I wrote how I think they work? I wrote how they effing work!!! Kishi made these rules,
he put them down in the manga, I didn't just make these up off the top of my head. You are the most insane person ever.
How am I grasping at straws? I have only put down hard facts
from the manga and databook and you have come up with? A quote that quite literally has nothing but baseless claims that make no sense?
EDIT: I want everyone to read this manga page and the link to Narutopedia. I couldn't find the databook page (mostly because I am too lazy), but I know what it says because I have read it before, and Narutopedia also has access to it.
FROM NARUTOPEDIA
The Eight Gates are eight specific points on a person's Chakra Pathway System. They limit the overall flow of chakra within a person's body. The basis for the idea of the chakra gates comes from the body's limits on the functions within it. This makes the body much weaker, but it keeps the body from expiring too soon. By undergoing intense training, one can learn how to open these gates allowing the user to surpass their own physical limits at the cost of extreme damage to their own body.
The Gate of Opening (開門, Kaimon), located in the brain. This gate removes the restraints of the brain on the muscles so their strength can be used whereas normally, a person can only use 20% of their muscles' strength to keep them from disintegrating. Unlocking this gate allows the user to use the Front Lotus.
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I only put the parts that pertained to exactly what I said. The gates are chakra points limiting a ninja's chakra.
Ninjas use 20% of their chakra normally, and 10% for each gate opened.
Derp a derp. Next time you want to argue against someone you might want to do some fact checking. It might save you from getting publicly embarrassed by your complete lack of intelligence and refusal to acknowledge when you have been bested.
Face it, the gates are overrated. They are limited by the user's total chakra, chakra control (as better chakra control results in more speed and strength), and the user's speed and strength before opening the gates.
While Guy and Lee have some speed and strength before opening the gates, they can literally never compete with someone like the raikage, Jiraiya (in SM), Naruto, Bee, or Tsunade for strength.
It isn't my opinion it is just fact. Go on, try and argue with me now. I dare you. :scorps: