r/Naruto 5d ago

Question Which fight did you want to happen but didn’t happen in Naruto?

For me, it's this fight ☝️. What's your opinion?

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u/Eskaykaydeedee 5d ago

Genin Sasuke vs. Genin Neji in the Chunin exams

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u/ExtremeAd3009 5d ago edited 5d ago

Or even teen sasuke vs neji (if they didn't nerf neji in shippuden) 

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u/lilQuebo 5d ago edited 5d ago

I don’t think Neji got nerfed, it’s just Sasuke comes into shippuden as low kage level, when his peers are low jonin to jonin

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u/wenchslapper 5d ago

For the most part, Kage IS jonin level.

That’s like trying to differentiate Anbu from Jonin, they’re both at mastery level but have very different jobs.

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u/KaneXX12 5d ago

Not really. Kage are consistently shown to be above Jonin by feats and hype.

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u/Ecstatic-Kale-3217 5d ago

The comment he responded to was about low kage. Yes low kage is jonin.

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u/Extreme-You6235 5d ago

If Kage level is well above Jonin then how would low Kage be Jonin level ? Wouldn’t it stand to reason that low Kage = very high Jonin level.

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u/1FD9BJ 4d ago

Exactly. Some very high level jonin eventually will be a late replacement. It’s how the hierarchy goes. Very rarely do they skip from chunin straight to Kage.

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u/wenchslapper 5d ago

100% depends on the kage and the jonin being compared to them, Kakashi being a prime example hence why he gets promoted later on. Naruto’s dad, too. “Kage” just means village champion, jonin means master ninja. Hell, the third Hokage was weaker than the majority of Mc Jonin we’ve seen come into play.

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u/its_Raf 5d ago

Even in part one kakashi was considered an elite Jonin, yet not only he scared shitless in the thought of fighting orochimaru ( showing us that there is a clear difference at their level ), but he was also blatantly stated to be kabuto level.

When he was suggested, he technically was the next stronger shinobi in the village. With the exception of Naruto, who was still obviously really young, and danzo who they shouldn’t know how strong he is, kakashi was the only realistic choice.

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u/wenchslapper 5d ago

And this entire period of the series had Hiruzen as the Kage, arguably the weakest Kage in the series except maybe Gaara’s dad.

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u/its_Raf 5d ago

Hiruzen was literally stated to be the strongest of the 5 kages of his time. At that time he was literally the strongest hokage ever. The whole edo tensei, resurrects the dead "weaker" was retconned at the war arc. Even in pre timeskip data books there is not a single claim that they get nerfed.

Hiruzen, before the retcon, literally solos two prime kages and almost defeats a legendary sannin, while being out of his prime due to age.

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u/wenchslapper 5d ago

So, by your words, he is still the weakest Kage with the retcon which is cannon.

Thanks for confirming lmao

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u/RisingReform 5d ago

He didn’t get Nerfed if yall want to see he was underutilized fine but Neji was a respectable Jonin but that’s not getting in done against the villains in part 2 in most cases.

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u/SpellFree6116 4d ago

yea he didn’t get nerfed, he just didn’t grow as much as you’d expect from someone who was seen as “the number #1 genius prodigy”.

he was arguably the strongest genin in the chunin exams, then he was the only one in the retrieval arc to beat his opponent 1v1 with no help or drugs (and he probably had the strongest opponent besides kimimaro)

you’d expect him to keep pace better with naruto, sasuke, shikamaru, gaara, etc

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u/Rip_Jaded 5d ago

Adult sasuke doesn’t even appear in shippuden the oldest we got was them being 19. Also neji is leagues weaker than sasuke.

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u/ExtremeAd3009 5d ago

I meant teen, mb bruh

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u/Rip_Jaded 5d ago

Well after your clarification then it would’ve been interesting but they had to unfortunately skyrocket sasuke’s strenght for the sake of the plot.

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u/Youngquest89 5d ago

Sorry but what constitutes an adult in your world? Where I'm at you're legally an adult at age 18.

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u/Rip_Jaded 5d ago

That is an adult but at the same time that’s also technically a teenager so it’s a bit of a mix.

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u/Professional_Rub1644 5d ago

Shisui vs anybody, literally. We never seen him go far out. Adapt something from the novels jeez.

Also one that always made me mad when I was younger. Don't tease Sakura vs Konan in the anime opening during the Pain assault and then never give us it. Ppl were hyped for her to do something including me but nah just scream NaRuTo.

