Put down that kunai and make me a sandwich.
Dear people who post in the Telegrams section of Narutofan,
I know Sakura's not in this chapter and thus you're irritated that you can't make the traditional Weekly Sakura-Bashing Thread (though not for lack of trying), but that doesn't mean you have to start bashing the crap out of Tsunade and Tenten instead. Tsunade is not the worst Hokage ever, nor is she the only Hokage who's made bad decisions. Danzo and Root were around before she became Hokage, and indeed, Sarutobi capitulated to Danzo and let the Uchiha massacre go ahead. He also failed to stop Orochimaru. Nidaime created Edo Tensei, the jutsu which Kabuto is using to merrily summon every dead ninja ever. Shodai and Minato probably didn't get things right all the time either. Yes, she doesn't go out on the front line, but that's because she is a medic. She wasn't a useless bitch in the Pein arc; she was sending chakra out to Katsuyu and saving lives left, right and centre. She nearly killed herself to save the people of Konoha. How did she know Nagato was going to rez everyone? As for the handling of Pein, Nagato / Pein was spoiling for a fight, IMO, and probably would have done Konoha damage anyway. He hated the place because of what they did to his family and Yahiko. If she'd capitulated instead of getting angry, you'd still be bashing her and calling her weak.
And as a Shikaku fangirl, I'd prefer you didn't use him as a stick to beat Tsunade with. He and Tsunade clearly like and respect each other.
As for Tenten, please stop with the 'lol Tenten will solo everyone with the power of her uselessness' jokes. It's not funny. I know she's had so little panel time, but that's hardly a reason to bash her. She's not done anything remotely reprehensible. Hopefully she will get to fight in this war arc. I'd love for her to team up with Chouza and whack some Zetsus, if not an Edo or two, at least. I always thought she was pretty cool myself - she seems very focused and level-headed (which you have to be when you're on a team with Rock Lee), and Neji evidently takes her seriously enough to pick her as his sparring partner. Plus she cares more about being a strong kunoichi than boys.
Also, the 'kunoichi belong in the kitchen hurr hurr' joke was funny for about 5 seconds. Making sexist jokes is not edgy or cool. Stop.
Love,
Someone who doesn't think all ninja with vaginas are useless.
Dear TV Tropes,
Can we stop with all the comments about how Chouji is stupid? Case in point, his entry in the Fat Idiot trope:
In Naruto, Choji's displays of stupidity are less spectacular than those of Kiba, Rock Lee, or Naruto, but he has a lack of common sense to the point of valuing food over self-preservation, rarely has any especially clever or insightful ideas, and according to the Databooks, has the lowest possible score in Intelligence in Part 1, with it still being very low in Part 2.
Now, I know Chouji is not a genius like Shikamaru, but he isn't a total idiot either. edgiko pointed out in my Chouji rant that he is a very good people reader. He's got Shikamaru figured out and knows how he works. Apparently he's the same with Ino. He evidently sensed there was something seriously wrong in the current chapter. Not many characters do have 'clever or insightful ideas' besides the mains and the geniuses like Neji, Shikamaru etc., so singling Chouji out is hardly fair, and he has shown initiative in the past, such as the Jirobo fight. I know, I know, fatties are dumb, etc. but Chouji is hardly the village idiot of Konoha.
As for valuing food over self-preservation, food IS self-preservation for Chouji. He has to eat a lot in order to keep his chakra up, because his clan turn calories into chakra. If Chouji doesn't eat, he can't fight. And wtf is this about his eating habits getting him in trouble? I know Miaka Yuki apparently got herself into serious trouble because of her greed (Fushigi Yuugi fans, confirm/deny this?), but I don't think Chouji has, at least not in the manga. Stop taking the anime as canon. The anime makes Chouji out to be far more of a drooling idiot than he really is.
And how far can one trust the databooks?
Yours,
An irritated Chouji fan.
I know Sakura's not in this chapter and thus you're irritated that you can't make the traditional Weekly Sakura-Bashing Thread (though not for lack of trying), but that doesn't mean you have to start bashing the crap out of Tsunade and Tenten instead. Tsunade is not the worst Hokage ever, nor is she the only Hokage who's made bad decisions. Danzo and Root were around before she became Hokage, and indeed, Sarutobi capitulated to Danzo and let the Uchiha massacre go ahead. He also failed to stop Orochimaru. Nidaime created Edo Tensei, the jutsu which Kabuto is using to merrily summon every dead ninja ever. Shodai and Minato probably didn't get things right all the time either. Yes, she doesn't go out on the front line, but that's because she is a medic. She wasn't a useless bitch in the Pein arc; she was sending chakra out to Katsuyu and saving lives left, right and centre. She nearly killed herself to save the people of Konoha. How did she know Nagato was going to rez everyone? As for the handling of Pein, Nagato / Pein was spoiling for a fight, IMO, and probably would have done Konoha damage anyway. He hated the place because of what they did to his family and Yahiko. If she'd capitulated instead of getting angry, you'd still be bashing her and calling her weak.
And as a Shikaku fangirl, I'd prefer you didn't use him as a stick to beat Tsunade with. He and Tsunade clearly like and respect each other.
As for Tenten, please stop with the 'lol Tenten will solo everyone with the power of her uselessness' jokes. It's not funny. I know she's had so little panel time, but that's hardly a reason to bash her. She's not done anything remotely reprehensible. Hopefully she will get to fight in this war arc. I'd love for her to team up with Chouza and whack some Zetsus, if not an Edo or two, at least. I always thought she was pretty cool myself - she seems very focused and level-headed (which you have to be when you're on a team with Rock Lee), and Neji evidently takes her seriously enough to pick her as his sparring partner. Plus she cares more about being a strong kunoichi than boys.
Also, the 'kunoichi belong in the kitchen hurr hurr' joke was funny for about 5 seconds. Making sexist jokes is not edgy or cool. Stop.
Love,
Someone who doesn't think all ninja with vaginas are useless.
Dear TV Tropes,
Can we stop with all the comments about how Chouji is stupid? Case in point, his entry in the Fat Idiot trope:
In Naruto, Choji's displays of stupidity are less spectacular than those of Kiba, Rock Lee, or Naruto, but he has a lack of common sense to the point of valuing food over self-preservation, rarely has any especially clever or insightful ideas, and according to the Databooks, has the lowest possible score in Intelligence in Part 1, with it still being very low in Part 2.
Now, I know Chouji is not a genius like Shikamaru, but he isn't a total idiot either. edgiko pointed out in my Chouji rant that he is a very good people reader. He's got Shikamaru figured out and knows how he works. Apparently he's the same with Ino. He evidently sensed there was something seriously wrong in the current chapter. Not many characters do have 'clever or insightful ideas' besides the mains and the geniuses like Neji, Shikamaru etc., so singling Chouji out is hardly fair, and he has shown initiative in the past, such as the Jirobo fight. I know, I know, fatties are dumb, etc. but Chouji is hardly the village idiot of Konoha.
As for valuing food over self-preservation, food IS self-preservation for Chouji. He has to eat a lot in order to keep his chakra up, because his clan turn calories into chakra. If Chouji doesn't eat, he can't fight. And wtf is this about his eating habits getting him in trouble? I know Miaka Yuki apparently got herself into serious trouble because of her greed (Fushigi Yuugi fans, confirm/deny this?), but I don't think Chouji has, at least not in the manga. Stop taking the anime as canon. The anime makes Chouji out to be far more of a drooling idiot than he really is.
And how far can one trust the databooks?
Yours,
An irritated Chouji fan.