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On June 01 2012 03:37 ddrddrddrddr wrote:
Yes, but there's a difference between a soccer player that can run circles around his peers and a soccer player that can freeze time.
Haha true, but that's what makes animes and fantasy worlds more interesting than real life in that respect.
It's hard to be a superhero in real life. You can only run so fast. You can only lift so much. And bullets kill everyone just the same. In order to create a world with heroes, you have to widen the spectrum by removing limits and allowing a handful of people to push to the extreme.
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On June 01 2012 03:33 Courthead wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
The starcraft reference doesn't really make sense, because the most important part of it is practice. It also means that every other character is forgotten because they're not naturally gifted enough, which is obviously not a good thing. Naruto would be boring as hell if every single character was similar in strength, and imo people who yearn for that situation haven't really thought through the implications. The fact is that there've always been shitty kids (including Naruto), and there've always been shitty adults (like Iruka). Weak ninjas fight against other weak ninjas, and strong ninjas fight against strong ninjas. The entire first half of the series we watched relatively-weak ninjas fight each other. Now people have grown up, and a handful of previously-shitty kids have made it to kage-level status. But most of them are, obviously, still shitty. I don't know why/how anyone can argue that every single character should be strong all the time. That's not good fiction. It's not realistic in the least. Thank god Kishi isn't making showing us Tenten vs Madara Uchiha right now. He already showed the relatively-weak characters fighting relatively-weak enemies, as is their appropriate role. As for talent, obviously StarCraft is going to be different from the ninja world, where (a) chakra reserves are hereditary, (b) bloodline limits are hereditary, and (c) some students train under Hokage-level teachers while others train under scrubs. That's been obvious from the beginning of the series when you look at the best ninjas and see that they all trained together, or when you look at the hokages and see that they're all related. It would be boring to have a world where practice accounts for 100% of ability and there are no special powers that can be gained without practice. Then everyone will end up with roughly the same ability, and nobody will stand out. See: real-life martial arts. Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
Madara was a great ninja for sure, but learning that all he apparently had going for him was his eye techniques and nothing else is pretty disappointing. He may be strong, but he's still facing five of the most powerful ninja alive, and he's barely breaking a sweat. Who said that all he has going for him are his eye techniques? How can you claim that he is unskilled at any/every other area? What do you want him to do, run around throwing shurikens at Gaara and trying to punch the Raikage to death? The Sharingan is an extremely versatile technique with tons of unique abilities. Even Orochimaru, master of variety, wanted the its power above all else. I don't really understand how anyone can complain about history's best Sharingan user making use of... the Sharingan. Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
All sharingan users now are using advanced eye techniques. It's fine if it's kept to let's say one or two people at most, but seeing it now being spammed with no repercussions by four people, along with another who has arguably one of the strongest techniques ever (though at some cost, Kakashi), it gets a little annoying. Really? Madara's Sharingan is totally unique to anything we've ever seen. Besides, him and Itachi are long dead and were just revived temporarily. It's not like they're some new characters who are here to stay and who recently gained Sharingan. As for Kakashi, he does not "spam Sharingan with no cost". Sasuke is the only permanent character who fits your description, and even so, he's hardly OP. Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:I'm honestly hating Itachi right now, he's fucking stupid. "Hmm, this kid looks up to me like a god, and if I just explain myself, there's a good chance he'll listen to me. I could probably stop a lot if of potential conflict as well, which is what I've been trying to do my whole life... Better leave it to the 18 year old who has to deal with his own problems as well". Seriously, it's all been building up to Sasuke wanting to talk to Itachi, and that was probably all it would take. Sasuke's entire motivation to destroy Konoha is to punish them for what they made Itachi do. And Itachi has basically said, "Dammit Sasuke, why are you fighting Konoha? You're following the wrong path, idiot. Nobody forced me to do what I did. I killed our stupid clan because they were stupid, and I'd do it again, too. I love Konoha. Even after being revived, I'm willing to die again to help Konoha. By the way, listen to Naruto." Don't know what more you want Itachi to say...
