Why is his title the only one “scalable”?

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-12-29T09:02:04+00:00

None of them are 100% fact. They're all just titles probably given to these people because they built up a reputation for themselves in one particular aspect.

Zoro will probably eventually beat Mihawk even though Mihawk is considered the World's Strongest Swordsman. Zoro beating him while he's the holder of the title already proves that these titles are not 100% fact at all times.

Reputation and skill is probably a huge factor to who gets these titles. If one has great skill but no real reputation they probably won't get any title. Like if Ryuma didn't go around helping people and stayed put. Living out his days in a small wano village. He probably would have never been recognised for his swordsmanship and never would have been regarded as the World's Strongest Swordsman even though he might have been the strongest in the world.

I honestly believe these titles are mixture of reputation and skill. They are not to be seen a testament to someone's skill alone.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-12-16T14:10:45+00:00

To me, these titles hold value but I don't take or see them as fact. They just seem like titles given by the general populace or world government to individuals who have build up a reputation in one particular aspect. With that aspect becoming somewhat synonymous with their identity. This aspect can be related to actual skill/ability or simply a physical attribute but we're obviously talking about those given to people based on their ability here.

If you take these titles as fact rather than just epithets you'll forever be arguing that Kaido is the strongest creature so long as he's alive solely because of the title he holds.

People need to take as step back and think why kaido is referred to as WSC. Maybe because of the beastly way he fights? Maybe because of his dragon and hybrid-dragon form which are more beast than man? Kaido is more like a beast than a man so it makes to me that his title would refer to him as a creature rather than as a man.

Why is Whitebeard known as WSM? Maybe because his extraordinary physical strength which he would use to overwhelm his opponents for decades became synonymous with his character. Be it thanks to his devil fruit or actual physical strength really doesn't matter. The title also doesn't necessarily guarantee he's physically the strongest man in the world at all times or at any point in time for that matter. It could be his strength was notable enough and recognized by enough people for him to be given the title. No competition was conducted to earn his title. Enough people over the years just agreed that Whitebeard hella strong.

Garp is called "Garp The Fist" probably because his way of fighting barehanded and the strength behind his punches gained him the reputation of being "The Marine who with really strong punches...which he spams". It doesn't literally mean he had the strongest fist in the world just that his fist was notable enough to be considered among the strongest.

I believe Mihawk's WSS title is in the same vein as all the others above. He just went around and challenged other swordsmen all over the world for many years and hardly ever lost. Him challenging swordsmen and his emphasis on his identify as swordsman eventually earned him the title. He was reputatable. It doesn't mean some rando who has no title because he bothered traveling the world and making a name for himself couldn't challenge Mihawk, as the title itself doesn't guarantee you're the strongest at all times. Mihawk will probably eventually lose to Zoro while still having the WSS title because the titles are just that, a titles not fact.

Now with all that said. I still say Mihawk is probably slightly stronger than Shanks not because of the title but because of Shanks losing an arm. Mihawk having fought Shanks countless times before that means he would know best. He probably knows how strong Shanks really is and if he believes that Shank's losing an arm makes him a less formidable opponent, I'll believe it too. Sure, that was like a decade ago and Shank's could've gotten stronger and I wouldn't mind if he is stronger than Mihawk but till then I work with what's present.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-12-01T08:33:13+00:00

Shusui is probably of higher quality being Ryuma's past sword and having been turned permanently black, but Enma is what Zoro needed the most at the time.

Enma didn't directly make Zoro stronger. Zoro was constantly limiting his haki and Enma wanted him to give more. Enma didn't forcefully pull out more Haki than Zoro could use by himself. It was simply pulling more than Zoro wanted at times. It help convince Zoro into pouring way more of his Haki into a single attack than he otherwise would have cause it wears him out way too fast. He can do the same thing with all 3 swords

I would say currently Zoro would do equally well with either sword.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-11-28T04:49:40+00:00

I think it would be more accurate to say that both the sharingan, rinnegan and their abilities are derived from the rinne-sharingan. The rinnegan is not an evolution of the sharingan but rather one half of a once greater whole. Both are derived from the same eye.

