#14 --- Wow!
That was probably my favorite episode, right there. (No Fighting,
hardly any Naruto, so that says a lot.) Shikaku and Shikamaru are my
favorite parent-sibling combo. Shikaku just blew me away this episode.
He's on a whole other level. That shogi scene was very well done.
Animation was amazing. Pacing was great! And we even got to see
landscape and people we've never seen before. All the scenes were
perfect. Even watching the kids shine the markers was humbling. 10 out
of 10 easy.
#18 --- This was very well executed episode. It has been a while since I've
seen such a good Naruto episode. I was dreading half way through the
episode that Shikamaru will turn into a another revenge freak emo dude.
When he tossed that shogi board on the wall, I sighed a sigh of relief.
I've relished every episode he debuted in as the prime character under
the lime light however rare or short-lived it was. Naturally, I'm
looking forward to the future episode(s) he will star in.
#39 --- On this subject, the first kanji of the names Hidan and Kakuzu also
stand for the abreviation of the shogi pieces rook and bishop.
There are, perhaps, some hints of his future strategy on the shogi board he left.
#51 --- My favorite part is when Shikamaru was picking up the pieces of the
Shogi board after something clicked in his head...If I knew anything
about Shogi, I'd probably pick up something more than the obvious
"Looks like he's got an idea"
#54 --- The position on the shogi board which Shikaku saw in the morning after
Shikamaru left is very interesting. In that position, a
Kei-ma(桂馬 kNight) forks a Kaku-gyo(角行、Bishop) and a Hi-sha(飛車). And
To(と、と金、promoted Pawn) threatens to take the Hisha as well. Shikaku
seemed to feel something after considering it for a short while.
"Kei-ma" represents Shikamaru as Asuma told him in an earlier episode.
"Kaku-gyo"(角行) represents Kakuzu(角都). "Hi-sha"(飛車) represents
Hidan(飛段). They are clear. Then, what "To"(と) represents? My guess is
that it represents Naruto, since "To" is a promoted Pawn with much more
empowerment than original one and "to get promoted" is "Naru”(成る) in
Japanese. Naruto was doing hard training to be empowerd in the previous
episodes.
This is what I got from that scene.
P.S.
Good video series to How to play Shogi(将棋) for complete novices are now
being available to watch on Youtube. Give them a try through my
bookmarks if you're interested in shogi.
http://delicious.com/takodori/hidetchi-shogi-video
#55 --- Interesting thought on the shogi piece placement. Thanks
#56 --- Thanks a lot for the info takodori!!!
#57 --- Thanks for the information about the Shogi, takodori. Up til now, I
actually thought it was just a game they made up for the show.
#62 --- What? Shogi, made up? Naw; It's a popular game, what you could say to
be a Japanese chess...Kinda surprised you haven't heard of it...
#65 --- Can anyone tell me what was significant about that Shogi piece being
labeled "King"? Was it because Asuma wrote it on the piece, or was that
just the king piece in Shogi and the people who subbed the anime wrote
that on the piece?
#66 --- Rewatch a couple of episodes and pay attention to a talk between asuma
and shikamaru when they were playing Shogi... about the King. the
Knight, the Pawn, etc...
#67 --- Holy cow! I think I've figured it out!!!!
I'll rewatch that episode with the Shogi match Asuma and Shika were
playing just for confirmation. May be the arrangement in the board
Shika made later in this episode will make sense as well. woohoo~
#78 --- yeah, I get that movie feel too, this episode is freaking awesome!
there's also a slice-of-life feel to the whole episode with Shikamaru
wondering through the village and visiting Choji and Ino. Come to think
of it, we don't really get to see many scenes of the village's
ordinary, normal life. This episode however, is full of that.
and great work on the frequent scenes showing... children! the meaning behind the Shogi piece "King".
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