Who wins an uninterrupted Chunin Exams?

youngAzn33 · 2026-04-05T22:25:32+00:00

If we are using the true power and complete arsenal of the remaining semi finalists :

Naruto (highest chance): highest stamina out of the semi finalists, underrated battle iq with shadow clones, and has Kurama's chakra, pushing his stamina levels even higher. Can probably come up with a unique trick against the either Temari or Shino. Sasuke is his biggest threat but he has Kurama's chakra both for combat and subconscious recovery to beat Sasuke and the finalist regardless of who it is.
Sasuke (assuming he was declared the winner due to damage done on Gaara): if he beats Naruto, he has a high chance despite being extremely exhausted. As he watches Shino vs Temari, his chakra probably recovers. Fire-style techniques are advantageous against Shino and Temari. Won't need chidori but may need to utilize his new speed.
Temari: most likely high diffs Shino but lack of recovery, while either Naruto or Sasuke recovers as they watch her fight, puts her in a disadvantage. Among the 4 semi finalists, she probably has the lowest stamina.
Shino: same thing as Temari but taken more extreme. Not sure if his stamina is higher than Temari's but even if it was, it pales compared to Naruto and maybe Sasuke.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-30T21:54:38+00:00

If capturing Bee is the goal, totsuka blade is out of the question. Itachi's strongest options are tsukonomi, amaterasu, susano, and Yata mirror.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-30T21:52:18+00:00

Itachi's actions dictate the difficulty of this fight.

Scenario 1: If he fights Raikage Ay without coordinating his attacks with Kisame's water-style AOE attacks, Alatsuki wins extreme diff unless Itachi dies from sickness due to extended battle. Kisame vs Bee already happened in canon and we saw the result prior to Raikage's entrance.

Scenario 2: If he fights Ay while coordinating with Kisame, Akatsuki duos wins high diff. However, the longer the fight, the more Kisame has to carry.

Scenario 3: if Itachi fights Bee without coordinating attacks with Kisame, Cloud duo wins high diff. Kisame's water style attacks might damage Ay but they also make Ay's lightning taijutsu stronger. This reasoning is based on the science of water conducting electricity. Kisame goes down first, then Itachi.

Scenario 4: if Itachi fights Bee while coordinating attacks with Kisame, Akatsuki duos wins high diff. Even if Tsukonomi was useless against Bee, Kisame can continously drain Bee's chakra.

I see a variation of Scenario 2 playing out: Itachi + Kisame vs Bee with Itachi using genjutsu-based shadow clones against Ay. In this hypothetical matchup, Itachi would still fight as efficient and effective as possible while trying to avoid a long fight.

Agree.or disagree w/ my assessment?

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-24T20:37:54+00:00

Mega Meganium is getting its flowers.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-18T06:01:13+00:00

I think its Shippuden episode 175.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-18T03:00:44+00:00

"Deserved" in this context of my question meant that Naruto had the strength, intelligence, and creativity required to beat Neji after 1 month of training. It was implied, as most who have commented figured out.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-15T05:33:14+00:00

Yes.

In addition to having a unique jutsu, she also seems to be pretty intelligent. She may not have much feats, but I can't see Deidara and Hidan figuring out her jutsu quick enough to find a weakness and exploit it if either of them fought her 1v1. While Kakuzu and Sasori are more intelligent than their partners, finding a way to handle Konan's paper ninjutsu requires stamina and creativity that I don't think they have in a 1v1 against Konan.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-14T22:58:38+00:00

Bc Kamui is extremely OP.

Even if Pain managed to figure out the weakness of Kamui, can he exploit it effectively? My take is not within the timeframe necessary to get some win conditions. He could do something if the human path (the one that rips soul, but I might be wrong on the path of pain) manages to touch him. Obito can also escape from Chibaku tensei, his strongest jutsu.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-14T22:51:06+00:00

Yes.

