Am i the only one that noticed you could seethe top of Sai's thighs at the end of the ep? I didn't mind his look before because they covered his entire lower body and most of his upper but they cut off about 6 inches of his clothes at the end.

In the Shizune case, i think she showed enough independence from Tsunade to not be considered a tool, besides the council or whatever shizune is the only person that can talk to her casually (besides naruto who has no respect for authority anyways).