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Originally Posted by Rahan
This is exactly the same thing Kishi did with Naruto / Sakura / Sasuke
Naruto started his trick on Yamato after Kiba revealed they were 1 km from Sasuke. Danzou was already dead.
Yet Yamato had the time to nap and to give Naruto enough time to rest before Sakura ran this kilometer. (the skirmish with her teammates was very short).
Kishi didn't darken the panels except for the panels when Naruto was running and reminiscing how he tricked Yamato.
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I said Kishi can be sketchy with his timeline. But this is different. We are seeing them in the Land of Iron's capital just looking for Suigetsu's weapon while the battle is taking place. If Kishi wanted them in these fights, he would have shown them escaping in chapter 515. But he didn't.
Suigetsu might pick up the sword after the battle is over and the troops have been either killed or have long moved on. Cause as I said, they would be killed on sight if they went anywhere near the fighting.
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Originally Posted by Rahan
Suigetsu and Juugo are allegedly just as important as those "important" characters.
And if they don't fight, they won't fight ever and will just be written out of the story. What purpose are they to Sasuke now ?
Suigetsu and the swordsmen of the Mist ? who cares, that's not like this was all what was the character was about.
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They're not. Kishi himself said at Jump Festa 2008 he was forced to write about them due to his publisher. They were only written about because they were with Sasuke. Once Sasuke left, Kishi didn't touch them for over a year. That tells you all you need to know.
No matter what background stories they have, their existence in the story is based solely on Sasuke. That's their only role in the story. So they will go after Karin(which will lead them to Konoha and away from the war) and then seek Sasuke. This will occur offscreen since no one wants valuable panel time wasted on them. Perhaps they will be part of EMS Sasuke's Moral Event Horizon at a later date.
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Originally Posted by Rahan
This is actually why Juugo must fight Kimimaro.
Kimimaro was the one restraining Suigetsu (Sasuke was merely his replacement from his own words).
Now it's time for Juugo to return the favor and let Kimimaro rest in peace.
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Rock Lee will fight Kimimaro. Kimimaro outclassed Lee when they first fought. To show his improvement, Kishi will have Lee defeat Kimimaro.