Rikou d. Hinata (alfficted with clingy-genjutsu)
Naruto d. Rei - aka, how many things can we set on fire by accident?
Neji d. Chouji - The Meat Tank combines a heavy-duty offense with a defense nearly as good as the Kaiten, so this should be interesting.
Gaara d. Lee
Usagi d. Zaku - entertaining for the same reason that watching Usagi win always is.
Mina d. Sasuke
Tenten d. Kiba - She's getting Naruto's fights, right?
Shikamaru d. Ami - If you can crowd him and keep him running rather than thinking, Shika's not all that dangerous. Unfortunately, Ami's just as much of a thinker as he is.
Temari d. Dosu - Because he deserves to get creamed, and the only better choice is already fighting Lee.
Shino d. Kankuro - because, out of the matchups that aren't otherwise spoken for, it likely does the best job of showing just how much of a steamroller Shino is.
Mako d. Ino - Unlikely to involve the amusing image of what happens when someone tries to put a Hoshigake in a headlock, but workable nontheless.
Sakura d. Kin - The way I understand Kin's technique suggests that it'd be of extremely limited use vs someone who's always in motion anyway. Plus, Sakura-chan's gonna be real used to dodging thrown weapons by now.
Oh, and I think that a lot of Kakashi's problems teaching likely have to do not with the difference in learning curves, but with the fact that being a ninja is literally all he knows - I mean, I'm six years younger and I can barely remember being twelve, let alone less than five. I'd be shocked if he had any real appreciation for, any clue what the 'civilian' viewpoints that his students can't help but have actually entail.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
Naruto d. Rei - aka, how many things can we set on fire by accident?
Neji d. Chouji - The Meat Tank combines a heavy-duty offense with a defense nearly as good as the Kaiten, so this should be interesting.
Gaara d. Lee
Usagi d. Zaku - entertaining for the same reason that watching Usagi win always is.
Mina d. Sasuke
Tenten d. Kiba - She's getting Naruto's fights, right?
Shikamaru d. Ami - If you can crowd him and keep him running rather than thinking, Shika's not all that dangerous. Unfortunately, Ami's just as much of a thinker as he is.
Temari d. Dosu - Because he deserves to get creamed, and the only better choice is already fighting Lee.
Shino d. Kankuro - because, out of the matchups that aren't otherwise spoken for, it likely does the best job of showing just how much of a steamroller Shino is.
Mako d. Ino - Unlikely to involve the amusing image of what happens when someone tries to put a Hoshigake in a headlock, but workable nontheless.
Sakura d. Kin - The way I understand Kin's technique suggests that it'd be of extremely limited use vs someone who's always in motion anyway. Plus, Sakura-chan's gonna be real used to dodging thrown weapons by now.
Quote:Certainly he can - he's a friend of Anko's, remember, and beating that Curse Seal is therefor one of his long-term projects. Kakashi's no slouch himself, so the one used in canon was likely the best 'canned' seal for the job, but he'd be able to put together a custom seal during the following month - how well that would work would depend on the needs of the plot, but could even go as far as full removal, since Anko's would've had a great deal longer to entrench itself.
ETA: Nathan: I'm guessing that Neshan could probably put a stronger conterseal than Kakashi's in canon on the Curse mark, and if not Jiraya likely can, but as the one with the seal master avatar just how good is probably more up your alley to determine. Opinions?
Oh, and I think that a lot of Kakashi's problems teaching likely have to do not with the difference in learning curves, but with the fact that being a ninja is literally all he knows - I mean, I'm six years younger and I can barely remember being twelve, let alone less than five. I'd be shocked if he had any real appreciation for, any clue what the 'civilian' viewpoints that his students can't help but have actually entail.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."