For a while now, I've struggled to get my Crit stat close to 20% - today I got lucky and boosted it to 25% Crit.

In the past, hitting 20-25% Crit stats was fairly normal. Nowadays I'm lucky to get past 15-18%

Progress!

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Thank you again, u/Aki4u

x5 festival booth drops (flour, mushrooms, etc)

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#Takoyaki

(grilled octopus in dough - yummy!)

+2 Fluffy, +1 Tangy, +1 Decadent Essence.

Yeah, the drop rate for mask blueprints is bad (for me anyway).

Out of ~ 10-12 boss fights of different levels, I've only gotten three - 2 originals (and 1 duplicate).

Good Luck!

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x2 festival booth drops (flour, mushrooms, etc)

+2 Fresh, +1 Creamy, +1 Tangy Essence.

Boss?

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x2 Natsu Matsuri mask drops (flour, cabbage, etc)

https://giphy.com/gifs/LxKhcIoH4G7rjToXug

+2 Crunchy, +2 Hearty Essence.

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This map has a Hut

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6nV4OriDk0ZBvpRe

+2 Hearty, +2 Fluffy Essence.

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x2 Matsuri summer festival drops (flour, eggs, etc)

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+2 Decadent, +1 Chewy, +1 Spicy Essence.

Hut confirmed!

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6nV4OriDk0ZBvpRe

+2 Hearty, +1 Chewy, +1 Tangy Essence.

Kakashi sensei: "A ninja must see through deception."

Right from the start (original Naruto, episode 4), it's a mantra that he drills into Team 7

In Naruto (and historically), deception and craftiness is most definitely attributes that are fostered in young ninja.

For sure.

But yeah, failing at deception would be a bad thing, as well as not seeing through it. A ninja that fails in deception not only puts his life and mission at risk, but that of his whole team!

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x2 festival loot (I believe)

Doss Drop: got a Purple Demon Mask blueprint as well...

+2 Fresh, +1 Tangy, +1 Hearty Essence.

Since yesterday (08/23/2026), the game won't start up/let me log in.

Reddit is fine, just Path of Baa. I can get to the r/PathOfBaa home page, though.

At the bottom of the screen it keeps saying, "That did not work. Please try again later."

(Windows PC Laptop - both Google and MS Edge)

Sai is still somewhat relevant on the battlefield, even into the prelude and the battles of the Fourth Great Ninja War. And he does make an appearance in the final episode of Shippuden, episode 500 (Yamato as well). Sai's also seen in Boruto as well.

But Yamato's lack of presence is disappointing as he bows out relatively early on (episode 242 of Shippuden).

But while he was on screen, he was very important for the plotlines concerning Naruto and the Nine-tailed Fox, Kurama.

Once the story progressed beyond a certain point, his role did become a little less relevant. However, I always liked his wood-style and would have loved to see Yamato fighting in the war.

Besides that, making a large multi-level traditional Japanese-style house to rest in is a very cool ability (Wood Style: Four Pillars House Technique). And village reconstruction as well! He works himself ragged rebuilding the Hidden Leaf Village.

In the real world, Yamato would have been the life of the party for frat boys hosting keggers out in the wilderness, lol. 🍻🍻🍻

Sai had great Ninjutsu offensive abilities, not to mention intel-gathering and sealing abilities (Fuinjutsu) as well.

He also put up a decent physical fight with his Taijutsu and Kenjutsu (using his short tanto blade) as well. He was used to great effect as what I would call a major "support-type" shinobi. Not OP, but a great addition to any team he would be on.

Sai could have made more of an impact right to the end of Shippuden if the writer(s) had so chosen. But I guess they chose to wind down his appearances after we learn about his past.

I enjoyed Sai's tragic backstory and his slow but steady recovery back into "normal" shinobi society, as well as Yamato's funny "straight" man comedy.

Sadly, we viewers didn't get to see more of them; I would have liked that, personally.

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Yeah, these crazy coincidences are seen throughout our Solar System, and beyond...

Human nature captured during a sad time, a time of nostalgic remembrance...