Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180913151539/@comment-34633649-20180913223502

My biggest concern with this whole thing is the people who are with Mitsuki. Clearly, they're meant to parallel the Sound Four, but who are they, specifically? My theory is that they're somehow relatives of the original Akatsuki members. One of them was shown to have explosives that are highly similar in design to Deidara's explosives, another had these strange sand-like creatures with masks that seem a lot like Kakuzu's thingies. We already know that it's possible that there are people related to Akatsuki members, as shown with Shizuma Hoshigaki in the Mist Village arc. They may want to revive the Akatsuki like Shin, or their goal might be to start a whole new organization. Whichever it is, it would make sense for them to want Mitsuki, as he is Orochimaru's son and therefore a valuable asset. Thoughts?