@Des T so true. It's just the show was able to make so many great characters that in the end they were unable to develop all of them. Personally I hated the way the show ended at the shinobi war. It grouped all the baddies and goodies together and it hardly gave any shine or development to anybody
Topsey2000 right!! but i feel team 10 shined a bit during the war(more ino and choji, since already shikamaru had his moments). i feel like tobirama and minato shined to.
Shino was originally a brutal, calm and calculating tactician. Classic example of a character that was introduced as a very formidable force not be messed with to over time progress into a joke character
Shino Neji Lee Temari and Kankuro were shown great terrifying potential in this arc and sasuke retrieval ofc they sadly don't amount to much in shippuden
Remember when we thought Shino was mysterious and a little creepy? Then he became less creepy and just the quiet kid, then he became whatever he is in Boruto.
@@saekisadako2118 ikr? he had his arms broken by sasuke and then shino just exploded them. then he was used as a sacrifice by orochimaru to reanimate Tobirama (or Hashirama idk which) and died. poor guy.
Luke Rosales yeah they could of literally of just shown a shadow of him losing his arms. I mean that was a very common way of showing bloody scenes like that when adapting an manga into an anime.
If your talking about that time that dark chakra took over during that episode of Boruto. He wasn't in his right mind to use that intelligence of his to fight as well.
I like how Zaku's arms were targetted by every enemy he faces Sakura: Stabs Zaku's arm Sasuke: Almost breaks Zaku's arms Shino: Put bugs on Zaku's arms
This really showed how intelligent Shino is. He foresaw a situation where Zaku was forced to use both arms and tricked him to damage himself to the point where he can’t battle. He literally didn’t have to do anything else to win. Just quick careful planning and patience. A true ninja
Burnkastel and even if they got caught, they usually just have a gun and just kill the enemy. Ninja wasnt a job, it was just “if you have time to do it, then do it” type thing. They were just farmers or villagers.
Tenten really had no potential. Everything she did - could be done by any other ninja. And while the same could be said for Rock Lee, he at least was compensated with a wild personality, while Tenten had none and developed none. Shino, on the other hand... Yeah, a lot of wasted potential on him. Keeping his cool, letting the opponent make mistakes. Really interesting character.
Shino had so much potential to be developed as a character. He had cool moves, a mysterious persona and zero clownery. Sad that he got reduced to wearing a toaster on his eyes. One of my favourite underrated characters! Edit: And I'm still mad we didn't get to see the Kankuro vs Shino fight... he had the potential to become Chunin along with Shikamaru. Dang.
@@saltybaguettes2555 I meant...if they'd fought in the arena, Shino would have had a chance to become Chunin. I do remember that they fought but an arena fight would have been more exciting
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 I think that instead of sands siblings, kishimoto could've sent hinata, ino and tenten in backup for kiba, shikamaru and lee. (imagine for example hinata using byakugan and gentle fist to cut sakon's chakra points to cut off ukon, or Ino with mind transfer jutsu against tayuya) it could be cooler and less wasted potential for konoha rookies
In all the groups, they always had the same classification for each team. Teacher - Kakashi. Guy. Asuma. Kurenai. Could deal a lot of damage and is usually the clown or the butt of jokes - Naruto. Lee. Choji. Kiba. 2nd in damage output but has the brains in the group - Sasuke. Neji. Shikamaru. Shino. Medic or the "X-Factor" - Sakura. Tenten. Ino. Hinata.
@@lemuellala2 @lemuellala2 to add to that Jiraiya Obito and Kankuro in first group. Orichimaru Kakashi and Gaara in second group. Tsunade Rin and Temari in third group. Also group 2 is usually edgier, more introverted and sometimes considered a "prodigy"
What I love about OG Naruto is that even during these exams, people-even the supporting characters- are not in the least bit afraid of crippling their opponents for life to win. It made the Naruto universe seem very ruthless, competitive and dangerous. It truly was an ominous and mysterious setting, and that's what made it great.
as the series progressed, it lost this hard edge. Everyone became chummy, even the worst bad guys had redeeming qualities and maybe if the situation was different we could just be friends and... ugh. i liked it better when Zabuza was a rogue killer and that was terrifying.
@@jamham69 Zabuza was raised in times where kids go to war and only the strongest survive,Boruto kids dont have to face wars and that much problems so they are generally more chill and goofy But i agree,OG Naruto series are much better than Shippuden for me for that same reason
@@casualcookin3893 absolutely, the direction makes sense in-universe. I think the direction is less fun though, and that having the story end up where it is was the result of compounding mistakes.
