"Everything depends on those three minutes!!" 'That is why I'm going to waste them recapping everything that just happened instead of fighting for my life.'
This show is so filled with useless repetition and constant gigantic mistakes like the one above. Or like the last episode where Naruto and Kakashi are talking and the bad guy on the pigeon hears their conversation even though he's flying, with wind in his ears, a quarter of a mile away. Also, how many times do we have to put up with the same type of fight.
Bad guy: "har, har, har. I'll humor you buy fighting you, even though your skills are so beneath me. har har har"
Good guy: "Damn this fight is so hard, but I'll win by getting really pissed off and always giving it my best. I'll never give up."
Viewer: "are you serious! we have to watch this dialogue again. Its the same fight with different characters."
Its unfortunate that viewers have to endure so much trash to get to the good stuff. Its like sorting through a junkyard to find the occasional great deal.