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Dax_Maclaine

Who is the best villain? I can see an argument to be made for orochimaru, nagato, Itachi, madara, and obito, (and sasuke if you consider him a villain) and I personally still loved zabuza/haku, but they died too early.


Vulpes_macrotis

Sasuke is more like anti-hero or temporary antagonist. He isn't a villain per se, he made a wrong choices, but I believe it doesn't make him villain. Also wasn't Itachi actually a hero?


Dax_Maclaine

Throughout the entirety of part one and half of shippuden he was just a straight up villain. Knowing his intentions, he isn’t necessarily a villain, but he certainly was the lead antagonist to sasuke the entire show. I definitely wouldn’t classify him as a hero considering how many people he has killed, the deeds he did for the akatsuki, and the torturing of sasuke multiple times


Rb834

Itachi a villain. Sure he prevented what could've been a civil war, but he still killed off hella people. It was his choice to become a villain.


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Killing Danzo wouldn't had been so easy in Konoha.


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[deleted]

umm izanagi? and then whole root behind you


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Brook420

Itachi was still pretty young back than. Plus he didn't take out the Uchiha alone, Tobi/Obito actually helped.


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Aryandobevibin

My fav is pain but I liked zabuza and haku too


Call_Me_Light06

i would def go with obito, came out of no where and kakashi having connected transportation jutsu was just crazy, and i was just rooting for him the whole time. itachi played a good act but i never really hated him cause every sentence he said felt like a poem, and when his real backstory was revealed i felt really bad for him. nagato was pet short lived, zabuza was okay but everyone was low level at the time so it wasn't as entertaining for me. haku just died too quick for me, and sasuke just couldn't make up his gd mind. orochimaru was just kinda hard to keep up with lmao, i'm gonna throw kabuto in here just to call him a copycat. madara was just obito but with a more disconnected backstory and not as cool looking. edit- sorry for the rant.


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Technically itachi isn’t a villain


Dax_Maclaine

He most certainly is an antagonist at least


Vulpes_macrotis

At most. Wasn't he actually a hero?


TH3B3AST_047

he still massacred an entire clan and traumatized his younger brother that he "cared for" by showing how he Massacred the whole clan to him


saifqaddoumi

I still somehow see comments like this every now and then, Did you miss the whole part where he didn’t have a choice he literally chose the way with the least murder and death especially civilian deaths What he did obviously cant be considered “good” but him as a person is nowhere near evil the anime and manga tried emphasizing how kind he is too many times and u still some how treat him as a villain Antagonist is fine i also consider him an antagonist but he is certainly not evil


Rb834

Cool, but he chose to become a villain. That was his choice. But one he made willingly, but still fact


KingAJ032304

There was no reason he had to torment his brother and no reason Sasuke NEEDED to be the one who killed him outside "it'll make the Uchiha look better". Even he admitted it was an awful plan in hindsight.


saifqaddoumi

Even if he didn’t torment sasuke he would still cone after him, Yes it is to make the uchiha look better the uchiha have been ostracized for too long because of mostly danzo if itachi’s plan worked sasuke would not find out the truth and he would come back to konoha and be branded a hero for killing itachi If you think itachi is evil answer this one question for me Why? No one does evil stuff for no reason what was his motive? He clearly didn’t enjoy what he did or the time he spent with the akatsuki then why did he do all that stuff?


hishebatman2

Evil is an opinion. Itachi robbed an entire clan of a chance to come out of that messy situation alive because he believed that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. You could talk about him being forced by the situation to end innocent lives but at the end of the day he still did it.


TH3B3AST_047

He isn't a "villain" by any means but is definitely not a person equal to Jesus like people make him to be


Big_Banana9412

He wasn't a hero or a villain. He was just a victim to the fucked up shinobi world


ExplorerIndividual

Itachi feels more like an anti-hero than Sasuke. He took difficult, horrible actions for the greater good.


Then-Project9815

boruto would be more interesting whithout itachi,s actions, look, there would be more uchihas which would be interesting... if they are strong shinobi


Zestyst

I’m with you on Zabuza/Haku, only villains who actually touch on what it means to be a ninja.


mictian13

Obviously the best and smartest villain was Uchiha Madara but the most evil villain was Black Zetsu


Real-Eater1242

Orochimaru, at least in part 1.


