Agree but I think current 3 tomoe Sasuke could beat CS2 Kimmimaro.
Only Joki is the one who is underrating Kimmimaro here. His speed was greater than that of Sasuke's at that point. Same with Kimmimaro's reaction skills. His bones are so strong that if Sasuke does land a lucky chidori, Kimmimaro wouldn't be fazed because he tanked Gaara's sand, Naruto and Lee's punches.
If he does take serious damage, he can heal it slightly by going into CS1 and then CS2. Sasuke can only use chidori three times a day during that point so his chakra reserves were very low compared to Kimmimaro who used a lot of jutsus while fighting an army of Naruto clones, toying with Lee and fighting all out against Gaara.
What advantage does Sasuke really have over Kimmimaro at this point? Don't just say chidori because it is much more likely for Kimmimaro to stab Sasuke with his bone sword then for Sasuke to chidori his heart.
No, just because hte popular opinion thinks Kimimaro is God Level doesn't mean I'm underrating him. It's actually practically confirmed fact that he is outsped and inferior in most of these categories, if
anything it is actually the exact opposite, and I am the only one with a good grasp on Kimimaro's actual power level when everyone else is severely overrating him. "Kimimaro>Hebi Sasuke", "Kimimaro>SM Naruto", "Kimimaro>KN1 Naruto and CS2 Sasuke at the same time", "Kimimaro>Juugo", "Kimimaro>Zabuza and Haku"?
Seriously now? I'm
underrating him by claiming through logical evidence Sasuke w/ 3 tomoe has been proven to be faster, Lee was not allowed to use gates, Naruto had not gone past KN0 and had no intention to fight him seriously, and both the 2 were also proven to be faster. I am quite confident it is just denial from team Kimimaro, or just the outright ignoring my posts.
Speed greater than Sasuke's? I think we should take a little walk down the path of shame. Please don't scroll past them, pay attention to the content, if you actually pay attention to them and would openly admit you are proven wrong when you are there's about a 90% chance you will admit that Kimimaro would lose, unless you're a fanboy of course and would never admit such a thing.
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First scan, keep in mind, this is 2-tomoe base Sasuke. Weightless Lee speed? Ok, that's perfect.
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So as it's all known, Kimi "keeping up" with base Lee, note the second he entered even the first gate Kimimaro was outsped entirely. Their taijutsu skirmishes were fairly evenly matched, Kimimaro never landed a hit on Lee(bar the time he was drunk and reckless), likewise Base Lee Who Had Just Recovered From Surgery And Was Not Allowed To Use Gates(just so the conditions are clear) also never managed to hit Kimimaro in that time without being drunk. Also, take note here the following scans:
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Remember that it was said the reason Lee landed a hit because it was 'unpredictable' and not a 'linear' straightforward anticipate-able attack. Remember that for later.
To conclude the above: We have it established, that Kimimaro is equal to or around Weightless(possibly weightED) Lee's speed at that time. Lee also effectively reacted to Seedling Fern dance and noticed it pop out, it's by no means instant. ANYWAY point is, we have gotten Kimimaro's speed established. This was his general acceptance of speed so not much to be said there.
Skipping ahead to the VotE fight:
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I could post the rest of the panels, but anyway same idea. CS1 Sasuke outspeeds Base Naruto easily. Naruto can't touch him. Still 2-tomoe.
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Meanwhile, Naruto takes a chidori through the lung..
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...and KN0 Naruto proceeds to regenerate from it instantly.
From those scans we can conclude that Kimimaro has no real way to hurt Naruto, or keep up with Sasuke, but don't worry in case you're still somehow filled with doubt that definitely does not end there. Proceeding!
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Oh...and if it wasn't clear by now, this is Naruto actually
trying.
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Yeah, remember the 2 tomoe base Sasuke who>=weightless Lee, who was easily beating the crap out of Naruto and Naru couldn't land one hit? Not so easy now, is it? And did you also note
roaring away a katon: goukakyu?
So from that, the manga has already practically confirmed as a fact(which you can get the proof from by reading all of the above), that the scales are something like this: "Lee~=Kimimaro~=2 tomoe base Sasuke>>>Base Naruto<<<<2 tomoe base Sasuke<<<<<KN0 Naruto. I could have formatted that a bit better, but yeah it's not that hard to get the picture.
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, that's not even the end of it but I would easily give it to Sasuke as of yet(Naruto is a no-brainer).
It's not like I posted the past panels of chidori ripping through concrete with ease and creating giant craters in boulders... but hey, they're there. Kimi took what, a kick from base Lee and said it hurt?
KN0 Naruto is literally top of the top as of yet, blitzing 2 tomoe Sasuke who was as fast as weightless Lee, who's around Kimimaro's speed. Now meanwhile KN0 Naruto is beating the crap out of Sasuke who performed all those feats with ease, while taking a chidori through the lung and regening instantly, again like I said. Naruto is easily above Kimimaro's level as of yet for obvious reasons that this paragraph summarized, Sasuke is, well he's a good match so far. There's plenty more, so allow us to proceed.
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After an emotional conversation..the 3rd tomoe is activated. Shit gets real at this point. This is DBZ level shit up in here. Lean back son, enjoy the stompage.
