I did not watch the Jiraya tales fillers I did however watch the first "inifite dream" episode thinking it was just a short break and giving a glimpse of what the characters are dreaming of, while stuck in Tsuki no me. At that stage Naruto had ended for a while already. Little did I know it was on the following week too, upon checking a TV Tokyo schedule it was set to air for some time as well.
While they are still fillers some of the earlier episodes of Itachi's story are slightly less entertaining (ninja cats), it still gives a couple of views into his and other characters. At this stage I believe things could go one way or the other, blatant bad filler story, similar to Jiraya tales or something more intriguing akin to last weeks episode. With Kisame showing up, it may just be the latter.




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