Thread #286433737
Volume 46
Naruto Returns
Chapter 431: Naruto's Magnificent Explosion!!
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>don't use jutsu this enemy absorbs chakra techniques
>hah, this technique worked because he missed his punch on purpose but punched with his chakra
why not just punch him with the massive sage mode strength buff directly
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>here, take this slug
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>Pain no longer able to use his full power because Naruto's arrival was postponed
My HERO.
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>>286433808
A bit off topic but this Sakura outfit really sucks and I hate it.
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pain would have jobbed miserably to him
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Finally, Naruto has reached CM2 Jirobo tier strength.
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This would've killed current Sasuke.
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Arigatou, OP!
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>>286434189
Thanks, OP! Are you going to keep dumping since you started filling in after ragequit-OP left? And whatever happened to Ukon?
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Holy hell. Animal abuse!
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Seems so
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If you aren't listening to this while reading the next few chapters, then you're reading it wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvAu8rA_gdY
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The upscaled scans they found mogged my blurry ones so hard that I had no choice...
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>moving sage mode
>moving sage mode kagebunshin
>moving sage mode kagebunshin rasengan
He mastered all that in a day since the "look both ways" lightbulb moment to when the intel frog went missing and thus needing to be reversed summon???
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>>286435741
I'm still reading. Only reason I dumped was the high quality scans so replacement OP does a better job than me by dumping them faster and later.
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Naruro: The New Erotic Ninjutsu Completed!!!
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I like how Kishimoto was able to barely get away with downplaying Nardo in Shippuden with this fight. Back then I thought Sennin mode was created so Naruto wouldnt have to use the Demon fox power anymore. I mean, when he went 8 tails and all that dialogue with his father I thought that would be the last time we would see Kyuubi.
Although I still think the nature chakra and sennin mode should have been foreshadow in his training with Jiraya
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BASED! Storm 2 is so fucking good.
>>286435327
Jiraiya is the one who got the intel in the first place.
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This is so good. Less words, more emotions. Kishimoto CAN deliver!
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Absolute BEAST
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The Pains can basically dodge anything you throw at them if you attack them from the front.
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Sasuke status?
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The village invasion was underwhelming but this is really cathartic, Kishimoto is pulling all stops.
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>>286433833
Cold
Why does RegularRuto suck so much compared to SageRuto
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Pedoraiya the Groomer
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People want you to believe this would've defeated Itachi.
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RUN KISAME THE FROGS ARE COMING FOR US
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>>286433774
Cute!
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>>286436935
Funny
Also what does this speech bubble translate to?
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It's a 6v6, Naruto has the 3 giant frogs and the 2 elder frogs helping.
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Actually it's 7 (Naruto and the boys + Katsuyu) vs 15 (6 Pains and 9 summons)
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Cute toes
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>>286436997
The Uchigger probably can't swim, so it naturally hates and is weak against all life near water, like the toad and the octopus. Itachi was paired with Kisame to counter this weakness, and likewise Sasuke sought out Suigetsu.
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>>286437182
You're right. I just need to see more. He's got a lot more power than Jiraiya but he had a lot more impressive hax imo.
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>>286437246
Jiraiya also had the giant Rasengan and bitchslapping giant summons, but I agree Sage Naruto should have more firepower. Probably better suited for direct fights but less for tricky opponents with long range and shit.
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It's not exactly personalized or crazy prep time, just keeping some generic clones ready for summoning. If you're trying to rank Sage Naruto I think it's fine to give him these clone batteries. Or at least he should start in Sage Mode?
It's a tradeoff anyway, since that also limits him to three clones on the battlefield.
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Just seems like something he can't do unless he is summoned from Mt Myoboku for the fight. I guess theoretically he could have a clone reverse summoned there but the restrictions on using sage mode get thrown out pretty quickly.
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If he had to keep ready for fights with sage mode in mind he probably would always have 2 clones ready to be summoned with the scroll, since he can summon them himself. Or maybe he could do something simpler and have one clone nearby do it, no summon just in a bush or somewhere.
