The Official Naruto series Thread

Originally posted by socool8520
Again, recently. Which is what I was prasing Kishi for. He as shown love to members non Uchiha related, and not just Naruto, which is greatly welcomed imo. Well, except for Hiruzen getting trolled. lol

I get what you are saying about the alliance, but really, if they are just milking Naruto's/Kurama's chakra, are they really going to get credit for shining? The feats would still be attributed to Naruto's bailing them out/amping them so to speak. But I see your point about it making them relevant.

But non-Uchiha have received a lot of love before.

No in fact that is why they should be helping. Naruto wants to be Hokage and one thing a leader needs to do is make his people stronger. Make them able to accomplish the impossible. That is the entire reason Naruto is able to do this(symbolically anyway) since it shows why he'd be a good Hokage: he brings the best out of his people. But a bad Hokage, like Itachi has said, is one who tries to bear a burden on his own, which is basically what Naruto and the Kage(and Sasuke but he isn't being that helpful) are doing.

Originally posted by socool8520
I disagree. Shikamaru makes sense to be a main focal point since he is the strategy guy, especially after his father's death. What would be nice is for him to actually come up with a decent plan to make the alliance relevant.

After reading this post though, I agree with your wanting to see some of the head clans make a contribution with their amped jutsus. They could create a diversion of sorts so that Naruto/Tobirama or Minato/Naruto can sneak in more sage attacks.

Personally, I like the way minato and Tobirama have contributed to the fight. Porting around is the only way to fight Obito, and they are just as crucial as Naruto is right now. We just saw in the last chapter how ineffective a full frontal assault is. Porting around has been the only effective way to hit Obito since his speed and power have raised.

Yes but let's be honest: if you could see Shikamaru coming up with a strategy or Rock Lee/Hinata doing something badass which would it be? Cause Shikamaru is one of my favorite characters but even I'd prefer the latter since they're two beloved characters that never get to do anything.

I understand why they're teleporting around but Tobirama has some nifty water techniques right? Where are those? It would be pretty interesting to see him use them to create an opening.

Originally posted by dadudemon
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Originally posted by marwash22
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Originally posted by AuraAngel
But non-Uchiha have received a lot of love before.

No in fact that is why they should be helping. Naruto wants to be Hokage and one thing a leader needs to do is make his people stronger. Make them able to accomplish the impossible. That is the entire reason Naruto is able to do this(symbolically anyway) since it shows why he'd be a good Hokage: he brings the best out of his people. But a bad Hokage, like Itachi has said, is one who tries to bear a burden on his own, which is basically what Naruto and the Kage(and Sasuke but he isn't being that helpful) are doing.

Not to the degree Uchiiha shine imo.

I don't believe he is carrying the burden on his own though. The alliance's ineffectiveness thus far has been the only reason they aren't actively participatingin this battle (at least that's why I think Kishi is keeping them out of it).

But the very fact that Sasuke, Naruto and the Kages are all working together disproves the fact that they are trying to carry the burden alone.

Originally posted by AuraAngel
Yes but let's be honest: if you could see Shikamaru coming up with a strategy or Rock Lee/Hinata doing something badass which would it be? Cause Shikamaru is one of my favorite characters but even I'd prefer the latter since they're two beloved characters that never get to do anything.

I understand why they're teleporting around but Tobirama has some nifty water techniques right? Where are those? It would be pretty interesting to see him use them to create an opening.

My proposal would be for Shikamaru to be the one to suggest and plan the bad ass Rock Lee/Hinata maneuver. That's his purpose, and frankly he has been less than impressive since he defeated Asuma in this department. Now would be a perfect time for Kishi to make him shine and provide relevance for the alliance at the same time.

I see your point, but it seems like Kishi restricts the ninja who use space/time techs from using element attacks for some reason. We have still yet to see Minato pull off an elemental technique. lol He's got to have some. My only explanation is that speed is the problem. Even though Tobirama can use one handed techs, that would still take too much time for someone as fast as current Tobi is my guess. So far, nobody has tried to attack Tobi with anything that requires hand seals. I know it's a poor excuse, but it's the only thing I can think of at the moment.

