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EP. 42 Entering Into The Forest of Death!! Naruto 27-33
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Welcome back Weebs!! This week the guys jump back into the Chunin Exams in Naruto, check out some fun differences in music tastes as Jon tries his best to not want to strangle Nelson! Enjoy the guys arguing back and forth as Jon tries to fundamentally change Nelson and his L takes. Thanks again for your continued support of the show and coming back to Weeb-Along with us!!
Next episode the guys will be watching the next 7 episodes in Naruto from 34-40 so make sure to check them out in order to keep Weebing-Along with us into the next one!!
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Opening Track: "Smoke Break Valedictorian" https://get.slip.stream/2wSuBM
Ad Track: "Big Luck" https://get.slip.stream/Xv9zVI
Closing Track: "Yolo Times Two" https://get.slip.streamC00wn7
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Weave Along' Podcast
00:00:04
Speaker
Welcome to Weave Along. I'm Jon, and I'm forcing my friend Nelson, who doesn't like anime, to watch and discuss different anime. Thanks for tuning in. Let's get started.
Nelson's Anime Disdain and 'Naruto' Critique
00:00:16
Speaker
Welcome back to the show, everybody. We are weeb along. My name is Nelson and with me as per usual is John. Say hi, buddy. Hi, that's me. It is you. ah This week we have gone back into my own personal hell. I hate every moment of it. And, you know, that's why we're here. It's not bad. It's it's not great, but we're we're back to Naruto. It's not great. The amount of slander and hatred this man has. It's a lot. And honestly, I don't really see it changing because I can tell you right now my my favorite parts from the stuff we just watched.
Debate on Sakura's Significance
00:00:57
Speaker
I really like when Rock Lee was fighting. Sasuke did some really cool stuff. Sakura.
00:01:05
Speaker
And those were all pretty neat. So you watched the show. Cool. Fucking do anything ever. I mean, she did some stuff during this. I I don't know if I would count that as doing some stuff. Maybe she did something, but she didn't do plural stuff. I mean, she set landmines. Poorly, and then she was able to, ah you know, distract, slash dispose of one of the people that were attacking them. <unk>m I'm not going to count it. You should.
00:01:40
Speaker
all Because otherwise it really is nothing.
Outline for Episode Discussions
00:01:45
Speaker
I'm i'm tired of letting your your bad takes. ah um Well, lucky for you, i I had the one bad take during our watch that I think everybody is going to hate me for. So. Yeah.
00:02:02
Speaker
oh You love me. Yep. Love you. Love you. Love to strangle you. Um, all those things. They go hand to hand. Yes. Uh, a handed neck. Um,
00:02:19
Speaker
Oh God. All right. So I guess, uh, yeah, let's, let's dive into it and, uh, cover our what, seven episodes we watched. Yeah, yeah. with being seven an episode three Yeah. With it being seven episodes, we're going to go a little bit faster through stuff and a little bit more broader as opposed to how we usually go through. And yeah,
Character Analysis: Anko and the Grass Ninja
00:02:44
Speaker
it'll be good. It'll be good. Cool, but yeah, we open up with them outside the forest of death with that whole exchange with onco and also the grass ninja and the kunai knife thing. What do you think of all of that going on? The teachers aren't afraid to hurt the students. And I find that kind of amusing. I mean, she just full on cut his face. I.
00:03:06
Speaker
I thought it was weird that they did the little shout out to Sooo in this one. I don't know how to feel about the lady with the big tongue. The, was it the grass ninja? Yeah. It was that was really weird at first ah because I immediately got bad guy
Foreign Villains in 'Naruto': Fair Assumption?
00:03:23
Speaker
vibes and it seems like all of the trained ninjas did not. Yeah. Well, I mean, the sound ninja people also bad guy vibes. It's people from all over the country. It would be weird to automatically assume that the person from a different country is a bad person. Wouldn't you agree? I would.
00:03:45
Speaker
I would agree. Weird. but ah Wait, but don't. Around that one. Don't they turn out to be bad guys, though? Like the sound ninjas? Yes, but it's. Yeah. Sound ninjas. Yes. ah The grass ninja. No, technically. OK, technically, but that's with the whole reveal later.
Proctor Preferences: Ibiki vs. Anko
00:04:08
Speaker
But no, I ah to sum up my feelings on it, I like this proctor. You like oncope better than Ibiki? Actually, I think I like Ibiki more. Oh, but I wish there was more of him. Yeah, yeah. But this lady at least seems like she's going to do some cool shit.
00:04:31
Speaker
Mm hmm. So
Appreciating Filler Episodes
00:04:33
Speaker
that's a plus. And maybe in 200 episodes, we'll get to it. Listen, she does some cool shit, although when she does some bullshit, I'm not sure if we're actually going to be watching those episodes. ah This is what I mean. Yep. Oh, let's just do cool shit in the filler. They do cool shit in the filler, um but it's not like key to main plot. um If you feel so inclined, you can watch. Oh, I'm okay. I'm good. ah Or you can just like watch clips of like, UNCO being cool. And there you go. Yeah. You can watch the compilation video on YouTube instead.
Debate on Intro Music: Fitting or Whiny?
00:05:12
Speaker
Also, ah speaking of clips and such, I saw that you'd reposted on the TikTok that Jojo Siwa looked like Jojo Siwa.
00:05:23
Speaker
Mm hmm. And I actually was like, only shit. Thank you. Someone else has the same idea.
00:05:32
Speaker
Weird. it' like Perfect. Mm hmm. But yeah, let's ah let's talk about the thing that'll get me some hate. Yeah. Because right after all of this, we had the intro. So we had a banger of a fucking intro. Oh, great. It's a pop. Love it. Gets you hyped. Sets the tone for everything. Matches the style and everything. And this is this is this fucker's reaction. Thoughts. The entire time I was just thinking it was like Japanese Blink 182 in a good way or a bad way.
00:06:10
Speaker
yes it had the good instrumentals of blink 182 and then marcoppices dogshit vocals it was interesting it was rather whiny it was rather whiny it was that's like It's like listening to metal or scream out and be like, oh, it's too yelly. Like get the fuck out of here. No, no, I i won't. I'm okay on our next, on our next watch through. Uh-huh. We'll listen to it again. Uh-huh. I'll see if it grows on
Teasing Each Other's Music Tastes
00:06:46
Speaker
me. Yeah. But for right now.
00:06:50
Speaker
It's a no for me, dog. God, I don't understand you. i I just don't. I remember you telling me before we started, you're like, oh, you're going to love the intro. Yeah, it's good. The music was really good. Like, I loved the instrumentals. OK. You lost me with the vocals. it it But the vocals sell it. It it sells all right, but. OK, so would you rather it be like not in like it's supposed to be a little bit more intense because I mean they're fighting and everything. No, no, no, I'm kidding. I understand what they were going for. Yeah, but it just didn't.
