2011-07-24, 06:09 AM
CrazyForDex Wrote:Umm I don't think Hidan was that weak considering how badly he pineappleed up Asuma. Although he was definitely not the best member of akatsuki, he was not the worst/weakest. Same with the member who has the 4 hearts (can't remember his name). As I recall, Shikamaru was one of the first shinobi in his class to reach Jounin and his mental abilities are invaluble to the Hidden Leaf. Comparing that to Uryuu who basically hasn't done jack-pomegranate in this manga (until possibly next week) besides throw in some input and tag along as Ichigo takes on the world, I really don't know why are you trying to say here. Sure, they both use their strategic abilities when fighting, but Shikamaru's intellect is on an entire other level from Uryuu and if you want to try and refuet that, I doubt you have been actually reading both the Naruto and Bleach mangas f3.
Also, comparing Uryuu to Sasuke in simply the rival sense really disgusts me. Imo, Sasuke is literally the strongest force in Naruto besides Madara (and everything he comes with) whereas Uryuu is just a side character atm anyways. Btw, comparing either Uryuu or Shikamaru to Ichigo/Aizen or Naruto/Madara is a pretty terrible comparison and has little point. Obviously they will never be as strong as the main characters/main antagonist of the manga/major arcs, but the way I see it, I still feel that Shikamaru is much more useful than Uryuu because of his amazing intelligence, but then again neither has done much for the last 50~ chapters.
And Asuma would be considered strong now, why? People like raikage would kill him (and hidan) in a second. If you can't actually tell me who's the weakest member then he's definitely the weakest member because I've nothing to argue against... Take your pick between Orochimaru, Sasori, Pain, Konan, Kisame, Kakazu, Itachi, Deidara and Tobi (I think that's all of them iirc). Shikamaru was indeed the first to reach chuunin, but a lot of the other rookies have already surpassed him with becoming jounin.
Shikaku (his father) is the one who is leading all the war strategy currently and shikamaru has become a simple foot soldier in the war. I'm not denying that Shikamaru is definitely more skilled in using his mind for battle, but as I said earlier you've to see this in the context of the manga. Naruto, the manga deals with a lot more strategy then bleach does in my opinion. Therefor it's logical the kid who does the most with strategy in naruto is superior to the one in bleach. Uryuu literally was ichigo's rival in the early times of the manga. If that disgusts you then take it up with the writer not me. I'm simply pointing out the difference that neither one of them could stand up to the characters that we deal with today.