Oro's strength

[hiten mitsurugi]

The more I think about it, the stronger Oro gets. Oro was strong enough to kill the sand kage and the third (granted the third was old). But what's really surprising is this:
Everyone agrees that Akatsuki member are strong. (especially the leader)
So if Akatsuki is that feared, why did Oro just simply leave? It's because he wasn't scared of any of the head members. Why didn't Akatsuki send anyone to kill Oro (hunter nin)? Because the leader probably knew that the members couldn't. Oro definitely knew about their plans because he stated, "if that boy (Naruto) falls into their hands, it will mean trouble for me. Why can't Akatsuki kill him? He's too damn strong.

[Jman]

Akatsuki's intent is tp get the kyubi so right now Oro doesn't mean anything to them. kyubi does have more power than any other force so for them to go after Oro would probably be a waste of time to them.

[rockmanj]

i'm not sure how they could kill him, even if he were a priority, inless some1 in the organization knows how to kill souls

[Jman]

well granted that the organization is made up of many high level fighters including kisame and itachi, i don't think that it would be a very hard task to kill oro. i'm sure that even oro fears itachi

[hiten mitsurugi]

I don't think that Itachi can kill Oro. I don't see Itachi ever being in a position that would give him an upper hand against Oro. Kyubi is more important. What do you mean? Oro definitely knows about Akatsuki wanting Kyubi, so my point is If Oro knows, he can easily interfere by killing Naruto along with Kyubi. So Oro himself becomes a threat to Akatsuki, because he knows too much. For example, he could name all the members of Akatsuki. Those kinds of things. Come on, no on leaves a powerful organization, you think the mafia, triad, yakuza would just let you leave. If you do, you must live in an entirely different world. My point is if someone in Akatsuki was able to kill Oro (let's say Itachi since he was brought up) then he would have done so already.

[Boogster]

As has been repeatedly pointed out by the Itachi-lovers, Oro has seemingly admitted to fearing Itachi's power.

But as to the main, or certainly implied, point of this thread: I too think that Oro's power is sometimes under-estimated. He is, in my opinion, the most powerful character revealed atm. Ofc, over time, we will see more weaknesses, and other characters will develop in order to exploit them - but I cannot in all honesty see any obvious vulnerabilities at this point in the series.

[Gods_Son]

We have already seen Oro at his best, he was strong, but without arms he is useless and shouldn't be in the spotlight. They could perhaps introduce the next Akatsuki member by having him kill Oro, or just have Kabuto finally kill him, either way I see no reason to have him continue to live

[oni roh]

Oro is definitly one of the strongest characters introduced so far, people that say that itachi is the strongest/best etc. etc. have NO bases to make this theory on. the fact is WE HAVE NOT SEE SHIZ OF ITACHI'S SKILL, meaning 2 things, itachi could be alot weaker then we think he is (which i doubt) or a lot stronger, i highly doubt itachi is a lot stronger then, jiraiya, orochimaro, the late 3rd hokage, or anybody else. I think he is above juunin level but not so good he would slaughter everyone.

I personaly think Oro is alot stronger then we give him credit for, he was able to "basically" defeat the third, evade jiraiya/naruto/tsunade WITHOUT any arms, and later in the future i can def. see some major conflict between the members of akatsuki and oro

[Mut]

no doubt that oro is strong. i think orochimaru just left akatsuki because no one stopped him. no point in stopping him. orochimaru and akatsuki has different motives. akatsuki wants naruto, orochimaru wants sasuke.

[MightyDustLoop]

It's also possible Akatsuki doesn't even believe Oro's worth killing (then they'd be like ungodly strong). Or maybe they DID actually get it done and he used his last energy to take that girls body.

IOW, we're making total assumptions here, and we've still got nothing.

[kaigan]

itachi kills his whole family at like the age of 13. i think that says alot about how power the motherfucker is.

[Tenkei]

Logic says that, yes, Orochimaru is strong (as he's the main villain right now) -- but because of the fact that the Itachi arc hasn't come up yet, we should already be able to tell, easily, that Itachi will be stronger than Oro, just from the way the manga is progressing.

