Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20170126163431/@comment-3261234-20170126183422

So last episode, the shinobi, who are described to be extremely cautious towards outsiders, left "dead" Shikamaru and Ro just lying at their door. When they returned, both weren't there anymore AND Soku, who just joined their ranks conveniently "died" because her own technique hit her? Furtheremore, they don't question the whereabouts of the spy from last episode who got knocked out by Soku JUST AFTER SHE JOINED THEM? Furtheremore, they determine that a person is dead when they don't sense their chakra just like that without checking her body's vital signs? They also don't realise she's still alive while putting her into the bag? They also aren't interested in "the secrets of her body" (which, as creepy as it might sound, is one of the reasons rouge ninjas are hunted down) and just leave her there despite her special ability? Then, they don't notice she left the morgue and instead walks around freely amongst the townsfolk and shinobi without even changing her looks? On top of it while being accompanied by two people who just died, too? They don't notice Shikamaru and Ro talking about taking Gengo down while being surrounded by hundreds of them? They also don't notice how both jump around the rooftops placing explosive tags? No rogue ninja from Konohagakure, not even the one being confronted, noticed Shikamaru being there despite being a pretty famous shinobi already? What is all of this?

Call me over-nitpicky or contrarian or whatever, but I was fuming throughout this episode. On top of it, we had Shikamaru going absolute edgelord on that Minoichi guy, Soku's still unlikable, the highly trained Anbu member Ro faints after being in a choke-hold he couldn't possibly avoid and Gengo literally uses Talk no Jutsu.

I know that Gengo can weaken Shikamaru and the others somehow and that it's possible he knew about them and told his shinobi to ignore them, but that doesn't make it up for me. I'm troubled I hated this episode so much despite the premise actually having so much potential.