This guy is the definition of keeping cool while in battle, it's unfortunate that he's used as a comic relief only even though his appearance speaks otherwise Like the whole Team 8 were lacking screen time
I always liked Shino such an amazing character with potential I'll always keep the phrase "Never underestimate your opponent no matter how little the bug" in my head
If I remember correctly... didn't Shino and the other members of Team 8 also trap and straight up _kill_ some of their competitors during the Forest Of Death portion of the exam? Like- they did not have to do that. That was not a requirement. The three of them just decided together 'Look, I know we have our scrolls, so we're _technically_ good to go- but what if we just... reduced the chances of later competition?' Shino's busy monologuing about how 'These giant leeches will drain you completely dry in less than 5 minutes,' while Hinata and Kiba watch him like they have absolutely no problem with this. Team 8 was pretty brutal in the og series, shame that Kishimoto didn't keep that energy for them later on.
not sure if shino meant that literally as in actually killing them or if he just said that to be cool and they were just left with dengerously low blood levels unable to move until pulled out by staff
They even lock the barely conscious team and the leeches in a cage trap to ensure they finish the job. And in the anime, the other team is from the Rain; but in the original manga they're from the Leaf. So team 8 murdered fellow Leaf ninja at age 12
@@casualcookin3893 she also lectured Neji about how he is insecure about being born in the lesser branch and branded as a slave and how she has pride and has to fight as a descendant of the main branch. Underneath all her kind and understanding and sweet talking, the substance of her talks were pretty chilling; at least in part one . Then in Shippuden she became like a poor little innocent wounded bunny ... ( Btw , remember when she left a family member, injured in the rubble to save her Naruto kun from pain ? People always worship her for the fight but literally overlook when she is leaving her family or friends behind every damn time . Heck , even Sakura had the decency to at least take Naruto with herself.) Even Neji was always breaking bones and scaring people off , but even in the manga we don't see him killing anyone or even try to do so in the Chunin exams, until Hinata's subtle smack-talk .
When I first watched this I found myself hardcore rooting for Shino as I already established that I had a fascination for the Characters on Kurenai’s Team and then once they showed Zaku’s flashback It hit me that now I loved Zaku because I knew something about him It flipped the script and suddenly Shino became the Villain and suddenly Zaku was the one I was rooting for and then within a moments notice the character that I began to have a lot of empathy for lost the battle and I stood there silently thinking…I didn’t really get much out of It but It did make me think twice before I Judged someone automatically based on the limited Information I knew about them I know this all sounds cheesy as Swiss Cheese but I think It’s pretty amazing how Naruto Is able to get you to relate to even the most obscure characters
Tbh, Zaku and Dosu weren’t obscure characters, during the chunin exams arc it seemed both of them would get lots of development, they were focal parts of the plot. Then the both of them got abruptly killed, almost offscreen even, it was very disappointing, they were definitely interesting characters.
Yea just think about Anko. She shows up suddenly with lots of potential and hints about how dark and twisted life as a ninja can be. There were even hints of an attraction between Anko and Naruto. Sadly the focus returned to the flat chested flop called Sakura.
This fight is the one and only time where the dub outdid the sub. Shino's english line "while an ace in the hole is good...two aces is better" is so freaking badass.
The trump card line makes more sense for this scene. Having an ace in the hole means playing a stud poker game with the Ace facing down. If Shino has two aces Zaku would know he has at least one because all the cards but one are face up. So his ace in the hole doesn't mean anything and he would be aware of that. On the other hand, if he has a trump card (the most powerful suit) in his hand he's been saving until the end, he would be fooled into thinking he can win with it. Shino's trump card is the unbeatable one (highest possible card from that suit), so he knows his victory is guaranteed: "what a true trump card is".
This is one of those times where the manga did it so much better, the wound on Shinos face with the bugs crawling out from under his skin, Zaku's arms getting litteraly blasted apart and us being shown pieces of blown apart bug in his hand holes. I remembered getting chills reading that chapter and it being a huge eye opener for how badass Shino could be.
2:34 Say what you will about English Dubs, but I feel like Shino from that dub had the perfect line for that scene. "You see, while having an ace in the hole is good... having two aces is better."
Fun fact: Shino is the second smartest in the series, being only behind Shikamaru, and Tying with Sakura, who was proven to be very smart, so that's another to the list of his wasted potential, along with the fact that he had earth nature chackra, and is described as a support ninja, but didn't learn healing at any moment of the series. In this essay I-
You know,for a smart person sakura was pretty stupid. I mean she didn't have to fight,just use her "smarts" to win over her opponents like Shikamaru but no... she's to lazy to apply herself in battle but to diligent to beat the crap out of her teammate
Out of all the characters, Shino was my favorite in terms of appearance and demeanor. Really disappointed me how much they down played his character in the main story line rather than the fillers.
To me. Shino is my fav (other than kakashi) and had the potential to be over powered. Cause I believe at one point he said that if a bug survived a jutsu. He'd be able to breed it and have his bugs be immune to that jutsu if I'm not mistaken. That's pretty op and A LOT of potential to play with
Shino was definitely the hypebeast of the group. He deserved so much more than he got in the series. Dude looked like a menace and could have been in the ANBU
The great thing about the Chuunin Exams was a lot of the characters felt like real threats. Like obviously Gaara is the big one, but still, you had heavy hitters like Sasuke, Lee, Neji, and Shino. As we follow the protagonist Naruto, we can really feel the anxiety as he gets stronger and smarter, and we don't know how he'll measure up. Before his life is at risk, it's his pride that we're worried about.
0:20 back when I watched it dubbed as a kid I distinctly remember Shino saying "you wouldn't beat me even if you used both arms" and I thought to myself "this guy is stone cold".
