Lol! this is a bit like my experience, except for me it was the first episode. i don't remember where i saw it, but there had been a lot of hype about it coming on, so i watched it. by the end of the first ep, i was totally infatuated with Ninjas, the way they use Hand Signs, their use of chakra--it totally blew me away! by the end of the first ep, i was in. this was like around 2000-01 (something like that) when i was thirteen or fourteen. i was hooked after that and started watching/reading the manga and have been ever since