My favourite arc from all of shippuden. Shikimaru’s incredible intensity, the planning on the shogi board, the immaculate fighting. Kakashi being an absolute god, some of his cleanest and most intense fighting. Not to mention naruto learning the rasenshuriken. This was an immaculate arc.
The best fight sequence in the whole anime. Shikamaru and kakashis analysis and strategic battle sense off the charts. So good. Choji and ino were useless though and naruto had to clean shit up but still