Fun fact: if you read the manga, Zaku did not just have a few holes in his arms. His arms literally got blown off as the air pressure built up within the arms.
Shino is a clever guy. He always consider every details and make careful planning. These are the reasons i like him even though he is not powerful like Naruto and others.
Im not a fan of Naruto anymore. But what initially drew me to the series was seeing characters use these interesting strategies to defeat their foes. It wasn't about straight up power but strategy.
Yea it’s sad that it turned into a knockoff of Dragonball. The real enjoyment for Naruto fans craving more actual ninja stories and strategy should check out fanfic. Sadly that’s all there is for these awesome characters like Shino and Anko.
A few years late on this but as cool as Shino is here, Zaku was also a menace. Team Dosu was taking on practically every Leaf Genin that came their way in the forest, and their techniques were rather interesting too. Zaku got very ahead of himself and reckless, and Dosu I believe was a contender for actually being a Chunin with his intelligence and fighting style. Its a shame they got killed off in this arc, I think they could've been good additions to Orochimaru's crew had they survived.
this scene was even more brutal in the manga because zakus arms actually imploded and got ripped off from the elbow below....shino was such a badass back then
Not only was Shino so badass early on that they played Orochimaru's theme for him, but they played it for him *while he was kicking the ass of one of Orochimaru's underlings.*
After Sasuke, Shino is my next favorite character (not to mention my 2nd favorite clan after the Uchiha) I was sadden that Kishi didn't develop him a little more like he did with Shikamaru.
Shino could easily be the most overpowered Shinobi with his skill set. He's basically Shikamaru with millions of bugs that can do a lot more and reach further than Shikamaru's shadows.
Ngl I was really hyped for the sound ninja but all 3 of them were just killed off before the end of the chunin exams, I did feel kinda bad for Zaku tho
@@famousmadlad6361 I think they decided to kill all the 'extra character' before the end of chunin exam. (just to gather up the 'main character' such as Rock Lee, Neji Hinata, or Kiba Inuzuka.) And unfortunately, the character in Naruto such as Kin Tsuchi, Oboro, Baiu, Tsurugi Misumi ETC were take such a small roll on the chunin exam. I can easily say they were just a testified wasted character to show us how much the exam is brutal and hard to pass. But this was such unfair. I know this is just anime but I gotta say, they throw them self an epic opportunity to grow Naruto series more greater. (Now its an Burito Shippuden and the whole intro song now days is too damn cancer, give me a break damn!) Remember when there were so many random ninja on the first chunin test? I'm completely disappointed that they all got failed just before the 3rd exam. And most importantly, Dosu Kinuta was so powerful. I don't understand why he got killed by Gaara so easily even tho Dosu got a plot. As long as Orochimaru still alive, Dosu should be alive! I presume final goal of Dosu supposed to kill Orochimaru in the end. But that didn't happen
Watching it without context, you'd think that the merciless bug-man is the villain
Shino does look creepy tbh.
He looks like that shady guy outside the supermarket who's been standing there for like an hour and you don't know why
Ngl, I thought Shino is Villian until ep70-80
@@Venom-rr1vg he could’ve been fighting with naruto sasuke Sakura😔
@@AnkushRaturi he has leaf shinobi head band
@@teletoffee5111 so was Kabuto ..
Shino showed so much potential here. Kishimoto sadly decided to not develop him.
Too fucking bad he just became a comic relief character and i rarely saw him in shippuden.
It was his assistant who created Borotu.
Too bad. Shino is really a bad ass. 😕
@Des T so true. It's just the show was able to make so many great characters that in the end they were unable to develop all of them. Personally I hated the way the show ended at the shinobi war. It grouped all the baddies and goodies together and it hardly gave any shine or development to anybody
Topsey2000
right!! but i feel team 10 shined a bit during the war(more ino and choji, since already shikamaru had his moments). i feel like tobirama and minato shined to.
@@x3papichulo3x78 shone not shined
Shino was so badass they even played Orochimarus theme for him.
I think they played his theme because the sound ninja worked for orochimaru
Rythian Black and the Black Emporium no,because orochimaru meet kakashi in the same episode
Triple JJ bruh just stfu
r/whoosh
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Shino's formula for victory:
1. Bugs
2. Bluffing
3. B**ch slap
Slap the Zaku's face across like a little bitch lol
karma
4. Battlestar Galactica
*3.PIMP hand
Hahahahahahahahah
He just slowly walked up to him and down punched
Shino was originally a brutal, calm and calculating tactician. Classic example of a character that was introduced as a very formidable force not be messed with to over time progress into a joke character
Shino Neji Lee Temari and Kankuro were shown great terrifying potential in this arc and sasuke retrieval ofc they sadly don't amount to much in shippuden
This underperformance of sidecharacters is the biggest issue old naruto had prior to the disaster of a end it got.
@@LegendaryCaptain nah just shino and neji honestly Lee had development
@@LegendaryCaptain we never even got to see neji and shino at full power but we saw lee at full power
@@shototodoroki9999 I'm actually thinking that Shino isn't using his full power in every battle he had due to his calm naturr
Remember when we thought Shino was mysterious and a little creepy? Then he became less creepy and just the quiet kid, then he became whatever he is in Boruto.
