Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-31337598-20180607104449/@comment-6036561-20180607123523

Well, the episode went as I expected, more or less... Shinki overpowers them, they team up, Shinki still overpowers them, Boruto cheats.

That being said, I think they managed pretty well the after-disqualification, adding Shikadai and Sarada's reaction (I don't think they did it in the movie, right?) and adding more psychological weight on Boruto for this. Also, I liked they made Boruto do some Chidori-ripoff and made him use the Purple Lightning

Zetandroid wrote: Well I guess I have to explain myself a little better. First they are from the same village (and even the same team) thus a match 1vs1vs1 can easily become a collusion (let's say there where people from 3 villages, then I can accept that). Of course there will be just a winner, but the chances that the one from the outer village can win are penalized. Less important but still relevant a 1vs1vs1 match has never happened in a village tournament.

Ok, so you problem isn't with Boruto and Sarada teaming up per se, but with the "Battle Royale" thing, right?

Imho it was a good idea adding that both from a storytelling point (they basically used it to hype Shinki even more), but also from a judging point.

Even if what you said is correct (two of the same village will surely team up against the other one), remember that winning or losing the exam doesn't necessarily mean a promotion to chuunin (at least, losing dosen't mean not being promoted). A battle royale will allow the upper jonin/kage to judge the teamwork for the improvised team, and the ability of the other one to react to situations in which he's at a disadvantage.

Also, even if they were of three different villages it doesn't mean that no one will team up with another... I mean, if the finals would have been Shinki vs Boruto vs Yurui, I think that given the huge power difference between Shinki and the other two, Yurui and Boruto would have teamed up. Or if it was Boruto vs Shinki vs one of the Mist's triplets, Yurui and the triplet would have teamed up against Boruto out of hate for him