Sasuke Recovery Mission
Chapter 213: Debt...!!

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>>280936702
Our heroes

>>280936724
Rare footage of Sakura not being given a axe.

>>280936702
...and Kankuro is there too, I guess.

>>280936702
OUR HEROES

>>280936724
Why are the proportions here so fucked, kek
Sakura looks as big as Sasuke even though she's so far behind him.

just skip to naruto vs ssasuke

>>280936702
>Kankuro with green eyes
Huh, that's actually unexpected

>>280936828
Yahagi...

What if Sakura reached Sasuke just as he beat Naruto then dragged both of them in a leash?

>>280936690 (OP)
My VILLAINS
>>280936702
My TERRORISTS
>>280936724
My... heroes?

>>280911345
>my kekkei genkai grants me complete control of my osteoblasts and osteoclasts. With it I regular my calcium mass, and concentrate it into bones
shouldn't this mean that the calcium in his body is a limiting factor for how much bone he can produce?
>>280911543
>oh no, my lack of chakra compels me to move my hand between tayuya's legs
>>280911586
so Lee just randomly sobers up? We don't even see Kimimaro come up with a strategy to deal with lee's unique fighting style, this is so strange

>>280936750
What is he looking at?

>>280936919
Lee sobered up when he was hurt

>>280936919
>We don't even see Kimimaro come up with a strategy to deal with lee's unique fighting style, this is so strange
He shouldn't have to, he stat mogs Lee.

>>280936702
My HERO Gaara.
And two people who are about to become murderers.

>>280936924
(You)

UHHHH HELLO?

Tayuya is about to put that sand slut in her place. I can feel it

They entered so hard that the manga ended

>>280936919
>We don't even see Kimimaro come up with a strategy
Wasn't it the porcupine strategy? I mean Lee even tried to bust out gate 1 and was stopped immediately

The Sand Siblings SLAUGHTERED OP, truly tragic

>>280937093
Temari TANKED that

>Readerbase completely dropped the manga because of the pacing and it got axed
Many such cases.

>>280937093
Day of the ferret coming real soon tayuyafag, you ready?

>The Sound 4 can't lose if the story stops here
300IQ strategy

Bring me Sasuke

I think all that sodium from daily ramen finally caught up to OP...

>Sasukefag finally got him...

brb, I need to get a sacrifice to bring back Ramen

Sakon ended up mistaking OP for Kiba in his pursue.

>>280937334
I already sacrificed Ramen to bring back Ozzy.

Ramenman...

>>280937334
My HEROES and Hiruzen

>>280937334
Hiruizen is the strongest in this group btw

Could he have been banned mid post? Would the thread stay up if he was?

Orochimaru got to him, he's getting diddled as we speak

>>280937394
We're not that lucky

And then the Sand Siblings defeated the rest of the Sound 4 (5) and Naruto got Sasuke back and everyone loved happily ever after. The end.

>>280937412
Except Hinata

>>280937412
>everyone loved happily
Konoha allows polygamy?

>>280936702
I really want to make a
>and Temari too
joke but goddamn is this and the previous page fucking awesome. My FUCKING HEROES.

>>280937390
Iruka...

>>280937432
Not this shit again

He won.

>>280937390
Part 1 Kishimoto...

>>280937470

>>280937483
>one-shots Lee
>somehow loses to Gaara
explain this shit

And then the Sand Siblings teamed up Orochimaru yet again to finish off Konoha's team of child soldiers and Sasuke kills Naruto and earns his Mangekyou Sharingan. The end.

No wonder Naruto has so many fanfics. It ended so prematurely.

>>280937390
How much of a fucking beast was Prime Hiruzen to be considered a god?

OP, please reply on Desu archive if you've been banned!

watch this
KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU!

Any theories on how this arc would've ended before Kishimoto took the money and ran?

>>280937535
He's gone. Just accept it.

Funny enough during the OG storytime I think that OP occasionally had random power outages that made him stop posting for a while

>>280936702
The puppeteering tech is straight up telekinesis and should have been used like it for general purposes more often. Also both Shikamaru and Ino wouldn't be complete trash if they just used poisons along with their techniques

>>280937599
The return!

>>280937599
Gaara of the Sand...

>>280937599
God damn you. We can never have nice things.

Since we barely saw anyone from the other villages I decided to draw my own. This is my OC Samui

>>280937576
>>280937599
No way

>>280937615
>Blonde Hinata with sharper eyes

>>280937615
That's just Tsunade with a short hime cut!

The Sound tried to shutdown the daily knowing what happens to their slaves-I mean SHINOBI in these coming chapters.

>>280937615
Looks like an android 18 ripoff

>>280937644
Tayuya good ending

>>280937611
>Sasukepedo suffering blueballs in-between tugging his thumbtack to minors
Ahahahaha

>>280937528
Retcons aside being able to throw strongest jutsu of every element at the same time via kage bunshin is ridiculously broken

>>280937658
Gaara is locked in

>>280937599
>>280937658
This move always stuck with me for some reason. I think it's because of how fucking grotesque it is when you think about it.

>>280937599
>>280937658
Literal finger guns.

I wonder if ourguy Dosu managed to hit Gaara. he started going crazy after the rooftop incident against him

>>280937704
Way before Suigetsu.

>>280937703
Rude

>>280937703
>Hey...
>Weren't you faster
>You know, before I crushed your bones?

>>280937599
>>280937658
this is just straight up gunfire, no wonder Orochimaru wanted his body

>>280937732
I feel so bad for Lee. surely we get more hype fights maybe when he unlocks the other gates against Akatsuki

>>280937703
>YOU SURE WERE A BETTER FIGHTER BEFORE I CRIPPLED YOU
Really Gaara?

>>280937773
Back to running I guess

>>280937770
He's just autistic

>>280937766
Kishi's obviously building him up to go 8 gates eventually.

