I know man, smh... Kishi failed big time with him during the War Arc. Him switching from the role of a villain to anti hero to follow "Sasuke's different path" was extremely lame. I was also hoping that we'd see him use the Hydra again to get a better idea of its capabilities.
Hydra Vs Spiral Zetsu's Chibi ShinsuSenju would have been fun to see. EliteKakashi suggested it to be a good idea but Kishi decided to make Oro a spectator instead of an active participant.
Lol nah, though Orochimaru is one of the characters I like debating with and exploiting the most + he was one of Kishi's best characters prior to the mess that was the War Arc. Jiraiya is my favorite character.
Yeah, that would have been awesome. The thing with EK though is that he assumes that the Hydra isn't very powerful due to its lack of feats, which isn't true. The heads' striking speed is fast as we witness it against V4 Susano'o and the whole thing is larger than bijuu sized since it's larger than Manda, who is bijuu sized. Maybe it can burrow underground and swim like other snakes can, since it's still just a snake with 8 heads and I think mythical hydras were depicted to be able to do so.
It's a pretty giant creature that can't travel fast unlike nimble shinobi. It also lacks durability feats but it is more durable than Manda considering the databook said so. Can Temari cut Hydra down?
Going off your analysis, War Arc Temari's Kiri Kiri Mae can slice through the snakes. The creature is connected to some central point which restricts their movement but the technique is meant to overpower the opposition with so many "branches" that are long enough to cover a wide range, and can attack/cover from many different directions + Orochimaru can come out from any of the heads and attack with Kusanagi. Maybe he can incorporate the white snake poison as well some how.
True but I'm sure that Hydra would kill Temari with one of its eight heads before they get cut down.
I didn't assume it wasn't powerful.
Disliked your post by accident. I actually thought that seal wasn't really oriented for combat. That's actually pretty useful now that I read the jutsu's description, I might edit the OP and add some things in that I missed including that.
Yeah, an Orochimaru who was on his deathbed and extremely handicapped. Both Sasuke and Suigetsu said that he couldn't have won against a healthy Orochimaru. Don't people know what context is?
It's really not considering he has to completely trap his opponent in order to pull it off. And if he does fully trap his opponent, then he should just kill them. I mean in a fight situation where he has to trap/capture an opponent and not kill them, I guess it's useful, but in most vs section fights? It wouldn't have much use given he could just kill the person if he has them in a position where he can place the seal.
There's so much wrong in your posts in hurts. He's not a fodder compared to anyone, and Itachi never feared Jiraiya. He feared the kyuubi.
He ****ing ran from Jiraiya. Orochimaru is a ***** that Itachi could have killed if we wanted.
Itachi "ran" from Jiraiya after having: Fought with and using tsukuyomi on Kakashi and using tsukuyomi on Sasuke, and was in a battlefield advantageous to Jiraiya, on top of the fact that Itachi was a spy for Konoha and if he had used that amaterasu on Jiraiya instead of the wall, there's nothing standing in between Akatsuki and Naruto.
Itachi blocking the snakes with Yata doesn't really change my point of them having fast striking speed since the heads reached susano'o in just one or two panels from the Hydra's position relative to Itachi and susano'o. Considering that the Hydra is relatively stationary in the sense that it doesn't have much liberty of movement, it also shows that the snakes are very long and cover a wide range, like I already said to Icelerate. Shinobi that don't have Raikage level speed and above would have a hell of a time trying to dodge all eight heads + Orochimaru with Kusanagi, who can all strike from different directions as well. Think of it like a summon on a higher level than Manda or any of the boss toads of Myōbokuzan.
Doesn't really have to trap his opponent to use it. He can catch them off guard via clone feints, Mayfly, distractions using snake summons, or Hiding like a Mole, and place the seal on them to disturb their chakra flow and render them unable to use techniques effectively. It's just as useful as the temporary curse mark binding and Zetsu spores. It is just a supplementary technique in the end though, nothing that Orochimaru would use as one of his main or go to abilties, so you have a point in that sense. I feel that it'd really shine against the Raikages since it would significantly inhibit their ability to maintain RnY.
The issue with placing the seal on them, IMO, is he has to hit the stomach, and in order to do that, he has to remove the clothing covering their stomach, do the handsigns, then place the seal. It doesn't sound like much, but in order to get access to the stomach of the victim, he would have to have some way of stunning them or incapacitating them for a short period of time, and again, with that done, killing them makes much more sense.
