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 (from this point forward) 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.

If anything, I like how they took away the wrinkles from his face. Sure, it's his defining appearance characteristic, but has he really had it his entire life?