A cybercop
i cared about zaku more than shino
In Boruto he is the "lone mid-age strange"
😂😂😂😂 I die
@@saekisadako2118 ikr? he had his arms broken by sasuke and then shino just exploded them. then he was used as a sacrifice by orochimaru to reanimate Tobirama (or Hashirama idk which) and died. poor guy.
Fun fact: In the manga, Zakus arms blew off when he tried to use the sound wave.
yeah, the arm actually got dismembered. XD
After reading that chapter, I was like “I wonder if they have this in the show.”
I mean it wouldn't have killed anyone if they showed his arm shooting of his body like a rocket.
Luke Rosales yeah they could of literally of just shown a shadow of him losing his arms.
I mean that was a very common way of showing bloody scenes like that when adapting an manga into an anime.
"Fun" Fact
Back then when shino was the most coolest and terrifying ninja in the series
Jazey He was never any of that
Agree. Him, neji and gaara were the most terrifying character back then.
Jazey gaara has entered the chat
Mata Kail Not shino or neji. Only gaara
Most terrifying was orochimarus extending neck
If we ever made a list of "Naruto characters with wasted potential," Shino and Rock Lee must be near the top.
Lee atleast got a tad development with his operation story. Shino had nothing.
You even forgot about Tenten.
You’re acting like rock lee couldn’t go toe to toe w almost everyone in boruto
Kishimoto could’ve easily had him fight the sound ninja 4 instead of Kiba, curse you Kishimoto.
There are too many to count
Fans: Shino is so cool!
Kishimoto. Yea.. he is cool......... too cool. Sharingan users now get Skeleton Warriors!!
Lol
“Shino still cool”
kishimoto: now he is a Weirdo teacher
LOL!!11
@@explorerkiil noooo 😭😭😭😭😭
"Byakugan users are pretty cool"
Kishimoto : yeah, they're cool, too cool, now Sharingan users can teleport !
Shino who is cool, mysterious, ferocious in Naruto is now an idiot in Boruto. Fight against gennin he lost.
Morning On Night for the record, he lost because one of the gennin used sage mode, but yeah I wish he did more in boruto
Because mitsuki have sagemode
I know but he became weak in boruto
He didn't loose when mitsuki said that i know you have other bugs too why don't u use them but shino refused to use them.
You lot need to watch that fight again. Pay attention to what Mitsuki said about Shino not using some of his bugs.
He was one of the strongest at this time. Now he cant beat children. How dum.
Well mitsuki is pretty strong with lightning style
None of the instructors went all out You think if any of them did. Any of them would pass. It was just a test Keep in mind what the test was in naruto
If your talking about that time that dark chakra took over during that episode of Boruto. He wasn't in his right mind to use that intelligence of his to fight as well.
My guy if he used those 3,000,000,000 bugs or more he would fucking eat the chakra for lunch dinner and breakfast for 4 days
Everyone in boruto is weak
Shino voice is definetly what a 13 years old would have
lmao, its look like 20 yearsold
Well, to be fair, the inside of his body is riddled with bugs. All those little passage ways probably would deepen his voice.
@@Battleguild 🤦♂️
He had some weird John Wayne voice in his first appearance
12years old at this time
ZAKU is 14 years old
I like how Zaku's arms were targetted by every enemy he faces
Sakura: Stabs Zaku's arm
Sasuke: Almost breaks Zaku's arms
Shino: Put bugs on Zaku's arms
This comment just made me realize that if Bakugou got his arms broken he'd be useless in a fight.
Enuma Elish he could still sling is broken arm and use the explosion on the other person
It’s bc they’re his one strength lmao. Why wouldn’t you target them if you could safely remove them
@@etherious5957 No
They all use arms for their jutsu tho so chopping of a ninja limb should be effective
This really showed how intelligent Shino is. He foresaw a situation where Zaku was forced to use both arms and tricked him to damage himself to the point where he can’t battle. He literally didn’t have to do anything else to win. Just quick careful planning and patience. A true ninja
The thing that he didn't want to hurt Zaku
But he never rejected fights
It's really weird when you start thinking about how these 12 year olds are actively killing people
and showing no emotion whatsoever
@@yoruichixx6951 they are ninjas xD
Burnkastel ninja’s don’t fight, they are spies for a county or state.
Burnkastel and even if they got caught, they usually just have a gun and just kill the enemy. Ninja wasnt a job, it was just “if you have time to do it, then do it” type thing. They were just farmers or villagers.
Why do you think pain and obito and madara decided to become villains!?
That moment when the hero is scarier then the villain
I felt bad for Zaku.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 nah f him
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674same but at the same time his cockiness is what caused him this so 😅🤷🏽♀️
@@hellothere3210 I just wish Shino fucked up Sakon/Ukon
Shino and Tenten. So much wasted potential.
Zaku too!
Ikr, and Tenten was much more badass than any ladies in the show
@@izs6946 ;_;
@@izs6946 Temari
Tenten really had no potential. Everything she did - could be done by any other ninja.
