I like Gaara's past... which hasn't been fully developed in the anime so I won't say anymore. He is a very loveable character IMO. I don't really care how the characters fight... I care about the characters themselves and how they are and what they've been through. Sasuke is my most disliked character to this day.. Gaara is one of my favorites. Lee is my favorite. along with Gai and Naruto and chouji and shikamaru and lots of others
Between you and me, Gaara sucks. End of that. All he really has is his shield of sand, which eats up monstrous charka. But I cannot comment on other details.
Granted Gaara doesn't use much talent with his techniques. But he still has to keep the armour of sand on with his own chakra and stuff. Big deal if his inner demon does most of the work. His techniques are kinda kool. I'm not sayin that he's a kool character but i don't hate the guy just cause his demon does most of the work.
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Shard Parcell @ Jan 25 2004, 03:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Gaara is the cheapest monstrosity I've ever seen in the show. He can't do anything to anyone but use his cheap sand attacks to help him. When he faced Rock Lee, all he could do was get beat up until Rock Lee was unable to move anymore. When he faced Sasuke in the tournament, all he could do was defend himself til Sasuke penetrated his stupid defense, which he doesn't even call up himself. It protects him no matter what, which is like having a body guard fight for you.
So tell me, why do people like Gaara? He's a stupid little kid that can't fight, he shouldn't even be called a ninja. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
what the hell? this is like saying lee is stupid cuz all he has is taijutsu.
unbelieveable.
Gaara is cool but one thing that bothers me is how he doesnt move at all.
As the son of a Kage, i would think that Gaara would show some more shinobi skills. If gaara used his sand while running with kunais and shurikens that would we sweet. Yea RUNNING! not staying in one place with your arms crossed. I really think Gaara is a couch potato.
Sasuke comments him having kakashi-style sneakiness when they first meet, and he uses the Gourd pretty cleverly to absorb the Ura-renge. But other than that he has done nothing to show that he can strategize or any other shinobi quality. He doesnt even show if he is even physically fit, with the sand doing his work and all.
"You'll soon see what Gotham City is like without fear, and it won't be pretty. Fear is the glue that holds society together, it's what makes people suppress their worst impulses. Fear. Is power." - The Scarecrow
So what you are trying to tell us is that using only sand is cheap ass!? Then wouldnt just only using taijutsu be cheap!?
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ComeComeParadise @ Jan 26 2004, 01:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Shino is Alot like Gaara atleast from what I think about Shino. He has his bugs we dont know if he can do jack fucking shit other than use his bugs.. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Ha. Shino kicks ass. The bugs are a "ninja tool." Wait until you see him get to fight. And for the guy who said they like Gaara because he got rid of Lee... what the fuck have you been smokin? Lee and Gai-sensei are two of the most entertaining characters in the series. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Duuuh ?.
Yes Shino is a cool guy.. Yes Shinos bugs are a NINJAH toolBut so is Gaaras Sand in a way.. I stated that ppl always whine and whine on Gaara and his sand.. Wtf have you seen for instance Shino doing other than stand there using his bugs.. It isnt a rant on Shino just an thought. And still noone whines on a charracter like that, cause he's a good mystical guy..
Lee and Gai are cool guys. Yes they are but I dont think Gaara is cool just cause he whooped Lee.. That was just something that was going to happen.
Ähh it's no use trying to explain Gaara to the ones that dont like him
I dont know if someone commented on me comparing Naruto and neji and the rest to the lameness that you say Gaara. I know Sasuke is talented without the Sharingan. But he is just that, he will never stand a chance vs a guy like Lee without it, without copying moves and so on. Hence Lame in the subject of Gaara beeing lame for doing what he does. Neji could probably also be skilled without his bloodlines. But again I doubt he could beat someone like Lee without his Hyuuga style and so on and so on.