Well, the series started pretty okay, it's fantasy but nothing too crazy. Yes, characters should get stronger, but not DBZ style super saiyan.
The reason why the sharingan is so hated is because it's boring. Suddenly eye power > everything else. Tooooooo many abilities. Result? Who the fuck needs ninjutsu anymore. Naruto started with people having a wide diversity of images. Heck, even in the Naruto vs Sasuke fight, Sasuke used many variants of the Katon ninjutsu. Now, all he does is stare at people.
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On June 01 2012 03:33 Courthead wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
The starcraft reference doesn't really make sense, because the most important part of it is practice. It also means that every other character is forgotten because they're not naturally gifted enough, which is obviously not a good thing. Naruto would be boring as hell if every single character was similar in strength, and imo people who yearn for that situation haven't really thought through the implications. The fact is that there've always been shitty kids (including Naruto), and there've always been shitty adults (like Iruka). Weak ninjas fight against other weak ninjas, and strong ninjas fight against strong ninjas. The entire first half of the series we watched relatively-weak ninjas fight each other. Now people have grown up, and a handful of previously-shitty kids have made it to kage-level status. But most of them are, obviously, still shitty. I don't know why/how anyone can argue that every single character should be strong all the time. That's not good fiction. It's not realistic in the least. Thank god Kishi isn't making showing us Tenten vs Madara Uchiha right now. He already showed the relatively-weak characters fighting relatively-weak enemies, as is their appropriate role. As for talent, obviously StarCraft is going to be different from the ninja world, where (a) chakra reserves are hereditary, (b) bloodline limits are hereditary, and (c) some students train under Hokage-level teachers while others train under scrubs. That's been obvious from the beginning of the series when you look at the best ninjas and see that they all trained together, or when you look at the hokages and see that they're all related. It would be boring to have a world where practice accounts for 100% of ability and there are no special powers that can be gained without practice. Then everyone will end up with roughly the same ability, and nobody will stand out. See: real-life martial arts. Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
Madara was a great ninja for sure, but learning that all he apparently had going for him was his eye techniques and nothing else is pretty disappointing. He may be strong, but he's still facing five of the most powerful ninja alive, and he's barely breaking a sweat. Who said that all he has going for him are his eye techniques? How can you claim that he is unskilled at any/every other area? What do you want him to do, run around throwing shurikens at Gaara and trying to punch the Raikage to death? The Sharingan is an extremely versatile technique with tons of unique abilities. Even Orochimaru, master of variety, wanted the its power above all else. I don't really understand how anyone can complain about history's best Sharingan user making use of... the Sharingan. Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
All sharingan users now are using advanced eye techniques. It's fine if it's kept to let's say one or two people at most, but seeing it now being spammed with no repercussions by four people, along with another who has arguably one of the strongest techniques ever (though at some cost, Kakashi), it gets a little annoying. Really? Madara's Sharingan is totally unique to anything we've ever seen. Besides, him and Itachi are long dead and were just revived temporarily. It's not like they're some new characters who are here to stay and who recently gained Sharingan. As for Kakashi, he does not "spam Sharingan with no cost". Sasuke is the only permanent character who fits your description, and even so, he's hardly OP. Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:I'm honestly hating Itachi right now, he's fucking stupid. "Hmm, this kid looks up to me like a god, and if I just explain myself, there's a good chance he'll listen to me. I could probably stop a lot if of potential conflict as well, which is what I've been trying to do my whole life... Better leave it to the 18 year old who has to deal with his own problems as well". Seriously, it's all been building up to Sasuke wanting to talk to Itachi, and that was probably all it would take. Sasuke's entire motivation to destroy Konoha is to punish them for what they made Itachi do. And Itachi has basically said, "Dammit Sasuke, why are you fighting Konoha? You're following the wrong path, idiot. Nobody forced me to do what I did. I killed our stupid clan because they were stupid, and I'd do it again, too. I love Konoha. Even after being revived, I'm willing to die again to help Konoha. By the way, listen to Naruto." Don't know what more you want Itachi to say...
