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Sasuke Recovery Mission
Chapter 196: The Strongest Enemy!!

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>Neji knew about the Byakugan blind spot
yet he still ended up in this situation with a spider-enemy. Neji not so genius after all

>>280407565
Rock Lee bros......

>>280407483
That had to have gone through bone, right? Like he shouldn't be able to move his left arm at all. And he should bleed out in seconds.

>>280407658
Kidosmartru

>>280407658
could Shikamaru figure this out?

>>280407483
ouch, that's gonna leave a bruise!

>>280407777
imagine if he survives this. oh man can't wait to see some Neji vs Sasuke

>>280407483
MY FUCKING SHOULDER

>>280408000
I think the physics of this are kinda questionable

Chapter 196: The Strongest Enemy!!

END
Tomorrow: Prepared to Die!!

>>280408188
>striking accuracy: 120%
how the FUCK does that work? a 20% chance of hitting twice?

>>280408188
>Striking Accuracy: 120% with a 20% margin of error

>>280408301
NEJI NOOO!
YOUR KIDNEY!

>>280408322
>It needs to be about 20% cooler!
basically

>>280408085
It's chakra, I ain't gotta explain shit

>>280408301
This is such a fucking raw page. Ikemoto could never.

>>280408188
>>280408301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRnD9wSO32I

>>280408188
>>280408301
>120% accuracy
>hits a kidney instead of the brain or heart

Ok dood.

>>280408301
RIP NEJI

>>280408301
>Thanks fer standin' still, wanker!

Why are you pretending like you're new?

>>280408584
>anon when he tries to understand wrestling

>>280408301
At this point Kidomaru is basically just using an actual gun to fight

>>280408812
Would you even call this a fight? Neji got off 1 good hit, Kido said lol no to it and ever since he's just been doing target practice. its been forever and a day since i revisited this fight, but with this refresher I'm feeling like this might be the least earned victory in the whole series by a lot

>>280408646
>"he knows the secret of the Byakugan"
Neji knew he had a blind spot and let him fire thousands of arrows behind him while his only plan was "let me do 128 palms"
that's stupid

>>280408968
The blindspot is tiny and he had rotation to cover. He was given no time to go on the offense.

>>280407613
Literally smarter than Shikakek, but I doubt Kishimoto even realized that.

>>280407667
Nothing a few cartoon bandages can't wrap up.

>>280409063
he needed a plan B as a Hyuga. Now that we know the Hyugas are taught about their blind spot they never made a jutsu to counter a hidden opponent who's throwing arrows and sticky goo?

>>280409157
I mean, realistically how many shinobi does that cover?

>>280408301
This a Shippuden/Boruto power-scale with that arrow on the top panel.

>>280409157
They needed to spec some clan points into any amount of ranged options instead of hard focus taijutsu with bonus of whatever with your elemental affinity. That way if some jackass wants to play Sniper Elite with a Hyuuga they can at least fight back at all instead of literally rolling over and dying like Neji

>>280409258
zoners? a lot of them

>>280407736
No but he would use his shadow possession jutsu to travel through an ant hole and through his extensive knowledge of ants by sitting around doing jack shit but watching ants he would estimate what direction the ant nest goes in and no diff neji with an underground assault but then forfeit so he wouldn't get suicided by Hiashi

>>280409540
Really? How many do we see in the series? Most shinobi have like one jutsu they rely on endlessly. Also, Neji does get a long range attack in the form of the vacuum palm later.

>>280407565
Narutobros? We're not the strongest??

>>280409157
Nta but ideally the rotation covers the blindspot and they should be able to see the opponents and not become sitting ducks, it's just that here Kidomaru managed to paralyze him with his summon long enough to injure him and gain distance.
It's simply that long distance fighters have the advantage if they injure the opponent enough to stop him from getting closer.

>>280409438
Thank you OP.

>>280409633
that works for 1 opponent but what if there is more than one who fires multiple projectiles? he's stuck into doing rotation

>>280407483
That arrow would've vaporized Kisame.

>>280407370
I’ll say it-kishimoto’s sense for chapter title pages is way off. most of the time the image just feels like page count filler and it’s especially bad for this arc.

>>280409739
sound four CM2 could definitely defeat Itachi and Kisame. if Kimimaro joins it's basically ggs

>>280408000
Yeah, but...
Then you have to close the entire 50 metres in a split second before he turns his head by even an inch. OR you have to move the arrow and the entire cord perfectly along with the blind spot while it approaches.

>>280408301
He survived this but not to a fucking piece of wood btw

>>280409983
after the timeskip too

>>280409983
Don't remind me.

>>280409983
The pieces of wood were much bigger and faster

>>280408155
Probably rely on the kaiju monster inside him to give him more chakra.
>>280409540
Deidara is like the only other zoner we ever get to see in the entire series.

>>280409983
also Naruto punching him once was worse I guess

>>280409983
Lmao
Also >>280407483

>>280409727
If they aren't synchronyzing the attacks in the blindspot he can block and dodge the attacks without rotations, if he one alone against multiple opponents capable of exploiting the secret weakness of the byakugan it makes sense he loses.

>>280410093
Admittedly that was a face shot

>>280408000
He's capable to adapt his arrows to give them special effects, precisely maneuver them towards his enemy, make them travel 50 meters fast enough neither Neji's chakra nor his movements of the blindspot allow him to properly react and cause this>>280408301 trail of destruction. All this while also being arguably the smartest character in the arc, in terms of real intelligence, and fighting in other ways too, using this strategy only because the gentle fist was dangerous to fight head-on.
Kidomaru was a beast.

>>280410270
Kidomaru would for sure have killed any of the other genin except maybe if Naruto goes ninetails.

>>
Kishimoto accidentally made Kidomaru look like the strongest of the Sound 4 while trying to give Neji a tough opponent that can match his byakugan and Hyuga techniques.

>>280407483
Status of the Konoha girls in this situation?

>>280408952
Neji is a schizo with the Byakugan. Like most violent tards he needs a good haymaker to end the fight. Naruto just beat out those base urges to fuck Hinata during the exams. I just accepted that Neji is too medicated to go full Rambo and live off the lands like most vets. This is on Kishimoto because it's the first time men are outside the village, and they never bother to ask Naruto who seen the outside world where to look. I don't expect Tsunade to admit the outside world cause the debt collectors know where she lives. You'd think Naruto going to the mist village would help Shikamaru, or trip to the town would factor in but he defaults back to Introduction where he brute forces his way. Sasuke being out of the village allowed Sakura to improve. So it's not that they're idiots it's just they're now opening up instead of being pricks and how not to be dicks.

>>280410399
Not a single one of them would survive this guy for even one chapter.

>>280410383
And it was at this moment that Kishimoto realized that if he had to keep writing around the Byakugan the story would become a nightmare to write. So he just ignores it and even when it is used he sometimes just ignores its powers.

>>280407445
Yeah, seems like Neji knew about it from the start.
>>280407565
SHIT Leekeks...

>>280410360
The fight started with him almost trapping all of them in his web without even activating the cursed mark or using the kumonenkin here >>280313710, he pretty clearly would defeat anyone of them, and probably even Naruto using the fox chakra would lose, if he doesn't summon Gamabunta, who ought to be stronger than two elephants.

>>280410566
Naruto not just frogstomping most of his opponents before he gets sage mode is kind of ridiculous honestly.

>>280410553
>The Byakugan would force Kishi to actually write genius characters (Neji included) instead of jacking off Shikamaru
Explains everything, really

>>280410609
Well it's established in the first place that Gamabunta is not super cooperative and doesn't like being summoned, least of all by a random genin.

>>280407810
Kidomaru, much like Neji before him, doesn't know his actual place in this story.