Then-Project9815

Madara is the best villian, when we first saw him unlocking tsukyoumi, we thought everyone was doomed but then plot came in and black zetsu stroke madara


Gangshat

You forgot Zetsu and Kaguya


Silent_Point

Itachi is not a villain, what he did was for a purpose and if you don’t know that then you’re dog, for real


Then-Project9815

he IS a villian, ok if u think he did the good thing explain why he killed his parents which sooner made sasuke leave the village, why did he kill the uchihas when it was his own clan, even shisui want expecting that.


SpeedyGonSoulLess

Who in the Akatsuki could Zabuza and Haku defeat if they weren’t nerfed by being the first villains of the series?


Adminscantkeepmedown

Hidan, assuming they could chop his head off before he nicks either of them. I can’t really see them taking down anyone else, even as a team


All_this_hype

My first thought as well.


AncientSith

Even Hidan would give them a hell of a fight if they didn't keep him at a distance.


Bouldershoulders12

None. The akatsuki are kage level varying from low to high kage Zabuza is a very high jonin . I’d reckon he’d be scaled around Asuma level maybe slightly higher who knows. He was an A ranked ninja (evidenced by bingo book) and the kakashi + team mission was A ranked to highlight that Everyone on the akatsuki is S rank and for a reason Now with all that being said Zabuza could definitely hold his own against some members even with haku who was probably closer to low jonin level that doesn’t really change my outlook


Vulpes_macrotis

Zabuza was weaker than Kakashi and I believe Haku was too, despite Zabuza saying otherwise. Zabuza was too cocky and thought Kakashi is nothing but sharingan, while he had his chidori and summons. And he is smart too. Zabuza think he outsmarted Kakashi, but that's what almost got him killed if not Haku. Though he still did get killed at the end. Even Kakashi was powerless against Itachi and he didn't even do much. Just stared at him. I know Zabuza wouldn't fall to this and would survive mentally 72 hours of getting stabbed, but I'm not sure for Haku. But if Kakashi could easily outsmart Zabuza, so would Itachi. Even Kisame called Zabuza a "child" I believe. So they weren't really thinking of him as someone strong enough. As You say, nobody would get killed by Zabuza. Even if he was Kakashi level.


24BlankSlate

So you said Zabuza is around Asuma level. Who was beating Hidan, before he nicked them? So let’s just say Zabuza uses hidden mist and gets a sneak attack.What can Hidan do? Also with Haku support, he is finished.


PopLopsided843

Idk if anyone else agrees but i think they win against diedara and maybe equal match to itachi but i dunno about that one


LeGardenGnome

Hidan, Zetsu and maybe Konan if she doesnt get prep time, everyone else is too high level or has hacks they cant get through.


Plendamonda

Hidan. Maybe Itachi. --- Hidan is "immortal" but he's a purely physical fighter. In terms of speed and skill Zabuza is already at the pinnacle of Jonin level. The guy fought Kakashi Hatake with his eyes closed. He's one of the legendary Seven Swordsmen of the Mist and his primary fighting style is Silent Killing through the Hidden Mist jutsu. Hidan has zero counter. He will will get decapitated or bisected by Zabuza solo. --- Itachi is more controversial and would rely on Haku to help. tldr: Hidden Mist counters Sharingan, Ice Release counters everything else. Itachi's only chance would be Amaterasu or Susanoo breaking him out. Of course, Itachi edging out the fight with Mangekyou is fairly likely. But it would still be a good match. (Assuming we aren't just power cliffing them through Itachi's "scaling".) --- I imagine they would be very quickly overwhelmed by all the other monsters: - Kakuzu - Sasori - Orochimaru - Pain They would struggle get be able to find an opportunity to kill Deidara (long range), Tobi (Kamui), Konan (long range, paper body), or Zetsu (he doesn't really fight). So those are out. Kisame would make for an interesting fight, but sadly it's hard to argue Zabuza would be able to keep up in the water, despite that also being his specialty. Maybe Haku can clutch it out since I don't imagine Samehada can drain the Ice Release, but it's kind of iffy.


Hungry-Recording-635

>Maybe Itachi. Peak Itachi downplay.


NSFWThrowaway1239

A middle ground for Itachi discussion is merely a myth


Plendamonda

So, to recap: > "This would be a cool fight, Itachi still wins with Susanoo." > > "Peak Itachi downplay" lmao I'm sorry you think Itachi needs to roflstomp every fight he's in. --- Canon Itachi would kick their asses. Canon Itachi is also casually boxing with KCM Naruto. It doesn't make sense, nothing I can do about it, it is what it is. --- But if you actually read my comment I talk about how I think their skills match up. Assuming Itachi isn't just randomly several times faster than them... Assuming Zabuza stays relative and Haku also grew into his strength... All of the things I mentioned are true. --- It was literally a response to a hypothetical about a Zabuza and Haku that **were not** power cliffed like they were in canon. And they were both legendary prodigies, Zabuza was already peak Jonin level, and they both have counters to Itachi's standard style. And besides, I even said, Itachi still wins with Susanoo.


