Top Ninja Tournament: Part 2!!

Ja everyone.  It’s paintheclown here to bring you Part 2 of this contest.  This part will be the Top 20 Characters.  So, here are the rules (For people that didn’t see Part 1)…

1. You may only vote once.  So, make sure you be careful when picking…
2. If your favorite character isn’t up there, please pick your next favorite…

So, happy voting!! ^(^_^)^

After this part is over, Part 3 will be the Top 10.  So, if you want your favorite character in the Top 10, then advertise them…

Unlike Part 1, Part 2 and the rest will NOT have comments blocked…

By the way, voting ends on Thanksgiving (11/26/09).  If you vote after that date, your vote won’t count!

An Alliance Like Never Before

And so begins the 4th Great Ninja War. In the blue corner is the combined forces of the villages hidden in leaf, rock, cloud, mist, and sand, as well as the samurais from land of iron. In the red corner is Akatsuki, their tailed beasts, and probably Team Hawk. However, Tobi might have some allies we are not yet aware of.

Leading the forces of “good” is the Raikage, the ebony powerhouse. Unfortunately, the Raikiage isn’t your typical commander who shouts out orders from a safe position, leading me to believe he will most likely be badly injured during battle. If this does occur, who would assume command? Well if Kakashi isn’t appointed to Hokage yet, then I would bet that little Kazekage has it in him. And judging by the Tsuchikage’s monologue a few chapters back, he does too.

Leading the forces of “evil” is Tobi. You might be wondering to yourself why I won’t call him Madara. Its simply because after all this evidence and speculation, we still have no confirmation that Tobi is the man he claims to be. And even though it is extremely unlikely, I want to be the one of the ones to shout I told you so if he isn’t. Anyways, Tobi himself is powerful enough to take on massive amounts of forces, and as of right now, there probably isn’t anybody who could beat him one-on-one, but if he was truly invincible, he wouldn’t be doing so much scheming. Also, I think just like Yamamoto from Bleach, Tobi’s one weakness may be endurance. However, behind him he has the mercenary troops of Akatsuki, Zetu, Team Hawk, and the 7 bijuu.

I am not exactly sure how Tobi is going to use these bijuu on the battlefield. I know he wishes to sync Sasuke up with the Demonic Statue, but I don’t think that would be of importance until he has to seal the 8th and 9th bijuu. Perhaps he will release the bijuu and try to control them with his Eternal Mangekyou. Others speculate that he will temporarily seal them into his allies, but I don’t see that happening, as they know that could only lead to their death when the bijuu had to be resealed.

I think one of the biggest determinants of this war is whether or not Konoha lets Naruto fight. No matter what, he will end up fighting, but if the higher-ups actually allow it, then Naruto could actually be incorporated into battle tactics, rather than having to sneak out of confinement and search for Tobi or Sasuke.

Just as important as Naruto is, Sasuke will play a valuable part in this war. He has already demonstrated the ability to hold his own against three kages, four elite jonin, and one samurai commander, if he is given the chance to train before he departs for his next outing, the sky is the limit.

All things accounted for, both forces are very mighty. However, until we can actually assess Tobi’s utilization of his bijuu, I think the ninja alliance has the advantage. I just wonder who the smaller nations will side with. If Konan is the current leader of the Rain Village, I think Konoha might have an unexpected ally waiting for them. Another two wild cards are Danzou, of course, and Kabuto. Danzou probably has the entire ANBU forces’ loyalty, and seeing as how he probably won’t play nice with this alliance, I am very curious to find out what he plans on doing during this war. Kabuto on the other hand probably won’t be nearly as influential, but I have a feeling he has rallied a lot of Orochimaru’s old forces that Sasuke didn’t free. There has been too much foreshadowing of his presence for him not to arise soon.

Tobi may be looked at as a bad guy, but the one thing he has done so far is unite the ninja world in a way nobody could before. It almost makes me relate him to Itachi, who sacrificed himself to be looked at as a villain for the greater good. I’m not proposing that Tobi is actually a good guy, but I just want you guys to see the facts the way I do.

-ssj

Naruto Chapter 472 – Once you go black, you never go back

Post Author: Bob

Chapter 472 was a really interesting chapter. I don’t think anyone could have foreseen Kisame’s sword actually turning on him for Killerbee! I actually got a good laugh when I saw Kisame punt the poor Samehada out of anger, LOL. In all, I was really glad Kishi decided to finally devote an entire chapter to this battle instead of trying to squeeze one or two other plot lines inside these 17 pages as well. Honestly, he should see this battle to its conclusion before moving on anything else, but that’s just my opinion.

From the look of the conclusion of this chapter, it seems the battle is already near its end. This is pretty disappointing as there wasn’t any real fighting between Kisame and Killerbee at all. It took all this time for Kisame to finally reveal his shark-man form, but we don’t get to see any of his new abilities before it’s all over — hence I feel a bit ripped off for having to wait a whole week for this. Also, you can’t call this a real battle since Killerbee couldn’t fight at all because the raccoon and the enka guy were in trouble. Why couldn’t we have a real fight like the one sage mode Naruto had with Pein? I would have liked to see a chess-like tactic battle of wits and jutsus between Killerbee and Kisame; they’re both powerhouses and there’s so little we know of their true powers — it would make for a really interesting battle.

