Nice post. Tho it’s a little longer than I expected, it’s still a short one. It’s a lot better to debate without walls.
L’right.
I disagree with this. Why? The first bold is pure speculation. There’s a crucial misconception:
-Being able to fight in the mist =/= being an expert in silent killing and be able to hide in the mist from a sharingan user and strike silently enough to ambush a whole 4 shinobi team (tho Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura were still kids).
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It’s pretty clear that being able to fight in the mist is not the same as being able to hide proficiently on it, and use the silent killing. If Haku knew how to fight in the mist like Zabuza, he wouldn’t have gotten spotted by Gai and Rock Lee (which none has any kind of sensing abilitiy)
It's not speculation when Haku literally has feats to back it up. It's also common sense. They're a team. Not teaching Haku any silent killing skills would hinder both of them in battle. The fact that Zabuza canonically stated that he taught Haku many skills (in addition to Haku operating fine in the mist) pretty much solidifies the notion.
Haku literally displayed his silent killing prowess here:
Zabuza releases the jutsu, and the next panel over, both Zabuza and Haku were shown to be disappearing within the mist. And note how Gai stated that the fog was getting thicker, and visibility was getting worse.
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Then the very next page, we have Zabuza and Haku attacking in unison using silent killing. The two fodder had no idea until after they were hit, and neither did 3T Kakashi.
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It's a manga fact that Haku knows silent killing, because it was literally done with Zabuza. There is nothing you can possibly disagree with. Haku concealed himself within the mist, just as Zabuza did, and then struck down the opponent without them (or 3T Kakashi) seeing him, just as Zabuza did. That is known as being an
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@ bold, and Zabuza
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, so you don't really have a point. It wasn't the thickest fog to begin with.
About the second bold:
-The mist had already started to clear
-Kakashi and Zabuza were speaking and making noise, and chidori makes a lot of noice as well (as it was stated in the CE, it’s called like that because it sounds like birds)
-Haku being able to find them in the mist doesn’t mean that he can find Zabuza is the latter is hiding and using silent killing
]. Also false, Kakashi nor Zabuza were talking. Refer back to scan '1', Kakashi was already charging before Haku took any action. Yes, Lightning Blade was said to make noise, but Kakashi activated it 6 whole pages before he started to charge towards Zabuza and Haku did nothing until after the fact. Haku perceived something when Kakashi was alreadycharging, so the noise didn't make a difference. As I've established, Haku has silent killing and tracking feats.
About the third bold, Haku started to examine the fight when the ninjutsu clash started and Kakashi started copying Zabuza’s ninjutsu. By that time, Zabuza was not hiding in the mist thus he was there to be seen.
I sense a big mistake on your argument. You seem to think that Zabuza’s mist automatically hides him, and Haku’s few feats of being able to see in the mist would let him find Zabuza and react to his attacks, while it seems you forget the fact that the mist is not even that thick since from a short distance almost everything was visible in the fight. ZABUZA IS THE EXPERT AT HIDING ON IT.
So no, Haku’s feats inside the mist are not more special than Kakashi’s, who still got his ass handed to him on Zabuza’s ambush.
Also you seem to have ignored the speed difference I noted. If Zabuza strikes Haku in the mist, there’s absolutely no way Haku dodges. His only way to survive is the ice mirrors. Since he can’t physically react to Zabuza’s speed.
The manga specifically states: "In the previous fight, I wasn't just getting beaten like an idiot. I had Haku hiding in the background examining every aspect. Your interpretation isn't accurate with what the manga actually states, nor does it make sense. Haku just coincidentally showed up and at the end of the fight and started watching from there? No, not when it literally say's every aspect of the fight. Meaning, Haku had to of been analyzing the whole thing from beginning to end.
Not quite sure what you're trying to prove here, tbh. Haku knows silent killing. Established fact, when he used it in tandem with Zabuza himself. Unless you're implying Kakashi also proficiently knows silent killing; Haku's feats within the mist are definitely better than Kakashi's, given everything that I've already stated. Again, all irrelevant when Haku's Ice Mirrors can be utilized wayyyy faster then Zabuza's Hidden Mist. And since they're both blood lusted, Haku wins in who gets the first move.
(I'll get to the speed difference further down in my post).