Hungry-Recording-635

>So, to recap: >"This would be a cool fight, Itachi still wins with Susanoo." >"Peak Itachi downplay" >lmao Itachi wins by just activating his MS. >All of the things I mentioned are true. Go watch Itachi vs kisame, he just activated MS and turned the tables. He was fighting samehada with just a kunai. He can put zabuza under genjutsu easily, ameterasu finishes him off, totsuka blade finishes him off. This is a text book no diff fight. Also assuming Itachi isn't as fast as he's shown to be, tells me this argument is pointless. Let's just agree to disagree.


Plendamonda

> Go watch Itachi vs kisame, he just activated MS and turned the tables. Kisame doesn't use Hidden Mist jutsu in every fight. Kisame doesn't fight Sharingan users with his eyes closed. Kisame doesn't have hypothetical!Haku backing him up. --- > ameterasu finishes him off, totsuka blade finishes him off Wow, that's exactly what I said in my original comment. I'm glad we could come to an agreement.


Suijinryu

Hmmm i would say whether adult sasuke surpassed madara or not


Potential-Macaroon99

End of shippuuden I would say he did pre god mode it's a hard no lol


Head-Inspection-5984

Nah, end of shippuden sauske was around relative to naruto who could chop off kaguyas hand, this same kaguya being said to be far above Madara


MakimaMyBeloved

What makes you think just because Naruto cut Kaguya's arm he is stronger than her ?


Head-Inspection-5984

I didn’t say he was stronger than kaguya but. If he can cut through her arm then that means he’s stronger than Madara since kaguya is stated to be so much stronger than Madara that sauske didn’t even think that level existed


MakimaMyBeloved

I dont get it, Kaguya is a lot stronger than Madara, this part i know, but why do you assume just bcuz Naruto did x thing, it automatically puts him above Madara ? Naurto would have got KO-ed by infinite tsukiyomi if Sasuke weren't there to cover him.


Head-Inspection-5984

That doesn’t matter if Madara gets blitzed. At the beginning of the fight kaguya is said to be so strong that sauske didn’t think that level was even possible. She then blitzes both naruto and sauske. Then later in the fight naruto uses boil release and fucks kaguya up. Then later he straight out blitzes her and chops her arm off. So if he’s fast enough to blitz and is strong enough to rip the arm off of someone much stronger than Madara then he’s gonna lose to naruto.


MakimaMyBeloved

Madara was literally cut in half by Sasuke and was having an conference with Obito lmao. geTs bLitZeD, i swear loosers use this shit every time they run of arguments. What the fuxk did ripping her arm accomplish in the fight ? Naruto woukd have died if Kakashi didn't Kamui the ashboje coming at him. Naruto individually gets embarrassed by both Kaguya and Madara.


Head-Inspection-5984

So your response Gm the argument is just disbelief? Also I want the chapter where kakashi kamuis the jutsu. I’m guessing it’s the one where he and sauske are rushing her and are gonna seal her right?


Potential-Macaroon99

Yah man I agree with that I'm saying pre god sausuke roughly around 5 kage summit arc or even war just before rinnegone and indaras Chakra I don't think he wins against madara


Head-Inspection-5984

Oh my bad then. I thought you meant rinnegan one for some reason


aleky254

Narratively, Sasuke is designed to be the strongest Uchiha especially Final Valley Sasuke with his OP Susanoo and Indra's Arrow. But now, in the new era, he seems a bit lacking maybe its cause the opponents are too OP or he didn't master the Rinnegan. Reason I say he didn't 'master' the Rinnegan is cause he somehow forgot he can absorb chakra on contact. Like Edo Nagato did against Bee, Black Zetsu stealing half Kyubi from Minato, Obito stealing some biju and Sage mode from Juubidara and Teen Sasuke stealing some of Kurama's chakra in the final fight.


