Originally posted by: Mut@t@
it was freaking clear that sasuke and naruto had no chances against ninjas like lee and neji, but now they have surpassed both of them. forget about what happened between lee and sasuke, it's totally irrelevant now, sasuke is a completely different character while lee remained the same (maybe gotten worse cuz he's still recovering).
I couldn't agree more. People keep bringing this up but it was so long ago. I don't want to make comparisons to DBZ but it's like saying "Radditz beat Goku so easily, so how could Goku have a chance against Cell?" Characters progress, but in this case Lee hasn't progressed as he's been out of it due to injury. Sasuke and Naruto have both gotten a hell of a lot stronger since their battle with Lee all that time ago.