Poor Shikamaru, having to relive some of his saddest memories

shikamaru looks like levi in this ep except the hair and..... uhm height

that gengo mf is def hypnotizing them all

its giving cult vibes

The moment they read sai’s report I knew there has to be brainwashing or hypnosis in play

I think its funny how Shikamaru went from pretending to be caught up in a genjutsu at the chunin exams cause it was too much of a drag to get up and protect the village and stuff and now he's literally the Hokage's side man going on all these dangerous missions XD. Definitely one of my top 5 favourite characters!

i have to agree with soku here
feudal lords really are useless

They are indeed useless on the ninja world cause they aren't ninjas.
Their job is to manage the normal civilians while ninja thing are the job for ninjas.
It's like expecting a doctor to be useful in engineering

Communism lmao

That lil bitch is getting annoying now

JESUS SAI

What are these fake ass Sharingan genjutsu's they have been using these last couple of episodes.

So Talk no Jutsu is canon now?

For a mediocre scene, things became very intense when Orochimaru's theme started playing as shikamaru was trying Shadow Strangle Jutsu while himself being choked... This episode came out on January 27, 2017 I think since i have it from that date.
And the sakura memories in the ending were sweet too. She was very pretty and hot in early Naruto Shippuden. 🌸 Dare i say had gotten a little busty and the animators showed it a little. 8:55pm 5.4.2024

Sir, this is a genjutsu not communist shinobi.

Who is the kid that appear before Neji in Shikamaru's dream?

I think that was Choji, a flash back from when they were fighting to get back Sasuke

saku kinda naiive...like a child that she is....a child that needs to grow more....and therefore, shouldn't be in the anbu.....