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im 15 mins in and forgot this was about "hot takes" and not just a conversation about lite novels
That's the problem when people use authoritative voices when they are actually spiraling out of control. My co-worker does this literally every 5 minutes. Everyone always wants to kill him.
Some of the evil ninjas do this.
Like orochimaru. My dad does this all the time too. Just always lying.
@@jahboiii2407 the kettle's black
Nbs
I got LOST in the sauce
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Am I reading the same comment?
me halfway through the video "wait isnt this a tierlist video?" sir Hammer "wow i talked about that a lot"
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i’m 12 minutes in and i thought they same thing 😂
Not alone, guys😂
Same!
Half of the video is just him talking about light novels
Naruto and Sasuke jumping Momoshiki was the most satisifying moment in the entire series. Naruto and Sasuke as grown ups at the peak of their powers tag teaming and wrecking the most powerful villian in the series to that point, was what we all wanted since that fateful day Orochimaru gave Sasuke the cursed hickey.
Good guys "jumping " bad guys is one of the most Goated anime tropes of all time
SWEET NINJA JESUS! IS THAT A HATE HICKEY??
I felt nothing when I saw an unrecognizable perversion of Naruto and Sasuke jump generic alien bad guy #4
@@donovan4222 No hes alien bad guy #5 Black Zetsu is also Alien, so your point is invaild
Speaking Danzo, it is also poetic that when he was killed he took a hostage thinking Sauske would care about them like most people do, but he never expected him to be as big a piece of shit as him.
In all fairness, Karin was a stalker who was cheerfully working for Ninja Mengele, abusive to anyone who wasn't Sasuke, and is implied to have at least tried to SA him before.
She's basically fanon Sakura, but arguably even worse, and Sasuke only tolerated her because she was extremely useful in his revenge plot to that point.
Facts
Hot take, Sasuke did care about Karin, that is the only reason she is still alive, when he stabbed Danzo he avoided her vital organs on purpose.
@@Iron700mansasuke’s never wanted to hurt innocent people unless they get in the way of his plans, hence him telling team 7 and samurai to get out the way or they’ll get hurt or even when orochimaru made him fight a bunch of shinobi and he didn’t kill then on purpose. basically sasuke would rather kill danzo than care about karin cus she still had to get healed by sakura
@@sadejokuj0there was a thing about how Sasuke didn’t kill innocent people until after Itachi died. I think it was Suigetsu that pointed out that Sasuke was killing without hesitation at the 5 Kage Summit
The Ramen Guy is the best character. He's been there for Naruto since Day 1.
My biggest flex is that I have the same Birthday as Teuchi-san (Ramen guy) 😁
He's the only real mf in that fake ass village.
That take is colder than ice my G
I seem to recall him refusing to make ramen for naruto when his daughter switched to cold noodles or whatever, he failed naruto that day
yes
Hot take: Naruto should have retired after the war, married Ichirakus daughter and become a ramen maker 🎉
Not exactly this but mine is similar.
Naruto shouldn't have become Hokage. Honestly don't think the Job is for him And he already got everything he wanted.
@@matijasostojic4288The only goal he has was to become hokage so everyone would respect him and see him as an equal
@@orio2242yeah but he already got the respect. I don’t remember who told him this, but it’s like they said.
The Hokage isn’t the one who is given people’s respect, the one who is given respect becomes the Hokage.
@thecyberrabbit1440 I believe Sasuke told him that during the final valley fight.
@@___________0Z0X I don’t think it was Sasuke. I think it was someone who actually would know what they’re talking about
Here's a not-so-hot-take...the sharingan should be able to break genjutsu but should NOT be able to instantly induce genjutsu. It made it so that any other genjutsu user is practically useless plot wise and combat wise. If someone tried to use genjutsu they're instantly compared to an Uchiha. Genjutsu is actually an interesting part of the mechanics of Naruto and in part one it was considered to be on par with the other two forms of combat. Part 2 is basically just Ninjutsu with a bit of Taijutsu because who would bother with Genjutsu when even if you dedicated all of your training to its use, you would still be sub-par when compared to an Uchiha.
Kurenai is genuinely an interesting character. I love her design, and love that she specialized in genjutsu, but we only ever get to see her fight once and that was just to show how inadequate her genjutsu is against an uchiha
If you consider the Naruto story, yes your point is valid. However, if you consider the whole Naruto universe, there’s only 2 Uchihas left, so anyone outside Konoha wouldnt have a known disadvantage to any other clan in the village. And even within konoha that competition is 2 people, the shadow hokage and his daughter
100%
Considering how the first one took up half the video, can you do a part 2 of this?
My hot take would be that Itachi wasn't well written. I feel like he was meant to be a villain from the start, which is why we see him do lots of evil things like putting Kakashi and Sasuke in a coma, the Uchiha massacre etc. and was only retconned as a good guy all along because he was cool and popular. He definitely should have remained a villain and maybe should have done even worse things so we side with Sasuke when he kills Itachi.
It also just makes Sasukes story much more understandable and after Sasuke had killed Itachi he can start working on his redemption and atonement without him going full terrorist mode and making his redemption arc much more believable, and that way he can close the circle of hatred
Agree
I think It was said in some of the first chapters that Itachi cried when he left sauske after the massacre, so I‘m pretty sure that he was not supposed to be a villain from the beginning.
Also Sasuke only knowing the truth after he killed Itachi was to show that revenge is wrong. Wich then builds up to the point where Naruto actually listens to Nagatos story and doesn’t kill him, beacause he realizes that revenge is wrong.
