Gaara's speed & reaction time

[Wind..]

Hes fast but not quite fast enough to 1v1 some of the best

 

[Gingka Uzumaki]

Gaara is till slow compared to most of these main characters.

 

[lswhyte123]

He didn't summon that sand, he brought it straight up from suna which is a desert thus covered in sand which is what he blocked deidaras bomb with. Same deal with joki boi they were fighting in a desert so he just moved the sand that was already there into the shield. Oil crumbled his sand but normal water has not been as big a weakness since he became kage its just not as easy to move it as normal sand.

And if A doesn't have the reaction time and speed to keep up with minato and ftg why would gaara, his sand couldn't catch joki boi why would it catch one of the fastest ninja ever.

Hehe, actually I didn't mean he summoned it. I just used that as a descriptive term for how quickly he managed to bring it to the field. I am well aware that on both occasions he dragged all that sand over by himself.
I am not saying that on a simple 1v1 that Gaara would be able to keep up in terms of speed with the best. I am showing examples which show that Gaara is by no means slow.

Let me settle this.Gaaras sand is not faster then space/time.ALSO Minato does not carry 1 kunai with 1 ftg seal,so you get that bury kunai thought out of your head.For minato to beat gaaras flying techniuqe all he has to(Listed below)

Throw kunai's with ftg in the air-Teleport to random kunai-Throw another teleport to that one and rinse and repeat until he gets to gaara.

Gaara will not even have a second to react to every kunai that is thrown and were it is at.He can not react fast enough to ftg itself manily because he will not have the reaction time to beat TIME IT'S SELF.Common sense over ignorance.Try to come up with a counter to that mr.debater.

OT:I agree gaara's reaction time is fast and impressive.BTW that video you showed was a filler.

I did not say he was faster or anywhere near as fast as FTG tech nor as fast as Minato.
I am also well aware that Minato doesn't carry just 1 Kunai, but he also doesn't have an infinite number of them.
I think Minato would win this, but I threw in some scenarios for how Gaara could in theory work his way around Minato's FTG tech. These are all true scenarios, when the Kunai land, Gaara can bury them.
If Minato were to try and 'fly' via his Kunai, it is likely that Gaara would catch the Kunai mid air and crush them/him. Gaara always leaves sand grains in the air and can cause sand to accumulate most places on the field because of this. This is another way Gaara could out-do Minato.

I do not think however that Gaara>Minato, I just think it's good fun to come up with scenarios which show possible weaknesses or ways around things.

Jokey boy blew up his sand twice he used gold the 2nd time to trap it So u are incorrect

Also water gun went through it easily oil made it crumble

Gaara is great but don't hype him up too much I already see u put ideas in the idiots that don't, read the mangas heads

I am well aware that Jokey blew Mizu out of Gaara's sand ONCE, not twice. I am not saying that his sand managed to keep Mizukage and Jokey boy in place. I am talking about Gaara's shield being able to cope with the blast against Division 4.
Also aware that the Water Gun went through a 'clone' That Gaara no longer needed and had served as a distraction while Gaara saved Oonoki.

I am trying not to hype him. I am trying to show instances which back up Gaara speed & reaction time.

One other thing I would like to add is that combined with his decent speed & reaction times, Gaara has shown himself to think far ahead in battle, even luring his opponents to make moves, simply to get them in place for his finale's. Gaara is pretty good, is the point of this thread. Don't underestimate him is all I'm saying.

 

[KazekageDaichi]

Good thread.I don't know why but Gaara will be always underestimated,people forget the fact he became a kage at age 16,has taken down two edo kages and fought Madara consecutively,protecting everybody. They still don't accept which his real level is.

 

[lswhyte123]

Good thread.I don't know why but Gaara will be always underestimated,people forget the fact he became a kage at age 16,has taken down two edo kages and fought Madara consecutively,protecting everybody. They still don't accept which his real level is.

Gaara became Kazekage at 15 and was only Chunin the year before that. So it took him 1 year to gain that rank.

I agree, some people do just wanna ignore how good he is. Others however do over-rate him. I try and find the line, and stand on it.

 

[Orochimaruwantsyourbody]

Well I agree with everything you said.[Which is boring because I've nothing to argue about).

