Naruto 603: yep, this flashback is going to drag on a bit yet. But at least Zetsu and, surprisingly enough, Tobi are going to get fleshed out – and we see that the ‘good boy’ persona was not just a weird act put on by a powerful villain, which is quite a relief. Not nearly as bad a chapter as I expected – but that comes from good scenes within a bad scenario.

Rock Lee’s Springtime of Youth 17: Hurrrr cameo. This stupid chapter showed just why the manga’s humour is better – even with a bit of a dud of an idea, it just builds dumb gag upon dumb gag until you can’t help but enjoy it. There’s definitely something impressive about that.