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But overall i think that Kishimoto handled well this powerup, the explanations about Kabuto experimenting on all those advanced bloodlines and copying their powers, and also adding that it was all based on Orochimaru's research is cool, it fits in the "mad scientist" type of evil boss idea. The only exception is this snake sage mode thing, but i think later it might be explained that Kabuto's way of becoming a sage was broken, and he might then suffer some consequences. I mean Kabuto was never the natural type, he approaches problems as a scientist, he would find a way to become a sage without risking to turn into stone or something like that, but cheating the natural order of things in the end ususally costs the evil guys their life. |
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2012-03-21, 14:21 | Link #82 | |
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2012-03-21, 14:42 | Link #83 |
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Oh...damn. Back when Sasuke chidori'd Karin, I was kinda hoping she'd die since she was such a useless character, and was disappointed that she survived.
But now that it's confirmed that Naruto has a relatively close family member who's still alive? I want to see some bonding Kishimoto. You already robbed me of the opportunity to see him and Konan develop a sort of adoptive mother-son relationship, don't fail me again. |
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It should also be noted that those complaints are from certain members who rarely have anything positive to say about the week's chapter anyway. On the other hand, I've read much more comments from members who are actually pleased about the snake sage-mode development. Last edited by Midnight Commander; 2012-03-21 at 15:45. |
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2012-03-21, 16:47 | Link #86 |
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Used to consider Karin being a Uzumaki a joke. Guess all those people guessed right about it. Kind of hoping to see Naruto and Karin interact down the line.
I'm wondering what is Kishi going to do with Sasuke now. Will he be a "good guy" after the battle with Kabuto or will something happened. This is what I'm actually looking forward to. Since Naruto and Sasuke have to fight one way or the other.
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2012-03-21, 17:16 | Link #87 | ||
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I found about 5-6 right on the first page, didn't count all on the next pages. But maybe we are reading a different thread |
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2012-03-21, 18:04 | Link #88 | |
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2012-03-21, 18:10 | Link #89 | |
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2012-03-21, 18:49 | Link #90 |
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So let me get this straight - Kabuto ran all over the ninja world graverobbing the most powerful ninjas who ever lived for Edo Tensei, assimilated the abilities of Suigetsu, Juugo, and Karin into his being, brewed a giant anaconda from scratch (Manda II), mastered Oro's powers, developed a "that jutsu", and mastered (not learned!) Senjutsu within, what, a couple of months at best? Guess Kabuto will be treated similar to the main cast considering how ridiculous Naruto's and Sasuke's power-ups are.
Kabuto also appears to the actual inheritor to the Sannin theme - in contrast to the main cast - since his powers are similar to Oro, Jiraiya, and Tsunade. With his declaration to being a dragon right now, Kishimoto may be introducing the "Tiger vs Dragon" rivalry into the manga, with Naruto being the Tiger to Kabuto's Dragon. This does make sense. Naruto is chiefly raw-power while Kabuto is chiefly skill. If and when the two duke it out with each other Naruto and Kabuto will be equal to each other as far as strength is concerned. Luckily for Naruto deus ex machina will save the day for him for the upteenth time. |
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I guess you also have a problem with Naruto surpassing Jiraiya and Minato? Because quite frankly, if Kabuto reaching this level is supposed to be hard to believe in light of what we've been seeing, I don't know what to say about what Naruto has been able to do. Talk about contrived... And by the way, Kabuto still didn't succeed everywhere Orochimaru failed: He still didn't attain the sharingan, and I don't believe him to be anywhere close to knowing, let alone mastering all the jutsu in the world, nor understanding the metaphysical essence of the universe. Quote:
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2012-03-21, 19:29 | Link #94 | |
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I'm all Susanno'd out. I'm actually missing the days Sasuke's spammed the hell out of Chidori. I wouldn't mind a Chidori about now. I'm digging Kabuto's sage-mode, but he needs to drop the glasses already. You have the power of a dragon, and you still need prescription lenses? C'mon.
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I find it a little odd you're so baffled with his success when you pointed out last thread how pupils can improve upon what they learned from their sensei. Kabuto and Oro didn't have a student/teacher relationship per se, but Kabuto definitely had access to all Oro's research, plans and findings. He took Oro's strengths and improve them, and more importantly learned from his weaknesses and mistakes (like against Sharingan's genjutsu) to form better strategy. This chapter, he was using hit-and-run tactics against Sharingan, instead of trying to overcome it with straight force which is what caused Oro's defeat. Of course, he will probably overestimate the power of his new sage mode, but still, he was doing far better by just being better prepared instead of more powerful. EDIT: Haha, basically as Captain Commando said...
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Kabuto was a talented medical ninja acknowledged by the best medical ninja to rival her in her prime. He wasn't depicted as a hardcore trainer, yet as he stated in the chapter, you can also "take" talent. He's been conducting all kinds of crazy experiments with Orochimaru from day one, and got to reap all of Oro's findings, and wealth of knowledge when he was defeated. Apparently he was wise and capatilized on it, I really don't see a problem here. Quote:
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2012-03-21, 19:58 | Link #97 | ||
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And BTW Kabuto was never meant to be Orochimaru's pupil, he was his number one servant. Quote:
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2012-03-21, 21:43 | Link #100 |
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I used to muse myself how I could make a lot of elements in Naruto and compare them to Star Wars, and now I'm starting to muse that the Uzumaki clan is akin to the Skywalker family...The only thing missing was an explicit "There is another" line, though thankfully there's no inadvertent squicky shipping (Oh, wait, didn't Karin pretty much drool over Naruto's warm chakra? Fuuuuuuu~)...I just wonder how Karin is going to play into Naruto's overall plan...She's an Uzumaki after all; You don't just throw that name out there and NOT have Naruto come across it...
I also really like Itachi's "Dr. Snakes" moniker for Sasuke...It really is a nice touch between the two, now that they're fighting together as brothers instead of, you know, tearing at each other's throats over family matters...Not to mention Itachi doesn't really have a dark cloud hanging over his head like he used to when he was alive with Akatsuki...And it's weird, since because of this, despite all the dickish things Sasuke's been doing since losing his stuff, I'm actually kind of rooting for him..."The enemy of my enemy is my friend", maybe, but Sasuke's actually alright, when he's not drunk on power chewing the scenery over village genocide anyway...Having big sensible bro Itachi as a counter-balance kinda helps too...I just wonder if/how Sasuke's gonna go back to being an ass, if he's able to talk to Itachi after such a fight...
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