Well Shino fought Kankuro. Hinata's the only one who really did nothing except get beaten up and act like Sakura does with Sasuke whenever she's around Naruto except in a shy sense.
Naruto Discussion!
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About the ds space topic, yes it has a shitload of space. If I counted correctly jump ultimate stars had like 53 characters just battle koma. Not counting their other komas either (but its pretty much the same for the other komas). I know jump super stars had 37, so yeah.
Also for people who want shika action NH4 has him.
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BAh screw side characters, i hope next arc actually gives Naruto some development or is Kishi really the idiot of all idiots.
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BAh screw side characters, i hope next arc actually gives Naruto some development or is Kishi really the idiot of all idiots.
Well if I remember right Kishimoto said he relates to Naruto a lot so take that as you will.
That's if I remember correctly. I could be wrong.
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Time for a new game, this one is gettin old.
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Time for a new game, this one is gettin old.
I was kidding yeesh… The internet really is serious business.
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No, really? Wow, I had no idea? By the way, did you hear Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head and that Wesley Snipes is black?
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Who's Wesley Snipes?
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Some black guy.
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facepalm Blade, anyone?
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oh, that guy. Eh, I actually haven't seen the movies. Just heard of them and saw the commercials.
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I think that my thought above sort of shows how little there is in the Naruto world at this time…if ever. With all that's been going on lately in One Piece, you get the feelings of an entire world that's about to explode. The pirates, the government and the revolutionaries are beginning to make their move against each other and the SH are sort of stuck in the middle even if they just want to continue on their journey towards the New World and ultimately Raftel. On the other hand, there are only two, possibly three major problems left in the Narutoverse and most of them don't seem as intricately connected:
-On one hand, we have Akatsuki, who have three bijuu left to collect and Naruto is one of them. Sure if Hidan and/or Kakuzu go down, the progress may get slower but its bound to happen and the ultimate confrontation will occur on many fronts. (sort of grouping the climax with Itachi in here since he's Akatsuki too)
-On the other hand, we have snake man, emo boy...and Kabuto. Nuff said.There may be other things to worry of, it just shows there isn't as much as there seems...sure a bunch of powerful ninja, but nothing that really shows the epicness outside the more personal means.
Oh, and BTW: we still need to see the Team 8 arc before we start with the denouement arc...if only for Shino and Hinata to do something again. (Team Gai too, but they at least assisted in the Gaara thing so they're off the hook for the moment)
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My problem is, why are random Chuunin dealing with a super group with the goal to dominate the world? Why not send your elite jonin to destroy them. Is Kakashi and those two with Shikamaru the strongest you have? Do you send an 18 year old rookie to kill a soldier who's been in the army for 10 years?
I dont comprehend how Naruto being the 9 tail fox makes it ok to fight the Akatsuki. Naruto should be inside a cell where no Akatsuki can reach him, and the Fire country should be sending their strongest ninja to defeat the Akatsuki. Not 4 chuunins, 3 who could never defeat an Akatsuki, another one who shouldn't be able to beat one (if a chuunin can defeat an Akatsuki, doesnt that show something about their power?), an ANBU member who has nothing to do with this, and an idiot who rushed in to save people who used to scorn him.
Naruto could've ended after the save Sasuke arc, and I wouldve been content. The story just stopped making sense to me.
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My problem is, why are random Chuunin dealing with a super group with the goal to dominate the world? Why not send your elite jonin to destroy them. Is Kakashi and those two with Shikamaru the strongest you have? Do you send an 18 year old rookie to kill a soldier who's been in the army for 10 years?
Remember that they went on their own. Tsunade was going to stop them, but Kakashi stepped in.
the Fire country should be sending their strongest ninja to defeat the Akatsuki. Not 4 chuunins, 3 who could never defeat an Akatsuki, another one who shouldn't be able to beat one (if a chuunin can defeat an Akatsuki, doesnt that show something about their power?), an ANBU member who has nothing to do with this, and an idiot who rushed in to save people who used to scorn him.
