Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20160721110532/@comment-142748-20160721204757

Think we're overreacting a bit, we're not supposed to think too hard about these things and just form theories based on it. Especially since the director himself said he consulted Kishimoto a lot about Indra and Asura before making these episodes.

Indra and Asura I think developed the principals which would later become the Chidori and Rasengan respectfully, with Kakashi and Minato rediscovering them. Obviously they aren't the same technique, just predecessors to what would become said techniques.

That said, I enjoyed the episode. The action was surprisingly top notch, it was badass seeing Asura block a Perfect Susanoo slash with a Gudodama, and him using Shinsusenju makes a bit of sense since he manipulated all the chakra from the Ninshu followers to form the Mokuton Kekkei Genkai.

Hagoromo could have ended this at any time, but that wouldn't have solved anything I thought. Asura needed to learn to stand on his own two feet.

That said...I really don't think 'Kakashi's mask' episode needs to be an episode at all. Turn it into an after episode OVA like what we got to the build up of the Pain arc, but not a full episode. Makes it seem like SP has really ran out of ideas.