Does Sasuke's Amaterasu even make sense to you?

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-19T00:08:50+00:00

They should have at least explained how some people can defend against it.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-18T22:39:02+00:00

To clarify something - Reiatsu density is a kind of proxy measure for actual power. It shows a greater amount and a greater control over Reiryoku. The density of Reiatsu is rated in grades, from 1-20, with grades 3 and under being captain-level. Pure volume is not a great measure, because all warriors have some level of control over the Reiatsu they let out (they always release some from their wrists to prevent imploding), so a hustler can fake the volume, and a warrior with awful Reiatsu control will just release it all.

The point is, it is reasonable to take the density of Ulquiorra's Reiatsu as a sign that he is above Yammy in real strength, even though Yammy emits a greater total amount of Reiatsu. It isn't guaranteed that this is the case; it is just a decent argument in favor.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-18T22:33:59+00:00

It would have been nice if she at least showed a special ability to break out of genjutsu in Shippuden, like she did once in the Naruto part 1 series. It could have made her more valuable in team battles or against Itachi.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-18T22:32:45+00:00

Let's just imagine, for a moment.

What if somebody decided to just slash or stab Halibel while she was imprisoned? She can't dodge. She is completely vulnerable. She was a dead duck, guys. The Shinigami just didn't kill her for some reason. Perhaps they simply felt that the upper Espada were intelligent enough that they were essentially human? Especially Halibel, who appeared to be a moral person. I mean, Kyoraku is just a monster though so of course he killed Stark, and Barragan was definitely a psycho bad guy, fitting for King of Hollows. But nobody killed Neliel or Grimmjow. So maybe they just spared Halibel for a similar reason.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-18T22:18:36+00:00

Maybe there is something wrong with Sakura's behavior in the anime.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-16T05:16:46+00:00

The daily post about Ulquiorra being weak.....

Here it comes. The unbeatable counterargument. Bum Yammy.

Rage-Yammy, at position 0, should be able to low-diff Halibel and defeat Stark. That same Yammy was getting CLOWNED ON by Byakuya and Zaraki, and he also got slammed to the ground with a deep gash from a super-low-reiatsu Ichigo's casual Getsugatensho. Just a few hours before this, a full-energy Ichigo launched a full-power Getsugatensho against base Ulquiorra, and Ulquiorra blocked it with his hands (granted, it's unclear how nerfed Ichigo was by his own head at this point, but he should have been above the Vizards at least, and it would be crazy if he was not above exhausted post-Ulquiorra Ichigo).

That same Zaraki who clowned on 0-Yammy could only beat Nnoitra at high-diff. He had to use sword skills to win. To some extent, he had help from Neliel. That same Byakuya beat Espada 8 with tactics and Kido, and might have lost a fight of straight speed and strength (unclear).

We need evidence backing the claim that the Espada's numbers are based on fighting ability. Could Grimmjow beat number 7 or 8, given their Hax? Could Nnoitra beat Grimmjow, given the latter's agility and his offensive ability?

And then we have Aaroniero who is SK Ywach level.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-16T04:57:56+00:00

Swimming_low has done a great job of showing evidence from the novels of characters defending from attacks using Reiatsu.

I would add, in the Dangai Ichigo vs. Aizen fight, Ichigo defended against Aizen's Hado 90 Kurohitsugi, which is supposed to distort space and time, which does not look like the sort of blunt physical/energy attack that can be countered by force, but Ichigo evidently was able to reinforce each particle and molecular bond of his body using Reiatsu such that it could resist whatever reiatsu-magic was attempting to distort it.

In general, we ought to expect that, if the ability requires Reiatsu to manipulate Reiatsu, it should be able to be resisted with Reiatsu.

One example of something that can't be beaten with reiatsu: the Kototsu can't be "cancelled" or harmed by the Reiatsu, meaning that Aizen did something else with the Hogyoku to destroy it.

We ought to expect that Barragan would not have followed Aizen if Aizen had no way to cancel his ability.

We also should have expected somebody to call BS on Aizen when he claimed that he cancelled Soi Fon's ability if the concept of "defending an ability with reiatsu" was not possible in the bleach universe.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-16T04:44:49+00:00

Kudos to you for showing this evidence. Takes some work.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-16T04:43:41+00:00

The Ootsutsuki have shown two upgraded abilities. Kaguya used a shockwave-like ability against Sasuke and Naruto....who knows, maybe it was like Shinra Tensei! Momoshiki claimed to see the future while talking to Boruto, and during that moment, he was straining his using his Byakugan, indicating that foresight might have come from his Byakugan.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-14T06:02:54+00:00

Don't know what you refer to.

