Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20180214105619/@comment-11891028-20180214172420

If the arc does turn out to be the typical manipulation story then it would make it rather predictable, I did get those sorts of vibes during Ryogi's backstory and it would make sense with Gekko's jutsu.

It seems to me like the rest of the Byakuya Gang can't do very much since they seem to rely mainly on Ryogi's ice release to get them in or out of whatever situation they're in. I assume once Shikadai uses talk no jutsu on Ryogi and Gekko gets defeated, the rest of the gang will fade away without putting up much of a fight.

Seeing as the Chunin Exams is getting adapted into the Boruto series, I hope we get to see a bit more of what goes on in between the exams (like we saw Naruto learning from Jiraiya, Sasuke learning from Kakashi etc), as otherwise it would follow the movie too much and just be predictable and boring.