Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-1471207-20160207061155/@comment-2043993-20160219112923

Quite a few characters from the new chunin exams were awesome, Shira, Sen, the masked shirtless suna genin. Their abilities were grounded without being too mundane shinobi skills. Shira's breath tech, Sen's genjutsu and The nameless' Wind genjutsu were all interesting to Watch.

Shibuki of the first ova and subsequent appearances in the anime: the cowardly leader of Takigakure who contributed to his village's survival. While he didn't have the most outstanding skillset (this was after all early in the series and most abilities hadn't been develloped yet) he managed to defeat several opponents with one technique and battle his sensei Suien for a moment before biting the dust.

Ganryu: a fully fledged jonin that not only managed to take out Akatsuchi with speed and sword alone, his skills were such that Chojuro didn't want to face him. His personality was intriguing and his goals almost understandable.

Kosuke Maruboshi: skilled old man who choose to remain a genin. took on a horde of shinobi and didn't flinch from danger a single time. cheerfully optimistic. and it was nice to see some actual survival skills in the series for a change.