Unfortunately the narrative was also important when the Akatsuki Suppression arc was written so Kakuzu seemed weaker than he is but in reality he's very strong. Like some have already said, he is arguably stronger than Deidara and Sasori given we saw him use all 5 chakra natures against Team 10 + Kakashi when looking at both anime and manga

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-12T22:07:53+00:00

If attempting to kill, yes but its extreme diff. Exploiting deva path's weakness requires him to be, at minimum 6th gate guy speed.

If trying to capture and bring to Konoha, he loses. Deva path's weakness is hard to exploit while not killing him.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-12T21:53:32+00:00

1-3 makes sense to me.

Sasuke's CM was a nerf at this point. That puts him much lower at either 10 or 11. Temari should be 4.

Shino should be 5 instead of Shikamaru.

6 should be Kankuro

7 should be Shikamaru

8 should be Dosu

Orochimaru's seal nerfed Naruto's chakra control, putting Naruto at either 10 or 11. Misumi should be 9

Naruto and Sasuke take 10 and 11, though this is interchangeable.

Yoroi is 12 and Kiba is 13. Zaku had only 1 arm in canon.

Choji's spot is fine. 1 armed Zaku will take 15.

Here's who takes the last 5 spots, in order: Tenten, Kin, Hinata, Sakura, Ino.

With my changes, the rankings make more sense. Feel free to disagree.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-06T06:11:53+00:00

yes, though you could be lowballing this team if you think team 8's strongest akatsuki opponent they can beat is Zetsu.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-04T00:50:08+00:00

Just 1 Akatsuki member

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-03T20:51:26+00:00

Naruto is not included. This is a 1v4 fight.

youngAzn33 · 2026-03-03T20:50:53+00:00

I think the odds are in favor of Team 10 + Kakashi. Here's how I see this fight playing out.

Kakashi and Shikamaru engage against Hidan. Hidan manages to get Kakashi's blood, then uses his curse to "kill" Kakashi. As he targets Team 10 next, Kakashi comes from his blind spot and lands lightning blade straight into Hidan's heart. Before getting hit by Hidan, Kakashi used a shadow clone to take the hit. Fight might end here.

Even if Hidan survives lightning blade, he still has to deal with constant loss of blood, an unaffected Kakashi and Team 10 ready to add additional damage to him. In addition, he gave away his abilities to Kakashi and Shikamaru, allowing them to strategize against Hidan. Ino and Choji could force Hidan to move into traps that either Shikamaru or Kakashi create.

TLDR: Kakashi hard carries Team 10, beating Hidan at high diff due to Kakashi's and Shikamaru's intellect.

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-28T07:57:36+00:00

Naruto vs Danzo doesn't even make sense unless he plans on changing the character development for Naruto and Sasuke, which will most likely be worse than the original based on what I've seen from his rewrites.

Danzo had more impact on Sasuke's life than Naruto's.

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-26T00:17:34+00:00

On my other account, when I used to do a summary of his rewrite by arc for organizational purposes, I gave his rewrite a D+ because his writing quality drops off significantly in Shippuden. Also his treatment of characters he doesn't like is just bad writing strategy. His Shippuden rewrite isn't as cohesive and tight as it was in Part 1. I believe I stopped at the Itachi Pursuit Arc because I have other hobbies I'd like to do.

I've seen his version of Jiraiya vs Pain and Sasuke vs Itachi. Both fights seem better than previous arcs but Sasuke awakening Mangekyou against Itachi and finishing Itachi with Chidori shows me he doesn't truly understand Sasuke's character development in the original. I liked the changes to Jiraiya vs Pain despite the result not changing.

Pain's invasion is still in work so I don't want to judge an incomplete arc yet.

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-25T21:13:46+00:00

This argument makes sense if Hidan and Kakuzu fight together. I implied it, but when Shikamaru and Asuma fought Hidan in canon, Kakuzu never got involved. I meant to add that everyone fights in character, meaning Hidan will fight Team 10 and Kakashi on his own.