>>280407903
>>280407445
>>280407483
Sasuke and Lee? Corpses.

>>280408155
>AIIIIIIIEEEEE SAVE ME KURAMA!!!

>>280407954
>NAZIji
The true power of the Hyuga Clan is finally here!

>>280409983
>He survived this but not to a fucking piece of wood btw
To be fair, the wood sprouted inside Neji and probably skewered all his organs.

>>280410383
The fact that Kidomaru is supposed to be the second weakest member of the Sound Four is pretty crazy.

>>280410692
There are other giant toads.

>>280408188
Traced from Toguro.

>>280409983
The wood was thicker

>>280409983
Wood is overpowered in Naruto.

I like to imagine that Neji is currently thinking
>Oh fuck, maybe that weight training Lee did wasn’t actually a bad thing, I could REALLY use some speed right now

>>280410802
Kidomaru was never considered weaker than Tayuya

>>280410942
Tayuya indirectly beat Itachi, making her the third strongest character in the Naruto universe.

>>280410992
That Genjutsu was amped by Kabuto.

>>280410068
>Deidara is like the only other zoner we ever get to see in the entire series.
Gaara and every puppet dude were zoners too. you could say Shino was a zoner as well. or Tayuya also counts as a zoner

>>280410942
Nta, Tayuya at least believes only Sakon is stronger than her in the sound 4.

>>280410942
orochimaru and kabuto disagrees

Man i can't wait to see all the destructive power Tayuya and Sakon have is Kidomaru is this strong!

>>280409438
>>280408301
Arigatou, OP!

>>280411146
Especially Sakon, since he seems to be the leader of the group. The guy must be a monster to face. Maybe he'll be Naruto's opponent.

>>280408301
Could this go through a rashimon gate?

>>280408155
>WWND?
Borrow Nine Tails Chakra, regenerate from the wound and keep on trucking. Neji has no idea hoe much of a Mandate of Heaven Naruto has

>>280411144
They never compared him to Tayuya or even said she was among the strongest.

>>280411221
Considering Sakon hyped it as Orochimaru's best defense, despite him having triple rashomon, no. On the other hand Kiba managed to scratch it, and Kiba doesn't seem remotely as powerful as CM2 Kido.

>>280411319
Sakon's was likely weaker. It was smaller than Oro's version.

>>280411319
I mean, we haven't seen that technique going in a straight line like here >>280409438

>>280411281
orochimaru has a chat with kabuto in chapter 202 where he says kidomaru has a bigger weakness than tayuya. Kidomaru was like a genius but Tayuya has more willpower which is like what you need in a shonen battle anime

>>280408952
I think it works because the whole schitck of doing lethal damage, it's a much better take on the formula used on Naruto vs Kiba/Neji.

>>280411463
*lethal damage that the gentle fist has.

>>280409438
That arrow spinning at that velocity honestly should make Neji's organs on that side into a slushy and kill him instantly.

>>280411508
He's using chakra to cushion that.

>>280407483
I remember how much the anime conspired this scene. The hole in Neji’s shoulder was made so small it was more like a senbon needle pierced through instead of a huge arrow.

>>280411722
Probably censore.

>>280407565
>>280407613
Kidomaru is pretty damn smart for the cold blooded fightfag he’s meant to be. Always enjoyed how he made the most of his toolkit.

Kidomaru would've killed Shino. Even though I would've wanted the bug match-up between them, Shino hasn't displayed any feats to deal with what Kidomaru is throwing at Neji.

>>280409983
Multiversal wood pieces

>>280408301
The Sound 4 really raised the standard of strength expected of a Shinobi early on huh? Thanks OP.

>>280411888
I think Kidomaru wouldn't have bothered with the bow and arrow shtick until it was too late because he can freely do close-quarter combat against Shino. Shino would've sent some penis-annihilating bugs into every orifice Kidomaru has.

>>280408301
The middle-left panel I think is actually really underrated from an artistic standpoint, the slight curve to the arrow makes it look insanely threatening

>>280411954
And then Kidomaru would reveal "Actually, I produced my arrow fluid inside my ears, eyes, nose, asshole, and urinary tract!"

>>280411954
Nta but kidomaru should already know shino's powers, but there's a good chance he doesn't for some mysteriously reason

>>280412019
That was exactly what I wanted you to do. You only now notice The Mummy flesh-eating scarabs eating away at you nipple-first.

>>280409395
I don't know. Shippuden powerscaling gets pretty insane

>>280412151
Mosquito Hidan always gets me.

>>280408301
Christ, Naruto battles are so much more brutal when dudes aren't poofing into logs when they get hit

You know What's funny? I don't think Naruto or Sasuke would be able to do anything as destructive as that last arrow until part 2.

>>280412230
You don’t think their final Rasengan and Chidori clash can compare to that.

>>280412230
Sasuke's chidori destroyed Gaara's sand shield and hit him

>>280412203
my new headcanon is that Neji is the worst at substitution jutsu because he's been so reliant on his alien eyes to dodge everything

>>280412294
Lightning is strong against Sand, remember?
>>280412274
That's a combination of two moves.

This fight is better than Choji's at least.
>>280409983
I dropped Part 2 way before that happened, I only recently found out it was near the very end of the series. I do wonder why Kishi chose to kill Neji like that. Pretty sure he's the only one, right?

>>280412612
Kishimoto said he did to bring Naruto and Hinata closer together. That's why their son has a variant of Neji's name for his own.

I genuinely forgot how strong Kido was, comparing him to Jirobo and Tayuya (I forgot how Kiba/Akamaru vs. Sakon/Ukon goes, so that'll be a fun refresher, I think he's the only one that could've beaten his respective opponent in CS1: Jirobo had to go CS2 to deal with yellow pill Choji and Tayuya definitely would've gotten strangled in CS1, meanwhile Kido honestly could've just kept ragdolling Neji from afar with his golden knives without going CS2, which also means he really just beat himself kek

>>280412612
>This fight is better than Choji's at least.
Yeah, it really is.
>>280412709
Which is fucking weird, considering how Naruto and Hinata's relationship doesn't change whatsoever after the war, and Neji and his sacrifice aren't mentioned at all in The Last by Naruto, Hinata or anyone else.

>>280412709
>>280412796
I wouldn't take Kishi's word that seriously, he wanted to kill a character and have a NH moment.
When you consider that Naruto was closer to Hinata than to Neji, the comment doesn't add up.

Neji being so useless agaisnt long-range fighters is funny.

>>280412733
You still on this? If he kept doing the same thing, it would've become too predictable and Neji would find another way to beat him.

>>280412927
Kishi tried to make it that Naruto and Hinata gained some kind of "bond" over Neji's death.. Even though The Last didn't show that at all, Kishi made it that they named their son "Boruto" (Bolt like how Neji means Screw) in honor of Neji.

You know, if Naruto was written by Toriyama, the weaker members of the rookies would easily beat people as strong as the Sound 4 in part 2 ala Saibaman to show how strong the new threats are going to be.

>>280412151
the fucking chinese man
it is so weird they are the biggest fans of a thoroughly japanese product

then again, they did give us part 1 hinata in a bikini with their tism

>>280412969
The byakugan's X-ray vision and sight range is pretty useless when you don't have any long range attacks yourself.

>>280412612
Another thing shillfic did better

>>280413037
Because the last happens 2 years after the war, it would've been a bit jarring for them to still be mourning Neji by then.

