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With 7th Gate boost, Gai becomes able to use Hiru Tora. While Asa Kujaku is a non stop quick sequence of supersonic blows plus flaming shockwaves, created by Gai punching so fast that he burns the air, Hiru Tora is a powerful blow created by Gai punching so fast that it create an air pressure bomb; it is much more powerful than even Asa Kujaku, as Gai himself states
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It's funny how some people try to downplay Hiru Tora's power saying that it couldn't even kill Kisame who was defeated by it but still survived it. First of all, Gai didn't have any killing intent when he fought Kisame: it was said to him to try to capture him alive
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), hence Gai didn't want to kill Kisame; he actually didn't want to even fight him, Gai only wanted to rescue the scroll with info that Kisame stole; it was Kisame that attacked him first, everytime, he attacked Gai with Suiton: Senshokuko
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) and Gai defeated that with Asa Kujaku, he attacked Gai again with Suiton: Daikodan
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So Kisame surviving Hiru Tora it's only logical because Gai didn't want to kill him in first place; he just stated that Hiru Tora was a one-hit-kill jutsu that was far more powerful than Asa Kujaku (that already killed Kisame; a clone of Kisame with 30% of the original's chakra but same strength, speed, durability and what not), and yet he wasn't even slightly surprised when Kisame was alive after being struck by it, while Gai canonically shows great surprise when an opponent is able to survive his blows, as he showed when Juubi jinchuriki Madara was able to tank his Sekizo; when Kisame was still alive after Hiru Tora, he wasn't surprised at all; because he didn't want to kill him. Also, Hiru Tora is made of air pressure and that time was used underwater, so its power was logically under his normal standard because of that; it also had to pass through Kisame's Daikodan, defeating it, before reaching Kisame, so its power dropped down furtherly; it still was enough to defeat and KO Kisame allowing Gai to easily capture him as he wanted.
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Not to mention that Gai's Hiru Tora was able to stomp away and destroy Madara's V3 Susanoo, so it makes no sense, again, for Kisame, as tough as he is, to survive it, but since Gai didn't want to kill him in the first place, and had Hiru Tora weakened underwater, here's how Kisame didn't die by that. Gai was wounded and worn out, yet he still managed to launch Hiru Tora before Madara could end his Susanoo sword attack on Naruto; Madara had Gai in front of him and yet wasn't able to do anything in time and was stomped away together with his Susanoo
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). His V3 Susanoo was destroyed by Gai's Hiru Tora because Madara's Mokuton that was binding the Hachibi immediately loosened his grip the moment that Gai stomped him away with Hiru Tora
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Madara also just stated that he wanted to capture the Hachibi and Kyuubi, and yet he stayed out for all the following chapter, even if stating that he wanted to do thing seriously
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), even if Kakashi and Naruto were overwhelming Obito and could have easily killed him; and with Obito dead, Madara couldn't have come back to real life anymore, since he couldn't have used Obito for Rinne Tensei; still Madara stayed out all that time when important things were happening, not because he didn't care to enter the fray again but because he couldn't, later he even stated that the group of Naruto, Kakashi, Gai and Bee was stronger than he expected and so detached his plans. Because Gai's Hiru Tora not only stomped his V3 Susanoo away, but also destroyed it with Madara, that had to regenerate off panel. Hitting Madara is really impressive when a non serious Edo Madara was able to casually react and block Ei's fastest speed while already distracted to dodge Mei Terumi's ninjutsu
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), and destroying his V3 Susanoo with a single hit is a great feat when to destroy Madara's V1 Susanoo the Gokage needed two hits from Byakugo enhanced Tsunade and one from Onoki powered up Ei. Even the Hachibi was greatly impressed because of Gai's feat
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7th Gate Gai's speed is incredible, he is hella fast, far more than Minato or V2 Ei for example. Gai with the 7th Gate pressured Juudara far more than SM Minato did (with a far slower Edo Madara being able to casually react and block Ei's fastest speed while being already busy to dodge Mei Terumi's Yoton ninjutsu and with Gaara, who witnessed Ei's max speed and even Ei's max speed lightned by Onoki, being impressed by Gai's speed to the point of calling Gai's movements "not human"): Minato tries to surprise Juudara with Hiraishin to land Rasengan but Juudara react with ease and counterhits by cutting the attacking arm and then kicking Minato away like shit, with Minato not being able to react and use Hiraishin in both istances, Minato isn't even able to end the attack he was trying, before he is swapped away
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); Gai clearly pressures Juudara with his speed and taijutsu skills, without letting him to touch him with the Gudodama staff or balls, and manages to corner him and launch his finishing attack, even if then is countered and defeated back
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Minato was counterblitzed and hit, without being able to react on two hit one after another, before he could even end his finish his attack, let alone land the hit. While Gai was much faster, hence he could finish his attack, attack again, and pressure Madara, who was able to parry and dodge his hits but not that faster that he could completely counterblitz Gai like he did with Minato, hence he was pushed back and had to resort to overpowering Gai at the end. Even if in the end both Minato and 7th Gate Gai were defeated, you can clearly see how 7th Gate Gai's speed and taijutsu >>> SM Minato's reflexes and striking speed. Especially when you have Juudara swinging his Gudodama staff and cutting Minato's arm before he could even end to try to attack him with Rasengan and Juudara swinging his Gudodama staff and only overpowering, but not outspeeding, Gai's fastest punch in 7th Gate; if Gai was slower, his arm would have been cut like Minato's was.
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In spite of the Gates, other than their power up, being something that pose great strain and damage for the body of their user
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) Gai's willpower and physical might allow him to fight with high level of Gates usage, as for the level of the Gates (even 6th ,7th, 8th), as for the time he mantains them; not that most of opponents would be able to require him fighting with Gates for an extended time, after all. After using the 6th Gate and Asa Kujaku, he is able to open the 7th Gate and use Hiru Tora to defeat Kisame and he doesn't feel any drawback until a lot of time, he is perfectly fine after using Hiru Tora
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)) and after all the distance he makes to bring back Kisame to the island
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In the War, Gai fights for hours, using the Gates a lot of times; after being in a very tired state
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) he jumps to fight again: he is able to open some Gates to save Kakashi from a Gudodama, then he opens the 7th Gate to fight Madara and unleash Hiru Tora, then, even with some broken ribs, he opens the 8th Gate, uses Sekizo on Madara, uses Sekizo again while fighting again against Madara but off panel, then uses Ya Gai; he is even able to immediately adapt to the unbelievable pain that his body has to endure by being in 8th Gate state
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