00:07:37
Speaker
hit for me in this my first hearing. So you just don't have taste. Got correct. OK. Understood. This is what I have been told. Yes. However, this is what is found to be true. ah Yeah. It still cracks me up. Our buddies ah cannot get past you not being a fan of the my hero one opener, saying that is just bland. It is bland. It is not bland. You are bland. You are sour cream, my guy, and you have no flavor. Wow. Yeah.
00:08:17
Speaker
Wow. Wow. like Wow. I woke up this morning cho choosing violence over the openers. In case you're wondering. Brother, we've already been awake for like 30 minutes. Yep. How are you this violent this soon? I haven't had coffee. um What are you doing? Have you at least had a Coke Zero? What is that? ah Oh, no. Yep. This stream brought to you by ah caffeine and John's inner hatred towards himself. ah ah weird that i I think Nelson's inner hatred also was sponsoring this episode. Nice and dual sponsor.
00:08:58
Speaker
Mm hmm. This episode brought to you by Nelson's lack of taste. Go to www dot backslash. Get some taste dot com ah and use promo code Weeb along to not get an L take on openers. Why are you putting a backslash at the front of the website? Because it should go after the dot com. It's dot com slash. I don't know. had caffeine. Um, anyway. Yeah, neither have I.
Contrasting Character Growth: 'Naruto' vs. Modern Anime
00:09:30
Speaker
Yep. Uh, but yeah, back to Naruto, we got a little exchange between, uh, you know, in Sakura, uh, what'd you think of that shit? Um, I'm still very confused by like, you know, in all of this so far. How so? Um,
00:09:48
Speaker
I mean, she's kind of. Antagonist for I was called Unibara for Sakura. Yeah. um But also why are you giving an antagonist to a character who can't wipe her own ass without help from Sasuke to cause them to grow? Yeah, but it's not going to give me the growth for a while. So right now I'm just like, oh, you know, it's just way better. You need to just watch the show. That's it. You just need to watch the show. You're impatient ass. You should just watch the show and be open to enjoying it. I'm I'm honestly doing my best. No, you're not. Oh, I'm not. You're correct. You're a jaded motherfucker. Yes.
00:10:37
Speaker
with preconceived notions thinking that you've seen the whole thing and you haven't. I am. I am aware that I have not because I have not dedicated what a thousand hours. No, there's not even 1,000 episodes. Again. But there are 22 minutes apiece. Yeah. So there would have to be a 3,000 episodes in order for that to be 1,000 hours. I'm counting like Shippuden too. Yeah, I am too. There's only 500 in Shippuden.
00:11:08
Speaker
Oh, yeah, it still feels like you don't know everything fucking wheels like thousand hours. Oh my God. Yeah, because you've watched shipping and to even say, oh, yeah, it feels like a thousand hours because I've seen it all. Shut the fuck up. Oh, no. ah Oh, anyway, anyway, anyway. um I'm excited to see where the relationship goes. Oh, um yeah. The i I understand that, you know, is there to make dipshit better?
00:11:45
Speaker
Mm hmm. I just I want that to accelerate. Like I know it's like you need to have patience. You need to let the character grow. You need to let the show happen. I know. I know. But you've got me on all this new gen shit that's like, hey, we're getting better rapidly. Yeah. But again, that's just new gen versus is old gen. Exactly. 100 percent. I agree. I agree. But if I'm used to that and then get this, then this is going to be way worse to me than so. So it's not worse. It's just different. Oh, that's it. It's a different thing, but I can conceive it as worse because of my previous experiences. Heard because you're drawing long wrong conclusions. got Correct. So.
00:12:41
Speaker
What would you rather have? Would you rather have the showing of the journey of why a character turns a certain way? Or would you just have them, like, flip a switch, like, and it feel like a completely different character? Can I not have a mixture of both? I mean, you sort of do in this. You get the gradual change of people. But then also, like, ah for example, in this freaking thing, you have when Sasuke wakes up at the curse mark and he's got that all that energy and everything and he, like, is dark Sasuke mode. Yeah, flip the switch. Yeah, so you get both. You just one of them like people slowly change over time. It's a thing. Yeah, that's just life. That's how it goes. Uh huh.
'Generic' Animals in 'Naruto'
00:13:23
Speaker
So, you know, art imitates life art art. Mm hmm. OK, no, I will. I will attempt to go further in. With out being jaded, OK, I will do my best.
00:13:42
Speaker
That's like I can't promise any anything for I can't promise anything like imagine if fucking. ah But but but but but but but but but fuck, I can't say that yet because you haven't seen farther in other shows. Oh shit. Never mind. I'm assuming you were going my hero. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we could go farther in that. I wouldn't mind. We will eventually. But I told you I'd watch the next five episodes. You fuck. It was beautiful. But cool. All right. um Getting back to it, um we have them entering the forest of death. We see a ton of just like snakes and shit all around. You had this to say about all the different snakes.
00:14:33
Speaker
Why did that anaconda have fangs? It's not how anacondas work. Does your anaconda not? No, it has buttons. Who says that was an anaconda? It looked like an anaconda, like a green anaconda. Oh, damn. Where's your zoology degree? Uh, where's my degree? Dang. So let it be known that we don't have to wait for the discussion ah to shit on each other. We are.
Discord Watch-Alongs
00:15:02
Speaker
We are slightly bickering during the watch through. Every time. Every time. But we are we save. We only bicker about some stuff. We so try to explain it for this. We ah we do our watch throughs on our Discord. So you can pop over there and listen to us while we do our watch throughs. And it's a great time. You get to hear the actual shitting on each other. And edit it out because there's a lot of it.
00:15:32
Speaker
Yeah, whenever we do, we ah hop into the stream room. Yes. When that happens. Yeah, it's a good time. Yeah. But no, I it was an anaconda with things. I don't know what else you want for me.
Danger in the 'Forest of Death' Segment
00:15:45
Speaker
I understand how it looks like anaconda. Google a green anaconda right now and tell me that wasn't the same fucking Google a green animated snake. And then boom, there you are. It's meant to be generic as fuck. I'm just going to Google green animated snake. Yep. Uh, what moment green animated snake?
00:16:09
Speaker
and What's your like words per minute for typing my guy? Slow. The first picture that comes up. Yeah. No fags. OK. The second picture that comes up. Forget about the fangs. Look at the stage. It's more show the fact, no, no, no, hold on. It's more show the fact that there's and and a green animated snake that has human teeth. Oh, God, it's really weird looking. Oh, my God. Also, you said teeth, but I thought that you were going to say human tits. And I was very confused as to what thing you actually searched. Yo, that's makes got some knockers. Damn. Yeah. Got them them snake titties.
00:16:53
Speaker
ah What is our show devolved to? I'm a double. ah
00:17:04
Speaker
oh Go get some coffee!
