Well, you did mention it in this here very article, so that's how I knew!
And while I do agree that victory through planning is mucho coolness, I didn't really like how Shikamaru basically planned for just the THREE of them (Kakakshi was not part of the original plan if I remember correctly) to take on TWO Akatsuki. Which... would have been a horrific and overwhelming loss had not Naruto and co showed up to reinforce them in the end since they knew very little of Kakuzu's actual powers. I would have liked to see an arc where Shikamaru and his team goes to whatever crazy voodoo-country Hidan came from in an attempt to sneakily learn how their powers work or something like that... but yeah, maybe we should save that analysis for when we get there.
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And while I do agree that victory through planning is mucho coolness, I didn't really like how Shikamaru basically planned for just the THREE of them (Kakakshi was not part of the original plan if I remember correctly) to take on TWO Akatsuki. Which... would have been a horrific and overwhelming loss had not Naruto and co showed up to reinforce them in the end since they knew very little of Kakuzu's actual powers. I would have liked to see an arc where Shikamaru and his team goes to whatever crazy voodoo-country Hidan came from in an attempt to sneakily learn how their powers work or something like that... but yeah, maybe we should save that analysis for when we get there.