Naruto Manga/Anime Discussion IV

[The Transient Guest]

Hmm....all this talk about nature chakra....I wonder if that means when Kabutomaru uses taijutsu if he has anything similar to frog katas going on.

[The Dog]

The list of possible Uzumakis (composed by myself and 1505627):

Gaara, Tayuya, Roshi, Sasori, and Karui.

All redheads. None with a confirmed last name. Chance of being an Uzumaki... Pretty good.


Sakura... most likely a defective Uzumaki, evidenced by the pink hair. Kind of like how Obito was a defective Uchiha, evidenced by his lack of psychosis and familial egotism.

[flashdisk]

Hmm....all this talk about nature chakra....I wonder if that means when Kabutomaru uses taijutsu if he has anything similar to frog katas going on.

Kind of like dragon kung fu?

http://youtu.be/IkHqzKCBn7Y



Kabuto's sudden increase in power is a bit daunting. But strangely, I'm one of those that don't mind it much considering he's fighting Sasuke and Itachi. And if its a battle between Kabuto and Sasuke (who continues to look down on other people) I'd pick Kabuto. I like Kabuto's thirst to improve himself.


The manga seems to be opening more and more plot threads as time goes on. Its beginning to seem that the manga won't be concluding after the fight with Tobi after all. Well, it seems that way.

The whole thing about Jugo able to absorb natrual energy kind of dimishes Naruto's sage mode ability kind less impressive. And Karin being a member of the Uzamaki clan? Well, they all can't be winners.

I kind of like this. For one thing, it makes it seem that the world of Naruto doesn't actually revolve around Naruto. And it does show that there are alternate ways to gain power even if your not born with those abilities.

Jugo's family were born with the ability to use natural energy. If they were the only ones who could use natural energy, it would feel kind of unfair. But the fact that ninja who aren't born with the ability such as Naruto can learn it opens new horizons and proves that hardwork can make an average person equal to a talented one.

If sage training/knowledge can give someone a similar ability as that of Jugo's clan, then maybe there are forms of training out there that can give normal people abilities that equal various kekai gengkai. A certain training to give someone a similar ability to that of the sharingan and rinnegan perhaps? Maybe someone in the Naruto universe has the knowledge to enable a person to learn a technique similar to the Mokuton kekkai genkai. The possibilities are endless.

Hinata has a cute belly.[laughs]

The picture makes her seem a little bit for extroverted. Nice.



It's als interesting to learn that Karin is Naruto's last surviving co-clan member. I wonder how Naruto would react to learning about this. Is she Naruto's closest living relative? Well, I wonder if the tendency to want to help Sasuke is genetic.



On a side note. I'm glad Lee is getting his own tv show!!!!

[Kevin M.]

Kind of like dragon kung fu?

http://youtu.be/IkHqzKCBn7Y



Kabuto's sudden increase in power is a bit daunting. But strangely, I'm one of those that don't mind it much considering he's fighting Sasuke and Itachi. And if its a battle between Kabuto and Sasuke (who continues to look down on other people) I'd pick Kabuto. I like Kabuto's thirst to improve himself.


The manga seems to be opening more and more plot threads as time goes on. Its beginning to seem that the manga won't be concluding after the fight with Tobi after all. Well, it seems that way.




I kind of like this. For one thing, it makes it seem that the world of Naruto doesn't actually revolve around Naruto. And it does show that there are alternate ways to gain power even if your not born with those abilities.

Jugo's family were born with the ability to use natural energy. If they were the only ones who could use natural energy, it would feel kind of unfair. But the fact that ninja who aren't born with the ability such as Naruto can learn it opens new horizons and proves that hardwork can make an average person equal to a talented one.

If sage training/knowledge can give someone a similar ability as that of Jugo's clan, then maybe there are forms of training out there that can give normal people abilities that equal various kekai gengkai. A certain training to give someone a similar ability to that of the sharingan and rinnegan perhaps? Maybe someone in the Naruto universe has the knowledge to enable a person to learn a technique similar to the Mokuton kekkai genkai. The possibilities are endless.


Hinata has a cute belly.[laughs]

The picture makes her seem a little bit for extroverted. Nice.



It's als interesting to learn that Karin is Naruto's last surviving co-clan member. I wonder how Naruto would react to learning about this. Is she Naruto's closest living relative? Well, I wonder if the tendency to want to help Sasuke is genetic.



On a side note. I'm glad Lee is getting his own tv show!!!!

I don't know, the way that built up that technique in his sage training kind of made it sound that Sage Training was the only way one could do that. Seeing that Jugo can do it via his bloodline kind of steal it's thunder...even though it can turn him into a rampaging monster. As for the others you mention probably wouldn't really work. Having some things restricted to certain bloodlines wouldn't be that bad...most of the time.

[nervmeister]

Oh please. Sasuke has the anti-snake doctorate to clobber this asshole!

