Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20180517110054/@comment-734582-20180523182158

Elveonora wrote: He barely tried to use his arsenal without resorting to cheating ._. I feel it's quite badly explained... perhaps he lost confidence in himself? That's the point. He lost confidence in himself. He wavered for a moment in the first round, and started doubting his own power. In the second round, he could've won on his own but he got cocky and his to-go tactic of shadowclones suddenly was useless. In a spur-of-the-moment decision, he chose the Kote over himself. In the third round, he starts relying on the Kote even when he objectively doesn't need it, as shown clearly with the Shuriken.