Just finished watching Shippuuden (or is it Shippuden??) Episode 71.

Gotta say the whole commotion of Tsunade declaring Konoha in a level two - and then in a level one state of emergency was pretty awesome (although no one really seemed to give a rat's ass about what level emergency they were in )

Wasn't Naruto supposed to get insanely stronger from his several years of training with Jiraiya? He doesn't seem much stronger than he was before the training - he's still using kage bunshin and rasengan to no end.. or maybe the emphasis is supposed to be on him maturing?