Naruto Shippuuden Episode 256

[DarthEnderX]

You can also start picking out match-ups already. Kabuto made that comment about knowing who they're fighting so they know who to send against who.

You can bet characters like Asuma are going to get sent against Shikamaru and Choiji and Dan is going to be sent to fight Tsunade.

And it's a pretty safe bet most of the current Kages will have to fight the former Kages as well.

And man, it's gonna be pretty great to see Kimimaru, Haku and Zabuza again.

Yeah.. Jinchuuriki don't really mean much without their tailed beasts.

Well, we say that, but look at Gaara. He's still plenty powerful without Shukaku.

[Buffalobiian]

Well, we say that, but look at Gaara. He's still plenty powerful without Shukaku.

I'd say he's an exception. I actually feel the author just powered him up because the character's appeal wasn't something he could simply write off. Or maybe he had some other means to get crazy strong that we never learned about,.. like how Naruto learned Sage techniques before he unlocked Kyuubi's power in a controllable manner.

As for match-up: Sasori vs Kankuro Rematch. In order to win Kankuro would have to use a puppet of his own instead of digging up Sasori's old designs.

Dan was just stupid IMO. As far as I know he wasn't very strong. It'd a good thing to aim for weakness, but to hinge the entire fight purely on the effectiveness of psychological warfare is stupid. As far as shounen goes, gaining psychological powerups is the easiest one you can use on the fly.

[DarthEnderX]

Dan was just stupid IMO. As far as I know he wasn't very strong.

As far as we know, he wasn't weak either. Since we have no idea how strong he actually was. After all, he was someone who's dream was to become Hokage, so it's possible he was very powerful.

As for match-up: Sasori vs Kankuro Rematch. In order to win Kankuro would have to use a puppet of his own instead of digging up Sasori's old designs.

Hells to the yes.

[Buffalobiian]

As far as we know, he wasn't weak either. Since we have no idea how strong he actually was. After all, he was someone who's dream was to become Hokage, so it's possible he was very powerful.

That made me think.

None of Naruto's peers will challenge him to Hokage. This was already the case when he was a kid. They teased him, yeah, but no one was really there to stop him (by being a better candidate). It's even more out of the question now that he's crazy strong..

If the position of Hokage was decided merely from winning duels, Naruto-the-Pain-killer could probably take it on right now.

[DarthEnderX]

If the position of Hokage was decided merely from winning duels, Naruto-the-Pain-killer could probably take it on right now.

Well, when the series first started, the position of Hokage was described by Naruto as "the strongest ninja in the village" but I think since then we've seen that that's something of a naive kid's view and there's a lot more politics involved than that.

While Naruto is far and away the strongest ninja in the village at this point, he's still a complete r-tard. And I don't think anyone actually wants him to be in charge.