Actually, Atheck, if you want to blame anyone, blame Naruto. Seeing how he shared his nine-tails chakra with everyone and they resonated with it.
You have to remember that every single person in the Alliance was given that chakra, not just a select few people. The only ones who didn't have it by that point were Tobirama, Hiruzen, Madara, and Hashirama. Unless it's clarified that Naruto chose to siphon greater or lesser amounts of chakra to certain people then everyone would have received an equal quantity. Which balances out the appeal of the chakra and changes nothing about the willingness of the tree to preferentially single out a person that has the shroud. That is if you're only taking into consideration the bijuu's shroud and not their own personal reserves.
Naruto, Minato, Killer Bee, and Sakura would be the prime targets if the tree was factoring in both the availability of bijuu chakra and their own natural pools.
If this was the logic Kishi was abiding by then the tree should be hunting the zombies mostly since their reserves are "infinite" thanks to Edo Tensei.
Killer Bee showed that the tree is really attracted to the tailed beast chakra. So if everyone has a high intensity of it and the tree seeks it out like candy, then Naruto might as well put a sign on their backs saying "Eat me."
That's bad for Killer Bee mostly since he happens to have the chakra of two different bijuu. Having those unique sources is bound to make you noticeable if you're standing around the riff-raff. As for the others, the chakra does act as a signal to the tree, but it shouldn't change how susceptible any particular one of them are since they apparently received the same share of Kurama's chakra.
In layman's terms, they're all equally screwed. Unless the tree is able to distinguish between who has the greater natural chakra amounts from the shroud's boost.
Either way it is all unintentional.
That it is. No one in the manga except Madara could have foreseen Tobi summoning up a gigantic chakra sucking tree from the Jubi.
Nothing for nothing, but why is it always you, Darkrerst, or Codus always the first ones to point out the "bad" of Sakura even when there was nothing bad to behold? I am really curious by this. Do you have some deep down hatred for Sakura or something? Just to let you know, the only accusations here are the ones you are proposing. I don't really care what the NH fans say because they will say anything at this point.
It's not so much criticism as it is acknowledgement of the gripes people have and trying to assess if there's even a smidge of truth to anything they say. Much of the arguing stems from personal grievances, I'll admit, but it's not without purpose. In a way, I would argue that it's a dissection of her character. To try and assess what are valid perfections or faults.
When I say that her strength is "mediocre", I mean that in the same context as it being "par for the course". Because that's the level of strength which we see from most people with Kage level abilities (be it through ninjutsu, taijutsu, kenjutsu, genjutsu, ect.). When I argue that Sakura lacks the natural reserves of stamina and spiritual energy to handle Sage Mode, I consider what the manga has to say concerning it. I would like to believe that both of those arguments hold more validity and reason than any sort of belittling people make based off their own inherent hatred for her character.
Again, I don't hate Sakura at all. She's my second favorite character in the manga. But at the same time I'm not going to dismiss any perceived flaws just because I respect or hold her in high regard. But if those flaws are accurately refuted then that's all well and good. For what it's worth, the criticisms Sakura was receiving and Hinata's deification are the reasons I joined the forum in the first place.
@Atheck. Now I'm going to ask you that same question from before: Is it still accurate to blame Katsuyu or Sakura for those deaths,
Considering the situation that Katsuyu was placed in by connecting Its chakra to theirs, I would argue that there's something more to it than whatever is used in the rehashed claims of "uselessness" that dissidents make to discredit her without holding in regard what she has accomplished.
considering that the first set of people who died didn't seem to have Katsuyu on them?
You're referencing a situation that has no importance in this. Whatever befell those people isn't relevant to Katsuyu and the fallen shinobi that she was attached to.
Which means, having Katsuyu doesn't shorten or increase your chances of survival, does it? So...is it still fair? What do you think?
It can either be a saving grace like in Tsunade's situation or a misfortune (arguably) like the situation in the current chapter might be implying. Having that sort of connection or dependency on an outside source can make you susceptible to dangers that would otherwise not be a problem for you.
Say for instance if for whatever reason Ma and Pa stopped moulding sage chakra for Jiraiya in his fight with Pain. They continue to gather natural energy but they're not refining it to make it stable or usable. Their bodies are petrified and because of the fusion Jiraiya becomes stone as well since he wouldn't be able to mould the chakra himself as he's battling. Who's responsibility is it in that situation?
Edited by Atheck, 17 September 2013 - 02:35 PM.
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I can't believe blame is actually being thrown her way tbh...
