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Lunacy Divine	Jul 2 2009, 12:24 PM
Team Green Posts: 4,052 Group: Global Moderators Member #6,640 Joined: February 12, 2007	A wild Karin appears! The visuals often fluctuated from okay to mediocre. Both the artwork and animation had a tendency to be alright in a few places while very awkward-looking in others. Granted, considering last week's greatness in that department, I wasn't expecting this one to be in the same boat. Regarding the actual plot, some extra stuff in this episode was incorporated to offer a deeper explanation for Karin's fondness of Sasuke, namely a flashback of their first encounter and how they cooperated so well in terms of catching the escaped jailers. She's also given a more sinister touch than originally shown when Sasuke and Suigetsu discover she had a few prisoners killed for babbling about the rumors of Orochimaru's death. It was only stated in the manga that she was responsible for maintaining order at the hideout, but Pierrot takes this sufficiently further. They have an awesome method of conveying these things much deeper in the anime's continuity. If only the animation team didn't make the episode look so... awkward in places, especially when Sasuke's group makes their departure at the end. Overall, the episode was decent. Like last week with Suigetsu, Pierrot once again provides filler to emphasize Karin's character and her relationship with Sasuke far more than what Kishimoto has done in the original manga, and I'm loving it. The "one team member per episode" implementation really does work out much better than one would think. I feel the shoddy art/animation assuredly halted this one's potential and I disliked the way said visuals portrayed some of these scenes, but everything else here was good. 7/10. Also, I'll be sure to never watch another omake in this series again.


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