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+ Show Spoiler + Remember when the Leaf said they were going to take care of Sasuke? Remember when characters who used to be relavent were about to be relevant again? This is basically what I'm talking about. When Gai and Kakashi came on the scene, I was genuinely excited to see these two help out and resume their badass status. In the war, it was pretty cool to see Choji get really strong and shika's team to be back in action. What I'm trying to say is that it was really cool when the show was incredibly diverse with people using all sorts of different skills, with all of them being useful in their situations. To use the soccer example above, imagine if everyone had their own unique traits (strong kicker, great feints, fast runner) but then one guy had the power to teleport the ball into the net. I'm not saying that practice should mean everyone is on the same level. Remember, Naruto used to have people training and have their special powers account for their strength. Now it seems that their special powers just account for most of their strength. Someone brought up One Piece, and it's probably a good example of this. Everyone has their own special powers, but we can see that a lot of people are still relevant even if they can't change their body to magma or light. There isn't really one power that means you automatically win everything, which is exciting to see. I'm not claiming Madara is unskilled in every other area, but that's what he looks like now. Orochimaru vs the Third was exciting, even though they were all very highly skilled ninja. They all had their flashy jutsu, but you could enjoy that they could still fight without having only flashy jutsu. Again, it mostly comes down to one thing being so good that there's no reason not to use it (ball teleport power). I separated Kakashi from the four because he couldn't spam it. Orochimaru wanted the sharigan because, not only did it have strong techniques, but most importantly, he wanted a strong body and to be able to learn every technique (sharingan helps with that). Making use of sharingan is fine, but let's use another example: Itachi vs Sasuke. These two had sharingan, but that's not all they had. It was a cool fight seeing all the tech they had while still being able to fight each other evenly. I didn't mind Susanoo at that point because Itachi died right after, meaning that although it was imba, it was only imba for a bit and remained to make Itachi epic in memories. The Raikage still pressuring Sasuke even with Susanoo was really cool, because it continually showed that just because it's the sharingan, it could still be beaten. Finally, Sasuke's question. All Itachi had to say was "I wanted to do was avoid the bloodshed and save the village. So basically, instead of all of us dying, only a few of us would die". He never explained himself to Sasuke, instead saying Naruto will do it for me. In truth, if Itachi had come out and said exactly what you suggested, Sasuke would listen, because as I said earlier, Sasuke looks at Itachi like a god and would probably do anything he asked him to with a good reason.
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On June 01 2012 04:29 Dark_Chill wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 03:33 Courthead wrote:On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
The starcraft reference doesn't really make sense, because the most important part of it is practice. It also means that every other character is forgotten because they're not naturally gifted enough, which is obviously not a good thing. Naruto would be boring as hell if every single character was similar in strength, and imo people who yearn for that situation haven't really thought through the implications. The fact is that there've always been shitty kids (including Naruto), and there've always been shitty adults (like Iruka). Weak ninjas fight against other weak ninjas, and strong ninjas fight against strong ninjas. The entire first half of the series we watched relatively-weak ninjas fight each other. Now people have grown up, and a handful of previously-shitty kids have made it to kage-level status. But most of them are, obviously, still shitty. I don't know why/how anyone can argue that every single character should be strong all the time. That's not good fiction. It's not realistic in the least. Thank god Kishi isn't making showing us Tenten vs Madara Uchiha right now. He already showed the relatively-weak characters fighting relatively-weak enemies, as is their appropriate role. As for talent, obviously StarCraft is going to be different from the ninja world, where (a) chakra reserves are hereditary, (b) bloodline limits are hereditary, and (c) some students train under Hokage-level teachers while others train under scrubs. That's been obvious from the beginning of the series when you look at the best ninjas and see that they all trained together, or when you look at the hokages and see that they're all related. It would be boring to have a world where practice accounts for 100% of ability and there are no special powers that can be gained without practice. Then everyone will end up with roughly the same ability, and nobody will stand out. See: real-life martial arts. On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
