Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20171025100708/@comment-25122992-20171027131515

Thekillman wrote: Judging by Raiga's use of the sword, Buntan didn't tap into the sword's real power. She just used it's apparently ability of easy lightning transformation. Note how she neither charges the sword with ambient lightning nor can use the sword in stead of hand seals.

Infact, note how all these new swordsmen use the basic powers of the swords well but none of them match Zabuza's generation in scope and application. There's no silent killing and the mist Well, it's not like I'm trying to overrestimate the power level of these so called "Swordsmen", but I was just saying that Buntan's Lightning Release was supposed to be superior to Sarada's anyway, since the latter just used it on fly, while Buntan seems to be a more experienced user. In that case, Buntan's jutsu should've been stronger and thus should've overwhelmed Sarada's inferior version. Thekillman wrote: It was somewhat weird, yes, though it seems to me that the plan was that he would move in, attack Chojuro and detonate the sword entirely, thus killing him. Outside interference made this plan worthless, so he was stuck with an expensive paperweight rigged to explode. Sounds quite plausable to me, although I always thought that Shibuki's wielder can make the sword explode on their command and not just automatically, as well as control the total output of the explosion.