Which character that we've seen do you think possesses the most potential and why? (didn't see a similar topic so made this)
Which character that we've seen do you think possesses the most potential and why? (didn't see a similar topic so made this)
i vote for naruto too.. not only he has power.. but comes up with good stragedty as well... ^_^ just need to mature... which he eventually will
it's not really fair to put naruto in here since he is the main character. so besides him, it's obviously sasuke.
hmm you should put the reasons why
I think some of the other character have more potential than Sasuke...I think he would have more potential if he gets over his anger
I vote Neji.
Hard to decide
Naruto has potential, thats a given but the Amount of charka that he possess is a huge amount. Even if he had all that power, he does not really have alot of skills beside physical strenght and endurance. A HUGE FORCE that if naruto could actually learn skills and master them like he did with Kage Bushin No Jutsu, and Taiju Bushin No Jutsu (or is it Taiju Kage Bushin No Jutsu). He would be a force unstoppable. Thats even if he could control and contain the powers of kyuubi like he did against Haku.
Sasuke, skills, but is limited by anger, and abilitys. His Uchiha Bloodline makes him deadly to every last ounce of Charka. The abilitys of the sharingan also add to his already deadly arsenal. Although we do not know the full limitations of a UCHIHA, and its powers, we cannot infer that this clan is weak. As Itachi said: "I will show you why The Uchiha clan was unreputed and feared" Or something like that. His ability to learn his ability of taijutsu in 1 month? Chidori, and all his abilitys. Sasuke should not be underated.
Yeah I think Neji has a lot of potential as well, I mean he was able to learn 2 of the Hyuuga clan's most strongest moves that even the main branch members have hard time with (so i read) and did that by himself, so he definatly has potential...as for sasuke, yeah he does since he is Uchiha and have Sharigan, but just think he will always be limited with that anger he has..makes him reckless
Aside from the fact that hes dead, I'd say Haku had a mountain of potential.
He was brillient from an analytical viewpoint (strategy to counter Sharingan - note that his strategy for Zabuza was better than Gai's method of defeating the Sharingan - both strategies avoid the effects of being drawn into the power of the sharingan, however Haku's strategy also prevented the sharingan providing insight to Kakashi, allowing Zabuza to fight kakashi on 'equal footing' ie with the same advantages and disadvantages).
He created (as far as we know) 2 of his own jutsu of his advanced bloodline. He cannot have learnt them from someone else - there was noone to learn from. To this point, the only characters of around that age that have created their own jutsu is Neji (and likely Kabuto, but im going to ignore him for now). Point is, he's brillient with his jutsu as well as his analystical thinking.
Zabuza passed everythign he knew down to Haku, hence we can safely say that Haku is also very proficient at silent killing, in addition to what he learnt as an ANBU of hidden mist (we can conclude he was ANBU because that is how Kakashi explained he knew about acupuncture points). Knowing everything Zabuza knew at that age alone should be a big indication of his potential - if he can learn that much in the time it took for Naruto and co to become.... well... weak as Jiriaya puts it, surely he could develop far more in the future.
He instinctively knows the meaning of 'true strength' - one of the core themes when it comes to the character qualities that have been raised in Naruto - both the Hokage and Kakashi have mentioned it. Naruto barely grasps it, Sasuke is aware of it but apparently doesnt really embrase it, Neji is more concerned about fate and free will, Sakura is arguably clueless in this area, but Haku knows it from the depths of his heart.
On other characters:
Sasuke also has potential, but he needs to get over his blind furious hatred, or at least to turn it into a cold fury. Blind hatred results in rash descisions. Cold fury results in cold clinical calculations and strong determination...... but kinda turns the character into an evil kind of guy. However from a technical and efficent viewpoint, Cold fury may be the most effective state of mind.
Neji also has potential. Prior to the Chuunin exam, I'd say he was somewhere between Blind hatred and Cold fury towards the Head branch, but after it, he is presumeably over his anger towards the branch family (more or less). He is a genius (in the conventional sense) that surpasses sasuke, but if you match him up in terms of development to Haku, he loses out by a fair margin.
Edit: As an aside, I'd also like to point out that Haku is approximately the same age as the other Genin characters, and hence he had to have made it into the Hidden Mist ANBU some time before. This is approximately the at or even slightly before the same age that Itachi made it into Konoha's ANBU before making it to ANBU captain/commander (depending on translation). That should give you an idea of matching up his potential with someone else.
Additionally, if we are comparing characters at approximately the same age, it would probably be unfair to exclude Kabuto - I mean, in approximately that time (plus a year or 2 more) hes managed to become about as skilled as Kakashi (according to Orochimaru).
Final note: If Naruto magically acquired a set of working brains, then yes he would have potential. However as it is, the only reason he is going to get anywhere is because he is the main character, and hence he will eventually become rediculously powerful only by virtue of that fact (that he is the man character). Call me biased, but I believe the only way to know where youre going, is to have the brains to know how how you get there. If you dont, then you'll never get there. Naruto can say he's going to become the next Hokage all he wants, but unless his brains start working, hes not going anywhere except by virtue of his main character status.
A lot of characters have potential...and yeah if Haku wasn't dead I'm sure he would be so much stronger now, he was quite strong while he was alive and seem to be able to learn alot on top of his bloodline ability
everyone has character flaws, but that's not what this thread is about. naruto is the obvious choice, but that's pretty cheap since he has inhuman power. i'd say sasuke.
V_V who in the earth voted for sakura? show yourself....
Enigmatic_Paragon saying that Haku had to be ANBU is an assumption, you can learn about the bodys lay out in places other than ANBU training. Kakshi belived he was ANBU but that doesn't make it a fact. Also Zabuza closed his eyes in the mist as well giving him a disadvantage still because when they got close they could see each other, or rather Kakashi could see him making it worse close range than Gai's (if your using hand to hand only then the ability to see his feet from far away vs not seeing anything wouldn't make a huge difference either.)
Naruto has working brains, you just don't seem to get it(ironic eh?) he may be loud and noisy some times but there is a reason he is the #! ninja at suprising people.
i voted for gaara, look at it this way from all the people his own age it took massive amounts of effort to get past his defence, if his defence improves with age and he actually TRAINS with some other stuff then he would be the master, he wouldnt even have to turn in to that daft arse racoon either. also if he became more tacticaly minded (wich we can only assume he would be after losing his first fight ever) then he could be much more devastating perhaps when someone hits the sand he could grap them straight away, not giveing them a chance in hell.
Sakura...... o_O
I like shikamaru =D
The actual person with *most* potential if Naruto because he is the main character. LOL. I agree it's unfair to add him to the poll.
Haku would be next except he is dead so he can't improve. I voted for Gaara. In the recent chapters we all saw how much he can improve ater just a short period of time and of course he has huge amounts of chakra becuase of Shukaku.
gaara never improved tho, he was at the same level apart form when he released shukaku
Well, if we define potential as the difference between a current state and how far they can go (the actual gap) then I would have to suggest Sakura. Now stay with me:
Sakura (Now)............................................. ..................................(Greatness)
Big gap - Large potential.
Naruto (Now)............................................. .............(Greatness)
Smaller Gap - Less potential.
This is just an example and just an opinion.
Thing is, how do u know how far they can go?Originally posted by: Shadow-wolf
Well, if we define potential as the difference between a current state and how far they can go (the actual gap) then I would have to suggest Sakura. Now stay with me:
Sakura (Now)............................................. ..................................(Greatness)
Big gap - Large potential.
Naruto (Now)............................................. .............(Greatness)
Smaller Gap - Less potential.
This is just an example and just an opinion.
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