Eh, if Indra and Ashura were used then its no stretch that Sarawasti was as well.
To clarify/elaborate on what I said above:
1) I disagree that there is "no stretch": Saraswati really isn't as well-known as the others
2) We're not even talking about about "Saraswati", but one of her many alternate names...
3) ... because of its
actual meaning to boot.
4) You appear to be conveniently jumping from "Sharada" in Sanskrit to "Sarada" in kana.
5) I can't even check how that Sanskrit name is transcribed in Japanese as I can't find references to it on the Japanese web (probably because Saraswati isn't particularly popular in Japan in the first place as they're far more accustomed to her Buddhist/Shintô equivalent Benzaiten).
6) It's fucking Kishimoto. The guy is barely literate and subtle as a brick.
Its crazy how most peoples criticisms amount to nothing more than the story not happening the way they thought or not the way they want.
Yes, it's crazy how some people would rather have stories that make some kind of sense...
Like with Naruto unconscious after his fight with Sasuke. Zetsu was apparently observing the whole fight. Kakashi wasn't anywhere near the location given that by the time he arrived he couldn't really catch up to a weakened Sasuke. Why did Zetsu not capture Naruto right then and there? Either with his own powers or telling Obito "Hey Naruto's out and no one's around. Might wanna get him". Obito could have used Kamui and transport Naruto into his dimension indefinitely so he can't be found (unless there's a limit to how long he can keep something there?).
Obito squandered many opportunities to win, and often went out of his way to actually lose.
Like, remember the reveal that Kisame hadn't really been killed by A and B, but had actually been replaced by Zetsu? And the flashback that explained why?
"Here's the plan:
don't win the fight against the Eight Tails' host. Lose on purpose, hide in your sword (because
of course you can do that), infiltrate the shinobi alliance (it doesn't exist yet, but I'm about to tell the five countries everything they need to know about our goals so they create it!) and gather information so we can win the upcoming war. And get our hands on the Eight Tails' host."
Obito could have just let Kisame win (
not telling A his brother was alive might have helped, too), but naaaah.
And yeah, of course, the completely unnecessary war. Would have been waaay too easy to leave the big countries at their quarrels and snatch the two remaining hosts, huh?
Hell, they didn't even need them: they had a tentacle of the Eight Tails, and with Kabuto showing up, they could use the Nine Tails chakra from Kinkaku/Ginkaku. We were told and shown it was enough. No reason to even take part in that war!
And speaking of Kabuto, until the guy showed up (for some reason... I'm thinking Kabuto just can't stop
acting like he's planning something... like, did we ever find out why he led those Konoha guys to Akatsuki's headquarters? rhetorical question, don't worry!), was Obito really planning on winning that war just with Zetsu?
Weak Zetsu, too (Kabuto was the one who steroided them up). What a mastermind.
OH, and what was up Obito wanting to set up a fight between Naruto/Sasuke on the premise of showing who's superior between the Uchiha and Senju during the Kage Summit? Of course at that time he was masquerading as Madara during that time
Speaking of that scene, remember when he looked at Naruto and went "grrrr, you remind me of Hashirama, whom I hate so much", complete with an actual superimposed image of the guy? Man, Obito
really was into that whole "pretending to be Madara" thing, wasn't he?
The whole Mizukage thing never went anywhere outside of a short mention when Yagura shows up in the whole zombie arc, and even then it just felt like a bone was being thrown to people who remembered when "Madara" said that to Kisame. This could have been explored in more detail, as there is a big period of Obito's life we don't know anything about, but it was left to the side.
It's pretty amusing how the actual reveal changed between the original serialization in Weekly Jump (where Kisame called Obito "Mizukage") and the actual volume (where Kisame called Obito "
former Mizukage")... and in the end, Obito wasn't even that either: he just was manipulating (
somehow) the Fourth Mizukage at some point.
And yeah, it went nowhere. I guess it did explain why Yagura (who seemed like a good guy) was the one who turned the village into the cruel "Bloody Mist": he was manipulated by bad guy Obito! ... but then, we get that flashback to Rin's death (i.e. before Obito's heel turn), and the Bloody Mist is mentioned, so er...
Didn't Ten-Ten end up with one of those weapons?
Hey, I was quoting what the characters were saying on that page. Check for yourself.
So the point remains.
That was the explanation given for the brothers being able to use those weapons: they had Kurama's chakra. But then, they were shown using those weapons during their fight against Kurama
on the same page. That's quite amusing to me.
(And frankly, even if we added "well, I guess you could use them
for a little while before being exhausted/out of chakra" (so Tenten using one of them later on without dying would make more sense), why would you pick those things to fight fucking Kurama? Or were the brothers waiting for him to say "grooooar"?)
From the wiki:
Each of these items demonstrate unusual and distinctive abilities. However, their usage consumes an enormous amount of chakra, so much so that a normal human could die if they used them. These five treasures were eventually gathered together by Kumogakure where they came into the possession of the Gold and Silver Brothers. As the siblings possessed immense chakra reserves and then later became imbued with a small amount of Kurama's chakra, they were capable of wielding the treasures without fatal repercussions.
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Treasured_Tools_of_the_Sage_of_the_Six_Paths
So no, you're wrong.
Er... I'm going from what the actual manga says. Trying to prove me wrong
simply with a wiki might not be the best idea...
I don't think that "as the siblings possessed immense chakra reserves" (even before they ate Kurama's flesh) part is actually mentioned in the story. Sounds like something the wiki people came up with in order to try and explain away the contradiction I pointed out above.
And I was just pointing out the most immediate (same page) contradiction concerning those brothers, there. There would also be how the Cloud shinobi went from revering them in episodes 525 and 526 ("ano katagata", "Kinkaku/Ginkaku sama", "Kumo ni futatsu no hiraki ari", etc) to despising them in episode 527 (now, it turns out they're the worst criminals in the history of their village and killed a Raikage)...
