It’s time for a new spate of Chunin Exams, and a new generation of Shinobi to prove their worth against legends come before. First step, a written exam. Spending several episodes in a classroom is far from the most riveting way to connect a new chapter of Naruto’s saga, especially […]
If there’s any truth in a calm before a storm, then this collection is exactly that. As the Fourth Shinobi World War rumbles on towards its zenith, Box 27 offers three distinct stories, connected in the shared chaos of the conflict and the allure of a dreamt utopia when everything […]
As The Fourth Shinobi World War continues to unfurl over tens of episodes, it feels a lot like the ninja equivalent of cold war. These two immeasurably powerful forces collide, taking inches of ground at a time. For the last few collections, the protracted battles have felt exactly like the […]
The war against the myriad reanimated continues to ripple out from Kabuto Yakushi’s corpse curious dabbling, as the remaining loose ends from the Fourth Shinobi World War are tied up in preparation for the final battle. And so the exhausting march of previous collections goes on, with each character in […]
Box 24 begins one episode into Shippuden season 14 with a continuation of the clash between Gaara and his father, an overall feel for the collection’s strong and weak points crystallised in the conclusion of this standoff. Though the surrounding story’s progression is close to stationery, for the characters this […]
