Kishi should have used lee instead of gai

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the whole story is about surpassing the previous generation, so why does gai end up doing everything when lee could have been developed instead? I would have preferred that.

EDIT: If you think about it kishi could have had shikaku do everything instead of shikamaru but it's way cooler to see the growth of shikamaru. but for some reason this never happened with lee/gai
 
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He will get more development; the real battle has just begun; you saw that he kicked Madara in half; right? He will certainly get more panel time and development in skills/characteristics.
 

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Its like saying shouldn't fodder like Sakura be stronger than Madara just because she's in the later generation?
 

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Who knows but one of them is going to die anyway probably releasing the 8th gate.
 

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i didn't read anything about Young Gen surpass Old Gen..?txt pelase
 

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Its like saying shouldn't fodder like Sakura be stronger than Madara just because she's in the later generation?

no, I just mean instead of using gai to defeat kisame and stuff, he could have plot power-up'd lee through training and had him do it. It's cooler to see lee progress into a powerful ninja then to see gai, an already strong ninja, do all the fighting. Because we're more invested in lee's character if that makes sense. it also fits the plot quite well.
 

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I wonder how strong 8th gate gai will be it will be epic when he activate it xD
 

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Gai was Kakashi's right hand on the war,it was only natural for him to follow Kakashi and go aid Naruto.Lee will have his chance.
And the next generation will surpass the previous doesn't apply in all cases.
 

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So you'd have Lee facing Kisame? He'd get buttraped.

Might Gai>>>>>>>>>>>Rock Lee

Lee can't open seven gates, use Asakajakuu or Hirudora.

Gai's stats are 31.5 whilst Lee has 22.

Gai is smart despite how he appears, he graduated the academy aged 7 and became Chuunin at 11....
Gai can use ninjutsu and genjutsu based skills, Lee cannot.
 

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Gai was there because him and Kakashi are both connected to Obito. It wouldn't have made as much of an impact if it was Lee there
 

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Gai was Kakashi's right hand on the war,it was only natural for him to follow Kakashi and go aid Naruto.Lee will have his chance.
And the next generation will surpass the previous doesn't apply in all cases.

It definitely could have in this case though. And kishi easily could have written something in about Gai getting near defeated by Akatuski and having Lee go in his place, or something.

Although I'm not kishi and there could be better ways of doing it, I just don't understand why Part 1 focus was Lee and then Part 2 focus would shift to Gai so much, when Lee was still very much an option.
 

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So you'd have Lee facing Kisame? He'd get buttraped.

Might Gai>>>>>>>>>>>Rock Lee

Lee can't open seven gates, use Asakajakuu or Hirudora.

Gai's stats are 31.5 whilst Lee has 22.

Gai is smart despite how he appears, he graduated the academy aged 7 and became Chuunin at 11....
Gai can use ninjutsu and genjutsu based skills, Lee cannot.

Don't trust the databook that much , by the databook Lee can't beat sakura.

Still, probably there will be another time skip to show us everyone's progress and probably lee would have surpased gai by then.
 

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So you'd have Lee facing Kisame? He'd get buttraped.

Might Gai>>>>>>>>>>>Rock Lee

Lee can't open seven gates, use Asakajakuu or Hirudora.

Gai's stats are 31.5 whilst Lee has 22.

Gai is smart despite how he appears, he graduated the academy aged 7 and became Chuunin at 11....
Gai can use ninjutsu and genjutsu based skills, Lee cannot.

lee could have been improved by plot though. but I've already said chibiusa was right
 

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This is true. Lee is being neglected hard, I would like to see how lee has improved/what new skills he's developed. So far in this war we've seen naruto, sasuke, sakura, gaara, shikamaru, choji, ino and a few others show their new skills. Lee hasn't got any real shine since kimimaru & I'm sure he has many new skills like the others have shown. Kisame would have murdered him though so I'm glad guy fought him instead lol
 

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Kishi doesn't really care about Lee, he uses him as comic relief

I doubt that seeing how his character is obviously based off the great bruce lee himself. His traits, being one of the best in taijutsu, how he doesn't use ninjutsu.. come on. Kishi def has something big planned for lee
 

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The manga isn't over yet - there is still a lot of time left before the completion of the series. In regards to your statement, we have yet to see Rock Lee and his true power yet but we have seen the extent that Maito Guy could be placed in. I presume that slowly but surely, Rock Lee will show the ability to match Guy which he arguably already has, and then get his own unique power-ups and such therefore rendering him a more powerful, versatile and memorable shinobi than his master. That is what I believe will happen and you must be patient and not jump to conclusion such as this before the completion of the series.
 
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