So we saw prolonged fights in the latest Boruto episode and I liked how they showed us the other teams' fights, even though they each lasted for like 30 seconds. There were many parallels between this Second Exam and the Forest of Death from the original manga. New Team 7 fought against a Mist team, just like the old one. Remember Mubi and his team? They were quite the match up for Naruto and co. back in the day. Most significantly, Metal Lee fought against Shinki, which reminded me of one of the most epic fights from Part 1 - Gaara vs Rock Lee. So tell me, was I the only one who tought that we're going to see Metal opening at least the Third Gate? It was when they showed his bleeding hand that I thought we're going to see him unlock the gates, but I guess SP didn't have enough screen time for something like that. It would've been such an amazing and nostalgic parallel to his father, they just HAD to make it happen imo, even though these fights were filler.