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YES! Rukia finally kicked some arse!
*does happy dance of strong female character actually fighting*
My bro and I managed to watch the ridiculously angsty and stupid Sasuke leaving Konoha bit in the anime finally. I don't know who I insulted more in the scene where Sakura tries to convince him not to leave - Sakura or Sasuke. I think I yelled at Sakura a bit more, but only cause I'd spent the last two episodes yelling at Sasuke (that, and humming YMCA *L*). Thankfully, we can now watch countless fight scenes for the rest of the season and I don't have to yell until Naruto finally catches up with Sasuke.
Other observations: Shizune is almost unrecognizable in jounin uniform. Genma is still hot. The Sound four aren't as strong as everyone thinks if they need to release their curse seals to defeat two jounin. And how in the world do enemy nin tell if they're facing a jounin or a chuunin anyway? "Hmm, these two look confident. Let's guess that they're jounin."
Also, what is Naruto doing in all the little flashback scenes to team 7? The one at Ichichiru bothers me. Why is he leaning on Kakashi's shoulder, with Kakashi blocking his view with this palm? Is he actually trying to read Kakashi's book, or is he just being clingy?
(Why is it I can only find a scanlation of chapter 281 and not of 280? *argh*)
God, this chapter was sappy. It's bad enough they brought Gaara back to life (don't get me wrong, I quite like Gaara, I just always admire an author more if they're willing to kill a popular character.) but with all the sand nin around just waiting to give him a hug. This whole arc has been a bit of a disappointment. The only fight scene that got any treatment was Sakura's and it was kinda boring after the first couple of chapters. Kakashi got to do something cool, and Naruto is worringly unstable. And that's it.