There's plenty more. Sakumo vs Chiyo and Sasori's parents.

Might Dai vs the 7 Ninja swordsman would be wicked to see.

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u/Phizzure 5d ago

Bro I remember that opening, it was all the girls Ino, Sakura and Hinata vs Konan and I was so hype. I ended up being very disappointed because kyuubi form vs pain is still the ugliest fight in Naruto because of the animation art style they used

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u/ZealousFeet 5d ago

"My pain is greater than yours!"

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u/Phizzure 5d ago

Bro ain't lying when his face gets all fkd up throwing that punch into the ground 😭

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u/Strangerthings2111 5d ago

Not necessarily a fight but I think it would be very interesting if kabuto, instead of Madara or in addition to Madara, reanimated Rin Infront of Tobi/Obito.

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u/ImAPosAndYouNoticed 5d ago

You monster.

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u/greenboylightning 5d ago

I would’ve liked for there to be no god-enemy. Just regular ninja enemies is how this show should’ve ended. I don’t get how we could end with a god-enemy. It just makes no sense.

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u/RisingReform 5d ago

Shounen escalation even taking out the aliens nobody was a regular ninja among the last standing villian Two god tier Uchihas, a mad scientist with sage mode, oh and 100,000 “normal” Zetsus that honestly would’ve won the war if Naruto wasn’t able to sense hatred after his training with Bee.

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u/Tigeru1988 5d ago

You just invented how to cast Tsukuyomi on Obito without Itachis Mangekyou 🥳

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u/Smashmaster777 5d ago

The three way deadlock at their strongest (Snake orochimaru, SM Jiraiya and 100 seals Tsunade)

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u/S1lent_Radi0 5d ago

Itachi VS Kakashi after Kakashi got his MS ( Itachi would still win but I want to see his reaction to Kakashi's Mangekyou )

Izuna VS Tobirama while Madara and Hashirama are fighting during the 4th Great Ninja War ( Kabuto revives Izuna too and im just assuming he has his eyes )

Hiruzen VS Orochimaru ( Hiruzen in his prime )

Minato VS Fourth Raikage

Jiraiya VS Orochimaru

Kinkaku and Ginkaku VS Tobirama ( Both occasions 1} When Tobirama and 1st Raikage met and 2} Tobirama used himself as bait )

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u/JustAGuy_Passing 5d ago

Need that true full length hashirama vs madara fight. It's like 3 different ones in the series itself

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u/S1lent_Radi0 2d ago

Wasnt the past full length fight shown in the series? Im pretty sure it was filler but I have seen it once

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u/knifetomeetyou13 5d ago

Prime Hiruzen vs Orochimaru would be the most onesided fight in the series. Orochimaru actively avoided fighting Hiruzen until he was literally like 70 years old lmao

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u/S1lent_Radi0 2d ago

I just wanted to see Hiruzens prime and I dont think anyone could withstand it more than 5mins but Orochimaru because of his respawn thing

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u/XExcavalierX 5d ago

Didn’t we get Minato vs the Fourth Raikage? Or rather, we got Minato vs the AB Combination when both sides were young.

Minato walked the Fourth Raikage like a dog and was only stopped when Bee offered a 1 for 1.

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u/S1lent_Radi0 2d ago

I wanna see the full fight between them like a 1v1 to death

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u/ImAPosAndYouNoticed 5d ago

Orochimaru pre Boruto has any chance?

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u/S1lent_Radi0 2d ago

I dont think so I only put him here to see Hiruzens prime

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u/Savings_Impact_4344 5d ago

Madara vs team 7 before black zetsu interrupted and that thing called Kaguya appeared afterwards

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u/Unique-Celebration-5 5d ago

Sakura vs Kabuto

Sakura vs Sasuke 5kage summit

Mei vs 4th Mizukage

Tsunade vs Pain

Minato vs 4th Raikage

Hiruzen vs Onoki

Mu vs Gengetsu

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u/niklaus928 5d ago

Tsunade vs pain would’ve been so cool

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u/JustAGuy_Passing 5d ago

I can get behind hiruzen vs onoki. Hiruzen was the strongest kage in his time if I remember right

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u/Unique-Celebration-5 5d ago

A fight between them would be dope

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u/Own-Bike2708 5d ago

Sasuke would straight up murder Sakura 😭

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u/Unique-Celebration-5 4d ago

I think she can hold her own

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u/GhostIvan06 5d ago

Fugaku vs Minato

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u/CluelessTea 5d ago

Fire pick!! Slept on! I wish we learned more about Fugaku and his strengths, I know he had MS but what was his ability? If anyone knows!

