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[MetatronM]

Everybody wants a piece of the Sauce.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Sasuke is so brooding and deep.

 

[bananas]

oh gay kiss time.

 

[Jacob]

KAKASHI!

Shame that he doesn't really do shit until the next episode.

 

[Shard]

Cue the 2001 Music.

 

[BatDan]

The weird part about Sasuke? Kishimoto didn't even plan for him to be in the series. The editors wanted him to give Naruto a rival.
Somehow, he went from later thought to TAKING OVER THE WHOLE THING

 

[Amikami]

Oh here we go guys. You all ready

 

[Astral]

CAAAAAAN YOU FEEEEEEEEL THE LOOOOOOOOVE TONIGHT!

 

[B-Dubs]

Aaaand there we go.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Hot

 

[ThatObviousUser]

But both of those are worse than Samurai 7.

You've gone straight into crazy town. I can't defend you anymore.

Shikamaru! The best character in this series.

I do like him and his surprisingly nihilistic worldview.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Iruka's bastard child is such a troll.

 

[Shard]

The moment that defined a generation.

 

[Jacob]

So I can't remember anything from after the gay kiss in this episode.

Also, creeper Joekage.

 

[B-Dubs]

The birth of a million fan fics.

 

[RagnarokX]

Gotta love all those characters in their class who don't exist after this episode.

 

[Swifty]

Both of them lost gay chicken.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Yes let us never bring up the .Hack anime ever again.

There's more than one. Although, there's only one good one.

 

[Tamanon]

I never noticed that Ino has weird eyes just like Hinata, no pupils.

 

[Amikami]

It's weird to me that they made it to that level without know that they would be put into a team. That's like the standard.

 

[Shard]

Wow, that was a thing that actually happened and not dreamed up by the Yoai Fangirls.

 

[wwm0nkey]

But both of those are worse than Samurai 7.

DRRR I guess, wasn't my thing. But .Hack//Sign? How dare you!

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I never noticed that Ino has weird eyes just like Hinata, no pupils.

Huh, me too.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Good foreshadowing by Hinata. "I won't be with Naruto then."

 

[BatDan]

Wow, that was a thing that actually happened and not dreamed up by the Yoai Fangirls.

The truth hurts, doesn't it?

 

[RagnarokX]

Wow, that was a thing that actually happened and not dreamed up by the Yoai Fangirls.

Something even worse happens later in the manga.

 

[Seda]

Shikamaru is my favorite too

 

[Schadenfreude]

Yuri Lowenthall phoning it in.

 

[Amikami]

Good foreshadowing by Hinata. "I won't be with Naruto then."

She's still got time.


Gosh I hate this Sakura.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Something even worse happens later in the manga.

1000 Years of Death?

 

[B-Dubs]

Poor kid has no chance.

 

[mightynine]

Pretty sure Food Boy was wearing underwear on his head.

 

[Astral]

She's one to talk.

 

[Jacob]

Naruto rape face.

 

[MetatronM]

I like that there were 20 kids in that class and they only assigned teams to 9 of them.

And started with Team 7.

 

[BatDan]

Why is Chouji a ninja? Isn't the point of a ninja to be stealthy?
Oh right, I forgot this series goes all DBZ by the timeskip so that doesn't even matter.

 

[The Frankman]

It would be but I doubt AS would pursue it considering all their anime acuires in the last couple years have either failed or done middling, like Death Note, DRRR, and Kekkeishi. It was clear AS was winding down their aired anime until Toonami's April Fool's thing.

Ratingswise, Death Note did ok. It got 400k with a high of around 480k, however the series

Spoiler

post-L's Death...

bleh. It was expected to get 500k+ (gold territory for animation/FMA numbers) and it didn't.

I said after one ep. Durarara!!! would tank. Paranoia Agent did poorly, and DRRRR is no Paranoia Agent. Shows that are very talky/take alot of eps. to get good/lack action don't fit the [adult swim] demo. Never understood who they were trying to appease there.

I actually thought Kekkaishi would do well just because it's basically InuYasha-like and had Vic as the VA of Yoshimori. It actually had a ok first couple of weeks before hovering close to 300k, only occasionally getting near 350k. Now if they aired the 2nd season of it i think the ratings would be better, but I think you'd have to also air InuYasha: TFA to kind of boost the ratings of Kekkaishi.

EDIT: You gotta have a show with violence/titillation/emotional response as a hook; that or get a big name hyped to death. That is what the [adult swim] demo wants.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

She's one to talk.

Pretty much

 

[RagnarokX]

Sasuke loves his jelly donut. I love how they added jelly.

 

[Baroni9]

I'm not sure if I like any of these characters.

 

[Shard]

Sadly the Naruto-Sasuke rivaly-romance whatever is the most credible relationship shown on-screen.

 

[Schadenfreude]

"Hey GAF. The girl in my ninja team called me annoying yesterday. What should I do?"

 

[lazybones18]

Oh Naruto and Sasuke....I'm sure you two will become the best of friends

You know what they say: Ninja bros before Ninja hoes, am I right?

 

[Raxus]

Shikamaru! The best character in this series.

Without a doubt. Shippuden as well. Best arcs are Shikamaru arcs.

 

[Tamanon]

I'm not sure if I like any of these characters.

It's alright, you barely see any of them after the first few seasons. After that, it's more characters you probably won't like.

 

[BatDan]

I'm not sure if I like any of these characters.

Yeah, the sooner you start hating Sasuke, the better. It will be better in the long-run.

 

[pirata]

"I know what I have to do! I have to fuck Sasuke!"

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I think I'll tear into that Pocky my secret santa on another site sent me.

(I don't normally eat it, promise. Actually I don't know where I'd buy it.)

 

[Shard]

So, do any of these characters get remotely likeable down the line?

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

"I know what I have to do! I have to fuck Sasuke!"

Lol