Fate/Stay Night – 17

The episode opens with Emiya and one of those spooky dreams he has about Saber's past. Apparently, she was forced to sacrifice an entire village and it's people to win a battle, a feat that her troops weren't too happy about, as they knew her sheath would guarantee victory either way. Emiya considers the notion that this may have something to do with Saber wanting the Holy Grail, but pushes the thought aside and heads to breakfast.

Saber raises her sword to the heavens in Emiya's dream.

Naruto – Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth

Dattebayo released Naruto Movie 2 today, a day after it's DVD release over in Japan. They probably got a copy in advance, but it doesn't stop them from being damn fast…anyway, the movie was pretty good, and it made me wonder why the hell the fillers were utter trash story wise. I mean, the story here was okay, so why didn't they get the people that wrote it to write the filler? The story had to have been finished way before the filler started airing, they most certainly could have used the same writers…ah well, no use complaining now that they're about done. The only gripe I have about the movie is one small continuity issue with some weird red Rasengan that Naruto busts out with near the end. He wasn't in Kyubii mode (in fact, he didn't even attempt to do anything of the sort, no red eyes, no freaky red fox-shaped chakra, nothing), so WTF?

A bunshin helped him make the red one, while random one time use movie character man somehow, without any prior Rasengan training or even knowledge of the existence of chakra, managed to help make the other one.

They also had a few instances where he did a Rasengan without a kage bunshin lending a hand, which he shouldn't be able to do yet (note that you actually don't see him do it with one hand, but he doesn't summon any clones either). That, and the really odd lack of the word "jutsu" throughout…Shikamaru and weird lookin' puppet guy (forgot his name) might have said it once, but Naruto just said "Kage Bunshin!" and that's it. Strange. Gah, I'm turning into a Naruto fanboy…ah well. At least it wasn't as bad as Dragonball Z movies 4-13 (all of which I refuse to watch on grounds that they're sucktacular and have no continuity with the series). Here's lookin to August and movie 3.