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Thanks OP for taking up the mantle. I'm too much of a lazy bastard to go through the effort of upscaling the chapters, and they do look noticeably better than the regular versions on most sites. The effort is appreciated.
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Where is he now?
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>>286437246
I would like to request that you replace the pic of animal path with the upgraded model.
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worthless hokage
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how did they excuse his absence in the nine tails and pain attacks on the village
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Literally THREE PAGES
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woah... >>286433823
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>>286437769
He has perfect sage mode so more power but Kyuubi means he doesn't have the props of fusing with the frogs and he also lacks Jiraiya's hax
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He's so cool.
>>286438180
That was base Jiraiya, but yeah Animal Path is the reason why the 3 boss summons are too busy to help Naruto in this fight.
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>It's alright now
No it fucking isn't why is everyone riding Naruto's cock all of a sudden? This is still a state of emergency situation, Nardo learned Sage mode maybe just a few days ago tops, granny Tsunade should be pulling out all the stops even if it kills her
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Solo King Sparkling Water. Thirst soloed.
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This Naruto hokage redesign is absolutely phenomenal. Especially considering the fact that he wears orange to grab people’s attention so its only logical that he his color scheme gets darker over time.
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>>286436000
Minato was so fun in this game. For those that didn't play it, characters could 'awaken' at low health and gain big buffs, some just damage, some transformation, some like Minato gained enhanced abilities - Minato gained instant teleportation with basically no cooldown / cast time sending him directly next to the enemy, combined with nearly instant cast rasengan at point blank range... It was fucking awesome, it felt like you were actually playing as Minato. So good.
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>>286438762
He should look like this + longer hair and headband
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>>286438906
give him the jiraiya special
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One thing I dislike about the adult designs of Naruto and Sasuke is that Kishimoto gave them "boring 9-to-5 adult who settled down" haircuts, even though that had never been the case for everyone else... adult Kakashi has the same anime hairstyle he had as a kid
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Wrong.
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I see it as a sign of her change. Not in her age, but her style. Her younger outfit was fairly form-fitting and meant to accentuate her (lack of) feminine features, a weapon exclusive to kunoichi. With Tsunade's training, she's basically discarded all that and wears looser, less flattering clothing because she doesn't bother with feminine charm since she just unga smashes.
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>sageruto blitz'd and oneshot the same pain that took jiraiya's arm
>jiraiya kicks a pain and it just loses it's sight, whereas sageruto oneshots one without even touching it
>still ranked below jiraiya
jiraiyatard...
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Reminder despite fighting multiple people that can absorb ninjutsu (war arc nagato, madara, kaguya, sasuke, momoshiki, delta, jigen, isshiki) Naruto will never use this move again.
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Kakashi is the sort of guy who needs a dominant and assertive woman because he's too passive to initiate anything himself. He would definitely shy away from relationships and a girl like Shizune would say "well I guess he doesn't like me" and then cry into her pillow. He would need a girl who says "nuh uh you aren't going anywhere" and forcefully grab him to keep him from flaking off.
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>>286438762
His actual design looks better.
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Kiba's mum is also an option
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>>286433959
>kishi while writing the war arc
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hey thanks that's cool of (You)
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>>286434081
>the leaf really is full of shitters
Most of the leafs strongest are either not fighting, dead, or away from the village
>Jiraiya died
>Kishimoto doesn't make Tsunade fight because woman
>Danzo doesn't want to fight
>most of the anbu aren't fighting because of Danzo
>Guy is out of the village
>Neji is is out of the village
>Neji is out of the village
>Hiashi is out of the village
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Sakuras only two options were ninja jesus or ninja judas.
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>>286433774
>Imagine holding the Tsuna
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>>286439185
For the love of god if this shit gets a prequel or rerun i think that shipping would be the least of its concern.
Only a select few could have it work out like shikamaru sasuke and or choji.
But i would love yo see some of the konoha 12 sublet or enter in to anbu
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Save me, Samui
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They're strong.