>>280412969
Well most Naruto characters have a bad time against a very mobile sniper who can launch attacks from a different position, because everyone can use a handful of jutsu at most so it's pretty hard to have good long range options

>>280413037
Why do you even bother with the spoilers lmao

>>280412733
Shikamaru already lost when Tayuya deployed the chakra eating ghosts with mouths. only plot armor saved Shikamaru and his plan of looking at the fingers doesn't make much sense, Tayuya could've easily attacked him with 1 puppet but he first does the reveal of his position and then looks at her fingers? it's a very convoluted fight just like this one

>>280413121
air palm
and also they're ninjas, so scouting and tracking and hiding is way more important, something ridiculous vision would help in all criteria as well as evading those

>>280413169
They're funny. Maybe a new reader will cope and be like "Surely the spoiler isn't anything negative."

>>280413121
a ninja has to gather information so it's OP

>>280413169
It's fun to pretend anyone here is new to this

>>280413121
Neji has 3 different nature chakras in part 2, I think he's figured out the whole long range shit by then.

>>280413169
not that anon but I like using spoilers just to emphasize text, not to actually genuinely spoiler anything

>>280413260
the ones we never see him use?
databooks were a mistake

with my friend here we are asking, why is sillouethe SO famous?
or blue bird?
any particular reason? there must be one. context? real life reason? someone died and made these so meme??

legit asking I'm watching naruto I'm jsut at second arc

>>280413310
Did Kishi even write those?

>>280413310
Well for him to use those he has to have actual screentime.

>>280413366
They are catchy.
>>280413368
He was (supposedly) very involved with the first 2 databooks and everything else only gets a few Comments out of him or is entirely made by shueisha executives.

>>280413366
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhAeVfpy_Mo
blue bird is just hype

>>280413452
they all anime crap, whats the difference? is just "catchy" a reason to call them best? because they are said to be the best, everybody says they are the best. or is a secondary opinion?

>>280413440
This reasoning is flawed, everytime he ever does any action or jutsu it's always his hyuuga stuff, if Neji doesn't have anything with more utility than Vaccum palm then he may as well not have those natures.
Kishimoto didn't have the characters stray away too much from their gimmick.

>>280413539
it's beautiful

>>280413366
Can't speak on Blue Bird, since I'm not that fond of it, but Silhouette is musically excellent and the visuals are great. The sequence of Naruto running through his various eras in particular is great. Really feels like the culmination of his journey across the series.

Reminder that Naruto was originally written as a female protag

>>280413641
shippuden naruto run is so cringe

>>280413641
so is seishun whatever sambomaster, it actually destroys it. and so do a couple more. why that?

>>280413641
>The sequence of Naruto running through his various eras in particular is great.
OBOETENAI KOTO MO TAKUSAN ATTADAROU

>>280413827
It makes me genuinely emotional, embarrassing though that may be to admit. It really feels like we've followed this guy since his early days when he was just flailing around until this moment when he's hit his peak.

I like Naruto

>>280413672
I'm pretty sure Naruto was originally a furry animal (male).

>>280414136
Left wasn't a beta design btw.

>>280414025
Yeah, that is a really embarrassing thing to admit.

>>280414259
It's okay. I prefer to be honest with my feelings.

>>280413585
It's not flawed, he just never has a chance to do anything

>>280414197
Yeah, it was just the only image I could find with the fox Naruto. I do like the way they look though, I would have been happy with those designs.

>>280414136
i can't believe proto-Saske was even edgier than the version we got

>>280413672
Fake news, Naruto was always gonna be a boy BRAT

>>280414025
I never bonded with Naruto the same way I did with Goku. Keep in mind, Naruto had Hound Dog Rocks and Fighting Dreamers, and Namikaze Satellite to define him, but he never reaches the highs Goku does. I saw Goku go from kid to adult, student to teacher, and become a parent. His bond with Vegeta pays off in the last arc where Vegeta tells humans to fight.

>>280414506
that's a fake image

>>280414613
Nah it's real. The anime toned down the Fourth Hokage looking like he's in jail, the Third murdering children for the betterment of the village and creating a psycho, Kishimoto just didn't go full 90s and made Ino and Sakura the loli

>>280407658
BULLSHIT. You wouldn't be able to narrow it down to this angle

>>280414439
Literally Kisame's water clone and zetsus.

>>280414613
The image is real, those being genuine proto designs of team 7 is fake though.

>>280407613
Why doesn't Neji just keep his head on a swivel?
If his blind spot is constantly changing, then he pretty much doesn't have one.

>>280415487
>>280407731
Never mind. I should've read the next page before replying.

>>280407667
>And he should bleed out in seconds.
No, the wound is cauterized, evident by the smoke.

>>280407736
He'd figure it out by having the answer magically enter his brain, rather than using deductive reasoning and testing his theory.

>>280414136
>>280414499
Here's a better version of the furry Naruto image.

>>280413366
also weeks ago we listened to shippuden ops, just to know them. I said they all crap, that they're all samey anime crap. He liked the sillouethe, and I mentioned flow, he went and listened to sign, he liked it too. I said they're all samey cancer, because they use the same notes, just by listening to them (I study music). today he came, we talked about the ops, I grabbed my guitar, and in frw seconds I did this
https://files.catbox.moe/wlpo5d.mp3

notice what I did? yea

>>280408542
lol

i liked the hinata talk last thread
and the ai image

I like this fight. It's a helluva lot more interesting and engaging than Choji's fight was that's for fucking sure.

>>280407613
>>280407658
>>280407731
Is this fight the LAST TIME in the series that intelligence and tactics actually matter and play a big role?

>>280416654
nah
that was the pain fight

TWELVE YEARS AGO A NINE TAILED FOX SUDDENLY APPEARED...

IF YOU BELIEVE IT!

NARUTO! NARUTO!

BELIEVE IT! BELIEVE IT!

HERE I AM WITH MY NINJA CLAN!

NINJA CLAN, HERE WE STAND!

NARUTO, I'M ON MY WAY,

NARUTO, I'LL BE OKAY!

GETTING READY TO FIGHT ON SIGHT!

COME ON BEST FRIENDS BY MY SIDE!

SASUKE, IS REALLY COOL!

SAKURA, THE BEAUTIFUL!

KOWAGARUNA NARUTO SAOTO MAMORE

KOWAGARUNA NARUTO SAOTO MAMORE

>>280407483
That shoulder, and basically his whole left arm, should be useless forever

>>280416696
NARUOO00

NARUTO0O0O0

>>280416719
is this your first time reading a manga?

>>280408322
100% to hit, 20% to Crit

>>280416695
kek no

>>280416592
The best of the sound 4 fights for sure and honestly one of the best in part 1.

>>280416840
It does though. Naruto uses tactics to take out all the Pain bodies.

>>280416900
I would even argue it's the best fight in this arc.

>>280416592
Choji vs Jirobo was basically a glorified tennis match disguised as a fight.
Funny thing is that the last fight of this arc won't be much different.

>>280416932
no it doesn't

>>280407483
he survives this but dies to a stick?

>>280417046
Yes it does.
>Traps animal path inside toad mouth to block shared sight
>Uses natural energy to kill the preta path
>Disguises himself as rasenshuriken to get at Tendo
>Disguises hundreds of clones as rocks to resist shinra tensei
>Throws himself to reach Tendo before 5 seconds are up.

>>280417074
Have you seen the sheer size of those sticks?

>>280412612
>I do wonder why Kishi chose to kill Neji like that.
To prove him right

>>280417117
>uh oh pain poos and pees every 5 seconds!!!
riveting

>>280417410
I accept your concession

>>280417473
concede some weight

>>280407525
does this count as an asspull?

>>280416719
They have magic healers. Just look at what Shizune offered to treat on the spot last arc or how getting the soul ripped out and going into necrosis for several weeks/months was a treatable condition for Tsunade.

>>280409850
Itachi could solo sound 4 and Kimimaro without any problem desu. Just one look at each of them and is done.

