*breathes in deeply*
It is time for a hot anime take.

it's naruto (sorry, not sorry) 

Naruto's Sasuke Retrieval Arc is still amazing, even well past a decade of its initial release. Whether you're reading the manga, watching it with the original Japanese VO, or the (surprisingly decent??) English dub, it still hits all the right notes and is *the* prime example of Shonen storytelling giving its side characters the right time to flourish and show off their off-screen development.

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re: it's naruto (sorry, not sorry) 

@Jayne Shikamaru's development in particular in this arc always gets me 😤

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