From today on the rookie nine are no more. Now it's just rookie eight. And Pain being so cruel to Hinata was unexpected especially after Hinata told she loved Naruto. I mean, Nagato has Konan, whom he wouldn't want to lose, so he could've showed some mercy.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
PAIN KILLED THE BOOBIES!!
HE MUST DIE!!!!
I don't really think she's dead though. She's only just been impaled and when Naruto blasts Pain to the moon here in a second there's gonna be plenty of time for someone to rush up and grab her and pull her back for the heals while they're fighting.
Tiger fists looked cool but near as I could tell didn't actually do anything.
It's not a lack of courage keeping the others back, but the fact that Naruto insisted that they don't come. Several of them have already tried to go only to be stopped.Originally Posted by Kraco
It's like Hinata herself says, her going down there was selfishness on her own part.
And look, she was completely useless against Pain in helping Naruto. So he was right.
Unless you count the fact that she's indirectly woken the Nine-tails now, which is about to rape Pain in the face. But I don't really count that as "help".
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I assure you they would have had she had the talent to hit him with them =/.
I enjoyed the Kyubi explosion, had a nice 'oh shit! it's on now ' feel to it.
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in theHills
I suppose that's true. Half the time you'd think Rasengan was useless as well if you watch Naruto miss with it over and over.
Does seem like a lot of techniques in the Naruto world all stem from that line of thinking. 1. Create some awesome effect around your hand. 2. Punch enemy. And they all unfortunately rely on being able to get to actually do step 2.
The real tragedy is that they only fail in reaching step two because they are lazy gits. Lee is proof that you can develop some pretty amazing taijutsu if you just work at it.
When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man's convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man's brain that was entirely beneficial to those who used it, and of no harm or irritation to others. Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. ~Elizabeth West, Hovel in theHills
But Lee is a genius at NOT being lazy! You can't compare!
I believe it partially is. They already gave everything they had to beat Pains, suffering uncountable casulties, including named ones, only to see their whole village levelled and even the defeated Pains return in perfect health. At that point they are told by somebody they don't need to fight anymore and to stay at a distance. Psychologically speaking they would feel relief someone else is going to handle the rest. And if that somebody else gets defeated, it's going to be his fault.
It takes something more to break free of that state. Naturally that something else for Hinata was rather love than courage but from an outsider's pov it's all the same. The rest were just staring at Naruto being impaled and still telling themselves they don't need to do anything anymore. Aside from those who set out to find the real Pain or those too damaged to move, the rest already had broken spirits.
Most of konoha nins are injured. Shikamaru has a broken leg, his dad looks tired and wounded etc. They may have survived Pain's big blast but that doesn't mean they are fresh and ready to fight. If they tried to help Naruto like Hinata did, it would only make the situation worse.
True. And only Byakugan-users really know whats going on. the others don't know that Naruto is stabbed or how many Pains are still standing (I doubt Katsuyu is reporting all the time)
That makes me wonder, next to Sakura is also a Hyuuga, why doesn't he try to do something? If he's branch family his existance is none other then saving the head family members. If he's head family-member he still had to protect the heir of the family.. I can find no other explanation that the Hyuuga next to Sakura is slacking.
In my fanboy-ism I still can't accept het death until it is clearly confirmed (like with Kakashi), although I can't see any hope for her. Unless Kyuubi has like a breath of life or something silly like that.
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