Oh, the amount of times this has been debated on NF. Kishi's made it very clear that ranks don't mean shit in this series. Shikamaru may be a chuunin, but he's in no way a mid-tier level ninja. It's not like Hidan has this magical Akatsuki shield that keeps Shika's mere chuunin attacks from hitting him. Also don't forget that this is a story, and in stories the main characters win fights. It would be no fun for the kids to lose all the time and to force the older jounins to fight for them.
Really, why is Naruto the only manga that gets treatment like this? If people took One Piece this seriously it wouldn't have nearly as many fans.
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My problem is, why are random Chuunin dealing with a super group with the goal to dominate the world? Why not send your elite jonin to destroy them. Is Kakashi and those two with Shikamaru the strongest you have? Do you send an 18 year old rookie to kill a soldier who's been in the army for 10 years?
I dont comprehend how Naruto being the 9 tail fox makes it ok to fight the Akatsuki. Naruto should be inside a cell where no Akatsuki can reach him, and the Fire country should be sending their strongest ninja to defeat the Akatsuki. Not 4 chuunins, 3 who could never defeat an Akatsuki, another one who shouldn't be able to beat one (if a chuunin can defeat an Akatsuki, doesnt that show something about their power?), an ANBU member who has nothing to do with this, and an idiot who rushed in to save people who used to scorn him.
Naruto could've ended after the save Sasuke arc, and I wouldve been content. The story just stopped making sense to me.
I think the problem is that the ninja world appears like this giant arms race where certain clans have better or more powerful abilities than others. While all ninja, particularly jounin, should be sufficient to taking down a threat like the Akatsuki. But somehow Kishimoto rather see them as fodder compared to this "once in a lifetime" class where all these super-ninja with special abilities mature at about the same time to save the village from these threats…one of which has at least been around since the Shodai. I can't explain it any better, but unfortunately we're forced to go along with these chuunin instead of, say, an elite jounin squad.
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Have you ever read the fanfiction by Nes Mikel called Medusa Javelin along with Garden of Sanctuary? Now that would have been a cool route for Naruto to go.
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New trailer of the Narutimate Accel game.
Hell yes.
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@Forte:
New trailer of the Narutimate Accel game.
Hell yes.
GOD DAMN, they just made That game even better. I have the second and the Third one( Again I must reiterate The BEST NARUTO GAME PERIOD), now this one look even cooler
Sorry but thats not why im here i want to ask" Where is the new chapter i keep looking and can not find it
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it's been out 2 min ago on mangahelpers in a really low quality.
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You're not kidding they are pretty low in quality. Still, a few of the shots were great. I'm really liking Kishi's art in this chapter.
Naruto seems to be getting ready to perform his new Jutus or maybe just Kage Bushin. My guess is we'll see it next chapter. Shika is good as always.
All in all, a good week to be of fan of OP and Naruto.
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What the hell is up with that raw? o_O
Anyway, best chapter of Part 2.
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Ok that game, made kage buushin look like a bad ass jutsu. wow.
The next arc would either be a chuunin exam or save Sasuke arc. Shika told Naruto he would go next time. I think it will be a few teams that go and try to invade sound and capture Sasuke. That arc might be the end of Oro. So we could see some Jirayia vs Oro action. With maybe both of them dying.
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I hope the next arc isn't a rescue arc period. As of late, I feel resuce arcs are overdone. I'd prefer a Invasion Arc, only this time, the Konoha ninjas are the ones doing the invading.
It'd be a change of pace to see the ninjas storm the Akatsuki HQ or something like that.
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Ok that game, made kage buushin look like a bad ass jutsu. wow.
The next arc would either be a chuunin exam or save Sasuke arc. Shika told Naruto he would go next time. I think it will be a few teams that go and try to invade sound and capture Sasuke. That arc might be the end of Oro. So we could see some Jirayia vs Oro action. With maybe both of them dying.
Eh, something tells me Shika won't actually be going with them for that, if it happens anyway. This fight, and basically this arc, was Shika's moment to shine. He probably won't play another big role until like the very end of the series and we probably won't see him in a real fight like this again.