>>280417662
But then you also have Rock Lee almost dying just to remove some bone shards or whatever

>>280417732
>Itachi could solo sound 4
Yes, without question.
>and Kimimaro
Solo? Yes. Without problem? Highly unlikely even if he's sick.

>>280417296
Those sticks also exploded into a bunch of spikes once you stuck them in someone IIRC.

>>280417766
they were literally in his spine

>>280409850
The four of them MIGHT clear genin Itachi

>>280418111
How did he even get bone shards in his spine?

>>280408000
>I'll add spin
GYROOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>280407483
And he could never use that arm again... Just kidding, it was good as new even before this fight ended!

>>280407731
Freaky-ass nigga.

>>280418181
opening several gates in a row fucks you up

>>280413672
post the one in which she's sasuke's tomboyish CF

>>280413672
>>280418434
fuck off, you closet faggot

>>280410416
It seems like you're replying in a wrong thread, bub.

>>280418497
If making female Naruto makes me a faggot, then I'll gladly take being a faggot.

>>280418886
Okay faggot

>>280417117
>Start of the fight, Pain just leaves wrecked Asura path to lie there instead of summoning him back and healing him with Naraka path
>Sends fat cunt absorber to fight Naruto at close range instead of the one who can suck souls
>After the fat one gets btfo'd, he loses soul sucker because foid summoner froze up for no reason
>A bunch of shit happens, fox nearly breaks out, Tendie path faces off with sage Naruto
>For some retarded unfathomable reason tries to fight him up close, gets shitkicked and gives Naruto a chakra rod that he uses to locate Nagato
>Instead of using the trusty Bansho Tenin+chokeslam combo to incapacitate him like the last time, tries to overwhelm Naruto's clones
>After dodging multiple rasenshurikens, some at point blank range, jobs to Naruto lazily flying through the air
That fight was always retarded.

I don't dislike tayuya but i am looking forward to her fight just to spite tayuyafag

>Neji can basically expel chakra from any part of his body with enough force to deflect attacks
Maybe he could've beaten Gaara (well at least base Gaara)

>>280419220
>Start of the fight, Pain just leaves wrecked Asura path to lie there instead of summoning him back and healing him with Naraka path
Didn't want to reveal his hand like that, otherwise Naruto would have targeted Naraka path. That could have used chakra he didn't want to expand anyway.
>Sends fat cunt absorber to fight Naruto at close range instead of the one who can suck souls
He revived him right after, and he had no reason to think he'd get instakilled
>After the fat one gets btfo'd, he loses soul sucker because foid summoner froze up for no reason
No? He got surprised by the rasenshuriken expanding
>For some retarded unfathomable reason tries to fight him up close, gets shitkicked and gives Naruto a chakra rod that he uses to locate Nagato
You are praising the fucking Neji fight where Neji just stands there and lets a guy shower him with arrows for 3 chapters straight, after hitting him 64 times for no reason with 0 effective hits because he didn't see a fucking armor on his entire body, but in one chapter he'll poke him ONCE and it'll be enough to kill him
The same fight where the "smart guy" you're praising is pinpointing a 3° blindspot instead of assuming he overwhelmed the guy with numbers
>After dodging multiple rasenshurikens, some at point blank range, jobs to Naruto lazily flying through the air
If this is your criteria there is no good Naruto fight
Why didn't Naruto use a kunai to stab Kidomaru 2 chapters ago?

>>280407777
Wait, Kishimoto mentioned how he changed the spread in the last chapter to be more dynamic. It completely changed everything about it. How he directly has the "arrow" in his mouth, he uses his legs with the bow etc.
But this is now back to more the original drawing.

>>280409122
>The symbol pictured above is not a swastika -ED.
thanks, I was worried there for a second.

>>280410399
This attack would have done jackshit against Tenten's kevlar vest, she's always prepared with a variety of weponry.

>>280407954
>It's called a Manji you guys
Are we good? Good.

>>280421759
Isn't Kevlar dogshit against anything going for a stab?

>>280422048
Not Tenten's, thats chakra infused kevlar.

>>280407483
Owie.
>>280408301
Thanks, OP.

>>280418434
>>280418497
sex with Naruko

>>280407483
I'll admit that I'm not a doctor, but even with my limited schooling I feel like a hole of that size should still be extremely fatal.

>>280407954
Translator Note: Neji is NOT a Nazi, we promise!

>>280408000
>>280408188
>I am so smart that I can just ignore physics and math

>>280408301
This kills the Neji.
Thanks OP!

>>280408000
Hinata's Byakugan can see farther than Neji's.

>>280418181
>>280418370
Funny how the most critical damage done to Lee in that fight with Gaara is what he inflicted on himself.

>>280423823
hinata superior to neji confirmed

>>280423973
neji started his career as a jobber to lvl 1 naruto

>>280423823
And yet Kidomaru would've killed her in this fight.

>>280408301
Thanks OP
I thought this was the coolest fucking fight in 2006, watching it in 5 minute disjoint segments on YT. I'm glad that, after 20 years and many many more shows, it remains a pretty cool fight.

>>280417074
See >>280410921

>>280411436
>Tayuya was the shonen protagonist of the Sound 4

>>280411436
I thought Orochimaru didn't value willpower, which is why he didn't see Naruto as anything special.

>>280413086
As legendary as he is I’m not sure if Toriyama is a better example of utilizing his extended cast then Kishimoto is anon…

>>280413452
>>280413539
Blue Bird should’ve been used as an insert song for a final battle or something. Would’ve been kino.

>>280414084
It almost looks Hinata is helping with that Rasengan. Also pure yellow rasengan will never look right to me.

>>280414136
Would the story have improved if this SLUTkura design was the final one we got?

>>280414084
>I made a little version of you, Naruto.

>>280408301
>Prepared to Die!!
…

>>280425827
>5 minute disjoint segments on YT
I watched all of Part 1 during a time when you could get away with posting full episodes on YT with minimal cropping and audio adjustments. God I miss that.

>>280408000
Looking back it is really weird how we never got even a quick blurb about the differences in their general eye specs between Neji and Hinata because Neji seems to just go for insane levels of awareness while Hinata can see way out over the horizon but seemingly only in one direction.

>>280413086
Sound fourfive is basically the Ginyu Force

>>280423847
That's a theme in Lee fights in part 1. Being too quick to bust out the gates also fucked him vs Dosu.

>>280413086
Toriyama was better at pacing

Goku only had one bullshit powerup per season vs the 6 powerups that Naruto and Saske got in the war arc

>>280426849
To be fair to Kishi he didn’t have his Ginyu Force taken care of by only two characters total.

>>280427074
>Goku only had one bullshit powerup per season vs the 6 powerups that Naruto and Saske got in the war arc
Wasn't it mostly Naruto getting powerups that whole arc? I remember years of laughing at how big the gap was before Sasuke got the rinnegan.

>>280426592
I agree, but to be fair, what else could Toriyama do once power levels scaled as much as they did? Slice of life sections with Yamcha and Puar? Saiyan saga was the last hurrah for mankind's relevancy, and it consisted of them getting slaughtered by the aliens.

>>280427402
Roshi begs to disagree

>>280426849
The Sound 4(5) don't do a team pose, though.

>>280426787
Kids these days have no idea how easy they have it. Crunchyroll is right there, and there's 10 safe stable direct streaming sites slightly off the beaten path. In 2006 it was "torrent" "out of order clips on YT" and "sketchy ass direct streaming sites".

>>280427074
That I remember in the final arc Naruto got using the fox chakra to share it, power from the other tailed beasts and the 6path power, while Sasuke only got the rinnegan, it isn't that bad.

>>280415246
He already used the rotation palms to deal with the Kisame clone, why would bother with nature chakras?

