I see that kankuro still has a puppet thingy tied on his back at the end even when karusou is out. Since I deleted the earlier episodes, I don't know if this was the norm or could this mean he controls two puppets now?!??!?!?!

This is pure speculation. stay out of this manga readers

I didn't notice anything different about tenmari... hoping to see some extra "stars" (dots) on the fan but didn't really get a good peek

btw, the last screen with all their different expressions is too cool (gaara = chin up proud ... kankurou = smiley evil confident ... tenmari = smiley confident)

pls feel free to add any new sand abilities you speculate to see in the next ep. or 2