Konoha Crush

Konoha Crush 59: Rollercoaster Week

We're all over the place this time! Our ghost adventure skids to a halt, we head back to the Hidden Leaf for a truly worthless gag episode, and then move on to the introduction of a brand new arc which charms us largely through the virtue of some basic competency. It's been rough out here.
 
Covered this week: Naruto Episodes 167-169

Konoha Crush 60: Suckass Orochimaru

The mission in the Land of Sea continues, as fleeting glimpses of the actual antagonist of Naruto so far give way to a real fuckin dweeb who stands proudly and shortsightedly in his shadow. Listen as we talk about fish guy armies, try to root through what the show is presenting of Anko's past, and make a surprising but welcome addition to the list of Naruto characters who have totally killed a guy. 
Covered this week: Naruto Episodes 170-172

Konoha Crush 61: Intentionally Unlikable Richie Rich

The conclusion to an arc we enjoyed gives us just enough cause to reflect on how it fell short that we worry we're a little too mean, but fortunately the next two episodes come along to remind us what REALLY complaining about Naruto is all about.
Covered this week: Naruto episodes 173-175

Konoha Crush 62: Naruto’s Worst Ever Attack

We return from an unplanned illness based hiatus, diving headfirst, with gusto, into some pretty bad episodes of Naruto. Its time to learn just how little a fake teamwork test mission can matter, encounter the ninja world's allegedly very important doll based mail system, and embark on a brand new adventure to the fakest ninja village yet.

Konoha Crush 63: Play With Your Toys!

The mission to the Village Hidden in the Stars continues, as we try to puzzle through our feelings on a peculiar mixture of classic anime original problems, the weirdly absent particulars of this arc's setting, and glimpses of a surprising thoughtfulness for this era of the show.
Covered this week: Naruto episodes 179-181

Konoha Crush 64: Ghost Milf Jetpack

This week our time in the Land of Stars come to a close as the arc hurries to rush us out before its entire narrative collapses, and we return to the Leaf for a one off episode that is just close enough to what we've been asking for to make us complain about it a bunch.

Konoha Crush 65: Tgirl Cool Guytough

This week we're blessed with a short recording on account of being cursed by two episodes where nothing of note or interest happens at all. But then there's a third one, a brief shining ray of hope that maybe- just maybe- this show will be good again sometime in the next 30 episodes.Covered this week: Naruto Episodes 185-187

Konoha Crush 66: We're Starving

It's a disorienting recording session as we struggle to find the balance between recognizing that most of our episodes this week basically mostly work and trying to avoid getting overly astonished at the fact that, at long last, some episodes basically mostly work.
Covered this week: Naruto Episodes 188-190

Konoha Crush 67: Your New Dad, Naruto

That silly Rock Lee episode is innocent. The rest of this stuff? Well...Covered this week: Naruto episodes 191-193

Konoha Crush 68: We Just Don't Know What Rock Lee Needs

Rock Lee needs to recover from his injuries, or maybe he doesn't, or maybe thats not a real thing that anybody needs to worry about, or maybe it is. Unrelatedly, there's a ghost castle.