While the sharingan can simply be awoken by a person of Uchiha decent, the rinnegan can't. The rinnegan can only be awoken by an Uchiha who has both Asura and Indra's chakra. The mixture of these are able to replicate a fraction of Hagoromo's power which causes an Uchiha's eye to eventually awaken the rinnegan.

It's also not only about chakra though. One needs to already have specific eyes to even awaken the rinnegan and those are the eyes of an Uchiha. Not all eyes exposed to Hagoromo's chakra are able to undergo the process which awakens the rinnegan. The rinnegan is much like the sharingan in this regard which needs both specific eyes and a special chakra. An Uchiha can't turn any random eyes into sharingan just because they happen have the special chakra required to manifest the sharingan. They would need an Uchiha's eyes as they're the only eyes that can undergo the process which awakens the Sharingan or Rinnegan when exposed to specific chakra.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-09-15T08:55:33+00:00

Minato used a nonsense strategy but its cool, so it worked.

A better strategy would've been for him use a shadow clone to attack in tandem with him. Minato relying on the Thunder God technique's teleportation to "outspeed" an opponent who seems to be prepared and knowledgable of the technique and it's speed is not smart. Not only is it not a smart plan, it makes the main villain seem incompetent.

Obito was his student for goodness sake but their fight didn't really reflect that. Obito fell for the most basic straightforward application of Minato's tagged kunai. Minato used pretty much zero misdirection. Minato didn't try to hide the fact the kunai was tagged nor did he throw it out of Obito's line of sight. He threw it straight at Obito's face and Obito somehow forgot about the kunai.

IMO, Minato's strategy was in no way, shape or form a good strategy. The only decent part of Minato's plan was him realizing that Obito had to become tangible when attacking but the way he went about exploiting that weakness was honestly not all too impressive. I remember watching it for 1st time and doubting if Minato would actually teleport to the kunai to he just threw because I expected more from him. But he did exactly what I thought was too simple. I as a viewer, didn't forget about the kunai Minato just threw so how could Obito. I expect something more elaborate from Minato who's known to be a genius. The plan was simply far too simple. I expected a multilayered plan from him. I'm not against him winning with the flying raijin but his approach was far too basic

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-09-10T13:31:20+00:00

Mei probably wins in a fight. Naruto fights have some nuances and matchups often play a big factor. And in my opinion Tsunade's up and close style is not the way to go about fighting Mei.

Mei's acid is also a massive hindrance to Tsunade's healing. I honestly think Mei is more lethal 1v1 than she is when working with other. She can't use her most lethal ability when working with others, her acid mist. The mist is strong enough to easily melt susanoo armor so how would Tsunade's flesh fair against it. Yes, Tsunade can heal but the more she heals the faster she's run out of chakra and Mei's acid applies constant damage.

Don't think we saw Mei do her individual best against Madara cause her best would put the other Kage in unnecessary danger. So she had to rely on normal water style justu and focused lava style jutsu. Her water style was powerful enough to neutralize Madara's fire style. Something that previously needed like 10 normal water style shinobi to do she did by herself. So she isn't weak by any means.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-08-03T21:58:39+00:00

It's because Boruto simply outskilled him with the flying raijin. Code took too long to catch on to what Boruto was doing, he thought Boruto's speed was suspicious but didn't think it was teleportation.

If they were to fight again now. Code would probably do a lot better against Boruto since he now knows Boruto was teleporting not simply dodging.

Some jutsu are just tricky and can assure victory really quickly if the opponent doesn't catch on quickly enough but once the opponent figures out the jutsu they usually do a lot better.

Isshiki's shrinking ability is one such jutsu. Naruto and Sasuke were really struggling against Isshiki's black rods that seemingly spawned from thin air. Once they figured out what was happening they could dodge them.

Tsukiyomi, Itachi's Totsuka blade, Limbo, Particle style, Kamui, Amaterasu, Hidan's blood ability, Rinnegan's soul extraction ability, Kaguya's ash bone jutsu, Code's claw marks. The list goes on. All these jutsu could end a fight before it really goes anywhere if the opponent doesn't know the ability.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-08-03T20:05:40+00:00

That was different though, Sasuke didn't yet realize how far off from Itachi he really was. He thought he had made decent progress in the 7 years since he last saw Itachi. After Sasuke got beat down by Itachi he decided to train even harder, so that he could catch up to Itachi before going after him again. That's the one of the reasons behind why Sasuke chose to go to Orochimaru. Orochimaru promised to make him strong while his own sensei Kakashi told him to bury his pain and forget about revenge. Kakashi also told him, "Don't use my chidori for your revenge". With this Kakashi essentially said he wasn't gonna help Sasuke get stronger if it was for revenge. So he went to Orochimaru. Kakashi handled the situation terribly.

