TenTen is seriously underrated

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So as we all know, Tenten is probably one of the worst ninjas, if not, the worst ninja in Naruto, right? You may want to think twice. Tenten is secretly amazing.

Ninjutsu

As we all know, Tenten is a base ninjutsu user, who summons ninja tools to aid her in combat. This opens opportunities for a lot of diversity in a fight that can make or break it.
One interesting jutsu she has that really caught my attention was , because it shows how the weapons come out AS WHITE STREAKS, that is ridiculous speeds that a majority of ninja wouldn't be able to dodge, block? Maybe, but not dodge. TenTen can easily set up strategies to exploit a persons weak points.
Taijutsu
TenTen does know how to use Taijutsu and actually knows how to use it efficiently. Tenten can summon various weapons to aid her in combat, some of which consisting of spears, whips, swords, etc. TenTen surprisingly had experience using Taijutsu and actually came out victorious due to using it. During her fight with Raiga Kurosuki (if you don't know him, here's a link ) Tenten realizes that using her weapon summoning wouldn't be the best way to go about winning the fight, so instead she resorted to using her taijutsu, and successfully disarms him before he can use overwhelming techniques.
Another scenario in which she uses taijutsu, even though it's not too serious is when Lee had to tell Tenten she couldn't go on a mission with the Konoha 11 because she was out on a different mission. She hit Lee with a dynamic entry (a taijutsu moved usually used by Gai) Even though not too powerful or serious, it just shows that she is capable of using taijutsu in situations when necessary.
Fact: Tenten is the fastest Kunoichi of her age group, and is proficient at both armed and unarmed combat.
Intelligence
Tenten is actually a very observant fighter, even though we usually never see her fight. One time in which we notice this is when she's again, fighting Raiga Kurosuki, she realizes that fighting a lightning style user whilst using metal weapons wouldn't be the greatest idea, so she fights him using wooden-based weaponry. Although not that big of an observation, it changed the course of the fight and she came out victorious.
Another example of when we notice Tentens intellectual abilities is when she's fighting when using Jidanda ( ) most people would have used the paper bombs as an offensive weapon to hit the enemy, meanwhile Tenten used the paper bombs as a mean to get Jidanda in the air to crush opponents, then use paper bombs to finish them. Truly remarkable.
Chakra
Tenten has a good amount of chakra and also has great chakra control.
For example, in one jutsu, Twin Rising Dragons ( ) Tenten summons all sorts of weapons and throws them all at her enemy after putting down smoke to blind them. On top of this, as she's summoning and throwing all the weapons, she connects chakra wires to each weapon so she can use them even after they hit the ground, both intelligent and proof of her chakra control.
On top of this, Tenten also has a good amount of Chakra. During the war arc, Tenten finds the Bashōsen ( ) and even though it absorbs a lot of chakra as you use it, Tenten uses it, and also uses it well. She manages to break edo Kakuzu's lightning mask while using it before collapsing from the chakra absorption.
Potential
Now, Tenten does indeed have a lot of potential, whether you admit it or not is up to you.
For example, she has one jutsu that gets me very interested. Her Exploding Dragon Strike, in this jutsu, Tenten summons a flame dragon that explodes on impact. This gets me curious, maybe she can summon other elemental weapons? Fire? Water? She can then combine smoke summons with elemental and ninja weapon summons to increase her variety and keep her on the offensive at all times. With Tentens intelligence, I'm sure she'd be able to set up scenarios in which she could combine strategies and make flawless plans, potentially becoming a very respectable ninja.

Also, (not making subtopic for this) Tenten is respected by other ninja and can be depended on during situations necessary. Tsunade assigns her as a leader of a squad for a mission. And Shikamaru trusts that Tenten can keep an entire ship inside of one of her summoning scrolls. Not that important but though I'd mention it.

Overall, I'm not a fanboy of Tenten, I'm just bored and feel like she deserves atleast a little credit. Because sometimes I see her in vs. threads and people say "Blahblah kills Tenten because she'd just get in the way then proceed to solo the other two" Like.. Really? =\ Anyway. Tell me what you think^^

P.S. I know you guys shouldn't consider her a good ninja per say, but just don't consider her trash.

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ten ten suuuuuuuucks maybe that banana fan thing will make her cool but idk
 

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She just hasn't had any screen time in the series and she has barely any relevance to the show. Before it was just her but now neji has joined her :mad: where are these two all the time. When fighting goofy tobi were was these two, when naruto was begging for forgiveness of sasuke and sakura, rock lee and the gang went after them, where was these :shrug:
 
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This is all she does. U_U

Haha jk she is the only one that actually does anything and kicks ass.
 
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She more artillery if anything, shouldn't be in the front line.
 

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Oh ya she is so observant, that's why she noticed how Temari was avoiding her ninja tools... oh wait she didn't. She is so stupid that she didn't even know Temari was using her fan.
TenTen is the worst shinobi alive...
 

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In kind of do agree with you. I think she has a lot of potential, but the lack of screen time just totally ruins her. If Kishi didn't create SO many characters that needed more focus, I think he could have gone some really cool places with Ten-Ten.

As it stands, though, she really is as close to useless as you can get in this series.
 

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Tenten Would make a Good Suport/Back Up.

But as a Front Line Fighter she would get crushed.
 

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iruka>tenten

Thanks for making such an interesting critique.

I'm not saying that Tenten is better than anyone, I'm just trying to say, don't just throw her out the window the second someone mentions her. She's not as bad as you guys make her out to be. She was just forgotten about because Kishi felt like focusing on Naruto/Sasuke. She was thrown out just as many others were, Neji, Kiba, Lee, the list goes on..
 

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Thanks for making such an interesting critique.

I'm not saying that Tenten is better than anyone, I'm just trying to say, don't just throw her out the window the second someone mentions her. She's not as bad as you guys make her out to be. She was just forgotten about because Kishi felt like focusing on Naruto/Sasuke. She was thrown out just as many others were, Neji, Kiba, Lee, the list goes on..

scratch that, pile of rocks>tenten.
 

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Thanks for making such an interesting critique.

I'm not saying that Tenten is better than anyone, I'm just trying to say, don't just throw her out the window the second someone mentions her. She's not as bad as you guys make her out to be. She was just forgotten about because Kishi felt like focusing on Naruto/Sasuke. She was thrown out just as many others were, Neji, Kiba, Lee, the list goes on..

I completely understand where you're coming from, and I am not so close-minded and unoriginal that I have to compare her to the Ramen guy U_U
 

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scratch that, pile of rocks>tenten.

Yh probably Top 3 imo just above BM Naruto and Hashirama


*Sigh* Why do I try to make logical threads if my ideas are going to be ignored or shadowed by some other stupid threads? I don't do anything wrong. I'm just trying to bring up the fact that Tenten isn't bad, but you just like trolling, don't you?
 
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*Sigh* Why do I try to make logical threads if my ideas are going to be ignored or shadowed by some other stupid threads? I don't do anything wrong. I'm just trying to bring up the fact that Tenten isn't bad, but you just like trolling, don't you?

It's not that she's bad persay
But she's not good either.
When we look at cannon sources she really becomes less useful.
Compared to the other Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf the only person I can think of her beating is Konohamaru and his team individually.
 

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It's not that she's bad persay
But she's not good either.
When we look at cannon sources she really becomes less useful.
Compared to the other Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf the only person I can think of her beating is Konohamaru and his team individually.

Well, it's just that Kishi didn't really go into developing her, she had a lot of potential, to be honest.. Tenten > Ino.

Also, she's a team player. Neji + Lee say how she's a great team player and they always back her up, hits 100/100 targets.
 
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