Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20180531110046/@comment-25122992-20180531164436

Umishiru wrote: I understand that the new shinobi tools are banned but it is dumb that techs like the Puppet Jutsu get caught in that regulatory technicality. It's an old tech that has over the generations proven itself, no need to hamper shinobi who specialize in puppets just because they want to separate the traditional from the new stuff. Given its Naruto, I am should not be surprised that he didn't think it through, but then that is what we have Shikamaru for. It's not actually hampering. The rules just say that the combatant must attend the arena without leaving. Technically, Araya never entered the arena, so his puppet is treated as a participant of the match. Nobody forbade him to use his puppet as a ninja tool, but he should've been present at arena himself to be recognised as its user. It's his personal problem that he's shy enough to not show up at arena in front of the public. I do realise that it must be his personal tactics to hide himself and to use a puppet in his image in the battle instead, but he should've been found some ways to hide himself while being present on the arena, not simply control the puppet from the outside.