Ooh, a thread just for CED. Nice.
In answer to Herr Bad Moon's contention that Naruto is being an ass, how is this different from Bill Murray in Groundhog Day? Bill Murray started the film being an ass and spent half the film being an even bigger ass. It wasn't until he'd glutted himself on his own assery that he finally came to understand how unfulfilling his life was, and moulded himself into a better man.
As to Necratoid's list of things that Naruto should be doing, but isn't, I answer that he cannot do any of them. He has NEVER gotten past the Forest of Death. He cannot stop the invasion until the day of the invasion, and he cannot get to the day of the invasion until passing the second test, and until the most recent reset he did not know how to pass the second test (do nothing useful while your team does all the work). He tried everything he could think of to either fight or avoid Orochimaru, but nothing worked. The only way to get past Orochimaru is to let him bite Sasuke, and doing that ALWAYS kills Sasuke, no matter how much Naruto tries to save him.
Why doesn't Naruto disrupt Orochimaru's plans by killing Kabuto? Because he doesn't know that Kabuto works for Orochimaru.
Why doesn't Naruto disrupt Orochimaru's plans by killing the Sound team? Because he doesn't know that they work for Orochimaru.
Why doesn't he expose the death of the Kazekage? Because he doesn't know about the death of the Kazekage. All he knows is that on the final day of the exam, he saw Orochimaru fighting the Hokage on the roof of a building. Naruto has no reason to directly link Orochimaru to either the Sand village or the Sound village. All he can infer is that they're all allies in the invasion.
Why doesn't Naruto get help? He has repeatedly tried. Nobody ever believes him, and he winds up wasting an entire day putting up with their BS without gaining any benefit."Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM ofthe Rings XXXV
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
In answer to Herr Bad Moon's contention that Naruto is being an ass, how is this different from Bill Murray in Groundhog Day? Bill Murray started the film being an ass and spent half the film being an even bigger ass. It wasn't until he'd glutted himself on his own assery that he finally came to understand how unfulfilling his life was, and moulded himself into a better man.
As to Necratoid's list of things that Naruto should be doing, but isn't, I answer that he cannot do any of them. He has NEVER gotten past the Forest of Death. He cannot stop the invasion until the day of the invasion, and he cannot get to the day of the invasion until passing the second test, and until the most recent reset he did not know how to pass the second test (do nothing useful while your team does all the work). He tried everything he could think of to either fight or avoid Orochimaru, but nothing worked. The only way to get past Orochimaru is to let him bite Sasuke, and doing that ALWAYS kills Sasuke, no matter how much Naruto tries to save him.
Why doesn't Naruto disrupt Orochimaru's plans by killing Kabuto? Because he doesn't know that Kabuto works for Orochimaru.
Why doesn't Naruto disrupt Orochimaru's plans by killing the Sound team? Because he doesn't know that they work for Orochimaru.
Why doesn't he expose the death of the Kazekage? Because he doesn't know about the death of the Kazekage. All he knows is that on the final day of the exam, he saw Orochimaru fighting the Hokage on the roof of a building. Naruto has no reason to directly link Orochimaru to either the Sand village or the Sound village. All he can infer is that they're all allies in the invasion.
Why doesn't Naruto get help? He has repeatedly tried. Nobody ever believes him, and he winds up wasting an entire day putting up with their BS without gaining any benefit."Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM ofthe Rings XXXV
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV