When Naruto refrred him as a chick; he said "i am a boy".
He clearly defines himself as a male; his choices shall be respected.
About this "near S/T speed".
I guess databook hyped him to be fast as light; but it was most likely a hyperbole.
Naruto with KCM was having a cqc skirmish with Itachi in war arc. A version of Naruto that's much faster in base and had a much more version of kyuubi chakra mode. Guess Itachi was superb above S/T fast.
Lemme tell you how Neji can counter all that speed gg:
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Also; his rection is more than enough to handle ice needles.
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And for speed:
Look how much distance the extended arrow covered:
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And he was able to cover the distance when he had sever wounds (literally holes on his body) while the Kidomaru was falling from upwards from top of a tree; a shorter distance.
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Are we going to say Neji can't react "cuz Haku is S/T lel"? Nope. He was speedy in mirrors; but nothing much suggests he won't be reacted by Neji at all.
And look what Haku says for Sasuke:
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Haku's movements and attacks can be countered; and Sasuke at that point of time was much slower and worse in taijutsu compared to part 2 Neji.
Neji is capable of dodging the attacks; and even if somehow take some hits;You must be registered for see links.[You must be registered for see links]
^And he made Kidomaru miss his "target" (a vital point) byYou must be registered for see linksmethod. A perfect counter to Haku's senbon attacks which relies on accuracy.
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Even if i don't; check this out:
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^^Rotation repels anything opponent throws at the user of the tech. Haku can even die over his own needles or get slammed right through the mirrors himself. Neji does not even need to "touch" Haku in order to defeat him in ice mirrors (though he can); even outlasting is a viable choice and:
^This is the another reason for increasing Neji's chances. Haku's jutsu taxes a lot chakra for him; another reason for his downfall.
Haku was still able to move in mirrors; Neji kept up with a more skilled kyuubi-enhanced Naruto (and he was wasting energy and chakra in his own fight); a 3 years older one is more than capable of reacting and countering Haku.
İ have debated this with Forbidden Technique before, my last post pretty much covers it; Neji wins:
Lee who is only 0.5 faster than Haku by databook kept up and blocked Haku 2 times:You must be registered for see images
This is Haku's speed while using his Jutsu. Look how many times he went from mirror to mirro before the
Water dropped.
Base speed current Neji is only 0.5 faster. But its pretty late here I'll make
a full reply tommorow I think, Switching to my Phone now.
Lee who is only 0.5 faster than Haku by databook kept up and blocked Haku 2 times:
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Sasuke wo awakening sharingan was able to see through Haku's attack pattern and dodge (after getting impaled several times) after a while. This would be even easier for Neji due to taijutsu proficiency, experience in different movesets/You must be registered for see linksand superior speed:
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After awakening sharingan, he was able to intercept Haku:
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And lets go to Lee vs Sasuke: Sasuke lost the battle against weighted Lee by not being able to react...And Lee lost to Neji every single time in close quarters when Neji did not even have a developed kaiten back at the time. Neji was able to compete with Lee as the one who as the upper hand, what does this tell regarding to his speed? And he is grown about 3 years in this matchup.
Plus his eyes were keeping up with gated Lee:
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Haven't even brought up kaiten, but such defense can do this:
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Haku gets flicked away if he clashes with this defense.
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And he resisten to assaults even in much larger scales than senbon needles [You must be registered for see links][You must be registered for see links] [though it is slim that if Neji would ever take a component hit form Haku]
Not even mentioning airpalms.
Lee-kun was able to block 2 attack's
1. His base speed. this should be obvious since Lee is 0.5 Faster than Haku.
2. He was able to block a Ice mirror attack which was.
a. Not directed at him.
b. With the help of guy sensei.
If Makyō Hyōshō is activated he is able to move at the speed of light
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Yes by feats, databooks and hype he is faster, experienced, much better in taijutsu and have good deal of perception. Sasuke started to see through pattern after a while with no doujutsu, less skill in perception, speed and taijutsu.Yes Sasuke was able to dodge at the last moment. but would neji be able to do this
In his fight he had hard time keeping up with Kidōmaru's Amagumo, Since Haku can move with the
speed of light and keep throwing needles, at him. Everything goes in slow motion for neji Once byakugan is
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What?
Haku could prably keep up with Neji's taijutsu speed. Same applies For naruto
who only had a 2 in speed.
He was able to watch Lee unlike many others out there, the only people whose eyes kept up with Lee's speed are Kakashi (sharingan), Gai (experienced in taijutsu and high speed movement) and Neji (byakugan was activated for a reason, and he is also experienced in taijutsu thus high speed movement), he can't physically keep up with gated Lee, but his eyes were keeping up and his body is more than cpaable of keeping up with something chapter 20 Sasuke was able to.
This is not proof that he was able to keep up with the speed of lee.
He was just watching. not to mention lee said this was his hidden technique to
Use against Neji.
1. this was not Neji doing Hakkeshō Kaiten alone this picture clearly show's he was doing with the other Hyuga clan
Member to Increase the range.
His stamina is higher than Haku, how long Haku can keep ice mirrors?2. You're right Hakkeshō Kaiten Is the perfect counter to Block Haku's senbon/Ice needle's But how long
can he keep using it ?
Not that long of a time, and Neji can fill areaHaku could keep up Makyō Hyōshō for quite some time. he will experiment with Neji and find out his weak spot.
In this case his blind spot.
Can or can't...Does not matter since Neji will be able to contend with Haku anyway.Haku would be able to do this because both Kidömaru and Haku have a 4 in intelligence.
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Neji blockes all tenketsu points with 8 triagrams 64 palms in less than seconds, if Haku enters cqc with Neji beforehand he is going down much quicker, since even kid sasuke without sharingan avoid his ice needles and overcame him in taijutsu. Trying same thing with Neji is a deathwish.If he captured Neji and blocked his handseal haku could easily use Sensatsu Suishō
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Also the fact that Neji had hard time dodging Kidomaru's Single arrow. due to his blindspot.
this Make's it way easier for haku to attack from every side and thus defeating Neji.
Ok.I'm replying tommorow.