So seems like an obvious retcon really, but is there a canon explanation?

In part 1, Orichimaru summons 3 Hokage’s to fight Hiruzen: 1st, 2nd, and 4th.

He panics at the site of the 4th and goes out of his way to stop the 4th from being summoned at the cost of letting 1st and 2nd get summoned (which is funny considering the boost Hashirama got in Shippuden, but that’s not what I wanted to discuss)

We know from Shippuden that Minato was sealed in the shinigami belly since he used the reaper death seal (like Hiruzen) on half of the ninetails. This means that much like Orichimaru’s arms until the war arc, there was no way to summon him as his soul wasn’t in the afterlife.

Which means Orichimaru couldn’t summon him in part 1. Obviously this is a retcon, Kishimoto didn’t intend for Minato to be in shinigami jail during that fight… it does make me wonder what the in-universe explanation is though?

Did Orichimaru know that he couldn’t summon the 4th? Was it a bluff? Did Hiruzen do shit to stop the summoning since it wasn’t going to go off anyways?

Because if I recall…I saw Kakashi about to lift his headband up to reveal his sharingan…did Kakashi believe he was strong enough to put 80k shinobi under genjutsu??? Or was he just going to put the few that were arguing under it???

It’s taken 2 months of on and off work so far

Kisame died thinking Itachi was a cold blooded psychopath who murdered his entire clan just to test himself.

Kisame himself killed his comerades but he always thought Itachi was even worse than him.

Do you think Kisame should have known Itachi wasn't who he thought he was?

Never posted it here! Doesn’t seem like there’s much of a market for them so I still own it, but I’m still so proud of the result!

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use Tsukoyomi to fry your little brother's mind and put him in a coma, without any knowledge that a tsunade-level healer was going to save him. As if a simple genjutsu wouldn't have done the trick.

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I really loved cosplaying her! I want to cosplay more of the Naruto side cast, ahaha. Wish she got some more screentime 😔

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No this isn’t satire or anything, Akamaru is actually faster and stronger than half the other Genins.
He also has better tracking and smaller build to evade an attack.

If you know anything about Naruto it’s how durable the character is, but Akamaru (and Kiba) kept slamming him down throughout their match and almost winning but unfortunately lost due to a fart.

+ Akamaru and Kiba truly weren’t trying in the match against Naruto because Kiba didn’t want to go all out.
You might say, “and how do you know that?”

Because later we see their true prowess against one of the sound four. A true 2 v 2 and even though they got help in the end, they actually showcased one of the best feats for Genins in Naruto part 1.

I just made a TikTok about the Neji death scene in Naruto Shippuden, and I wanted to bring the discussion to the Naruto subreddit because I know this topic has been covered over and over. But I think there's one angle that never gets brought up: the symbolism in that scene involving Hinata and Naruto, compared to what happened back in Part One.

Here's what I mean. In Part One, during the Chunin Exams, when Hinata was matched up against Neji, he spent the whole time telling her to give up, to not even bother fighting. Everyone in the arena stayed silent — not a single person said a word — because they all assumed Neji wasn't just stronger, but right. The one person who spoke up was Naruto. At Hinata's lowest point, right when she was about to give up and abandon her ninja way, Naruto's words were what changed her mind. That's the moment she decided: "I'm going to fight you, Neji. I'm going to stand up for my ninja way."

That's why I think the Neji death scene is so powerful. When Obito is tearing into Naruto — telling him all he ever does is talk, that he can't actually protect his comrades, all while Naruto is holding Neji's dying body — it's Hinata who snaps him out of it. She's the one who smacks him back to reality and convinces him not to lose hope. I think that's a beautiful piece of symbolism that almost nobody talks about when they discuss this scene in the Fourth Great Ninja War.

The other reason I find it so fitting: I've always said Obito is meant to be a foil to Naruto — he's essentially "the Naruto who lost hope." And there's something poetic about the fact that Hinata's lowest point in Part One involved all three of these characters — Naruto, Neji, and Hinata — with Naruto being the one to pull her back. Now, at Naruto's lowest point, it's the same three characters again — except this time, Hinata is the one who pulls him back.

In both moments, they saved each other from abandoning their ninja way.

Not a single pain could inflict any damage on Jiraiya during the fight head to head. It was only a sneak attack from a revived Pain that took out his hand. If Jiraiya had known just one ability - the ability to bring the dead back - the pain would have been defeated. Their attacks were not even close to being dangerous

Link: https://x.com/masuya0403/status/2079476690917679208?s=20 :>

So I started Shippuden about a week ago and I was delighted to see my favorite villain return as Kazekage. At first I was like “where’s this going?” Then the Akatskui showed up and he had his big fight, he was taken out and I was pretty sad but he sure as hell went out swinging. Then Naruto and Sakura did their thing yada yada yada and, Oh no. Gaara is dead. Then Lady Chiyo revived him and she died and I was pretty sad about that too, but seeing how happy everyone was to see that he’s okay was just so heat warming. And then when he let Lady Chiyo’s corps go first into the village and she got a salute from the sand village that got me.

Can’t wait to see him again!

I’ve been an anime fan since I was around 13, Death note was my first anime, now 13 years later I finally gave Naruto a shot and I absolutely love it. Me and my husband are on ep 479, should we watch the movie now or at 493?