And while the same could be said for Rock Lee, he at least was compensated with a wild personality, while Tenten had none and developed none.
Shino, on the other hand... Yeah, a lot of wasted potential on him. Keeping his cool, letting the opponent make mistakes. Really interesting character.
Shino had so much potential to be developed as a character. He had cool moves, a mysterious persona and zero clownery. Sad that he got reduced to wearing a toaster on his eyes. One of my favourite underrated characters!
Edit: And I'm still mad we didn't get to see the Kankuro vs Shino fight... he had the potential to become Chunin along with Shikamaru. Dang.
The shino vs kankuro fight did happen.
@@saltybaguettes2555 I meant...if they'd fought in the arena, Shino would have had a chance to become Chunin. I do remember that they fought but an arena fight would have been more exciting
"toaster" 😂😂😂
Sukanya Singh Kishimoto could’ve easily had him fight the sound ninja 4 instead of Kiba, curse you Kishimoto.
@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 I think that instead of sands siblings, kishimoto could've sent hinata, ino and tenten in backup for kiba, shikamaru and lee. (imagine for example hinata using byakugan and gentle fist to cut sakon's chakra points to cut off ukon, or Ino with mind transfer jutsu against tayuya) it could be cooler and less wasted potential for konoha rookies
Really bad how they forgot about Shino after his fight with Kankurō. He became a background character like 99% of the Chūnin Exams cast.
Yup
Kishimoto could’ve easily had him fight the sound ninja 4 instead of Kiba, curse you Kishimoto.
Real_Slim_Shady yeah but it was good for Kiba imo
Austen Harvey how? He got his ass kicked and Had Kankuro save him. He also never had a memorable fight in which he won
Real_Slim_Shady i mean true but it showed new jutsu idk
This season of Naruto alone is way better than the whole Boruto series and plot.
Aproveed
Cap 🧢
Genoxerse no cap
My guy just read the manga, It's actually pretty flames
Boruto anime just got better. You should see it.
Latest episodes that is.
Other than Shikamaru, Shino’s use of strategy was to be admired 💯
In all the groups, they always had the same classification for each team.
Teacher - Kakashi. Guy. Asuma. Kurenai.
Could deal a lot of damage and is usually the clown or the butt of jokes - Naruto. Lee. Choji. Kiba.
2nd in damage output but has the brains in the group - Sasuke. Neji. Shikamaru. Shino.
Medic or the "X-Factor" - Sakura. Tenten. Ino. Hinata.
@@lemuellala2 @lemuellala2 to add to that Jiraiya Obito and Kankuro in first group. Orichimaru Kakashi and Gaara in second group. Tsunade Rin and Temari in third group. Also group 2 is usually edgier, more introverted and sometimes considered a "prodigy"
@@LegendaryCaptain Totally forgot about the prodigy part for the 2nd group. Thanks for reminding.
Shikamaru is overrated.
@@LegendaryCaptain Aint no way Kankuro is the damage dealer compared to Gaara
What I love about OG Naruto is that even during these exams, people-even the supporting characters- are not in the least bit afraid of crippling their opponents for life to win.
It made the Naruto universe seem very ruthless, competitive and dangerous. It truly was an ominous and mysterious setting, and that's what made it great.
as the series progressed, it lost this hard edge. Everyone became chummy, even the worst bad guys had redeeming qualities and maybe if the situation was different we could just be friends and... ugh. i liked it better when Zabuza was a rogue killer and that was terrifying.
For real, i loved both series' but i would always come back to rewatch OG naruto
@@Artsyjason and now watching boruto feels like watching f****ng paw patrol or dora the explorer ehhh
@@jamham69 Zabuza was raised in times where kids go to war and only the strongest survive,Boruto kids dont have to face wars and that much problems so they are generally more chill and goofy
But i agree,OG Naruto series are much better than Shippuden for me for that same reason
@@casualcookin3893 absolutely, the direction makes sense in-universe.
I think the direction is less fun though, and that having the story end up where it is was the result of compounding mistakes.
This guys has a lot of potential. I feel he will be a teacher someday.
spread that kpop degeneracy to me zaddy
@@wutgreens443 with pleasure ~~
Woah how did you know?
you dumb dumb he becomes a teacher in boruto 😂😂😂👌👌👌💯💯💯
CynicalDuty Wooosh
Kankuro: "I surrender. Move on with the next match."
Shino: "OH NO YOU DON'T"
This guy is the definition of keeping cool while in battle, it's unfortunate that he's used as a comic relief only even though his appearance speaks otherwise
Like the whole Team 8 were lacking screen time
I feel bad for him 😔. He fought like his life depended on it, but he was only a tool.
I always liked Shino such an amazing character with potential
I'll always keep the phrase "Never underestimate your opponent no matter how little the bug" in my head
If I remember correctly... didn't Shino and the other members of Team 8 also trap and straight up _kill_ some of their competitors during the Forest Of Death portion of the exam? Like- they did not have to do that. That was not a requirement. The three of them just decided together 'Look, I know we have our scrolls, so we're _technically_ good to go- but what if we just... reduced the chances of later competition?'