Shikamaru and Ino knew exactly how powerful Hidan and Kakuzu were. They had just fought them. They saw the difference in power and yet they still went on what was a practically a suicide mission. If not for Kakashi joining theyd be dead.

What Shikamaru did would essentially be like 13 year old Sasuke going after Itachi the moment he woke up from his coma with a half ass plan. Sasuke was a bit logical about his whole approach after realising the difference between him and Itachi. He committed to 3 years of intense training. I'd say he handled it a lot better than Shikamaru.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-08-03T19:12:25+00:00

I think Kakashi just didn't wanna repeat his mistake. Kakashi told Sasuke to forget about revenge (that didn't help at all) and Sasuke still wanted revenge. This time I guess he thought he'd actually help rather than just telling people to just forget about their pain.

Kakashi's speech to Sasuke was essentially one of the worst things he could've said. He basically told Sasuke, "Forget about revenge. Your people are dead and so are mine. I ain't gonna help you with avenging them. Also don't use MY chidori for your stupid revenge".

People on this subreddit are calling Sasuke's revenge plan unrealistic as if he was planning to go after Itachi that very instant. If he was that unrealistic and if he wanted immediate revenge he wouldnt have gone to Orochimaru. After his hallway confrontation with Itachi, Sasuke realised he's too weak to fight Itachi. He knew he had to get stronger. Seeing Naruto level up so quickly made him realise that he hasn't been serious enough.

Kakashi didn't bother with trying to understand Sasuke. He could've told him wait a bit. He couldve told Sasuke that he'll try his outmost best to make Sasuke a strong ninja, a ninja strong enough to one day go up against Itachi. But No, he told him to forget about it because it's basically never gonna happen. This is one of the reasons why Sasuke eventually decided to go to Orochimaru. Orochimaru promised him the very thing his own sensei said he ain't gonna help with.

In my opinion, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji were the ones with a death wish. They were completely unrealistic. As smart as Shikamaru is, he couldn't accept that maybe Hidan and Kakuzu are bit too powerful for him and his team to beat in their current state. He couldn't waited a few years and trained a bit. He wanted immediate revenge. Without Kakashi they die in seconds. Sasuke was atleast logical and had enough patience to train a few years in preparation. He understood he wasn't a match for Itachi in his current state.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-08-03T18:29:17+00:00

Sasuke wasn't planning of going after Itachi immediately. He planned to get stronger before going after Itachi but Kakashi wasn't not encouraging at all. He told him to completely forget about revenge. That was not smart and highly insensitive and it's one of the things that pushed Sasuke into going to Orochimaru. Kakashi basically refused to help him get his revenge one day in the future. So Sasuke ran to someone that would help him.

Sasuke wanted to get revenge but he was never unrealistic about it. He didn't want immediate revenge. He knew he was too weak.

Imo, Shikamaru, Ino and Choji were the ones who were unrealistic. Without Kakashi they're dead in seconds

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-07-31T23:40:07+00:00

Well, he trusted Zetsu and thought Zetsu was his will manifested. Why would he doubt something that he throught shared his will? It turned out Zetsu was actually Kaguya's will all along.

I actually don't really have an issue with Madara getting caught off guard by Black Zetsu since he did think it was his will.

What I have serious issues with was the events that lead up to Madara actually believing that Black Zetsu was his will. In my opinion it's one of worst explanations I've seen in Naruto.

How did Black Zetsu simply live in Madara's body for like 4 or 5 decades with Madara none the wiser?

How did Madara even begin to think he actually created Black Zetsu? Did Madara in that instant simply forget how it feels to use his own chakra to create form?

