Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180411104401/@comment-734582-20180411115540

Sarutobii2 wrote: Seeing all these Ōtsutsuki present in the story makes me want an expanded anime arc adaption of the The Last: Naruto the Movie. I would love nothing more than a proper miniseries of The Last. Just the thought of how much potential they wasted on that, the amount of stuff that could've been explained, Toneri's garbage treatment, potential for a whole new setting to expand the series to. It almost makes me cry.

BerserkerPhantom wrote: I think there was enough new stuff for it not to seem like such a rip of the movie. It's quite interesting that they changed some of the pacing and story beats. Boruto threatening Naruto over the birthday in last arc, Katasuke's discussion over the Kote being longer and without team 7 present. Sarada convincing Boruto, rather than Katasuke. Boruto's motivations are more clearly explained, the birthday more expanded.

The setup stage feels fast, true. However, we haven't actually seen the whole Panda mission. I'm not sure why they left that out, but it could be because that joke is old (FYI, there's a real difference between a panda and a bear), or because it's function of setting up the Kote was already handled by the Byakugo gang arc