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I want to have an arc that treats Shino like Shikamaru.
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/me still hopes that naruto will show some unexpected stuff, you know, like a good old fight where he uses kage bunshin and some intelligence to surprise his opponent. not just some "let's do a few bunshin and once they're down, use rasengan".
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Naruto hasnt had a real fight in part 2. That has to show you how Kishie doesnt parade his main character around in everything fighting wise.
People may mention the Oro vs Naruto fight but that was Kyuubi vs ORo. Kyuubi was controlling Naruto during the whole fight, his attack bomb and all that was kyuubi power. It was similiar to the one tail taking over Gaara's body during the invansion arc.
Naruto should impress a lil in his fight. I hope he uses a good amount of jutsu.
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I can agree with that. We're long overdue to see Naruto beat someone one on one. I'm dying to see what Part 2 Naruto is able to fight properly.
I'm hoping Kishi can do for Naruto what he did for Shikamaru. If Kishi could apply that type of development for all his characters, he'd be unstoppable.
Anyway, next chapter is Naruto's debut in a real deal fight. We'll se what he's made of.
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That was a nice chapter. Nice to see Shikamaru evolving from loser to badass, this is the kind of development I like in shonens. That trap he set up for Hidan was awesome.
Here's hoping now Naruto impresses next chapter. His new jutsu better be something special, and hopefully he takes on Kazuku alone.
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Ah, an excellent chapter. Shikamaru was at the pinnacle of badassery, and his final words to Hidan were excellent. LEt's hope for an excellent fight next week.
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@Impel:
I want to have an arc that treats Shino like Shikamaru.
See the only problem with that is shino was already ready stong, we need a kiba arc or team 8(i think thats them) as a whole even more i want to see wha the Hell Lee has new thhey showed them, but they didnt fight or at least show it
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As much as I like Shino I don't see the point in focusing on his character right now. He just doesn't seem to be relevant to the plot at all, and he's not like Shikamaru either, as he kicked ass since the beginning. There's no room for development.
What we need now is Lee finally getting a victory. It is long overdue. I mean it almost got to the point where every Lee pic I see reminds me of Cap'N Carter's sig. The poor guy deserves it, he can't stay a loser, albeit a magnifiscent one, until the end of the manga.
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I see I'm not the only one who wants Lee to get a Victory. I hate how he gets so close to a win, only to lose. So far he's only won one fight (he beat Sasuke). Ten Ten is in the same boat too. We don't know really anything about her other than she knows how to throw stuff. Let's hope Kishi is thinking the same thing.
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I agree i want to see Lee and Hinata win
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I think Ten Ten and Neji (sp) fell so far off the radar it'd be weird to see them back in the main story with an important fight. I can only see them having supporting roles.
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I agree with you Aldrich, both Neji and Tenten would be odd to have as frontline characters. As much as I like the two of them's timeskip designs. Lee definetly needs a win, as every time he fights he dominates, gets some weird ass jobber aura, only to lose. Maybe we'll see him and Gai fight an Akatsuki eventually? Maybe rematch against Kisame.
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Yeah, Team Gai and Kisame definitely have some unfinished business. My guess is that Gai will take on Kisame alone while the rest fight another Akatsuki member.
So, assuming Hidan is dead this chapter, how many Akatsuki members are left?
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uh, 8 left (again)?
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Itachi, Kisame, Tobi, Deidara, Leader, Girl, and Zetsu. Not counting Kakuzu, assuming he's going to be destroyed in the next chapter. I'm interested in seeing more of Zetsu, he's the only one who seems to lack a partner.
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Kazuku, Itachi, Kisame, Deidara, Obito, the plant guy, the blue haired chick and the leader, right?
I don't know if Kishimoto really intends to end his series soon, but if you add Orochimaru that's still a lot of villains to defeat.
edit well beaten.