Also its not like Itachi just randomly massacred his clan. He was traumatized from seeing the horrors of war as a child and therefore wanted to prevent a new war from breaking out even if he had to sacrifice his own family. If he really would have done it because he just wanted to see how powerful he is, that would’ve been bad written imo.
Hard agree. I would have taken transitioning itachi into a morally ambiguous character with a smige of tragedy and sympathy but going full good guy was not it. I mean there had to be other solutions, like banishing the utchias or arresting the ringleaders than murdering your own clan. Sure he was ordered to but he didn't have to follow the order. That was his choice thus he deserves at least some blame.
Anyone who thinks Itachi was supposed to be a villain was just not paying attention. Theres multiple scenes foreshadowing his very clear double motivations all the way from chapter 1 when Sasuke hints at remembering Itachi crying, which is not revealed all the way until Naruto Shippuden. Just like the Obito twist, the Itachi twist was thought of long before the introduction of the character and it shows.
@@gregcourtney751He was a morally ambiguous character and he did get blame, he felt so much guilt from what he did that he punished himself through Sasuke. That was the point of the character.
bro said 1% but only did like 3
That's the problem when people use authoritative voices when they are actually spiraling out of control. My co-worker does this literally every 5 minutes. Everyone always wants to kill him.
Some of the evil ninjas do this.
Like orochimaru. My dad does this all the time too. Just always lying.
I'm pretty sure he said there is no way he could go even 1%, so....3 checks out, considering one person should be like what- 120?
I'm so lost
@@no-fo7he12* it was 1200 total
I call it hyperbole. You should too.
On the Neji Hot Take: What piss me off more on this is that the excuse of using Neji's death to make Hinata and Naruto grow closer makes Hinata's actions AND CONFESSION during the Pain arc mean nothing. Plus, if Hiashi died instead, his death could act as a start to fulfill Naruto's statement of ending the practice of the Hyuga clan back in the Naruto vs Neji fight. With it, both Hinata and Neji could become leaders of the Hyuga clan during the war, then continue to be dual leaders of the clan, abolishing the branch system all together.
On the Shikamaru swap with Temari: additional hot take, both become working parents and have Kurenai as a babysitter for Shikadai part time. Shikamaru help raise her and Asuma's daughter. Having her return the favor, allowing Temari and Shikamaru to be working outside the home just makes sense. Plus, Temari was also a rep for the Sand, it just makes sense to change her role to be either frontline for the Leaf and liaison between the two villages. Plus, it's an era of peace, would it kill Kishimoto to have the parents both work during that period?
Neji was supposed to die in part one but they forced kishimoto to keep him alive because he was popular character and kishimoto actually wanted sakura to end with Naruto not hinata
Nick biased Neji hot take is a S tier he even answers the question of why and had no excuse for it shouldn't
@@ayhamahmad2277 Oh, I know. But there are ways around that. My suggestion was just a method to keep the story going.
@@mythking541 the problem is that Naruto has many characters and there isn't enough arc to focus on them that why neji and the others should have died in part one or aid more arc to the story Naruto needs to be longer dygo made a video about it go watch it
Yes! Neji had a whole life ahead of him. He and Tenten would've been the cutest couple. 🤗
Side note: They look like a gender bend version of Kaguya & Tenji.
Temari should've been the embassadof of the Sand Village. She may be back to work as a jounin. Shikadai is a chunin (maybe jounin at this point), so an adult by ninja standers. Unless they had another kid, there is no reason for her ti continue to be retired.
Having Shikamaru and Tamari both working outside the home might have made Shikadai a more interesting character though.
Definitely Danzo is like one of the best Villains if not THE BEST villain in all of Naruto. Because this villain is so slimey, so dirty, so rotten that he even slides under the radar for as long as he does, only dying to Sasuke almost by a chance meeting. He received no punishment on a large scale (in terms of him being outed to the whole village) because he was just so good at being a sneaky bastard. 10/10 I agree.
Here's a hot take that nobody seems to talk about but me. Naruto's attachment to Sasuke and willingness to instantly forgive everything that he did felt a little creepy. Throughout Shippuden it kinda felt like not only was Naruto trying to bring him back to the village, but he was also forcing him to be his friend. Like Sasuke kept trying to push him away and saying that he didn't like him anymore and Naruto was kind of being like "nope, I don't care, we're friends, you don't get to have any say in this, we have a bond and that's that, I know best."
Kind of a good point.
It's cuz he knew Sasuke was really his friend. Sasuke was trying to push that away and cut all of his ties to go be a bitch and that's why Naruto knew the only way to get to him was to keep that connection there even if it was forcefully. Naruto felt that Sasuke was being tricked or coerced by Orochimaru the whole time. If your friend wants to kill himself you don't let him go through with it even if they're lashing out at you the whole time and telling you all sorts of negative things you know they're not in their right State of mind. Besides Itachi, Naruto was the only one to hold on to Sasuke that much to the point of death. It wasn't so much that he was forcing him to be his friend, they already were from the original show all the way up until Orochimaru made him believe he could be stronger with him. Whereas Naruto got his strength from those around him and knew that Sasuke felt similar to him but nobody wanted to give him a chance. So Naruto knew he couldn't let that bond go or he would let his friend, the same one that shared his meal with him during trials everything else they went through. Rivals are often the best of friends. They just have to get there. Think Kakashi and guy. It's actually really wholesome of Naruto to want to yank Sasuke out of his darkness and was willing to give up his own life for it.