>>280937773
>Gaara thinks about Naruto
>Naruto thinks about his Sasuke
aww

>>280937703
>When last we fought...you were much SLOWER than this, what the fuck happened? Didn't i break your legs or something?

>>280937732
I just remembered that Lee x Gaara was a thing. Fujoshi are so messed up

>>280937773
>>280937803
Is this the first instance of Gaara being fujo cucked by Sasuke?

>>280937703
>Chunin Exams Lee is CS1 Kimimaro (forma de fucking dying sickly man) tier
lol ok

>>280937811
>Not like I wanted to save you baka!

GaaNaru > SasuNaru

>>280937830
Chuunin Exams Lee > Sasuke Retrieval Lee > Naruto Rojo

>>280937811
Tsunade didn't sent more ninja because...?
Also, HOW DID YOU GET HERE SO FAST!?

>>280937811
>5 children is NOT enough
>We need more dead children
Really taking notes from Hiruzen.
Also how the fuck did they get there on such short notice

>>280937811
>It's not like we wanted to raid Konoha. It was just following orders.
Wasn't the Sand's agenda in attacking Konoha because they were upset at their daimyo was hiring Konoha more while Suna was left getting poorer, so they wanted to eliminate their competition?

>>280937811
>i-i-it was just orders!
that's what they ALL say

>>280937658
Did Gaara have a growth spurt in the couple weeks or whatever it's been since he was last seen?

>>280937869
I think she's talking about herself and her siblings specifically.

>>280937811
>sent for help
incompetent, sending genin bros...

>>280937853
>>280937863
Flying Thunder God, obviously.

>>280937868
That first panel would look REALLY sus out of context.

>>280937863
>>280937853
it's funny how they send more Sand losers to fight Orochimaru after Kimimaro more likely solo'd Rasa without anyone in the village noticing a thing and then larped as their leader

>>280937879
I always assumed he just calmed down a bit and perfected the control of the sand

>>280937742
Gaara aka THE BONECRUSHER truly is the perfect counter for Kimimaro

>>280937903
>>280937927
>I'm faster than sound bro fuck your genjutsu
BULLSHIT

>>280937927
Wenchmari

>>280937868
>She uses Genjutsu with her flute!
>No shit, why else would she have it?
Is Temari reading these threads?

>>280937879
It's been months since the chunin exams, bro

>>280937703
This is probably one of the only times were the dialogue undeniably contradicts the action events, you cannot just tell tells Lee got weaker after what he showed to do in this very fight.

>>280937927
>wench
Tayuya just jelly Shika is spoken for by superior sand princess thighs.

>>280937868
>So you wanna pull out again?
Excuse me?

>>280937962
She's smarter than shikachud

>>280937966
It was only 2 months at best.

>>280937972
>>280937830
>>280937849
Dude's(and Gaara), he just got out of surgery and has been doing nothing but cope training for a like a month. Give'em a break.

>>280937954
If Sakon and Ukon can merge with artificial things like clothing why can't they merge with the puppets?

>>280937952
>uses his bones to protect his bones
Heh...

>>280937954
Sakon is going to cover that distance in just a couple of panels?

You know, we ALMOST had a decent thread for a good 30 minutes there. Almost.

>>280937954
the anime is worth watching just for the puppet noises btw

>>280937903
>>280937927
>shreds the fucking trees
>does no damage to Tayuya
Huh?

>>280937987
She tries to leglock him every time but he uses the shadow jutsu to wiggle out

>>280938031
Kankuro is physically stronger than this sound jobber

>>280937954
>>280938006
HOW THE FUCK DID HE GET HERE SO QUICKLY!?

>>280937956
Less "faster" and more "Makes enough noise that the genjutsu can't work"

>>280938031
is Shino the perfect counter to Sakon? he can't merge with the bugs

>>280938031
Wonky proportions on that Sakon.

>>280938029
>the anime is worth watching just for the puppet noises btw
I love that sound
>CHIKACHIKACHIKACHIKACHIKA
>>280938031
Was Sakon always this fucking large in CM2 form?

>>280938081
>Yikes

>>280938064
Shino is the perfect counter for everyone but Kidomaru

>>280938056
>Just do all the work bro
Lazy fuck

>>280938056
>plap

>>280938064
If the hive were to hurt Sakon they would also hurt shino in the process.

>>280938129
!?

>>280938064
Shino and the other Aburame are the perfect counter to just about everything, there's a reason he got the Gai treatment where he was always out on a mission when the others were fucked

>>280938056
>plap

>>280936953
Not really, he was forced to use the cursed sesl, his own power, at least while ill, is inferior to Lee's.
Also, and more to the point, that's the problem, rather than skill and abilities, like in Kido vs Neji or the first part of Tayuya vs Shika it was just raw powerscaling, a la Jirobo, where they activated their super sayan modes to overwhelm their opponent.

Chapter 213: Debt...!!

END
Tomorrow: Retreat...!!

>>280938129
When exactly did Kankuro switch with Crow?

>>280938081
>>280938129
Why aren't you...punching him?

>>280938175
EXIT

>>280937811
>We can't possibly send any jonin to this mission of absolute urgency, think of how weak it would make us look to our neighbours
>instead let's ask them for help directly
Every single new reveal about Tsunade's "plans" just makes her sound worse

>>280938129
Wasn't Kiba paying attention during the chunin exams? Kankuro already did this trick in the tournament.

>>280938175
Ok, how did he even get caught there? Sakon had a trillion years to react.

>>280938175
Thanks OP

>>280938175
Leafbros...

>>280938175
Kankuro's underrated

>>280938129
There are like 20 clone and construct and disguise techniques, it's taught to pre-genin ninja students, why the fuck are these seasoned ninjas always caught so off guard when they attack a clone or construct? Stop looking gormlessly at the decoy and start dodging for fuck sakes.