00:17:11
Speaker
OK, all right, back to fucking this. Anyway, it's a generic green snake. Anyway, it's a generic green snake. OK, I get it. Yeah. Did you not take, ah you know, offense to the giant fucking centipede that's like the size of Konohamaru that was crawling on the tree, just like fucking Skull Island King Kong that, you know, a good movie. Yeah, it was. Oh, but no, I did take offense to that mostly because I just don't like centerpiece. Too many legs, just like too many eyes. Noticing a trend. Too many appendages. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's freaky to me. Weird. ah Cool. Good to know. Hey, hold on now. Don't don't use that for future. Takes that. Save it for later. ah But yeah, they head into the forest of death and you had this to say when they just let them loose. They really just said we're going to let these children murder each other. Yep, they did.
00:18:07
Speaker
100%. Wow. Yeah. And I'll tell you what stuff is going to get spicy. So they really like, like, are people going to die in here? I mean, potentially they're not the forest of death. I mean, hey, it could happen. Obviously, it's not going to die. Yeah, obviously not the goal. But, you know, if people die, people die. It happens to the best of us, I suppose. Mm hmm. Dang. RIP Sakura. Thank God.
00:18:39
Speaker
But anyway, we start seeing all the people going about their different strategies.
Unique Abilities: Hinata, Kiba, and Shino
00:18:43
Speaker
ah We get to see Hinata, Kiba, and Shino. They hear the people looking after them, and Shino makes leeches fall from the sky and land on top of them. So they get their other scroll, I'm pretty sure, like right away. We also get to start seeing people's different techniques. So Kiba's got his dog, Hinata's got her biakugan, and then Shino ah does bug shit. What's a biakugan? It's a kakai genkai, just like the sharingan or the ice thing. Yeah, the biakugan, you'll get more on it later. Okay, cool. It's essentially like you get super enhanced vision where you can see farther away and then also more importantly, you can see like chakra.
00:19:30
Speaker
So when you look at a ninja, you see the different chocolate chakra points flowing through the body so they know where to attack. They can see attacks that are coming. And so it gives an enhanced edge and it is a bloodline trait for the Helga clan. OK, I yeah, we'll learn more about that later. Oh, yes, you will. Uh, trick me. I like that. Homie Homie loves his dog. Yeah, Kiva and I maru like. Kiba's the guy, right? Mm hmm. Yeah. Kiba kind of seems like a dick. Yeah. But I mean, he likes his critter. Yeah. So. I like I like Kiba. You like Cuba, Cuba, Cuba. Yeah, that one. Not not Cuba. It came out as almost Cuba. I'm fine with Cuba, I guess. But Cuba is not in the show. This man Fidel. Oh.
00:20:23
Speaker
role so But yeah, so we got to see them. ah Saw that it was cool.
Sasuke's Tactical Acumen
00:20:30
Speaker
Nifty enjoyed it. And then we get to go to our main cast. We get to see Naruto Sakura Sasuke going on through. ah Naruto goes to take a leak. I'm and then comes out and it starts attacking them is that what fucking gives man and then ah he's like oh yeah you're sure can holders on your wrong leg also what happened to the scratch that was on your face earlier so where is naruto cuz you ain't fucking him ah and then good for him for getting that shit so quick though.
00:21:04
Speaker
Oh, yeah. I mean, that was fast. Sasuke got them good eyes, you know, he's smart. He's a smart cookie. He is good for him. Good for him. Now, or throwing it back to, I think it was like episode three, whenever they initially get paired together, ah it was Naruto in the same group as Sasuke because Sasuke scored the best and Naruto scored the lowest. So. You know, shows you that little thing and he is very much like prodigal son type thing. Nice. Yeah. What are you trying to be less angry?
00:21:41
Speaker
it's Set your 2024 resolution. No. Yeah, I decided that in the middle of fucking July. Yeah. What did you think of the fight in between Sasuke and imposter bitch? Sasuke goes hard. Uh huh. Um, this also being the first fight where it doesn't break it down blow by blow. Oh, that was fantastic. Uh-huh. That was, that was the best part about the whole fight is they actually just let them fight. My favorite thing is when he takes a kunai and then uses the chakra in
Seamless Action and Flashbacks in Future Episodes
00:22:14
Speaker
his feet to grab the kunai, levitate it just below his foot, and then kick and release to throw the kunai. That was nifty. That was sick. That was nifty as fuck. ah who Who was the imposter again? I remember the second one.
00:22:30
Speaker
Um, it was, uh, I think a, from the hidden miss village ninja. Yeah. Uh, but yeah, no, it was a, it was a cool fight because yeah, they just got to let it flow. Yeah. which that's been my big gripe with all the other fights like having those those moments of like break it down and flashback and all that is it it it takes away from the fight like i understand we're getting it holds your momentum and story but yeah it's a full stop
00:23:04
Speaker
Yeah like let me enjoy the thing and then you can tell me about it and we'll get like some good stuff and they actually ah spoilers for end of ship it in but there is a fight that happens at the end of it where they blend real time with flashback and it like. Seamless and it is oh nice cinematic masterpiece ah so they they get to the point where it's just like it's really really good am I allowed to know who is fighting or do I not know them you do not know okay is it rock lee versus gara.
00:23:43
Speaker
No. ah But yeah, no, they get better
Orochimaru's Deceptive Disguises
00:23:47
Speaker
at that. um Also throughout everything, we'll still get the flashback stuff, but there's more sequences of just like letting action happen as opposed to like, oh, here's one move. Here's how I did it. Here's another move. Here's how I did it. It's like here's a cool scene. And this at the end of our watch. Yeah, which we want to yeah go Sasuke, Sasuke. That one we'll get to. But I was definitely like, I actually liked that fight.
00:24:19
Speaker
he Yeah, the one versus Rocha Maru. Yeah. Nice. Cool. So speaking of which, that shit happens. Uh, they defeat this imposter bitch. Uh, they retreat away and then Sasuke comes up with like a, we need a code word. So he comes out with a super complicated one. And then they're like, cool. Got it. Awesome. And then as soon as they got it, there's like wind style that comes through and like blows them away. They all get separated. Sasuke and Sakura regroup. She says the password, then Naruto pops up and says the password as well. Sasuke's like, wait. Yeah. Sasuke's like, you're too smart. You couldn't possibly be Naruto. And then- Just go away and he would remember that. Yeah, he's too much of an idiot.
00:25:06
Speaker
got em got em sick burn and yeah so uh it was also revealed that that is the grass ninja in disguise who is actually disguised as well being Orochimaru A double disguise, a double disguise. And what the was is that your attempt at the Batman? It was. It was my no caffeine attempt. It stayed one note. It changed a little bit. OK. Well, half steps. ah Fucking music nerd. Jesus Christ. Oh.
00:25:42
Speaker
But anyway, ah we see Naruto and he gets eaten by a snake and is getting swallowed and digested while all this stuff is going down with Sakura and Sasuke. When they start the fight, they are like paralyzed with fear and then Sasuke is able to snap out of it by stabbing himself in the leg with a kunai. There's a lot of self-mutilation in this show. There really is. We've had Naruto stab himself. We've had Sasuke scab himself. We've had Sakura give herself a haircut.