@@SneakyPirate54 If that was the case then they should have had him elaborate on that to him a little more instead of just telling him "because we're friends" over and over, but even if He did it still felt incredibly clingy, he was forgiving every single thing he did in an instant no matter what had went on about how he was having dreams about him in one episode. I mean, what kind of example does this send? If a friend or ex tries to severe their connection to you, you shouldn't respect that? they are probably just brainwashed and need you to force some sense into them?
Not exactly a hot take i see this a lot
@@festral7509literally in the first final valley fight sasuke says he's his best friend and by the end of the series Sasuke regrets his choices and switches sides for a reason. Is it really weird for your best friend to fight for you while you're being manipulated/blinded by revenge?
Jiraiya should have been reanimated in front of Naruto, and that should have pulled tsunade into the war where her and orochimaru could have teamed up and fought him to let naruto move forward. that way, he would have been able to see his student had become the child of prophecy, and the woman he loved, and his old best friend fight together again. It would have been very sad but also really happy for him to see all of it.
Awesome idea!
I think his death is cheapened by bringing him back .. in every way I've heard but this one. This would actually be pretty dope imo. I think the only issue comes in is w/ ayee we need Tsunade to go get literally "stomped" AOT style by Madara, but this would've made Orochimaru's odd change in trajectory a lot smoother. Good idea !
I think it was fine Jiraya wasn't revived,his death was amazing, it made sense for Minato to be revived both as Hokage and because Naruto didn't really have a chance to interact with him besides the scene at the end of Pain Arc.
@@justinarzola4584 Yeah. Minato's case made perfect sense. In fact, it would've realllyyy sucked if the others came back and he didn't tbh. Lol. But I like the idea they had of how Jiraiya could come back. Any other way would be crazy talk. But to come full circle with Orochi it would be cool to see
Thank god you have no part in writing the story
Guy should have died having Lee opening up the 8 gates and showing the fire of the youth. He should have had guys moment with Naruto healing him before he passed.
He is too popular Shonan won't allow kishimoto to kill him
That's not a hot take since most people would agree
I don't know about the Sakura should have married Rock Lee thing, but I think Sakura should have been the teammate of Rock Lee and learn some kind of healing that can save someone from dying from 8 gates
@@b1bbscraz3y na that would ruin the Eighth gate
@@Black0utDayz 2/3 of all the people we see use the 8 gates already didn't die from it, so literally how is that any different
Naruto basically learned nothing during the 2 years timeskip.
Sasuke perfected and invented all kinds of Chidori variations and came up with Kirin, Sakura basically became Tsunade 2.0 but all Naruto learned to do was to make the rasengan a bit bigger?.
Naruto should've come back to the Leaf with atleast some basic sage training or the knowledge of nature transformation or maybe even flying raijin.
The reason he learned nothing is that he was pretty bad as a shinobi and had terrible chakra control which was needed for sage mode so teaching him anything more would be pointless. Granted kishimoto could have easily just wrote it that Jaraiya figured out a way to speed up the training process by using shadow clones but since he doesn't have wood style, he may have gotten killed or more injured by Naruto. Him larning flying raijin should have been a thing but I am not sure if Jaraiya knew how to teach it. Boruto learned it somehow tho but he is also a genius and the clone of Jaraiya would atleast have a scroll that would possess such data.
Naruto not even knowing about his chakra nature is pretty crazy
@@slinux8420 Naruto had terrible book smarts, but was actually a better shinobi than most give credit for. He was able to come up with a scheme on the fly to catch one of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist off guard using basic genin skills, learned the Rasengan faster than two of the Sannin thought possible, and learned the Shadow Clones just from reading it once off the scroll.
Honestly the bigger issue is that he never learned that Shadow Clones can be used to carry knowledge and skills until Kakashi straight up tells him in Shippuden. Considering how often and how many he spams out, the fact that that detail never came up during ALL OF NARUTO is one of the biggest plot holes of the series.
The Chakra Points never being used to increase Chakra flow, which I assume would make someone stronger, never gets used at all. Might Guy never and everyone else not considering some kind of cyborg prosthetic or Hashirama cells appendage(like Sasuke and Naruto's arm) has always baffled me as well.
This is my biggest hot take in all of Naruto: Kisame is the single most underrated shinobi in not only the Akatsuki, but in the entire series, and with his specific set of abilities, he could even handle certain forms of Madara. From bijuu levels of chakra reserves to unbelievable range and volume of Suiton jutsu to perhaps his most dangerous ability for anybody other than Rock Lee and Guy, chakra absorption. And people forget it's not just Samehada, he also has jutsu whose whole shtick is that they absorb the chakra of shinobi they hit or jutsu they interact with, like the Water Shark Bomb. Susano'o is a fantastic defense, yes, and Perfect Susano'o is pretty intimidating, but it's also made of chakra. One swing of Samehada or one blast of Water Shark Bomb and he'll have created a hole in Madara's defenses for either himself or his comrades.
And then there's the Samehada Fusion... unless you're an Edo Tensei or can use Flying Raijin, you're dead. GG, next map. Because *everybody* needs to breathe and only Kisame can do so underwater, and in a dome of water that follows his every move no less. So it doesn't even matter how far you swim - you aren't getting away. And what's worse, in that form, his very body can steal your chakra on contact. It's just. Kisame is overwhelming. Utterly slept on by the entire fanbase.
People see Madara drop a couple meteors and think he's unstoppable, but actual combat and power scaling is very, very rarely about raw power, it's about how the specific mechanics of specific abilities interact with each other. Just because Guy can beat Kisame but Madara can outlast Guy doesn't mean Madara immediately has the edge over Kisame. Kisame's abilities completely counter many of his. I think it's primarily because of people's unwillingness to actually consider the strategic and mechanical aspects of Naruto fights that Kisame is always handwaved away. He really, really shouldn't be. He's one of the heaviest hitters in the entire series.