[Len Ikari145]

The whole thing about Jugo able to absorb natrual energy kind of dimishes Naruto's sage mode ability kind less impressive. And Karin being a member of the Uzamaki clan? Well, they all can't be winners.

Which means we will finally get to see more of Kyuubi-Sage Mode Naruto to offset that potential handicap. As for Karin, meh, no comment.

[The Dog]

OK, I admitted I didn't care about this chapter, but there WAS one thing I quite enjoyed. And that is Itachi and Kabuto's new nickname for Sasuke: Dr. Snakes.

[nervmeister]

OK, I admitted I didn't care about this chapter, but there WAS one thing I quite enjoyed. And that is Itachi and Kabuto's new nickname for Sasuke: Dr. Snakes.

Me too. Think we'll see it become a meme?

[The Dog]

Me too. Think we'll see it become a meme?

Maybe. It's popular on the TVTropes forum, at least.

Also, in regards to the revelation of Karin's Uzumaki origins, something I found on Deviantart:



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[Hazard]

Honestly, I like the explanation for Juugo's ability. I mean, we have plenty of abilities that deal with chakra. Letting you see chakra. Letting you manipulate chakra in ways regular people just plain can't. And so on.

Having an ability relating to natural energy makes a lot of sense when I think about it.

It's not perfect. Kabuto's and Naruto's Sage Modes seem plain better due to the fact that they don't become rampaging monsters (now that I think about it, the physical transformation is likely because it's not a perfect Sage Mode just like how Jiraya became toadlike), but it is still quite potent.

I kind of wonder how they got it though. Was it just a fluke? Were they a family of Sages and over time their bodies adapted to better take in natural energy resulting in that ability? It's fun to think about.

Sidenote: How much of a boost would Kabuto get from this, I wonder? By now, Naruto should be around Kakashi's level, in stats if not in arsenal, at baseline, and Sage Mode, well makes him pretty damn strong. Kabuto was already on Kakashi's level before timeskip and has been doing some serious level grinding since then.

[flashdisk]

I don't know, the way that built up that technique in his sage training kind of made it sound that Sage Training was the only way one could do that. Seeing that Jugo can do it via his bloodline kind of steal it's thunder...even though it can turn him into a rampaging monster. As for the others you mention probably wouldn't really work. Having some things restricted to certain bloodlines wouldn't be that bad...most of the time.

Thats a good point. But I don't feel that way because Juugo himself feels kind of unique. I don't see other Juugos running around and Juugo's skills on natural energy absorption seems a bit unrefined when compared with Naruto and Jiraiya.

Hey, maybe we get an image later on of other sages aside from Naruto, Jiraiya and Kabuto. We got a picture of the Jinchuriki, how about a class picture of the various sages.

Also, I think a lot of people know the saying. "Its not the tool you have, its how you use it". Naruto and Juugo may have similar tools, but its how they use them that will make the difference, IMO.

Also, if Sage mode requires the user to be still for some time, can Kurama take in natural energy for Naruto? I don't think he's constantly jumping up and down in Naruto's head.

[The Drunkard Kid]

He just looks so....... lame.

I'm getting kinda tired of people getting stronger off of taking the abilities of others..... just get stronger with your own stuff.



Although now I wonder if there is a Slug Sage mode for a certain someone.

In all fairness, Kabuto and Orochimaru have always been about redistributing other peoples abilities, mostly to Orochimaru. Nowadays Kabuto's decided to steal Orochimaru's Orochimaruness as well, so he took all his power-ups, powered them up even further, and then grabbed one of the power-ups that Orochimaru couldn't manage to find for himself. And Kabuto even seems to be respectful about Orochimaru giving him the opportunity to better himself by surpassing him, to me.

[flashdisk]

To be fair, I think we should see ninja techniques as something similar to a martial art. There are a lot of differet types. And some people refuse to share techniques, but almost anyone can learn a martial art.

[Hazard]

To be fair, I think we should see ninja techniques as something similar to a martial art. There are a lot of differet types. And some people refuse to share techniques, but almost anyone can learn a martial art.

Except for the ones that you can't and/or need to go around stealing body parts for it to work.

[flashdisk]

Except for the ones that you can't and/or need to go around stealing body parts for it to work.

Maybe. But maybe in their world, there are ways to get abilities that can rival the effect of inborn talents or strengths. Take for example Juugo's ability to harness natural energy and that of Naruto's. Juugo's ability is inborn and Naruto's ability is learnable. Is it possible that somewhere in the Naruto universe, there is a school that's teaching doujutsu that can rival rinnegan and sharinggan?

Also, how did the first sharinggan and byakugan develop anyway? How did the first bloodline limits appear? There has to be a beginning. A normal person that gained a certain ability that he was able to pass down, perhaps?

I think it would be interesting if one day, the stories of how the different blood line limits can be told.