Hee!

[redbrunja]

Rock Lee? Master of the Drunken Fist?

That. Is. So. Awesome.

And Gaara rescues him! Win!

Also, Temari totally pwning that chick when Shikamaru is like, 'yeah, let's get out of here' was totally, totally awesome. I've been waiting for that scene for a long, long time.

And I have to say, while I know it is a staple of shounan manga, I am so. fucking. sick. of the fight fight, 'they're stronger than I thought, I must level up' fight fight, 'they're stronger than I thought, I must level up' fight fight, they're stronger than I thought, I must level up' fight fight, lather, rinse and repeat for every. single. character over and over and over again.

I mean, Christ, if I was one of these characters, I would just damn well use my most powerful attack and either a.) decimate the fucker or b.) not, and have to get creative.

("Isn't that overkill?" "I think that's just enough kill."

Comments

[pikabot]

YES. DRUNKEN FIST LEE IS THE BEST THING EVER.

EDIT: Gaara rescuing him, not so much win. That really pissed me off, because Gaara's stomping on his spotlight again.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Well, Gaara is. I was pleased, however, because it's Gaara not being murderous in a typically antisocial way, and the fact that I was like, 'no, Lee, you just fixed your body, don't fuck it up now!'

[pikabot]

Yeah, but...that should have been like, Lee's triumphant return. And it was, until Gaara showed up. For no real narrative reason, nor one that makes sense in terms of the story, because it's only been a few hours since they all set out and the Sand village is in a completely different country...

And as the end of the fight reveals, they didn't even need to have Lee beat Kimimaro! There was just no reason for Gaara to be there, and it pissed me off because Lee deserves his chance to shine.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Lee does deserve a chance to shine. It didn't bug me as much as it bugged you, but I see where you're coming from.