Way too much time on the light novels, but otherwise really fun video! Loved your opinions on those wild takes.
We need a part 2 of this
Danzo is the Joffrey from Game of thrones but in Naruto.
Everyone hates him but what a character
Kiba and co got done dirty. We saw them kick ass in the rescue arc, and then NEVER AGAIN.
Kiba became head of the police, that never arrested anyone. Shino became a teacher and TOTALLY rewrote his personality. Hinata indirectly killed her cousin and slept with the MC. Kurenai had a kid and retired (her genjutsu skills were supposed to rival Itachi's, but we've only ever seen her use them once(?)).
There are anime filler OC's with deeper backstories, like what the hell.
17:51 Kaguya clan were the bone people, like Kimimaro. That filler girl was from the Kurama clan. Which raises entirely different questions.
Is Neji's death poetic? I get that him putting his life on the line in the same way his father did to protect Hinata did represents his growth in the fact that he feels compassion for a character that he used to hate for reasons out of her control, but everyone remembers Naruto's speech from the chunin exams, right? Where Neji is struggling with the fact that he's a part of the side branch, and so he is "lesser" than Hinata, but Naruto is a nobody with poor chakra control, so Neji thinks he can beat him on principle.
Naruto kicks his ass and gives him a speech about how your bloodline doesn't matter, and through hard work and believing in yourself, you can do whatever you want and overcome your circumstances... so, yeah, it's like Neji died in some act of defeated fatalism. In the end he did/became exactly the thing that made him hate Hinata in the first place. And then, of course, Naruto is part Uzimaki part Namikaze and is exponentially better than most all of his peers, so I guess in the end that speech really meant nothing.
Hot Take:
Shikamaru DID have his 8th hokage monument made. . . The clouds above the village.
What if Neji could block a stick.
Hello from Brazil, Nick!You did say my name right! 😂
If you think 3 people jumping in front of Naruto would look silly, removing either Neji or Hinata would give us a good moment, either way.
If Hinata stays, Hiashi would be choosing the daughter he once diswon and though of as a faliure. He could make a comment on how much she looks like her mother.
If Neji stays, it is like what you said. Neji's life mattered to Hiashi, because he is his nephew, the son of his twin.
What do you think?
Mano, eu literalmente ouvi agora ele falando seu nome e tive q pausar para rir primeiro,mas incrivelmente a pronuncia ficou melhor q qualquer gringo q já vi kk
Edit: i totally agree with your hot take, and your points
But would love to see Hinata, Neji and Hiashi jumping to protect eachother, because it would become a great meme template LOL
I think the idea is cool actually. Kinda pissed Boruto doesn't have an uncle.. but I do understand why.. because Neji's character arc was essentially over at that point, the chunin exams flipped his Perception upside down, then he went out like his father.. Makes sense, then they also did the really cool "Neji Free Bird Style: 9 Tails Cloak Free Bird Jutsu" thing. Which they still could've done! If they did swap out Neji and Hiashi out, then they should also swap the scene where Hiashi fights Neji's Dad? Maybe? Or, they should've extended and made that scene more impactful and memorable, as well as have Neji idk.. be within 50 miles of his REANIMATED FATHER. 😂 That would've been better, and they could've built up to it for Hiashi saving them. Instead though they would've had Hinata jump in front, Neji tried but failed to air palm it, then Hiashi saw this and jumped in the way and tried to rotate or air palm and die. Any ONE OF THEM should've had at least 1 of the 3 try to block it and it goes through.. whether the scene changed or not! Would've told us hey, "they can't block this ish, someone's gonna die." Then it would've made sense. After that, either your way or the Neji route would've worked better imo! Now, you do need to remember now, in the present, this would eliminate their "doting Grandpa" from Boruto. Which I'm totally fine w/ in favor of the Strict, but sweet uncle Neji. I think they also killed Neji because Boruto's name makes much more sense then. Neji means "Screw" in Japanese, and Boruto means "Bolt" as a nod to his late Uncle Neji. So, we do have to look at those few details objectively. Neji's character arc comes full circle, (full screw in this case.), Boruto's name would maybe be something else, 🤔 and they wouldn't have their Grandfather.. I personally wouldn't care much. They could still name him Boruto, and they'd have an Uncle Neji instead of Grandpa Hiashi. That being said, I think Neji should've sacrificed himself to save Boruto or Himawari early-ish in Boruto.. That would've helped shift the tone of the show from ''Boruto playing games", to a more serious note. Maybe, Neji goes into the past w/ them and sacrifices himself to Urashiki, or he jumps in front of Hima during the Delta fight, or he sacrifices himself to save the kids when Jigen first arrives. This would've given Jigen a much more sinister vibe I think... What do you think? 🤔🤔🤔
EITHER WAY, this moment of Neji passing served to make the war more serious and bring Hinata and Naruto closer. OR would've been used to bring some serious "villain vibes to Kara". Which, felt rushed ASF. Jigen should've been built up more imo, and there should've been less filler happy go lucky arcs in Boruto Part 1. Akatsuki was built up for like triple the time as Kara.
@@IamChristopherBones Neji death was useless it took until The Last to solidify the connection to Hinata.
@@drakoprimus5535 right. Which is kinda why I think it would've been more impactful in Boruto or something
My hot take? Nick is a sasuke fanboy
Of course he is he won't stop talking about him and the tattoo lol
He did make that video of everything he likes about Sasuke. I don't think he did that for anyone else.