>>280938175
That trick worked with the Crow because it shared kind of similar proportions with Kankuro. But this things face is way too big for it to work

>>280938175
Thanks OP, I like how Kankuro's puppets look more like weird Silent Hill monsters than conventional "puppets"
Also goddamnit, Kiba's inner dialogue there feels like it was meant for Shino

>>280938240
only shikamaru can think 2 steps ahead

>>280938207
He was grabbed

>>280938240
>tfw anon-sensei berates you for getting caught off-guard yet again

>>280938175
What the hell even happened, he just exploded into a cloud of blood.
Anyway thanks OP

>in 1 more chapter we will see THE most embarrassing death of Part 1

>>280938175
Thanks OP. Glad you're not died.

>>280938266
It really does, fuck. Did Kishi originally intend for Shino to be here and his editor or some shit said not to bring the bug weirdo or something?

>>280938279
These fucks have a celular level body control and can't detach limbs at will?
Also that puppet just has more strength than a guy in CM2?

>>280938312
Who?

>>280938322
>Also that puppet just has more strength than a guy in CM2?
I mean, probably? They were made by Sasori after all.

>>280938322
Yeah, didn't you see him stopping CS2 Sakon attack right there?

You're telling me Sakon couldn't have done something like this to get out of Kankuro's hold?

>>280937615
Samui or Mei wherte meant for kakashi... but kishimoto turned kakashi into a homosexual.

>>280938194
you're not ready for when Sasori literally infiltrates their village again and Tsunade sends Naruto to save Gaara when he was a target himself

>>280938355
Correct me if i'm mistaken, all puppets in Suna were made by Sasori? Is that actually a thing?

>>280938381
>but kishimoto turned kakashi into a homosexual.
Shizune's holes beg to differ

>>280938381
Mei is for Chojuro
Samui is for Darui
Shizune is for Kakashi

>>280938351
Ukon will literally stumble into one of Kankuro's puppets because he's a klutz that struggles to control the weight of the fused body, and die horribly

>>280938355
Sasori really carry the entire puppet corps on his back. And in the end, they never invent anything that surpass his work.

>>280938404
Not all of them but Kankuro's, yes

>>280937600
>puppeteering tech is straight up telekinesis
My head cannon is that the puppets are built to "receive" chakra, and you channel it by molding your chakra into concentrated strings.
The chakra receivers are then connected into inner ropes sensitive to chakra that allow the puppeteer to control its movements.

>>280938414
I interpreted it more as him not being used to walk at all and not that being fused adds extra weight.
Which, actually makes him look worse.

>>280938412
I always shipped Kakashi with Anko. they have a lot in common and he knows how to seal the curse mark

>>280938355
>They were made by Sasori after all.
honestly fair enough, I always forget that’s an actual lore point

>>280938414
Lmao

>>280938404
Nah nah, puppetry is one of Suna's signature jutsu and Sasori was probably one of, if not THE best practitioner of it ever, but there are other users and makes. He just made the best ones besides Granny Chiyo. They all became something of an elite tool, which is why the Kazekage's son, Kankuro, has multiple of them.

>>280937703
kek based Gaara

>>280938315
Kiba worked better as an actual tracker with his dog-level smelling. But at the same time, the whole setup with the arc fit Shino more.

>Sakon/Ukon are supposed to be the strongest of the Sound 4. Shino never received an actual loss in his fights. It would be a fight between the top-tiers of their respective teams.
>Kankuro drops in to save Shino, matching his two other siblings rescuing the people they fought during the Chunin Exams/Konoha Crush.

>>280938429
I believe Kankuro really did became better than Sasori at the end, but the showing of Kishi wrote when they meet again did does a poor job of that, I agree. Really wish we got to see Kankuro make his own puppets, like a tanuki or weasel for his sister.

All magic bullshit from later blinds readers from noticing puppets are really fucking strong

>>280937811
Both her and Gaara start by saying their ex-enemy got weaker, Kishi liked this dynamic.

>>280938577
I seem to remember that in NUNS2 all puppet users are top tier, with Sasori being literally the best character in the game according to competitive players

>>280938175
This is kind of weird 2-page spread, like the 1st panel has unusual dimensions with how it's only slightly creeping onto the other page

Tayuyafag, I just want you to know, whatever happens in the coming chapters... That you have good taste in girls.

>>280938664
Well Sasori is basically a videogame boss so that makes sense

I think I kind of get Tayuyafag's stance a bit more, I've been holding off on reading slightly ahead and it feels like even Jirobo has a more robust toolkit than the twins

>>280938175
Thank you OP.

>>280938676
You mean sasukefag?

>Lee secret potion eight gates (pre-crippling)
vs
>Kimimaro (still with ninja aids)
WHO WINS?

>>280938801
If Lee can use Gate 5
And CS2 is banned...
I want to say Lee, but if he can't even break through Gaaras sand armor I don't know if he'd be able to beat Kimi's bones. I mean which is more durable?

>>280938713
Sakon/Ukon were honestly the most retarded of the 4 and would probably job to Naruto for that reason.
>Sperg out over Naruto's clone shenanigans
>Get absolutely BTFO trying to fuse with him by either foxhax or Naruto stabbing himself, only for him to immediately heal after exiting his body
Uk

This arc unintentionally enforced all misconceptions about Lee and Neji's rivalry.

>>280937868
I dont Temari lets have triplets

>>280938914
NEVER FORGET THE CONDOM

>>280938901
I mean on the other hand
>Neji with two giant holes in his torso immediately sprinting to Kidomaru borderline instantly
Really it just makes them both seem insanely way beyond the other Konoha genin

>>280938871
their mistake was fighting dog Naruto

>>280937927
Where's the self-deprecation? He should be noting that unlike himself, Temari knows useful techniques.