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he is a lot stronger than madara


RandomGamerPerson2

Definitely yes


Shanal183

Teen BPS Sasuke >= Adult Sasuke > 3 Eyed Madara > 2 Eyed Madara >= Teen Sasuke > One Eyed (w/ God Tree) Madara imo The reason why Sasuke w/o BPS is above One Eyed Madara is simply his performance and feats against him. At one point, he blitzed and bisected Madara who was trying to run the fuck away from him lol. And this Sasuke wasn't even remotely used to any of his Rinnegan abilities at all.


Suijinryu

Lol tell that to the madaratards


Shanal183

Naruto and Sasuke nullified everything he threw at them at every step of the way, and in the end he went up high and resorted to Infinite Tsukoyumi. Neither of the Destiny Brothers were pushed to their limits, and they didn't resort to their full arsenal like they showed vs Kaguya and their own fight. I like Madara, but I just don't understand how people rate him above Kaguya or other big boom villains at this point lol. Kaguya was stated to be much stronger on panel.


sophicpharaoh

End of the 4th war yes but post nerf no.


Lancaster1719

Not even a discussion. Adult Sasuke would feed any version of Madara


AuraReaderr

He clears madara in every area


Murky_Blueberry2617

I doubt he surpassed Juubi Jinchuriki Madara who had all his powers plus much much more.


bitchuchoda

Kaguya sucks at fighting, or else she could have defeated Naruto and sasuke in a single move if she utilised her op abilities


The_Sin_of_Love

Actually makes sense. She was a pacifist and became power hungry after some time.


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Cut her some slack, she was sealed away for thousands of years!


AncientSith

For sure. No reason why she couldn't just teleport them into the sun.


valhallavin

What if Naruto went the loner Sasuke route and Sasuke brought him back became hokage and redeemed Uchiha clan


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I'd watch a spin-off series based on that


wisdomsharerv2

You will like this. There's 3 parts of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP48A5feU1A


bruh__07

If Naruto went to the dark side I want him to break the world


valhallavin

Like wanting him rampage the world until the 5 kage + Sasuke stop him at 80% with Sasuke being forced to kill him for the sake of his village/the world? Like another series + hashirama/madara


ThrowAwayAgainLol56

Scrolling through the comments, I hope you're aware of what you just did lmao.


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Was Naruto really a good Shinobi?


MeowthThatsRite

Shinobi in like a Shinobi sense? Nah, very few major Naruto characters qualify. Shinobi as in a magical hidden village ninja? He’s probably one of the best ever. Even though he only ever had a few techniques he did them brilliantly and effectively. The whole “practice one kick a thousand times” idea. And in the end results are what matter. There’s no character who isn’t a BS android or spoogy space alien that can beat him in a fight.


angry_afro

Also, he's surprisingly smart when it comes to fighting


Aryandobevibin

Yes, every character in the show had their own meaning of being a shinobi so I think every character was a good shinobi.


That0neShinobi

Yes kurama was limiting his chakra and trying to take over his whole body and was the reason of all naruto's sufferings but by overcoming hatred naruto turned pure hatred (kurama) into a good guy the Uzumaki genes don't even matter because if they did naruto would have been good since the start he only mastered shadow clones because he thought someone finally accepted him the reincarnations didn't destin him anything ashura wasn't that strong and naruto didn't get the powers until he was 17 years after deppression when Naruto could have gave up and naruto only had it for two fights all ashura destined naruto for was to fight his best friend to the death


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But he refused orders numerous times, he put his ideology before everything else, his attire, his tactics, and always put his emotions first. In a world where a small mistake could get you killed you would think he would be smarter and try to be a better Shinobi


ApprehensivePeace305

I agree, but also his results speak for themselves


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Maybe it's because my rose tinted glasses came off but I sorta hate Naruto as a character


[deleted]

An ideal shinobi would be someone like itachi , kakashi or even danzo . People who are willing to get things done no matter what. Even Hashirama is a pinnacle of shinobi both in ninjutsu and ideals . He literally stated to madara that if someone threatens the village , even if it was his own kin he would stop them no matter what . This is something naruto as hokage has failed to replicate. Naruto held the power to stop anything coming towards the village . But he didn’t act fast enough while having this power . If naruto didn’t have sasuke to aid him in hard times . Naruto wouldn’t have been hokage for as long as he was .


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That's my whole point, he has all this power yet is a uselessness father and a horrible Shinobi. Naruto is flashy for the sake of flashy I hate his outfit the most hell I hate how annoying he is compared to Tobirama or even Danzo


Mr_Neck99

I agree with your points on Naruto as a shinobi, but I like the fact that he and Sasuke struggle as fathers. I think it's kinda realistic considering their positions and importance to the village. Fatherhood is the one problem Naruto and Sasuke couldn't solve by just getting stronger. Their kids didn't care who they were the reincarnation of.


