The search of Tsunade is on once again, but not before Jiraiya teaches the final step of mastering the new Jutsu to Naruto. Combining the spinning power of the first step along with the power of the second step, Jiraiya forums a spherical typhoon of chakra in his hand, and he demonstrates the potential destructive power of the jutsu by cutting into the trunk of a tree with relative ease. According to Jiraiya, the trick is to maintain 100% power AND 100% circulation of the chakra at the same time, and Naruto’s training will be to contain the chakra spherical typhoon inside a balloon. But as you can see, Naruto has a ways to go 
Meanwhile, Orochimaru and Kabuto have caught up to Tsunade and her accomplice Shizune. For those who aren’t familiar to the manga, viewers learn that Tsunade was an extraordinary healing back in her heyday, and Orochimaru seeks her help to regain use of his arms. Tsunade is very reluctant at first to heal Orochimaru and threatened to attack him; however, the sly Orochimaru offers to help revive her boyfriend and brother, who are both close to Tsunade. However, Orochimaru also makes it very clear that he will continue on his quest to destroy Konoha if Tsunade does heal his arms.
This episode’s purpose was to give the viewers a better insight to Tsunade’s character and of her past instead of focusing on her gambling habits. It also raises the question of why Tsunade left Konoha if she was such an great ability to heal, and what happened to her brother and boyfriend, and has their deaths make Tsunade the way she is right now? Shizune, who I thought was a wuss, turns out to be a very comperable ninja in her own right as she almost matches up with Kabuto.
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Are u still watching FMA?
Yup, I’m still watching it, but I always put off on posting it
But don’t worry!! I’ll be back posting on it soon!
Ha, Kabuto’s comments on Tsunade’s marital status are too funny! Did you see the new episode (Naruto 90)?
Yep I sure have. But I’m waiting till teh ANBU version out to post on it.
Just as a quick question, are the translations for the ANBU versions significantly better than the speed versions by Bakasan/Shin Otaku/sg.anime?
Bandwidth at UIUC is limited to 700 mb per day, so I usually only download just one version, but was wondering whether it would be better to wait for the ANBU v. instead . . . .
As a rule of thumb (as determined by anime viewers everywhere), the ANBU versions are traditionally the “golden standard” in terms of video quality and translation correctness. Usually what I do is if i want to see what happens, I’ll d/l the Bakasan/sg.anime version and see how it goes, but I’ll replace it later with the ANBU version when it comes out. Guess it all depends on how fast you want your reviews to come out
I second Kungfucius’ last comment. Since I have spoiled myself like a month old fruit by reading the manga, I usually just download the ANBU version as well.
There is much depiction with the comics finer than animation.
It recommends seeing animation, after reading comics.