>>280938871
>trick salon/ukon into merging with one of his clones
>Rasengan demolishes their innards
I could see it. If they tried to merge with Nardos main body, would the fox interfere?

shinofags will never get over it huh

>>280938956
>here Yahagi-san. the rough drafts are over.
>(Shikamaru innner self) THEY SENT A WOMAN? I'M FUCKED.
>You can't write this, Kishimoto, change it.
>Fuck...

>>280938977
0 losses

>>280938713
Jiribo
>Earth style jutsu out the wazoo
>physically strongest member of the S4(probably stronger than Kimmimaro)
>supplements being the weakest individual member with good teamwork and utility like the chakra dome
>probably pretty good at taijutsu?
>lost his fight, but made Choji basically kill himself to get there.
Kidomaru
>protective layer as hard as iron
>able to create melee and ranged weapons at will, can play both long and close range depending on match-up
> Fantastic team utility and anti-ambush tech with his webs
>spider summons
>lowkey one of the smartest characters in the manga
>tied in his fight, mostly to a bit of bs.
Tayuya
> Debilitating genjutsu specialist
>three summons
>strong enough to knock Naruto onto his ass
> Sound-based, extremely fast and good range
>kind of dumb
>would've won their fight
Sakon/Ukon
>Two niggas
>Can destroy the host at a molecular level
>mostly goes for punch barrages over anything else
>Really fucking chatty and stupid, also lazy as hell.
>Poor showing against the debateably weakest member of the SRS, even despite being magnitudes stronger than him.
>Won their fight

Kido>Jiribo>Tayuya>Sakon/Ukon in terms of not being retarded, imo. Like it's so hard to believe Sakon is the strongest because of how dumb he is.

>>280938966
That's like saying Kurama could combat any cancer Naruto could get.

>>280938951
Lee gets all the attention, but Neji's trained by Guy too.

>>280939042
And yet he never has cancer. Curious....

bump

>>280939042
>That's like saying Kurama could combat any cancer Naruto could get.
...Could he?

>>280939029
>>physically strongest member of the S4(probably stronger than Kimmimaro)
I'm not sure about that.

>>280939047
and Tenten?

>200+ posts in 2 hours
sasukejeet hard at work I see

>>280939082
>females
>getting training

>>280939075
He lifts up giant Choji. I'm not saying Kimmi is a weakling when it comes to raw strength, it's just that's a pretty damn impressive feat.

>>280938713
I think part of the problem is that for supposedly being the strongest of the Sound 4, they really don't feel like it, e.g. Kiba and Akamaru didn't get their asses straight up beaten in the two-headed wolf form so much as they got hard-countered by an ultra-specific defense summon (then they proceed to get distracted by Akamaru's super laser piss, then their kekkei genkai loses to honorable seppuku, then they're on a wild goose chase for half their screentime, and now they're getting raped by Sasori's hand-me-downs)

>>280939016
No I mean, that should be right there, but someone in the translation process just chose to omit that part.

>>280938951
I think it's funny that this arc makes a completely different picture of how a fight between them would go in comparison to the chunin exams.
>Lee is pretty fast but Neji's close, since Neji can't take a punch he just used rotation and gentle fist to completely shut down Lee before he open enough gates to be a threat, both get outclassed by Naruto and arguably Sasuke.
>ACTUALLY, Neji is the second best TANK in their group and Lee is the fastest genin there is, Naruto and Sasuke would need to transform to even have a chance to match them!

>>280939029
Sakon/Ukon have the Rashomon as well.

>>280939072
I don't see how his chakra could do that.
>>280939111
I feel like Kimi just prefers to stab people, he probably could lift Choji too.

>>280939194
Why don't you just stop posting?

>>280937954
>>280938006
Forgot to mention it last thread but I think Kiba's jacket works well with Ukon/Sakon's looks is because the furry rugged look helps contrast their fruitier designs, makes him look more like a punk that way

>>280938175
>Can merge with clothes
>Can't merge with puppets
Make it make sense!

>>280939029
>>280939146
maybe Sakon and Ukon have their IQ's split in half as well

>>280939204
Can't believe I forget that, it's one of my favorite fucking jutsus. Yeah, that's a huge defensive buff.

>>280939208
Fair enough. Of the S4, though, it's no question.

>>280938315
Kiba is hotter and more popular so editor-san was probably thinking just that
>Why are you bringing the bug-freak? Bring brunnete Naruto instead

>>280939247
They aren't organic.

>>280939276
>Wooden puppets
>Not organic

pain arc spoiler

uhh powerlevel? hello??

It's funny how Orochimaru said that Kidomaru is the one who likes to play around with his opponents when every single thing he does against Neji was calculated towards finding the Byakugan's blindspot (something that Neji notes himself)

>>280939300
>Wooden
Proof?

>>280939300
Sasori knew about Sakon's clan and infused the puppets with anti-merging Jutsu

>>280939324
>what training with Ebisu does
Naruto made the wrong choice.

>>280938713
>Travelled underground fast enough to where the group thought he straight up vanished, despite being a fat bastard
>Strong as FUARK, would've squashed most of the group with this right out the gate if not for Choji
>Even before that, he nearly iced the group just by trapping them in the dome
>Chakra absorption will never not be strong utility, that shit basically carries Shino stocks
Honestly? Never thought about it much, but for the supposedly weakest guy he seems more impressive than Sakon

>>280939338
Looking and sounding like wood

The fuck else could they be? Plastic?

>>280939268
>>280938266
>>280938315
According to Art Collection: Uzumaki
>Sakon was the final member of the Sound Four to be created by Masashi Kishimoto. After struggling to decide whom Sakon should fight, Kishimoto decided to have Sakon take part in a two on-two battle against Kiba and Akamaru. Thus he created Ukon and placed him within Sakon's body so that they could act as one person.
They were always meant to be Kiba's opponent, at least as soon as their debut they were.

