Raikage vs Sakura

Originally posted by Kento
He can try.

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He's good at failing to do things after all like keeping a certain emo boy down XD

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He'll try and succeed admirably against Sakura.

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That certain emo boy would beat Raikage if they fought now

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
He'll try and succeed admirably against Sakura.

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That certain emo boy would beat Raikage if they fought now

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Certain emo boy can't beat anybody himself. His opponents beat themselves.

Originally posted by Kento
Only cause he'll try to kidnap Chouji for the soldier pills to become Butterfly A. Oh wait the Cloud fails at kidnapping too. 😆

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Certain emo boy can't beat anybody himself. His opponents beat themselves.

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The Cloud aren't capable of kidnapping their own ninja. 313
Raikage would cause Sakura to be instantly attracted to him.

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Only because they realize that that certain emo boy would thrash them very easily. To save themselves from the embarrassment of losing to an emo, they beat themselves

in my mind this is how it goes, Sakura sits down at the table and is all pumped to do this and Raikage is like "😐...fine.." and JUST THEN Killer Bee walks by and sees this about to unfold locking eyes with his brother, A then kicks the table up knocking Sakura back and Killer Bee and A proceed to Double Lariat her thus beheading her and then locking hands and having a arm wrestling match of their own using her body as the table.

Originally posted by King Kandy
He only jumped up a tiny bit, comparatively. Unless Raikage weighs many tons, the momentum alone can't account for that.

http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/463/04-05/

Originally posted by Astner
He didn't jump at all, he swung Sasuke to the ground like a mallet. Speed was the deciding factor.

http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/463/04-05/

Why would that not be an example of strength?

Originally posted by NemeBro
There is no indication of speed at all. 😐

Why would that not be an example of strength?

http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/463/03/

It's when he swings him down he gathers speed.

In the same way you throw your fist forward so it will gain speed. 😐

He slammed Sasuke to the ground, shattering the ground with the impact.

Kind of like... All of Sakura's strength feats. They are impact feats.

By that logic we can chalk them all to speed.

Originally posted by NemeBro
Kind of like... All of Sakura's strength feats. They are impact feats.

By that logic we can chalk them all to speed.

Actually you're just wrong. 😐

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix

~ What strength feats does Sakura have, that don't involve her punching something? AFAIK, her strength comes from her releasing chakra just as she punches something.

In ep. 103 she rips the mast of a ship from the deck and swings it at some enemies like a club.

Originally posted by Astner
Technically you're right.

In real life, not magic fiction land, you need some amount of strength to throw a strong punch (Generally, leverage is also a big factor), hell, you do not even really need speed for what Raikage did, a powerbomb.

So yea, the Liger Bomb is about as solid a strength feat as you'll get.

I think the crater's a bit bigger than one of Sakura's punches, but it's a full-body both arms move, so per-arm she might have a bit more power.

Originally posted by Q99
So yea, the Liger Bomb is about as solid a strength feat as you'll get.

I think the crater's a bit bigger than one of Sakura's punches, but it's a full-body both arms move, so per-arm she might have a bit more power.

When it comes to strength, only Tsunade's greater than her IMO. And Sage Mode Naruto of course.

Though afaik, Sakura's strength comes from releasing chakra right at the point of impact, so unless she plans on slapping Raikage's hand during the arm-wrestling match, I don't see how she can win.
Unless of course, she can put chakra in her arms to make them strong for longer than a second.

Originally posted by chilled monkey
In ep. 103 she rips the mast of a ship from the deck and swings it at some enemies like a club.

Originally posted by Astner
Go back one page to the panel just before.

http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/463/03/

It's when he swings him down he gathers speed.

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The Raikage is a gangster!

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Look at his pants, all saggin'.

Kishi is my new hero.

Baggy pants are fairly standard in Narutoverse.

Originally posted by Q99
Baggy pants are fairly standard in Narutoverse.

Originally posted by Letum Lettow
They make babies.

Originally posted by Kento
Sakura beats him in an arm wrestling match, and so Raikage kidnaps her.

Like I said...

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
That's a filler episode, and I don't think it's canon.

Beg your pardon, but why would you think that?

It happened in the anime so it's canon.

Originally posted by chilled monkey
Beg your pardon, but why would you think that?

It happened in the anime so it's canon.

The anime is often made without input of the original author and sometimes stuff that happens in it doesn't exactly fit with stuff from the manga. Like a ninja village so incredibly weak as having to rely on genin Naruto to save it, or genin Hinata coming up on her own with a better version of the Hyuuga secret rotation technique (which chunin Hinata hasn't shown having even the basic version of. It's a cool ep, but still).

Power levels in the anime yo-yo up and down. I'd rate it as a secondary canon, only to be taken when it doesn't contradict the main canon.