Episode 195 Discussion

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[adien_000]

i think the episodes 195-196 well find out if gai is lees father well the resemble and it suits the epsiode theme since its about revenge for there father and u never know it might be

[tkdtiger]

I don't think that will happen since it hasn't been stated in the Manga yet...

[magisbladius]

Originally Posted by tkdtiger

I don't think that will happen since it hasn't been stated in the Manga yet...

I'm begging you and anyone else, please stop talking about what has(n't) happened in the manga in this anime thread. It's like saying, for example (made up), "Naruto dies before he becomes Hokage," so now the anime viewers would now already expect for him to die.

I finally decided to view a thread and a manga-reader spoiled what to expect about Gai's background. Guess I better not visit these boards anymore untill I finish the whole series.

[magisbladius]

This episode was an awesome refresher. It had me wondering whether it was a filler or the start of the new season everyone has been expecting for so long. The plot seemed to be reused from several previous episodes, however, it did it in the best fashion so far. The unknown fighter seemed comparable to that "bone-guy" (sorry, forgot his name) in atmosphere but not to as high of a degree. Of course the plot clich did sort of diminish the quality of the overall episode.

Spoiler:

The episode tends to focus around Lee and foreshadows his capabalities for the future. We get to see a good portion of Gai's true nature compared to previously hillarious misusage. Not to forget the unknown fighter, lets just say that he seems to own Lee in a practice match at first, until we find out Lee's bad condition and that he was also using weights during that practice match. The episode ends with a cliffhanger, apparently, with Gai versus the unknown fighter.

[tkdtiger]

I stated it wasn't in the manga and that all if anything adien's comment is more of a spoiler although I see what you're saying...I need to be more careful...so my bad...I never mentioned his background atleast nothing that would give anything away anyways...but I won't mention anything else...I saw the episode. I guess it was okay...although I'm tired of the fillers...

[khoa1708]

imo, this was a pretty good ep compared to the many that went before it, the story does make is seem like this is the start of the new season

[Shay]

Got a bit silly towards the end, however, this is still by far the best ep I've seen in a while.

[Nico]

i actually enjoyed this ep, the animation was very nice as well

[Guido]

Everything was pacing well with Lee feeling strained due to pushing himself hard with his training, and that reminded him about the time that he got nearly paraplejic by Gaara, having worried about Tsunade's operation on him.

The pompous Yagura was just intimidating him to blow his self-esteem, but Gai's always looking forward to Lee's exploding youth.

The last part left me a ' ? ' on my face. The Yagura that Guy brought with him was an imposter, and later on the mountain range of Swamp Country just falls off, and Guy has to deal with those walking kung-fu posts. They were just plain campy and went overboard with their merging to become a tea house to trap Gai.

Seriously, the writers have their heads on a blank slate.

[bobrobberts]

I like it. It wasn't boring at all. The directing was pretty good. Especially the short fight sequence. It was also funny. I especially liked the photos of the genins. Everyone has a nice photo except Naruto. He's in prison.

[Guido]

Originally Posted by bobrobberts

I like it. It wasn't boring at all. The directing was pretty good. Especially the short fight sequence. It was also funny. I especially liked the photos of the genins. Everyone has a nice photo except Naruto. He's in prison.

Not mentioning Tsunade's diagnosed plain stupidity on Naruto.

Why Tenten and Neji praise Lee as their savior? - Gai's green jumpsuit gave them the chills and saved face thanks to Lee being the one on their team to take it all; Naruto thinks the same as Lee about the jumpsuits.

Lee commenting to himself how Yagura's blows were getting heavier, which sort of recalled me of Wabisuke's ability.

[ctown]

when is this gonna stop. All filler charactors have that filler look

[Dantat]

I liked this episode , Lee + Gai ftw

[Forever]

This ep was actually not bad, but I do agree the ending seems to be rather dumb...

[The Valeyard]

Really good episode. Nice animation and good pace. Went alittle nutty towards the end with the ninja lego robots, but still, you can expect that crazyness from fillers.

Look forward to week after next.

[Alca]

I dont know if im saying his name right but on this episode who is the yohoma guy?

[Alca]

Yagura, is his name sry.

[Deathkillz]

it was ok...more watchable than previous ones...at least there were some cool fight scenes...that intercept was deadly!!>.<

[Icehellion]

taijutsu sequences for FTW