Eimii wrote:

eimii wrote:

   


damage
in the meantime. Neji had the Byakugan activated. I still can not
understand how he could have missed her placing the explosive notes.
   

Well, then, what hope could Sakura possibly have had against him in that 
assessment ^_^;? Why bother to fight if you convince yourself that 
there's no way to catch your opponent off guard and you have no trump 
card that he cannot counter? The Byakugan allows Neji to see almost 
everything, but it doesn't allow him to _notice_ the ten thousand 
different things happening on a battlefield all at once, and a flimsy 
hope is better than no hope at all...
 

% Heh. Flimsy hopes ofttimes are the ones that come through when it 
comes to Naruto. Of course, that tends to be true of most genres. If it 
seems the good guys have the advatange all the time, it tend to make for 
poor tension and suspense.

Ino put her on the ropes with strategy, though, not physical prowess. 
I also disagree that its arrogance on Sakura's part; i think it's 
more akin to Lee's weakness, the desire to test how strong she has 
become...

     

Well, doing so in the Chuunin exam is either arrogance or not taking 
the
exams seriously. Neither reflects well. Though I admit, if taking the
exam seriously was very important, Shikamaru wouldn't have passed.
   

% I don't know. Shikamaru seems like the type of character to bitch 
about everything and, while not going out of his way take any 
responsibilities, always shoulders them when they're thrust upon him. 
Which most of his teachers learned over time, which is probably one of 
the reasons they felt secure in promoting him to chuunin despite losing 
his fight. Well, that and his displaying of tactical abilities.

I can't think of a single mission except the attempted retrieval of
Sasuke that a chuunin commanded. It's always been Jounin.

   

Well, how many chuunin do we know on a first name basis? Iruka? 
Shikamaru? When they first describe the chuunin exam, they describe 
chuunin as command level ninja. We haven't been shown any missions in 
the gray area between D level and A level that a chuunin would probably 
be assigned command duty on. Given now few ninja actually become 
chuunin, compared to the number of genin, and considering about how many 
fewer jounin there must be compared to the chuunin, i find it very hard 
to believe that a jounin would be assigned as the commander of every 
single unit of genin that they field... 
 

% This is a case of information from the series not giving any evidence 
one way or the other. It can probably go either way with nothing to 
contradict it, since there are pros and cons to both positions. In this 
case I don't think there's anything wrong with the author going with it 
the way he is.

% Shoot. All this Naruto talk makes me want to do a Naruto Azumanga 
fusion. See Sasuke and Chiyo fight for the number one spot in the genin 
ranks, while Tomo and Naruto fight to see who will end up dead last.

DB Sommer

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