Wait a second. . . so you're saying that they aired a few "key" fillers, then jumped right into the "real" story? I knew there were fillers, and I had heard that there is a lot between the time Sasuke leaves the village and when he gets back(or whatever) but now they are just skipping needless episodes? eek That's nice of them. I saw the 2 new episodes tonight, and Sasuke has now left the village, and next episode they will be forming a squad to get him back.
CN's sure being nice to people who had seen the original version, right? (And this is my first time watching the show....I started watching it when it aired about 2 years ago on Toonami.)