Haku himself stated that he was aiming for critical areas, and Sasuke was dodging. (Refer to the last scan of my first post). Killing intent or not, he was aiming for critical areas, and kid sasuke BEFORE GAINING 2 tomoe was able to react and dodge, and when he had already gained 2 tomoe, he was able to INTERCEPT HIM (to save naruto)
Haku's speed had already been declining, and actions speak louder then words. Sasuke made it very clear that Haku was never aiming to kill [
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]. Sasuke knew Haku never wanted to kill any of them, and Naruto suddenly figured it out too [
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That’s not Haku’s speed declining, is Sasuke getting used to it.
That scans only proves my point right. Haku’s speed didn’t decline. He said I can’t keep THIS SPEED for a long time gap. His speed was still the same. Sasuke was the one getting used to it.
It's Sasuke getting used to it, AFTER Haku's speed has been steadily declining. It wasn't the same at all lmao, rather a MASSIVE decline from the start of using it. At first, Haku was traveling so fast that Sasuke and Naruto stood still in time and were unable to comprehend what was even happening [
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]. But after Haku's speed had already massively declined from maintaining the jutsu for so long, Sasuke with his own body speed was able to pretty much match Haku's [
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Databook IV said:
Konoha Tsumuji Senpuu
Leaf Coiling Whirlwind
Lee and Guy's dual taijutsu attack.
A spinning roundhouse whirlwind attack with very fast spin.
A vanguard whirlwind just like a surging shock which grow hot the battlefield.
Again, it took a classified taijutsu move that requires very fast body movement from Gai and Rock Lee. Do I need to mention how far above War-Arc Rock Lee and Gai are to Land of Waves Arc Sasuke? Especially when
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already stomps that version of Sasuke? Smh. The speed that Sasuke was able to react to is nowhere near Haku's top speed.
And you completely misinterpreted
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. Haku was referring to the speed at which he was currently moving at. It already declined so much, that he wouldn't be able to fight for much longer, since he was starting to run low on chakra and because Sasuke was starting to react to it. At this point, Haku has been maintaining this chakra taxing jutsu for over two chapters, so obviously his speed declined.
So, were going to take the DB exaggerations literally now? Lol. The ices spawn fast yes.
Okay so you proved how Haku can pull out ONE mirror with that speed.
This is the speed of the ice prison getting up
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Sasuke reacted to it mentally (!) as soon as the water started to raise. He didn’t get out of there because:
-He didn’t have knowledge
-He probably didn’t have enough reactions and foot speed. But now:
Zabuza’s foot speed >>>> Sasuke’s, and Zabuza’s reaction speed >>> Sharinganless Sasuke, plus he has knowledge on this jutsu.
So the water raises and Zabuza, with knowledge, gets out of there.
Still, that shows the speed of one mirror spawning. There’s literally nothing that indicates that Haku can literally surround Zabuza with those mirrors with that speed, when Sasuke noticed that something was happening when the water was raising. Zabuza, who has knowledge, would sunshin out of that area.
The speed of thought is way faster then the speed of the bodies reaction. By the time Sasuke could slightly react, he was already surrounded by the mirrors. Anyways, I wasn't implying that Haku would do this to Zabuza, because he doesn't have to. A single mirror will suffice.
Really fast in the eyes of two gennin. That same crazy fast speed was lectured by Sasuke with two tomoe.
The watter droplets example means nothing since shinobis in general move at insane speed.
Adressed. As fast as it sounds, Sasuke reacted to it. You can keep posting databook references about this, but the fact is that Sasuke was able to dodge the attacks, and after gaining chakra he could clearly see Haku moving, and he could intercept him. Let’s not talk about Zabuza here who doesn’t even get caught inside the prison, and if he gets caught, he reacts to this many blows haku does as Sasuke did, and he can also use clones and thicken the mist to get out of there.
It's the best speed feat in part one, as far as I'm concerned. Faster then base Gai's shunshin [
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], who is faster then Kakashi (and obviously Zabuza); considering Haku made like 10+ different movements in an instant, while Gai only made one.
Sasuke has only reacted to Haku after his speed massively declined, as I believe has been established more then once. Zabuza doesn't have a single chance at reacting to Haku's top speed. Hence why he admitted inferiority to it.
-Zabuza sees the water raising like Sasuke did, and changes location with a fast sunshin. Then proceeds to put up the mist and hides from Haku.
The speed Haku uses to move from one mirror to another is not enough to land critical hits on Sasuke. So that “nigh instantly” gets reduced to “fast”.