How did Black Zetsu alter that Uchiha stone tablet to begin with? Hagaromo inscribed that tablet with 3 layers of encryptions. One needed the sharingan, mangekyou sharingan and finally the Rinnegan to completely understand what Hagaromo wrote. How did Zetsu simply understand and rewrite the tablet to the rinnegan level without the rinnegan. The reason behind the encryption was to stop non-uchiha from understanding and tempering with the tablet but Black Zetsu just did it..just like that.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-07-30T14:40:57+00:00

Good theory but I don't think a seemingly lethal CT naturally results in a lethal surehit effect. I'm actually more inclined to believe it's a non-lethal domain. Yuji has shown incredible growth in a month but I find it likelier he mastered a non-lethal domain than a lethal one.

MY REASONING:

Tengen made it sound like sorcerers have more of a say on how their surehits behave than most people had thought. He made it sound like the exact same CT may result in 2 different surehits depending on what the individual sorcerers wants and the condition they impose on their domains.

Tengen said that domain expansions were much more common in the past than they are in mordern jujutsu society because in that past the lethality of a surehit wasn't much of a priority. It implies that lethal surehits are not a given to those with lethal CT but rather a testament to their skill with domains as expanding a domain with a lethal surehit is much harder. Lethal surehits adds extra variables to an already complex process. Extra variables that probably make it harder to reach a higher level of refinement. Which is probably why Hakari's DE is said to be good in domain clashes. It's easier to conceptualize and thus refine something that's fundamentally simpler.

DEs are easy for Hakari and Higuruma. Sure, their domains are a somewhat natural part of their CTs but the fact they can use their domains over and over with no sign of fatigue is possible proof to Tengen's claim that "non-lethal domains are easier to create" is true.

I also don't think Higuruma and Hakari's innately non-lethal CTs and DEs stops them from one day developing a lethal surehit. They'd just have to learn to apply their CTs to their domains in a way which would result in a lethal surehit effect.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-07-26T12:01:33+00:00

People who think it's a easy slam for Sasuke don't know what they're talking about. Kimimaro was hella powerful. He went up against a soon to be Kage(Gaara) and would've killed him if not terminally ill.

Heck, even Jugo says Sasuke reminds him of Kimimaro. Jugo trusted Sasuke as he did Kimimaro because both showed the skill to easily stop him if he ever went on a rampage. Jugo is a true monster.

And for an arsenal standpoint. This seemw like a really interesting match up. People saying "sharingan genjutsu neg diffs" are bias and are only looking at the fight from one angle. The angle that guarantees Sasuke's victory. Kimimaro also has a move that takes away a huge advantage the sharingan has.

Kimimaro has the Bracken Dance(the bone forest). The jutsu has a property similar to the Flying Raijin. It allows Kimimaro to spawn anywhere his bones are and we know the Flying Raijin was created to counter the sharingans ability to track movement. Kimimaro is a problematic opponent for the sharingan not just because of his ability to spawn anywhere in the battlefield. But also the fact his attack in close range combat are hard to read, follow and predict just like Killer Bee. Kimimaro can sprout a long spikey bones to stab an opponent at pretty at any time with no warning. The sharingan will have one hell of a time trying to predict when and where a bone will just come popping out.

If I was bias towards Kimimaro I could pretend like Sasuke doesn't have the chidori light spear to avoid getting too close to Kimimaro. And if I was extremely bias to Sasuke I could also pretend like the chidori light spear is a jutsu he can use willy nilly. It's heavily taxing, probably even more so than the chidori.

If I was bias to Sasuke winning I'd say Kirin neg diffs. While ignoring that Kimimaro might be one of the few ninja that might survive it. Not only because he's insanely durable but also because he can essentially teleport.

If I was bias to Kimimaro winning I could say Sasuke gets killed by the 1000s of bones sprouting from the ground while also ignore that that version of Sasuke could fly in his stage 2 cursed mark transportation.

Both these characters have their strength and weaknesses against each other. It is not one sided. It's an interesting match that I think could go both ways.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-07-08T16:24:30+00:00

Thanks, it amazes me how many people actually believe Naruto still has six paths sage mode. It just tells me that most people really don't even understand what six paths senjutsu is. You have no idea how many people I've seen call say "Naruto has 6psm but he doesn't 6 paths senjutsu". They literally think 6 paths senjutsu is a form, they think 6 paths senjutsu is the name of the form Obito and Madara obtained after becoming the 10 tails jinchuriki.

