[Sabaku Kyu]

Originally Posted by astayanax

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Lets give Orochimaru and Sasuke some credit here. Look at what Sasuke wants to achieve; and look at the way he treated Naruto when they met post timeskip. While these 1k ninjas certainly aren't Sannin, Kakashis or the like; I can guarantee that they are scattered between genin to jounin strength. As hunter said, one of the 4th's greatest achievements was to beat 50 ninjas in an instant; and even he required a little bit of help from sub-ordinates. Sasuke on the other hand beated 1000 without using big attacks and without having any assistance... while not even getting touched and most likely in a non surprise attack. This deserves major credit.

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I'm not trying to take away due credit from Sasuke. That display was obviously made to show that he his now an elite ninja seemingly even Kage-lvl. I was just stating that you can't use that to assume that he would've effortlessly defeated Team 7. How a character does against nameless, disposable characters isn't necessarily a reflection of how they would do against opponents who actually matter to the story. It's relative. For example, Kakashi can beat hordes of nameless Sound and Sand jounin/chuunin all day without breaking a sweat. But I don't think he could defeat a jounin like Baki nearly as easily if they ever fought simply because Baki isn't a nameless piece of fodder. Conversely, you have supposedly elite ninja such as ANBU getting defeated easily because they don't matter to the story.

Originally Posted by 0Taku0

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Can't wait to see the conclusion, most likely there wont be a fight, (but who knows) what’s Kabuto planning to do? Will he also betray Orochimaru along with Sasuke? Remember... he almost killed Sasuke at that point in the hospital. Maybe he will go to sleep with cotton in his ears so he can't hear Orochimaru's crying calls...

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I want to see Kabuto betray Oro also, he's really too interesting of an a character to play Oro's lap dog the entire series.

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I thought it was interesting to note that the force of Naruto's Fuuton Rasengan was enough to fracture his hand upon impact. Though I don't think this a big deal with Naruto having the Kyuubi's healing power, if that was the damage done to his body at just 50%, using the completed jutsu could have very severe consequences for Naruto if he manages to land it. Also, Kakashi says he was prepared to use MS on Kakuzu if help hadn't arrived when it did, which makes me think that they aren't really bothering to observe chakra limits and stamina as much as they used to. Kakashi used Rakiri like seven times in that battle in addition to having the Sharingan activated.