Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160303111202/@comment-4646462-20160308010407

Took one off the rating because of the complete lack of transition between an argument during the IT and Itachi's past. They could have done one of two things: 1) Completely left the in-story events out and done a next-episode preview announcement akin to the ones used for Mecha-Naruto and Konohamaru ("We're gonna break off to show you this" kind of fashion). 2) Placed it in the one canon scenario where it truly makes sense: before Sasuke's and Naruto's final fight, where they argue over Itachi's ideals. Unfortunately that would be likely to piss off a lot of people.

As for the animation quality, well, I as always have qualms about it. It just seems to be a combination of studio preference and availability of man-hours/budget, the latter taking priority.