Naruto Shippuuden Episode 208

[DarthEnderX]

I don't recall exactly how the technique was described, but if it represented a semi-permanent reduction in power (you didn't get the power back until the technique was released or destroyed), I could see that being enough of a draw back to limit the amount highly paranoid villain types would be willing to use it -- don't ever want to leave yourself weakened much if you can avoid it, "just in case" after all.

Doesn't seem a practical use to me.

Give 30% to a clone that gets defeated and then, what, fight them yourself?

I'd rather give the clone like 95%, give it the best chance of winning, and then just NEVER engage the enemy myself. If the 95% clone can't win, you wouldn't beat them anyway.

[Buffalobiian]

Doesn't seem a practical use to me.

Give 30% to a clone that gets defeated and then, what, fight them yourself?

I'd rather give the clone like 95%, give it the best chance of winning, and then just NEVER engage the enemy myself. If the 95% clone can't win, you wouldn't beat them anyway.

1) The clone won't have physical perks (MSharingan etc)
2) See Fox Naruto vs Demon Sasuke fight for details regarding 5% difference

But yeah, otherwise if you didn't have a bloodline limit, and in general when you're fighting someone, that's a great idea.

[Sam98034]

Lelouch, I think that's the plot of Watchmen as well. I think it is starting to be overused along with the ending where the good guy is the bad guy but he has a split personality and never knew.

[UChessmaster]

I think the clones only got 30% because they were giving their chakra to seal the 1 tail, also, the clones itself fought as a decoy iirc.

[Archangel]

I haven't watched Naruto in a while, have there been any episodes with particularly good animation ever since the Pain arc?

[UChessmaster]

Not really.

[DarthEnderX]

If you actually though the Pain arc had good animation, then yes, tons of episodes have had animation that good...

[Archangel]

I'm talking about the Hinata episode, not the roadrunner one

[toonice714]

even though danzou's henchmen seem to have held their own i just cant never feel like ANBU is just pure hyped up garbage ninja. Initially they were supposed to be these badasses that go around handling secret jounin level tasks and recovering rogue ninja. Now anybody that ever had any merit just bailed on that dumbass group.....aside from kakashi and itachi what powerful figures has ANBU churned out? They really dont even get that seeing as how both those guys were prodigies anyways >_>
What if all those uchiha got slaughtered outside of the village? It would be worse than it is now with everybody and their grandma havin a freakin sharingan.....

[lelouch]

even though danzou's henchmen seem to have held their own i just cant never feel like ANBU is just pure hyped up garbage ninja. Initially they were supposed to be these badasses that go around handling secret jounin level tasks and recovering rogue ninja. Now anybody that ever had any merit just bailed on that dumbass group.....aside from kakashi and itachi what powerful figures has ANBU churned out? They really dont even get that seeing as how both those guys were prodigies anyways >_>
What if all those uchiha got slaughtered outside of the village? It would be worse than it is now with everybody and their grandma havin a freakin sharingan.....

Actually, a lot of the ANBU we have seen are quite strong. They just seem weak due to how strong their opponents are. If it wasn't for the Mizukage, her right-hand man would have been toast. If madara couldn't freaking teleport or nonchalantly chop off his arm, he would have been toast. Both of Danzo's henchmen seem to be extremely powerful and useful, they just seem weak because they are going up against a Kage and an immortal.

Also, the ANBU fighting Pain seemed very strong too. They were just going up against immortal duplicating dogs...

[Sam98034]

Yamato, Ibiki, Zabuza. Also, basically any bodyguards of a Kage are usually ANBU correct? They're a squad under the direct order of the Kage if I remeber correctly.

[DarthEnderX]

Meh, ANBU always seemed to me, even from the beginning, to be stronger than Chuunin, but not as strong as Jounin.

[Buffalobiian]

Meh, ANBU always seemed to me, even from the beginning, to be stronger than Chuunin, but not as strong as Jounin.

I believed that too.

[Sam98034]

I thought all ANBU were Jounin. It might just be something where you serve a term in the group for an amount of time or something once you hit Jounin status

[Archangel]

ANBU are special ops, they can include both chunnins and jounins alike. Regardless of what gotwoot's title system would seem to indicate one title doesn't invalidate the other.

I just got a nostalgia kick from discussing this btw, where the fuck is Abdula to contradict everything i say so we can get it on for the next 3 pages of this thread?

[Buffalobiian]

ANBU are special ops, they can include both chunnins and jounins alike. Regardless of what gotwoot's title system would seem to indicate one title doesn't invalidate the other.

While that is true, I have never seen a Jounin ANBU - but that's the whole point of the masks too..

[Archangel]

While that is true, I have never seen a Jounin ANBU - but that's the whole point of the masks too..

Yamato and Zabuza spring to mind

[lelouch]

While that is true, I have never seen a Jounin ANBU - but that's the whole point of the masks too..

Yamato and Zabuza spring to mind

Yes and I don't think the ANBU who put Pain's replicating dog in the giant burning oven were chuunin either.

[Sam98034]

Didn't Kakashi become a Jounin at a very young age and afterwards an ANBU captain?