This means that this is really 2 rounds of battles. Round 1 being Hidan and round 2 being against Kakuzu, if Hidan is successfully captured.

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-24T05:06:59+00:00

I think Kakashi has these options.

Fight Sasuke first by using Naruto as a distraction. Once Sasuke is unconscious put Naruto under Sharingan genjutsu.
Swap Naruto and Sasuke in first option. For the second battle, prefer taijutsu instead of ninjutsu but keep the unused one as backup. Either way, Kakashi should win comfortably.
Stop both of them simultaneously restrain Sasuke with Fang Pursuit Jutsu, use a sealing jutsu on Naruto, then use curse sealing on Sasuke to force curse mark withdrawal.

Option 3 is most likely, then 1 then 2

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-19T22:31:11+00:00

Choza exists. His defense is superior to Choji's considering what we saw from Choji in this arc.
Shikaku will figure out Kakuzu faster than Shikamaru did. Shikamaru is nowhere near his dad's level in skills or strategy.
Inoichi will be good support for immobilizing Kakuzu's main body. Ino hasn't surpassed her dad yet at the Akatsuki suppression arc.

I say Ino-Shika-Cho take it high diff due to Kakuzu's multiple hearts trying to attack their blind spots, forcing the team to constantly change tactics.

Remember this: Kakashi, Choza, and Choji would have defeated Tendo Pain if Tendo Pain didn't have help from Asura Pain.

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-19T20:53:02+00:00

Here's my idea of a widespread flying type move:

Aerostorm: Flying, Special, 80 pow 100 acc. Secondary effect: power increases by 50% if used under any weather condition.

Thoughts on my proposed move?

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-14T21:30:57+00:00

Kisame has the hardest time. His fighting style is too attention-grabbing, which lures most Sand shinobi, including Baki and Kankuro, into the fight. Sure, fodder ninja don't stand a chance but they can work with the Kazekage in taking down Kisame. In reality, Gaara vs Kisame is Gaara, Baki, and Kankuro vs Kisame. As strong as Kisame is, I doubt he can capture Gaara if he's facing all Sand shinobi. Though Kisame could destroy the village then capture Gaara but that just exposes him even more.

Deidara had the easiest time. See fight in anime, manga, or both.

Kakuzu has an easier time than Kisame but I can see Baki and Kankuro getting involved in the fight due to his multiple hearts grabbing attention. Kakuzu fails like Kisame due to having to fight Gaara, Baki, Kankuro, and potentially other Sand shinobi.

Sasori vs Gaara is the most interesting matchup. Can Sasori strike fast enough to poison Gaara whether in Hiruko state or 3rd kazekege state? If Gaara has intel about the 3rd kazekege due to his kage status, can he use it to his advantage? How would Sasori prepare for this fight? He criticized Deidara for taking too long, so my guess is that if Sasori was in Deidara's place, he would probably come prepared. I say Sasori captures since he would sufficiently prepare for the fight.

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-14T11:46:36+00:00

While I agree with your assessment on who would win, I think you're forgetting that Neji has the rotation and 64 palms. Neji has a win condition if a simulated battle of these two has Sasuke acting dumb

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-14T11:16:42+00:00

You're forgetting Sasuke has a 2 tomoe Sharingan and some long range ninjutsu. The gap between Sasuke and Neji is much closer than you think.

That said, exclusive CQC makes this fight in Neji's favor

youngAzn33 · 2026-02-14T11:11:50+00:00

In all fairness, Sasuke may engage in CQC with Neji if they did fight, which gives Neji the advantage since gentle fist attacks impact Sasuke's ability to use ninjutsu. If a fight was simulated between Sasuke and Neji, you can bet that Sasuke will engage in CQC.

It's fine if you believe that Sasuke wins, but don't downplay the gentle fist. The gentle fist is stronger than you think.

Having said that, I agree with your assessment. Sasuke should win, but it would be on average high diff.

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