Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180307110859/@comment-11891028-20180308085838

It was an alright episode for me. I don't really mind seeing some of the other teams for a change since we actually get to see what they're actually capable of, at least then it stops them becoming useless side characters, especially since it's the Chunin Exams coming up which we've already seen the main parts of from the movie.

I liked that Team 5 were able to relate to Udon and Naruto and it was good to see Udon and Denki actually doing something useful for once. I found it a little weird that the whole team were camera shy when doing the documentary, especially Iwabee although I supposed he was under pressure to boost the team's reputation after their suspension. Iwabee's technique during the rescue mission reminded me of Kiba's fang over fang, perhaps Iwabee can learn a thing or two from Kiba. I'm hoping that Metal's going to do more techniques than just leaf hurricane soon, otherwise he's gonna be a predictable target for his opponents. Hopefully Denki's going to have his time to shine soon, especially if he's going to have to fight in the Chunin exams, he may well be able to hack into the cameras during the second stage and do some surveillance, or research all his opponents and their jutsus beforehand, but if his laptop is broken then he's gonna be in trouble if he doesn't have anything else to resort to. Maybe if he mastered all the basic jutsus like ImNotGoodWithUsernameslmao said then he may well have a chance to fight back, perhaps by deceiving his opponents or something.

It's was good to see Konohamaru and Udon catching up as well, I guess I just liked it since we get to see the relationship between old team mates.

Regarding Udon's Snot no jutsu, it a little gross, but it was good to see him do something for once. I think I can somewhat understand how he could infuse chakra into his snot to shape and move it like water and then attach it and harden it to the falling rubble and debris. Since the Ketsuryugan allows its wielder to manipulate blood, I guess it's no surprise that there's a jutsu to manipulate snot, there may well be other bodily fluid manipulation jutsus which have probably been mentioned by randomer on the internet somewhere or another. Although, I wonder what happens if say Udon runs out of snot to use, kinda like if the Ketsuryugan wielder had no more blood to use (then they'd probably die, but hopefully you guys know where I'm coming from). I also wonder what else Udon's snot no jutsu is capable of, it could be just as useful as regular water style (if not more) but most people wouldn't want to rely on it because of how gross it is, in terms of being rescued or saved by a snot style jutsu rather than everyone actually being able to use snot style. I wonder if it can be used to inflict diseases on its targets too... I shouldn't be thinking this deeply about snot related techniques...