But alas, all we get is this underwater game of cat and mouse. Kisame’s water dome was in effect just a super-sized version of the water prison jutsu. I guess it’s the ideal technique to keeping your enemy trapped while incapacitating them at the same time; but does anyone else think how ironic it is that a shark is trying to drown an octopus? Given all the incredible Bijuu abilities and chakra at his disposal, who would have thought that Killerbee would not have the ability to breath underwater? The other thing I couldn’t wrap my head around was how they were talking underwater. You’d think that drowning outweighs any concern about maintaining communication, but then again I guess maintaining the flow of dialogue is pretty important too.

I enjoyed the scenes where Killerbee is talking to the Hachibi on their next move, this symbiosis is another reason why I really would like Naruto to form a similar relationship with Kyuubi if that ever becomes possible. The current Kyuubi sees Naruto’s body as a prison, but if he’d willing to recognize that he would benefit from a symbiotic relationship with Naruto, I think that would be an excellent level up for his growth. That said, it could very well be impossible in Naruto’s case as well. After Killerbee underwent a partial transformation to keep Kisame at bay with his tentacles, Kisame mentions that Killerbee is known as the “perfect host” — which probably explains why Killerbee’s Bijuu powers are so much more advanced than what we’ve seen in other Jinchuuriki. If that’s so, maybe Naruto will be unable to obtain this level of power with the Kyuubi if he does not possess a “perfect host” body. I know that Naruto is already pretty powerful now that he has sage mode, but it would be such a shame to allow all the potential that is Kyuubi go to waste. Some might say that tapping into Kyuubi’s chakra is going down the path to the dark side, but it was Minato who put that beast inside Naruto in the first place; even Minato admits that he did that in order to give Naruto the power to fight Madara in the future. Therefore I still believe, regardless of whatever sage abilities Naruto may develop in the future, he must come to terms with his Kyuubi powers if he hopes to defeat Madara.

I think we all saw that ink screen Killerbee used coming when we first saw him produce ink from his mouth in the last chapter. But like a shark drawn to blood, Kisame can smell Killerbee’s charka from miles away and takes him down even in the ink cloud. I had hoped that Killerbee would use anther tentacle clone to escape, but from the Hachibi’s comments it looks like it’s the real Killerbee who is lying helplessly in front of his enemy. Furthermore, Hachibi is even saying that his chakra has almost all been stolen by Samehada, that’s quite remarkable seeing how immense Bijuu charka levels are.

The most remarkable thing, of course, comes when Kisame is about to cut of Killerbee’s legs and his own sword Samehada turn on his master. It seems that Killerbee’s octopus flavoured chakra was so delicious that Samehada has decided to go with its stomach and side with Killerbee. The scene that follows is pretty epic: like a feral dog, Samehada bites the hand of the man that used to feed him to protect his future meal ticket; so much for shark-man’s best friend. And when Samehada actually has the audacity to begin transferring charka back to Killerbee, Samehada can’t take this betrayal any longer and punts the poor thing away. Seriously, that was the funniest thing I’ve seen in Naruto in quite a while (I miss the LOL-type humor that was so common in Naruto in the old days ). Who would of thought that Samehada would become Killerbee’s unlikely ally. Kisame’s still determined to catch his prey regardless, I only hope that the small opening Samehada provided for Killerbee is enough for him to stop Kisame.

Oh, and also, can anyone explain what those things coming out of Killerbee’s chest are when he partial transformed in this pic? I thought they may have come from Kisame but I don’t see any puncture holes in the next panel. So what are they?

It’s Out! Chapter 472!

Samehada gave our favorite Shark-man a surprise lol.

http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/472/01/

Invent-A-Jutsu Contest Results:

http://shannaro.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/invent-a-jutsu-contest/

These are the Jutsu I thought were the most original, they are in the order I thought was the best, of course as a shameless plug mine is first… On that note, here is another shameless plug for Shannaro2, http://shannaro2.wordpress.com/

Mart1: Offensive Reverse Summon:

This Jutsu acts similar to Flying Thunder God, except in reverse. Tag something with a special seal and you can summon it to any location a corresponding tag is set. This way you can tag an opponent and summon him into a trap. It also has other uses, for example, you could attach the seal to important documents, in case of theft, you can just summon them back to you.

Fuujin Xero: Wind Dispersion Jutsu:

This jutsu allows you to disperse your body (or separate body parts) into the air and also keep some parts solidified e.g. someone punches your stomach, you disperse your stomach but punch the opponent with your solid fist. This jutsu also allows you to disperse and travel along with the wind for fast easy travel.

