I'm really happy with the way they did this fight. They made it so we could see that Inojin had improved while also giving shine to a semi-new character. Houki is dope af.
You probably don't remember but they were the 1st squad to locate the hideout in the rain village when both Sasuke and Sai were investigating in the beginning of Deepa arc. Also there's one episode of Team Houki that you probably skipped since apparently it's your first time hearing their voices...
Hoki, back when we were introduced to his character before he joined the anbu he was trash but kakashi told sai to put them on his team cause they had the potential to be great anbu ninja because of their abilities, Hoki’s teammates have sick abilities too especially the other guy he has a strong ass shield!
I already knew Inojin neglecting his sensory and mind transfer jutsu would come back to bite him in the ass. He started to get a bit serious recently but clearly he started too late and that's why he lost. It sucks too tbh, I've really wanted to see the show explore non-sharingan sensory justsu/genjutsu because Naruto never really did.
I love that they gave the win to Houki showing how mad skilled an Anbu can be even in the new generation. Also I'm looking forward to seeing how Denki's gonna overcome the Samurai girl with his scienctific ninja tools, and I hope ChoCho gets to use her butterfly mode against Sarada since we know how strong the latter has become after all the training with Sasuke and Sakura and the fights against the likes of Deepa and Boro.
Im wondering how they'll show Iwabe's improvement, especially after how crazy Houki went with his earth style. Considering Iwabe's specialty is also earth style.
Since the next episode title is literally about a cat legend then I bet my ass on Wasabi. I haven't seen Iwabe fight since he fought Boruto in the very early episodes of this anime.
Houki deserved the victory , he has more skill , masterful use of earth style , very good photographic memory , apart from the Anbu training he received , if the inojin won it would be pure protagonism and cliché
I'm thinking that just one of each team will be chunin, so my guess is Houki and Sarada, about the another two left, if Wasabi wins, Tsubaki loses and vice-versa, and also Boruto and Mitsuki will be late and both will be eliminated.
IMAGINE they suddenly announce Kawaki vs Shinki as both of them are there now so that Boruto and Mitsuki get more time to come to the arena. That would be amazing and will show us the development of Shinki as well.
Hoki Gang. Good first fight, hopefully we get something that lives up to Rock Lee vs Gaara. Kinda doubt it tho, Gaara was really built up by the time of those chunins.
i bet after this battle we don't need to much rely on past generations and the anime continuously improve the development of new generations other than team 7
"wtf that's a genin!!" lee opening the gates, gaara tanking it, sasuke using chidori, choji usin butterfly mode, adult naruto defeating ishiki : B R U H
