I thought it was pretty darn good.  And I generally never liked the puppet fights.

I hope the animation quality stays at this level, or at least close to it.

It won't. they just bring in this animator at important fights because he costs a lot and then outsource half of the episodes to korea

Just as a sidenote:

Is anyone else just fucking tired by how they always, no matter what sort of injury there is, they always bleed from the side of their mouth? In the end of 26 it was kinda ok because that prolly would happen but:

I mean please. Your hand get slashed by a knife, you get punched in your guts, thrown against a wall, or you just get tired etc.  the results are the same, you are OK but you are BLEEDING FROM THE SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH. Even when it's an anime and nothing is logical this is just so STUPID. It's not like this is a major flaw but please, I'd rather have them bleed from their asses for a change. It's been like this since the start.

Yeah sure that's annoying, know what's worse though? When they do the thing where the fight ends with the two charging up and talking trash and then their auras grow to huge size and they charge at each other and you see it form a distance and there's a huge explosion and then they're standing there, back to each other and one of them fall.

I FUCKING HATE IT. Bleach does it all the time 8(

This episode was pretty funny imo. though the sasori fight still feels pretty fucking dragged on, I am sick of it.

10 chapters of plain fighting would be dull. Most mangas I've read tend to keep it to 1/2 a chapter to 2 chapters maximum

10 chapters of plain fighting would be dull. Most mangas I've read tend to keep it to 1/2 a chapter to 2 chapters maximum

ít was dull :(

edit: I CAN'T FUCKING STOP LAUGHING

Yes!

yeah ok 27. Back to the past. But 1:27 ratio for good episodes :--)

imho.

great news! the next episode (in 2 weeks) is fully dedicated to the team gai fight!

We... are going to... stand perfectly still just... for these... 20... minutes and talk... and ... talk and... have ... flashbacks... with no... resolution...so I can slowly... die and... drag out my... death and the... flashbacks shall contain... nothing but... more talking between the same... two people...