>>280415715
Lol

>>280408155
Legit tank a lot of arrow hits with his healing factor then using his massive Chakra supply brute force his way to Kido and slug or Rasengun the motherfucker.

>>280431080
neji never wondered "Wtf is this red chakra?"
"who was your dad, Naruto?"

>>280427074
I will give Dragonball credit for making Goku work jobs and an education which gave him strength. Also, Master Roshi, Tao, Tien, and old Piccolo beat the hero even with Saiyan hax. Goku didn't become successful until the Namek Arc, and even then Raditz beat the waku waku out of him

>>280426773
>The fucking chud smile
Holy kek.
Captcha possibly related?

>>280429536
Why not use the elements first?

>>280411196
nah. There are five members in the retrieval-team, and with Sasuke there are five members in the sound-team. Naruto vs Sasuke is pretty much a given, so I would say Sakon as the leader of the Sound Four is going to face Shikamaru, the leader of his team.

>>280433373
What could Shikamaru even do? Stall?

>>280433529
shadow posession

>>280434021
Sakon already beat that jutsu.

what is Karin doing right now? you'd think Orochimaru needed her help

>>280408334
100% with 20% wiggle room like >>280408334 basically said

>>280437897
what

>>280437897
>person is standing 100 feet away from you
>you're gun has a 90% accuracy at this distance
>you step 10 feet closer
>gun now has 100% accuracy at this distance
>target moves 10 feet back
>now you're back to 90% accuracy
>activate curse seal and move forward
>120% accuracy (so 100% chance of hitting)
>target steps 10 steps back
>drops down to 110% accuracy (so still 100% of hitting)
>target steps another 10 steps back
>drops down to 100% accuracy, which still hits
Makes sense?

>>280438513
same energy as horikoshi explaining 1 million percent smash

>>280436212
Was she even with Orochimaru at the time? I thought she joined after this arc.

Bort would have caught the arrow

>>280439794
her team failed to pass the forest of death. a lot of time passed since then in the story and her job was to guard the prison for the curse-mark freaks, imo Orochimaru already recruited her between forest of death and retrieval arc

>>280439972
I don't think he had ANY time for that though.

I did not see her in those chunin exam chapters

>>280440247
Sasuke trained with Orochimaru when he got there so there was no reason for them to not meet if Karin was recruited after that. they never talk before Orochimaru's death

>>280440247
the timeline was forest of death - 1v1 fights
after the 1v1 they had months to train, Naruto learned the rasengan and summoning gamabunta. I think Karin was recruited during this time when Orochimaru planned the destruction of Konoha. He somehow met Karin while in the forest of death

>>280440293
You'd think she would've went over to Naruto when he said he was an Uzumaki and told him he's a fake since his hair isn't red.

>>280439804
I don't think he would have any real way to, beside scaling, wich I dislike, so I will just say he would FTG away.

>>280440676
Karin doesn't know she's an uzumaki until after the war

>>280440828
How?
Where's that stated?

>>280438513
There's no such thing as 100% chance to it, it's 50:50, either it hits or it doesn't. Simple as.

>>280440293
When did this happen again? During the two or so days Sasuke was supposed to be recuperating after getting MARKED by Orochimaru?

>>280440971
She never referred to herself as one and had no reaction to Naruto's surname + when Sasuke finds out about it both him and the scene act like that info had been a secret beforehand.
It's safe to say she's has no idea she's an uzumaki for most of part 2.

>>280441582
Or it's a retcon that wasn't thought out.

>>280441058
>There's no such thing as 100% chance to it, it's 50:50, either it hits or it doesn't. Simple as.
technically speaking anything above (or below) 50% is only in regards to doing the same thing multiple times, right?

>>280436212
Sassy's leftover christmas cake

>>280441861
>kishimoto: I have no idea what to write here
>editor: just wing it
>kishimoto: and them sasuke had a conversation with zetsu about karin being a secret uzumaki yeah

>>280432664
Why bother if the rotation works just fine

>>280436212
You realise how useless she would be to the Sound 4, right? Bitch is probably weaker than Sakura at this point.
also according to filler she didn't even meet Orochimaru at this point in the story

>>280413366
Personally, when it comes to Shippuden OPs, I am of the firm opinion that the first two are bad/boring until you get Blue Bird and then you keep getting great openings until you peak with Sign. The quality remains pretty good but newsong marks a new low that's not really rectified until you get to Silhouette (although I have a soft spot for Tsuki no Ookiza). The last four OPs after aren't good.

>>280440828
Does she even know after the war either?

>>280416654
Deidara fight really.

making Naruko laugh

>>280443198
That's stupid, all of Pain's fights had tons of strategy.

>>280441861
Retcon or not, her not knowing she's an uzumaki makes sense.

>>280442741
Rotation Costs more chakra?

>>280443333
How?

>>280443198
Any semblance of strategy used in that fight is overshadowed by Sharingan microscope vision and the snake escape

>>280443618
>"That's Uzumaki Naruto"
>No reaction
>Nobody calls her "Uzumaki Karin"
You prefer to believe she knew and just didn't give a fuck?

Not even Nagato knew he was an Uzumaki, why would Karin?

>>280443711
Advertising that you're one of the last survivors of a clan when you can't protect yourself isn't exactly a good idea.

>>280443302
Naruko is honestly a god-tier waifu when you think about it.
>very feminine but is actually a tomboy in personality
>very strong thanks to fox residing in her womb
>fiercely protective and clingy
Although it would be funny to consider that she'd still be an orphaned loser who nobody wants. Besides male Hinata, I guess.

>>280443950
fuck off faggot

>>280443770
Because of her backstory.

that's why Tayuya is an Uzumaki too

>>280443950
they'd pick on Naruko for her blond hair like they did with her mother

leaf villagers are brown-coded

>>280443804
Even to her own teammates?

>>280444016
That's non canon

>>280444103
She's not.
>>280444518
What teammates?
>>280444562
Well it should be.

>>280444016
That "backstory" was within a dream world and had inconsistencies like the Kaguya clan still being alive.

>>280443971
It's not gay if she's actually female from the start.

>>280444775
>>280443971
OG Naruto is voiced by a female in japanese, english and spanish

so he might as well be

>>280444759
>She's not.
she has more uzumaki traits than karin

When did Kishi even come up with the Uzumaki clan being redheads? When was Kushina designed?

>>280444767
>like the Kaguya clan still being alive.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi has glitches sometimes.
I see no reason why the rest of it wouldn't be accurate to her memories.
>inb4 memories aren't reliable
It's a fictional story about magic ninja child soldiers, it's not always gonna be realistic.

>>280444911
That's objectively false, but go ahead and list them.

>>280444911
There is literally nothing about her that's Uzumaki.

>>280444948
i don't know but naruto's mom is hot

it's not credible that people would bully her and call her tomato

>>280444974
>I see no reason why the rest of it wouldn't be accurate to her memories.
All the other dreams weren't accurate, so why would Karin's?

>>280444911
The only stated genetic Uzumaki traits we know of are red hair, big chakra reserves, and chains among the women. Tayuya's hair is the only thing remotely related.

>>280445020
Tayuya is an expert at sealing techniques, Karin isn't
Tayuya has weird techniques similar to the Shinigami jutsu, like weird demonic puppets who attack with chakra ghosts
Karin instead has non-uzumaki traits like healing when biting the skin and sensing abilities?

if anything im surprised might guy hasn't acked himself
specially after Kakashi became his Lord Hokage

>>280444759
>What teammates?
Taka
>Well it should be.
But it isn't.

>>280445202
Guy's the kind of genuine friend that is psyched when you succeed, even beyond his greatest achievement. Also Kakashi is still nice to him.

>>280444948
It was a stupid trait to add when you have characters like Gaara existing. Is he an Uzumaki? What about Karui? Is she an Uzumaki too? Was Sasori?