Madara was a great ninja for sure, but learning that all he apparently had going for him was his eye techniques and nothing else is pretty disappointing. He may be strong, but he's still facing five of the most powerful ninja alive, and he's barely breaking a sweat. Who said that all he has going for him are his eye techniques? How can you claim that he is unskilled at any/every other area? What do you want him to do, run around throwing shurikens at Gaara and trying to punch the Raikage to death? The Sharingan is an extremely versatile technique with tons of unique abilities. Even Orochimaru, master of variety, wanted the its power above all else. I don't really understand how anyone can complain about history's best Sharingan user making use of... the Sharingan. On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:
All sharingan users now are using advanced eye techniques. It's fine if it's kept to let's say one or two people at most, but seeing it now being spammed with no repercussions by four people, along with another who has arguably one of the strongest techniques ever (though at some cost, Kakashi), it gets a little annoying. Really? Madara's Sharingan is totally unique to anything we've ever seen. Besides, him and Itachi are long dead and were just revived temporarily. It's not like they're some new characters who are here to stay and who recently gained Sharingan. As for Kakashi, he does not "spam Sharingan with no cost". Sasuke is the only permanent character who fits your description, and even so, he's hardly OP. On June 01 2012 00:20 Dark_Chill wrote:I'm honestly hating Itachi right now, he's fucking stupid. "Hmm, this kid looks up to me like a god, and if I just explain myself, there's a good chance he'll listen to me. I could probably stop a lot if of potential conflict as well, which is what I've been trying to do my whole life... Better leave it to the 18 year old who has to deal with his own problems as well". Seriously, it's all been building up to Sasuke wanting to talk to Itachi, and that was probably all it would take. Sasuke's entire motivation to destroy Konoha is to punish them for what they made Itachi do. And Itachi has basically said, "Dammit Sasuke, why are you fighting Konoha? You're following the wrong path, idiot. Nobody forced me to do what I did. I killed our stupid clan because they were stupid, and I'd do it again, too. I love Konoha. Even after being revived, I'm willing to die again to help Konoha. By the way, listen to Naruto." Don't know what more you want Itachi to say... Long post + Show Spoiler + Remember when the Leaf said they were going to take care of Sasuke? Remember when characters who used to be relavent were about to be relevant again? This is basically what I'm talking about. When Gai and Kakashi came on the scene, I was genuinely excited to see these two help out and resume their badass status. In the war, it was pretty cool to see Choji get really strong and shika's team to be back in action. What I'm trying to say is that it was really cool when the show was incredibly diverse with people using all sorts of different skills, with all of them being useful in their situations. To use the soccer example above, imagine if everyone had their own unique traits (strong kicker, great feints, fast runner) but then one guy had the power to teleport the ball into the net. I'm not saying that practice should mean everyone is on the same level. Remember, Naruto used to have people training and have their special powers account for their strength. Now it seems that their special powers just account for most of their strength. Someone brought up One Piece, and it's probably a good example of this. Everyone has their own special powers, but we can see that a lot of people are still relevant even if they can't change their body to magma or light. There isn't really one power that means you automatically win everything, which is exciting to see. I'm not claiming Madara is unskilled in every other area, but that's what he looks like now. Orochimaru vs the Third was exciting, even though they were all very highly skilled ninja. They all had their flashy jutsu, but you could enjoy that they could still fight without having only flashy jutsu. Again, it mostly comes down to one thing being so good that there's no reason not to use it (ball teleport power). I separated Kakashi from the four because he couldn't spam it. Orochimaru wanted the sharigan because, not only did it have strong techniques, but most importantly, he wanted a strong body and to be able to learn every technique (sharingan helps with that). Making use of sharingan is fine, but let's use another example: Itachi vs Sasuke. These two had sharingan, but that's not all they had. It was a cool fight seeing all the tech they had while still being able to fight each other evenly. I didn't mind Susanoo at that point because Itachi died right after, meaning that although it was imba, it was only imba for a bit and remained to make Itachi epic in memories. The Raikage still pressuring Sasuke even with Susanoo was really cool, because it continually showed that just because it's the sharingan, it could still be beaten. Finally, Sasuke's question. All Itachi had to say was "I wanted to do was avoid the bloodshed and save the village. So basically, instead of all of us dying, only a few of us would die". He never explained himself to Sasuke, instead saying Naruto will do it for me. In truth, if Itachi had come out and said exactly what you suggested, Sasuke would listen, because as I said earlier, Sasuke looks at Itachi like a god and would probably do anything he asked him to with a good reason.
