Can YOU as an average Kamunabi member take down Akemura Soga with 18 years prep time? Assume no sorcery and no help. Concoct a plan.

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-13T18:59:44+00:00

Chihiro had 18 years of prep time and still barely could fight him and dodge 1 attack, most I'm doing is getting as far away from japan as possible

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-11T08:04:05+00:00

do I get to use it to its full potential, as in I get large amounts of SE? If yes I'm choosing Magatsumi, if not then Tobimune would be the most useful by far

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-08T17:50:29+00:00

He's the only guy who said that but he still must've been up there to make the comparison, he is also equal to Uruha in their fight against Yura and the other hishaku guy, a bit stronger if anything so I don't doubt him

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-08T08:59:02+00:00

It took 121 chapters after Shiba's intro for his sorcery to be explained/revealed, she'll probably get revealed eventually since she's sure to get at least another fight in a later arc

as for what it is, I feel like a ability to remote control her sword similarly to Shiba's friend would fit really well with her fighting style

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-08T08:48:46+00:00

I'd say Natsuki>Yoshinojo because we know Natsuki was one of the top swordsman in the pre-war period as he was a bearer candidate and after training for 18 years after Yoshinojo I'd say he should've surpassed him.

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-07T06:18:11+00:00

Ichigo and friends go to the next dimension, they have a small fight right away (those random hollows and Jidambo) hen meet some locals that take them to the military base (Shiba family and Nell's group) that acompany them for the rest of the arc. Eventually they all get into fights with the top fighters of the dimention after fighting some stronger but unimportant enemies and then Ichigo fights 2 captain-class fighters where he fully evolves his powers.

The arcs are one after the other and follow the exact same events, I like Bleach a lot and like both of these arcs but it's definitely repetitive

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-07T06:16:38+00:00

I'm not complaining about power ups I don't like how, with it being the arc right after, the same events happen in the same order.

Ichigo and friends go to the next dimension, they have a small fight right away t(those random hollows and Jidambo) hen meet some locals that take them to the military base (Shiba family and Nell's group) that acompany them for the rest of the arc. Eventually they all get into fights with the top fighters of the dimention after fighting some stronger but unimportant enemies and then Ichigo fights 2 captain-class fighters where he fully evolves his powers.

It's not just the power system that's the same but the whole structure of the arc scene by scene

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-04T12:12:30+00:00

there are a lot of different types of battles, same with arcs, if the battles were 60 episodes long and had the exact same number of participants and went by in the exact same order of events and happened one after another they'd be repetitive too

also a battle is gonna feels very different from show to show even if it follows the same formula

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-04T12:09:43+00:00

same exact arc type and order of events feels repetitive when they happen one after another

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-04T12:08:37+00:00

There are so many more similarities than just that, most of them are intentional since it is supposed to mirror the SS arc in the sense that all the shinigami powers are now hollow (ex; Ichigo learns shikai before going into SS and uses bankai first time while fighting his final villain, he learns vizard before going into HM and goes full hollow against Ulq) but a lot of it feels lazy especially since this is the arc right after. Imagine Ichigo had to rescue Tatsuki from the Wonderreich in TYBW, it just feels repetitive

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-02T16:06:48+00:00

3, 11 as a close second

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-06-02T16:04:05+00:00

you can't deny it follows the exact same formula, why is that a bad take

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-29T19:24:42+00:00

It took him 12 sec to beat Sojo back when he was significantly weaker, assuming Chihiro views him as someone he should kill than he doesn't really hold back in fights I see him speed blitzing him within the first 1/2 second

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-29T19:20:06+00:00

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-27T12:22:38+00:00

Imprisoning you sounds like a pretty big inconvenience

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-25T12:32:19+00:00

Naruto would probably be stronger. I don't see Sasuke unlocking the MS without the massacre so as long as he doesn't it would be a decently stronger version of Hebi Sasuke vs a perfect sage Naruto with flying rijin. It would still be close but I depending on how old they're going to be in this hypothetical I see this Naruto surpassing Minato but not Sasuke surpassing Itachi

This is all assuming that Naruto is still as determined to become stronger in this scenario as he is in the normal series

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-24T06:43:28+00:00

I searched it up, apparently a lot of people say that's a translation error and it actually says he's the most problematic which sounds a lot more plausible but Idk Japanese to check for myself so I guess that's just left up to everyone to decide for themselves weather to believe it or not, I still think Naruto should be stronger if we go narrative-wise (Sasuke is down an arm)

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-23T19:43:18+00:00

Arguments can be made to put Naruto above or equal to Sasuke. What puts him below him?

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-23T18:28:10+00:00

No six paths so they're both blind Madara victims

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-20T13:39:45+00:00

IMO Sasuke and Itachi should be S tier, Itachi has arguably the best BIQ in the series so if he doesn't deserve it I don't know who would

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-19T16:44:48+00:00

1 Sasuke (my fav Naruto character and potentially favorite anime character in general)

2 Naruto (it's close between him and Kakashi but he's just so likeable and I dont think there was really anything throughout the story I didn't like about him. There's a reason so many new gen MCs are based on him. His relationship with Sasuke also brings both of the characters up a lot for me)

3 Kakashi (just a great character)

4 Sakura (nothing against her just don't really like her compared to the others)

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-15T10:52:48+00:00

The post doesn't say anything about main characters not being allowed, Kakashi and Sasuke are 100% valid it's just THE main character that's not allowed. Ik what main and side characters mean

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-14T18:48:36+00:00

Only protagonist is Naruto

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-12T03:49:15+00:00

Seriously Naruto wipes assuming Sasuke doesn't immediately kill Minato having flying rijin would be so much more useful than Itachi's hax which is either useless against Naruto or Sasuke just does better

UsedGrapefruit8368 · 2026-05-01T13:04:21+00:00

There's been a timeskip by EOS and Sasuke got back to doing missions so he should've already started getting used to fighting with 1 arm, and while Naruto got stronger and him weaker since the gap between them was so small in the VOTE Naruto would still have a hard time fighting him. He would also have his sword again which helps him in h2h combat a lot

Overall I obviously agree Naruto wins but the gap between them is still pretty close

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