For the sake argument,list a number of characters that you think he can beat in speed.​

 

[FloriGlori]

I wonder why people always need threads like this to see how awesome a certain character is. Gaara is incredibly strong, obviously, and in my oppinion even the strongest Kage of the current generation.

I mean, if there's no desert.. he can simply create one. He can bury an entire area with nothing but sand.

Although I have to disagree with point three. Gaara's sand didn't block Amaterasu itself, it blocked Kagetsuchi (the technique that allows Sasuke to manipulate Amaterasu), which means that the flames didn't directly converge at Gaara. Sasuke 'threw' them into his direction.

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[Naruto N. Uzumaki]

didn't he stop raikage level 2 from sasuke

 

[Totsuka No Tsurugi]

I wonder why people always need threads like this to see how awesome a certain character is. Gaara is incredibly strong, obviously, and in my oppinion even the strongest Kage of the current generation.

I mean, if there's no desert.. he can simply create one. He can bury an entire area with nothing but sand.

Although I have to disagree with point three. Gaara's sand didn't block Amaterasu itself, it blocked Kagetsuchi (the technique that allows Sasuke to manipulate Amaterasu). Which means that the flames didn't directly converge at Gaara, Sasuke 'threw' them into his direction.

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wow i didn't know that nice one

 

[lswhyte123]

Well I agree with everything you said.[Which is boring because I've nothing to argue about).

For the sake argument,list a number of characters that you think he can beat in speed.​

Hmm, dunno really. Gaara's speed hasn't been used in that way really. He times things very well but we have no real indications of his battle speed.
In theory his sand is faster than A,an explosion,Amaterasu and all these things are pretty much instant. But other parts of the Manga & anime show him as being slower. I think his defensive speed is much faster than his offensive for some reason. Maybe urgency makes him better.

didn't he stop raikage level 2 from sasuke

Yeah, he stopped a fully charged Guilloting Bomb & A intended to kill.

I wonder why people always need threads like this to see how awesome a certain character is. Gaara is incredibly strong, obviously, and in my oppinion even the strongest Kage of the current generation.

I mean, if there's no desert.. he can simply create one. He can bury an entire area with nothing but sand.

Although I have to disagree with point three. Gaara's sand didn't block Amaterasu itself, it blocked Kagetsuchi (the technique that allows Sasuke to manipulate Amaterasu), which means that the flames didn't directly converge at Gaara. Sasuke 'threw' them into his direction.

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Look at 6:26
It's Amaterasu. The NB translations are off.
Also just like against Deidara, the manga pretty much left out the part where Gaara & Sasuke exchange blows and then goes back once his sand & black flames are touching.

One thing I will say against Gaara is that he tends to only have this AMAZING speed when he's using his sand defensively, never when attacking.

 

[FloriGlori]

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Look at 6:26
It's Amaterasu. The NB translations are off.
Also just like against Deidara, the manga pretty much left out the part where Gaara & Sasuke exchange blows and then goes back once his sand & black flames are touching.

I know the episode pretty well. You're mistaken. Read every translation there is - you'll find that sentence everywhere. It's more like the anime tends to adulterate things. But even there he's using the term 'Enton'.

You'll see it yourself if you take a closer look at the page I just showed you.

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is what it looks like when the flames are converging at the target, in other words when Amaterasu itself is used.

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you can clearly see, on the basis of the picture in the middle, that the flames are 'thrown' at Gaara. Apart from that there's a black flame burning over Sasuke's head, which most likely served as the centre of Enton.

 

[lswhyte123]

I know the episode pretty well. You're mistaken. Read every translation there is - you'll find that sentence everywhere. It's more like the anime tends to adulterate things. But even there he's using the term 'Enton'.

You'll see it yourself if you take a closer look at the page I just showed you.

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is what it looks like when the flames are converging at the target, in other words when Amaterasu itself is used.

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you can clearly see, on the basis of the picture in the middle, that the flames are 'thrown' at Gaara. Apart from that there's a black flame burning over Sasuke's head, which most likely served as the centre of Enton.

