![]() As the chuunin who’s been unconscious since the start of the arc begins to wake up, we learn the one protecting him, Yurito, is apparently working for whoever’s responsible for the attack on the village. Apparently being good at cracking other people’s security doesn’t necessarily mean you’re good at bolstering your own. Several episodes ago, I pointed out how absolutely garbage the security seems inside the Hokage building–so of course this episode reveals they’ve had a traitor in their midst all along. We’re several episodes deep and Mitsuki’s whereabouts and thoughts are just as much a mystery now as they were when things began.Ĥ. I don’t hate this arc, but it’s just incredible that we’ve got time to deal with Team Sumire and Team Denki, the groups who barely deal with anything more serious than finding missing pets and guarding vases, but no time to actually show the character this arc is actually about. This episode even gives us an entire scene devoted to the other genin in Team 7 and Team 10’s class to talk about their concern for Boruto, Sarada and the others. It’s had time to talk about how Naruto’s gotten in trouble with the village elders and has endangered his job for allowing Mitsuki in, especially now that he seems to have betrayed the village. It’s had time to talk about Boruto’s guilt over never having truly attempted to understand Mitsuki. Instead he encourages them to just…go home instead of continuing to endanger their lives.ģ. ![]() This bit of contrast is appreciated–up til now, the snakes have all been either monsters willing to eat children for wandering into their home, or duplicitous enough to send those same children to their doom against an even larger snake.Īoda’s the first decent one we’ve met–he’s so polite he can even deal with Boruto being a jerk while only taking minimal offense. Aoda mentions he only helped to save Sasuke’s daughter Sarada, then advises them not to keep attacking Garaga, even saying that most of the other snakes in Ryuchi Valley don’t like him either. In a neat bit of continuity, the group is saved from Garaga by Sasuke’s summon animal, another giant snake named Aoda, He’s pretty laid back and well-mannered, which is about the usual for people surrounding Sasuke even when they aren’t actually people, they’re still better people than he is. It’s not a Goblin Slayer-like situation where they’re “too dumb to live”, but their inability to close the deal makes for much better drama than a team of kid geniuses wrapping this up in a couple weeks.Ģ. With barely any experience in dealing with situations like this without the presence of multiple adults, they’re supposed to make a bunch of mistakes and overestimate their abilities. I wanted to joke about how the group didn’t seem to understand the meaning of the words “giant snake”, but their relative ineptitude is actually a bit endearing. Sarada nearly gets chomped on, until a different snake arrives and attacks Garaga, giving the group enough time to escape and regroup. They try to mount an offensive, but spend most of their time just trying to stay alive…and even that barely works. Despite being told Garaga’s a “giant snake”, they still manage to underestimate how big he is until they finally run into him–he’s so large they barely recognize they’re walking past him until it’s too late. ![]() And if you’ve got any comments or questions, please hit me up After dealing with the White Snake Sage and their assistants, the group gets to set out deeper into Ryuchi Cave to find Garaga, the giant snake that’s been causing the White Snake Sage trouble. But are they really ready to take on this massive threat? Also, is there a traitor in the wings at Konoha? Remember, if you like this article and 5 Point Discussions, please share it on Facebook or Twitter! It really helps. Team 7 and Team 10 run into Garaga, the menace of Ryuchi Valley.
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