Kishimoto's Fanservice

[Neji-Aniki-sama]

Originally posted by: Hatake Kakashi
Jeez, I did forget Shino...oh well. Hopefully him and his dad saved Chouji and Neji. It seems like their bugs can help people too, but I dunno. If they didn't I hope Tsunade did.

Yeah, enough time without knowing what happened to Neji and Chouji.
We know that Raidou and Genma are ok, but where are the two kids?
Especially now, that Neji came out of the darkness and will be a good boy... And he better be nice to Hinata, from now on.
And speaking of Shino, the other day I understood what Kiba calls him: Mushiotaku (bug-freak).
Knowing that the word otaku has this meaning of irrational fan of anime, I found it quite funny.

[Strider]

Like a few of you have also said, I believe that Tsunade was fully aware of the approaching Sand Nin. She most likely (and covertly) set up an Alliance with the Country of Wind / Sand Village. She most likely threatened them into an Alliance, as some form of repentance for foolishly invading Konoha. Being superior to the Sand, their [the Sand] shinobi probably now fall under the orders (when necessary) of the current Hokage.

On another tangent, we have seen tons of (supreme kick-ass) surprise returns .. all we need now, for more battle-irony, is for Sakon & Ukon to somehow destroy Kankuro's puppet. Needing another person to aide him in battling the two Level 2 Sound-Nin .. Shino arrives. That way, all teams would be composed of former opponents.

On a final note, Kishimoto is surely delivering the fan-favorites .. Namely, my favorite .. Lee! Wewt ..

Ninja vanish!

[Mut]

i hate shino. i never wanna see him ever again. what a waste of a character.

EDIT: response to below:

i don't know what the hell you are talking about... i just don't like him... he really didn't do anything except fight kankuro (sp?) right? i mean...where is he now... if he was important he would've been brought back by now with the rest of the genins.

but whatever, who cares.

[Strider]

This question should probably be left for another thread entirely, however .. let us keep it just to this question and your answer .. then, we'll continue on the topic of this thread. So, with that out of the way ..

.. Why don't you like Shino? Where is the waste? In retort to your response to my inquiries .. you have to remember, not every character can be loved. Nor can they all be as leet as the next. Some are going to be losers, and what's that other bogus cliche .. there can only be a few chiefs, in the massive lots of the indians. Haw haw ..

Ninja vanish!

[Neji-Aniki-sama]

Originally posted by: Strider

.. Why don't you like Shino? Where is the waste? In retort to your response to my inquiries .. you have to remember, not every character can be loved. Nor can they all be as leet as the next. Some are going to be losers, and what's that other bogus cliche .. there can only be a few chiefs, in the massive lots of the indians. Haw haw ..

Ninja vanish!

This irrational hatred for a specific charater is rather amusing. Makes one wonder what sort of issues are behind that... But that's beside the point.
Anyway, personally, I used to hate Sasuke and Sakura, but nowadays, I am just slighty annoyed by them.
The reason, both characters didn't evolve.
Chapter one
Sasuke: Naruto, you're weaker than me. You suck. I gotta kill my brother. And eventually, kill you, too. I gotta get powerful to kill my brother, at any cost. Sakura, you're annoying

Chapter 100 and whatever:
Sasuke: Naruto you're stronger than me. You suck. I gotta kill my brother. And eventually, kill you, too. I gotta get powerful to kill my brother, at any cost. Sakura, you're annoying

Chapter one
Sakura: Sasuke-kun, I love you and will do anything you want. Naruto, you're annoyng.

Chapter 100 and whatever
Sakura: Sasuke-kun, I love you and will do anything you want. You want to kill your brother in a stupid revenge. Fine. I will help you out. Naruto, you saved me, but I don't believe it. Naruto, you're annoying. And, oh, go save Sasuke while I sit here in this street bench and cry.
Well, Sakura is kinda worse, she keeps adding insult to injury.

All other characters have changed one way or another or showed their skills. That's interesting. Sasuke and Sakura are just predicatable and boring. And Itachi will go the same way after he shows all his sharingan tricks and after we finally find out why he killed his family.
Naruto wants to be the Hokage, and he probably will, since he's the main character. One can say, that's predictable.But, we don't know *how* he's going to get there. If you watch closely, there's not a single hero who is known for his wits. Best example, Hercules. Naruto, being the true hero that he is, is not very bright, so how he will deal with that? Will he have Shikamaru as his advisor? Will we have kinda Ulysses/Achilles situation here?Those are interesting questions.
Right now, for one, Naruto is learning how to work in a team. May sound as a simple lesson, but you have to consider the fact that he is deseperate for acknowledgment. So, an apparently simple situation, will become a true challenge, when the right character is in it. And that's absolulety cool.
Besides, to him, it's a somewhat new situation, since this is an A rank mission, and more is at stake. He had to learn to trust and obey Shikamaru, in a life or death situation, while they were dealing with Jourobouru. He had to yeld his personal power to somebody else, who he thought as his equal. Maybe we didn't give too much important to it. But On a closer look, for Naruto is a turning point in his development. Chouji, on the other hand, knows Shika, for him, the situation is not as challenging as it is for Naruto. Sasuke would never do that, because he's too arrogant and blinded by obsession.
Also I believe that he, in his pride, would want to defeat Kimimaru alone. But he had to go for Sasuke.
The other characters involved in this mission are having to deal with former enemies. How will that work out?. Did Gaara really change? Those are interesting questions.
Meanwhile, Sasuke is running away from his problems, *again*. That's utterly boring.
So, comparing those different situations, Sakura and Sasuke are pretty dull as characters. But in all that, what annoys me is the fact that both Sakura and Sasuke are considered main characters. I don't think they deserve it. I can think of quite a few others more deserving of that. For me, they're just big disappointments as characters.