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Man Kishimoto is so good at drawing fights
Ikemoto is too but more in a dragon ball way and less of Naruto if that makes sense
Ike’s flow of action is pretty good, his lack of line variety at least in part 1 rlly held him back
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Naruto to Boruto Discussion Thread
Ikemoto is too but more in a dragon ball way and less of Naruto if that makes sense
Ike’s flow of action is pretty good, his lack of line variety at least in part 1 rlly held him back
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it's more fun to powerscale than naruto tho
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Crazy how i prefer the manga fight paneling to the anime scene
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Yeah, it's excellent. Anime version's great too, though.
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Freaking UchihaSlayer96 short on ranking the Akatsuki appeared on my recommendations. I was about to leave a goon message when I saw the meme for Hidan but redeemed yourself with Kisame, but then you hit mid for Konan and Tobi, but then you once again redeemed with White and Black Zetsu meme.
Overall give it an 8 out of 10. Would have been a 10/10 if you included their leader, the Ramen maker.
Overall give it an 8 out of 10. Would have been a 10/10 if you included their leader, the Ramen maker.
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Yeah both are nice
The anime scene of that fight is something i’d bring up to defend good choreography of the verse but if i really gotta pick my most preferable, it’ll be the Manga’s. Same thing i love about jjk manga, It’s aesthetically pleasing in a way not related to fine art, you could almost see them move at first glance lol.
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Kiba
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No, I agree. I prefer the manga version of that fight too. The anime adaptation was just really well-executed for Itachi vs Sasuke, which isn't always the case.
Kinda crazy that we got Jiraiya vs Pain and Itachi vs Sasuke back to back. We were so spoiled back then lol.
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Akimiru
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New Era Hanabi
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Susano on a horse
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Kokuo
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Wanna run something by ya'll.
Do we think Itachi tanked a Chidori here? Mainly cause bro was caught in midair and in the very next panel we see him being sent flying backwards, which wouldn't make much sense if he, like, dodged it or something. It's a weird exchange for sure, but the more I think about it, the more it seems like.....Itachi sorta tanked a Chidori, which is nuts lol.
Do we think Itachi tanked a Chidori here? Mainly cause bro was caught in midair and in the very next panel we see him being sent flying backwards, which wouldn't make much sense if he, like, dodged it or something. It's a weird exchange for sure, but the more I think about it, the more it seems like.....Itachi sorta tanked a Chidori, which is nuts lol.
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Is the anime any clearer?
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Sadly, it plays out the exact same IIRC. The one time I'd have liked for the anime to take some liberties, it chooses to be super faithful lol.
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Ehh I don’t know, Sasuke is descending with his Chidori. If it landed why would Itachi be flying upward like that
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Uh, no, Sasuke was moving upwards to catch Itachi in the air (after forcing him to jump with a Fireball Jutsu). Look at the panel carefully, he was aiming at the ceiling.
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Is clothing being unaffected by Chidori consistent with anything else?
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Personally, I think it looks like, from the position of his legs, he kicked off of something.
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Yes, and that's where my crackpot theory comes into play......
See, I think he got hit in the face. Notice how his face is totally clean in the first page, and then in the second page it has a bunch of scuff marks?
Ghostimuscrime
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could be done with his hands, the tanking that is, causing itachi to be sent back and then using hands later for the fire style
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That could just be dust. I'm more of the opinion he kicked Sasuke's arm.Yes, and that's where my crackpot theory comes into play......
See, I think he got hit in the face. Notice how his face is totally clean in the first page, and then in the second page it has a bunch of scuff marks?
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Dust that's only placed on one side of his face rather than everywhere on his body?
Also, if he kicked Sasuke's arm, it'd redirect the Chidori downwards or sideways, which doesn't add up with the Chidori hitting its initial target (the ceiling). So idk about that.
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Both sides of his face, actually, which is the most exposed part of his body, and we don't see the rest of his body on that page.
hmmm... true. Any chance the chidori exploded without making direct contact with the ceiling?
