Falsic
Writing
of reading
1570
Read books
It's a fair point that perspective matters. That said, losing to someone is often a way to toughen a character if they're meant to be relevant outside of an antagonistic context. Shinji from Fate is an example of the opposite. He's meant to be a pathetic antagonist, so he doesnt need to grow. The sith from star wars are an example that do become stronger from their losses. The concept extends far beyond Shounen. As for becoming more vile... Wulin in this context doesn't have any particular driving factors to go in that direction. He doesn't have any parental neglect, lack of friends, or even negative peer pressure. Here, It's presented as innate and, based on everything we know of his thought process, he's innately kind.
At least the idea is conveyed. It's impossible not to understand what's being portrayed here.
Honestly... I would've preferred if Sakura had the Bakugo seal during the pain arc and, using Naruto's perfect sage mode as a reference, found a way to combine it with natural energy. It could've given her her own sage byakugo mode. It would've been easy to write too. She's a known studier, has a perfect reference, easy access to said reference, and Sasuke as motivation.
That's not what Kishimoto intended. By the war arc, all Sanin students were written as surpassing their teachers. Does it make sense? No, but Sakura isn't a main character, so Kishimoto didn't care too much. He's on record saying he thought of her in a similar manner as the other Konoha 11.
I'm guessing this is a joke, but I'll rebut anyway. The war arc shows Sakura's chakra control remaining at peak levels even after receiving Naruto's kyubi cloak and her own Byakugo. The fact that it was her first time using both should've had her control completely messed up. Kishimoto doesn't acknowledge his statement that her control was due to her small pool. In current canon, it's intact regardless of her chakra volume. She could eat a chakra fruit and still be fully in control.
It’s intentional by fanfic authors to excuse irrational behavior by the canon cast. Why doesn’t Rias study senjutsu to help Koneko, hire a team of therapists, or study alternatives to defeat her fiancé… blame it on a bad case of sloth. Narratively, any of these would’ve been solved easily in story within a single volume, but progression off screen is a sin. It’s the DxD equivalent to Naruto learning almost nothing substantial over his timeskip. It’s jarring for readers when they look past the author’s narrative approach and realize that offscreen characters are vastly different from their onscreen counterparts. Long story short: the sins are rationalizations to mend the shattered suspension of disbelief.
This novel is practically all my pet peeves at once. It’s a classic OP protagonist that hates the unstable factors of the story and is prevented from taking action by the will of the universe. Not only that, but he lacks any sort of persistence when trying to accomplish anything. He tries, waits for them to get stronger, and tries again. It’s not something I recommend anyone reading. It’s infuriating.
Fanfics of fantasy action novels are defined by these. Plus... it was in the title. It's as advertised, regardless of how little sense it makes.
Defeating Tsunade is fine? Sure, but why is Katsuyu not deployed? Her acid and goo would be the biggest counter to any magnet style shinobi? Personally, it doesn't bother me that Tsunade lost. What bothers me is that the author makes her look like fodder. If she's going to go out, she should have her hundred healings deployed and Katsuya spraying the area with goo to slow down the sand. The Third Kazekage should have a pyrric victory. That would respect both combatants from a narrative perspective.
Obito had an identity crisis. Within that, he believed others would agree with his perspective when prompted, even if they didn't acknowledge it. It's why he kept prompting mini him, Naruto; he believed his POV was the truth. There was no functional reason outside of that. Kishimoto presented the reason as 'Obito didn't know where the two were', but that's nonsense. He could've just waited until they left the island. He was under no pressure to rush the plan. His Kamui was that broken of an ability where he could've blitzed the village, Kamui them away, and escaped in under Kamui's five minute time frame. Obito didn't even need them. He could've kept the plan to himself, used the edo tensei nine tails from the Kinkaku Brothers + bee's tail, and summoned the ten tails in a remote location without anyone's knowledge. To reiterate, why did Obito do it? To address his unresolved emotional issues.
In Naruto, old age = weakness. That's one of the reasons Sakura is stronger than Tsunade; she doesn't need to divert a portion of her chakra to maintain the genjutsu. We also see that Tsunade doesn't progress past her Sanin days. In fact she regressed to the point where Kabuto and a weakened Orochimaru toy around with her. Altogether, everything presented in canon paints Hokage Tsunade as weaker than prime Tsunade
Why is he doing this again? It's been so long, and I've probably forgotten a plot point. Did the author ever give a reason why Madara went from patient manipulator to a rash idiot? Obito declared war... Madara spent his entire elder years scheming. Why is Madara acting like Obito? He literally could've just waited until Kurama's transfer and took the nine tails without trouble. Combined that with something simple like using Zatsus to carry paper bombs into the village, and you have a hostage situation that can easily secure him the beast. It'd basically be what Obito did with Naruto during his birth. Why is he explaining his whole plan to Mito...?
Flender starts out as a money grabber. While he doesn’t have much money, he doesn’t need to scam people; he’s by no means desperate. I don’t remember though if this was actually a scam in canon.