I just saw a post in a thread about what the 8th gate will look like and how Lee will gain an upgrade and it got me to thinking. With Neji's death and Gai's death soon to come, you gotta believe Lee is going to be crushed, but train to unheard of levels--even for him. I believe Kishi will make an "ass pull" for Lee and allow him to finally push his will to the point where he gains "talent" and by "talent" I mean, ninjutsu. I believe it's only fitting.
Lee needs and deserves an upgrade after losing his best friend and teacher (father figure) Gai. Reaching the 7th gate would be an upgrade, but not enough for what he's just gone through. That said, next up would be the 8th gate. This would be awesome, but the end result of this technique is death and Lee isn't dying in this series. So he needs something else. BTW, I do believe he will attain the 8th gate, but like Gai--he'll never use it, unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY--which we won't see in this manga. How else can Lee improve? Better taijutsu? Naw... 8th gate covers that. Genjutsu? Nope, Lee's style.
Lee will become a ninjutsu user, ladies and gents! How advanced? Well, he won't be doing any S-rank ninjutsu techniques, but I can see him performing some C-rank ninjutsu techniques to keep his mastery level taijutsu honest.
Thoughts? Have I completely gone on a pointless tangent, or could this "ass pull" be actually "trollable" ?
Lee needs and deserves an upgrade after losing his best friend and teacher (father figure) Gai. Reaching the 7th gate would be an upgrade, but not enough for what he's just gone through. That said, next up would be the 8th gate. This would be awesome, but the end result of this technique is death and Lee isn't dying in this series. So he needs something else. BTW, I do believe he will attain the 8th gate, but like Gai--he'll never use it, unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY--which we won't see in this manga. How else can Lee improve? Better taijutsu? Naw... 8th gate covers that. Genjutsu? Nope, Lee's style.
Lee will become a ninjutsu user, ladies and gents! How advanced? Well, he won't be doing any S-rank ninjutsu techniques, but I can see him performing some C-rank ninjutsu techniques to keep his mastery level taijutsu honest.
Thoughts? Have I completely gone on a pointless tangent, or could this "ass pull" be actually "trollable" ?