This isn't a theory when he literally implemented a plan that takes this factor into account right after. What do you think FTG level 2 even is? It's a response to Obito phasing through Minato when he simply attacks head on.
You’re ignoring the original premise. Outside of Shunshin, FTG was the only means to achieve his objective of tagging…
THAT IS MY ORIGINAL POINT!! Minato didn’t “
hold back” his speed. Obito matched his Combat Speed and outpaced him in that exchange. That is a fact.
So yes, to suggest he was holding back when that isn’t supported is theory crafting. At best Semantics, but the text isn’t supportive of your stance here unless I’m misunderstanding you.
I'm aware? That's literally the reason Minato tried a different approach.
Minato’s approach was to strike during the mutual exchange when the phasing is off. Nothing supports he held back to achieve this.
No it's not, he said he needs to time his attack precisely, then he follows this up by timing his attack precisely, attacking just when Obito thinks he's won
I never said Obito was blitzing Minato or that Minato wasn’t capable of reacting to Obito. You are hyper focused on this aspect and theory crafting his reasoning when quite literally, them being relative and him using FTG at the right moment doesn’t suggest he was “
holding back” his combat speed.
If he doesn't activate FTG at the right time he could lose, and he technically says it'll be decided by
who's faster, and Minato won, so...
どっちの攻撃が相手より一瞬速いかで決まる!
Sure. Minato’s reaction speed was fast enough to use FTG in the moment before Obito touched him to attack while his Phasing was switched off. This doesn’t change the favt that Obito still matched and outsped Minato’s non-Shunshin speed slightly.
I never made a statement on Minato’s reaction speed. I’m talking strictly Combat. Likewise, another true statement is that Obito is capable of reacting to Minato’s speed w/o being used in conjunction with FTG.
Kishimoto made Minato understand and recognize Obito's abilities and fighting style, then craft a solution. I don't know why you keep ignoring that FTG level 2 is a blatant follow up to everything he was talking about in the previous page.
You’re the only one bringing up FTG. It’s not relevant to Minato’s Combat Speed, which Obito matches and exceeds slightly based on their fight. Nothing supports your stance that he held back his combat speed. His reaction speed + FTG Usage doesn’t change the feats shown. You’re theory crafting reasoning that isn’t supported.
If his plan was simply to slightly outspeed Obito and tag him with the Rasengan before Obito touched him, why did he throw the FTG kunai behind Obito?
For starters, Minato’s speed isn’t fast enough to do that w/o FTG, which can’t be tracked. While I concede Minato’s Shunshin Speed is faster than Obito’s Combat Speed, it was never fast enough to Escape or Tax Obito’s Reaction Speed, which was the entire point of him needing to time FTG Usage perfectly.
Your argument is tantamount to me saying, instead of Minato’s Shunshin Speed being outright faster than Obito’s Combat Speed, showcased when he saved baby Naruto, Obito held back his own speed to allow Minato to save Naruto so that he could force Minato’s hand and escape the location, to allow him to take Kushina, bc if he killed Naruto, he’d have to still fight Minato there and wouldn’t be allowed to just take Kushina freely.
That is what you’re doing with Minato
… and that is theory crafting reasoning not supported in the manga.
He needed to extend his arm to touch Minato
False. His arm didn’t need to be fully extended to touch and warp Minato. This is literally showcased.
Not really, at worst it's a 50/50 on whether he was still extending his arm after he saw Minato disappear, but either way his body was absolutely still moving forward given that he was mid air from his leap forward.
Yes really. Nobody is arguing against Minato attacking Obito while he was trying to warp him away. Yes, Minato’s arm is fully extended while Obito was still stationary, but the fact you’re failing to acknowledge is that unlike Minato’s Situation, Obito didn’t need to. All he had to do was make contact. Their Goal’s were completely different. So having an extended is irrelevant.
Honest misunderstanding. Sorry about that man.