It appears Nick has caught you in his Genjutsu
S tier
I thought he hated him...
One thing that I was recently told and is a very common misconception about Izanagi is that not every Uchiha can you use it you need to have some amount of senju chakra to be able to use it Obito says this in his fight against Kanon (paper woman i think kanons her name)
Nick should trying writing a fan fic on Naruto, kind of like what DygoKnight. I’d love to see his knowledge and opinions actually transfer to a real story.
Please do a part 2 of this video! 🙏🙏🙏
rock lee deserved sakura, but sakura didn't deserve lee.
That doesn't make sense. If rock lee is too gd for Sakura as u said then that means lee is settling for something below his standards. Why do u think so low of lee that he deserves Sakura. Lol lee gd tenten cheeks is just as gd as Sakura's but obviously not as good as Hinata since Naruto had to shoot it up twice
The realest comment on this video.
That's the best one right there.
F tier
@@AnonymousGamerDBLee didn’t settle for anyone, he simply budded like a potato and created Metal
This video made me think of a hot take I don't think I've ever heard before so I'll drop it here in case a part 2 comes along:
Hinata should've actually died trying to fight Pain and stayed dead.
(Gonna ignore all the stuff with the Byakugan and its spin-off dojutsu that came from The Last since this would likely take the design of the Otsutsukis in a different direction)
Up until this point in the story, Hinata serves basically the opposite purpose to Sakura. While Sakura's character is meant to be our point of reference for the village's opinion of Naruto (he's an obnoxious, potentially dangerous nuisance to everyone around him), Hinata's point of view of him is that of the reader's (he's a brave person with a good heart who stands up for what he believes in and for people who can't protect themselves). In universe, she is treated like royalty and kept constantly protected by her clan who are directly responsible for Neji's ideology that's set up to be the antithesis for the message Naruto as a story is trying to drive home: that your destiny is decided by the circumstances of your birth. The princess of one of Konoha's most important clans running out and ACTUALLY dying standing up to the biggest threat the village had seen in order to save the village idiot who had inspired her from day one would've been both a perfect moment that exemplifies the theme of making your own destiny (in a series that really needs more of those) as well as an incredibly poetic one where, in her death, what defined her character lives on as, from this point on in the story, the village now sees Naruto as she did: a hero who stood up for all of them to fight a seemingly unstoppable threat.
It's after this point that she's basically written out of the story anyway until it's time to give birth to the star of a spin-off series that she also does nothing in. This could even set up a moment where Neji does something similar to protect Naruto during the 4th GSW; the self-made genius of the Hyuga clan inspired by the actions of the timid girl he looked down on as being privileged by birth, since Kishimoto was really determined to make sure he died by the end of the series, editing staff be damned.
This also takes the story off the route towards some of its worst aspects. Blowing past some of the the common ones like "Neji dying to protect Hinata was dumb", "there are too many characters in the story that just fade into the background", and the more recent "not enough things in Naruto have lasting consequences"; something that never sat well with me was the way late-game Naruto kind of realized it hadn't actually set up the relationships that it wanted to and tried to retroactively shove these into backstory that contradicts a lot of was seemed to be established early on. Not even just the romantic ones, but Naruto and Sasuke's commitment to each other as such great friends despite how few positive interactions they have in-universe always felt forced at best and borderline unhealthy at worst. Both this and the fact that Naruto needed to end up with Hinata (and the story can't just have Naruto change his mind about the girl he liked for whatever reason) leads to one of my least favorite retcons that no one really talks about from The Last: Naruto's entire motivation throughout Shippuuden.
By the end of part 1, Naruto and Sasuke are both loner orphans who've only spent time together by force and actually collaborate arguably only like once or twice(?) in life or death situations; so they're just kind of friends by default. It would be more of a stretch to say that they actually liked each other than it would that they hate each other but need each other to survive. There are plenty of stories that take this dynamic and turn it into some of the most iconic friendships in fiction, but Sasuke just dips out after this point and never really interacts with Naruto until the final arc. Prior to retcon information, Naruto promising Sakura that he'd bring Sasuke back serves as a small moment that perfectly encapsulates who he is as a person: even if he didn't like Sasuke and would be objectively better off if he wasn't around to steal the spotlight from him in the eyes of Sakura (character who acts as a stand-in for the village as a whole, who also saw Sasuke as a genius prodigy with a rare bloodline ability and saw Naruto as a moron), he would stop at nothing to bring him back without a second thought because of how important he was to her (+the village) and, when he does bring him back, he's gonna take that spotlight fair and square.
By the end of the series, Naruto was stripped of almost everything that would've made most of his accomplishments unachievable by just anyone who was born under the same circumstances with the exception of one thing, who he is as a person (specifically, his selfless and empathetic nature despite how cruel the shinobi world is). Having The Last retcon Naruto's motivation to have just been that he was actually THAT good of friends with Sasuke and wanted to bring him back for purely his own reasons and at one point gaslit himself into pretending he ever liked Sakura so he could use her as a measuring stick for their very friendly always friendly the whole time friends' rivalry kinda takes away a lot from what from what made Naruto such a compelling character when the story is reread with this information in mind. This and the way that Naruto, Mr. Talk-no-jutsu who can relate to and understand even the worst of the ninja world, needed to be put under a genjutsu to explain to him that Hinata loved him the whole time because Kishimoto needed to regress their relationship to justify why Naruto had never followed up on her literally saying "I love you, Naruto" after jumping in front of an opponent who would 100% kill her just to buy him some time was some of the worst material to come out of that movie.