Everyone has their abilities its a big part of the Naruto world.. Even tho Lee dont have any ubar jutsus he still has his way of fighting wich makes it pretty uber too. Gaara has his way. You can think it is lame and all that but it still is efficiant cause he does what he is supposed to be doing. Kill
Omg everyone who said Sasuke is cool for copying Lee's taijutsus deserves to be boiled. Lee had been working his freaking ass off, YOU SAW HIM CRYING HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT... Lee has it so tough, he's been working his whole life to get stronger and faster, and when he really is strong, someone walks up and gets what he trained for so long for in a few minutes. It's a ripoff. Sasuke is cool, but Lee-kun is the man!
You should be ashamed of yourselves, is that how I raised my son?!
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Oboro @ Jan 26 2004, 06:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Omg everyone who said Sasuke is cool for copying Lee's taijutsus deserves to be boiled. Lee had been working his freaking ass off, YOU SAW HIM CRYING HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT... Lee has it so tough, he's been working his whole life to get stronger and faster, and when he really is strong, someone walks up and gets what he trained for so long for in a few minutes. It's a ripoff. Sasuke is cool, but Lee-kun is the man! </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I dont think Sasukereally copied Lee, I think Kakashi trained him with Lee's taijutsu, cause if you recall Sasuke was in the hospital, which therefor means he couldnt have copied it.
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I think he copied it when he fought Lee right before the exam started. Also even if he copies it he still has to work to get good at it. It takes some work. Accept that Sasuke has an advantage over everyone because he can copy their techniques. Don't whine about it, just makes you look more immature.
Yeah dont whine on Sasuke, dont whine on Gaara dont whine on anyone
And I think even if Lee feels sorry for not beeing able to surpass Sasuke with his own style he might feel a little bit honored that the 2 geniouses?spelling Sasuke/Kakashi... Have used his style of fighting to get out of one troublesome spot and now again vs Gaara.
whats so good about gaara?
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Random comments:
-Sasuke did copy Lee's taijutsu. Kakashi said Sasuke had already copied it when him and Lee fought before the 1st exam so that's why Kakashi just trained him to use it.
-Gaara doesn't move around because he has a heavy gourd on his back. Even in the Naruto video games Gaara moves around slow, but he has range so he is sort of like dhalsim (sp?) from Street Fighter 2.
-People seem to be focusing on how powerful Gaara is. That is not the point of the post. No one is debating that Gaara is weak. People are just saying that Gaara seems to show no tactics, he is just a powerhouse.
-The point of my post was that I think if you took away Neji/Sasuke's powers I think they can still be at least decent ninjas even because they show smarts and tactics. If you took away Gaara's sand I think he'd be pretty weak. Or to put it another way if you gave Gaara's powers to anybody they'd be strong, but if you gave Neji's or Sasuke's powers to anybody (like Sakura) they still might not be very strong.
-For Shino, in the Zaku battle you've already seem him use tactics. He messed around with Zaku's mind, and used it as a distraction to set up his bugs. And he didn't just use his bugs, he saw Zaku's weapon and came up with a way to use his bugs to disable Zaku's main weapon. And like I said there is more to come of Shino.
-I don't really hate any character in Naruto, I don't think of myself as a Gaara-hater, or a Sasuke-hater, or whatever. I actually think Sasuke is a pretty good character, and Gaara for a villian is not bad. Also I guess the post also is sort of asking why Gaara is so popular. That, I don't really know why when awesome villians like Zabuza get almost no love.
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TwisT @ Jan 25 2004, 08:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Why should he do anything other then just stand there?? He is so powerful so countless assasins have not even been able to hurt Gaara.. So he didn't think that Rock Lee would get past the Sand.. If he had giving his all from the start Rock Lee would be dead now.. Maybe you would have wanted that???
Trust me.. Gaara is very powerful if he gives his all.. He has a Demon inside of him and look at Naruto how powerful he became when he tapped in to that power.. And Gaara can control his demon.. Naruto can only borrow chackara from his.. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
It's not a Demon, it's a sand priest
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mange Sharingan @ Jan 26 2004, 11:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TwisT @ Jan 25 2004, 08:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Why should he do anything other then just stand there?? He is so powerful so countless assasins have not even been able to hurt Gaara.. So he didn't think that Rock Lee would get past the Sand.. If he had giving his all from the start Rock Lee would be dead now.. Maybe you would have wanted that???
