After the old comrades were revived after being dead for twenty years by the villains,
Naruto Shippuden 66 shifts its attention to Asuma.
Asuma Sarutobi has been fairly minor throughout the time of his appearance in both
Naruto and
Naruto Shippuden, we do get a rare peak at his thought process with this week's episode. Perhaps it is with the nature of growing up under the shadows of his infamous father, the Third Hokage. Asuma steps in and safe guard the village in a fairly personal way as he fights for Konoha against his old comrades revived by the forbidden jutsu.
All the while as the neighboring dead villagers are being called up from the grave as zombies, Konoha Chunins and Jonins were really busy fighting against them infront of the main entrance. We get a peak of
Naruto trying to chase Sora but just to be blocked off by the female villain who happens to have four elements of attack along with a kiss that gave
Naruto lifetime worth of memories. Afterall, she was the first girl that he ever kissed lol...
Sora essentially meets up with the boss of the villain and they openly discuss their disagreements as their objective differs. The episode then ends fairly open ended. Now, what is striking throughout this episode for us is that we really have learned a little bit more about Asuma. Asuma has never been known as a genius ninja like his father, instead Asuma is known for his relaxed personality and friendliness. However in the time of need is at hand, he does not hesitate to stop Sora a son of his friend whom he killed. Even though he feels guilty, he has no second thoughts about disobeying the Hokage. Like his father, his fundamental priority is to protect the village and nothing else.
It's unfortunately that we have gotten to know Asuma a little bit late into the story, but it would still be nice if we can get a glimpse or two about his childhood wouldn't it? Well, we'll have to wait another week for
Naruto Shippuden 67. Some more flashbacks with either Asuma or some history would definitely be real nice.
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