Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1018594-20150212111605/@comment-1930928-20150213114403

This episode was messed up on a few levels. I will primarily be speaking about Neji as I am a Hyuga fan. So expect there to be some bias!

1. I don't believe it Hyuga/Byakugan have been nerfed yet again. Shocker! So let me get this straight, Ao a ninja with 1 Byakugan can see through the illusion placed on the Forth Mizukage( a Jinchūriki no less), but Neji a genius of the Hyuga clan can't see through a catus plant genjutsu? WTF

2. Gentle fist is meant to be the pinnacle of taijutsu styles, yet it is always under performing in the rare chances you actually get to see it. Now you could chalk this up to it being overpowered, or bad writing, or even Shira supposedly deflecting Neji's attack in the beginning. However by the end he is clearly blocking the Gentle Fist, with what I ask?

I guess Power of the plot!

3. Hakke Rokujūyon Shō. What sad technique this has become. Do you all remember Naruto vs Neji, wow those were some good times! But since then, the animation has just slowly, slowly slipped. So now we get 'open palm' Hakke Rokujūyon Shō, which by the way only seems to target the same area therefore defeating the purpose of the technique in the first place.

I would have thought that since the have killed Neji(for a really dumb reason) they would have wanted to do something to give him a proper send off. After all he was meant to be a Jonin right.