Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20161215125344/@comment-734582-20161217113128

On a more episode-related note:

I actually decided to watch this and the previous episode and it's not as bad as i thought. Apparently the first episode of this filler was the only atrocity.

Sasuke's minimal use of his powers is something that actually makes sense in this and the previous episode, considering he's in enemy territory and clearly keeping his tricks to himself. He doesn't even use Sharingan against his opponent in Colosseum until he has to, and in this episode doesn't want to hit harder on his opponent than he has to (especially since he already knows the attacker wasn't Fuushin and so probably some random henchman chump)