Naruto Q&A

[MikoKikyo]

Originally Posted by Ryuujin

And failed, considering she still sucks. She got knocked out by a powerup sequence, for God's sake, that might well be a first...

HAHA I know! Wtf? That was painful to watch... It's almost as if she only exists to make other characters look stronger by comparison. Ugh.

I have a language question... Sometimes they say 'shinobi' and sometimes they say 'ninja', and in both cases it gets translated as 'ninja.' What's the difference in meaning/connotation between these words, in the Japanese?

[james0246]

忍の者 is used to describe Shinobi. 忍者 is used to describe ninja. Both are all-encompasing term in the series, but ninja generally refers to men only with くノ一 (Kunoichi) used to describe female ninjas.

[OtseisRagnarok]

Spoiler for plot development:

Where is all this info about Kabuto and Orochimaru coming from?
In some of the other topics, I see a lot of talk about Kabuto having Oro's DNA inside him or something... I've been keeping up to date on the Manga, but I still haven't seen Kabuto make a re-appearance.

[Rahan]

@OtseisRagnarok

I suggest you edit your post with spoiler tags since you are spoiling the anime readers.

Spoiler:

Chapter 356 He reappears shortly just before Sasuke fights Deidara.
There was a lame cliffhanger which made us wonder who appeared in front of Sasuke and in front of team Kakashi / Kurenai

[CMSensei]

Okay Question,

Spoiler for Question:

In the subbsitution Jutsu you subbsitute your self with another object,
they mostly subbsitute them selfs with a stick.

Now can they subbsitute anything else?
And am I right?

[Rahan]

Originally Posted by Cynthia Herrera

Okay Question,

In the subbsitution Jutsu you subbsitute your self with another object,
they mostly subbsitute them selfs with a stick.

Now can they subbsitute anything else?
And am I right?

Yes they can. First bell exam, Kakashi switches position with one of Naruto's clones.

[Keroko]

Which has always made me wonder why they never do that in battle, switch with an enemy as kunai are send flying towards you sounds like a major advantage to me.

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by Keroko

Which has always made me wonder why they never do that in battle, switch wit an enemy as kunai are send flying towards you sounds like a major advantage to me.

Probably because back then, Kakashi was on a whole different level compared to Naruto. Kakashi was an accomplished Jounin, Naruto just became a Genin and wasn't even doing missions. The skill level isn't even worth looking at. Against enemies of similar level, something like that would be pretty easy to see through.

[Casshern]

Besides, for some reason kawarimi is seriously looked down upon. If I remember correct Sakura got laughed at for using kawarimi in the forest of death. It's just one of those jutsu that became obsolete the second they were created, along with the regular bunshin and henge (though henge did come in handy a couple of times in the begining).

[MikoKikyo]

Another question: in the first mission to find Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Jiraiya come into this hideout in a village near the Sound country. Sakura finds Kabuto and he tells her that she's dragging everyone down, as she was in the chunnin exams.

But then some episodes later it turns out that guy wasn't Kabuto at all, but one of the random guys from the village they had just met the other day. Now how could that guy possibly have known about sakura and the chunnin exam?
Plothole maybe?

[Keroko]

"Kabuto told him"

seems to be the logical option. Though why he would do so... that's the plothole.

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by PriestessKikyo

Another question: in the first mission to find Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Jiraiya come into this hideout in a village near the Sound country. Sakura finds Kabuto and he tells her that she's dragging everyone down, as she was in the chunnin exams.

But then some episodes later it turns out that guy wasn't Kabuto at all, but one of the random guys from the village they had just met the other day. Now how could that guy possibly have known about sakura and the chunnin exam?
Plothole maybe?

First off, that was a filler character, so it doesn't count into the actual plot at all. How he knew at all is completely irrelevant. Who knows how he knew. Kabuto or Oro told him to say that because it would strike a chord in Sakura.

[MikoKikyo]

keroko: yes, that's what I thought, either orochimaru or kabuto told him. But that seems like a stretch, to think that orochimaru or kabuto would talk to that guy about sakura's performance as a ninja... Implausible.

[Master Mold]

does the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox have infinite chakra?

[james0246]

Originally Posted by JINBEI

does the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox have infinite chakra?

To the best of my knowledge, it has not been mentioned in the series (manga or anime) that the Kyuubi has "infinite chakra". Rather, the infinite power source seems to be fictional or mythological in origin.

[Master Mold]

Do you know what chapter it was mentioned?

[james0246]

Originally Posted by JINBEI

Do you know what chapter it was mentioned?

To the best of my knowledge, there is no chapter saying that the Kyuubi has "infinite chakra". Not much is actually known of the Kyuubi, besides the fact that it is very powerful,

Spoiler for manga:

is naturally drawn to areas filled with malice and hatred, and can be controlled by the MS.

[Master Mold]

Alright thanks James.

[Master Mold]

Manga

Spoiler:

Can some one explain Oro's "power of rebirth" of the "white snake?"

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by JINBEI

Manga

Spoiler:

Can some one explain Oro's "power of rebirth" of the "white snake?"

Spoiler for Oro's powers:

There isn't a whole lot of detail that was put into explaining them. All I know is that Oro gained those powers through his experiments to obtain immortality. I wouldn't put it past him that like Jiraya, he's also learned the Sage arts, although it was from the Snakes rather than the Frogs. That could explain why Oro looks like a snake and Jiraya like a frog. His power to transfer souls into another body may be a reflection of a snake's shedding of the skin to form a new and stronger one. Oro sheds his old body and enters a new one to heal his wounds and gain more strength through the acquisition of his new host's abilities.