>>280445177
Tayuya's hair is colored pinkish in the manga. Only the anime made it more reddish.

>>280445286
and naruto is blonde

Tayuya is an Uzumaki. you guys are in denial

>>280445317
Name a single thing Uzumaki-ish about Tayuya? Look, I can understand the idea for fanfiction, but the idea doesn't exist in canon.

>>280445171
Those weren't based on their actual memories. Her dream was literally just remembering how shitty her life was until Sasuke showed up, and then her dying but being okay with it because Sasuke was there with her and he wasn't a dick.

Jirobo was the uzumaki

>>280445181
>expert at sealing techniques
Since when?
The only sealing technique she used was the one to put Sasuke in the barrel, and she didn't do that on her own, the others contributed too.
And besides, it's not like Karin was taught to be good with sealing.

>>280445372
It had inconsistencies. It even had Grass fighting this full-scale, unnamed war when no example was hinted at in the main universe. The dream also derailed by the end. We have already seen the other dreams give people modified backstories. There is no reason to believe Karin's was accurate.

>>280445467
Okay, but why would her dream give her a WORSE backstory than she actually had?

>>280445181
>Tayuya is an expert at sealing techniques,
Minato was a better sealing master than every Uzumaki who ever lived lmao. Uzumaki are frauds at sealing.

>>280445501
Because SP couldn't write proper fillers by making everyone's dreams happy even though it contradicts the point of Infinite Tsukuyomi. Unless Karin was that fucked up and wanted tragedy in her dream to connect to Sasuke. Truthfully, I wouldn't think hard on anime filler.

reminder that no matter how strong the Uchiha get

The Uzumakis powerlevel will always be uchiha+1

>>280445562
>I wouldn't think hard on anime filler.
That's the difference between me and you.

>>280445516
minato was an exception in the ninja world
>>280445444
>the others contributed too
it doesn't matter. her kuchiyose no jutsu is also a sealing technique that only she can use in the series. Sakon summoned Rashomon but it was Orochimaru's technique. and we never see something similar to her demonic puppets being controlled at once with an instrument

>>280445633
>Uzumakis
*Namikazes

>>280445711
Summoning is not a sealing technique wtf. If anything it's the opposite, it's an unleashing technique.

If Tayuya was an Uzumaki you would think Kabuto would've said something when he was going through his gene splicing phase.

>>280445782
why? no character had any related plot with Tayuya. he told Sasuke about karin because he recruited her in Taka

Tayuyabro I feel for you, I really do, but this is not a good hill to die on if you want people to remain sympathetic to you and your girl. Forgive the shitter-esque wording, but please, stay in your lane and we'll keep supporting your weird little obsession and hoping you get rewarded with Tayuya merch one day.

>>280445820
I should be asking you why are you trying to assume something that was never stated or implied in canon?

>>280445779
her chakra eating ghost beings are similar to the shinigami jutsu. she first used summoning and then used a technique to seal chakra being eaten by some weird spiritual beings that ate chakra. IF THAT'S NOT UZUMAKI THEN WHAT IS

>>280445876
Or, and just hear me out...
she's summoning demons with weird powers that just sorta work on their own.

>>280445876
>her chakra eating ghost beings are similar to the shinigami jutsu
Brother, this is a bigger reach than Chouji can do with his partial expansion jutsu.

>>280445869
no one believed Tobi was Obito when it was obvious

>>280445942
>Trying to compare something as blatantly obvious as ObiTobi to Tayuya being an Uzumaki.
Brah...

>>280445921
the shinigami also worked on his own
>>280445931
nah. it's thematically the same thing. the puppets even look like shinigami beings

>>280445711
>kuchiyose no jutsu is also a sealing technique
Not only that isn't true, but even if it was freaking Kidomaru used a kuchiyose last chapter, is he an Uzumaki too?
>>280445782
Honestly I'm still weirded out by how he chose to not splice himself with Hashirama's cells, after using them with everyone else.

>>280445711
>her kuchiyose no jutsu is also a sealing technique that only she can use in the series.
It's never called sealing.

>>280446079
>Kidomaru used a kuchiyose last chapter, is he an Uzumaki too?
I said that characters like Sakon also use Rashomon which is more impressive than an animal. I'm pointing out the originality in her summoning. It's very weird that she can summon those creatures with even more unusual powers

>>280445876
>her chakra eating ghost beings are similar to the shinigami jutsu
they're simply yin chakra, Shikamaru explicitely compares them to his own techniques.
>used a technique to seal chakra being eaten by some weird spiritual beings that ate chakra
She didn't she simply created beings made out of Yin energy wich absorb Yang energy to reach an equilibrium, no sealing involved.

>>280446139
>It's very weird that she can summon those creatures with even more unusual powers
By your logic, Hidan is an Uzumaki if you're trying to relate everything spiritual or demonic to the clan.

>>280446011
No, that has its own jutsu.
The ghost eel things are part of the Doki.
>>280446139
There's a simple explanation if you're willing to accept something that was only in the anime.

>>280446139
>I said that characters like Sakon also use Rashomon which is more impressive than an animal.
That's kinda arbitrary, Kidomaru's spider could create new spiders and turn into webbings, Jiraya's frogs can put pain under genjutsu, summoning animals being less impressive than summoning the Doki or the rashomon has no real basis.
>It's very weird that she can summon those creatures with even more unusual powers
It's really not, it's just a technique, just like it isn't weird for Ino being capable of possessing people, or Konan to turn into paper, jutsu can have weird powers.

>Neji v Sasuke never EVER
A bit sad to think about...

>>280446202
Hidan is more taijutsu combat type of guy
>>280446194
I wonder how Orochimaru chose her as one of his bodyguards. She goes CM1 to do the summoning so I wonder how Oro knew she was powerful before she had the curse mark. This goes more into my headcanon that Oro chose her because of her Uzumaki genes

>>280446313
Kishi could've done it anytime in Part 2, but didn't since he would have to write another Neji vs. Kidomaru fight.

>>280446313
Byakugan vs Amaterasu Susannoo lightning spear from heaven ggs

>>280441542
It was when Sasuke left and Naruto and Sakura were about to open that scroll before Kabuto intervened.

>>280446440
rotation tanks this btw

>>280446298
You better not be talking about me.
Because I'm saying Tayuya isn't an Uzumaki, she's just got her own thing going on, and it'd be boring to just say "she's an Uzumaki, there, that's why she's like that" as if it makes any more sense than my ideas.

>>280446298
I'm not the letter guy tayuyabro, I'm another poster

>>280446535
What are your ideas?

>>280446581
I still don't know why they told fans so send messages when none of them were read.

>>280446653
>I still don't know why they told fans so send messages when none of them were read.
read publicly and answered you mean?

>>280446256
>The ghost eel things are part of the Doki.
but where do they come from? did she make them? why can she manipulate them with sound without any chakra strings like the sand puppets? was there really a sound village where people like Dosu and Tayuya originated from? so many unanswered questions

Chapter 197: Prepared to Die!!

>>280446889
>last chapter has Neji calling his opponent the greatest
>next chapter cover is rock lee on the bench
kishimoto...

>>280446653
>>280446863
In the anime version of the flashback to Jiraiya's stuff where whe trains with the toads and learns about the prophecy, the explanation for how he got to Mt. Miyoboku is that he tried the summoning jutsu without signing a contract, and it teleported him to the home of the toads because he had a natural affinity for summoning them. Tayuya could have gotten her summons by doing that and instead ending up wherever the boss summon for her contract was, and then she signed the contract and now she has weird demons.
And she may or may not have a connection with a clan that was in a pre-Shippuden filler arc with Menma, and that could be the source of her flute techniques, but I think it's interesting if it's actually left ambiguous there.