This post makes the most rational sense of things. I mean, given the fact that Kabuto here is using the second hokages technique (which we STILL do not know why it was origonally designed.) is well he learned from Orochimaru. The other techniques all get a background story to them and explaination as to why they exist.
Why do we not know what Edo Tenshi was ORIGONALY made for. Sure Kage bunshin(sp) isn't the most well explained thing but hell, it at least is something most shinobi can use in some form or another (just in Naruto's case...he can make hundreds - thousands).
So why not give us a lesson on Edo Tenshi.... -.-;
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^I think they will tell us how the technique works as soon as we go back to itachi because his part ended for now with him ordering kabuto to tell him how to end the technique.
I personally for one don't mind the over powered techniques because seeing the same stuff is worse than having people being op.
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^ Eh, I don't know about that
It kinda feels like it's one of those that won't get an explaination. BUT! It could be that, the scroll which is now on the way to Sasuke..contains information about it? We really need to know what was on that scroll. Maybe it is something that is actually of relevance to Edo Tenshi.
Were talking about crap Orochimaru and the Second Hokage used now, and considering they are both well not so much the second, legends. Expect the unexpected random OP BS that people are crying about.
It all is ballanced as far as the 1% of top ninjas go.
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(Edo Tensei, guys)
I actually like how Kishimoto dealt with the Kabuto-Itachi-Sasuke fight. The only way for Kabuto to get out of the loop is for him to release Edo Tensei, "killing" Itachi in the process, and by that time Sasuke and Naruto will probably be going at it, leaving only a few things left to wrap up, namely Tobi and Kabuto, which we'll probably see Sasuke and Naruto deal with in a gigantic resolution that's been like six years coming.
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Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues.
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On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues.
#1- That post made me rofl.
#2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight.
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On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight.
To be fair, Naruto also "inherited" the 9-tailed fox and its subsequent huge amounts of chakra. Still I woulnd't really call him spoiled as he carried a huge burden along with it, and has worked his ass off to learn most of his techniques like rasengan, sage mode, and... er yeah.
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On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight.
That's the problem. Why would you use anything else when sharingan=win? I wanna see the damn Kirin again!!
Also, why are Lee and Gai not doing anything? You'd think the gates would be used to let them fight for a while at god level.
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On June 01 2012 22:16 kemoryan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight. To be fair, Naruto also "inherited" the 9-tailed fox and its subsequent huge amounts of chakra. Still I woulnd't really call him spoiled as he carried a huge burden along with it, and has worked his ass off to learn most of his techniques like rasengan, sage mode, and... er yeah.
That's like saying an 8 yr old has a really tough time driving the Maserati his parents left him and all the other kids hated him because he has such a sexy car, so he had to work his ass off learning how to drive it and we should all look up to him as a hero for doing so.
Think about it. How many other kids even got the CHANCE to try to control the fox demon? How many other kids got one of the legendary Sannin as their teacher? How many kids inherited the genetics of the Uzumaki clan and got to say they were the son of Minato? Just coz Gaara likes to QQ about his babysitter trying to kill him instead of sleep with him, and Naruto's all weepy because nobody would push him on the swingset doesn't mean he had some horrible life.
