Did anyone else here notice that Team Guy was conspicuously absent from the group as the rookies were gathering together? They did originally take part in the Chunin Exams alognside the others and they were equally as unexperienced with the exams as any of the younger characters were since that was their first attempt. It's odd that Kishi would exclude them like that. Furthermore, where exactly is Sai? Of course the chapter was intended to be an exhibition of the newly reborn Team 7 but Sai did create a place for himself on the team and for Kishi to not even acknowledge his presence is troubling. If nothing else he could have been provided with some reaction panels as Team 7 was making preparations to attack Jubi.
It just seems that Kishi is tarnishing the dignity of Sai's character by refusing to even acknowledge his presence amongst all of the groups. I mean surely he would find it odd that Sasuke has suddenly appeared after many months of being branded as an international fugitive and is now helping the alliance in their fight against Madara and JUbi.
Exactly. It's like Kishimoto just cast Sai aside for Sasuke to come back to "reclaim" his place as Team 7's third member. Which contridicts the past chapters, especially the ending of the Sasuke and Sai arc. But that also applies to Yamato, who's still trapped in the Hashirama/Zetsu/ tree production thingie.