>>280939388
Faux wood.

>>280939348
>Shikamaru: “I guess women aren't so bad after all...”

>>280939365
Oro seems like he only values strength through 1v1 and Jirobo's CQC would be hard countered by the Twins merging abilities.

>>280939361
Naruto's training with Ebisu was honestly going pretty well. He was already close to mastering walking on water despite Orochimaru fucking up his chakra.

>>280939416
Made of?

>>280939415
Yeah I can believe that, the 2-on-2 setup is pretty blatant even early on

>>280939466
Wood

>>280939466
Fake wood.

It's weird how weak the Twins seem to be when they pretty much beat up Sasuke.

Naruto would be so much better if it included my OC; Kuroshiro Uchiha. He's the same age as Naruto and Sasuke and an Uchiha that Itachi missed in the massacre. He's already unlocked the EMS and is an ANBU leader by the time everyone else graduates from the academy and he joins Team 7 and Kakashi treats him as an equal and Sasuke gets jealous and tries to beat him up but Kuroshiro easily beats him and all the girls love him. Also he knows the Flying Thunder God jutsu and has a dragon summon.

>>280939541
To be fair, Sauce just came out of a several month coma and exhausted himself earlier fighting Nardo. Then there's interference.

>>280939466
It's simple, the puppets are made out of 100% puppet: it's the ultimate ART that could only be made by Sasori

>>280939541
This arc weirdly Hypes up Lee while also low-balling Sasuke a lot until he gets roided and unlocks 3 tomoes.

>>280939415
Isn't it a bit weird that they made these enemies as such blatant foils in one way or another, but then Kiba gets fucking dumpstered?

>>280939466
Chakra wood

>>280939541
The problem is that their taijutsu serms to go down the shitter once they split apart, since Ukon can't sucker punch their opponents through Sakon's body (which is actually how they managed to beat up Sasuke)

>>280939589
It was hardly two months.
Also, Lee came out of surgery nearly the same as before, and his spine was broken.

Given that they didn't get immediately curbstomped like Sasuke did, I wonder if you could make a legitimate argument that Akamaru could beat Sasuke alone before he takes his snake drugs

>>280938871
The only one in the Sound 4 who had a chance against Naruto was Tayuya because of genjutsu.
>jirobo
He's all about physicality. Unfortunately for him, Naruto has pretty much unlimited durability and can easily overpower him with Nine Tails chakra.
>kidomaru
Shadow clone spamming beats sniper tactics, giant toad beats big spider.
>sakon
Nine Tails would push him out like he did when Naruto tried to fuse with the toads for sage mode.

>>280938537
>I believe Kankuro really did became better than Sasori at the end
Yeah all those awesome puppets Kankuro created...

>>280939415
>Designed from the onset specifically for a character
>Can't think of any interactions so half the fight is spent running away
KISHI!!!!!!!!!

>>280937615
>casually drops his hottest creation 90% of the way into the series
>she jobs immediately and is never heard from again and refuses to elaborate
What did Kishi mean by this?

>>280939630
But Sasuke had to fight with his bare feetsies...

>>280939602
I mean Lee would have destroyed Sasukek during the exams. Even post training.

>>280939741
>I want to draw giant dogs
and so Kiba vs Sakon was created

Sound 4? Makes threads go FAST

>>280939833
That was an incredibly cool page tbf, shame the fight didn't just end there.

>>280939819
With multiple gates, yes.
But this arc makes it seem that even this "weakned" Lee would beat Sasuke by slapping his flaccid dick hard enough on his face.

Why didn't Sakon and Ukon just beat Kiba and Akamaru to death after blocking their strongest attack with Rashomon? He was in no condition to fight after that, the body fusion was completely unnecessary (and actually led to Kiba nearly killing Ukon)

>>280939984
sadism is why they lost. they gave kidomaru shit for playing games, but they're not much better.

>>280939984
He wanted to flex his powers, thus he got squished

>>280939984
I'm just going to have the same take as several other anons and assume they're literally just retarded, hell their fight started because Sakon really got triggered by a dog barking (not even at him, just barking in general) and literally fell off a cliff

>>280940032
Sakon actually had confidence nobody there could beat Kidomaru once he goes CM2, the one who really shat on Kidomaru for that was Orochimaru.

Here's a little trivia about Sakon, in the Databook, it was stated that only Ukon could use the killing body merging move, but Sakon clearly tries to do just that against Kankuro.

>2 hours and some change just to dump a single chapter
Dailyramen? More like FAILyramen

>>280940167
Now that i'm looking at it, how did that big ass face hid in a 1v1 sand mask of Kankuro's actual face?

>>280937615
>>280939751
That's just yellow Brandish.

>>280937703
Lee (forma de 100% health) CONFIRMED Kimimaro tier

>>280939589
>>280939630
Naruto takes roughly 5 weeks to learn the rasengan (from the ball exercise to the execution against Kabuto). Sasuke gets mind raped by Itachi right at the beginning of the arc and is immediately healed by Tsunade once she arrives in the village, so we can assume he was unconscious for 6 weeks at maximum. Which is still a lot. Lee was still eating regularly and training in secret, so considering Tsunade's magical ninja surgery didn't require rest and recovery like normal surgery does, we can say Lee was still more battle-ready than Sasuke. Not to mention he had just gotten mind broken again by Naruto's rasengan (kwab).
>>280939324
Anime-only nonsense. In the manga, Konohamaru just baited Jigokudo with a clone, hit him with a Rasengan and escaped with Ebisu. Pierrot added way too many extended combat sequences that completely broke the logic of the series and made the powerscaling nonsensical.