00:26:16
Speaker
A lot of self-mutilation. I think one of those is a little less than the other. Yeah, it was weird when Naruto did it. um
00:26:27
Speaker
ah Oh, but anyway, what did you think on the first little fight thing where it's less of like Sasuke fighting Orochimaru in disguise, but more of like Sasuke just trying to hold him off so that they can retreat, being a little puss puss, but still doing simple
Sasuke's Tactical Retreat
00:26:48
Speaker
shit. It was a little puss puss with a plan though. Yes. So like, I can- It was a plan puss. I can- Pronounced platypus. No, it was called plan T.
00:26:59
Speaker
all
00:27:02
Speaker
Jesus Christ. I know, but it it wasn't the greatest fight, but I understand it wasn't supposed to really be because it was it was just supposed to create distance. Yeah. So it it lets me know that there's more to come. Yes. And ah we get a bit of that later. Uh, because this is the one where the sasuke ends up getting the curse mark, right? Yeah. At the end of this. Yeah. At the very end of the fight. Yeah. That's the thing. These these episodes, I'm trying to be really careful because I they all really blended together. I wish that we had seen at this point, the grass ninja like. Yeah. Do I don't want to say like a little bit more, but the teammates don't come in.
00:27:58
Speaker
Correct. it was They were just fighting that they were just fighting what we learned to be Orochimaru. Mm hmm. However, we learn later on that there are three imposters, correct? Correct. So it would have been nice to have a little bit more teamwork there to maybe bring in some more like Naruto doing something. Sakura. Yeah, but also this was this is like the fight that's introducing the current big bad, you know, right? Is so does this show have like an overlapping big bad or do we just do arc by arc bag of big bad? ah We have overarching. Okay. Like Orochi Maru is an overarching, correct? Yes. Okay. Because I've heard that name a lot coming into this. And I'm like, it'd be weird if it was just
00:28:49
Speaker
You know, a 20 episode arc. Mm hmm. Where he's the bad guy. Yeah, it's a Roshi Maru. And then there's like. a couple of other people that get introduced as well. god Like main overarching. Okay. Okay. Yeah.
Voice Actor Surprise: Steve Blum as Orochimaru
00:29:05
Speaker
Nice. Yeah. But also, uh, speaking of knowing the Orochimaru name, uh, you also, uh, so later on in this, when he, you know, devolves into his actual sort of Orochimaru self and you get to see a little bit of him, uh, we also get his voice for the first time. What did you think of his actual voice?
00:29:25
Speaker
a Little different. It sounds familiar to you. It sounded familiar, but I could not place. Hmm. So, um, Steve Blum. No fucking way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No fucking way. Yeah. Voices, I was and also voices Orochimaru. Yeah.
00:29:48
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's why you would not let me look him up before. Got it. Correct. Correct. Damn. OK. Yeah. So go him. Oh, you know, he is an antagonistic voice, I guess. But also tank Dempsey. Mm hmm. Tank Dempsey and Wolverine and so many others. Oh, I forgot the show of X-Men. Yeah. Then it is. um
00:30:19
Speaker
But no, I'm really it's kind of cool that like the two names I really heard going into this were both them. Yeah. Yeah. okay I knew I knew Zabaza and I knew Rich Maro. Yeah, and we'll encounter some more people that I think that you'll know. But like I can't remember the names off the top of my head right now, because I've been listening to you morons talk about it for, you know, five years. Yeah. But then getting to meet some people. Yeah. And that that'll be that'll be cool.
Orochimaru vs. Naruto and Sasuke's Curse Mark
00:30:52
Speaker
Uh huh. Um, but yeah, anyway, back to the fight ah as Oscar is like retreating and stuff is looking bad. Naruto shows up because he burst from the snake using a shadow clone thing. um And yeah.
00:31:05
Speaker
He shows up, calls Sasuke a little wimp and a puss puss, and then he activates Ninetales mode and then starts punching the giant fucking snake thing. And then he gets ah knocked the fuck out after Orochimaru grabs him with ah the tongue and then does something with like the seal that is trapping the Ninetales on his chest and that makes him leave Ninetales mode. And then he starts falling to his death and Sakura saves him by throwing Kunai through his ah jumpsuit and pinning him to a tree. What'd you think of the Ninetale mode activating and Naruto showing up in Collins Sasuke Plus? Big fan of the Ninetales showing back up. Hell yeah. um Because when we had it on the bridge,
00:31:51
Speaker
ah I was like okay cool but how would this fare in a different situation? Fares pretty fucking well yeah by the looks of it. Calling Sasuke a giant pussy, that was god tier because Sasuke was in fact being a giant pussy. Sakura actually kind of did a little something. yeah it wasto It wasn't beneficial to the fight, but it was beneficial to the homie. Mm hmm. So I guess snaps for you. Yeah. um Also, I guess we should say that this is also Sasuke after Naruto shows up as i oh, there's only one way we can get out of this and then goes to throw the scroll.
00:32:32
Speaker
to Orochimaru. Oh, that's right. And Naruto jumps and grabs it out of the air. We saw that Grass Ninja's scroll earlier is also not easy to get. As you know, ah Grass Ninja has fully just like deep throated it and is now inside of Grass Ninja. During the watch, we had this to say, well, Orochimaru was swallowing that scroll at that sloppy jalopy right there. Hawk to spit on that thing. She didn't even flinch. Oh, my God. Good for her.
00:33:15
Speaker
Oh, right before you played that clip, I was trying to think of an elegant way to put the original just swallowed it. And I was like, is he just going to say deep throat? Yes, he did. All right. said I mean, listen, you call a spade a spade. Um. Hawk tour indeed. Mm hmm. and Not a flinch though. I was impressed. Nothing. Uh, just waiting to see what else comes out of there. Hold up. way Oh yeah. Uh, but anyway, yeah. So back to it. Um, we got all that stuff, uh, with Naruto nine tails, all that. Then Sasuke sort of snaps out of his like, all right, time to actually like do shit.
00:34:02
Speaker
And then we get the animation shift which knows that we're just gonna have a cool fight and we see Orochimaru and also Sasuke just start like going at it. Thoughts on that whole fight? I actually noticed the animation change this time. Yeah, yeah, I did not before, but on this one, I was like, Oh, shit. OK, so we're actually going to do something cool. Yeah, it's more than just, you know, Beyblade spinning in the background of ah like we have this one animation and they're just going to do it. that Yeah, where they're just hitting the kunai against each other. Yeah, you get to see actual fight choreo and then the ju two twos as well. ah Just.
00:34:49
Speaker
Really cool. Dug it. We got a lot of good Sasuke fighting during ah the force of death. Nice. OK, that. Yeah, that gets me gets me excited for sasuke. So soon. So soon. No, that that whole fight. I was very happy to see actual fight choreo. Mm hmm. And they did cool things. It was unexpected. I'm excited to see what Orochimaru does as his actual body. Yes, because I feel like he's doing different things as the grass ninja. Yeah. Yeah. ah So it'll be if this is, you know, kind of like the B plan of what he can do. I'm excited to see what the A plan is.
