Naruto Episode 213

Fairly typical filler episode this time around. Most amusing bit was probably the reused material. We literally just had a filler arc about a renegade from an evil bandit group, now we have another one. We’ve also got the return of lightning strike-induced fire (though for real this time, instead of illusory) and therefore the return of the ninja firemen.

As my choice of screencap demonstrates, the most… um… unique part of the episode was Sakura in a nurse’s outfit. Anyone care to lay a wager as to how long until the hentai artists produce works along those lines?

One thing the fillers have been fairly good at doing is adding some additional bits and pieces to the fanfiction writer’s toolbox. The most notable of those was probably the first filler arc naming the country in which the Hidden Village of Sound resides as the Rice Field Country, but there’s been other useful additions to the universe scattered about the filler arcs. This arc… not so much, thus far. I suppose it’s possible that some of the characters could evolve into something usable, but thus far they have nothing to recommend themselves.

I think this post makes me the only anime blogger on the internet to cover Naruto fillers. Hooray?