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2013-01-27, 20:09 | Link #502 |
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Some stuff was never explained, for example:
- what happened with Sai's "brother"? How did he die. Also to see Sai displaying real emotions. We saw the always calm Sai being enraged and attacking with full power, that was nice. Also this way he and his "brother" got a "happy end" for their story. - what happened with Hanzou, his connection to the samurai guy and to Pain. - Sasori did die in a strange way: he let himself be stabbed. Now he got his happy ending. Also this let Kankuro become the official number one puppet master of this generation. - Gaara also had a pain hidden in him like Naruto had before he met his "evil self" and then his mother. Usually in shonen manga when such mental problems are resolved the character also gets better at fighting |
2013-01-28, 10:19 | Link #506 | |
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i generally feel like if the timeline is preserved the episode is a bit more than non-canon. idk
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I think that i also complained about Gaara's father losing so easily when reading that in the manga, but later when we see the whole picture it turns out that having half or even an entire chapter of fighting between them would be pointless. The anime team could have added a few new moves to make it more interesting, but when they try they usually add just really boring an unimaginative stuff, so it's better if they don't add any filler fighting. Kishimoto never explained how strong the Edo-Tensei zombies are exactly, so he can make them as strong as the plot needs it. But in this episode they say that their bodies are moving on their own, so one can assume that being on auto-pilot is not as effective as having the ninja fight with his own will controlling his body. If we look at it that way then we can just say that the 4th kazekage's fast defeat was Kabuto's failure to control all these ninja simultaneously. Last edited by Ero-Senn1n; 2013-01-28 at 18:58. |
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To me, resurrection is something quite drastic, and for the quality of fights we've been shown, this was largely unnecessary and simply not worth it. I don't find many of the fights put forth by the rookies very impressive, and that goes for the ones who were even shown in non-trivial fights to begin with. Last edited by Midnight Commander; 2013-01-29 at 04:29. Reason: Unintentional spoilers |
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2013-01-29, 04:57 | Link #510 | ||||
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yea, i get that, but his brother was still boring and pointless i got my fill of sai' s development back when the picture book was explained. no further explanation needed for me. personally, i like when not everything is explained and the reader has to imagine some of the connections that aren't all spelled out in excruciating detail. as for sai being a better ninja now, that transformation just doesnt require ET shin to have had happen. it could have just as easily been one of his new friends that was being tortured or something to break his emotional wall and make him mad.
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Because Kishimoto didn't want him to fight any more, to avoid boring fights where he repeats his moves that we already know about. I think its still much less bullshit than him having all his puppets army and then he loses so quickly to rookies like Omoi, Sai and Kankuro. So if he either loses quickly because he has no puppets or he has a longer and thus boring fight, then i would choose the first option. The 3rd option would be that most of the battle is skipped, but then we would complain later how Kankuro and the others are not half dead by the time they sealed Sasori, because according to the plot they are figthing the whole day and then they can't even sleep at night because of the Zetsu clones. I can't argue with that My point was just that Kishimoto didn't give him puppets so that you would not feel it "forced and unreal" and simply accept that without his puppets this was the natural outcome, but if you also consider not giving him puppets as part of the whole situation then of course you are right it was forced. I just didn't care that much about that since Kishimoto never explained if he should give any tools to the ninja who are useless without their tools, so it was the author's freedom to choose what's best for the plot he imagined. Quote:
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What about the Shika-Ino-Choji trio? They were pretty epic. As for not being impressive, remember they are against legendary kages, none of them could really match up against these kages in 1on1, of course the exception being Gaara and Naruto. So what remains for them is to rely on teamwork and other stronger ninja like the generals. Last edited by Ero-Senn1n; 2013-01-29 at 14:43. |
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2013-01-31, 10:54 | Link #514 |
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Naruto's Chakra mode is pretty cool.
The fight on the beach was nice. I still don't get the point of discussions with the dead shinobi. It's not like they have their own will when it comes to fighting. From time to time they do tend to drop some more or less interesting info. This episode was not too bad.
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The eyes were programmed to use a mind control justu with the command "protect Konoha," more or less. He originally planned for this to be used on Sasuke to mind control him into returning to the village if he continued to be a revenge driven rogue. Instead it ended up being used on himself and implanted that command over the orders he received as an edo. He's essentially still obeying an order, but now that order is "protect Konoha," and that means his new order is fighting against Akatsuki.
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