That's just one of the things, though. Yes, Orochimaru is strong. I wouldn't exactly go and overestimate him, though. Akatsuki is definitely not afraid of Orochimaru. I think if Akatsuki was even after him, we would have heard something about it at some point. I think it's more likely that Orochimaru just decided he didn't want what Akatsuki did and left, and there was no conflict.

Akatsuki hasn't even been revealed yet - and the fact that Itachi is in the group and being directed by a leader (please note: I'm no Itachi fanboy, I'm just following the way things progress from strong bad guy up, as the manga goes) .. well.

That tells me that Akatsuki members to be revealed later (Probably in an order of arcs [and strength] Oro, then Itachi, then Akatsuki's other members and/or leader.) are probably even stronger than Itachi. So that'd be why I definitely don't think they have any worries over Orochimaru. Orochimaru isn't even interested in Naruto, so I don't see why anyone would care what he does.

[Mut]

it is possible that itachi is the akatsuki's leader. hahaha.

ok anyway. but seriously, i don't think the akatsuki has an actual leader. i think they are sort of like the evil justice league. they're just all super powerful bad guys who got together to do what needs to be done. there are no leaders but they are able to work together and agree on capturing all things related to jutsus. also, i think itachi is one of strongest in the group, if not, the strongest or the one the nins should be most cautious and concerned about. i don't think we'll see someone who is even more stronger than itachi. but if that happens, it'll be WAY later on in the story, as orochimaru and itachi are almost god-like right now.

[oni roh]

lol oro in sasuke's body = itachi owned

itachi kills his whole family at like the age of 13. i think that says alot about how power the motherfucker is.

lol i don't think that says a whole lote [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] who's to say that the whole generation of uchiha members at that point in time weren't just a bunch of panzey's?

[lasaire]

Except for the fact, Oni, that Orochimaru falt out says Itachi is stronger than him.

Coming from a man with such an enormous ego that he wants to learn every jutsu in the world and become a GOD, that says a great deal.

Go back and read over the chapter in the manga where Oro and Kabuto begin their search for Tsunade.

[MemnochTheCaT]

Nah, I think if Itachi was as strong as some people try to make him out to be, he would already have taken what he wants. The main reason people think he's strong is because he is hardly ever around, so he maintains a certain mystique carried by some very vague details.

[Hakeem_21]

Oro cant just Kill Naruto cause Jiraya and Tsunade is protecting him and those two are at least as strong as Oro or even stronger.
Also Naruto is getting stronger all the time so if Oro wants to kill Naruto he should try to kill him now before he gets to strong to be killed by Oro.

When Oro finds out what Naruto does to Kimimaro (if Naruto kicks kimis ass) then Oro will probaly be after Naruto.

[Mut]

Originally posted by: Hakeem_21
Oro cant just Kill Naruto cause Jiraya and Tsunade is protecting him and those two are at least as strong as Oro or even stronger.
Also Naruto is getting stronger all the time so if Oro wants to kill Naruto he should try to kill him now before he gets to strong to be killed by Oro.

When Oro finds out what Naruto does to Kimimaro (if Naruto kicks kimis ass) then Oro will probaly be after Naruto.

there's no way naruto is gonna kick kimimaro's ass. and naruto is many YEARS away from becoming to strong to be killed by orochimaru.

[MemnochTheCaT]

I'm not sure, they've made a big deal about how Kimi was sick and all, he might just end up collapsing during the exchange. Naruto might win anyways, he has a way of coming through in tough situations. He could also give gamabunta a ring lol, I'd love to see what Kimi would do then! I know if a 300 foot tall katana-carrying toad appeared in front of me, I'd crap my pants. Either that, or give my compliments to the drug dealer [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[hiten mitsurugi]

The point is once somone knows your agenda (Oro), you don't let them live, because if they're caught, they will ultimately reveal all your motives and members. The leader of akatsuki may be a powerful political figure (like the kage of the hidden mist village) who doesn't want to be linked to akatsuki. I don't care about Itachi, the point is they didn't send anyone, not one member, to try and kill Oro. I believe that if they had sent someone in the past, Oro would be more cautious, like Zambusa. I believe the didn't send anyone because it would have been a really difficult task and Oro is two strong for two members of akatsuki.