Naruto Shippuden Episode 386
"I'm Always Watching"editちゃんと見てる (Chanto Miteru)Episode dataPrevious"Obito Uchiha"EpisodeNaruto: Shippūden #386 (Watch Online)Next"The Promise That Was Kept"ArcBirth of the Ten-Tails' JinchūrikiMangaNaruto Chapter #653MusicOpening"Silhouette"Ending"It's Absolutely No Good"Air datesJapanese November 13, 2014English April 04, 2017"I'm Always Watching" (ちゃんと見てる, Chanto Miteru) is episode 386 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 386
The problem is, the flashback through Obito's life isn't interesting enough to justify this in-depth examination now, moments before he's sure to be defeated. At the very least, the animation doesn't suffer in this episode. There's plenty of movement and comic action as Obito and his friends take the Chūnin exam. It's never boring, although flat-as-cardboard Rin is painful to watch. (Even Naruto himself didn't have a cheerleader girl with no personality in his life.)
Whether Naruto will wind up successfully talking Obito down or there will be one last detour battle hurrah before we move on to the next villain remains to be seen. The next episode's preview includes even more flashbacks to Obito's past, so we may not find out anytime soon. Naruto fans are no strangers to filler, and you can bemoan how they bring the canon story to a halt at the animators' whims or you can learn to accept them.
If the entire episode focused on the Naruto and Obito present-day talking showdown, it might be a snooze-fest. As it stands, the episode is good for a couple chuckles and a dash of emotional poignancy. It's an obvious play for more episodes before the animators have to say farewell to the arc, but it does an adequate job of entertaining. 041b061a72