Shino's busy monologuing about how 'These giant leeches will drain you completely dry in less than 5 minutes,' while Hinata and Kiba watch him like they have absolutely no problem with this. Team 8 was pretty brutal in the og series, shame that Kishimoto didn't keep that energy for them later on.
Damn it Hinata was a psycho all along
not sure if shino meant that literally as in actually killing them or if he just said that to be cool and they were just left with dengerously low blood levels unable to move until pulled out by staff
They even lock the barely conscious team and the leeches in a cage trap to ensure they finish the job.
And in the anime, the other team is from the Rain; but in the original manga they're from the Leaf. So team 8 murdered fellow Leaf ninja at age 12
@@casualcookin3893 she also lectured Neji about how he is insecure about being born in the lesser branch and branded as a slave and how she has pride and has to fight as a descendant of the main branch. Underneath all her kind and understanding and sweet talking, the substance of her talks were pretty chilling; at least in part one . Then in Shippuden she became like a poor little innocent wounded bunny ... ( Btw , remember when she left a family member, injured in the rubble to save her Naruto kun from pain ? People always worship her for the fight but literally overlook when she is leaving her family or friends behind every damn time . Heck , even Sakura had the decency to at least take Naruto with herself.)
Even Neji was always breaking bones and scaring people off , but even in the manga we don't see him killing anyone or even try to do so in the Chunin exams, until Hinata's subtle smack-talk .
At this point of time, to me, shino felt like the only guy who could defeat gaara formidably. He was calm collected and BRUTAL.
I agree
Imagine covering yourself in sand as an ultimate defense only to be eaten alive by sand bugs.
@@maximumcockage6503 Yeah, sand fleas FTW. lol.
the most ironic thing is that Shino was terrified of Gaara .
@@volttackle6374 it was a joke, not something in the anime.
When I first watched this I found myself hardcore rooting for Shino as I already established that I had a fascination for the Characters on Kurenai’s Team and then once they showed Zaku’s flashback It hit me that now I loved Zaku because I knew something about him It flipped the script and suddenly Shino became the Villain and suddenly Zaku was the one I was rooting for and then within a moments notice the character that I began to have a lot of empathy for lost the battle and I stood there silently thinking…I didn’t really get much out of It but It did make me think twice before I Judged someone automatically based on the limited Information I knew about them I know this all sounds cheesy as Swiss Cheese but I think It’s pretty amazing how Naruto Is able to get you to relate to even the most obscure characters
Tbh, Zaku and Dosu weren’t obscure characters, during the chunin exams arc it seemed both of them would get lots of development, they were focal parts of the plot. Then the both of them got abruptly killed, almost offscreen even, it was very disappointing, they were definitely interesting characters.
Yea just think about Anko. She shows up suddenly with lots of potential and hints about how dark and twisted life as a ninja can be. There were even hints of an attraction between Anko and Naruto. Sadly the focus returned to the flat chested flop called Sakura.
I remember on the manga that both of Zaku arms explode it.
This fight is the one and only time where the dub outdid the sub. Shino's english line "while an ace in the hole is good...two aces is better" is so freaking badass.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, so trueee, I came here to listen and watch this line in japanese, buuuut it's so pity🥺😤
The trump card line makes more sense for this scene. Having an ace in the hole means playing a stud poker game with the Ace facing down. If Shino has two aces Zaku would know he has at least one because all the cards but one are face up. So his ace in the hole doesn't mean anything and he would be aware of that. On the other hand, if he has a trump card (the most powerful suit) in his hand he's been saving until the end, he would be fooled into thinking he can win with it. Shino's trump card is the unbeatable one (highest possible card from that suit), so he knows his victory is guaranteed: "what a true trump card is".
This is one of those times where the manga did it so much better, the wound on Shinos face with the bugs crawling out from under his skin, Zaku's arms getting litteraly blasted apart and us being shown pieces of blown apart bug in his hand holes. I remembered getting chills reading that chapter and it being a huge eye opener for how badass Shino could be.
2:34 Say what you will about English Dubs, but I feel like Shino from that dub had the perfect line for that scene.
"You see, while having an ace in the hole is good... having two aces is better."
*Insert dirty joke here*
Agreed. Sub is usually better but dub has it's moments (I'm mostly a dub person btw.)
back when shino is badass,,,
hes now a clown in boruto
he was a clown even in shupideen,stop blaming boruto for everything. Most of the side characters were useless in shupideen too
Fun fact: Shino is the second smartest in the series, being only behind Shikamaru, and Tying with Sakura, who was proven to be very smart, so that's another to the list of his wasted potential, along with the fact that he had earth nature chackra, and is described as a support ninja, but didn't learn healing at any moment of the series. In this essay I-
You know,for a smart person sakura was pretty stupid. I mean she didn't have to fight,just use her "smarts" to win over her opponents like Shikamaru but no... she's to lazy to apply herself in battle but to diligent to beat the crap out of her teammate
he didnt kill zaku
orochimaru did
Orochimaru sacrifice Zaku as well as the girl sound ninja to become a reanimation of 1st and 2nd Hokage
He sacrificed kin too
Jimmy Valencia if I’m thinking of the right person then I’m pretty sure Garra killed him before this part
@@thatguywithquarters454 garra killed the guy with long hair, not zaku
Anego Leon oh yaaaa
Back when this guy was so mysteriously overpowered, he was my favorite character after Lee
Shino is so underrated, in every battle he actually defeated every opponent with the first hit.
