Which Character do you think has the most potential

[chambers]

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.

[mak3]

Sakura...... o_O

[JusDaMan]

I like shikamaru =D

[Meili]

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.

[chambers]

gaara never improved tho, he was at the same level apart form when he released shukaku

[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.

[Goingin]

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.

Thing is, how do u know how far they can go?

[Shadow-wolf]

Actually Goingin, I don't know how far anyone can go. I don't think anyone does.

[Goingin]

Originally posted by: Shadow-wolf
Actually Goingin, I don't know how far anyone can go. I don't think anyone does.

Makes ur statement a bit useless doesnt it? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

Not intented as flaming or such

Could be we can expect some great stuff from Sakura in the future, but its a bit too early to say anything about it now.
She just aint getting along with the rest if u look at her capabilities, same thing goes for Ino

[Shadow-wolf]

My original statement quotes "This is just an example and just an opinion". But truthfully, that is how potential is defined. No flame intended, no flame taken. I won't taken anything (or almost anything) personally.

[Enigmatic_Paragon]

Jesper>>>

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.)

Point one: True, we dont know for certain that Haku is an ANBU member. However we have comments pointing towards that direction on which basis I make such an assuption. This is an anime - when trying to interpret something, the most likely explaination is the one we are positioned to view, and I'd say its quite clear how we are positioned to see Haku - that is as a former Mist ANBU.

Point 2: Yes, Zabuza closed his eyes hence putting him at an apparent disadvantage. The flip side is that the zero visibility mist essentially meant Kakashi may as well have had his eyes closed too. As long as they both lose out on a particular aspect, it is valid to say that they are fighting "On equal footing".

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.

What? You mean like he surprised Zabuza and Haku? Or you mean like he completely failed to discern the meaning of the first exam, nor figure out a way to cheat? Or perhaps youre talking about the time he had the brillient idea of opening up the earth scroll in the 2nd exam without considering that the examiners arnt so stupid as to faili to have measures regarding those who break rules?
The fact is, we are positioned to see Naruto as not all that bright. If youve managed to see this some other way youve evidently been watching a different Naruto - I mean its all nice and good to take a resistant reading - You'll probably get some marks in an essay if you can properly justify your position - of something but while were discussing something like this, its a safe bet to go with what the author positions us to see.
Oh yeah, and surprising people has absolutely nothing to do with how smart/intelligent someone is. Unless of course you happen to believe that trying to attack Ebisu in desperation is somehow an indication of astute intelligence as opposed to the unpredictable and impulsive charactersitics of Naruto, in which case I'd be rather worried about your good judgement.

[ShinobiNeko]

v_v I think everyone on that list has more potential than Sakura

[DraGunZer0]

I think Konoha (or whatever, the little grandson of the 3rd) has the most potential ^_^

[ShinobiNeko]

Yeah , I think Konohamaru has more potential than Sakura, at least, plus he has a lot of motivation..but dunno about having the most potential

[SK]

I voted Naruto, he easily has the most potential because of kyubi, plus he is getting trained by Jiraiya. next I think its hard picking between Neji and Sasuke, but I think Sasuke has more potential because after seeing Itachi, imo, the Sharingan is superior to the Byakugan.

[Stoopider]

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.

From this post, I tend to get the feeling that at the end of the day

Sakura's skill = Naruto Skill (?).

[PSJ]

naruto. why? cause he is the main character. he will always come out of a fight as the winner.

[Knives122]

I'd have to say Neji, b/c down the road in his life how unstoppalbe would he be if he actually closed that blind spot in his Byakugan, and with his moves already what do you think would happen to his opponent if he starts producing his own moves, ones that dont require punches to close the chakra holes, I would hate to go up against a person like that

[Uchiha-Itachi]

Uchiha Itachi [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] if you see what he already has accomplished for someone who is now only around 18 years old *scary*

[Jessper]

Originally posted by: Enigmatic_Paragon
What? You mean like he surprised Zabuza and Haku? Or you mean like he completely failed to discern the meaning of the first exam, nor figure out a way to cheat? Or perhaps youre talking about the time he had the brillient idea of opening up the earth scroll in the 2nd exam without considering that the examiners arnt so stupid as to faili to have measures regarding those who break rules?
The fact is, we are positioned to see Naruto as not all that bright. If youve managed to see this some other way youve evidently been watching a different Naruto - I mean its all nice and good to take a resistant reading - You'll probably get some marks in an essay if you can properly justify your position - of something but while were discussing something like this, its a safe bet to go with what the author positions us to see.
Oh yeah, and surprising people has absolutely nothing to do with how smart/intelligent someone is. Unless of course you happen to believe that trying to attack Ebisu in desperation is somehow an indication of astute intelligence as opposed to the unpredictable and impulsive charactersitics of Naruto, in which case I'd be rather worried about your good judgement.

You are only harping on the bad points, how about when he thought up using shadow replication and shadow windmill(i think it was..) on Zabuza, or using Kiba's extreme ability to smell against him, for using shadow replication to fake that the rest of his teammates were in the mess with him against those ninjas in the 2nd part of the chuunin exam that had tons of replications(when they were almost to the tower), or tricking Neji in their fight in the stadium ect... So he doesn't do that great on written test(neither does Shikamaru hohoho!) that doens't classify his completly, you have to look at the rest of him.

Also, what would you have done in the 2nd exam if you thought that everyone else had reached home base already and you were missing a heaven scroll and knowing that one was destroyed so you could be the odd one out and not have a chance at getting it. They had considered that there was fail safes and they were going about the opening slow and safely but they belived they had no other choice if they wanted to pass.

From what I saw with Kakshi vs Zabuza the second time he could see at least a couple of feet giving him an advantage when they get into hand to hand combat so I don't think they were on equal ground. Granted this was better than Gai's method but I don't think it would be good enough.

I still don't see why you would belive that we are supposed to assume that Haku was ANBU, Kabuto stole a mask from an ANBU, why couldn't Haku? Zabuza could have tought him what we are supposed to apperantly assume he learned while being an ANBU. I personaly get the impression he stayed with Zabuza the vast majority of his time after meeting him and Zabuza is exiled soooo.