>>280446329
No, she summoned the Doku before activating the cursed mark.
Also you just completely disregarded my argument.

>>280446948
Yin and Yang are more aesthetic things than rules of the chakra system. in the same chapter Shikamaru can strangle people using his shadow like it makes any sense

>>280446973
"I'll use gentle fist when I'm literally dying"

>>280446946
Christ that explosion is almost like Kidomaru shot a cannonball

>>280447049
Susanoo would crumble before him.

>>280447084
Anon, look at the crater it made with his previous attack >>280407445

>>280447014
Yes, but explicitely the worms emitted by the Doku are just spiritual energy that seeks to reequilibrate itself with physical energy, not something more esoteric.

>>280446997
>>280447023
Seems like Kishi really had a phase in this arc where he really liked these "sequence" compositions, like animatic storyboards

>>280446440
>Amaterasu
emit chakra to repel it
>Susanoo
gentle fist destroys chakra constructs
>Kirin
Needs build-up, and can be blocked.

>>280446973
>>280446997
The detail of the golden webbing blocking chakra emission, so he touches the web he used to maneuver the arrow instead.

>>280447049
This makes no sense

>>280446505
>>280447203
>they think Neji has a chance against this guy

>>280447253
How does it not? The cord was made to have chakra flow through it.

>>280447297
>Lost most of the fights he was in
Yeah. Neji can handle him.

>>280447319
kek what an absurd page. Neji should be dead and not capable of moving an inch

>>280447307
So much damage from such a great distance and no direct contact seeme like an asspull

>>280447326
>Lost most of the fights he was in
but enough about Neji, lmao

>>280447375
asspull level beyond 9000

>>280447346
>>280447375
Why didn’t Kidomaru just use the metal sweat ability again? Is he stupid?

Chapter 197: Prepared to Die!!

END
Tomorrow: Transference...!!

completely bullshit win

>>280447423
>Is he stupid?
I mean...

>>280447297
I was mainly memeing.

We did it, Nejibros! We killed the strongest of the Sound 4. The mission should be a cakewalk for the rest of the rescue squad dealing with jobbers like Sakon and Tayuya.

>>280447375
A good thing it also seals the cursemark, since Neji just stops to yap instead of finishing the fight.

>>280447436
Kidomaru looks like a dark-skinned Shikamaru on this page.

>>280447182
>>280447240
>>280447264
I know Naruto gets a lot of flack for its overreliance on flashbacks but this sequence is fucking great. Love when characters pull themselves back from the brink of death to finish the fight.

Good fight but >>280447086 and >>280447375 are unbelievably goofy.
>>280447436
Thanks OP.

>>280447541
>the fight
what fight? Neji never began to even fight

>>280447319
>Neji can apparently tank a bullet through the torso but a single punch to the chin from Naruto rendered him immobile
>>280447375
>A single clean hit from Neji is enough to kill Kidomaru but Naruto was able to somehow take multiple hits and still fight

I'm starting to realize now that most of Naruto's wins were basically handed to him by the plot

>>280447375
Neji TANKED that

>>280447240
>I'll change the Hyuga clan when I become hokage!
The whole branch family cuck cage isn't addressed whatsoever even after Naruto becomes hokage btw

>>280447049
>>280447346
>>280447375
>outplay your opponent the whole match just to die to cheese
Damn, Kido got hit with the Gamer Special

>>280447375
Let's recap. Neji gets shot, channels his chakra into the cord, and causes Kidomaru to fall. He is fast enough to have time to reminisce about his fight with Naruto and still cross this distance >>280408301 fast enough to one tap Kidomaru before he hits the ground. And people wonder if he's really as fast as weightless non-gates Lee.

>>280446946
How would the Konoha girls get out of this sticky situation?

>>280447297
Absolutely.

>>280447436
Turns out it was KISHI who let us down FRUCK YOU!

Kiba and his dog is more believable than this shit because Sakon was a retard

>>280446973
>>280446997
>>280447023
>>280447049
>I know what Naruto would do, bullshit his way to victory!

>>280447604
The Hyuga clan doesn't appear at all in Boruto besides Hinata, Hanabi, and Hiashi. It's like they all vanished.

>>280447604
But he gave the clan's main branch his special ninja jesus genes. That's technically keeping his word.

>>280447399
? He has 3 fights where he fights all by himself, and he only loses one of those.

>>280447423
He's paralyzed

>>280447423
Fuck off, you're not funny. Go back to red dit.

>>280447436
All downhill from here til the big showdown.

>>280447650
What?

>>280447423
and kept the cord attached to his body for some reason

>>280447494
>strongest
>laughs in foreign aid

>>280447763
sorry for no spoiler bro

>>280447436
I forgot the detail of him holding his wound closed with chakra there. Should stop when he passes out though.

and then Kidomaru instantly died
but Neji survived

HAHAHHAHAHHHA you can't make this up

>>280447697
Lets see
>Vs Hinata - wins
>Vs Naruto - loses
>Vs Kidomaru - draws
>Vs Kisame - loses, needed Guy to bail him out
>Vs Deidara - loses, needed Kakashi to bail him out
And then he does nothing and dies to a stick.
Only clean win he's ever had is against Hinata, congrats

>>280447835
Meanwhile Sasuke's only clean win is against Yoroi lmao

>>280447702
It's more like Neji spent the entire fight getting dominated

>>280447856
Still better track record than Neji's lol

>>280447887
How?

>>280447856
Sasuke is going to beat Naruto in a clean 1v1 fight in a few chapters

>>280447897
Yoroi is stronger than Hinata

>>280447404
Kido stronger than Chunin Exams Naruto

>>280447905
>Naruto goes for the one part of Sasuke's body that is protected and manages to cut through metal
>clean
lol

>>280446889
>>280446914
i hate the jobber character arc

took too damn long and none of the characters other than Shadow Control guy are ever relevant again

>>280447918
Proof?

>>280447669
Who vanished, Neji and Hizashi? They were the only Hyuga to appear that you haven't mentioned.

>>280447962
Kabuto and Orochimaru both talked highly of him, whereas everybody was aware Hinata's a loser.

>>280447835
>Vs Kidomaru - draws
He survived and was conscious for longer, he objectively won there.

>>280448001
>statement theorycrafting
So no proof

>>280447835
>Vs Kidomaru - draws
He won.
>Vs Kisame - loses, needed Guy to bail him out
>Vs Deidara - loses, needed Kakashi to bail him out
>And then he does nothing and dies to a stick.
His team won all those fights.
Nta.

>>280447934
I forgot Narutobros are coping to this day

>>280448039
We're talking about CLEAN wins. If you take away Kisame and Deidara from Neji, then Sasuke's only CLEAN win is Yoroi. Simple as.

>>280447905
>Clean
>Naruto had multiple fights before reaching Sasuke
>Held back by not summoning gamabunta or maiming him as soon as he got the upper hand
>Could still have won if he stalled instead of committing to the clash as Sasuke admittedly was struggling to stand in CM2
That was the furthest thing from a clean victory.

>>280447943
Anyone who uses "jobber" unironically should be chemically castrated.

I can buy Kidomaru getting fucked up if we saw what Neji even did with the thread. Like he shoved his chakra juice up there but what did it do? Vaguely and abstractly "harmed him" in some way?

Should have been easy for Kishi to show Kidomaru's insides get fucked up to help us buy him getting rendered immobile for so long. Still wouldn't help us believe Neji traveling so far and so fast to catch up to him WHILE HE'S FALLING when before that he was apparently so far away from Kidomaru he had no chance of reaching him without getting sniped.

why couldn't Shikamaru come up with a plan here? realistically both of them are dead by now. genius my ass

>>280448008
Nah, he would have died just the same if he didn't get saved and didn't have the strength to attack him after that either. It was basically a draw with no outside intereference.