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Would you look at that? 3-tomoe Sasuke, easily and effortlessly dodges KN0 Naruto. The one who was blitzing and beating the shit out of him just a minute before...you know, the 2 tomoe Sasuke who was roughly equal to Lee/Kimi in speed? Yeah. I'd like to take this second to point out that during the chunin exam arc and SRA arc Lee was in the hospital, Sasuke actually was free to do whatever he wanted *cough, train, cough* during that time. If anything, Sasuke was even fasterr at that point, I might as well give you "2 tomoe Sasuke is slightly inferior" even when manga says otherwise, 'cause you're gonna need it because it ain't over.
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BOOM! Simple, effortless. The guy who's far superior to Kimimaro in speed is being walked all around by Sasuke. Add Chidori to that? That's kind of the point of "Chidori's weakness" and requiring the eye to see counters. I'd say it's confirmed fact Kimimaro stands literally no chance now as he's far too slow. But alas, I will give you that one as well. Please settle down, man, the Path of Shame continues onward!
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This is just complete and utter stompage! Are you sure you want to continue down the path of shame? This mainly completes the Sasuke Portion. It's ok, you can quit if you want. Are you sure?
>Yes
>No
Bloop! Answer detected. Machine does not care if you want to continue or not. Proceeding!
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Sasuke has Naruto pinned, so he completely shat on KN0 Naruto. Who was just Top Tier Level a couple minutes ago. Hahaha, you remember that don't you?
Nope, like I said. DBZ level shit. Continuing.
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The KN1 has risen. Prepare for harder stompage.
(Well, in all fairness, it was confirmed awhile ago that KN0 Naruto craps on Kimi...and 3-tomoe Sasuke outsped him and was superior in ever category, that speaks for itself. I said I'd give you it since there's much more of a reason why Kimimaro can't compare though, so why not make it overkill.)
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Note how Naruto got much faster, and Sasuke isn't effortlessly crapping on him any more. Naruto appeared behind him, Sasuke saw through it of course, he's actually up for a challenge? Unheard of!
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Oh yeah, KN1 chakra. GG.
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Remember that little bit about drunken Lee being unpredictable? Not even 3 tomoe sharingan can predict chakra that moves of its own accord. If that doesn't say complete stompage, stacked WITH the fact that this Naruto is keeping up with the Top Tiered Sasuke who shat on everyone else thus far? I seriously feel the need to emphasize this point very strongly as it will be ignored, this is truly near manga fact their speed levels are on another level. I want to post the ranking chart every time, it's simply common sense from reading the pages. Anyway, yeah. 2 Tomoe Sasuke: Good match for Kimi, probably wins. KN0 Naruto: Beats Kimi pretty easily.
...so, 3-tomoe Sasuke? Kimimaro
hasn't a chance in the world. Oh, what's that? I forgot about KN1?
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Oh yeah.. that
monster is a whole other story.
Meanwhile, Naruto proceeded to give Sasuke a thorough beatdown. Those scans are more overkill than required though, no point any more.
Reflecting time on recent pages. Yeah, so basically this guy doesn't even need to do anything now, he sat there and just took the giant goukakyu head on, his chakra literally protected his body, and a TAILLESS INFERIOR FORM regenerated from a chidorid lung near instantly. You or anyone at all expect Kimimaro to be able to do anything to Naruto?
NOW do you see why I laugh so hard at those ridiculous claims? He's completely outclassed in speed, power, endurance, literally every category, Kimimaro can't even hope to compare. His showings, completely pale in comparison. As I said previously this is literal manga fact.
In fact, I have not even brought CS2 in the mix, it's not even required in any sense whatsoever. People think he can take BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME?
I am not sure what I left out of this, but there's still plenty of material I left out and didn't post, way more evidence to convict Kimimaro of 'not being as strong as everyone says'. To conclude, unless you are a fanboy or ridiculously, absurdly prideful or similar, it is highly doubtful anyone would ever deny that Kimimaro is stronger than Unrestricted Lee, Part 1 Naruto and Sasuke after reading my post. All three of them are completely on another level than him.
For insurance, I'm not boasting highly of my 'skill' by claiming "if you read my post you'll instantly change sides", far from it actually. What I did was post the scans from the manga simply, which is why I think the claims that Kimimaro is so strong is
ridiculously absurd and that he is ridiculously overrated.
Now, please take a look at some of the threads I mentioned in the beginning before the "Path of Shame" as I arbitrarily named it, and see if your views on them changed at all. I don't expect any one to read this especially Kimimaro fans, hell if they say anything, but even if you don't respond ITT I'll personally know you won't think Kimimaro is so damn strong any more. To quote the beginning.
It's actually practically confirmed fact that he is outsped and inferior in most of these categories, if anything it is actually the exact opposite, and I am the only one with a good grasp on Kimimaro's actual power level when everyone else is severely overrating him. "Kimimaro>Hebi Sasuke", "Kimimaro>SM Naruto", "Kimimaro>KN1 Naruto and CS2 Sasuke at the same time", "Kimimaro>Juugo", "Kimimaro>Zabuza and Haku"?
tl;dr, guys i have cansur can i have free reps