"Beaten by a x year old"

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a common argument in naruto forums. but lets remember some of the great shonen battles.
cell vs gohan - the 10 year old won (but personallly this fight was horrible for other reasons)
ichigo vs byakuya - the 15 year old nub beat a 100+ year old warrior.
naruto vs pain - the 16 year old won.
usually the older fighter is overconfident, condescending and facing an underdog hero. he usually has every reason to think he will win. more often than not, the "child" is more intelligent than anyone gives them credit and wins because of that (shika vs hidan).
as a general rule, kids are already basically immortal (except neji and all the childen itachi stabbed and butchered) so shonen has a habit of abusing that. its not embarassing for the loser, they just fell victim to plot
 

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1. Cell va Gohan was awesome.

2. No kid is immortal. You yourself just made that clear.

3. Age does have a factor in fights, but I guess I agree with the point you're trying to make at some extent.
 

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Hmmm in some point ur right. But IMO, they are showing that not all adults win a fight between kids. Notphysically(except in anime heheehhe) but sometimes in mentally also.
 

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you forgot that those people you're talking about are the MAIN CHARACTER
 

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Orochimaru lost to a 13 years old Itachi
not fighting to kill or even hurt, probably sick from needing a new body and underestimated itachi, even then itachis best shot failed and he resorted to physical attacks which we know do not faze oro

Cell va Gohan was awesome.
it was fail ass booty cheeks
you forgot that those people you're talking about are the MAIN CHARACTER
hence my entire point about it being about plot and not the loser being embarassingly weak?
 

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It's not a sign of the older opponent's weakness - it's a testament to the younger challenger's strength
 

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You are the perfect example of a Uchiha Fanboy.

it was a joke I doubt he would lose to every uchiha he almost had Sasuke's body and only lost because of plot, but he does seem to get over excited and cocky though which lead to him getting sealed
 

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it was a joke I doubt he would lose to every uchiha he almost had Sasuke's body and only lost because of plot, but he does seem to get over excited and cocky though which lead to him getting sealed

I think he could kill every Uchiha he wants but not the following (correct me if i forgot some) Madara, Obito, Sasuke, Itachi, ok there wer much more Uchiha Orochimaru could have easily killed them.
 

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Take Japanese protagonists' age with a grain of salt - They tend to be rather unrealistic. My favorite is Ash being a 10-year-old and can supposedly ignore school and is encouraged to go on an adventure around the world to battle monsters that can literally breathe fire.

And that's not even considering the mentality of a preadolescent person.
 

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Beaten by an 11 yr old itachi twice and then again on his death bed.

ouch.
 

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You should count out the Ichigo versus Byakuya fight.

Ichigo was maxed haxxed when he fought Byakuya, he mastered the Flash Step and unlocked his Bankai when it was stated in the manga that Shinigami's were only able to gain access to it through rigorous extensive training which lasts for even a hundred years (of course I could have misheard as I do not watch this show often) furthermore didn't the Hollow Mask thing sort of aided him versus Byakuya (plot shield)?
 

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Pain solo konoha,all the toads,pinned down sm naruto and trapped the kyubbi in a moon.This was while Naruto had information and help from Hinata,Minato,Tsuande etc

Nagato killed himself

Cell vs Gohan was pure plot very simple good fight but a teen surpassing goku in three years?

Byakagua was overconfident and ichigo is the main character
 

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Nah... Most times.. if a average 40 year old ninja was to go up Against an average 13 year old...the 13 yr old would get stomped.. very unfair most times putting someone younger against someone significantly older
 
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