Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20161103131020/@comment-2112031-20161105141144

Overall, I think this was slightly better than the last one. Partially because stuff actually happened in the Shikamaru part, not much stuff admittedly, but still something at least. The Gaara part was kinda interesting but, really, it could have been condensed into 3 minutes. That's really the problem with this latest arc as whole, it seems to prioritize style over substance.

Mostly showing (and dragging out) stuff we've already seen and occasionally showing us something new but mostly just long moments of silence and animation that, frankly, seem like it should have been released as a series of shorts rather than episodes.