There are plenty of kids who get ostracized just for being fat. You think Chouji had an easy time of it? He got shitted on every time he opened a bag of BBQ chips. He has to take performance enhancing drugs just to get attention. He has to endure the pain of swelling up to the size of a whale-sized meatball and then roll over all kinds of random shit. Who knows how much dog poop he's rolled in while fighting?
Naruto had such a ridiculously baller inheritance that nobody told him about it until he was older for the simple fact that telling him when he was younger would have turned him into a ridiculously self-entitled brat. It's the fantasy equivalent of being Tony Stark but not being told until you turned 16. Sorry, I just have a lot of trouble seeing how that's a hard life.
Nothing about Naruto's struggle is harder than what any of the other kids had to go through. The only difference is at the end of Naruto's hard work is god-like power and the adulation of all.
At the end of Rock Lee's hard work is a body full of broken bones, a vastly shortened lifespan due to opening gates, and soul-crushing alcoholism.
p.s. lol glad i made someone laugh Cush :D
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On June 01 2012 22:32 StorkHwaiting wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 22:16 kemoryan wrote:On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight. To be fair, Naruto also "inherited" the 9-tailed fox and its subsequent huge amounts of chakra. Still I woulnd't really call him spoiled as he carried a huge burden along with it, and has worked his ass off to learn most of his techniques like rasengan, sage mode, and... er yeah. That's like saying an 8 yr old has a really tough time driving the Maserati his parents left him and all the other kids hated him because he has such a sexy car, so he had to work his ass off learning how to drive it and we should all look up to him as a hero for doing so. Think about it. How many other kids even got the CHANCE to try to control the fox demon? How many other kids got one of the legendary Sannin as their teacher? How many kids inherited the genetics of the Uzumaki clan and got to say they were the son of Minato? Just coz Gaara likes to QQ about his babysitter trying to kill him instead of sleep with him, and Naruto's all weepy because nobody would push him on the swingset doesn't mean he had some horrible life. There are plenty of kids who get ostracized just for being fat. You think Chouji had an easy time of it? He got shitted on every time he opened a bag of BBQ chips. He has to take performance enhancing drugs just to get attention. He has to endure the pain of swelling up to the size of a whale-sized meatball and then roll over all kinds of random shit. Who knows how much dog poop he's rolled in while fighting? Naruto had such a ridiculously baller inheritance that nobody told him about it until he was older for the simple fact that telling him when he was younger would have turned him into a ridiculously self-entitled brat. It's the fantasy equivalent of being Tony Stark but not being told until you turned 16. Sorry, I just have a lot of trouble seeing how that's a hard life. Nothing about Naruto's struggle is harder than what any of the other kids had to go through. The only difference is at the end of Naruto's hard work is god-like power and the adulation of all. At the end of Rock Lee's hard work is a body full of broken bones, a vastly shortened lifespan due to opening gates, and soul-crushing alcoholism. p.s. lol glad i made someone laugh Cush :D
Well we can hypothesize all we want about who suffered the most and who has more merit, but a pillar of Naruto's manga is about the spirit / mental strength of this little kid who was born with a huge burden and powerful force. It is implied that any average ninja would've crumbled to the sheer social pressure he had to undergo. So everyone's recognition of Naruto as a hero is so much for his accomplishments due to his power as it is due to his unusual strong will.
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On June 01 2012 03:58 Courthead wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 03:37 ddrddrddrddr wrote:
Yes, but there's a difference between a soccer player that can run circles around his peers and a soccer player that can freeze time. Haha true, but that's what makes animes and fantasy worlds more interesting than real life in that respect.
Too bad the shit that is going on is not interesting anymore.
I miss the fights from the beginning, like many others. They were a lot more fun to watch and made actually sense. I'm just reading it to see the end, same with Bleach, which is even worse.
