Ok...so...what?

I can't believe what I'm believing here. I actually feel like the combat part of the long awaited Sasuke vs. Itachi show down took all of ONE CHAPTER! WTH?! I could totally see this being a fake out and the fight not being over, but given how many tricks there were in this chapter I could also see it being over. In which case I gotta say LAAAAAAAME! I mean seriously. Itachi, get your act together. Oh, but wait you can't; you're busy bleeding to death on your little brother's sword (which by the way IS the end I wanted for this fight, but I was really hoping for something a little cooler out of the contest). I was expecting this to be among the coolest fights in the series, and still have vague hopes that it will turn out that way yet, but if this is all there is to it, I have to say that I'm sorely dissapointed.

Well, my rant being done I have to say that it was a pretty cool chapter overall, and that the plot in Naruto seems to be moving along nicely. Perhaps even toward a climax and a finale.

Have fun all!