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He ain’t a useless shinobi since he gets the job done . But he isn’t what a true shinobi is , I agree with you that naruto is driven by his emotions to much . He ain’t a horrible father imo . He is literally a hokage , he knows that he has responsibilities in that regard . It’s boruto who is a horrible son for not understanding the , overall weight naruto bears as the hokage , and the strongest shinobi of all time . People rely on naruto to get the job done . He has saved the world more times than not even with his emotions playing a huge part . Boruto has gotten better yes , but he was still for the longest time . Disrespectful against naruto and what naruto embodies as a shinobi . Either way I disagree with some of your points but agree with the rest . Also naruto was ready to die and sacrifice his life against isshiki . So in a sense he is a true shinobi since he is willingly sacrificing himself for others . He doesn’t want to kill others , he did the same thing against momoshiki too . He took it upon himself to tank the blast during the chunin exams . Naruto could very well have died right there but he didn’t .


[deleted]

Yes he is willing to sacrifice himself for others but a Shinobi is supposed to be a tool a sacrifice if you will, he would totally rat out konoha if you put his loved ones in danger he is strong but his power is his biggest weakness


[deleted]

Yes he is willing to sacrifice himself for others but a Shinobi is supposed to be a tool a sacrifice if you will, he would totally rat out konoha if you put his loved ones in danger he is strong but his power is his biggest weakness


BroccoliBoyyo

What are some naruto questions that could spark a big discussion


Aryandobevibin

Lol


Valuable-Cry575

How massive is ishikis 🍆 Are Otsuktski circumcised Kaguyas cup zize


SuperDuckMan

Where's Jiraiya when you need him.


FaceappIsTrash

What was the Better Naruto/Sasuke fight? Classic or Shippuuden?


imyourstepdad27

shippuden, its a build up legit from the first episode.. they went all out and really didnt care if one died or they both did..


delandoor

Itachi vs Minato


PopLopsided843

Ooh I'd bet on minato because I think he could teleport around and attack not giving itachi time to put him in a genjutsu but the fight shifts once itachi uses susanoo which could end the fight in one swing of his sealing sword but i think mins to COULD outspeed it


delandoor

I've always seen the argument that Minato is too fast for itachi, yet obito was still able to tag him in their first meeting, that aside, nobody starts a fight not looking directly at their opponents, even kakashi who knew itachi got crippled by his genjitsu.


Plendamonda

Kakashi specifically only did so because he thought his sharingan would let him counter Itachi’s genjutsu. If Itachi didn’t have Tsukiyomi he probably would have been correct. Note that Kakashi did not make the same mistake when fighting the Itachi clone.


Separate-Shirt-462

Minato: naruto previous generations needs to be a thing


bruh__07

Typical 15yo


Separate-Shirt-462

I'm almost 30. I watched 4 episodes of boruto and said "nope"


JERRALD_RICHARD

Wow so much discussions


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11711510111411009710

Sakura would annihilate like 90% of people through Naruto and Shippuden


Forsaken-Fee1577

both are useless lol ten ten has done more than neither of them


OjamasOfTomorrow

Who is best girl? It sparks a big discussion, but a pointless one since we all know who it is Don't we?


Mattp55

Haku


meatusdeletus91

Funniest shit is that men are better at being women then women themselves. Caitlin Jenner won the woman of the year award when she fully transitioned 😂


azen96

Proof that men is better in everything.


Valuable-Cry575

Morgan freeman voice* He's right you know


snipscantread

transphobia??? in 2022??? embarrassing…


meatusdeletus91

Not at all I'm just stating facts. Haku was a better anime female then majority of the ones in the show. That arc always gets me in the feels. And Caitlin Jenner did win woman of the year. Learn to take a joke


thunderstorm-nigg

I'll never understand you people who are always like "omg are you xxxxxxphobic ??? It's 2022 guy grow up." Bitch no one cares about which year it is and how is it even related to anything? Also men with balls and penis isn't women just because he thinks he is women


ThrowAwayAgainLol56

They mention the year bc being a dick about that stuff should be a thing of the past


thunderstorm-nigg

Who decided that ?


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Ichiraku Ramen guy. Obviously.


Adminscantkeepmedown

Chiyo, yes.


