Shikamaru’s thought process: which of the following strategies causes the least loss of dignity, 1) forfeiting a game of shogi to my competitive brother-in-law, or 2) winning the match but getting my testicles crushed in a sand coffin by said brother-in-law, the sore loser (or worse, by my slightly psychotic nephew who will go to the ends of the earth to protect his father’s honor)
(jokes aside though I think Gaara’s smart enough to give Shikamaru a run for his money!