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Originally Posted by james0246
The only reason they passed the forest of death was due to outside help (and also outside interference). Team 8 and Lee both helped against Sound, Orochimaru also gave Sasuke the seal which helped against Sound as well, then Kabuto (working for Orochimaru) helped to get them to the tower. In many respects, without Orochimaru's help Team 7 would have never left the forest  |
The only reason they had so much trouble in the forest of death is because they had to fight Orochimaru right off the bat. If Orochimaru hadn't interfered, Sasuke and Naruto would have been fine and they would have defeated the Sound trio either way.
Sasuke was later constantly in pain because of the Cursed Seal trying to take him over. Without it, he would have done a lot better.
Everything in the Forest of Death is Orochimaru's manipulation. He attacked them and then made sure they passed by having Kabuto help them out.