Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20150115114150/@comment-2043993-20150115131605

NeedleJizo wrote: So even famous (and feared) ninja like Kakashi have to go through customs? Jeez, I guess fame means nothing in the Narutoverse. And was it just me, or does that purple-haired Ame genin look a lot like the second Animal Path?

Also...Gaara, the guy who killed more people than anyone else in the last Chunin Exams, wanted to supervise this one to prevent fatalities? Who decided that this was okay?!

Side note: Gaara's Kazekage robes are blue, like they originally were in the anime. I'm guessing the implication is that he changed them. How meta of the animation team.

Fame doesn't mean "easy access" in the shinobi World, quite the opposite in fact, if there's a famous shinobi on your doorstep it would be rather naive not to be on guard.

Gaara is the kazekage and he took that decision himself in order to flush out those who would want to usurb him, his opposition, in turn, considers it an ideal opportunity to get rid of him. That was clarified in the previous episode.