SP is making Team Metal Lee irrelevant. Lee is the only character that appears in the Manga and the other two are being depicted as fodder. I don't understand what is the point of Iwabe's rub by Naruto to have him eat iron like that. Denki was always a little fodder.
I guess characters that are anime only are there just to be mistreatead. At least canon characters aren't trashed like (Except that cat jutsu girl, she is horrible and deserves her fur to be shaved) this, not bad SP, not bad.
Shinki looks stale as hell. He just stands there. I can't understand what is his appeal, at least Gaara had this menacing and badass aura around him.
Anyway, subpar episode, could've been worst, i hope that during the finals things get better.