Kishimoto is trying really hard to make everyone forget he had Lee feeling completely outclassed when he saw Sasuke's speed against Gaara or when Naruto beat Neji.

what I've learned from the daily is that despite being the ones to lose 1v1 to their opponents, Jirobo and Kidomaru actually come across as more competent than Tayuya and Sakon
>Kido figured out they were being tailed by using the spider webs (ok credit where it's due, Ukon did also help undo the Shadow Possession)
>Jirobo caught them in the dome, only Choji could bail them out
>Later on Kido would've stonewalled all progress if it weren't for Neji, literally the only guy who could cut the webs
>Meanwhile Tayuya and Sakon literally get outsmarted by KWABmaru and DUMBruto, Kimimaro literally had to pull his rapidly-dying body out of Kabuto's cancer hospital in order to undo their retardation

>>280940057
The funniest thing about this is that Sakon doesn't know that Kimimaro showed up, so in his mind, Naruto still has Sasuke's coffin and is returning back to the village with it. Yet he still decides to prolong his fight.

>>280940362
>had Lee feeling completely outclassed when he saw Sasuke's speed against Gaara
I think he was more depressed at the fact that a Uchiha genius copied his own speed in such a short amount of time. He still acknowledges that Sasukek can't maintain it for very long, but it's still a blow to how ego.

>>280940420
Maybe he trusts Tayuya enough to think she took Sasuke back?
Still retarded though.

>>280940420
I never thought about that. Lol

>>280940437
>He still acknowledges that Sasukek can't maintain it for very long
Pretty sure that was Gai.

I've never actually seen actual Sakonfags but if they hypothetically exist, then this storytime is fucking tearing his reputation to shreds

>>280940513
We already have a list of characters that were ROBBED, maybe we should make one for the biggest FRAUDS of the series?

>>280940461
>Yeah let me trust the girl who's completely powerless once that flute is knocked out her hands against two ninja, one of which can completely immobilize his opponent

>>280940513
Sakon/Ukon are too "potentialmen-y" to have genuine fans on /a/...or in most places for that matter.

>>280937927
>wench
Tayuyafag if you see this then is there anywhere I can get a translation comparison between what Tayuya says in the Viz translation vs. what she should actually be saying in the Japanese version?

>>280940581
Madara would job to them.

>>280940570
It would just be filled with variations of Sasuke.

>>280940581
>Sakon/Ukon are too "potentialmen-y" to have genuine fans on /a/
Even their Kekkei Genkai just feels undercooked, I'm not sure what Kishi was really thinking with them
>alright so they share a body, and I guess chakra too?
>and they can invade peoples' bodies as a parasite, that's pretty cool (but it also loses to stabbing yourself? why not just tear them to shreds with your x10 CM2 power)
>and they... regenerate? but as we'll see 1 chapter from now their regen clearly won't be enough to survive

>>280940570
I'm just waiting for part 2. Wankmaru needs to be exposed

>>280940570
So far we have Kurenai, Anko and Sakon

>>280940718
Has anyone really wanked him here?

>>280939906
It is pretty neat how fast these dumb fucks have kept the pace up ITTs lately. Being the penultimate arc in Part 1 will do that to you, but I wonder if Shippuden will keep the speed since most anons have way less nostalgia for it than they do Part 1.

>>280937903
>>280937927
Why didn't she use this technique during his duel with shikamaru to flush him out?
Was she holding back?

>>280940774
Kishimoto does.

>>280940772
Anko was robbed. It's insane that Orochimaru only surviving student with the first cursed mark does literary fucking nothing.

>>280940186
I wonder if anyone has made a list of shit that the databook claims that's just verifiably incorrect when you look at the source material

>>280940786
We know which parts of part 2 will be the slowest based on the Storytimes from a couple years ago

>>280940703
>undercooked
Don't forget we literally still don't know what it's even called.

>>280940718
>>280940772
Good picks. Maybe Tsunade too for what she's shown off so far? Though she does become really good later on in P2.

>>280940823
I think almost everyone this arc has gotten stronger since the exams. I could see Temari using/strengthening that technique to develop a better counter.
Similarly, Kiba and Akamaru's piss no jutsu would have been a good counter against Nardo.

>>280940856
I remember Tenchi Bridge being the biggest slog aside from Naruto vs Oro and Sasuke's comeback. Though the worst will probably again be the period of the war between Konan dying and Madara entering.

>>280938056
>KG involves becoming one with you against your will
>literally makes plap play get pregnant noise
Kishi...

>>280938049
The same way Neji and Lee did

>>280940890
>Tsunade
I'd say she got robbed in her one fight so far by kabuto being able to inexplicably go toe to toe with her.
She should have been able to punch his dweeby head off

>>280940890
Tsunade is more at fault for being a shitty leader rather than a poor fighter.

>>280940890
>Though she does become really good later on in P2
I don't remember her ever fighting in P2 aside from against Madara who to be fair is Madara. But it is made worse by the fact that she's clearly the weakest and least useful Hokage in the war

>>280937903
Be gone THOT

>>280940980
>kabuto being able to inexplicably go toe to toe with her.
Kabuto is just that guy. Don't downplay the goat

>>280940958
The first arc is also very bad apart from the Sasori fight

>>280938175
Where was Shino again amidst all this?

>>280938747
No.

>>280940703
I feel like the whole body merging/control and regen are already pretty strong as is, it's just that Kishimoto didn't really draw scenes to convey that in a good way.
Also, it's funny that Kabuto was the one to reach the maximum of that kekkei genkai, which implies the brothers either didn't merg with anyone with useful abilities or simply don't know they can do that.

>>280941122
Same guy tho

>>280940772
>Kurenai, Anko
What's fraudlent about those 2?

>>280940579
>who's completely powerless once that flute is knocked out her hands
Someone post Tayuya bitchslapping Nardo into the trees

>>280941153
That's impossible.

>>280941076
>Nearly gets killed by a child

>>280941118
Wasn't he collecting bugs with his dad?