Unless you prove Haku’s speed actually decreased from the time Sasuke was not used to it to the time Sasuke started to react to Haku, this point is moot. Haku says clearly he can’t keep up THAT SAME SPEED so no. Haku’s peak top speed was reacted to by Sasuke without sharingan, as soon as he started to get used to it.
-Sasuke only mentally reacted, by the time he could physically react, he was already caught.
-Nothing supports Zabuza completely hiding from Haku in the mist.
-Wasn't implying that Haku creates an entire dome like he did to Sasuke, which is why I made the example of Kakashi.
Lol, manga disagrees
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Sasuke was literally helpless when Haku was moving at his fastest. You're butchering the manga, badly.
Silly example. Haku reacted because he knew Kakashi was attacking, while Zabuza was facing around fighting other people. Not because he was too slow. In fact he didn’t even notice Kakashi was there until Haku was done.
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You trying to make it sound like Zabuza didn’t have time to react is silly. Zabuza was fighting on a crowded battlefield and never noticed Kakashi. That’s like saying Minato can’t react to Muu if Muu goes invisible and stabs him in the face.
Yes, because Haku wasn't fighting anyone either. But alright, you're correct in saying that Zabuza didn't notice Kakashi until after Haku stopped him. Haku still shits though.
Don’t know if you are serious with this one. Haku intercepted a Kakashi who was focused on hitting Zabuza with raikiri. Not the same example of Zabuza going on a frontal strike against Kakashi.
I hope you are not incinuating Haku would succed against Kakashi on a frontal strike where he’s not ambushed by haku, and he actually faces him.
You misconstrued my point. Haku trumped War-Arc Kakashi's speed by intercepting him. Between the mirror spawning and Haku transporting last second, Haku destroyed Kakashi's speed, who is obviously shown to be a lot faster then Zabuza based on the conclusion of their clash. I'll break it down, since you clearly missed it.
-Take note and remember Zabuza's position in accordance with the Ice Mirror
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-From that very same position, Zabuza turns around, and swings at Kakashi
-Kakashi jumps backwards
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-Zabuza is seen still next to mirror, while Kakashi is like 5 or so meters away from when he dodged the blade
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-Zabuza initiates his charge before Kakashi starts his
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-Yet they meet directly in front of the Ice Mirror, from where I told you take note of
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Meaning, War-Arc Kakashi's speed>>>>Zabuza's. Yet, Haku could easily intercept Kakashi's speed; so Haku's Mirror speed literally shits on Zabuza's. Now that, that is established... Let's move on to reaction speed.
Haku can quite clearly react to her own Mirror transporting speed, which again, is faster then War-Arc Kakashi's speed. Haku could parry Rock Lee and Gai's kick [
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]. This feat absolutely shits on any reaction feat Zabuza has displayed. Not only did Haku block a fast classified taijutsu move (refer back to the DB scan) by two taijutsu masters; Haku did it while already traveling at extremely high speeds right into the fast kicks, with his arms originally behind his back [
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]. Also, I have no reason to believe that Kakashi's striking speed is any faster then Gai and Rock Lee's.
So, in an attacking manner, Haku would instantly spawn the mirror(s) (like against Kakashi) and transport out of it faster then Zabuza can physically react based on the underlining fact that he doesn't have any spectacular reaction feats, in addition to the fact that Haku's Ice Mirror speed>War-Arc Kakashi>>>Zabuza's.
Lol, Haku’s striking speed is lame. This same scenario you’re suggesting happened here
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Sai literally reacted to the same scenario you’re suggesting. And in this battle:
-Zabuza has knowledge, so if he sees the hand seals, he’s not being taken out with his guard down
-Zabuza is faster than Sai, who reacted to this.
This is how the battle goes. *Haku starts with the mirros, and tries to surround Zabuza with them (or just uses one of them).
*Zabuza knows the hand seal, he knows what’s happening. If Haku seems to be surrounding him with the mirrors, as Sasuke did Zabuza notices the water raising (plus the previous knowledge on the hand seals) and sunshins out of there.
*If Haku just uses one mirror on Zabuza’s back, as Sai did Zabuza notices the cold air and reacts to the attack blocking the needles with his sword or simply dodging.