00:35:35
Speaker
Yeah, and he can he can do some shit. So I have heard. Cool, but yeah. During that fight at the end of it, when Orochimaru gets ah tied to the tree by the shuriken things and also lit on fire by Sasuke, that's sort of like the almost finishing move that happens. Orochimaru survives and then starts stepping forward and he brings up Itachi Uchiha. who is sasuke's older brother and he is like wow you are just like him you really have his eyes obviously not as strong but you're in the way of him and that's interesting seeing that sasuke has promise he then extends his neck and goes over and bites sasuke on the shoulder prompting this from you i don't think you can do that to a kid now the fangs make sense
00:36:28
Speaker
And also, boom, we have closure for the snakes. We do all we very happy to have that. It wasn't foreshadowing. It was just green animated. It wasn't foreshadowing. It was just green animated snake. Oh, my God. No, I'm aware. it was I'm aware it was foreshadowing. oh
00:36:54
Speaker
I'm aware of what it was upon seeing it. It all made sense. Good, good. I mean, not really, but if it'll satisfy you. ah Oh, but yeah, no I am. I'm very confused by the whole curse mark thing. I'm sure it'll get explained later. Yeah, it will. um How it works and everything. Uh huh. But for right now, I'm like, why does it make him stronger? Hmm. Hmm.
00:37:26
Speaker
Yeah, that's all you're getting. That's it. Yeah, that's literally all I got. Yeah, let's say I'm not going to answer for you because we'll watch the show. I'd like it if you did. So we didn't have to know. You see, because when I explain stuff to you, like why Sakura and, you know, don't like each other and then you speak over them bringing it up and you're like, oh, I wonder what they just said. I was like, oh, do that, you fucking bitch. Oh, yeah. Nutty. And then you're like, oh, I don't know why they have to give us this information. And I'm like, well, because you literally asked this question before. So this is the answer to your question. But yet it's getting answered and you're acting like you don't want it. You asked a question and you got the answer.
00:38:16
Speaker
um It's like being and in an ice cream shop and be like, oh, can I have chocolate? And then they give you chocolate and you're like, I don't fucking want this. Like, what the fuck? Oh, this is fun. Yeah, something like that.
00:38:42
Speaker
So anyway, Gate. Yeah, Gate.
Rock Lee's Heroic Rescue
00:38:45
Speaker
But yeah, Sakura is all by herself because after the curse mark thing appears, Orochimaru dips because he's wounded and Sasuke collapses down to the ground, Naruto is still unconscious, pinned to a tree, and Sakura is like, hello? Hello! ah And it is her watching over. Hey guys, Jon here to talk to you about Liquid IV, the best way to get hydrated for your day. Whether you're getting pumped up to go to the gym to attain that chiseled anime body, or behind a desk editing a podcast for hours, Liquid IV is the number one powdered hydration brand in America. hydrating you twice as fast as plain water containing essential vitamins and three times the amount of electrolytes as leading sports drinks. My wife and I love this stuff. It's great for recovering from a fun night out and just giving you a pick-me-up throughout the day. Our personal favorite is the lemon lime flavor and she loves the Concord grape every time she opens the package. She says it smells like Kool-Aid and reminds her of her childhood. This stuff tastes delicious and is also gluten, dairy, and soy free.
00:39:49
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00:40:38
Speaker
ah that was being sent over by the sound ninja, a little kamikaze squirrel. That would have been wild. Would have been awful. ah That poor little thing. Yeah, but Sasuke is unconscious, so Sakura sees, ah yep, nailing it, sees the sound ninja who make themselves known, and as she's squaring up to fight them, and they're looking like shit's about to pop off, who should appear? But bushy brow. Mr. Rockley, the man, the myth, the legend. I fucking love Rockley. Like, I don't i I may hate this entire show. But I will never hate Rockley. And I'll tell you what, that is not an L take. That is a W take. And we like it. And we are brothers. Rockley is ah just. Yes, he has. He's got it.
00:41:33
Speaker
So ah we must protect at all costs. I am excited for you to actually see the Rockley fight that you have been told so much about that you've said that you watch, but you never watched it, but you so watch it so people would stop bitching at you to watch it. I'm excited to actually see it. Correct. Oh, because it's so cool. Nobody would shut the fuck up about it. Yeah, because you're stupid. Oh, you got to watch it. No, the fuck I don't. Yeah. And then I wasn't even watching anime at this point. Yeah. That was supposed to get you into it and then you didn't even give it a shot. You didn't watch it. Correct. Yeah.
00:42:12
Speaker
I know what I am. I know what I am. Yeah, stupid. Pain in the ass. Yeah, that too. um
00:42:22
Speaker
But anyway, Rock Lee is going to the forest and then he sees some leaves falling. He's like, if I could collect all 20 leaves, then Sakura will have to go on a date with me. And then jumps out of the tree. That thought process is incredible. Yeah. It's like the, you know, like he loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not type thing, but right a little bit more challenging. Yeah, try hard version. ah He does not get the last leaf because instead of going for it, he goes to save the squirrel, which then he shows up and the squirrel is chilling on his shoulder. Love it. Enjoy it. It's even better that he went to go save the squirrel. Right. Good guy. Good guy. Rock Lee. I rock Lee. Also Brian Donovan, fantastic man. ah Very kind person, very easy to talk to and very fun to talk to. I had a little thing that I had him sign and then he just kept on adding stuff to it. I like, I essentially brought like a little plaque that I was putting on like a little stand underneath my Funko of Rock Lee. And he was like, oh yeah, no. Brian Donovan. Rock Lee.
00:43:28
Speaker
XOXO, Brushy Brow, Hidden Leaf Symbol. He was like, if you leave this in front of me, I'm just going to keep on telling it. I was like, hey, I mean, I'm here for it. I love that so much. But really cool.
Team Ino-Shikamaru-Choji's Tactical Battle
00:43:40
Speaker
Anyway, shout out him being a good guy, just like his character. We see Rock Lee square up against the sound ninjas and they start fighting. What did you think of the Rock Lee versus sound ninja? Goated. Yeah. Goated. Fucking that that's it. Yeah, that's it. He's using that shit. He also gets a little fucky walkied because the sounds in his ears and what you think of. ah
00:44:07
Speaker
Broccoli getting a little fucky wokied. I did not expect him to get fucked up. um I mean, I expect him to get fucked up like a little bit, but by the end, he was down and out. Oh, yeah. I mean, he tried to rock bottom that one dude and ended up not being able to. The other guy saved him. Yes. And then completely fucked him up. I was at no point worried for broccoli. Uh huh. But I heard he's in to ignore it. But I was like, this all this will be good down the line for him. Yes. Oh, yeah. Like this is his learning moment. Mm hmm. Because I don't think he's really like in all of his time actually gotten like fucked up. Who roughly.
