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Naruto Manga |OT2| Not A Romance Manga
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Icyflamez96
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I don't even see why that's a big deal. If they start by focusing on going on missions, whatever they face will be irrelevant to Naruto. It's like saying the Zabuza arc had no tension because the 3rd hokage was still alive and is way more powerful.
RockTurtle
Member
i just hope they don't pull a legend of korra and bring up a steampunk motiff.
steampunk NEVER works as a sequel setting.
steampunk NEVER works as a sequel setting.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Yep this. There are four billion stories you can tell that don't involve the fate of the entire ninja world, and require the planet's strongest fighters to appear and beat down space rabbits. See: every single arc before the war.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Exactly. And the Zabuza arc was so good because it was the ninja world from the view of people who weren't supreme ninja gods, just kids in training. When Kakashi came into the picture you knew shit was serious. There's something charming about characters that have the whole world ahead of them to discover, and room to grow.
RockTurtle
Member
yeah that was the big appeal of those arcs even WITH a powerhouse like Kakashi present.
they had just learned the basics of wall-climbing and already facing a S-rank mission. Big tension with grave consequences.
naruto/sasuke can't be everywhere at once. Not all tension has to come from physical danger!
but saying this is easier said than done.
they had just learned the basics of wall-climbing and already facing a S-rank mission. Big tension with grave consequences.
naruto/sasuke can't be everywhere at once. Not all tension has to come from physical danger!
but saying this is easier said than done.
That would be soul crushing
Icyflamez96
Member
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It worked for Korra. I liked the setting way more in Korra than in ATLA.
The setting is not the reason the show was lackluster.
And are sequels that switch to a more steampunk aesthetic a common thing?
PeakPointMatrix
Member
As long as it's starring Sarada, I'll be happy.
Icyflamez96
Member
I don't think anything in Korra was nearly as bad as the worst of the war arc. The war arc is just a blur to me mostly and it felt like nothing was ever really progressing for such long periods of time. At least Korra was concise and always moved on.
Third Strike
Member
The only thing I disliked about Korra was how disconnected the first three seasons were. That, and season 2. Overall I enjoyed Korra, and still prefer it to most of Naruto Part II.
Hidden One
Member
Imagine Naruto in this style xD
I don't like the girls faces
Shouta
Member
The War Arc for Naruto is messy especially if you're reading it week by week but it's not so bad all at the same time. At the very last, the stuff that happens within it jives with Naruto as a series in general.
Korra just drops the ball in every respect from characters to story to the worldview/lore. Even the action is worse when compared to A:TLA. There's no where near the thought put into it that its predecessor series received.
Korra just drops the ball in every respect from characters to story to the worldview/lore. Even the action is worse when compared to A:TLA. There's no where near the thought put into it that its predecessor series received.
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SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I've warmed up to the war arc a lot. The only part of the war arc I still vehemently dislike upon rewatching, aside from the obvious problem of being too damn long, is where previous villains come back as zombies. Ancient ninjas, or even ninjas from a few generations ago being written as zombies I can deal with, because outside of flashbacks there was no way we'd get to see them in action. The Gold and Silver brothers, Madara, the Seven Swordsman, the previous Hokage - all of this was actually amazing. But Deidara, Kakuzu and the like coming back was just... it felt like pandering to the audience's nostalgia. The exception being Nagato, who we got to see fight using his original body that could use all six paths, and Itachi, who was able to reconcile with Sasuke in possibly the most touching scene in the series. We even had the Uchiha brothers team up.
I didn't hate this, per say, but Kabuto is probably the least interesting villain in the series and his backstory made me feel nothing for him, maybe even diminishing his character. They tried to pull the sympathy card when he was much more effective as a straight up sociopathic spy.
Kaguya was an obvious reverse deus ex machina to get rid of Madara but iain'tevenmad.jpg. She was so brokenly and frighteningly powerful that I think it paid off - she had more shock value than Madara, and her history went all the way back to the beginning of the ninja world. Personally I think her appearance is what saved the whole contrived nature of the Asura/Indra reincarnation plot point. It made it feel like it had more purpose other than simple inherited awesomeness, like her son and grandsons had this grand fate to undo her evils. I think she managed to be even scarier than Orochimaru.
I didn't hate this, per say, but Kabuto is probably the least interesting villain in the series and his backstory made me feel nothing for him, maybe even diminishing his character. They tried to pull the sympathy card when he was much more effective as a straight up sociopathic spy.
Kaguya was an obvious reverse deus ex machina to get rid of Madara but iain'tevenmad.jpg. She was so brokenly and frighteningly powerful that I think it paid off - she had more shock value than Madara, and her history went all the way back to the beginning of the ninja world. Personally I think her appearance is what saved the whole contrived nature of the Asura/Indra reincarnation plot point. It made it feel like it had more purpose other than simple inherited awesomeness, like her son and grandsons had this grand fate to undo her evils. I think she managed to be even scarier than Orochimaru.
Reading Naruto you would of thought different.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I wouldn't want this. Naruto is irreplaceable and everyone would be missing him too much. I think Kishi had the same troubles when deciding if any of the K11 should die. One one hand , its a war, deaths are inevitable and it would drive home the severity of the situation whilst on the other hand these characters have been with the audience for a long time and its hard to let them go. Killing a popular character in a contrived way could cause major backlash.
Yeah they could easily do this and still have plenty of impactful moments....I just don't want the older crew to be sitting on the sidelines.
Actually, Naruto refers to him as the other Hokage
-Pyromaniac-
Member
My only beef with the war arc was how long it lasted but it was filled with great individual moments here and there. Legend of Korra though entertaining enough (to me) definitely dropped the ball huge as an avatar series compared to the OG.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
That was my problem with the war arc as well: it dragged for way too long. There were a lot of great moments in the arc though and the escalation once Madara arrives is one of my favourite things to see. Kaguya took it to another level, a level too far in my opinion.
Seriously?Actually, Naruto refers to him as the other Hokage
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Yup, Boruto recalls how his dad tells him that Sasuke is the other Hokage.
I am ok with saauke being secret hokage
SolVanderlyn
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The Hokagekage
Fire Shadow's Shadow
Fire Shadow's Shadow
-Pyromaniac-
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Carrying on Itachi's will of shadow Hokage.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
This picture is so funny
He looks so dumb, like SO dumb that it's hilarious to look at
Punished sasuke
Dead.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Eye patch Sasuke might come true.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Trailer version
REGRET THAT LEADS TO DEVASTATION
Game version
"You're all diamonds..."
Thats ok if they give him some facial hair and a pony tail
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Ganzlinger
Member
After all the disappointment, I can't get hyped for this next generation stuff. I had hope in Sarada, but I can't forgive Kishi for the stupid ending of Naruto Gaiden. I'll probably skip this since the other kids look like boring clones of their parents.
What's wrong with the ending of Gaiden?
I liked the roaring 20s motif up to a point. LOK kind of lost me when they started introducing mechs and SWAT tanks and shit.
I much prefer the more primitive rural setting of ATLA.
If there's ever a third series - which I'm certain there will be - I think they'd be better off going back in time instead of forward.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
This news makes me fear for one piece. Once its over i want it to be over! Stretching things out isnt always a good thing
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I don't see how OP is could end now!
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Not now but when it does i dont want a part 3 let greatness end
PeakPointMatrix
Member
You're acting like Oda will have the strength and stamina to continue a weekly Shonen when he finally ends it at the age of 83. He's gonna owe his wife a 15-year long Honeymoon for this long of a wait!
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