*Haku’s striking speed is so low that Sasuke was able to react to Haku, who was aiming for critical spots. Let me put this scan here again
Absolutely not. The scenario with Sai is not comparable in the slightest. 3T Kakashi had no time to notice any change in air temperature or snow fall from the Ice Mirror forming, so neither will Zabuza. He is not on par with Kakashi in terms of reaction or anything relating to speed, and Haku was shown to be faster then Kakashi when he easily intercepted him. So once again, Haku will easily spawn a mirror behind Zabuza, transport out of it from Zabuza's blind spot, and aim to stab (not throw) with the needles through his critical areas. To suggest that Zabuza can properly react and defend against this, would then imply that Zabuza>>>3T Kakashi, Rock Lee, and Gai in perception, mental reaction, body reaction, body speed, and taijutsu. All in fact, are laughably false.
If Haku's striking speed is slow, then so is Zabuza's. So you don't have a point.
*There’s nothing that proves that Haku’s speed decreased. So Sasuke was reacting to Haku’s top speed without sharingan.
*Databook supports this by giving Haku a 1 in taijutsu, hence why his attacks are so slow, and despite aiming for critical areas sharinganless sasuke dodged it.
So the fight starts with Haku using the ice trying to attack Zabuza. Zabua totally reacts to this.
Once Zabuza puts up the mist (which only requires one hand seal), Haku is done. As I proved in my first pharagraph, Haku’s skills in the mist are not special. While Kakashi Who has a sharingan could not react to Zabuza’s ambush properly. Do you really think that Haku’s punny feats put him in a place where we can say he can react to Zabuza’s silent Attacks?
Haku is a girl
jk
Nice debate. Waiting to read your 2nd post and then this shall be judged
>Manga disagrees, and already addressed
>Manga disagrees, and already addressed
>Manga disagrees, and already addressed
>Manga disagrees, and already addressed
Man think about how power levels went to hell. Here we've debating people killing eachother using clone feints, needles, water jutsus, ninja techniques.
Try to use that logic on war arc debates. Lol. Now it's up to who has the biggest susano or more rikudo chakra
Man think about how power levels went to hell. Here we've debating people killing eachother using clone feints, needles, water jutsus, ninja techniques.
Try to use that logic on war arc debates. Lol. Now it's up to who has the biggest susano or more rikudo chakra
-Haku's speed.
-Zabuza's speed in relation to Haku's reaction speed.
-Haku's ability to fight in the mist.
Points Made by Both Debaters
I'm just going to go through each major point and show who made their case the best and actually proved their argument, and who didn't.
-EZQ said that Haku never touches Zabuza because Wave Arc Sasuke was able to evade Haku's attacks with his Sharingan, and Zabuza>>Wave Arc Sasuke. Latter is true, the former is false as FT has shown. Feats against 3-Tomoe Kakashi during the War and the workings of Haku's ability along with some statements from Naruto and Sasuke, the latter especially since he showed that he couldn't take credit for avoiding Haku's attacks, made it clear that Haku was only being reacted to due to a combination of his jutsu's weakness and the fact that he wasn't striking to kill at any moment. As for the Kakashi feat, FT showed that Haku could travel from the mirror to intercept Kakashi's charge meaning Haku traveled from the mirror to the middle of Kakashi and Zabuza before Kakashi could cross a foot, (in case anyone was thinking it's invalid due to it being interception, you now know that you are wrong) and FT also showed that Kakashi>>Zabuza in speed as they charged at the same time, but Kakashi crossed his distance while Zabuza was practically in the same general spot. Zabuza only moved past Haku's body, which isn't even up to 3 feet away from his original position, not even up to 2. So that puts Haku's Mirror Blitz>>Kakashi's Raikiri Charge>>>Zabuza's charge in speed. So FT wins the first major point. Haku's speed is too fast for Zabuza to evade or properly block from his blindspot
-As for Haku's ability to fight in the mist, FT's points pretty much put a nail in EZQ's argument. He showed feats of Haku and Zabuza performing a coordinated silent kill attack. He showed a scan stating that Zabuza taught him many skills and he showed another scan showing that zabuza is an expert. No reason why Haku doesn't know Silent Killing and no reason why he'd be as handicapped as Kakashi was in the mist. EZQ's talking and Raikiri making noise points were also handled. Bloodlust makes this irrelevant anyway.
-EZQ claimed that Haku's reaction speed was inferior to Zabuza's, but I don't recall seeing any actual evidence to substantiate that point. FT however posted scans of him reacting to Gai's kick while moving at his top speed, and there is no feat Zabuza has that is superior to that, or rather superior enough to let him evade Haku's attacks from the blindspot like EZQ claimed. EZQ claimed that Haku's striking speed was slow, FT shut it down with a scan of him matching Zabuza. FT showed a scan of them striking at the same time anyway and the scan EZQ provided wasn't even striking speed making that point of his invalid anyway. And I really didn't like the attempt to use the Taijutsu stat as a representative of striking speed when Taijutsu is more than just how fast you can strike.