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https://x.com/ty4186/status/2028265995203408176/photo/1
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incredible moment for Naruto emotionally, the sage training was what he needed. Finds out one of his close mentors died, immediately sets it aside to face the man who did it. Any other incarnation of Naruto before this would cry or immediately go Kyubi-Rage.
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Splitting the story in to one segment for sasuke and the other for naruto should have been the ideal spin off.
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I think the better question is why is Neji there twice.
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An official Naruto YouTube channel has been launched.
New content incoming?!
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Are you retarded? That was always going to happen. it was the culmination of him returning to the sasuke we knew and the people that still cared about him. He was never going to stay alone with a friend like Naruto
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>>286442191
You dont seem to like Naruto.
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Its actually the secret Tsunade JK anime.
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A Fu is fine too.
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what's up with new channel and logos. seems like they're setting up a long term account for naruto anime IP
If kishimoto is not involved it's likely turning to be dogshit though considering the filler we had (and boruto)
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Most of the filler was fine. And honestly I think people will be fine even if its filler since its new content. The last time we got anything animated before the 20th anniversary video was Shippuden in 2017 and The Last in 2015.
Ideally Kishimoto would write a new film story either set in Part 1, 2 or the Blank Period (maximum cope).
Not sure what's going with burrito.
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It built a lot of rapport between teams in the original naruto I liked the filler to be honest. but yeah considering it will never be mentioned again / treated to have never happened is pretty bad.
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>Sasuke status?
He'd tank it like he tanked the raikage's attacks. Now cope and seethe below:
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The only filler in Naruto I ever watched was the one with Hinata and the beetle and the one where Mitzuki comes back and turns into a tiger because he joined Orochimaru. The latter was so fucking bad I elected to never watch filler from the show again even as a child.
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I have another explanation
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>the one where Mitzuki comes back and turns into a tiger because he joined Orochimaru. The latter was so fucking bad I elected to never watch filler from the show again even as a child.
Kek that was a funny filler. dude was making and drinking a potion to get bigger. reminded me of pic related from crash bandicoot
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Beginning of Shippuden Nart < Beginning of Shippuden sauce
Rasenshuriken Nart < Itachi fight Sauce
Sage Nart > Mangekyou sauce
kcm1 nart > fresh ems Sauce
Kcm2 nart > ems sauce
SOS nart = Rinnesharingan sauce
I'm willing to bend on Rasenshuriken> Itachi fight and fresh ems > kcm1
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>>286443116
Sasuke is stronger than Naruto up until the chuunin exams finals/Konoha crush
Naruto is stronger than Sasuke up until he comes out of the coffin/valley of the end fight
Sasuke is stronger than Naruto up until Naruto learns rasenshuriken/how to use his clones more efficiently, then they're roughly equal. He regains the advantage after absorbing Orochimaru
Naruto becomes stronger once he gets sage mode and at no point in the future does Sasuke ever catch up again.
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>Naruto becomes stronger once he gets sage mode and at no point in the future does Sasuke ever catch up again.
You must be delusional. sasuke vs naruto fight at the end made it pretty clear they're equal
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>Part 1 filler
One random episode after the written test/before the forest of death
The episode where those goons want Tsunade to pay back money for their boss and Naruto helps them
Kakashi mask episode and the race mini arc
~90 episodes of garbage to extend the gap between the anime and manga after all the part 1 canon stuff has ended
>Part 2 filler
Annoying fucking 20 episode long flashback fillers that start and end in the middle of canon episodes that start up as soon as things actually get interesting
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>Sage mode Naruto is basically all but stated to be stronger than Sasuke
>Sasuke actually got weaker if anything after he lost Orochimarus chakra and curse mark
>Sasuke immediately overuses his MS so even if he used Susanoo against Sageruto it would fizzle out and he'd lose
>doesn't get EMS until after Naruto gets KCM2 which he is weaker than
>even if he wasn't Naruto can stack sage mode on top of KCM2
>Rinnegan Sasuke is weaker than 6PSM Naruto
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Earned
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Don't forget that Sasuke's next big fight is against fucking Danzo, who he almost dies to multiple times and whom I'm sure even the biggest Sasuke supporter would never argue is nearly as strong as Pain.