Trust me.. Gaara is very powerful if he gives his all.. He has a Demon inside of him and look at Naruto how powerful he became when he tapped in to that power.. And Gaara can control his demon.. Naruto can only borrow chackara from his.. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
It's not a Demon, it's a sand priest </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I guess it would be a spoiler to say how he looks but it must be some giant ugly sand priest.
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Ha. Shino kicks ass. The bugs are a "ninja tool." Wait until you see him get to fight. And for the guy who said they like Gaara because he got rid of Lee... what the fuck have you been smokin? Lee and Gai-sensei are two of the most entertaining characters in the series.
Wow, Hero-Sennin. You Like To Use The "Man" Word Alot.
Anyways, Gaara's Cool. He'll Probably Get Better, Or Worse. Either Way We'll Have To See.
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Unidentified @ Jan 25 2004, 03:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (rEkKaShInObI @ Jan 25 2004, 02:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> gaara just stands there and look likes a bad-ass mother f*cker.
did you see how he was screaming his balls off when his sand was penetrated? classic man! gaara seriously cant do much, i bet sakura can whoop him if he didnt have his sand. end of story </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Well Garaa does have a demon. I don't think ANYONE in that stadium could beat him transformed, because even the Kazekage couldn't kill him(or was scared to). Did you see his arm when the shield went down, that's only a small part of him. Plus the sand is part of him, you could say that Sasuke will get whooped without his sharingan, neji will get beat without his byukagan, Naruto will lost without his Kyubi, Shino would be nothing wihtout his bugs, etc.... </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
rigggght... so if nobody can defeat Gaara's demon then he will kill everybody in the leaf and that's the end of Naruto?BTW this is sarcasm this not a spoiler...
Me personally, I don't like him, I don't hate him. I mean, his battles are tight you HAVE to give him that (vs Lee and vs Sasuke and more to come...). But yeah I don't really see him as a ninja. The only ninja-like thing I ever saw him do was when he switched out his body when Lee did the initial lotus on him. And most of Gaara's jutsus are either not controlled by him (sand shield) or requires no thought or intelligence (sand armor). He just... does em. And even what everybody is afraid of, his "demon," isn't controlled by him as seen when he is "talking" to it when he shells himself up. He is less of a ninja and more of a vessel of a demon so to speak. And if you compare this to Naruto, Naruto is already at the point where he can fully control himself while influenced by the Kyuubi chakra.
And what you said about the others are wrong:
Sasuke: he was #1 in his class BEFORE he got his sharingan (and he also did stuff vs the demon brothers, Haku, etc all before his sharingan).
Neji: Neji is smart, he knows how to use his byakugan effectively. Byakugan does not equal a strong ninja automatically. See the difference between Hinata and Neji. Whereas with Gaara's abilities probably even Sakura could kick arse...
Naruto: He fought Kiba w/o his kyuubi and won, also those mist (or rain?) ninjas outside the tower in the 2nd exam. I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting as well. I'm not going to say Naruto is the brightest kid on the block but he has one hell of a will.
Shino: Shino is smart. Tactically in *real* combat (unlike Sakura). Most likely only 2nd to Shika of the leaf genins IMO. His bugs are not a powerhouse, you can't just send em out all willy-nilly and expect it to work. You can see evidence of his tactical prowess in the Zaku fight, but us manga-readers (which are probably the majority of the Shino-fanbase) know his upcoming fight shows it even more. Can't spoil it but it is coming up.
edit: @Hero-Sennin - Heh you sound high or something, or possibly drunk when you posted that. But I agree with you the whole Mist country/Zabuza act was IMO the best Naruto arc of all (even up to where the manga is right now), and I STILL think Zabuza was the coolest, most bad-ass villian in Naruto period. Hey, I mean he actually *looks* like a ninja, which seems to be rare in Naruto even though it is a ninja-anime...
Gaara's leetness is due to his unique nature and abilities. Besides, anyone who would kill you for no reason at all is damn cool.
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