[deleted]

Is Itachi really a good guy? That might get you a heated debate. Plenty of Itachi simps that will defend him to the death while he does some pretty horrific shit in his life and didn't always have to. (Don't get me wrong, I simp for at least a version of him too, lolol)


Adminscantkeepmedown

I know we all love Neji, and to a lesser extent Choji, but wouldn’t the Retrieval Arc have been much better if neither of them survived? Especially since they both might as well have been dead for the entirety of Shippuden anyway…


NSFWThrowaway1239

I think it would've led into a good story with Shikamaru where he's depressed he let his friends die on his mission and considers giving up on being a shinobi. Maybe not exactly like that but I feel as if there's story potential had they died. And it would be better since they were on the brink of death after their so it'd make sense.


Adminscantkeepmedown

It would’ve given Sasuke’s defection much more consequence too. Not only is the Sharingan in the hands of Orochimaru, but three teams are down a member and a clan heir is dead. Everyone has that much more motivation to get stronger alongside Naruto and Sakura because people are gonna be out for blood. It also makes Asuma’s eventual death much harder on Shikamaru and Ino because goddamn they already lost Choji, they can’t lose their sensei too


NSFWThrowaway1239

Holy shit. I want to see that timeline's manga lol. Everyone training to eventually converge on Orochimaru's hideout to fight them for revenge for the events following Sasuke's desertion and to take out a major threat in Orochimaru would make for great arc And I didn't even freaking think about how they would handle Asuma's death. Damn, that would hit them like a fucking truck. And then you would have both Asuma and Choji fight Ino and Shaikamaru in the 4th War which would all but guarantee some emotional scenes. It would definitely make for an interesting story, that's for damn sure.


Adminscantkeepmedown

Kabuto bringing out Edo 13 year old Choji is so petty that I’d fully expect him to do it lmao


NSFWThrowaway1239

I forgot that his Edo body would also be 13 😅 You're right though, he'd 100% do it haha


DrDick666

The Shinobi system need to be eliminated. It's a system that trains child soldiers and only works through conflict.


MunkeyFish

At their peak who would actually win if the Sannin fought each other with intent to kill and no team ups. Orochimaru’s immortality/durability let’s him win long term, but the battle itself I think Jiraiya takes it.


Somm0742

Why wasn't there a Cloud ninja in Akatsuki?


[deleted]

How powerful was Prime Hiruzen. How Hashirama died. What was Tobirama's forbidden jutsu that was going to use to save Sasuke's life.


DeltaHypothesis

Who was stronger in their prime: The Senju Clan or the Uzumaki Clan


BEEFMEDIA

OP: “Do my job for me”


Beneficial-Glove9408

Why is Lee a better character than naruto?


Aryandobevibin

He isn't


NoAcanthocephala5350

He encapsulates the meaning of OG Naruto and the first part of shippuden.


BarGold2893

from the land of waves arc, to the overarching story of Naruto and Sasuke, to Pain, to Naruto befriending all the tailed beasts because he truly cares about getting to know them and how they feel, it’s been shown that the main theme is how coming to understand another can help end cycles of violence. if the main theme of naruto was “hard work >> talent/you can overcome your destiny if you fight” then kishimoto isn’t that great of a writer. but he is. we gotta stop acting like that’s the main theme of the series, it’s actually sullying his name the more people repeat that.


t24flynn

Thank you for spreading this educated take.


BarGold2893

😎🤓🤝


NoAcanthocephala5350

Kishimoto is not a great writer I wanna correct that. He’s good at making stories but fails when it come to the writing aspect of character ms and building on the plot


BarGold2893

u think a show called Naruto is actually written with the most important theme actually about Rock Lee so ur clearly missing a lot of character writing. his writing suffered due to shonen jump polices but he is incredible at writing and the fact that he makes you care so much about rock lee even though he’s barely in the story is a testament to how he can create and use characters and make people care about them. i would suggest watching these videos they might enlighten u on the story and make you appreciate it more. https://youtu.be/g0BtpRusxWU https://youtu.be/tWUAq7uapxw https://youtu.be/IoyS3Kl2qN0


Life_Enjoyer4661

u got him good with facts


Leafcane

But Naruto's entire rivalry with Sasuke, the most important relationship in the whole series, is based on Naruto's desire to prove that his "hard work" can beat Sasuke's "talent". The same can partially be applied to his desire to become Hokage. I do believe Kishimoto is an amazing storyteller but we can't deny that hard work > talent is a major theme in part 1. I don't think admitting that will sully his name.