00:44:58
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, my guy. Trust me, he has. Oh, OK. Well, you know, OK, so he can't use jutsu. He just uses a jutsu. So going up against martial arts. Right. Yes. So going up against people who can use stuff like him, manipulate sound waves, can fucking breathe fire, can see your chakra points, can see all that stuff. He's going to get wallet. OK. Yeah. But he's also going to hit back hard. Right, because he's got those those weights around his feet, right? Something like that. I'm still very confused by him and Mike Guy. It's good. You're not related. You'll find out more as we go on. It's all good. All right. But yeah, ah so Rockley goes sort of down for the count, ah prompting Shigemaru, Chojie and Eno who are nearby.
00:45:52
Speaker
ah Who just dipped away from neji acting all week and shit all to start looking on and be like do we enter do we not do we enter do we not you know it's up to you you and soccer go back and you don't exactly like each other but it's your call. um And then as they're trying to decide what they're gonna do Sakura starts fighting with ah the sound ninja ah She starts running forward. She does a substitution jutsu and then they throw some shuriken at her and then she does another substitution jutsu and then she continues her advance and she is like coming through the sky about to land on zaku and he throws some kunai at her ah expecting to be a substitution and looks elsewhere and i'm as he's looking around me like all right where is she now all blood drips on any realizes that she is actually above him and coming down and she lands on and sabs into him with the kunai and then start biting on his wrist as he is taken down to the ground and she starts getting walloped in the head as he's trying to get her to stop. No such thing is a fighting dirty in a street fight.
00:47:03
Speaker
Yep. If you can bite, go ahead and bite. Hell yeah. I'll tell you right now. Yep. I was actually kind of proud of her. Yeah, which I asked you in the moment and I had this next clip just entitled Sakura hate. Oh, this was your reaction to that. She did a thing. Yeah.
00:47:29
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The.
00:47:32
Speaker
Because it took her this long that was that was the sigh and that was the hatred is because during all of this Rockley going out and getting his shit wrecked. She never stepped in to help. There was no nothing like it weird. It's almost like he said, Sakura, take care of them. I'll take care of him. And she was doing what he said, giving him room. They've never fought together. She doesn't know what is fighting. Sal truly is. She doesn't know what would get in the way.
00:48:02
Speaker
You're right. Yep. You are. You are correct. I thought I had a rebuttal there of like, well, but I don't. You're right. Yep. She was doing what she was told to do by Rockley. Oh, thank you for pointing that out. I appreciate it. Yep. She's also sleepy as fuck. Oh, that's also good. I was like, I more so what I was waiting for. Yeah, she needs an happy poop. Don't we all. Right. So she does the thing and cool. Dug it. Yeah. Look at her doing some shit. She also gave herself a haircut ah because she went to rush forward and then Girl Sound Ninja grabs ahold of her hair and then she gives herself a haircut. And then that's when she actually springs into action.
00:48:44
Speaker
So they get character choice, ah which also when we watch the opener again, you will see there's a short hair. Yeah, she has short hair and the transition into it is her hair like flowing. And it's like, oh, shit, it's like the haircut just happened. Love it. Love alluding to it in the opener. Smiled. Yeah. And all of anime. Yeah, that I really got to. The shows that I've been watching, I really got to pay them more attention in the openers to but just the song. They got hit and shit and it's cool.
00:49:16
Speaker
um But yeah, ah so Sakura starts going down for the count and then ah who should arrive? But Ino, Shika, Cho. We get Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji heading into the fray. They sort of blunder out and ah they give Sakura some time to sort of like get away. And yeah. What's up? yeah my fucking brain. i I was legitimately about to ask you, hey, who's the guy that looks like not Negi?
00:49:54
Speaker
Negi? Yeah. I like, I can't remember his name. I just know he looks like not Negi. oh
00:50:06
Speaker
Yeah, your brain. i am God, damn it. God, damn. Oh, you know, God, that would be neggie. Crazy. Oh, I love it.
00:50:26
Speaker
It's too early for me. Too early. It's all good. You say too early. It's 11 o'clock. It's a not too early. We've been up for an hour. Yep.
00:50:37
Speaker
So early. But anyway, um yeah they show up and they're like, hey, fucking stop it. And ah they make the mistake of calling Choji fat. ah But he is. he get No, he he says he is slightly chubby. He's chubby. It's like Gabriel Iglesias. He's not fat. He's fluffy. Um, and so, uh, Choji starts popping off and doing his little expansion thing and going for it. And then they're like, hey, if fucking be careful. We see that happening. The human boulder. And then we also see, um, if you're if you're mad that people are calling you fat, maybe your go to move shouldn't be the human boulder.
00:51:22
Speaker
my My brother in Christ, ah you're acting like people get a choice of their jutsu. It is predetermined. Okay. Yeah. So you know how there's like water cell, fire cell, all that stuff that's been mentioned? Yeah. Yeah. You are predeposed to one of those and then you can potentially show signs of a second chakra nature as well. Got it. Okay. Yeah. Uh, that is brought up in Shippuden, but you know what? Where I'm just going to tell you that now because it it's it's much better to know now. Yeah, I didn't worry as well. Um, yeah. Cool.
00:52:04
Speaker
But yeah, ah so Choji starts fighting. We get to see Ino doing her thing and also Shikamaru. Shikamaru is able to control the shadows to then possess Dosu, ah having him under his control. And we get to see Ino does a mind transfer jutsu and transfers like subconscious with the sound ninja girl. What were your your thoughts on other than human boulder on the other people showing their jutsu off a little bit more? ah Happy to see you do shit getting introduced. Yeah, I thought it was some They had some cool powers. He knows is
00:52:44
Speaker
Interesting isn't with the whole because it it does bring in that other dynamic of if the body she's inhabiting is killed, then she is killed. Yeah. Well, she can also release it at any time. So it's like you set a trap to like, oh, yeah, this is like on a timer. As soon as the trap gets activated, if you swap back, then it should be dead. So is it an instantaneous swap? Yeah. Okay, so I didn't know if it had like a like a five second delay of like having to focus and then you go back.
00:53:18
Speaker
No, I think it's like ah like in my hero, when Uraraka releases her gravity thing, it's like that pretty much. Got it. OK. Uh huh. So it could be it could be relatively useful then. um And for people who give a shit about their teammates, taking someone as a hostage ah also does, you know, pretty well. But as we learn, unfortunately, most of the time, bad guys don't give a shit. Nutty. That's why they're the bad guys. Yeah, we watch the docu lunch like a sound blast or whatever at, ah you know, in the chicks body and they're like, oh, shit, you guys are not great, not good. And then they're about to be like, we should fucking dip.
