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(I'm pretending that Sasuke's WIS save with Manda didn't happen)
We'd all like to pretend that didn't happen but plot holes are too damn difficult to ignore that and dropping bridges on characters.
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My main gripe though was how he got bloodlust towards the Uchiha shoved onto his character out of nowhere and died just to give Sasuke some battle cred despite giving Gaara and Team 7 a run for their money respectively with little impact on the story.
Yeah that was pretty dumb and it's funny how it was completely swept back under the rug with Deidara got brought back to life.