Okay, all Naruto fans that keep up with the Japanese anime releases have been waiting for the moment when the fillers would end! On February 15, 2007, it happened...Naruto II started! It's title is Naruto: Shippuden. SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I personally thought it was cool. Nothing huge went on. Oh, except for the spoiler during the first eight minutes of the episode. This new season started out very much like the Tsubasa Chronicles and D.N. Angel animes did. That meaning,  it started out with scences that would be taking place later on in the story. It started out when Sakura and Naruto see Sasuke for the first time in 2 years and their little conversation. It also shows Naruto and Kyuubi (nine-tailed fox) talking inside and Sasuke coming in as well (blah blah blah...)

The rest of the episode backs up. It goes to the point where Naruto first comes back after training. The third Hokage's son and his group come to greet him, along with Sakura.  They greet Tsumade (5th Hokage) and meet a couple other peers. Naruto finds out while in town, that everyone has become a level higher than him in status. Gaara has even become Kazekage.

This episode had more time to it so I won't go into such detail. It seems that a plot to harm Garra is underway (they'll kidnap him~!). During the last part of the episode, Kakashi takes Sakura and Naruto to the place where they first became genin and challenges them to take the bells from him again. The episode ends with Naruto charging in.

This episode was great. Not so much action, but a good introduction. It still has the humor I love. Naruto has matured a great deal and I love that the most!!! The first eight minutes are what I enjoyed the most, seeing as it's the most intense for me. (I don't keep up with Japanese manga releases so it's all new.)