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2013-03-26, 11:59 | Link #106 |
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Keep in mind the Sarutobi that had blocked at least one bijuudama (implied from the again!? exclamation) was still the older one outside of his prime. It was a pretty good job for an old man anyway.
Since the younger version of him was supposed to be a chakra monster, I can see him swatting away bijuudama a la carte. |
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Incidentally Sarutobi wasn't that old during the Kyubi attack, he was about the same age than Jiraiya when he died. Quote:
At the time it was pretty sweet, I prefer the human sized fight rather than the gigantic pokemon onslaught. It's just that in retrospect the fight looks very low level compared to the current power standard. Last edited by Hunter; 2013-03-26 at 12:48. |
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2013-03-26, 12:53 | Link #108 | |
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When the nine-tails charged up a bijuudama (that ended up being taken care of by the 4th), Sarutobi said "again?" while slumping which implies the nine-tails had fired off at least one more during the time Minato hadn't arrived at the village yet. I thought this was a neat bit of flavor in that sequence. Of course, this was only about 9 years before the start of Naruto. Last edited by ChronoReverse; 2013-03-26 at 13:10. |
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2013-03-26, 13:09 | Link #109 |
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I know what you're talking about but you're wrong, of course saying "again" implies that Kurama fired one previously : the one Yondaime also stopped the previous chapter.
Nowhere is it implied that Sarutobi stopped a Bijuudama which is quite a shame because it was the perfect moment for the author to hype Sarutobi while Yondaime was dealing with Obito but he chose to have Minato do everything instead. |
2013-03-26, 13:15 | Link #110 |
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*shrugs*
I'm pretty sure the way he slumped at that moment shows how tired he was from the repeated effort including the actual smash that forced the nine-tails out of the village (because seriously, besides Chouji's clan, nobody else in Leaf has that sort of force). He's still facing off against the mouth of the nine-tails all the way up to when Minato teleported it. But if you say that there's no possibility at all and that your reading is the right one so be it. |
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2013-03-26, 13:27 | Link #112 | |||
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What could Sarutobi do against a meteor? I see no point in asking that. It's like asking what Oonoki do against Amaterasu. You can't use a threat a shinobi has never faced as a bias against their strength. Besides, I'm not talking about abilities and feats. Are we saying someone who can't fly or lift a giant turtle is inferior to Oonoki? I'm talking about what he's done. Hiruzen faced several strong opponents at once and though he may have been beaten pretty decisively, he did hold his ground and effectively saved the village. Oonoki has had some skirmishes against Sasuke, Deidara and the previous Tuschikage. But against Madara he's been completely ineffective, along with all the other current kages. I'm not saying Sarutobi would do better, but his actually doing something to thwart a major enemy is more impressive to me than simply getting swatted like a fly or taking the last shot against a half-dead enemy that had been fighting several other powerful allies. Quote:
That doesn't simply mean Sarutobi doesn't measure up. The flashier, bigger jutsu is a natural progression to keep up with readers' expectation for each battle to top the last. It doesn't mean that everyone has "surpassed" Sarutobi since he died. Though I agree Hashirama has definitely been revealed to be much stronger. Quote:
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Instead we have Hashirama casually catching Bijuudama in midair to throw it back into the Kyubi and Madara easily blocking the blow with Susanoo's blades before protecting Kurama with its armor and then destroy a few mountains as a side effect of cutting through Shodai's Mokuton. Those two make the rest of the world look like flies to an absurd degree. Quote:
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Lol! But what's funny is how is Sasuke supposed to be a threat towards Naruto right now. Naruto will probably get one or two more powerups while fighting Obito/Madara/Juubi. Not even Sasuke getting rinnegan will help him much now.
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