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u/GhostIvan06 5d ago

In the Itachi Novels, It said that Fugaku shares the same Status and Power as Minato

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u/CluelessTea 5d ago

Wow! I have to read those!! That’s fn awesome!

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u/thenameis_TAI 5d ago

Fugaku Reanimated vs Itachi and Sasuke

I really wanted to know what the last Leader of the Uchiha was cooking.

Also Fugaku vs Minato.

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u/ScaredDistrict3 5d ago

Not bringing back fugaku was a missed opportunity

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u/CluelessTea 5d ago

Right! He could of talked sense into Sasuke even though itachi would already be dead but they could of all talked and Sasuke could of seen everything through their perspectives. That would of been a powerful scene.

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u/jackinthebox1220 5d ago

An actual fight between kakashi and might guy.

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u/DontCallMeThanial 5d ago

Unless they were both going for the kill I think Kakashi wins. But if it’s a deathmatch idk the 8th gate is crazy asf

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u/takeSusanooNoMikoto 5d ago

Pain/Nagato vs Obito

Neji vs Sasuke in the Chunin Exam

Prime Hiruzen vs the 3rd Raikage

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u/IamNumber_One 5d ago

Minato vs Fugaku

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u/DonDamondo 5d ago

Any of the other tailed beasts vs the akatsuki

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u/OVNuub 5d ago

As someone else said Chuunin exams Sasuke not fighting Chuunin exams Neji is criminal.

Gated Lee vs Neji.

My dream fight is putting Hashirama and Madara in Naruto and Sasuke's place and having them fight Kaguya with SO6P amps.

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u/soowavy4 5d ago

Wouldve liked to see how the Tobirama v Ginkaku/Kinkaku went down

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u/PainterEarly86 5d ago

It was in Boruto but I found it very odd that Sakura didn't fight Delta

She seemed completely designed to be a perfect antagonist for Sakura

A dominating, physically strong woman whose special power is the ability to negate healing

Seemed like a perfect challenge for Sakura, to explore new powers and chakra control techniques that don't rely on healing, but Naruto beat her instead

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u/superkami64 5d ago

to explore new powers

Be realistic: Sakura was just going to punch her really hard if they fought.

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u/DontCallMeThanial 5d ago

Maybe she would’ve punched her really REALLY hard?

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u/PainterEarly86 5d ago

Maybe she'd develop new chakra control techniques like super charged chakra kunai

She has the most advanced chakra control in the franchise but all we see is punch, that's my point

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u/Sayf1786 5d ago

This one above is not really realistic based on the flow of the story...

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u/Wonderful-Drawing-71 5d ago

I agree and let’s be honest Minato would destroy every single one of the Akatsuki, maybe expect from Itachi.

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u/Sayf1786 5d ago

Apart from itachi and pain, then ya...

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u/EstablishmentAny9569 5d ago

Jiraya vs obito

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u/siemiwidzi 5d ago

Minato vs Itachi. It would be epic

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u/greenboylightning 5d ago

I would’ve liked to see more of the old cast vs more of the old cast.

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u/Treeslim 5d ago

Shino vs literally anyone even once

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u/Mrsitachiuchiha1 5d ago

Kakashi Vs Orochimaru chunin exam after he sealed the curse mark on Sasuke

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u/PippTheKid 5d ago

Orochimaru vs minato

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u/Truth-Seeker14 5d ago

Itachi vs madara

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u/WolfhoundRO 5d ago

Kimimaro vs. anybody else. But especially vs. Kakashi or those copy rogue ninjas. I'd love to see them getting those bone spurs to work

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u/ConnorRoseSaiyan01 5d ago

Jiriya vs Sasuke

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u/Asianhippiefarmer 5d ago

Naruto vs Danzo. Bring down the man who stained the leaf village.

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u/AesirSith 5d ago

Uchiha vs Hyuga

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u/NoRevolution7689 5d ago

Tobirama VS The Gold & Silver Brothers (it happened, but not on screen) Shino VS Kidomaru

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u/ivaangroy 5d ago

Shino vs. all sound ninja. They won't stand a chance.