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On June 01 2012 23:19 kemoryan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 22:32 StorkHwaiting wrote:On June 01 2012 22:16 kemoryan wrote:On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight. To be fair, Naruto also "inherited" the 9-tailed fox and its subsequent huge amounts of chakra. Still I woulnd't really call him spoiled as he carried a huge burden along with it, and has worked his ass off to learn most of his techniques like rasengan, sage mode, and... er yeah. That's like saying an 8 yr old has a really tough time driving the Maserati his parents left him and all the other kids hated him because he has such a sexy car, so he had to work his ass off learning how to drive it and we should all look up to him as a hero for doing so. Think about it. How many other kids even got the CHANCE to try to control the fox demon? How many other kids got one of the legendary Sannin as their teacher? How many kids inherited the genetics of the Uzumaki clan and got to say they were the son of Minato? Just coz Gaara likes to QQ about his babysitter trying to kill him instead of sleep with him, and Naruto's all weepy because nobody would push him on the swingset doesn't mean he had some horrible life. There are plenty of kids who get ostracized just for being fat. You think Chouji had an easy time of it? He got shitted on every time he opened a bag of BBQ chips. He has to take performance enhancing drugs just to get attention. He has to endure the pain of swelling up to the size of a whale-sized meatball and then roll over all kinds of random shit. Who knows how much dog poop he's rolled in while fighting? Naruto had such a ridiculously baller inheritance that nobody told him about it until he was older for the simple fact that telling him when he was younger would have turned him into a ridiculously self-entitled brat. It's the fantasy equivalent of being Tony Stark but not being told until you turned 16. Sorry, I just have a lot of trouble seeing how that's a hard life. Nothing about Naruto's struggle is harder than what any of the other kids had to go through. The only difference is at the end of Naruto's hard work is god-like power and the adulation of all. At the end of Rock Lee's hard work is a body full of broken bones, a vastly shortened lifespan due to opening gates, and soul-crushing alcoholism. p.s. lol glad i made someone laugh Cush :D Well we can hypothesize all we want about who suffered the most and who has more merit, but a pillar of Naruto's manga is about the spirit / mental strength of this little kid who was born with a huge burden and powerful force. It is implied that any average ninja would've crumbled to the sheer social pressure he had to undergo. So everyone's recognition of Naruto as a hero is so much for his accomplishments due to his power as it is due to his unusual strong will.
Yeah, not like anyone on TL's ever been the unpopular kid before. I'm sure they're all just crumbled ruins due to the social pressure.
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On June 01 2012 23:32 StorkHwaiting wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 23:19 kemoryan wrote:On June 01 2012 22:32 StorkHwaiting wrote:On June 01 2012 22:16 kemoryan wrote:On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight. To be fair, Naruto also "inherited" the 9-tailed fox and its subsequent huge amounts of chakra. Still I woulnd't really call him spoiled as he carried a huge burden along with it, and has worked his ass off to learn most of his techniques like rasengan, sage mode, and... er yeah. That's like saying an 8 yr old has a really tough time driving the Maserati his parents left him and all the other kids hated him because he has such a sexy car, so he had to work his ass off learning how to drive it and we should all look up to him as a hero for doing so. Think about it. How many other kids even got the CHANCE to try to control the fox demon? How many other kids got one of the legendary Sannin as their teacher? How many kids inherited the genetics of the Uzumaki clan and got to say they were the son of Minato? Just coz Gaara likes to QQ about his babysitter trying to kill him instead of sleep with him, and Naruto's all weepy because nobody would push him on the swingset doesn't mean he had some horrible life. There are plenty of kids who get ostracized just for being fat. You think Chouji had an easy time of it? He got shitted on every time he opened a bag of BBQ chips. He has to take performance enhancing drugs just to get attention. He has to endure the pain of swelling up to the size of a whale-sized meatball and then roll over all kinds of random shit. Who knows how much dog poop he's rolled in while fighting? Naruto had such a ridiculously baller inheritance that nobody told him about it until he was older for the simple fact that telling him when he was younger would have turned him into a ridiculously self-entitled brat. It's the fantasy equivalent of being Tony Stark but not being told until you turned 16. Sorry, I just have a lot of trouble seeing how that's a hard life. Nothing about Naruto's struggle is harder than what any of the other kids had to go through. The only difference is at the end of Naruto's hard work is god-like power and the adulation of all. At the end of Rock Lee's hard work is a body full of broken bones, a vastly shortened lifespan due to opening gates, and soul-crushing alcoholism. p.s. lol glad i made someone laugh Cush :D Well we can hypothesize all we want about who suffered the most and who has more merit, but a pillar of Naruto's manga is about the spirit / mental strength of this little kid who was born with a huge burden and powerful force. It is implied that any average ninja would've crumbled to the sheer social pressure he had to undergo. So everyone's recognition of Naruto as a hero is so much for his accomplishments due to his power as it is due to his unusual strong will. Yeah, not like anyone on TL's ever been the unpopular kid before. I'm sure they're all just crumbled ruins due to the social pressure.