漫画だったら虫の所為で斬空波の逃げ場所がなくなって腕が吹っ飛んでるんだよな。
one of the best misterious konoha's shinobi
And one of the best naruto’s forgotten friend
Shino has always been held in high regards. His tactician abilities can actually rival Shikamaru.
Shino was one of my favorite characters when Naruto was first aired on our TV. Damn Kishimoto really fucked him up in Boruto
Give Zaku some credit for still fighting with one hand
Shino is so cool here.. But now he's not
Hahah midlife crisis
Ikr.
I wonder if shino gets tired of giving that essay on how his bugs work to every enemy he fights LOL
To be fair, he only fought 2 ppl canonically
Shino really finished an entire fight in 3 minutes. sad he didn’t get any more Character Development than this.
1:08 There are rare species in parasitic beetle that attack their prey in a swarm, eating its chakra.
Zaku and his whole team were the most throwaway ninjas in the fucking series
Shino was so cool in Naruto. Extremely underrated...
Zaku : *Flashback*
Also Zaku: *Lose*
Me: *Wait that's illegal*
shino is such a killer...and the old soundtracks...gosh😍
Out of all the characters, Shino was my favorite in terms of appearance and demeanor. Really disappointed me how much they down played his character in the main story line rather than the fillers.
Shino in the original series was such a badass. Literal goosebumps everytime he fought.
To me. Shino is my fav (other than kakashi) and had the potential to be over powered. Cause I believe at one point he said that if a bug survived a jutsu. He'd be able to breed it and have his bugs be immune to that jutsu if I'm not mistaken. That's pretty op and A LOT of potential to play with
Honestly, the whole wind tubes in his arms/hands is awesome! We didn’t get anything else like that since.
Shino was definitely the hypebeast of the group. He deserved so much more than he got in the series. Dude looked like a menace and could have been in the ANBU
The great thing about the Chuunin Exams was a lot of the characters felt like real threats. Like obviously Gaara is the big one, but still, you had heavy hitters like Sasuke, Lee, Neji, and Shino. As we follow the protagonist Naruto, we can really feel the anxiety as he gets stronger and smarter, and we don't know how he'll measure up. Before his life is at risk, it's his pride that we're worried about.
Demon fox goes brrrr and they all fall
@@casualcookin3893 That's why the Chunin exams was peak naruto and Shippuden wasn't
@@lapplandkun9273 I know Shippuden was 5/10 Og Naruto was 10/10,Boruto is 1/10,but hopefully we get Minato anime which would be awesome
0:20 back when I watched it dubbed as a kid I distinctly remember Shino saying "you wouldn't beat me even if you used both arms" and I thought to myself "this guy is stone cold".
Shino: yeah i wanna become a teacher when i grow up for no damn reason
Pissed me off
Felt he's much more suited for anbu given his abilities and demeanor
This was the first fight i saw that made me go back to the beginning and watch naruto shino was terrifying
2:32 "Nothing personal..."
But i must go all out, just this once
Forgive me master....
Back when Shino is still a badass
Was badass not still.
Fun fact: if you read the manga, Zaku did not just have a few holes in his arms. His arms literally got blown off as the air pressure built up within the arms.
Shino is so badass. I can't wait to see how he develops in Shippuden, I'm sure he'll be one of the key characters in the story.
Yeah im sure he will,but i think Neji and Lee would be developed even better,those guys were insane in the OG series!
this my favorite age of shino he was a lot of steps ahead and wasn't hit once. Now that he's older I feel like he's not half this smart when 1v1
He clearly tanked a ninjutsu to the face in this chapter lol
Shino is a clever guy. He always consider every details and make careful planning. These are the reasons i like him even though he is not powerful like Naruto and others.
"Shino fights a mobile suit? Holy BALLS that sounds awesome!"
*2 seconds later*
"Dammit."
子供の頃はザクただ嫌なやつって思ってたけど、一番必死感が伝わってきてキャラとして好きかも
切羽詰まった感が伝わってくる
木の葉以外は国の為に命がけでみんな参加してる
当時小学生だったけど、ザクめちゃ好きだったわ
斬空波のゴロよくて好き
それだけに、穢土転生がショックだった
ザクめちゃ好きでした。
負けてられない理由がある感じが！😭
ザクとドス良いキャラしてたからもう少し戦うの見たかったわ
裏の大蛇丸のシチュエーションとかbgmも相まって、中忍試験予選で1番トラウマ
あと声優が他より上手い気する
Im not a fan of Naruto anymore. But what initially drew me to the series was seeing characters use these interesting strategies to defeat their foes. It wasn't about straight up power but strategy.
Yea it’s sad that it turned into a knockoff of Dragonball. The real enjoyment for Naruto fans craving more actual ninja stories and strategy should check out fanfic. Sadly that’s all there is for these awesome characters like Shino and Anko.