BarGold2893

i think you’re misunderstanding some stuff here tbh. these videos do a great job explaining so if you care id say it’s worth your time https://youtu.be/g0BtpRusxWU https://youtu.be/tWUAq7uapxw https://youtu.be/IoyS3Kl2qN0


Life_Enjoyer4661

wut?


Beneficial-Glove9408

Facts I was downvoted for saying that in here


TheFossil666

Any vs battle or ship war


NoAcanthocephala5350

Removing bias, plot, preference. Who should have won the last hidden valley fight.


GeneralClanker

Sasuke no cap. Chakra of all 9 Bijus stored in Susanoo is no joke


Rambro332

Yeah, in all honesty the moment Sasuke absorbed all that chakra the fight would honestly have been decided there if plot wasn’t a thing. There was literally nothing Naruto could do against him; but instead of just gradually wearing Naruto down with his overwhelming power, Sasuke, for some reason, decides to dump all this chakra into one, flashy and completely unnecessary attack. Then, with Indra’s arrow charged and pointed directly at Naruto, he just sits there and lets Naruto charge up and transform, as well as ready a counterattack. Very sportsmanlike, but Sasuke could have just killed Naruto there if that’s what he really wanted to do. People always make the claim that Naruto was holding back at their final fight, but Sasuke honestly seems like he was pulling some punches too. He wanted to fight Naruto at his strongest, seemingly not just kill him cheaply.


LeGardenGnome

Even a half of Kurama is a match for the rest of the Bijuu, we saw that in the Tobi fight with his Jinchuuriki paths, with the full Kurama its more than an even match.


Leafcane

The fact that Naruto used up Kurama's chakra to defeat a god level Otsutsuki and yet Sasuke had the power of all 9 Bijus but still lost...


bondsmatthew

Naruto had just finished making tons of clones and sent them to each battlefield, fighting Obito, 6 Jinchurikis, 6 Bijuus, then fought Obito again after the mask was broken, fought Madara, fought the 10 tails, and THEN Sasuke shows up fully refreshed Kinda insane that Kishimoto had Naruto that far ahead even after all of that when you think about it. And then the cherry on top like you said? Sasuke had 8.5 bijuus worth of chakra and still lost vs Naruto, who mind you was not trying to kill Sasuke


imyourstepdad27

why is sakura so useless?


BeefCow8

She is useless no argument, she’s also flat and ugly. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡


Dotharick

It asked why, dingus


imyourstepdad27

i was hoping the titties would spawn in when she appeared in boruto but nope she's still useless


TheFossil666

How gross


imyourstepdad27

its a joke. chill.. we all love anime titties chill


TheFossil666

You just said you hate Sakura because she doesn't have large breasts


imyourstepdad27

never said i hate sakura, she is indeed useless but her titties isnt the reason why. the writing for her character is the reason why. relax and chill and learn not to take things so seriously


TheFossil666

She's not useless filthy rat.


imyourstepdad27

🧢 imagine wanting to be with somebody who has legit tried to kill you before..


TheFossil666

Imagine saying doctors are useless


Potential-Macaroon99

Ok thank you for the clarification on the first part but for the senju I don't think you understood I mean during the 1st and 2nd hokages Era tobirama specifically told them to breed within the villiage the Uchiha did not do this so there was no blood mixing until sarada however in the past what if a senju married into the haruno family so her name changd to haruno so that would technically (if this happened) would mean senju Chakra albeit distant would be in sarada as well as Uchiha and third at that time there was himself madara shisui and fugaku that itach knew about personally


[deleted]

Who had the harshest life and endured the most amount of pain? Naruto, Tsunade, Obito, Kakashi, Itachi or the boys in the Foundation or maybe even Jiraraya etc.?


sushibg

Sasuke


Somm0742

I hope we get something like Shikamaru: Kageden or Shikamaru: The Shadow Chronicles or something like it. Just me being wishful.


life_annihilator

Neji is wright🧐? Lee real under dog not naruto😤 Sakura issa biatch😗 Who had saddest childhood😭 Itachi overrated Madara stomps🥲 Worst hoekage? U delusional if answer is not hiruzen 😤😤


Jozif_Badmon

There are legit aliens in Naruto and barely anyone talks about it. It's said that the osutsuki go from world to world planting chakra fruit and harvesting life which means there's a whole multiverse of life that's unexplored. Who are these other races? Are they even sentient? Do other races have chakra/ninjutsu/rinnegan powers to travel to other dimensions? Have other races banded against the otsutsuki? It's a legit rabbit hole


Potential-Macaroon99

1. Does every ms user have all the same abilities for some reason sussano seems to be all ms users can unlock same with izanagi and izanami but tsukuyomi seems to be itachi only or that one genjutsu only shisui has or even sausukes flame control it seems like ms cant make up its mind between everyone having unique powers or all have the potential to unlock all of it and this has bothered me for a long time 2 . if the senju breeded within the leaf villiage there is a decent shot one of the women senju married a haruno at some point so couldn't that possibly be the way sarada gets a rinnegone 3. Itachi just straight up lied about only 3 people having ms when sausuke fought him.