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Yep.
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It's just a little too convenient that sage jutsu which is the one thing that is effective against Pain was taught to Naruto by the one frog that mentored Jiraiya, you know? It's like inventing a problem and the solution at the same time...
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It's not that effective. It didn't help Jiraiya much. And Pain has no problem repelling Naruto's senjutsu-powered ninjutsu with Shinra Tensei or absorbing it with Preta Realm. It did come out of nowhere, but the retcon connecting it with Orochimaru's curse seal works fairly well.
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TY "replacement"! I appreciate how you carry on the trend of the "previous" OP.
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Reminder that all of Shikamaru's hopes and dreams, besides dying before his wife, were all dashed.
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subtle foreshadow
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>>286444663
What a dumb homo rat
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Jiraiya was a misogynist hypocrite with some homosexual tendencies
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>>286446131
That's obvious
>Orochimaru brought them back the second time almost at Tobirama's prime according to himself
>Hiruzen was looking just like when he fought Orochimaru, which Orochimaru believes he'd be dead if Hiruzen was 10 years younger, implying he's still physically below his peak as an edo tensei
>guidebooks say Hiruzen has more talent
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>>286446160
Would it be better or worse if Jiraya was an attractive female?
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Open wide, Rai-ka-ge-sama…
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>>286433763
Thanks, chatgpt! Lookin' good!
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You are hallucinating again buddy.
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oops cut off tsunade
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>>286447683
Yea but the real question is Ino and Hinata. I can decide.....
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Yes the new one does look better.
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Thats true....but shes very loud and outgoing...a traditional kunoichi...but she can rape your mind....Hinata is a dandere with a large chest.....a great contrast....but she can shut your body down......
These girls are dangerous.....
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Thanks, chatgpt! Lookin' good!
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>>286448246
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Cute and saved
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>>286434502
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>>286448539
>romance
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>>286448774
Who tops?
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SAKURA-CHAN KISS MY WIFE!
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>>286448702
Who said romance is perfect?
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He could easily solo all of the six paths of Pain
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No worries bro
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She already had to inform Naruto that Jiraiya is dead. Now he's shown up in the middle of absolute bedlam and is asking her if his other sensei is dead as well. Of course she's fucking distraught. Tsunade is a compassionate person, and she isn't in a situation where she can be composed like she was when she delivered the news about Jiraiya—she's in the most hopeless situation of her entire life. You have to be literally fucking autistic to not understand this.
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Hmmm....
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>>286453201
Need Suzumeplapchi gf
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>>286436935
Dosukoi!
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>>286442909
The filler often made the series look like a goofy saturday morning kids cartoon, just didn't have the same weight or vibe as the official series, and you could argue it even drags down the quality of the franchise as a whole. It's no wonder most shonen anime don't much do filler anymore
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>>286453734
She's a tank
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Y'know, I've been saying this for years now, but while the Pain arc is already one of the best stories in Naruto, it would've been the absolute, most perfect arc in shonen of all time if Naruto didn't go on a Kyuubi rage. If he consistently took out all 6 Paths using his battle IQ and stayed in Sage Mode, it would've been absolutely perfect. Especially if you consider the anime, because while the Kyuubi rage had extremely raw animation, I can't help but think how much better it would've been if Naruto was using Sage Mode to fight with animation quality akin to the Kakashi/Kakuzu fight, or any of Sasuke's good fights.
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>>286454063
I thought it was the best Kyuubi rage moment in the series but I experienced it in the manga first. The art for 8 tails busting out of chibaku tensei is amazing. Not really a fan of the filler the anime added to the fight during that portion.
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Right, but he wasted a significant amount of time (2 chapters in the manga), and all of the animation budget in the anime doing the Kyuubi rage thing before Minato pops up. I just think the Kyuubi rage should've been shorter, with some of the budget used for actual H2H fighting and flashier Sage tricks.
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>>286454063
Naruto blitzing the Asura Path is arguably more impactful and impressive than Naruto and the Frogs aura farming after being summoned.
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Aesthetic
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