>>280937658
Fucking sick.

>>280941189
Uh huh

>>280941134
I don't know if it's just the quality of that scan or not but man, Shippuden's linework always strikes me as being particularly lifeless and unfocused compared to Part 1

>>280941087
Boggles my mind that Kishi wrote out both Kankuro and Temari from the arc and instead of showing more how their relationship with Gaara changed it's instead Naruto seething and whining for chapters in a row and Team Guy fighting copies of themselves

>>280938175
>>280940167
>>280940733
Arigatou, OP!

>>280941200
>TANKS the fourth HOKAGES jutsu by the leafs JINCHURIKI after consecutively DESTROYING a SANIN and JONIN 1V1

>>280940958
The slowest parts of Shippuden were the middle of the Gara rescue arc (After the reintroduction to all the characters and before the Sakura fight), the Tenchi Bridge arc (before Oro shows up), 5 Kage Summit (before Sasuke starts shit), and the 4th Ninja War(mostly the Zombie stuff, once Naruto gets to the battlefield it picks up)
>>280941160
>Kurenai
Anko did nothing and will do nothing because idk?

>>280941230
Tell me, how many people in this thread like Sasuke?

>>280941200
Kabuto is a child himself

These single chapter threads are gonna be a real pain once part 2 starts

>>280940282
What is 100% health Kimi like?

>>280941273
I do, he's the best character in this series by leaps and bounds

>>280941267
>pic
I don't think you understand what "fraud" is in this context.

>>280937599
Yesterday it was the rib bones and the same guy who used the ribs in Jojo also fired bullets from his finger tips

>>280941273
What?

>>280941306
Forgot picy

>>280941294
Unironically kage tier

>>280941284
I'm worried for the war arc. 200+ days of that....

>>280937811
Tsunade's Tsunades looking nice in that lower right.

>>280941284
>>280941357
Cry more sasukefag

>>280941294
I don't remember it, but apparently he's able to stand toe-to-toe with Sage Mode Naruto. Healthy Kimimaro at this point of the story could single-handedly topple the entire ninja world with no effort.

>>280941239
It definitely got worse later on. There's a rocky period in early Shippuden where I think Kishi switched to digital or hybrid and the art looks worse before getting better. But then during the war it gets really messy and I think I remember Kishi talking about how he had trouble drawing because of pain and had to let his assistants help more than usual

>>280937658

>>280936702
Sort by: Iris width

>>280936825
Kakashi too lol. The obvious answer is that the building is just getting smaller and this isn't perspective, those three are just right next to each other

The doomposting is deserved but there's still a ton of moments in part 2 I'm looking forward to revisiting

>>280941250
>Naruto seething and whining for chapters
Don't remind me. Not looking forward to rereading that

>>280941483
Tick tock, Shikamarufags.

>>280941483
Yeah but what about everything in between

>>280941483
I'm ready to coolest guy post again

>>280941087
Sasori and Deidara change what would be a bad arc into something people remember fondly.

>>280941284
>These single chapter threads are gonna be a real pain once part 2 starts
I'm not sure if I already brought this up before, but honest to god I'm wondering how did Naruto manage to maintain the momentum of it's popularity like this, as in even in daily format there's clearly a lot of chapters with very sluggish pacing fraught with tons of padding and borderline nothing happening, but during publication you would've had to wait a full WEEK between chapters, how is it possible to not burn out the fanbase?

>>280937903
did she just blow the sound away?

>>280938461
It really ought to be something like this, but the applications seem wild with how it can be used a) on regular weapons b) on people if they're willing c ) to straight up trip people without any set up

>>280941294
Honestly? Probably something like Kisame level just in terms of raw power. Dude was JACKED.

>>280941160
>>280941305
>Only recently became a jonin despite being around the same age as Kakashi, Gai, and Asuma.
>Kakashi was an ANBU by like ten, Asuma was the Fire Lord's personal bodyguard, Might Guy is Mighty Fucking Guy.
>jobbed instantly to Itachi and Kisame, tried to use genjutsu against the strongest user of it in the series.
>Main combat method is, again, genjutsu, which simply never works after a certain point in the story or on anything beyond jobbers.
>Thinks her own student(the best one btw, no shade toward Hinatafags) is a creepy weirdo, really shallow mindset.
>doesn't even attempt to avenge the father of her child, sends his wet behind the ear student on a vendetta.
>Only contribution to the series is birthing another Sarutobi in Bort.
She's just another one of the many victims of Kishi's misogyny.

>>280941495
Remember how he actually did jackshit the entire arc and it was mostly Chiyo, Kakashi and Sakura carrying him yet in the end everyone wanks Naruto for saving him.

>>280940570
Part 1 Sasuke.
>nearly dies against haku
>scares away some rain literal who
>loses to orochimaru (too scared to move most of the time)
>needs naruto to save him from gaara
>gets buck broken by itachi
>gets buck broken again by a rasengan hole in a water tank
>sound four humiliation ritual
His best moments in part 1 are:
>looking cool against the mist demon brothers (still needed Kakashi to save him)
>throwing a pebble at kankuro
>scaring away a rain literal who in the forest of death (naruto beats them later with his clones)
>beating a sound jobber
>going all-out with CM2 and beating naruto who was holding back at the finale

>>280941644
Allegedly.

it seems to be a very accurate movie then

>>280941627
Excitement for the the unknown. We lack anticipation

>Meet "Leadermen"
>They call them 007: 0 impressive feats, 0 good uses of their abilities, 7 thound years to react to Kankuro's puppet.
>Show smart tactics and Leadership worthy of their title? X
>Fall from a cliff for retardly following a dog and trip into getting killed a few chapters later? V
>Kabuto literally uses their shit better than them.
>Not even good looking enough to get the fujos.
>"give me fire, give me liberty, give me pre roided Sasuke or i retire!"