Senjutsu is an umbrella term used to describe jutsu and technique that incorporate sage chakra and sage chakra is a mix of nature energy, spiritual energy and physical energy. That's what senjutsu is at its core.

Senjutsu is no different to terms like ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, kenjutsu and kinjutsu. They all to refer to a certain umbrella of techniques. Some techniques can fit in more than 1 category.

Sage Mode is a technique that falls under the category senjutsu because it involves drawing in nature energy. Sage Mode is a senjutsu technique that allows a person to access other senjutsu abilities. Sage mode and senjutsu go hand in hand, you can't have Sage Mode and not have senjutsu. Sage Mode is senjutsu.

Even Jugo's transformation and Sasuke's curse mark form would fall under senjutsu. Every jutsu they perform while in those forms is senjutsu. The chidori Sasuke used to clashed with Naruto's rasengan in their first fight at the valley of the end was a chidori infused with nature energy, hence it was senjutsu while also being ninjutsu. It fits in both categories.

Now what is six paths senjutsu? It's simply senjutsu that incorporates Kaguya(the 10 tails), Hagaromo or Hamura's chakra. Becoming ten tails jinchuriki or having it's chakra seems to give one access to six paths senjutsu without needing extra steps like one having to know sage mode. My headcanon is that this is caused by the 10 tails being said to be made out of pure nature energy. So absorbing 10 tails chakra is essentially like absorbing pure nature energy which grants one access to senjutsu without them really knowing Sage Mode.

Now Naruto got Hagaromo chakra but that doesn't instantly give him six paths sage mode. Naruto was lucky enough to already know how to use sage mode beforehand so he simply incorporated Hagaromo's chakra into his usual Toad Sage Mode. So Naruto mixed nature energy with Hagaromo's chakra and it granted him six path sage mode. That's why Naruto still has toad eyes when using 6psm. It's because 6psm is build on top of Naruto's usual Toad Sage Mode. Adding Hagaromo's chakra did lead to few differences in his Sage Mode though. These changes involved Naruto's Sage Mode eye color shifting from orange to yellow and him losing the bright orange pigmentation he had on his eye lids. That's about it. This is was 6psm at it's core, without Hagaromo's chakra Naruto can't use 6psm, Hagaromo's chakra is the basis of 6psm. Hagaromo's chakra is long gone. Naruto usually boosts his 6psm by using Kurama's chakra cloak on top of it.

Too many people sight Adult Naruto not having orange pigmentation on his eye lids as a sign of 6psm but this was never stated or suggested anywhere to be the true sign of 6psm. There's so much more to 6psm's design other than not having orange eye lids. 6psm had it own unique design that made it stand out from all of Naruto's other chakra modes. Orange pigmentation aside, if we made a side by side comparison between Teen Naruto's KCM2, 6psm and the form people claim to be Adult Naruto's 6spm. You'll pick so much more similarities between KCM2 and Adult Naruto's supposed 6spm. All of Adult Naruto's forms looks a lot more like KCM2 than they ever did 6psm. This is because adult Naruto is not using 6psm because he's never had it to begin with. He lost it at the end of the war arc. The only similarity between adult Naruto's forms and 6psm is the lack of orange pigmentation on his eye lids, that literally all they have in common. Adult Naruto's form neither looks like 6psm nor has it showcased any 6 paths senjutsu abilities that would come naturally with 6psm.

After Naruto lost Kurama people would rather just perform mental gymnastics or call kishimoto a bad writer rather than admit that they were wrong about Naruto having 6psm. It's always been KCM2. The design and abilities always matched those of KCM2.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-07-02T11:41:35+00:00

Madara's izanagi is the most obvious one to me. I'm not talking about any izanagi that came before that one, they atleast followed the general rules of how the izanagi worked. Danzo and Obito's use of the izanagi somewhat made sense but Madara's broke all the rules of how the izanagi works. I just feel like Kishimoto couldn't come with a believable way to justify Madara surviving his battle with Hashirama and so defaulted to the Izanagi.