Make a character look like an absolute badass just to shelf them for the rest of the series. Truly an anime moment lol
Back in the days when he was badass
Shino didn't even bother to properly punch him, just backhanded him 🥶
Imagine if this is the same Shino that academy students in Boruto have to deal with, he was so ruthless in OG Naruto.
確か奪還編にシノ連れてかなかったのって余裕で全員に勝てるからって聞いたことあるソースは忘れたのできかないでください
シノってあんま目立ってなくて地味なのに
普通にクソ強キャラっていうギャップ好き
特に多由也なんか今回の戦いみたいに笛の所に虫入れるだけで勝てそう
ナルトが優秀な奴って言ったよな？誘うならシノとかだろ っていうぐらいやでな
@@かか-e3d5k ついでに衣服の下にもお願いします
Shino was a beast, my favourite is when he destroys the Sky Ninja fleet singlehandedly in the Shippuden movie
Epic
Every fight in chuunin arc was practically amazing even the small skirmishes
When you realize the kikaichu army was there purely to scare the shit out of zaku...
Remember when they used that weird or epic music but amazing? Sound likes this 1:39
Its not weird its epic
If you listen this in TH-cam with earbud, its awesome
@Moataz El-Sayed th-cam.com/video/1XQBPWNMwhI/w-d-xo.html
2:08 Shino, some of your bugs bit your left cheek
Guess they kinda came out of there.
It was gross
@@tysonleechang1774 Indeed.
Shino made antman looks like a clown
The fight build ups, the music mixed with more brutality...
This how we like it!
Naruto: "I can control bugs."
Naruto Shippuden: "I can summon meteors."
A few years late on this but as cool as Shino is here, Zaku was also a menace. Team Dosu was taking on practically every Leaf Genin that came their way in the forest, and their techniques were rather interesting too. Zaku got very ahead of himself and reckless, and Dosu I believe was a contender for actually being a Chunin with his intelligence and fighting style. Its a shame they got killed off in this arc, I think they could've been good additions to Orochimaru's crew had they survived.
To all the young folk at Boruto
That's your school teacher, when he was this mysterious ferocious little boy with bug
あまりにも強すぎて出番を減らされた男
this scene was even more brutal in the manga because zakus arms actually imploded and got ripped off from the elbow below....shino was such a badass back then
Not only was Shino so badass early on that they played Orochimaru's theme for him, but they played it for him *while he was kicking the ass of one of Orochimaru's underlings.*
こんだけの数なら服の下に這いずらせるだけで発狂死しそう
Zaku and the female sound ninja really got screwed over since childhood by Orochimaru. They were just puppets and disposable to him. Poor kids.
One of my favourite character in naruto
Than this shit buroto
I watch for konohamaru in action..so cool..
Not only that. Shinos dad was strong enough to take on S rank missions solo
This scene is one of the ones that really makes you go 'Wow, the manga is so much more violent' 😂
One of the most underrated characters of the narutoverse.
After Sasuke, Shino is my next favorite character (not to mention my 2nd favorite clan after the Uchiha) I was sadden that Kishi didn't develop him a little more like he did with Shikamaru.
I'm really frustrated that Shino was never done justice as a character. It's one of the biggest screw-ups of the series.
chunin exams then: Kill to survive.
chunin exams now: PAPA
Shino could easily be the most overpowered Shinobi with his skill set. He's basically Shikamaru with millions of bugs that can do a lot more and reach further than Shikamaru's shadows.
A ideia era ser um Exame Chunin, mas a maioria aí já tinha nível jonin pra mais. Zaku e Shino eram bem fortes.
Back when Shino was scary. Unlike whatever we got in Boruto
IKR.
Ngl I was really hyped for the sound ninja but all 3 of them were just killed off before the end of the chunin exams, I did feel kinda bad for Zaku tho
Exactly! I really hate how the writer just wasted them. They had so much potential.
Magic Man everything about the sound ninja were wasted
@@famousmadlad6361 I think they decided to kill all the 'extra character' before the end of chunin exam. (just to gather up the 'main character' such as Rock Lee, Neji Hinata, or Kiba Inuzuka.)
And unfortunately, the character in Naruto such as Kin Tsuchi, Oboro, Baiu, Tsurugi Misumi ETC were take such a small roll on the chunin exam.
I can easily say they were just a testified wasted character to show us how much the exam is brutal and hard to pass.
But this was such unfair. I know this is just anime but I gotta say, they throw them self an epic opportunity to grow Naruto series more greater.
(Now its an Burito Shippuden and the whole intro song now days is too damn cancer, give me a break damn!)
Remember when there were so many random ninja on the first chunin test? I'm completely disappointed that they all got failed just before the 3rd exam.
And most importantly, Dosu Kinuta was so powerful.
I don't understand why he got killed by Gaara so easily even tho Dosu got a plot.
As long as Orochimaru still alive, Dosu should be alive! I presume final goal of Dosu supposed to kill Orochimaru in the end.
But that didn't happen
Russian Guy yeah it is sad that basically almost everything Orochimaru did was practically forgiven
@@999dunkins almost all on point, i agree with you buddy.