I see your point, but it seems like Kishi restricts the ninja who use space/time techs from using element attacks for some reason. We have still yet to see Minato pull off an elemental technique. lol He's got to have some.

Not necessarily. Learning an elemental release takes time, he may have completely focused on chakra shaping and seals instead.

Originally posted by Q99
Not necessarily. Learning an elemental release takes time, he may have completely focused on chakra shaping and seals instead.

Really? Sasuke learned it pretty quick, Kakashi learned it quick. I haven't seen anything that suggests that it is extremely difficult to learn. The only reason it was drawn out for Naruto was because of the scope he was trying to use it. You're telling me that Minato, with his knack for figuring out how techs work couldn't have learned elemental release rather easily? Come on now.

Originally posted by socool8520
Really? Sasuke learned it pretty quick, Kakashi learned it quick. I haven't seen anything that suggests that it is extremely difficult to learn. The only reason it was drawn out for Naruto was because of the scope he was trying to use it. You're telling me that Minato, with his knack for figuring out how techs work couldn't have learned elemental release rather easily? Come on now.

Naruto took effectively months to learn how to *cut a leaf in half*. Adding it to rasengan took time too, but a lot of the time was spent on the basics, not the rasenshuriken.

Sasuke learned lightning in iirc a month.

Also, Minato simply may not have naturally strong elemental chakra. Like, you know how Kakashi's earth techniques are weaker than his lightning or water? It could be like that, his chakra, while strong, doesn't lend itself much to an element, but does lend itself to being shaped super well. Shaping is no less easy, and possibly even harder, than elemental release.

The only reason he hasn't used those techs is because they are technically slow compared to his s/t and rasengan imo. Same with why Tobirama isn't using them now. I'd still like to see them though (from both Tobirama and Minato).

It's about time Obito.

Spoiler:
And Hiruzen is back! Kick ass!

Edit:

Spoiler:
Also is that story supposed to be an Adam and Eve reference? It's the only myth I know of where mankind was punished for eating a fruit off a tree but Kishi doesn't seem to really use Christian influence as much as Buddhist.

Originally posted by AuraAngel
It's about time Obito.

Spoiler:
And Hiruzen is back! Kick ass!

Edit:

Spoiler:
Also is that story supposed to be an Adam and Eve reference? It's the only myth I know of where mankind was punished for eating a fruit off a tree but Kishi doesn't seem to really use Christian influence as much as Buddhist.

Spoiler:
Maybe a *little*, but I don't recall the part where eating the fruit of eden let you become a kickass war stopper!

There are other forbidden fruit in myth. The peaches of immortality, the golden apple, and so on.

Also, the Sage's mom was a badass too! And considering no-one else knew how to use chakra back then, she really must've been unstoppable...

I find it funny that we got some mythology but still nothing happened.

I liked it better than last week's issue though.

Originally posted by Bentley
I find it funny that we got some mythology but still nothing happened.

👆

The pacings kind of dipped. Whole chapters are going past with no sense of accomplishment.

You get action or plot exposition. Mixed up so that when bigger action hits, you feel the impact more.

I fail to see how Obito rendering the army completely useless and Hiruzen coming in to save the day counts as nothing happening.

So everything that's important in Naruto came from a ****ing tree?! Alrighty then Kishimoto.

Nice to see Hiruzen again but where the **** was he this entire time. And I also find it funny how Naruto effectively screwed over the entire army by helping them.

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
And I also find it funny how Naruto effectively screwed over the entire army by helping them.

I think he still helped a bit. It just took he tree .7 seconds to drain them instead of .2 seconds...had to drain more chakra.

The tree would have come after them, anyway.

And, if the chakra amount is anything to go by, it looks like B has 5-8 times the amount of chakra than a standard chunin ninja because the tree sent 5-8 arms and sent just 1 to the others.

EVIDENCE that B has a stupid amount of chakra (with his tailed beast). estahuh

but on the other hand, their chakra getting drained by the tree was probably just a bit more painful/horrifying for them since they had more chakra than they usually do. a double edged sword at any rate.

and if nothing else, at least the exposition and Sarutobi being back happened. so hopefully the next chapter should show us some action.

sasuke needs some hash cells to stand a chance, and kishi will give them to him

Jersus fvckign Christ it's about time the 3rd showed up.