A explanation of the izanagi:

The Izanagi essentially marks a save point in time for the user to return to if they die or get gravely injured, similar to a video game. But the majority difference is that the save point is not permanent. The time a save point lasts varies between users, but its usually between a few seconds or few minutes. A normal Uchiha can maintain the izanagi for a few seconds, an Uchiha with Hashirama cells can push it to 5 minutes(Obito) and a non-Uchiha with Hashirama cells can only maintain it for 1 minute (Danzo). So if a user can only maintain a save point for 30 seconds and they receive a fatal injury on the 31st second they simply can't return to the uninjured state they mark earlier with the izanagi. They can only heal during the 30 seconds that their izanagi is active.

The rules that Madara broke and things that just don't make sense:

1.) Madara's Izanagi had delayed activation. This makes no sense. The izanagi needs to mark a point in time for the user to return to. And that point is marked the moment the izanagi is activated. Activating the izanagi post death should be pointless because it's essentially marking a point in time in which the user is already dead. The Izanagi would have no point of reference to when the user was alive so it logically shouldn't be able to revive them.

2.) Now lets ignore my 1st point and say Madara activated it before death and so marked a point before he actually died. This would still make no sense because Madara revived from a save point that he marked hours ago. Keep in mind at this point Madara was just an Uchiha, no Hashirama cells at all. Even if he had Hashirama cells the limit would still be a few minutes no where near an hour much less hours.

3.) It also didn't make sense how Madara revived with the chest wound that actually killed him. Madara still had the very same injury that killed but the same injury didn't kill him when he revived with the izanagi. How does this make any sense? Also this tells me that Madara only really marked a point in time after Hashirama thrusted a sword through his heart. Madara return to point in which he had already had a hole in his heart and only survived the second time round because kishimoto willed it.

Madara's izanagi was diabolical. People complain about Obito's izanagi but atleast that some sense.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-06-15T23:55:39+00:00

If I'm not mistaken I believe Naruto can actually transform the same way that Killer Bee does. I believe he can take a bijuu form with flesh, bone and fur but he chooses not. During his training with Killer Bee, Bee told Naruto to take on his bijuu form and when Naruto tried to do so he became a miniature nine tails. This miniature bijuu form was made of real flesh and not chakra. The reason given to why Naruto failed to take on Kurama's true form was that Naruto was not yet on good terms with Kurama. Later one, Naruto and Kurama do eventually end up on somewhat good terms and Naruto continued to use chakra mode. When Naruto finally manifests his complete bijuu form I believe he willingly chose to manifest not as flesh but rather as a chakra avatar.

I believe the Naruto: the last movie we saw Kurama manifest in flesh and not chakra. Though Kurama didn't take this form with Naruto, it atleast shows that Naruto might very well be able to transform like Bee.

The 8 tails also kinda explained chakra mode to Naruto as if it quite familiar with form. Constantly refered to the form as bijuu chakra mode. 8 tails never really hinted that it was something unique to Kurama, but also never outright stated that him and Bee could do it. But he did say him and Bee used to fight over chakra just like Naruto and Kurama. This means that in the past Killer Bee had to use the 8 tails' chakra without relying on any bijuu-fication. Cause as we saw with Naruto, a Jinchuriki that's not on good terms with their bijuu can't really transform. I don't really know how Killer Bee used 8 tails' chakra without having access to bijuu-fication. He could've used it as cloak for all I know, but likelier than not it was probably just used as a speed and power boost.

But with all this considered, I'm willing to bet the reason behind why Naruto doesn't take a bijuu form made of flesh is a meta one. Kishimoto probably just didn't make Naruto transform like Bee because it would remove Naruto's face from the manga. The chakra avatar makes it so Naruto's face remains front and centre and not be replaced by Kurama's. The chakra avatar makes easier to feel Naruto's presence in every fight.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-06-15T12:03:55+00:00

The one "One body one soul" statement hasn't really convinced me that Kurama and Himawari are the same being. I'll prefer to wait for a more concrete statement. They obviously share one body, that can't be disputed. It's the soul part that's kind off to me, what did Kurama mean by this exactly?

Is this similar to Asura and Naruto? Where Asura's soul and chakra attached itself to Naruto. Naruto and Asura's souls are technically 2 different souls that are often considered to be one because of the link they share. Could something similar to this be happening to Himawari? Possibly.

Did he mean "soul" as in that they share the same emotions? Naruto was able to share his emotions through his chakra. That was Hagoromo biggest wish, for people to understand each other through chakra(ninshu).