Verdict
FT wins, decisively. At the end of the day, he showed that Haku can move faster than someone who already moves much faster than Zabuza himself does and EZQ failed to provide reasoning outside of the Haku vs. Sasuke fight to contest to this speed gap, meaning he failed to prove that he can evade or block if Haku comes from his blindspot.
If I missed anything, tell me. But please make sure whatever you are saying I missed actually matters when it comes to the outcome of the match. So basically the major points.
-Haku's speed.
-Zabuza's speed in relation to Haku's reaction speed.
-Haku's ability to fight in the mist.
Points Made by Both Debaters
I'm just going to go through each major point and show who made their case the best and actually proved their argument, and who didn't.
-EZQ said that Haku never touches Zabuza because Wave Arc Sasuke was able to evade Haku's attacks with his Sharingan, and Zabuza>>Wave Arc Sasuke. Latter is true, the former is false as FT has shown. Feats against 3-Tomoe Kakashi during the War and the workings of Haku's ability along with some statements from Naruto and Sasuke, the latter especially since he showed that he couldn't take credit for avoiding Haku's attacks, made it clear that Haku was only being reacted to due to a combination of his jutsu's weakness and the fact that he wasn't striking to kill at any moment. As for the Kakashi feat, FT showed that Haku could travel from the mirror to intercept Kakashi's charge meaning Haku traveled from the mirror to the middle of Kakashi and Zabuza before Kakashi could cross a foot, (in case anyone was thinking it's invalid due to it being interception, you now know that you are wrong) and FT also showed that Kakashi>>Zabuza in speed as they charged at the same time, but Kakashi crossed his distance while Zabuza was practically in the same general spot. Zabuza only moved past Haku's body, which isn't even up to 3 feet away from his original position, not even up to 2. So that puts Haku's Mirror Blitz>>Kakashi's Raikiri Charge>>>Zabuza's charge in speed. So FT wins the first major point. Haku's speed is too fast for Zabuza to evade or properly block from his blindspot
-As for Haku's ability to fight in the mist, FT's points pretty much put a nail in EZQ's argument. He showed feats of Haku and Zabuza performing a coordinated silent kill attack. He showed a scan stating that Zabuza taught him many skills and he showed another scan showing that zabuza is an expert. No reason why Haku doesn't know Silent Killing and no reason why he'd be as handicapped as Kakashi was in the mist. EZQ's talking and Raikiri making noise points were also handled. Bloodlust makes this irrelevant anyway.
-EZQ claimed that Haku's reaction speed was inferior to Zabuza's, but I don't recall seeing any actual evidence to substantiate that point. FT however posted scans of him reacting to Gai's kick while moving at his top speed, and there is no feat Zabuza has that is superior to that, or rather superior enough to let him evade Haku's attacks from the blindspot like EZQ claimed. EZQ claimed that Haku's striking speed was slow, FT shut it down with a scan of him matching Zabuza. FT showed a scan of them striking at the same time anyway and the scan EZQ provided wasn't even striking speed making that point of his invalid anyway. And I really didn't like the attempt to use the Taijutsu stat as a representative of striking speed when Taijutsu is more than just how fast you can strike.
Verdict
FT wins, decisively. At the end of the day, he showed that Haku can move faster than someone who already moves much faster than Zabuza himself does and EZQ failed to provide reasoning outside of the Haku vs. Sasuke fight to contest to this speed gap, meaning he failed to prove that he can evade or block if Haku comes from his blindspot.
If I missed anything, tell me. But please make sure whatever you are saying I missed actually matters when it comes to the outcome of the match. So basically the major points.
No its just that even when '' low on chakra'' if wave arc sasuke is considering a threat Haku is a joke in all aspects.
I Hate when people say ooh i hate that the characters get so strong what about the old manga pages stfu if a manga last for 15 years the power leves are bound to sky rocketed from what the first real arc of the show.
No its just that even when '' low on chakra'' if wave arc sasuke is considering a threat Haku is a joke in all aspects.
I Hate when people say ooh i hate that the characters get so strong what about the old manga pages stfu if a manga last for 15 years the power leves are bound to sky rocketed from what the first real arc of the show.