This doesn't bode well for the war. And I don't even mean the talk-no-jutsuing two zombies in just two chapters part. We just had our first battle and Kishi is already into Naruto's training. It makes the war, which should be the focal point, the backdrop to whatever Naruto is doing. I wish he would just focus on the war. I mean there is enough characters you could write about in it. And since Naruto's training is about rasengan again, I can't think of anything more boring.
My only hope is that Kishi wants to get the training quickly over with so Kirabi can finally exit stage left. But my feeling is more he wants to get the war over with given what we have seen in the Ambush Division fight.
Kankuro giving his
The Reason You Suck Speech would have meant more if there were a greater connection and more interaction between the two. And had Kankuro been given more development before this fight. Instead it lacks any real impact and feels rushed.