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I'm wondering if Kishimoto will have Orochimaru or the Akatsuki Leader as the final villain. I'm leaning towards Orochimaru, seeing as he and his two main cohorts/sexual partners have implied/obvious rivalries with characters (Kakashi/Kabuto, Naruto/Sasuke, Jiraiya/Orochimaru). But yes, there's plenty of villains to defeat before the end. If we assume that Naruto II will be as long as the original, ten we've probably got another couple of hundred (?, I forget when Part I ended) chapters to go.
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I see I'm not the only one who wants Lee to get a Victory. I hate how he gets so close to a win, only to lose. So far he's only won one fight (he beat Sasuke). Ten Ten is in the same boat too. We don't know really anything about her other than she knows how to throw stuff. Let's hope Kishi is thinking the same thing.
lol, Tenten's barely even a character anymore. If she ever did get development it would just seem forced.
@Mr.:
I'm wondering if Kishimoto will have Orochimaru or the Akatsuki Leader as the final villain. I'm leaning towards Orochimaru, seeing as he and his two main cohorts/sexual partners have implied/obvious rivalries with characters (Kakashi/Kabuto, Naruto/Sasuke, Jiraiya/Orochimaru). But yes, there's plenty of villains to defeat before the end. If we assume that Naruto II will be as long as the original, ten we've probably got another couple of hundred (?, I forget when Part I ended) chapters to go.
I remember Kishi saying in an interview that Orochimaru was the primary antagonist of the series. Then again, I don't remember when that was, so that statement could have been long before Akatsuki became this important.
Also, Part 1 ended exactly 100 chapters ago.
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Yeah, she pretty much got her ass handed too her by Temari and never did anything again. I'm interesting in seeing Temari again, she's one of my favorite characters, and I'd like to see her and the Sand Siblings again.
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Yeah, Temari's pretty sweet. That fake spoiler had me goin for a sec when I read she was gonna come back and help out Shika. I'm 100% sure the sand siblings will return tho. They are far too popular to be left out. I'd most like to see Gaara in a real battle without his Bijuu.
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I wouldn't mind Tenten getting a bit of screen time. She always was my favorite kunichi (or however you spell it), if only personality-wise.
But yeah, the final team Gai fight is going to be good. It'll probably be badass when it's animated too, I bet.
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Definetly. Without that racoon stuck up his ass, maybe Gaara will get a bit more of a personality. Not a whole lot mind you, as he's naturally stoic, but a little bit.
Also, Kishimoto seems to be implying that the series might actually have romance in it at some point, while I think it's probably better off without it, I did have my hopes up at the fake spoiler for some ShikamaruTemari.
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I have a question about NH3, for story mode did they change it so the lips were actually moving on the characters when they talked? >> That's kinda annoying in 2.
Though I agree I have #2, and it's such a fun game. The computer sucks hard, though I need to learn how to change the diffuclty from normal to hard.
Anyway, that trailer looked sweet. I love how the games make up moves for them and then kishimoto sometimes uses them. I think that's the case anyway because shikamaru uses his shadow grab in the first game and that wasn't even in the manga yet OO.
Also I don't like how NHA, by the looks of it anyway, went back to the first game ougi button style. I liked the mashing better.
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She always was my favorite kunichi (or however you spell it), if only personality-wise.
For future refrence, Kunoichi.
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Yeah, the eventual Team 8, and Team Gai fights are something I'm looking forward to as well. Lee just has to win, he really does.
Actually, one of the things I'm looking forward to the most is more Zetsu, as Mr. All Sunday already said. He's the freakiest Akatsuki by far, and that's saying a lot in a group of pretty freaky people. He has potential to be pretty cool.
This is a bit off topic, but doesn't the whole Akatsuki kinda seem like a sideshow attraction? Shark Boy! Plant Man! The Undying Wonder! The Man with many Hearts! Puppet Man! The questionably-gendered thing with Mouths in his Hands! Itachi and Tobi seem to be the only ones we know about that are moderately normal.
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Spiral eyed ginger haired body art enthusiast!
Yeah they're a pack of circus freak.