Dai/Gai and Gai/Lee parallels in this chapter were quite nice.

[paratise]

I know Kishi makes loads of parallels in levels it becomes repetiteve, but in this chapter they were not mere devices of relevance.

It was used for cementing the theme of never giving up. It's classic, but the different thing was the characters know that they would fail or die. They are optimists, but they took their risk for the sake of what they believe in.

For example, Gai and Dai have shown similar quirks against their pupils (scolding and hitting):

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Both Dai and Gai passed down their techniques that would make them powerful to their beloved pupils:

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Both Lee and Gai did not like and stood up when others ridicule their masters:

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Both Gai and Lee have doubted theirselves but their masters have lead them:

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Or this one:

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Not to mention this throwback:

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Lee's flashbacks in chuunin exams. Gai raised him to what he wanted to be.

My favorite is probably this though:

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^In past Lee woudl expect Gai's acknowledgement and proud, but Gai raised Lee to be someone that would give the "smile" of acknowledgement to him. He passed his torch to his pupil afterall.

Theme of never giving up is always seem to be linked with one's own success. Well Dai have become stonger and died, but he did so while protecting something precious. Lee fought Gaara till the end, he did not win but he protected what he was precious to him. Gai is going in the same way.

They are not "winning", but they are not losing either. Because they are leaving what they have to capable hands to take it further and further.

 

[Flakez]

Lee's name should've been Lai... Dai, Gai, Lai XD

 

[paratise]

Lee's name should've been Lai... Dai, Gai, Lai XD

That sounds feminine...maybe Lee will have a female student ?

 

[KingHashirama]

But Gai is the more badass one out of the three.

 

[paratise]

But Gai is the more badass one out of the three.

We will see in future u_u

 

[awesomeseimei]

It makes it even weirder that Lee isn't related to them. Come on, who are Lee's parents? Didn't they influence him at all? I mean, it's understandable that Guy would "model" himself after his father who actually heroically sacrificed himself, but Lee mimicking Guy so much seems off in comparison.

 

[KingHashirama]

We will see in future u_u

Ain't no more future, Lee ain't a kid nomore xD. I'm talking about when they were kids. Gai was a freaking badass.

 

[FemmeFatale]

Yes they're using Sakura punching technique lol.
This gives me hope for mito/Tsunade/sakura

 

[paratise]

It makes it even weirder that Lee isn't related to them. Come on, who are Lee's parents? Didn't they influence him at all? I mean, it's understandable that Guy would "model" himself after his father who actually heroically sacrificed himself, but Lee mimicking Guy so much seems off in comparison.

Maybe he is Gai's cousin?
I prefer them as not being related though. It akes them more special.

 

[JCW]

Dude you wasted your time. No duh it was going come off as a parallel. Without knowing dai guy acted lik3 dai..

 

[paratise]

Ain't no more future, Lee ain't a kid nomore xD. I'm talking about when they were kids. Gai was a freaking badass.

I loved how he stood up for his father.
And he was too adorable to handle XD

Yes they're using Sakura punching technique lol.
This gives me hope for mito/Tsunade/sakura

They are not that relevant to Dai/Gai/Lee trio.
Maybe they can be seen in future chaps.

 

[Ovan]

It makes it even weirder that Lee isn't related to them. Come on, who are Lee's parents? Didn't they influence him at all? I mean, it's understandable that Guy would "model" himself after his father who actually heroically sacrificed himself, but Lee mimicking Guy so much seems off in comparison.

Maybe Gai baby mama didn't tell him that he got a baby. xDD

 

[RikudouMadara]

Love it. Especially the first two scans! XD

 

[paratise]

Dude you wasted your time. No duh it was going come off as a parallel. Without knowing dai guy acted lik3 dai..

I am a female
I just wanted to clear the parallels in one place to reveal them.

Love it. Especially the first two scans! XD

Child abuse u_____u

 

[htmwall]

i honestly thought it was a waste of panels,if the flashback focused lee and gai's relationship instead of this out of nowhere clone father it would have made this chapter more special and had a better emotional impact,since you can't simply relate to a character that suddenly appeared for one chapter from nothing.

 

[awesomeseimei]

Maybe he is Gai's cousin?
I prefer them as not being related though. It akes them more special.

Look, I do love their relationship as a teacher and student too. But with this chapter it really seems somewhat suspicious to me that they'd grow so close based only one, what, Guy seeing himself in Lee? I know that it's a common thing in fiction, but it still makes me wonder whether they had some issues with relatives or not. Maybe Guy wanted a son (or he lost a child)? Or something with Lee's parents?

 

[RikudouMadara]

I am a female
I just wanted to clear the parallels in one place to reveal them.

Child abuse u_____u

Haha yea....but I meant the similarities are just astounding. That you found that....your memory...are you an elephant!!? >_O

 

[MorphyRulez]

It would be really painful to losing Gai, i really like him. He and Lee's random emotions always make me happy. And it would be hard for Kakashi too. Hope Obito gonna revive them all like Nagato did. Btw at this rate any living elite shinobi could make it top10 kinda. I mean look at Gai. He doenst use any ninjitsu or genjitsu even KKG but Madara gonna have really bad time

 

[paratise]

i honestly thought it was a waste of panels,if the flashback focused lee and gai's relationship instead of this out of nowhere clone father it would have made this chapter more special and had a better emotional impact,since you can't simply relate to a character that suddenly appeared for one chapter from nothing.

I thought the same way at first, but Kishi has a thing for explaining roots of things (save it for Sakura).

Honestly i also think "why not cement Lee/Gai relations?", but instead of showing them together, Kishi take the focal point to a paralleling relation to cement in a different way.

Look, I do love their relationship as a teacher and student too. But with this chapter it really seems somewhat suspicious to me that they'd grow so close based only one, what, Guy seeing himself in Lee? I know that it's a common thing in fiction, but it still makes me wonder whether they had some issues with relatives or not. Maybe Guy wanted a son (or he lost a child)? Or something with Lee's parents?

I assume Lee does not have parents...No one visited him in hospital and he asked his sensei what to do about a life and death situation.

They look like each other, but Gai is 13 years old than Lee i don't think Kishi would introduce such young parent in a manga with young viewers.

Their development grew in the sense of need imo. Maybe Gai found what he lost(his father) and a type of bond he missed in Lee.

Haha yea....but I meant the similarities are just astounding. That you found that....your memory...are you an elephant!!? >_O

My memory is meh, but i am interested in these characters so i rememeber them (plus i read Lee vs Gaara about 50 times)

 

[awesomeseimei]

I assume Lee does not have parents...No one visited him in hospital and he asked his sensei what to do about a life and death situation.

They look like each other, but Gai is 13 years old than Lee i don't think Kishi would introduce such young parent in a manga with young viewers.

Their development grew in the sense of need imo. Maybe Gai found what he lost(his father) and a type of bond he missed in Lee.

I actually started thinking about how Guy could have lost his wife and (newborn/unborn) kid or something like that but I guess that's too dark even by Naruto standards.

I guess it boils down to Guy observing Lee and thinking "Oh, this kid is just like me when I was younger", then deciding to train him. Still, what a coincidence. Maybe having large eyebrows messes up your chakra-molding abilities?