Quote:That's possible - he does have a rep as "dead last", after all.
Naruto is, canonically, pretty wretched at just about every part of being a ninja at this point, no? Assuming Akane is fairly taijutsu-focused (which seems a reasonable assumption) and at least reasonably competent at that, having Naruto pull off any kind of move on her would be pretty embarrassing, regardless of whether it ended in a compromising position or not, and probably worthy of some comment from her and/or her teammates. Perhaps in the second segment, Akane could add letting Naruto of all people get the advantage on her in a fight to the list of things that had her pissed off.
On the other hand, several sources have mentioned that he's supposed to have been considered very talented at taijutsu when he entered the Academy... he just never got much of anywhere since, because of hostility from pre-Iruka teachers.
And he clearly flubbed the follow-through on it anyway, or he a) wouldn't have landed on her, he'd've been straddling her with his hands on her wrists or throat, and b) she wouldn't have been able to punt him off.
I'll consider it while I prep Segment Three tomorrow.--
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