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to convey. I was just stating what I believe is the author's intention to portray Naruto as relentless and stubborn (in both positive and negative meanings) who overcame huge hardships remarkably (Gaara would be a similar case, but he didn't have the same strength as Naruto). It's like criticizing someone for their accomplishments because they were born wealthy. While many of the wealthy born have been successful only due to what they inherited, there are still deserved cases of talent and hard work. And Naruto would be the latter one, Sasuke probably being the frist type lol. You can't just dismiss him saying other people didn't get the same chance. Credit where it's due.
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By the way, was it already explained why the whole Uchiha clan could mass spam Izanagi, which is said to be the ultimate genjutsu, without awakening the mangekyou sharingan? I see clearly something odd here:
mangekyou sharingan > normal sharingan
izanagi (normal sharingan) > others (mangekyou sharingan)
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I wish I could rewrite Naruto from the start and just have the guy draw it. I'd keep a similar story, except not fucking stupid like everyone has pointed out. It's the most disappointing manga of all time I think. It's OK; even if it's not really good it's enjoyable. But the world he put together has so much potential, and it's wrecked time and time again by stupid writing choices.
EDIT : And yes, you can make a teen-friendly story that is still amazing. You don't need blood,gore and tits to make Naruto an amazing manga. The whole Jump excuse doesn't work for me.
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On June 01 2012 22:07 Cush wrote:Show nested quote +On June 01 2012 21:59 StorkHwaiting wrote:
Any world in which Konoha Sennpuu is no longer relevant is one that I do not wish to experience. Fucking Rock Lee should be bossing everyone. Instead, he spends 95% of the series on crutches. He's the true hard-working ninja. Naruto is like some spoiled asshole who inherited everything from his parents and is hailed as the savior, a la Harry Potter, even though all he does is fking thumbs up people and throw kamehamehas.
They should just cancel Naruto and remake the series as Rock Lee: The Legend Continues. #1- That post made me rofl. #2- The only thing Naruto truly inherited was the Uzumaki stamina. The Namikaze clan doesn't have some special power that can be passed down i think. The real problem here is Sasuke, who only uses and will probably continue using only his eyes in like every fight.
And the kyuubi from his father, which is directly or indirectly the origin of most of his stronger techniques.
(indirectly as in allowing him to pratice with dozens of shadow clones parallely)
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On June 02 2012 01:01 Kurr wrote:
I wish I could rewrite Naruto from the start and just have the guy draw it. I'd keep a similar story, except not fucking stupid like everyone has pointed out. It's the most disappointing manga of all time I think. It's OK; even if it's not really good it's enjoyable. But the world he put together has so much potential, and it's wrecked time and time again by stupid writing choices.
EDIT : And yes, you can make a teen-friendly story that is still amazing. You don't need blood,gore and tits to make Naruto an amazing manga. The whole Jump excuse doesn't work for me.
In other words, the author ran out of good ideas, therefore resorted to more and more ridiculous crap. Which is quite understandable (but not ideal) considering the series has gone on for 588 chapters. The mangaka is also on a tight deadline to think about ideas and draw the series. Basically, he can't keep up with his series.
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