00:54:05
Speaker
who should arrive, but not Neji. I mean fuck. Neji. Neji. Neji and Ten Ten pop up and they're like, oh, that's our teammate there, so fuck you, we're gonna fuck you up. Also coming to the rescue of Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto. So Ten Ten's the girl. Ten Ten is the girl. OK. Yeah. ah Ten Ten, Negi and Rock Lee are on a team. Are on the team. OK, cool. Uh huh. So ah they show up and Negi's like, I'm going to be the shit out of you. Oh, wait. Just kidding. That has been taken from me. And then we see that Sasuke has awakened.
Sasuke's Awakening and Ruthless Power
00:54:43
Speaker
Uh, he's standing there, purple chakra, like a flowing up out of his body, sort of like how the nine tails is a really cool shot. You see that the curse mark has spread across his body. That was cool. That was I can't even bullshit. Yeah, that was awesome. Yeah. like What a great animation that was. Yeah, we see him get cheetahlicious as he joins the cheetah girls and like these little marks appear all over his body. A fucking cheetah girls reference. Yeah. Why not? ah that I haven't even thought about the Cheetah Girls in like 15 years. You're welcome.
00:55:23
Speaker
Holy crap. But yeah, Sasuke has awakened. We see that in the next episode, we see a little thing before he awakens of him having this weird fever dream. We hear Itachi's voice, who is not the regular voice actor, and it freaked my brain out. It's not Christopher Freeman yet, and it was very southern, and he had this draw, and I was like, that's not Itachi. You were so confused. I was like, that's not him. oh that was weird um so yeah if you're looking for a weird you know brain experience uh that's very fucking weird uh go back in rewatch that if you know your brain so chooses it anyway we get this whole thing of like oh you're not strong enough you have to be stronger if you want to take me down and then he wakes up strong af he comes to he has sakura sakura who did this to you and then sees the sound ninja people, ah then lunges into action. He pulls an all-night move where he goes over, saves Sakura, and also Naruto from this blast, and then is over by Zaku and proceeds to, you know, just, boom, punch him. Like, by the flick of the wrist, go flying across.
00:56:37
Speaker
And then he goes over, he's like, you're pretty fond of these arms, aren't you? Be shame if something fucking happened to him and then proceeds to keep on pulling his arms until both of them pop and dislocate. I thought he was going to pull them both off like fully, fully remove them. Very talented. I was ready for that. I was about to get so fucking hyped. And then it just didn't happen. He pulls off the arm and then just starts hitting him like, why are you hitting yourself? Why are you hitting yourself? That's I was hoping he would hit him with his like beat him to death with his own arms. That'd be crazy. I did not expect him to say, why are you hitting yourself? Yeah. Well, like, so. sau But like sasuke, he goes like dark sasuke right here. Oh, yeah. You hear the pop noise for both of them. And ah so fun fact, I watched this as it was coming out. I got to this point and I was like, wow, that was cool. That was awesome. I showed it to my dad. Oh, no.
00:57:35
Speaker
My dad told me that I wasn't allowed to watch Naruto anymore after that. And then I had to be like, okay. And then I was like, well, you work late and Naruto's on, so try and stop me, bitch. Also, I made a podcast out of it, so ha. ah Love you, dad. ah
00:57:58
Speaker
I really hope your dad hears you calling him a bitch. Oh, yeah. ah But anyway, yeah. So what do you think of dark Sasuke like popping off? Go ham. Go ham. Go ham. i Brutal. Yeah. The only thing pulling him out of it was like Sakura crying and telling him to stop. Yeah. If she hadn't, I feel like he probably would have just straight up murdered these people. Oh, 100 percent. I can see that happening. Which would have been great.
00:58:31
Speaker
Yeah, but it didn't happen. and Hey, give it time. It will. It will. But like I know it will. I just wish it had happened now sooner. Yeah, because I'm an impatient fuck. There we are. Listen admit I know what I am in recovery. I know what I am. It's OK. It's good. We're getting there. um We'll chip away at you. We'll make you realize stuff. It's all good. I don't know about that. Yeah, it's all
Sound Ninja's Retreat and Orochimaru's Intentions
00:59:00
Speaker
good. But anyway, the dark Sasuke thing happens. Sakura pulls him out of it. We see the curse mark recede. ah The sound ninja drop their scroll down and they're like, here, take this as a piece offering and let us leave.
00:59:15
Speaker
And so they proceed to leave, and Sakura's like, wait, who's Orochimaru? What does he want with Sasuke? And then they're like, I don't fucking know. Nutty. And then they leave. He was supposed to have died. Like, the curse mark was supposed to kill him. Yeah. Like, he should not be alive right now. Yeah, but instead he went dark sasook. Dark sasook, indeed. ah But yeah, so then we see all of them sort of being like, oh, Lee, you should be more careful or, oh, somebody wake up Naruto. And then they go over, then they ah you know see who can kick him first because he's talking about Sakura.
00:59:48
Speaker
ah And we see sort of like this little wholesome moment of the nine characters being together. um So are these our main nine? No, they are nine of our twelve is essentially a main twelve worlds. We're only missing the Shino Hinata and Akamaru. um But those are like the main twelve. And then there's also the sound ninja or the ah sand ninja three as well with like Cara Tamari and concrete. as well. Right. OK. Yeah. So, yeah, we get to see 12 of the 15 altogether, which is nifty and cool. And then we
Anko's Sacrifice and Orochimaru's Escape
01:00:23
Speaker
also get to see Anko entering the flip and yeah entering the fray. Oh, we saw her discover the bodies of the grass ninja, ah figuring out that Orochimaru was there, runs in, finds a battered Orochimaru after the Sasuke fight ah proceeds to then get into a fight with him as well, goes all the way to the point
01:00:44
Speaker
of about to do like a mutual suicide thing where stabbing a kunai through her hand and his putting him to a tree to then do a death seal where it would take both of them out and then we find out that it's just a substitution and ah her curse mark starts throbbing and she falls down to the ground and we find out that she was Orochimaru's student. Thoughts on all the onco shit? Onco. Excited for more backstory. Heard. What do you think of her fight with both of them using like the snakes and shit?
01:01:24
Speaker
That was that was sick. Uh-huh. Being able to see like the teacher and also the student and like the reflection of. Yes. And the mutual suicide thing was going to be I thought it was going to be really cool. And then I'm like, there's no way they get rid of her this soon. But I don't know. I. I liked you liked. I'll take it. Oh,
Life-or-Death Chunin Exams and Alliances
01:01:51
Speaker
he leaves on go there and is like, hey, um so I have my eyes set on someone. By no means do you alert the village and stop these exams. If you do, I'll just kill everyone. And then she goes to tell the hokage. And that is where on go gets left off. And that is, I think the ending of our seven episodes. I believe you're correct.
01:02:19
Speaker
Yeah, so general thoughts on the opener to the forest of death. um Slash first half of the forest of death. Going to be interesting to see where it goes. OK. The the fact that they're just sending the people into straight up fucking murder each other is going to be very interesting to see who teams up and who is like, oh, well, let's just fucking take everybody out. Yeah, because I know that's a that's a big trope with these kinds of things is there's always like one squad to be on the lookout for. Yes. And I am excited for the next honestly, the next episode for you to be able to see some shit. Yeah.
