yea I know what your saying. They sometimes tend to drag some of the episodes out. I think it has to do with filler episodes, kishimoto dosen't want it to go at a fast pace and catch up with the manga and then have a bunch of fillers. I do agree the manga has had some great revelations lately. I still watch shippuden though, the last fight between Naruto and Orochimaru was great. And to keep on topic, like I said before, I think Tsunade, Sakura, Ino and Hinata should be tickled, lol.