Thread: Sasuke vs. Neji
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Old 2004-04-22, 12:29   Link #179
raikage
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Originally Posted by Hunter
You don't superheat the air to the point where it combusts with Katon as you don't superwet the air with Suiton to use a water jutsu lol
To use a simple Katon jutsu use a fair amount of chakra indeed, usually too much for an aspirant as Kakashi said.
But nothing near a jutsu using directly the chakra as a weapon, where there is so much focused chakra that it becomes visible like the Chidori or the Kaiten.



You miss my point, it's not about that he can dodge a kunai or twenty for that matters, it's about that a Sharingan user can know how he will dodge it.
The Byakugan allows to know 'everything' in the present, but the Sharingan is always one step above because it can predict how the opponent will react to this present.
How he will move, how he will try to avoid an attack, how the counter attack will be done etc.
The fireball does still manipulate chakra, and the heat has to be generated somehow.

Remembering that 1 calorie = the amount of energy needed to raise 1 cc of water by 1º C. How many calories does it take to create and maintain a fireball hot enough to damage the opponent (however hot that may be)? I'm guessing a lot.
While it IS true that the body energy is supplemented by spiritual energy, it's still a very chakra-intensive jutsu.

The Sharingan can't see into the future. One can guess what the enemy will do through battle-sense, acquired through years of fighting, but it's not absolute. Look no further than Kakashi's getting caught in the Water Prison. If he knew what would happen, why did he jump in? (Please, no existantlism-type answers.)
Given that, being able to guess whether an opponent will dodge to the left or the right seems faintly ridiculous.
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