Let's face it, a lot of people don't really think Hidan exactly meets up to his peers in the Akatsuki. The guy had pretty good hype when him and Kakuzu killed off the 2 tailed Jin and implied that Kakuzu and Hidan had countless fights, but it's hard to see that come to play. In fact, Kishimoto admitted that he didn't show everything Hidan was supposed to have (Secret Character Sketches Creation from DB 3):
Inb4 "if you don't like it then don't read Naruto"
Hidan was shown to have amazing skill with his scythe when he combined it with his "rope" for extra mobility. It's too bad that Shikamaru destroyed this with an explosive tag before Hidan could actually use it in combat again during their second encounter. It also seems a bit sketchy that Kakashi was able to fend off Hidan's scythe barrages with a mere kunai when the whole idea of the scythe is to take advantage of its long range (meaning a short range weapon like a kunai probably shouldn't have been able to leave him without a scratch). After seeing Tobi's skills with his war fan and rope extension, I couldn't help but make the same connections with Hidan had he been given the chance. Overall you can probably call this a small rant thread xD discuss?"Hidan uses curses and such, so I wanted him to look similar to a shinigami. That's why he carries a scythe and bones. I originally planned the scythe to have a lot of tricks, but I didn't have time to show all of them..."
Inb4 "if you don't like it then don't read Naruto"
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