Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20171206103000/@comment-1458758-20171207170707

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: @Killman '''Did you consider the possibility that Mitsuki's snakes can eat the insects? Or did you forget about the food chain.''' Oh yeah, that food chain where Shino's bugs grow to the size of a volkswagon and eat giant ten tails monsters from the inside out.

The thing that has really been bugging me about this thread is all the assumptions towards the teachers.

All four of them have been called Jonin level and the only one who doesn't possess that title is Shino who didn't need it for his job.

When Shino was taken over by negativity, it was basically said it's a good thing he was out of his damn mind or he would have killed the kids, that being Boruto, Shikadai and Mitsuki. Now Mitsuki is obviously stronger than they supposed, but if we look at Shino's entire career, the dude was ruthless, one of his earliest quotes is that no matter how insignificant his opponent, he'll not go easy on them, proven when he blew off a dude's arms, nearly murdered Kankuro, was the only opponent Obito actively retreated from and again, has giant flesh eating insects! It is said outright that he didn't use some of his bugs on Mitsuki because he didn't want to kill him, proving that Shino, despite his specialities in tracking and creative forms of murder, did not want to take out Mitsuki, and thus was not fighting at full strength.

The exact same, in various degrees applies to the others.

Anko is a Special Jonin who was trained by Orochimaru, she's fast, she's strong and has a technique reserved for pulling off a murder/suicide with opponents stronger than she is.

Konohamaru is a jonin who was taught by Naruto and took down one of Pain's bodies during the invasion of Konoha, we saw him knocking out kids with single blows, and while Nue and the Sharingan caught him by surprise, this is no different from the first bell test when Kakashi was surprised by the dumb shit Naruto did, or that Sasuke literally tried to set him on fire.

Kakashi in that regard, isn't serious, not because he hasn't used Lightning Blade/Chidori/Purple Lightning, but because he hasn't used a single technique that isn't in the Genin handbook. Basic replacement, genjutsu, taijutsu, he hasn't gone beyond this and is currently in the position to shatter Boruto's arm if he's so inclined. Just because Boruto surprised him once or twice, the fact that he's recovered and still has the bell means that Kakashi is still in control of the situation.

Long story short, Just because the kids have 'beaten' the sensei, or have caught them by surprise does not mean they're currently stronger, Shino wasn't trying to kill people, Anko and Konohamaru are wearing kid gloves for this and Kakashi is here solely to knock some sense into Boruto.