Predictions for Future Episodes
01:03:05
Speaker
Yeah, I think that the fiftyy next chunk of episodes, we're doing another seven. So I'm gonna do 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 through 40. But yeah, um we got to see all that stuff. ah Predictions on anything in general. What do you think of Sasuke with the curse mark? How do you think that's gonna play out and everything going down? I think at some point Sosuke will be a bad guy. OK. But they'll be able to let because I think it's going to like take him over too much like to an extreme. OK. But ah naturally he's going to get snapped out of it. I think that I don't think Anko is going to survive this. You don't know. I have a feeling that she she's probably going to get killed by what's his nuts. Eroshimaru. Yeah.
01:04:01
Speaker
Heard and it's going to be like protecting everybody or like giving them time to run or something. Mm hmm. But yeah, those are that's that's all I got for right now. Heard. Yeah. Awesome.
Negative Reaction to Closing Theme
01:04:13
Speaker
ah And then the other thing that we got to see was the. Closer. Oh, the soda bar.
01:04:27
Speaker
This was your reaction to the closer. I wish I was deaf in both ears. Hey, remember when you shit on Lost in Paradise? I had it so good. I had it so good. Yes, you did. ah
01:04:53
Speaker
Yeah. God damn it. It was awful. So it's so bad. What would you take this closer or the closer for JJK? Which JJK closer? Oh, the shitty one. Yeah. The shitty one. Really? You would rather do this one. Yeah. heard This was debilitatingly bad. Okay. so Back to the opener. What do we think of the opener?
01:05:21
Speaker
Also not good. Listen. My first. They can they can both be bad in different ways, but they're not. At least the first one, like the opener had redeeming qualities. The open. Well, I mean, yeah, the redeeming is just good. The closer I mean, a. You can have it. Oh, good. Yeah. But the opener, I'm not giving you that. and That's OK. We can have a difference of opinion on that. Uh huh. One is right. And one is just that's not how opinions work. Yeah. I mean, facts. Facts don't care about your feelings. Well, fuck off. It wasn't. I yeah i didn't like it. I didn't like it I like either of them. One was better than the other. They're both bad in different ways. And you're wrong. um Anyway,
01:06:12
Speaker
Yeah, so that is going to be the end of our first chunk of Naruto episodes. Thanks for tuning in and we've been along. ah Nelson, what you got to plug? ah That would be our socials. Go ahead and follow us on Instagram and TikTok at we belong pod. Go ahead and follow our subreddit or slash the we belong podcast music plug for
Poster Signing Mix-Up Story
01:06:34
Speaker
the week. Inspired by Rock Lee, we have falling leaves by Billy Talent. These some that are are fallen fallen leaves. Mm hmm. Really good song. They're kind of having a resurgence now, thanks to TikTok. And I'm really happy for them because they seem like really good dudes. Oh, yeah. um My other weird plug for the week, I was going to talk about your gift you got as best man. Oh, yeah.
01:07:01
Speaker
Um, I got John a poster of our logo signed by. Hold on. Let me check. We've got Adam MacArthur. Uh, the girl who plays the bara. Kaji. Yeah. Kaji Tang. Uh, Yuri Tara plot. ah Kate Higgins. Jay Michael Tatum. Yeah. You know, Chris Pappenbrook. But the best part is ah what's talking about yurie let's talk about your so so i yeah I went and put the posters down in front of everybody and naturally none of them knew what it was so they were all like hey you know what is this and I was explaining I'm like oh you know me and my buddy got a podcast together
01:07:49
Speaker
He's the best man at my wedding. This is kind of a gift for him, but I want on too. So here's a second one and everybody, you know, put like two to Alex or ale sir too John and I gave it to Yuri and explained everything to him and I was like, oh yeah, I've hated anime my whole life. He loves it. He got who everybody was backwards. Yep. So mine says ah to Alex, thanks for bringing John in. Yep. And what does your say, buddy? It says ah ah to John, welcome to our world. And honestly, I think that just makes it better. Yep. Considering I brought you into this. Yeah, no, that's 100 percent.
01:08:38
Speaker
The fact that it was a joke I made in like our third or fourth episode and it ended up being written on the poster. Yeah, right. But yeah, I'm going to I'm going to post a picture of the posters um on our subreddit and onto our Discord. Oh, yeah. um which you can also find in our link tree as well as my playlist for all the anime bangers and recommendations hell yeah um what do you got to plug this week but oh oh oh and shows shows sorry shows i'm still watching um re zero nice fucking obsessed it is so good oh yeah uh what do you got buddy
01:09:17
Speaker
um Not much. I am currently still watching Soul Eater. ah Digging that, ah getting a little bit further into it. Excited to see how it ties in with the whole Fire Force thing. I think that it's going to be very different. And then other things going on. My Hero Season 7. It's great. Loving it. um When we started watching um this chunk of episodes the night before, I had seen the most recent episode of My Hero. And I also watched the beginning of the Hashira training arc for Demon Slayer because the dub for that finally came out. And it was very jarring to go from the animation of Demon Slayer and my hero back to Naruto, the old gen versus new gen. I was like, oh, look at all those pixels and look at how grainy it looks. Where's Demon Slayer? It's definitely a jump.
01:10:13
Speaker
Yeah, Demon Slayer is just like so high definition and like so beautifully animated. ah like That's its thing. now Demon Slayer, not always the best for plot and pacing, but just like the animation. It's just stunning to watch. It's one of those shows that you... You know how you've seen those lights that are behind the TV and it like continues the light that's on the screen? Yeah. I feel like that is what you need for watching Demon Slayer. Oh, nice. Yeah, because all this stuff is just really cool. They have so many cool effects and stuff that happen. But yeah, going from that to Forest of Death Naruto with the gradient pixelatedness, I was like, yeah, this is slightly different. We've come a long way. We've come a long way.
01:11:01
Speaker
But yeah, so enjoying that, excited to see the rest of the Hasra training arc. I've had spoilers for me for the ending, and I know that it pops off in the last episode. Don't know how or um everything, but I am excited to get there. But yeah, so those would be my plugs. Nice. Fucking nifty, bro. Nifty. But yeah, I guess that does it. So thank you, everybody, for tuning in once again this week. um Join us next week as I continue to hate everything about the show. Hey, it'll be open, but try to be more open minded. Hey, you know what? We'll get there. I'm going to do my best. Yeah, I'll be honest. This next one, I don't think there's a ton of action. I think it's my Christ building. But then we're going to get a ton of action after that.
01:11:47
Speaker
OK, good. At least I have that to look forward to. Yeah, cool. But yeah, so that's going to do it for us this week. Remember, for the next one, we're watching 34 through 40 to get on with the show. So thanks for tuning it in. We'll see you in the next one. Y'all have a wonderful week. Bye, everybody.
01:12:31
Speaker
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