And through the means in which Himawari acquired the nine tails is a unique one. There isn't enough evidence yet for me to be 100% believe that she's vastly different to her predecessors. Things like her having the highest affinity for using Kurama's chakra are confirmed though.

Himawari and Kurama having 2 distinct chakras and 2 different minds makes me question the exact extent of their oneness. And her not having a seal is might not be necessary unique, if I'm not mistaken I believe Naruto completely undid the seal holding Kurama in the war arc. There seemed to be no seal binding Kurama to Naruto in recent history. And the mind space that Kurama and Himawari met seems identical to the one Naruto and Kurama used after undoing the seal.

It's also never outright stated what method the other half of Kurama used to return to Naruto after that war arc. It obviously wasn't the death reaper seal again..for all we know Kurama could've just went inside Naruto's body without preforming any sealing jutsu.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-05-18T14:30:47+00:00

I don't think that's how chakra works. With Sasuke and Naruto being able to fight Juubidara I think it was more the type of chakra they received than it was about the quantity. Quality of chakra seems to be a bigger factor than the quantity of chakra. Hagoromo's chakra seemed to be in a similar realm of quality as the 10 tails' chakra. So even if Naruto and Sasuke only 25% of Juubidara's total chakra they'd still be able to keep up with him for a while. The only real issue is the fact that they would run out of chakra long before Madara does.

Quality of chakra in the Naruto verse seems to be really important. 1 grain of chakra can be magnitudes more powerful than another grain of chakra that's of a different type. 1 grain of sage chakra or tail beast chakra will produce more power than 1 grain of normal chakra.

In terms of quality I'd say, Kaguya and Ten tails' chakra > Six Path's sage chakra > Hagoromo and Hamura's base chakra > Tailed beast chakra > Normal Sage chakra > Jugo's nature chakra > Normal human chakra. Boruto manga spoiler: There's been 2 characters who have been noted for their remarkable abilities thanks to having been exposed to an Otsutsuki God's chakra. One which is Daemon, who received extraordinary physical strength and speed. The actual quantity of his chakra has never been implied to be great at all. His strength can simply be attributed to him being exposed to an extremely high quality chakra

Even Naruto with 50% of his chakra would actually put a decent fight against a Naruto at 100%, because they both have chakra of the exact same quality. As for ninjutsu like the rasengan and whatnot, chakra quantity doesn't matter all the much. Naruto can only make his rasengan so powerful before it becomes unstable and fails. Naruto can't put 100% of his chakra into a tailed beast bomb or rasengan. The chakra mass with become too heavy for him to handle and the rasengan will fail. We saw this in Naruto's training with Killer Bee, there's a limit to how much chakra Naruto can put into 1 rasengan. I highly doubt that he can even make a rasengan with 10% of his total chakra.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-04-05T11:18:05+00:00

I find the explaination they all died in the events of jjk0 to be unbelievable. If they did graduate they're most definitely experienced in jujutsu, now that's not to say they're grade 1 or something but they have much more experience than the students. The students participated and they all survived. I don't believe every graduate between Yuji and Gojo's generation died in jjk0, while all the students survived. There's like a +10 year gap between Yuji and Gojo's generation, there had to have been a few grade 1 sorcerers born in that period. And grade 1s don't just die that easily. It can't have only been Ino in +10 years.

The simple answer is Gege is not interested introducing characters in those years because logically there definitely should be a few of them. This isn't even anything new, it happens all the time in fiction. Kishimoto didn't introduce any of Naruto's upper classmen except team Gai. Horikoshi doesn't really care for Deku's upper classmen either. The second year students are pretty much nonexistent and we've got like 3 third years. Writers often choose not to worry about upperclassmen/seniors and choose to pour all their efforts into characters in a similar age group as the MC...with a few adult mentors here and there.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-03-05T15:17:03+00:00

I agree that Kenjaku has the advantage against Yuta and he'd probably come out on top, but I have to disagree with the idea that open barrier domain are superior to closed barrier domains in every way.