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Ahh I was looking at the ceiling thinking it was the surface of the dome. Like as if they were already outside lol, myb
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This is actually true. I missed one side being scuffed. Mb.
No, we don't. But we do get a decent-ish look at him in the next chapter, and his cloak looked decently clean to me.
Granted, I don't think he 100% had to have taken it to the face. He may have blocked it with his hand and his face just got hit grazed by some of the Chidori's mini lightning branches or some of the debris when he was going through the ceiling. But I feel like he had to have gotten tagged here, at least partially.
You know what's super weird tho? Bro POSSIBLY tanks a Chidori, but gets damaged by a Shuriken lmao. That's wild.
That's just not how the Chidori works.
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Yeah.... Since we don't actually see the direct hit of Chidori on-screen, I'm a bit wary of it.
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Would the Chidori being disrupted not make it kinda just blow up? I guess that might be more of a Rasengan thing, since Chidori isn't really compressed.
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Chidori’s really just a fast thrust covered in lightning chakra so yeah it doesn’t explode.
Rasengan being a ball of spinning energy could tho yeah.
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Well, Rasengan and Chidori explode on collision, so it has to do with the mix-up I think?
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I would say he either blocked it or got hit in the face.
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It is super whack, I'll admit. But tbf, the Shuriken sorta caught him off-guard. Whereas the Chidori he saw coming and could presumably brace for.
Not saying it's a 100% or anything, but we know how much seeing stuff coming can affect Naruto characters' ability to withstand them sometimes.
Chidori does explode/cause explosions on occasion, but it's pretty much always when it comes into contact with something (best examples I can think of are the Rasengan-Chidori clashes and Sasuke blowing up the meteor in The Last). As far as I recall, it never happened without the Chidori establishing contact with something.
That's kinda where I'm at as well.
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Chidori might explode when it’s in contact with other chakra ig then
Because most of the time it’s just a jab
Rin didn’t explode into a million pieces after Kakashi stabbed her. Neither did Naruto, Gaara’s Sand Shield, etc.
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Yeah, and also it's possible that this is something that the user has some level of control over this given what Kakashi says here. So this could be used to square away why sometimes it's just a lightning-enhanced punch/thrust, and other times.....Well, it's shit like this lol.
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Susanoo maybe? Idk
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I love Pain arc more but Namek Saga is objectively more iconic
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I'm aware, I specifically worded it like I did because of that. It's not necessary, but it's more likely than not.
Boruto wasn't able to just duck Hidari's Chidori and slam the Rasengan into him though. I'm fine with Konohamaru being below Code, I even did that on my list, but I don't think reacting to someone means you're fully relative, just not a blitz tier slower.
It was a sneak attack so I wouldn't take much stock in that
Being >> isn't necessarily massive, just significant. Hidari>Code is fine too.
I agree. Naruto can be better while DB is still good
Eh you could interpret it like that, but Eida's acting like he just can't deal with them at all, and it's not like they're always together or anything.
He's not complete fodder to that tier, but being able to help to some extent and being significantly weaker/slower aren't contradictory.
As you know, reaction speed isn't the same as combat speed, and I wouldn't particularly take the Boruto feat too seriously anyways given Boruto's demeanor and the fact that he acted like his attack went according to plan anyways (he also didn't even try to push his arm toward Code after having it caught, his reaction was pretty much just "ok"). I'm fine with Base Code in the same blitz tier as Boruto though.
It's really not arbitrary. Out of someone's league = faster is a completely normal interpretation. Certainly no less an assumption than applying it to AP. Maybe WK Code could be slightly comparable, but a pretty loose relativity that'd be.
Prophecy and Vengeance (Itachi's Pursuit-Pain's Assault) is one of the best runs of fiction I've ever seen, at least starting from Sasuke vs Deidara.
Just more implication that he was bagging
1. Debatable, Pain Arc has become an absolutely beloved classic in the animanga comm, often in discussions of best Shonen arcs
2. This is just the Frieza part of it, not the whole arc
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Huh this hole on his left sleeve is suspicious since the Dragon Flame only hit his right side
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