Shino was overpowered and under utilized.
I’m rewatching original Naruto and beginning of shippuden and planning on watching it all the way through this time. I stopped at the beginning of the ninja war. From what I’ve seen tho I feel like I never saw anything epic from him. Even tho the implication of his jutsu seems like he is super cracked. He has bugs that drain chakra, and his body is a freaking hive. I mean using bugs for recon is an awesome idea. Not to mention the amount of ridiculously poisonous and weird bugs that exist IRL let alone the weird anime bugs they could have had. The few fights I have seen from him he seems to just dominate the opponent pretty easily. I feel like the writers had to not use him because they knew fleshing out his jutsu, tactics, and battle ability; would’ve made him seem like a get outta jail free card. I feel like he’s an easy pick in my fantasy team if I was planning a mission.
I’m rewatching original Naruto and beginning of shippuden and planning on watching it all the way through this time. I stopped at the beginning of the ninja war. From what I’ve seen tho I feel like I never saw anything epic from him. Even tho the implication of his jutsu seems like he is super cracked. He has bugs that drain chakra, and his body is a freaking hive. I mean using bugs for recon is an awesome idea. Not to mention the amount of ridiculously poisonous and weird bugs that exist IRL let alone the weird anime bugs they could have had. The few fights I have seen from him he seems to just dominate the opponent pretty easily. I feel like the writers had to not use him because they knew fleshing out his jutsu, tactics, and battle ability; would’ve made him seem like a get outta jail free card. I feel like he’s an easy pick in my fantasy team if I was planning a mission.