Long post but kinda how it goes with a hot take that involves big changes for a character that a lot of people like (myself included)
I don't think Hinata should've died to get the point across, that she can make her own desicions, and stand up for the outcast despite being the princess. Her putting her life at risk the way she did was more than enough, since she couldn't stand a chance against Pain, so she was basically prepared to die. What really diminished that whole character moment is that her confession was just ignored, when it would've been the perfect foundation to build their relationship on. But no, Kishi had to retcon it their romance when Shueisha told him they need an offspring.
This kinda sums up my problem with Kishimoto as a writer. He's really good at writing certain themes such as politics, war, and moral debates, but then he also sucks at writing a lot of other themes but still decides to jampack the story with them. Romance being one of them.
You should definitely do a part 2 and keep your responses a bit more brief and tackle ones like the light novel ones in their own video.
Temari is literally still a shinobi...
Hinata being a house wife makes sense. Growing up with an extremely strict father and no mother lead her to wanting to give all her time to her children and I love that.
Sakura is also a Shinobi as shown in some episodes including the Sasuke Retsudan ones
@@sapphireeclipse1041she's all of the above
i did it, i got the only f tier hot take
bro
Please can this be a series? 🙏🏻 There are so many more hot takes to be taken up
Also the yota filler brought up the idea that you can use edo tensei on someone more than once. Instead of wasting time bringing back 1000s of random shinobi, Kabuto could’ve just brought back 50 Madaras and that’s that. 😂
On the note of Kabuto being F tier, I personally split Kabuto into two characters. Naruto era Kabuto, and Shippuden era Kabuto. I feel Kabuto is much more engaging as a character and villain in the first part, and loses a lot when we get to Shippuden.
....my hot take is that the way Naruto was treated by the village was completely reasonable if we consider how real humans react to, Trauma, peer pressure, and the fear of overwhelming strength.
Realistic? Yeah I can see it. Reasonable? ... That's a different thing 🤨
For me, it would be "Sakura is not a bad character". Sure, she is annoying in the beginning and isn't very appealing, but seeing her grow and mature is a breath of fresh air, as I often see female characters have their character arc happen in 5mins.
Sakura in the manga is great she just needs more screen time and fight and she actually was supposed to end with Naruto the anime however made her a lot worse they cut a lot of her dielog and moments in the manga
She really isn't, however she was just used as a means to make Sasuke seem edgier whenever the plot needed it, most of her worst and most annoying parts are just before Sasuke does something bad (leaving the village, the battle with Danzo, etc)
Adding to the Danzo discussion, Tsunade probably would have been notified of Tenzo and possibly came back sooner because there was a child with her grandfather's genetics, by the hands of her friend no less. I full believe Tenzou/Yamato would have become a senju without Danzo intervening.
Because the amount of time the first took (although well understood as to why it needed that much time) I think a part 2 or 3 for more community takes to be shown.. would be very much appreciated..
Rock lee shino and kiba should be used more in boruto especially against the otisuski!
my hot take naruto was taking care of himself for years and can make virtually infinite solid shadow clones not only should he have not been a bad dad but also should have the the househusband but hinata also should still be the housewife most of the time and borutos resentment should have been that naruto was never "REALLY" around
The reason Naruto was a bad dad was because he valued the position of Hokage more than anything and didn't want to cheat using shadow clones. Which is why he never used shadow clones in the hokage's office. Also naruto wouldn't have made a good house husband. All he ate was ramen and spoiled milk with the money he got from Hiruzen, he doesn't know how to cook or clean(COULD BE WRONG, I deadass don't remember how clean his room was just that it had lots of ramen).
@@slinux8420Honestly the idea that Naruto values a job more than his own family (WHICH HE ALWAYS WANTED) is really dumb to me.
To Naruto the only value the position of Hokage had was being liked and he already got that in the Pain arc.
@@matijasostojic4288 Naruto always wanted to be hokage both bwfore and after the pain arc. While its true he wanted to be hokage so he could be loved, he also wanted to be hokage to fix the ninja system and to prevent situations like zabuza, hence his ninjay way. I dont even think he even once said his goal was to have a family, at least not nearly as much as hokage.
@@slinux8420 Not neccesarily a goal but you would think a guy who grew up all alone And hated by the village would value family over a job. Especially during peace time when bassically every Kage is a trusted associate or friend so he doesn't even need to really keep a close eye on the world.
Like really. He doesn't Want to use his PLANETARY amounts of Chakra to make a few clones because of his Job, which is actively ruining his relationship with his son because of the amount of paperwork.
@@matijasostojic4288 it's like you used shadows clone to fast forward your training but can't use it to fast forward the bureaucracy. If he was efficient with it he be done in few hours.
I need a part 2, 3, 4, etc… I love this video idea so much
And the hot take regarding Hiashi, it would have been great if Hinata jumped in front of Naruto like she did and then neji went to do the same, but instead Hiashi pulled neji back by The shoulder and smiled at him as he went to go get impaled. There is already ongoing symbolism during the fourth grade Shinobi war of the next generation taking on the mantle in the previous generation passing down the torch, so this would be a very poignant moment for this to be done as well.
This was fun, I'd love to see more of this
Could not agree more about the lite novels adaptation shikamaru morning cloud because of the dynamic between him naruto and Sasuke. And naruto retsuden are my favorites i know they tried with naruto retsuden but I wish it was better! The neji death one too i totally agree!
I got a 40 minute drive this morning to get fingerprinted for my new job and Nick just dropped a 40 minute video. Coincidence? I think not.
Neji starts and finishes the series by proving his point of the inevitability of fate
you gotta make a part 2
I’ve never been this early! Love your videos!