Enton is simply an advanced chakra nature which Sasuke uses to manipulate the Amaterasu.
You put forth a good argument & I will not discredit it.
There is however no certain answer here.
The Anime shows Amaterasu-the flames just like against A.
The Manga doesn't show much of anything other than the black flames on Gaara's sand, which is then noted to be Enton-control of Amaterasu's black flames.
I am aware that Sasuke says "you block my Enton very effectively" but still, he 'could' have used Amaterasu initially as in the anime and then tried to control the flames instead of a straightforward attack or simply use the flames as a form of defence against Gaara's Sand.
It does certainly appear though that Gaara 'does' block Amaterasu and then have a controlled fight with the manipulated Enton/black flames.

From all we have seen of Gaara, it is not at all hard to believe that he can block Amaterasu. Also, it stands to good reason that chakra infused sand would be able to block a chakra based technique,even high release.

Thanks for debate +rep

Note: I use the official Manga that I have at home as a source of info, translation are accurate.

 

[el shaarawy]

Clap for ur selves u foolish gaara fans! I personally don,t consider gaara a shinobi, u no y? Coz all he ****ing does is to use his ****ing sand and defend! Dats all; defend defend he can defend till d world ends! He is quite skillfull but he is not that strong: come to think of it, gaara will never ever be the 1 to kiLl madara; if it were up to me, I would like to c madara fight them kages one on one with tsunade being the fastest to finish then beautiful mistukage then gaara then onoki then raikage!

 

[FloriGlori]

Enton is simply an advanced chakra nature which Sasuke uses to manipulate the Amaterasu.
You put forth a good argument & I will not discredit it.
There is however no certain answer here.
The Anime shows Amaterasu-the flames just like against A.
The Manga doesn't show much of anything other than the black flames on Gaara's sand, which is then noted to be Enton-control of Amaterasu's black flames.
I am aware that Sasuke says "you block my Enton very effectively" but still, he 'could' have used Amaterasu initially as in the anime and then tried to control the flames instead of a straightforward attack or simply use the flames as a form of defence against Gaara's Sand.
It does certainly appear though that Gaara 'does' block Amaterasu and then have a controlled fight with the manipulated Enton/black flames.
From all we have seen of Gaara, it is not at all hard to believe that he can block Amaterasu. Also, it stands to good reason that chakra infused sand would be able to block a chakra based technique,even high release.

Thanks for debate +rep

Note: I use the official Manga that I have at home as a source of info, translation are accurate.

Thanks. You welcome.
Yes, in that case there's no certain answer, though I'm convinced that Sasuke used Enton to throw the already existing flames at Gaara instead of using Amaterasu itself. There's a clear difference in the manga, which is the only canon source after all. Amaterasu also requires a lot of chakra and poses a great risk to Sasuke's eyes, so using it three times in a row even though it was already blocked wouldn't make much sense.

Clap for ur selves u foolish gaara fans! I personally don,t consider gaara a shinobi, u no y? Coz all he ****ing does is to use his ****ing sand and defend! Dats all; defend defend he can defend till d world ends! He is quite skillfull but he is not that strong: come to think of it, gaara will never ever be the 1 to kiLl madara; if it were up to me, I would like to c madara fight them kages one on one with tsunade being the fastest to finish then beautiful mistukage then gaara then onoki then raikage!

A pretty worthless comment.

 

[lswhyte123]

Thanks. You welcome.
Yes, in that case there's no certain answer, though I'm convinced that Sasuke used Enton to throw the already existing flames at Gaara instead of using Amaterasu itself. There's a clear difference in the manga, which is the only canon source after all. Amaterasu also requires a lot of chakra and poses a great risk to Sasuke's eyes, so using it three times in a row even though it was already blocked wouldn't make much sense.



A pretty worthless comment.

I think Sasuke was kinda doing the whole wasting chakra thing without thinking, which is kinda why I'd go with the idea it was Amaterasu. But good thinking duder. I do also agree that Sasuke using it three times is strange but not impossible. Seems like that's what he was doing, though I do think that once he'd used it on Gaara, he then went onto use the existing Black Flames and control them via Enton.

And yes, that comment above urs was total rubbish...Gaara just defends eh? lol

 

[lswhyte123]

So I've come across this new footage from the latest naruto game which shows a bit more of Sasuke vs Gaara. It shows briefly how the fight goes and how strong and fast Gaara is. Equal to Sasuke's Taijutsu.

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