>>280941688
>murrlogic
wonderbreadguy is a Naruto fan?

>>280937658
Makes me think of some Inspector Gadget shit
>Go go gadget finger bones!

>>280941627
Nobody knew the outcome of arcs. A big chunk of Naruto's fanfare is based on anticipation and expectations on what's gonna happen next. Fans used to come up with so many theories about the lore and characters.

>>280941644
More like blotted it out with a huge fuckin gale. The song can't hypnotize you if you can't hear it.

I'm going to give kishi the benefit of the doubt and say the evil purple stuff represents the genjutsu and not him depicting sound behabing like a gas

>>280941656
I feel like you have to be somewhat of a "big deal" to even qualify as a fraud when the expectations aren't met.

>>280941678
How did you forget his massive humbling at the start of the exams by OUR guy Lee?

>>280941688
They should release it just so people can hate watch and make reviews about it.

>>280941803
*behabing

>>280941806
Maybe a different term then? Like, Kurenai's a named jonin sensei, it's not like she's disrespected in-universe the same way Ebisu is or something.

>>280941806
wasn't she called a genjutsu prodigy?

>>280941737
>jobs to dog piss

>>280941627
I really think the intrigue and mystery behind the Akatsuki and Tobi helped.

>>280941737
Sakon and Ukon? The STRONGEST Sound 4 (+2)

>>280941627
Because i was a dubfag for the first decade of my life and didn't like to follow unfinished works, i never actually read Naruto past the chunin exams/SRA until the storytime (even then Cartoon network didn't air the episodes in order).
So i pretty much dropped the series until 2020, but before that i always kept tabs about the events of the story and i always had 2 thoughts.
>Sasuke is STILL bad?
>The War is STILL happening?

>>280941737
What a wet fart this dude is. What was going through Kishimoto's mind trying to have Orochimaru and Kabuto hype him?

>>280941627
1. The anime being extremely popular
2. People writing cope fanfics because Naruto barely grew during the timeskip

>>280941786
>expectations on what's gonna happen next
>wet fart after wet fart

>>280941888
She is, Itachi even praises her for it.
There's just nothing fraudulent about her beyond losing to solo king to showcase his own genjutsu abilities.

the real pain really is just knowing that for basically everyone that isn't Naruto, Gaara, and Sasuke, this arc is basically the swan song for their relevance, and that's quite a good number of characters being factored in there

>>280941786
>>280942048
Wow...that's just like /bort/...

>>280941627
The Akatsuki members (Itachi aside) were well designed and had interesting abilities. They also managed to kill a few characters.

>>280941688
>>280941846
I would

Is there a good reason for why none of the sand kids tried to catch up to Naruto after they helped out against the sound 4? I can understand it with Kiba because he was in critical condition, but the others don't really have an excuse

>>280942084
Don't worry! We get Sai and Yamato!

>>280941627
Tsunade lost her round cheeks...

>>280942131
Instead of the sand kids, thei send this guy as reinforcements
proceeds to stomp the remaining sound 4 (+2) by himself

>>280942113
The more things change, the more they stay the same kek

>>280942179
He's too busy earning fat stacks for the village.

>>280942113
The entire franchise is based on what you think is gonna happen or what you want to happen.

>Already close to hitting bump limit off of pure discussion
Sound Village? My NATION (actually a bunch of crack sheds).

>>280941924
I agree. I also think that's where the "Part 2 goes to shit after Pain's Assault" thing really comes from. It isn't that the quality of the writing or the pacing changed dramatically. Part 2 was questionable most of the time. But Kishimoto planted plenty of seeds that kept you going to see where it all would lead.
>what will be of sasuke and Orochimaru?
>will sasuke get his revenge?
>what is the akatsuki's endgame?
>how strong are the rest of the akatsuki?
>there are still three other big villages we haven't seen
>who's tobi? Is he really obito? What's his thing?
>madara teasing
>kabuto is up to something
>sai, danzo, foundation
>inevitable naruto vs sasuke confrontation
Part 2 grabs your attention with the mysteries and the potential, gives you a few exciting volumes where it finally looks like things are going forward, and then throws everything away by giving you disappointing answers to your questions and going back to the sluggish pace from before.

>>280942145
They wouldn't be able to track down Naruto or Sasuke because the trackers are out of commission and Kakashi only found them because of his ninja hounds
>but how did the sand kids find Lee, Kiba and Shikamaru?
fuck it i don't know

>>280942145
I would say too far away, but that's a bull argument since everyone is going Sonic the Hedgehog-tier speed in this arc.

Really didn't think the thread would go absolutely fucking nuclear on Sakon today, of all things. Is this what happened to Shikamaru during the storytime?

This thread was boring.

>>280942302
Yeah, the first scuffle with Hidan resulted in Shikamaru (and Asuma)'s reputation going absolutely down the shitter

Meet Potential Woman!
>0 wins, 0 relevance, 7 backshots from Asuma while their students are getting killed by Sound ninja
>Take 5 minutes to read the bingo book page of the Leaf's most dangerous defector? N
>Use genjutsu on Itachi Uchiha? Y
>give me fuel, give me the will of fire, give me babies so I can retire

>>280942302
Just wait until the first Hidan fight anon.

Speaking of coping, failing to meet expectiation and fandom interpretation.
Anyone remembers when Narutofags and Sakurafags both thought thought(coped) that their respective characters moved on from their oneitis after the 5KS because they desperately wanted all the humiliation ritual they got there to have a meaning or purpose?

>>280942348
too be fair to Asuma he fucked up the least

>>280942302
Kidomaru set the bar, and Sakon, the leader and supposed STRONGEST, is having the worst showing out of everyone from the Sound 4.

>>280942350
It doesn't work when nobody had any expectation for Kurenai.