Naruto 328

[SK]

Asuma was pretty weak for being the son of a Hokage...

[RasenDori]

i dont think so. its just that you dont get much of a chance to show your stuff when fighting hidan. one cut and it can end. fihgting wise asuma had the upper hand.

[JaySee]

There is no King of Konoha. The Hokage is not a King. More of a General. It's quite clear in the series that the Hokage's word is not final and that he/she takes orders from the elders. The "King" Asuma speaks of is most likely a referrence to the shougi piece. In which case, he's probably talking about either a.) the village, Konoha or b.) Kurenai. It's something he would protect. It's very doubtful that he's talking about Naruto. His whole "getting it now" and the things the third accomplished makes it even more likely he's talking about the Village.

[Yukimura]

The problem with a lot of these ninja fights is that the opponent faced usually has some insanely awesome skills. When they can't be beaten by the good guy it looks as if the good guy is weak. The only things Asuma couldn't counter were Hidan's immortality and the shared affliction curse and that's why he lost. But those two skills are probably unique to Hidan and I doubt most ninja would have forseen they'd have to deal with an unkillable enemy. I think the fight would have gone much differently if it was just Asuma's squad against Kazuku...since Kazuku (probably) can die, in which case Asuma's skills wouldn't have been turned against him so badly and he woulnd't look like he was weak.

[kimbap629]

my guess in beating a guy like hidan would be to counter the negative effect of the curse by a jinchurikki fighting it~

someone like naruto who has instant healing capabilities (while in kyubi mode), infinite chakra supply, insanely high increase in physical & jutsu strength...not to mention that naruto is training to be able to use the wind element~ if he adds that to rasengan on top of his cheap kage bunshin + kyubi powers...naruto will probably be the one plowin thru the akatsuki members~

and i guess the new sasuke will fight itachi in a 1v1 dual. itachi will probably be surprised to see sasuke's flowering chidori move~

[ChaosK]

I found the most interesting part of this was Kakashi showing Naruto how to look two ways at once, then Naruto magically going "THAT'S IT!"

Most likely he's going to have one clone do rasengan, another actually do the wind manipulation and then put them together....

Perhaps the only way to beat Hidan is to be one where he can't hold the bind he has on you. For example, like Shikamaru's kage mano no jutsu, he can only control the person for a certain amount of time, if the opponent is too strong, then that person is capable of breaking the bind. Same goes with Hidan's jutsu, one must be one who Hidan can't keep under his bind. Also, perhaps with the blood seal, he requires the opponent to be actually bleeding, which in Naruto's case shouldn't be a problem since the Kyuubi chakra can heal him.

Tobi is an akatsuki....word. And their lair is waaaay to complex for no apparent reason. Also, wtf? Using economy to control the world? I thought I was watching ninjas beat the shit outta each other. The last page cracks me up, "The terrifying plan is revealed to conquer everything beneath his eyes!"

...Terrifying? He's forming a fucking mercenary group that can cause war at will... oooo