>>280448094
t. Rock Lee

>>280448091
Cope.

>>280447973
Uh...Hoheto, Kō and Tokuma?

>>280448096
I mean, Neji being so fast while injured also shows why he rivals Lee and why Lee can't beat him.

>>280447934
>Naruto and Sasuke fight 1v1
>Sasuke knocks Naruto unconscious and remains standing himself
>this isn’t a victory because..,. it just isn’t ok?!?

Kidomaru was genuinely cheated here.

>>280448130
injuries don't matter in this manga

>>280448058
Nardo couldn't do anything to Sauce, because the latter hit him first. He lost the distance game. Sauce even spared him, since he pussied out of killing him in the last second.

>>280448108
Kido bled out first, Street laws say Neji won there.

>>280448170
>Nardo couldn't do anything to Sauce, because the latter hit him first
So you're telling me Naruto tanked the hit and STILL was able to cut through the metal on his forehead? Not a clean win.
>>280448145
Are you illiterate? The word clean is right there.

>>280448145
Naruto held back just like Itachi. Sasuke never held back and that's why couldn't finish Naruto from shame

>>280448150
>You cheated.
>Ninja.

>>280448136
If he was also that insanely ridiculously fast he should have had no trouble reaching Kidomaru.

>>280448151
huh?

Out of all the Sound 4 fights I still think this one is the best desu

>>280448187
Actually both of them died, so street law dictates they're both losers. Not even a draw

>>280448096
I think it's pretty bullshit because this gentle fist paralysis was never mentioned or hinted beforehand or afterwards.

>>280448211
Kidomaru was outside the 50 meter radius. Neji didn't know where he was until the cord revealed his location.

>>280448217
it's the worst one bro. nothing makes any sense, Neji should have died at the first hole in his shoulder

>>280448119
>No argument
>>280448145
Sasuke needed 3 power ups to deal with a tired Naruto lmao.

>>280448205
>So you're telling me Naruto tanked the hit
Nope, he got knocked out and lost. Sauce spared him, like I said. Nardo scratching his forehead protector is all he could manage, since he was simply outplayed.

I just know someone is dying to hear how the Konoha girls can get bullied by Tayuya soon.

>>280448238
Shouldn't he be able to tell from the direction the projectiles come from?

>>280448288
Neji's not very smart

>>280447049
That? Would've FRIED the Konoha girls' organs

>>280448288
The projectiles were coming from all over the damn place until the big arrows.

>>280448151
Unless you're a non healler woman, then they do.

>>280448288
Nta but Kidomaru could move his arrows to always aim at his blindspot, no matter where he was.

>>280447820
>I can't dodge it anyways, might as well search for birds
>Oh right, where's the guy?
That aside, now that we know how the blind spot works, it seems kind of ridiculous that he'd actually miss a whole bird.

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narutardos. we're so back

>>280448284
>Nope, he got knocked out and lost
How did he manage to hit him back if he got knocked out instantly? Hmmmm? Not a clean win!

Neji doing the Sonic the Hedgehog figure-8 run to the falling Kidomaru miles away in the forest with a hole in his side. Not only the strongest and most durable Hyuga, but also the FASTEST Hyuga.

>>280448221
When both fighters die, the one that held out longer is deemed victorious, so Neji won.
Also Neji didn't die.

Neji is such a jobber that he's the only character that stays dead

imagine being worse than Yamcha

>>280448226
Paralysis? He struck his organs with his chakra. It's the thing the gentle fist was introduced as being able to do.

>>280448267
>sasuke uses curse mark
>power up!
>naruto uses kyuubi chakra
>just his toolkit, it’s fine

>>280448288
Shouldn't you be asking why Neji couldn't locate him with the Byakugan?

>>280448397
We already established Kidomaru was greater than 50 meters away.

>>280448217
It is but it has the most unsatisfying ending.

>>280448397
Byakugan can only see up to 50 meters, pls understand.

>>280448348
Our HEROES simply deserve the best

AIEEEEEEEEE


SAVE ME NARUTO

>50 meters is barely a THIRD of a mile
Holy shit the Byakugan fucking SUCKS

>>280448381
Kidomaru was literally unable to stop himself from falling or do anything else, how id that not paralysis?
>>280448393
Except those are new powerups he only got in that fight while Naruto always had Kurama since birth?

>>280448416
Should've brought Hinata "10 km Byakugan" Hyuga along

>>280448354
Fastest Hyuga alive!!

>>280448443
>Kidomaru was literally unable to stop himself from falling or do anything else, how id that not paralysis?
I'd like to see you stop yourself from falling when you get hit in the internal organs.

>>280448408
>>280448416
Kidomaru just guessed that 50 meters was Neji's limit?

>>280447606
Kishimoto must have been on a SamSho bender and wanted to vent about the local Mina players.

Rather than see this as Kidmomaru getting robbed what you should correctly see this as is Neji just being that much of a fucking beast

>>280448470
No, he deduced it over the course of the fight.

>>280448458
Kidomaru was only really hurt in the last hit, the chakra on the thread didn't actually hurt him.

>10 arrows+ in the back
>1 massive hole in shoulder
>spinning missile making a massive hole in kidney
>still uses gentle fist and paralyzes opponent like he hit all his chakra points raw, runs 50 meters, can do attack and somehow powerful enough to kill a superhuman ninja
whoever says this fight was good is the reason mangakas don't even have to try

>>280448091
>sasuke was also tired from just getting the curse mark
>naruto can’t control gamabunta at this point of the manga, the frog only helped him against Gaara because of gamakichi
>could still have won if (headcanon)

Sakon's fight is going to get so much shit in here when those chapters hit.

>>280448499
Clearly it did.

>>280448487
Maybe i speed read, but i don't remember him getting that farther way from his initial spot after he stated CQC with a hyuuga is a no go.

>>280448482
People wondered how Neji could stand a chance against Lee after seeing his feats against Gaara. This fight with Kidomaru shows why Neji is considered superior.

I feel like this fight has the opposite problem of Choji's: better characters and themes at play, but the way that Neji wins feels like Kishi really just wanted to wrap things up too quickly

>>280448509
It’s not even a fight, Kiba just spends several chapters retreating and Sakon/Ukon chase him for no reason instead of regrouping with Sasuke since their opponent isn’t in a shape to fight

>>280448547
You can see how far away he is here >>280408301

>>280448567
Agreed.

>>280448505
>sasuke was also tired from just getting the curse mark
He was on the casket for like 2 days, not implication of fatigue from that is ever brought up.
>naruto can’t control gamabunta at this point of the manga
He can still summon it above Sasuke or have it shield himself from a chidori.
>(headcanon)
You mean a likely guess from Sasuke's Statement.

>>280448547
Nta, but considering he analyzed how to make his arrows attack from his blindspot it's necessary that he himself was outside of his range of vision, or Neji would see the arrow starting.
Also >>280408301 we can see the arrow travel for a great range, without even seeing the starting point.

>>280448505
>>sasuke was also tired from just getting the curse mark
wtf Sasuke was invigorated after getting the curse mark lmao

>>280448567
Kishi realized he had to get to the other fights. He spared time for his self-insert to fight Tayuya, but completely half-assed Kiba's to get to Naruto vs. Sasuke. Kimimaro felt like a mere obstacle.

>>280448503
>runs 50 meters
Way farther than that. It's a great fight though.

>>280448544
There's no hint it did.
>>280448578
That doesn't change my point, Kishi just had Kidomaru get further away offscreen?

>>280448572
Well, Kabuto analyzes how Sakon isn't satisfied if he doesn't kills his opponents.