2004-11-29, 14:37 | Link #21 | |
Guy From Canada
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Personally, I think that the way the manga ended off before the gaiden was made in such a way that the manga can get well ahead of the anime again.. by providing the storyline space for filler to be created... unlike how they just put it in after the invasion arc. I also believe that the anime team was told to hint that Lee already had the surgery so it would be more believable when he comes back to save Naruto later. I know alot of manga readers felt like Lee was added into the fight without an adequete explaination of how he recovered so fast..... and that it was too secretive. But... it seems too forced this way too... who knows. |
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2004-11-29, 14:51 | Link #22 |
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Back to the original topic, think about it for a minute. Was anyone really surprised that Lee's operation was successful? We all knew he'd get better after he agreed to be operated on(which was in the manga, shortly after Sasuke left). The surprise in the manga was that Lee was back in action already(which will still be a surprise considering his condition in this episode), and that he showed up to save Naruto. The anime team hasn't spoiled any of that. The only "surprise" they've spoiled is the result of his operation, and I don't think there was ever any serious question about that.
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2004-11-29, 15:26 | Link #23 | |
Guy From Canada
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EDIT: For me that was the surprise. |
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2004-11-29, 15:29 | Link #24 |
Jaice Novak's Disciple
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I dont feel they messed it up. Although they did say that his surgery is a success, the SACs (Strictly Anime Crew) won't expect him to be freaking Rock Lee taijutsu specialist in the same day. Because remember, from here on out, since 110-111 episode aired, this will all happen in the same day.
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2004-11-29, 15:32 | Link #25 | |
Guy From Canada
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And thus we move into the longest day ever |
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2004-11-29, 15:50 | Link #26 | |
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2004-11-29, 15:54 | Link #27 | |
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2004-11-29, 16:07 | Link #28 | |
Eyebrows...
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If anything, his instant recovery will be even more of a surprise in the anime than the manga. In the manga, we didn't know how difficult it would be for Lee to recover from his operation. In the anime we're flat out told that he can't even climb a flight of stairs, but later that day he's going to be fighting again? I don't think that's easily predictable from this episode. |
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2004-11-30, 00:14 | Link #29 | |
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Is this the same day, i thought that it could have been more than a day, although now that i think about it, its dawn when they leave and night time when kakashi picks up naruto, so yeah one day. although the worst was like someone mentioned the supposed 5 minutes in which the 20 episode goku vs. freeza fight took place. that was horrible. |
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2004-12-01, 03:54 | Link #30 | |
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. . . I'm just excited about seeing an older version of Naruto and the rest of the group =D It should be great. And getting back on topic, I don't think that the surprise was "ruined" per se, but it was given more grounding. It'll still be really cool when Rock Lee enters the fight against Kimimaro. ^_^ I can't wait to see it. |
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2004-12-01, 09:47 | Link #32 |
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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I just re-read some of the manga, and I guess what bothers me most was that we didn't know what was going on at all when it happened. One issue Lee jumps in to help Naruto, and in the next one Gai barges into the Hospital gasping for air and asks Tsunade whether the surgery was a success or not.
*shrug* I guess he can still do that, since he was "on a mission" at the time, but it's just going to seem kind of out of place for him to be wondering about that when we found out the result 20 episodes earlier. |
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