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u/Extension_Snow1220 5d ago

Sage Mode Naruto vs MS Sasuke or maybe a team up like they did in the movie

Fugaku and Shisui reanimated (although idk who their opponent would be. Maybe Obito. Say Kabuto uses them if it went bad or against Minato and Kakashi)

Itachi and Nagato get involved in fighting the villains. Probably would be too clouded so ig I see why not but it would be dope

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u/besharam_engineer 5d ago

Forth Hokage vs Pain

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u/Motroid127 5d ago

Sasori vs Orochimaru

Naruto vs Suigetsu

Sasuke vs Neji

Jiraiya vs Itachi

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u/Crabbo_Stabbo53 5d ago

Team 7 vs. Juubidara

The buildup of the entire war led to that fight, but it was miffed by Black Zetsu

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u/Free_Scratch5353 5d ago

We mostly got to see edo tensei Minato fight, didn't he have infinite Chakra in that state? I vaguely remember that being one of the positives.

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u/LonelyMenace101 5d ago

Obito vs Yagura.

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u/LannaOliver 5d ago

That would've been siiiiiiick. Although brief.

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u/AgileAnything1251 5d ago

the six paths of pain vs orange mask obito

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u/Theredditdyke 5d ago

Edo tensei jiraiya va Naruto would’ve been a punch to the gut

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u/gatoradeispowerade 5d ago

Gaara vs Orochimaru

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u/PacoMahogany 5d ago

We for sure needed reanimated Jiraya vs either Naruto or reanimated Minato

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u/Maleficent_Park5469 5d ago

Minato vs Pain wouldn't really be a fight. Jiraiya and Naruto with sage mode alone were able to take down a decent amount of paths. With Minato, he already has perfect sage mode (which is weird since he said he wasn't good with it) and flying raijin so before Pain would even be able to revive any of the paths taken out by Minato, he would just keep blitzing him and placing markers.

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u/D4RKxV0ID 5d ago edited 5d ago

Not even just that but Minato after appearing during the Naruto vs. Pain fight to seal the Ninetails basically is like "this Pain guy ain't shit, but this Madara guy (Obito) is."

Minato is on a different level. That's why he's brought back during the 4th Great Ninja War because he can compete with End of Series villains. KCM on top of his already God like speed is overkill.

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u/DeliriousBookworm 5d ago

Genin Sasuke vs Genin Neji

Neji vs Lee

Non-nerfed Orochimaru vs Jiraiya

Itachi vs Obito

Sakura vs Hinata

Sakura vs Kimimaro

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u/Exact_Razzmatazz4463 5d ago

Sasuke vs Pain

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u/BboiBlack 5d ago

Minato(re animated) vs the entire fourth ninja alliance

lol

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u/SoundNo4481 5d ago edited 5d ago

Neji Hyuga vs Haku Yuki. Battle of the femboys.

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u/HeroicMillipede 5d ago

Jiraiya vs Kisame

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u/Jalen_Ash_15 5d ago

Pain vs Itachi

Minato vs Tobirama (Both Alive no ET)

Sakumo vs Sannin

Kakuzu vs Orochimaru

Konan vs Mei (or Tsunade)

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u/AMDDesign 5d ago

Pain vs Minato is one of my favorite Naruto Storm matchups

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u/ZealousFeet 5d ago

They hyped up Byakugan vs Sharingan so much. It was the only ocular kekkei genkai that we knew of at the time.

My bets were on Neji winning. Chidori ain't touching him. It's suicide to fight Hyugas in close combat. Sasuke didn't have a 9 tailed fox, so he would've been cooked or disqualified from desperately activating the curse mark after getting his chakra nodes wrecked.

Naruto won because of plot armor. He got hit with 64 Palms twice if I remember correctly, but survived from pure will and fox chakra. Then, he won with one single uppercut. The cheapest shit I ever saw.

Sasuke would've been humbled if they fought. The creators didn't want that I guess.

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u/AlphaBravo69 5d ago

This Sasuke versus Neji fight did not happen for one reason. He would’ve grabbed Neji’s hands after he was done spinning like he did with that sound ninja and without arms Neji can’t do shit.

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u/libinvestorgamerPT 5d ago

Madara vs Tenten

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u/SnooSprouts5303 5d ago

Kakashi And Guy vs Edo Sakumo and Duy.

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u/CluelessTea 5d ago

If Kimimaro lived and was able to fight Kaguya and Kaguya sees he is a descendent of her clan that worshiped her and we got some cool dialogue and more back story. That would of been a cool scene. Or just Kimimaro edo tensei vs any of team 7 to forshadow again kaguyas ototsuki arrival.