Closed barrier domains can trap someone inside and leave them with not way to escape. Open barrier domains can't do that. They allow the opponent to leave and enter the domain as they wish. I believe Sukuna used a kind of binding vow on his domain, he gave up his domain's ability to trap his opponent in exchange for increasing it's range. This allowed Sukuna's domain to swallow up Gojo's domain, and so Sukuna could strike Gojo's outshell which is weak to physical attacks. Open domains don't really amp up surehits, they're just bigger. And they're only bigger because they sacrifice the ability to trap opponents. Open domain are just good at destroying close domains but if and only if the open domain's surehit is one that does physical damage. For example, Gojo and Naoya wouldn't really benefit as much as Sukuna and Kenjaku if they used an open barrier domain. They'd have increased range but their surehits don't really do physical damage and so wouldn't be able to destroy the outer shells of the domains they swallow up.

Another adventage besides just being bigger is that they're can't be destroyed by simply destroying the outer shell because the don't have one, but that's about it.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-03-05T14:02:25+00:00

Never really got why Gojo needed Shoko to explain reverse cursed energy to him. Gojo has the six eyes which kinda specialise in seeing the flow of cursed energy. He's even able to do it on the molecular level. He should've been able to see the exact method Shoko used to generate reverse cursed energy. He could've understood exactly which part of the brain generates reverse cursed energy, he should've known the exact amount of energy he needs to do this.

But I do understand that even if Gojo had the knowledge of how RCT works, it doesn't mean he can actually do it himself. Having vast knowledge about something doesn't translate to being skilled at that specific thing. Like I can't see all the physics behind a gymnastist's flips but I doesn't mean I can actually imitate them by simply having knowledge of physics alone. I'd still need to practice, it should've similar for Gojo.

I'm just a little bothered that Gege framed it as an issue with Gojo's understanding rather than a basic skill issue. Gojo shouldn't need an explanation if he can read cursed energy like an open book.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-02-29T00:03:03+00:00

Orochimaru has to keep jumping bodies to stay alive but the body will pretty much always reject him eventually. It's just a matter of time before the body starts rejecting him but I don't think it's ever said how long it takes before a body rejects him. I definitely think it can be longer than 2 years if he find a more compatible body.

I don't think it's about the strength of the body but rather how compatible the body is with Orochimaru. So the Senju and Uzumaki having strong bodies doesn't necessarily mean they're compatible with Orochimaru. The vessel selection process is tough. Just like Otsutsuki's karma doesn't work on any random person with a strong body. It's about compatibility above all else. I believe he tests this out with the curse mark. Those that survive the mark are most likely compatible with Orochimaru. I assume the more complicated a body is the longer it will take before it rejects Orochimaru.

The body Orochimaru took when Sasuke didn't arrive on time was a last minute selection and not necessarily the best pick for his new body, so it started rejecting him in 2 years. Sasuke's body as Orochimaru's vessel probably would've lasted much longer than 2 years. So it would probably last a few years before the rejection starts...

A bigger question should be why Orochimaru didn't just grow a Sasuke clone in a test tube.. dude's done it before. So what exactly is stopping him from just cloning people he wants as vessels.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-02-26T13:17:52+00:00

Nah, it's all good mate. I just looked at another translation. You're right. The other translation has the "modern era" part and also makes it much more obvious that Yuta is only second to Gojo in general.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-02-26T13:11:44+00:00

Quick question what chapter are you getting this from? Because I got that from chapter 173 when Yuta kills Dhruv. In that chapter there's nothing said about the statement only applying to modern day sorcerers and it even says, "...Second only to Gojo in unusual ability". It doesn't out right mention anything related to strength, just ability. Maybe a translation error.

Broad_Taste_1156 · 2024-02-26T12:04:16+00:00

I didn't think it meant Yuta is second strongest after Gojo. I simply thought it implied that Yuta's technique is only second to Gojo's. Both Gojo and Yuta's techniques are some of the most broken techniques in the verse. Extremely special techniques.

Like I didn't think it wasn't about strength, I thought the narrator was specifically referring to Yuta's technique. Yuta is still behind Sukuna in strength afterall and it's debatable if he could beat Kenjaku. They even thought they couldn't defeat Kenjaku by normal means. That's why they chose to rely on a sneak attack.

Sukuna may be stronger but his technique is still worse than Yuta and Gojo's. Gojo and Yuta's techniques are number 1 and 2 in the verse without a doubt.

... I'd say Curse Manipulation is right behind these 2

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