rubble, blood everywhere) and awakens sharingan. (Anime did not include this because it was likely too graphic).
Itachi did not have that many fans. (In the novel, everyone bar Izumi thinks he's a weird kid and his skill does not gain him awe but instead scares people in a way. I think the anime is better in the sense that "skill" alone is not enough to make someone really dislike/hate another- it just makes people admire and envy them.)
When Itachi meets Shisui, he doesn't know who he is- Shisui knew who he was and had apparently been observing him for a while before going to talk to him. (Glad they cut this out, anime made everything seem more natural once again.)
Everything else was canon though and I think SP is doing a very good job. They made some scenes better than I thought they would. And the parts in the novel that were forced, not possible, or awkward, they cut out or fixed in a better way.
Looking forward to the rest. I don't know what is up with Neko!Ita in the next ep though. Looks like they might add a short moment to tie back with an old filler ep in Shippuden. They're probably going to lighten up his missions when he was a kid and use a cat mission instead. I doubt SP is going to include other dark moments (as they cut out Izumi's/Itachi's sharingan activations already) like Shisui admitting he killed his former friend or Itachi's teammate getting slaughtered by Tobi on a mission or Itachi killing his share of the Police Force members.
/End rant