My hot take is that Boruto should have taken place years after the 4th great war like Naruto and Sasuke are in their late 60s early 70s. This would have been a good reason why they seem not to be as strong as they used to be, and Kurama and Naruto sacrificing their lives to save Boruto and Kawaki with baryon mode would have been more thematically satisfying. Especially since it would mirror what the third hokage did during the chunin exam.
I would say one generation or 2 and cutting out the ototsuki out of the picture. Hear me out with the advancement of technology you could introduce a villain who instead of relying on brute strength would use political and technological power to take over the shinobi world bit by bit.The line of the whole last shinobi thing would be boruto using his knowledge of shinobi training and tactics to protect and dismantle the organization.
I think the kaguya story is fine as it is because it leaves it open for her to come back on Boruto's side
13:40 by this point, one can really tell your not used to ranking videos loll
Get ready for nick to make full length videos going into more detail and taking the credit for the theory( the taking credit part is a joke)
Here's a hot take: The Naruto story suffers greatly from never showing any actual village citizens besides the Ramen Guy. The whole show theres a bunch of ninja that more or less exist either to do missions for villagers or act as like the military defense for the people..... but we never see the people. It kinda just makes everything feel pointless.
Remember when team 7 protected the bridge builder and lived with his family for a week? It actually felt wholesome and like the universe made sense. Then when Naruto was congratulated by the village when he defeated pain? That was amazing. Why are these like the only two cannon events that don't only involve ninja? They could of easily have like a "my cabbages!" guy reoccur like in avatar. Anything to justify the existence of ninja beyond the idea that ninjitsu was created and now people just fight with it because it exists.
dude I don't understand what you saying😂
@@drakoprimus5535 *Show more non-ninja humans in universe...
Let me know if you are still having trouble :)
The fact that we don't even see Sakura's parents in canon is so ridiculous. The other character's non ninja parents not showing up is one thing, but one of our central characters is kinda ridiculous. There really needs to be a bit more padding out of our main village at the very least.
@@kyradreamer4769 Haha great point. I watch these reactors Heatah 22. They just made it to when Sakura told Sasuke she would leave the village with him and help him with his revenge. One of the reactors then said "Miss where are your parents!?" lol
It could be argued that the real reason Guy is wheelchair bound is because of a myriad of internal wounds that even after healing leave him with prone to fainting or seizures or nerve issues in his lower body. BUT then it would have been an interesting story to have him at least be a significant instructor, or get some moment of "I can use my legs for 2 minutes, lets make it count" thing.
I thought sasuke destroyed the hideout when he busted out his susano'o with his EMS
Well, it didn't really show that it was for sure that hideout, did it..? I'm genuinely asking. I don't remember the panel on this, I do remember the anime, and it didn't really show the eyes in the background and etc. so idk? I think this spot and all those eyes should've been used though at some point! Like in literally any Boruto arc. Like maybe all of Kara has a Sharingan, or all of the 7 ninja swordsman remakes, or something. Really, a new clique of people could've been made. They could've made shin uchihas "revived Akatsuki" actually have buku people with different eyes, but not his weird ass clones. 😂
@IamChristopherBones it does. Obito had sasuke on a table, and in the background were hundreds of sharingan in containers. Sasuke broke out with his susano'o after hia recovery
@@gentletal5101 Damnn! It does make perfect sense for him to destroy the eyes too... I was just commenting on the person's comment who stated the Neji theory. I was saying IF they swapped Neji and Hiashi, someone should've tried to block the wood, failed and then Hiashi or Neji jump in front. BUT, if this happened then use Neji dying in Boruto to protect Himawari or Boruto via the Delta or ideally the Jigen arriving in the leaf fights.. So then it would've gave Boruto a more serious tone and built up some "villain vibes" for Jigen. Now, I STRONGLY believe if they'd done that, and saved the Sharingan from that cave, then they could've really strengthened and lengthened the "Akatsuki revival Shin Uchiha Arc", because he could actually had a gang of NEW VILLIANS w/ the sharingan(at least one), w/ Shin being the leader(and BEEF HIM UP cause he got SMACKALAACKKKED), and this arc could've been WAYY longer. Then it would've built Boruto up earlier, and then Neji's passing via Jigen, would've gave a serious tone to Jigen and Kara. Just food for thought. Idk.. I felt most of the Boruto VILLIANS weren't all that threatening and finished too quickly, except for Kara. (But they were finished too quickly imo)
@IamChristopherBones shin was likely already created before shippuden, hell before itachi even died. It was stated that Orochimaru created him, he was also missing a sharingan arm. That arm, was the arm given to Danzo
@IamChristopherBones shin was likely already created before shippuden, hell before itachi even died. It was stated that Orochimaru created him, he was also missing a sharingan arm. That arm, was the arm given to Danzo
Loved this. Hope we get a part two or more. 🎉🎉🎉
that second take, the s tier one, what if black zetsu had been with danzo, teaching him how to use others eyes, until obito stumbled into madaras lap, and the loss of black zetsu made danzo start to go mad for power, further developing his character and arc. this might be my new head cannon.
I kind of hoped my Tenten is a threat take would have made it. I do want to see what people think about her having and being able to use the So6P tools would put her on par and above 90% of the shinobi world, and would even give her a chance against at least half of the Akatsuki
Please make a part 2 ASAP
If the filler arc stuff was cannon and thus useable on the war it would be insanely easier for the good guys
I got 3:
Character wise: Kiba was cool af and needed to be more prominent throughout the story.
