One Piece 697 had two elements: sending the kids and marines away, which came with a slightly awkward but also somewhat touching bit on the awkward way the Marines have to see the Straw Hats are much better people than most of their superiors, yet it conflicts with their loyalty – and Trafalgar Law’s plan regarding Doflamingo, which has him with the upper hand for now. Quite fun!

Naruto 618, to its credit, at least diverged from that irritating and prolonged battle to follow Sasuke and Orochimaru, and what they were doing actually turned out to be quite interesting. More silly zombies, yes, but ones we’ve seen before.