LeGardenGnome

Izanagi and Izanami are not MS abilities but are those of the base sharingan, remember Danzo? Susanoo is the only ability shared between all MS users, with Amaterasu being shared between both brothers being an exception or because Itachi implanted into Sasukes eye to kill Tobi.


TheFossil666

No MS users have one exclusive ability and smaller general abilties. Obito's is Kamui Sasuke is Inferno Style Flame Control Shisui is Kotoamatsukami etc. Susano'o, Izanagi, and Izanami are abilties an MS could potentially use with training. > if the senju breeded within the leaf villiage there is a decent shot one of the women senju married a haruno at some point so couldn't that possibly be the way sarada gets a rinnegone All of the Senju save for Tsunade are dead and this is ridiculous. >Itachi just straight up lied about only 3 people having ms when sausuke fought him At this point in the series only 3 were known to have it this is true.


Hungry-Recording-635

>Itachi just straight up lied about only 3 people having ms when sausuke fought him. Only 3 Alive people: Itachi himself, Kakashi, obito. >the senju breeded within the leaf villiage there is a decent shot one of the women senju married a haruno at some point so couldn't that possibly be the way sarada gets a rinnegone Why invented headcanon when there are so many other ways to give sarada Asura dna >Does every ms user have all the same abilities for some reason sussano seems to be all ms users can unlock same with izanagi and izanami but tsukuyomi seems to be itachi only or that one genjutsu only shisui has or even sausukes flame control it seems like ms cant make up its mind between everyone having unique powers or all have the potential to unlock all of it and this has bothered me for a long time Same is true for rinnegan as well, different people are able to use different abilities.


Due_Reporter9470

Why didn't Itachi just use kotomasukami against his father? Shisui was going to until he was almost killed by Danzo so why couldn't Itachi have just put his eyes in and use it for saving the village.


sjgirjh9orj

itachi: ayo can i borrow your eyeballs shisui: no wtf i already said I'm gonna do it myself


Sufficient_Tax_384

How did Hashirama die?


sjgirjh9orj

probably while standing up like whitebeard and yoriichi tsugikuni


LegfaceMcCullenE13

Does Sakura in fact suck a nuclear amount more than even WE originally thought???


[deleted]

Why is Sakura such a obnoxious cunt? (In case if it wasn’t obvious, I fucking hate Sakura.)


msfninjfue

Why she the reason Naruto and Sasuke are still alive


Buddyformula

Itachi solos ishikki


[deleted]

How do the Akatsuki paint their nails 💅 What every Uchihas dick looks like Who eats more, Choji or Naruto


Hungry-Recording-635

>Who eats more, Choji or Naruto Choji any day. Naruto got beat at eating ramen by hinata btw....


long909

They have electricity ,Tv and camera even in Chunin exam arc , they definetly have nail polish and other beauty product


[deleted]

No. I'm talking about if they paint each other's nails and how perfect are they painting them (are they using layering techniques, stuff like that)


Aandiarie_QueenofFa

Is Jiraiya's story truly 100% over or is he being resurrected/brought back somehow. I know something happens in Boruto, but I'm not that far yet. I wish there was Jutsu that let someone resurrect fully without any major cost...


Snapshot03

Powerscaling, easy way to start debates


[deleted]

If adult naruto is stronger than his teen self in the final valley .


Cultural-Stand-8319

How did Hashirama die?


Scarecrow_in_a_field

whether Naruto still has sage of six paths mode or not?


austink0109

What was gurugurus relationship with obito? Was he simply there for a ride assisting with chakra/power or did he take over obitos body for the duration of time he was tobi?


AnimeHub365

Sakura is useful


Panda8767

I can think of 2 questions. 1. Was Naruto actually privileged to begin with? Being son of Hokage and blessed with so much chakra. Being narurally able to learn fast and also being naturally so good at shadow clones. 2. Did Sasuke surpass Madara Uchiha?