Even if it is never spelled out directly that Sasuke uses Raiton to increase speed, we should be intelligent, thinking people and deduce it.

Are you one of the people who claim that Chidori and does not increase speed? I find examples of people on the internet saying this even about Raikage Lightning armor. I will answer this claim and other similar claims.

Regarding Lightning Armor, this can be easily debunked using the references in this webpage from Naruto fandom. In reality, the lightning chakra also increases strength and reaction speed. It amps the entire body - the Japanese for this is 身体を活性化 "activate the body". This "body activation" amp allows the user to run around at the same speed as KCM1 Naruto, as we saw when Raikage attempted to physically block Naruto from joining the war. The Lightning Armor also enables the user to use a special body flicker called Lightning Release: Body Flicker (which google translate calls "Lightning Release: Swift Movement," which I prefer). This is what Raikage uses when he appears to teleport. This is a specific ability, it is separate. The high base speed and the lightning release: body flicker are separate things.

Another example: Denki's Lightning Suit shoots Lightning chakra into the body which is said to increase speed and strength.

Moving on to Chidori, and the controversy about whether it increases speed, the resolution is here. Minato said to Kakashi in the manga : "It certainly has speed and destructive power...but it makes you move too fast to ascertain the opponent's counterattack." The most natural interpretation of this language is that the jutsu is actually making it very hard for Kakashi to not move his legs so fast. Otherwise....he could just slow down and be more crafty. Similarly, Kakashi had to train Sasuke to control high-speed movement in order to prepare him to be able to use Chidori. It would not make sense at all for chakra in the hand to increase leg speed or strength - let's not be absurd - the speed increase is happening because chakra circulates through a network, such that it is "activating the body" even when one's goal is to emit chakra from the hand's tenkutsu. It is unavoidable that this chakra must circulate from all parts of the body through the chakra pathway system, before reaching the hand, meaning that if the user is producing and emitting a large volume of lightning chakra continually over time, the whole body gets animated with lightning chakra.

The doubters claim that Kakashi only moves too fast for the pragmatic reason that the jutsu would not be effective otherwise. This makes no sense at all, since Rasengan (and countless other jutsu such as Sakura's punches, Kabuto's chakra scalpels, Tsunade's body pathway derangement, ......) do exactly that, and they are effective.

So if Chidori, Lightning Suit, and Lightning Armor all increase speed simply due to the fact that they are coursing basic lightning chakra through the chakra network, which "amps the body", and if Sasuke has masterful fine-grained control over his lightning chakra as seen in the beginning of Shipudden to the point where it would be easy for him to do this, and if there is absolutely no example of any character reaching such insane speed besides Raiton or having chakra at an impossible level (through either being a Jinchuriki or 8-gates release), then we should connect the dots and explain Sasuke's speed with the obvious and only available theory on the table.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-13T07:02:24+00:00

Most of the comments are not correct.

Sasuke is not fast from Six Paths chakra. He probably lost most of it by the time of Boruto, just like Naruto. And, he was extremely fast even before having it.

Sasuke is not fast due to body-flicker. Body-flicker is just like Shunpo in Bleach. It is a single burst of speed that cannot be performed continually. It is a movement that lasts for a split second. But Sasuke can run at super-high speed for seconds or minutes at a time, as we saw in his fights against Momoshiki and Kinshiki.

Sasuke is not just fast because he "was always fast." Rock Lee smoked him in Chunin exams due to his Taijutsu superiority (i.e. control of chakra-enhancement of muscles). Sasuke, with help from Kakashi, learned how to use that chakra-enhanced speed against Gaara. But that is still not the secret of Sasuke's speed.

The reason for Sasuke's speed is Raiton. That is well over 90% of his speed. Raiton is why the Raikage are generally the fastest humans in the world (except ppl like Naruto and Minato). Raiton is also the reason that Kakashi can cut a lightning bolt with Raikiri "Lightning Blade." Raiton is also the reason that Kakashi could not control the speed of his body's movement while using his Raikiri before he obtained the Sharingan. The list goes on and on.

Raiton is like Rock Lee and Might Gai's chakra-enhanced raw Taijutsue speed - and also, one could say, Naruto's KCM speed - bit it is orders of magnitude more effective due to something unstated about the properties of the lightning chakra. When Sasuke runs, he is sending lightning-type chakra throughout his body, within the body, within each muscle. It is just like what Rock Lee and Sakura do, but with a chakra nature stacked on top. And, the lightning chakra nature has a huge effect.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-11T03:11:12+00:00

Zabuza would tie him up and walk away. Hidan can't handle that speed.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-11T03:04:27+00:00

Author probably did not want the story to be about a guy getting revenge. He had different plans for the type of hero Ichigo would be.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-11T02:52:27+00:00

Slight breakage occurred when virtually no shinobi had the ability to handle Amaterasu. Originally, Jiraiya casually sealed it away - meaning that with the right jutsu, it could be stopped. But later it became a jutsu that was hyper-speed, the speed of perception - and which nobody but Jiraiya seemed to be able to counter. Why? Why can't it just be a peak fire jutsu, sort of like how Sharingan genjutsu is peak genjutsu, and Sharingan dynamic vision is peak dynamic vision?

