Quote Originally Posted by February
Although I also feel that the cats were unnecessary, it doesnt create any wtf feelings for me since we've already seen Pakkun

Did Deidara say that he was going after Naruto's team or Sasuke's team? The way my scanalation was translated, it seemed like he didn't decide yet...

Someone mentioned about the city-type of setting that Sasuke enters, but if you really think back, the Naruto world has had some high-tech equipment such as (Oro taking a modern shower while painfully waiting for Sasuke to be delivered, or the time when ANBU was using TV and cameras to watch the Chunnin exam partcipants) so it seems appropriate....even though I highly want Kishi to make the Naruto world free of the modern technology we see today. If you really think about it, I dont know where but some part in Naruto, they showed us ninjas talking through microphones and headsets, which makes me wonder why they even use birds to transport messages (when sand village send an urgent bird to notify Konoha that Gaara had been taken)
I suppose Yamato could set up telephone poles out of wood to each bordering country, but remember these places are often at war and have to be careful of even their allies. So it makes sense that they would be more secluded like that. And so what if they have made some modern advancements. You dont see them ALL the time, which shows that yes they can use them, but they would rather rely on their jutsus and such as opposed to technology all the time, like we use it! -dg-