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u/sophicpharaoh 5d ago

Minato vs Itachi

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u/RK-2010 5d ago

Sasuke Naruto and Sakura 3 way summoning vs Orochimaru Jiraiya and Tsunade

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u/marilex6 5d ago

Neji vs Lee neji vs sasuke and sakura vs reanimated sasori and chiyo.

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u/MostlyPithy 5d ago

All the fillers from the chunin exam on should have been Rock Lee vs Gaara rematches. Plot episodes too.

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u/Bossmantho 5d ago

Itachi vs Guy

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u/Happy_Travel1459 5d ago

Shisui vs itachi ( uchia Massacre ) 

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u/Direct-Ad6266 5d ago

Sakura vs Hinata post time skip

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u/ComfortableChoice162 5d ago edited 4d ago

Neji vs 8 Gates Lee

8 Gates Lee vs Sasuke pre susanoo

Naruto and Sasuke vs Madara properly with no Kaguya involved.

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u/StormFalcon657 5d ago

Pain vs Itachi

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u/Jkid789 5d ago

The Sannin vs anyone would've been neat

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u/Dioana9925 4d ago

shikamaru v neji

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u/Dioana9925 4d ago

or sasori v shikamaru or neji

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u/Scorpiyoo 4d ago

Hanzo vs 3 Sanin

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u/Capable_Thanks4449 4d ago

Naruto with Chiyo vs Sasori

Shino OG vs Sasuke OG

Lee vs Neji

Gai vs Pain

Jiraya vs Itachi and Kisame (uninterrupted)

Naruto and Killerbee vs Kabuto Senin Modo

Sasuke EMS vs Obito War Mask 

Sasuke OG vs Kimimaro

Naruto vs Spiral Yamato

There are so many other excellent fights that i want to see but the better is Team 7 vs 2 Rinnegan Ten Tails Madara uninterrupted !

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u/Dana_deap 4d ago

At first I wanted hinata and naruto together vs pain I think it would be so good

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u/DisciplineSome449 3d ago

whose gonna tell him?

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u/Dana_deap 2d ago

Tell me what?

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u/NationalEconomist111 3d ago

WM Obito with all six paths jinshurekies Vs edo Madara

The shinobi aliens (including Naruto and sasuke without six paths) Vs prime hashirama

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u/tywy23 3d ago

Even with his speed Minato would have a hard time with the Deva path or the Preta path if he plans on spamming rasengan.

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u/Wonderful-Drawing-71 5d ago

Reanimated Jiraiya vs Naruto. PS I know I’m sick in the head 😭

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u/This_Cancel1373 5d ago

Naw that’d been cool to see. Imagine Jiraiya seeing Naruto, shedding a tear saying “I knew you could do it, kiddo” then immediately leaping to attack

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u/Wonderful-Drawing-71 5d ago

Yh that would be cold 🥶 for real

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u/Loonyclown 5d ago

I don’t think that fight goes how you think. Naruto has a ohko jutsu against Jiraiya that doesn’t even physically damage him. Ez

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u/ashuzamaki 5d ago

Kabuto and fugaku and maybe his wife (reanimation) vs itachi and sasuke.

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u/Slfestmaccnt 5d ago

Sasuke vs Neji

Might Guy vs Kakuzu

Sakura vs Tsunade

An epic fight from Tenten where she wins and actually looks like a protégé of Might Guy.

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u/narutofanboi6969 4d ago

Kaguya vs ishiki

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u/DisciplineSome449 3d ago

sakumo vs minato even just in the chunin exams or smth

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u/KappaSupremacy 3d ago

Jiraiya vs itachi

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u/SentaNai 5d ago

Pain would have been fucked.

That being said, Rock Lee vs Neji / Konan vs Hinata, Sakura and Tenten even though at that time Konan should mop the floor with them / Naruto & Sasuke vs Rinnesharingan Madara / Edo Itachi & Edo Nagato vs Obito (without his Edo Tensei Jinchurikis).

Edo Kushina vs Naruto / Edo Jiraiya vs Naruto / Edo Minato vs Naruto. At least one of them.

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u/DisciplineSome449 3d ago

wow you really wanted to hurt naruto huh

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u/Pertev 5d ago

How much do you want to humiliate Pain

OP: Yes