What if: Shino and Kankuro fought at the Chuunin Exams arena.

Inert Brian

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Title says it all, what if Kankuro never quit and fought Shino at the Chuunin Exams.


Before you guys claim the fight will simply be a draw, remember that terrain can drastically change this fight.
 

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Shino would poop on him

Imo it's a tough call.

Shino seemed to have the terrain advantage against Kankuro. But at the same time, at the CE exam there are those trees in the corner.
 

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Shino get's the advantage of the terrain change. Kankuro will go full offensive rather than stealth tactics which actually might not be so good for Shino the tactician with little physical speed or force.

I give it to Kankuro overall.
 

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Shino get's the advantage of the terrain change. Kankuro will go full offensive rather than stealth tactics which actually might not be so good for Shino the tactician with little physical speed or force.

I give it to Kankuro overall.

I agree, Kankuro will probably go full out this time around.

It's just a matter of Shino inhaling poison or not.
 

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Could of went either way, but I'm leaning towards Shino for the simple fact that Kankuro was relying on keeping himself hidden in forest more then Shino; where he does not have that luxury in the Chuunin Exams arena. Shino would no longer need to rely on the smell of that female Kikaichu to lead his insects to Kankuro's location now that he would be standing out in the open. So with that being said, Shino should be able to utilize his insects more freely and swiftly; while still remaining stealthy [ ]. The insects should also be fully capable of eating any chakra strings, as well as breaching Kankuro's puppet and stopping it's movements. Also, it's worth mentioning that there is a tree in the arena, where Shino can utilize his insect bunshins. However, on the flip size, Kankuro still has his poison fog, which can very well take out Shino in the same manner as it did during their fight in the forest.... but that took some time for it to take it's effect on Shino.
 

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Hmm.. skill wise Kankuro is better but the open field puts Shino at an advantage. Yes there are those trees there but Shino has no problem coming into the trees too (the only reason temari didnt come to the trees was because shikamaru would have caught her if she did) so overall it comes to whether or not Shino can withstand a strategicly desperate barrage from Kankuro. I don't think so especially since theres no place to hide. So Kankuro high diff.
 

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Shino would raped him hard;)
Kankuro has nothing to hide there...
 

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Part 1 Kankuro is way more better than Part 1 Shino it was make clear in the match Kankuro vs Shino in the forest...........
However Kankuro take this med diff he will poison him and then finish him off...............
 

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I would give it to Shino. Even despite the change in terrain, I don't think much would change in the actual fight. Other than making things more difficult for Kankuro and easier for Shino.

It was strongly noted that like all Puppeteers Kankuro was weak in close-range, taking advantage of the forest to use as a hiding spot to avoid Shino's insects.

The terrain is also a rather large area. Shino doesn't need to get close to Kankuro in order to attack. He keeps his distance, sending out his insects to occupy/capture Kankuro. Kankuro has no defence against the insects, he can't outrun them, he's poor in close-combat and the only long range attacks his Puppet has will be ineffective, both because daggers and spikes won't be able to hit insects, and the insects occupy a large area (as shown with Zaku and "Tobi", and explained by Kakashi).

Kankuro has to control Karasu while avoiding the insects at the same time. There's a common misconception that the insects are slow, but they're actually shown to move quite quickly. Since this terrian is a largely open area Shino can keep his distance and Kankuro will be mostly keep occupied, I doubt he'll have much chances to use his Puppet. Even then none of Karasu's attacks are really that effective here.

It should be noted that in their original fight, the forest allowed Kankuro the element of surprise attacks. Not only did Shino still avoid them (both attacks were almost point blank range) but this open and large terrain makes it easier for Shino to see what's coming and he has more time to avoid them.

The poison spike is attached to the Puppet's arm. Kankuro (while constantly in pursuit of insects) has to get close enough to Shino (who will be keeping his distance) in order to even stab him.

The poisonous daggers have a short to mid firing range and can fire 3 or 5 shoots at a time. They weren't spread out all that far apart either, so Shino should have an easier time avoiding them.

The poison gas is a short to medium range attack. In their original fight Shino was close to Kankuro when he got hit, and also had less room to move. This time because of the larger area (and not having to jump branch to branch) he doesn't have that problem. Also the gas didn't seem to be able to spread that far, only making a medium sized cloud to surround Shino.

Lastly is that tree everyone else mentioned. Shino can utilize his insect bunshins and use them to great effect. He can test the waters (so to speak) by having his clone run up to Kankuro, force the Puppeteer to attack and allow Shino to learn the Puppet's strengths and weaknesses. This method can also be used as a distraction for Shino himself to attack Kankuro head on (instead of a fake punch to plant a female insect, it's a real punch to stun/knock Kankuro).


Part 1 Kankuro is way more better than Part 1 Shino it was make clear in the match Kankuro vs Shino in the forest...........
Actually it was the other way around. Minus the smoke bomb, he counted everything Kankuro threw at him and had Kankuro immobilised in the end.
 
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