Franchise wise: Part 1 is so much cooler than Shippuden in terms of vibes, mystery, tone and all around brutality/realism of the world at hand.
Story wise: The mysteries left undiscovered are part of the mystique of the story and the world. Personally, I think that explaining so much in detail kind of tarnished the "cool" factor of the story, so fully fleshing out organizations like the Akatsuki and other villages like the Cloud/Mist kinda make the world feel way too small, when somethings should have been left unsaid and subtle.
Konohamaru masters both monkey and frog sage mode and is able to use both at once.
10 minutes in and we ain't even ranked one
EDIT: 16 minutes now...
I think the hottest take would be that naruto is good throughout
I want an emaculate Neji saving Naruto and Hinata pencil holder.
Obito should have gotten a light novel with his internal monologue. The fanbase has to speculate so much about his motives, abilities and what pushed his ideology and he’s arguably the most important person in the show outside the main cast. It’s honestly surprising we don’t know anything about his late teens through 20s
You forgot Metal Lee again! 😭😭😭
17:25 bro forgot abt tenten entirely
i think it's poetic
Temari is still an active shinobi though or at the very least the Boruto anime definitely has had her go on missions several times. Even the Mirai light novel has her training Mirai and during the chunin exams she trained Ino Shika Cho and helped protect the stadium during the attack. IDK why people think she is only a housewife.
Really as far as Temari goes I just want to see her in the Boruto manga, the fact that she isn't contacted when Shikadai had the "bomb" around his neck is criminal
8:28 the fact he has to tell the audience that the land of waves arc was at first a light novel makes me feel like he should start a separate channel for more intermediate conversations about Naruto,
The hot take ep is FINALLY here!!!
Hola? I’m way too early for this. Hope you have a great week Nick.
i agree with the kaguya take but instead of her taking the role of shibai she should have taken the role of momoshiki instead. that way boruto could be connected to kaguya which makes them more bounded to the lore of naruto
16:30 the moment he stops talking about the lite novels
Sakura ending up with Rock Lee is the biggest r/niceguys take lmao
In this case F tier is for Frozen and S tier is for Scorching
hot take: you did this to come up with more video ideas, and then put them in order of witch one youd cover😂. sounds like im criticizing but i actully respect it so much.
you should make a part two
i want to see this become a multipart series
The Kaguya reveal later and Neji dying in the same way as his dad are both amazing. It's kinda sad how so many random fans could come up with points that expose unthoughtful writing / plot holes in the story since it's my fav anime lol. It's just SOOO inconsistent.
Kabuto in F tier is something I FULLY support
31:27 boy that pd&j joke got a good laugh outta me 😂😂
goddamn every time i even see a picture of the konoha 12 as kids i get emotional. how the years have passed.
Will there be a part 2? Ready to drop a few hot takes
Honestly? Best tier list I’ve seen. I usually hate tier lists, and just skip to the end. But the fact that it had info in between made we want to watch the whole thing, and it was good! Groovy stuff man,#1 tier list on CZcams!
@NCHammer23 you missed a bit in your Izunagi/Izunami rant: Orochimaru can make Sharingan.
Hot take: the issue with Danzo is he wasnt in the story from the start. If he had just gotten a couple scenes in Naruto, I think he'd be the best villain. But having this all important puppet master just show up after everything that had happened with NO prior hints to his existence is weird as hell and seems like another case of retconning
0:00 preamble
2:10 self promo
2:44 main content
36:18 thanks members
The only tierlist I would want to see from you would be ranking the different arcs in Naruto
Could be cool to see how well they either align with the manga or expand on it (since you know enough to be able to actually compare them well)
Kaguya introduction was goated
Especially for madara as a character, having him killed by his own work is actually poetic, he is an achelis he flew to close to the sun, he played with powers that wasnt his. Even better is how he taught he was the big manipultor but😮😮
Anyway ya ill defend that plot twist till the day i die🫡
I think Temari still going out on missions is a S tier personally. Shimamura could also still be an advisor and have Shikadai sit alongside him as both a support and to get experience in what it's like in a modern world. He could be lazy and not go along with his dad or have side plots and conversations surrounding resenting not having family home as often as the other kids. This could be something that Baruto and even Naruto bonds with him on.
As an advisor and especially if he spends his time primarily in the village, it would be incredibly unlikely that Shikadai would become an orphan.
Wanna get mine in and hope it gets seen, because I missed the post:
NARUTO AND BORUTO FILLER IS *USUALLY* GOOD!! A metric fuckload of filler and anime-canon arcs are really good watches!!
my assumption was that ino had taken over ownership of the flower shop weve seen her working at throughout the shows, so shes at least also a bussiness owner/manager, which would be whatever is considered full time in their world on top of being a mother. i like to imagine the rest of them have similar things going on.
Ramen guy is secretly an otsususki undercover to never be revealed being the final boss after shibai
Said this on the community post, will say it again:
Tenten and Kankuro should have ended up together. They are both Ninja Tool masters, both end up alone in Boruto, Kankuro would need someone to go to to keep his puppets stocked up on explosives, senbon, and poison bombs, and Tenten would want someone to not only frequent her shop but also to like. Talk to, about weapons and stuff.
I could write a whole fanfic on this pair
Please do write this fanfiction! However, I am pretty sure Tenten is Metal's mom. Hopefully 2BV, clears that up, eventually.
Tenten would also be good with Kiba or Shino. Maybe she will be in 2BV.
@@tainadesouza28 I assume you mean Metal Lee's mom. Not Neji's.
@@genesisyugioh9405 Yes, I did mean Metal. 😂😂😂😂
Get outta the kitchen bro