This is a new level of suk!!!

Sure, it seemed that team 7 would parallel the Sennin, after all we have seen Naruto with toads for certain, Sasuke has appeared with snakes in a few different pin-ups, and I think we have seen Sakura appear in some pin-ups with a slug.

I even think that Sakura, Hinata and Ten Ten training under Tsunade would make for a couple awesome episodes.

BUT COME ON!!! This season of filler should have been bookended with Naruto and Sakura sitting on Sasuke's bed in the hospital reminiscing about PAST adventures. They could have done a year of awesome filler stories that took place between Zabuza and the beginning of the Chunnin exam. Anything, but what is going on right now!!!

I haven't seen the movie yet, but they did mention Rasengen in an add, so I guess the current season of suk kind of ties in to the movie continuity.

AND I clearly specifically recall that Shika was the only chunnin selected. I guess that can still stand if Naruto doesn't know that he wasn't selected...but such narrative mis-steps make my head spin. I will be pissed if the "Naruto is a Chunnin" ruling stands, but I would be a fool to think that Naruto would ever go through another chunnin exam, manga or anime.

AND the absolute worst part is that the manga has been SO mind numbingly awesome for the last 6 months and is on track to be so for a while longer, the anime situation is extremely frustrating.