Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180404121408/@comment-35622277-20180406000128

Honestly most of the problems in this episode is pretty much it's garbage budget, and it was probably outsourced.

If the animation was done by Pierrot and the fight was animated well, the Zetsu would've probably looked more powerful.

The animators/writers tried to make the Zetsu look like a huge threat, but sadly made Team 7 look completely incompetent instead. It would've helped had they mentioned it was too dark in the cave to see, because there were no lightsources, making Konohamaru's struggle all the more realistic. Instead, he's portrayed like he's incredibly weak.

Even having the Zetsu actually injure someone is enough to make it seem like a credible threat.

You can also tell it was meant to pad time, as it dragged out for way too long, and the team conflict in this episode was completely pointless. It lasted around 5 minutes, and solved nothing, did nothing. It just showcases they have great teamwork, but having constant conflicts between characters and resolving them in the same scene/episode makes the cast seem almost perfect; there is no struggle.

This type of conflict is present in almost every single episode, and is done so much it makes the problems lame and irrelevant. There is little to no impact when the characters interact, that's my biggest problem in this series.