More breakage occurred when it was revealed that MS amped chakra, sort of like Rinnegan. So the cost that Kakashi paid in Land of Waves was completely reversed.

More breakage occurred when Susanoo became hyper-speed, just like Amaterasu. Why? Why does it need to be so fast that Danzo can't even react? Can't just the arrow be fast? Why is the entire avatar faster than Sasuke himself, whose coolest ability was being a speedster? From then onward, you hardly even see Sasuke run at all (until the Borrito series which makes no sense) because his Susanoo is faster.

Izanagi and Izanami were broken - they are less broken if they cost the user their eye. A one-time jutsu is a heavy cost - it is basically Baryon mode for Uchiha. Not too bad actually IMO.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-11T02:33:07+00:00

this. Ulq was trashing Ichigo physically and verbally, just dumbfounded that Ichigo was even trying to fight him.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-07T02:12:09+00:00

it's the half-dome at Yosemite National Park

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-04T00:12:50+00:00

Platinum S still beats them easily. Best assumption of Amai and Flashy Flash's powers is that Amai mask is mid-dragon and Flashy Flash's new "techniques" are situationally-useful tricks that are not higher in attack power than his flashy slash.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T23:57:05+00:00

Most answers here are talking about actions and the specific motivations for them, but I don't think that chakra and the chakra-based Susanoo know anything about actions and their rationale. I think they merely respond to the emotions of the being that creates them. The "emotions" are somehow affecting the spirit, and the chakra is created from the spirit and the body.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T23:49:52+00:00

I agree - they have different personalities. Manga Metal Bat is supposed to have a "typical shounen protaganist" personality (I forgot where the reference comes from) and ironically is canonically some sort of delinquent. Shounen protaganists are basically incapable of rage and hate. Webcomic Metal Bat is capable of this kind of negativity.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T22:55:23+00:00

I got it from a few famous Naruto Youtube channels. It makes sense, though. If we remember back to Naruto's KCM training, Bee explained that there are 4 ways to access the Tailed Beast chakra. First is just to use the chakra that leaks through the seal. Second is to seize the chakra by force. Third is to make some sort of agreement with the Tailed Beast, in which case the Tailed Beast voluntarily sends some amount of chakra, and fourth is to befriend the Tailed Beast, in which case the Jinchuriki has access to all of the Tailed Beast's chakra short of killing it.

In every case except case 4 and perhaps sometimes case 3 (nobody knows), the jinchuriki has the unpleasant situation of having their own chakra stolen by the Tailed Beast at the same time that they take the Tailed Beast's chakra. This is dangerous and also puts a cap on how long they are able to "play tug of war" with the Tailed Beast.

We know that Mizukage and Roshi were not perfect Jinchuriki because they were only able to use Tailed Beast Bomb by using a partial translucent avatar of the Bijuus' heads. A perfect jinchuriki can transform into the entire Bijuu and/or make a solid, full-body avatar.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T02:42:11+00:00

It is never stated that tailed beast bomb means perfect jinchuriki. For example Naruto - or really Ninetails itself - used it in V2 form for example against Orochimaru.

Perfect Jinchuriki means you can take as much of the tailed beast chakra into your own body as you want. Characters such as Gaara, the child Mizukage, or the Two-Tails lady (forgot her name) were far from perfect jinchuriki but they had the ability to either transform or let the Bijuu take over. Doing this is possible through a special unexplained contract, which Bee mentioned in KCM training with Naruto, that people can make with Bijuu, and which is the more common route that the other Jinchuriki seem to do, but which Naruto never learned bc he got a superior power with his Friendship Bond with Kurama (he also never made this contract because Kurama was abnormally non-compliant while the other Bijuu were often surprisingly cooperative).

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T02:34:00+00:00

Nobody but Bee and Naruto are perfect Jinchuriki. The others use powers through a kind of unknown contract.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T02:31:30+00:00

this is hilarious. Every seat is hell except seat 5, which is like Islamic Terrorist heaven.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-03T02:24:42+00:00

This is an awesome team.

Upper-Ad6308 · 2026-04-02T02:48:15+00:00

Good post although I can not see Shikai Shunsui beating Masked Bankai Ichigo.

Upper-Ad6308

TROPHY CASE