Well then he might be able to pull it off, or make it a high-diff fight. It took base Lee's absolute top speed to start completely evading the sand and getting passed Gaaras automatic defense... Neji doesn't possess that speed - feats and Databook score doesn't support it. So he's still going to have some trouble with it and could get overwhelmed. And If Gaara can make his own natural sand, Neji's definitely not winning.
Yeah I agree with the bold. Neji's got some nice movement speed in terms of reactions though. Gai said it took the high speed of HL to get past Neji
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implying that his reactions are pretty damn good if it took such to maneuver him.
Neji is more than fast enough to react. He was able to use blow body, blast the webs away and react to a fast moving substance after it was fired
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and then covered the distance so quickly to use 64 Palms.
Also was covered by clones and could still react to all of them without getting touched
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Though if Gaara's sand catches him, he could still channel his chakra through it. Can Gaara make his normal sand in this situation and location? If so, then things may turn out differently but don't forget the Normal sand is slower and weaker than the chakra infused ones
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