Cj262: Light Manipulation:

this is just a regular ninjutsu like substitution, transformation, etc. but this jutsu allows the user to control the light around them, much like refraction or something like that, to make the light reflect off of them and become invisible to the naked eye. it can also be used as blinding light, kind of like a solar flare but most ninja only use this when caught, which allows them to escape. this jutsu would mostly be used on stealth missions by ANBU or on infiltration missions. A highly trained nin, such as sanin or higher can counter this by reversing the effect. therefore making u visible and themselves invisible. but only if they make physical contact with the ninja using the jutsu. so if you are going to assassinate some one. do it before they notice you

(Kisuzatchi Also submitted a jutsu similar to this, but Cj262 posted it first, so he gets credit)

Suna_no_ken: Full Synchro:

The full synchro allow any one with the right training and state of mind to meld minds with his summoned animal. In this way the summoner can control the summoned animal with his thoughts, when he moves the animal moves the same exact way. When the mind meld is at it’s peak the summoner can use Full synchro level 2. This makes the ninja meld into the summoned animals body. The animal then shrinks to the size of a regular human being and takes on humaniod shape and the ninja can see all that the animal see’s, can control it in real combat, and as such the animal’s powers are increased upon the ninja’s. So the summoner could summon a hawk, do a full synchro level 2 and gain the new body, use his own jutsu but also have the new powers of a hawk such as flying off.

Mattmaru: Dancing Sword Jutsu:

This is where a puppeteer instead of using puppets, uses swords that are attached by chakra strings! this way the multiple swords that are used can be infused with the users elemental chakra! because they are made by the same conductive metal as Asuma sarutobi’s daggers. The swords can be soaked with poison for added affect. The potential for this jutsu is quite lethal, the chakra strings can made invisible, and thrown in the air to scatter them all over the place. then pulled or thrown in which way to take the enemy off guard.

(Shikamarko had a similar submission and submitted it first, but this jutsu sounded better, and Shikamarko’s sounded like a filler character’s jutsu)

RJ: Dancing Light Periscope Eyes: Level 2:

This level can be achieve only if the enraged emotion of the user produce a unique scarlet tears.. that will wipe out the color of the iris making it as a shiny reflector(mirror). Any image formed through it will be duplicated, become alive and can be controlled by the user. example a tree, when its image formed and focus, the user can summon a tree similar to the tree focused, but this time it is alive and powerful. a user can even create his own body duplicates or his opponents body duplicates up to the number he wishes depending on the chakra he reserve for it. This duplicates are different from kage bunshins because they are real and their ability are based on the ability or nature of original one. like the tree, a duplicated tree can create vines, extend branches, and can create leaf knifes or kunai.

Kisuzatchi: Chisiogan (blood eye):

This is the perfect Kekkei Genkai. It offers no abilities except one. After the user gets the opponents blood (by any means), they do a Hidan and taste the blood. The Chisiogan then analyzes the blood and the user gains the Kekkei Genkai (because the Chisiogan changes the user’s blood to match the sample tasted) that the blood’s former owner possessed. The information is stored, so the user doesn’t have to taste an (example) Uchiha’s blood in every fight to get a Sharingan. The Chisiogan then morphs into a perfect copy of the eye it took, if not a doujutsu, then it keeps its original appearance.

Side Effects/Negatives: only ninjas with a chakra level of an average S-class Jonin or more can use it without taking hours to copy the Kekkei Genkai, as by forcing chakra into the Chisiogan, the process can be sped up. No matter how strong the ninja that uses the Chisiogan, they’ll fall unconscious 15 hours after its first activated, and re-awaken after an hour.

Curton2244: Earth style summoning jutsu:Stone Warriors:

this is an earth style jutsu that summons up to five warriors from the earth below that attack the enemy. These warriors resemble the samurai from the land of iron except made of stone and are much stronger of course. Being made of hard rock, they have hard built bodies and impressive strength which they put to good use in their adept taijutsu skills. They are impervious to all genjutsu and most forms on ninjutsu excluding lightning style jutsu (via chidori based techs) or any form of extreme heat(via powerful fire based techs and amertasu). This would be as far as an S-rank jutsu in my books mainly because of their unique abilities. One stone warrior has the strength and taijutsu skills one or two notches below sakura’s level and are difficult to kill if you don’t know lightning or fire based techs. However, if the person who use the jutsu loses a a lot of chakra or gets too injured in battle, the stone warriors will collapse. The only other way to kill them is to take a kunai with explosive tags and stab a warrior with one and watch the fireworks haha….

White Shinobi: Kage Kawarimi (shadow replication)
This jutsu allows you to swap with your shadow a nice jutsu for the nara clan. for example you get hit but since you’re the shadow you dodge the blow and it gives you time to counterattack the down point is that you need a source of light and earth jutsu’s will be effecting you more easily.

Ryoraizen: Fire Style: Flame Fist Jutsu:

The user gathers fire chakra in their fist, super heating it. Using precise chakra control and timing, the user can create exploding punches. (Manish Uchiha had a similar submission a day later)

Now, you guys decide which one is the best! (Most Unique):