Please Watch the episode before reading my comment!!! I love to watch raw's.
The fight barely started, but obviously next weeks one hour special will be the conclusion. I thought the animators did Asuma some justice by showing some flashbacks with him and Shikamaru. I was impressed and a little pissed with the fact that Asuma too can use that power that Chiriku used....It made Chiriku look special ( even if for that brief time frame

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I was VERY happy to see some kind of rememberence of Yondaime...its like the most creative ninja was being forgotten. I will not lie...and maybe its just me, but every time I here that theme when Kakashi leaves Naruto with some last words of advice....I get teary eyed very quickly...and all gung ho about my career that I am pursuing.
Over all very nice episode for setting up the stage for events to follow....and soon enough there will be alot of emotional comments by other members including me. Hope yall enjoyed it as much as I did...instead of just saying that they wasted an episode..because they didn't.