[Anime-only] Naruto Shippuden Episode 246 Discussion
 

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The Orange Spark - オレンジ色の輝き ~ Orenji-iro no Kagayaki.

Animation Supervisor: Shigeki Kawai (236, 231, 223)
Storyboard & Episode Director: Masahiko Murata (138, 055, 042)
Screenplay: Yasuyuki Suzuki (238, 230, 226)

Next Episode:
The Nine-Tails is Targeted - 狙われた九尾 ~ Nerawareta Kyūbi.

Naruto Shippuden 246 was so so soo good. Kushina & her childhood w/ Minato was such a priceless memory.
10/10

I especially liked how Kushina resembles Naruto soooo much in terms of how they both speak and well. act. Loved how the anime did the Mother-Son scene , and i think it was made especially great with the music as the background. And Yellow + Red = Orange was so :D

Minato was likeacoolhero when he saved Kushina especially at with the scene where hes carrying her in his arms with the moon in the back ground and the sound track playing at the back.

10/10 because kushina there .!!!!!! I WANT MORE THE MAMA NARUTO :(

Great great episode. I was smiling all the way with Naruto :)

Minato the man...saved her like a BOSS!!..ha!

OK So let me get this straight:

Naruto never really had to try to fight the Kyuubi because his mom is so l33t that even it knows her chakra and she kicked its ass in 2.5s flat?!

Love this show.

That episode was nice! Mother and son relationship, but didn't see how that boy's brother could beat up Kushina I mean.. Really .. Hitting a girl lmao.. How low can he be, but in the end he still got wrecked..

I really like this episode and I cannot wait until the next one ^^..

That episode had me in tears. So touching, Naruto meeting mom for the first time

Naruto vs his fox.
The pressure of negative emotions was really big.
Aww, he finally got to see his mom.
She really was a wild one with the same outcast stigma as Naruto.
Great episode.

I have been waiting for this episode and it went beyond great. love every moment of this
episode from naruto meeting his mother to the flashback and love how the anime add extra scenes.

both of his parents were good ninjas when they were young. his mother beat a genin when she was still in school.
make you wonder how good she was before she had naruto.
Minato doesn't even need words to state how bad*** he was when he was younger.

can't wait for the next 3-4 episodes, they are going to be great.

10/10 for me, there is nothing I didn't like abut this episode.

That part with the genin beating Kushina up was filler, right? I felt that wasn't needed and over the top. Really, sending your big brother to beat up a girl? Check your man card at the door.

There isn't much of a difference between Sakura and Kushina. Both fell in love with good looking cool guys early in their life. Kushina was just lucky hers wasn't a complete jerk and emotionally damaged.

In a world where people have naturally colored pink, yellow, white, green, orange and blue hair. How can you consider somebody an outcast for having red hair?

Still a great episode.

She was considered an outcast because she was not from Konoha, not because of the hair.

For those that want to get spoiled, there's a preview for episode 248 (not the next one, the one after that) in the Up Coming Shippuuden Episode Titles thread.

OMG! What an episode. Finally some history on naruto's parents. And whats this? We finally get to find out what really happened the night the kyuubi attacked konoha, and what part tobi/madra had in it? Next ep's sure to be a blast.

Lol. This scene was the reason why I checked the Manga after the episode. I was just like "Wtf? You're sending your big bro to beat up a girl? Really? Grow some balls". Not to mention that it made Minato look like a creepy douchebag. Stalking her and watching how an older Ninja beats a girl up. What.

Also I noticed that Kushina explaining her nickname and childhood seemed to be much funnier in the Manga, while in the Anime it seemed like she had a really sad childhood. In fact it seems like they're talking about two completely different people... Oh well. This episode really dragged. They covered only one chapter this time.

They really overdid this part. I don't know why they did that...

I look forward the next episode, I think we all know who that guy with the mask is!

It covered more than a chapter and a half, actually

What was wrong with that? Kids like to make fun of people for the stupidest reasons, and that was the reason why she grew to hate her hair.

Stalker Minato watches you in your sleep. :heh:

Kushina reminds me of Sakura for some reason. :uhoh:

She actually could be a ethnicity not known to konoha. She also has particular chakra. Both of these can be contributing factors to why she was teased about her hair. She was different, and different sticks out and is usually made fun of in the early years of life.

Who knows maby her family was from a whole different continent or tribe and somehow ended up in konoha.