#team dosu

[rae-irien-kimura]

Team Dosu.

#my art #art #small artist #team dosu #dosu kinuta #zaku abumi #kin tsuchi #oto #otogakure #sound village #orochimaru

[every-sakura]

#unfortunately the gutter ruins this spread #i wasn't able to line up the scans #naruto #vol 6 #ch 53 #sakura haruno #team dosu #team 10 #rock lee #chuunin exams

[holykhepri]

OTO NIN BEST NIN

#naruto #naruto fanart #orochimaru #otogakure #sound ninja #team dosu #sound 4 #sound 5 #dosu kinuta #zaku abumi #kin tsuchi #jirobou #kidoumaru #kidomaru #sakon #ukon #tayuya #kimimaro #sasuke #sasuke uchiha

[absolutelyinvinciblebritishgent]

God, I love @otoquotes. Their posts always give me something to draw.

This one is based on this post, and I like to think it’s the follow up to this post (which was also inspired by OtoQuotes).

#naruto #naruto fanart #dosu kinuta #zaku abumi #team sound #sound genin #sound trio #otogakure #oto nin #forest of death #team dosu #incorrect quotes

[otoquotes]

Kabuto, trying to do his medical exams: Are you a boy or a girl?

Tayuya: I'm everything you've ever feared.

Kimimaro: If only it were that simple.

Sakon: You don't want to know.

Ukon: If you say so.

Kidoumaru: I used to be.

Jirobo: I honestly don't know anymore.

Zaku: Not since the accident.

Dosu: If I were, you'd know.

Kin: I'm a girl. What the fuck are you guys on??

#incorrect naruto quotes #team dosu #sound five #kabuto

[silentmagi]

Fanfic Title Summary: Bad Blood

Team Dosu

There is bad teams, and then there is Team Dosu.

Listen, this team was screwed from the moment they joined Otogakure, and there was no saving them.

Don't believe me? Well you'll just have to read and see what I mean.

#fanfic summaries #Team Dosu #Naruto #xpegasusuniverse

[corruptedbunny-multimuse]

NEWBIES. I SMELL NEWBIES HERE. A certain clown came over to the sound trio.

The three backed off once they saw the clown approaching them.

#(file loaded | rp) #(otogakure | team dosu) #deisbookofdemons

[devotedly-jovialb1ossom]

Sakura blossoms!

#Official art and Illustrations #Masashi Kishimoto #Kid Sakura Haruno-Uchiha #Kid Rock Lee #Team Gai #Team Kakashi #Dosu Kinuta #Sound Four #Forest of Death #Chunin exams arc #Sakura Blossoms #Taijutsu users #weapons #Kunai Knife #kunoichis #Shinobis #turning point haircut

[hellcifrogs]

NaruFox AU Forest of Death pt 2: Lee to the rescue!!

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So instead of going after ‘the uchiha and number one genin of the year’, Lee decides to challenge all of his master’s rival’s students a.k.a. team Kakashi.

And here Sakura actually fights alongside Lee. She stays behind to protect her team and faces Zaku while Lee fights both Kin and Dosu.

The fights go more or less the same way and they are still outnumbered, but instead Kin manages to switch opponents to help Zaku, by grabbing Sakura’s hair after she’s already tired and hurt.

#NaruFox #naruto au #rock lee #sakura haruno #chunin exam #my art

[animanga-bonanza]

sakura vs the sound ninja

Sakura Haruno is one of my favorite characters from the Naruto series, and like many Sakura fans, I have my criticisms of how she is written. However, I also recognize that much of the hate directed at her is based on misunderstandings/misrepresentations of the canon text.

In this post I will re-examine a moment from the Chunin Exams arc in Naruto: The Dosu squad vs Team 7 (and allies). Many claim that Sakura was outshone in this battle by Rock Lee and Team 10 and looked pathetic in comparison to the other Leaf genin. However, upon closer inspection, an interesting fact emerges: Sakura inflicted more damage upon the Dosu squad than Rock Lee and Team 10 combined. She was the first to draw blood from the enemy, and she did it by using basic Academy-level ninjutsu and a simple yet effective strategy. Narrative-wise, this was a big moment for Sakura, and the details back it up.

Before the Battle

Sakura is quick-witted, and early in the Land of Waves arc, she was more quick-witted than Naruto. This is demonstrated here: when the Demon Brothers attacked Tazuna, both Sakura and Sasuke jumped into action while Naruto froze in fear.

Another example of Sakura’s quick thinking in this arc is when, in the next chapter, Zabuza appears. He throws his sword in an arc, making it spin like a helicopter blade, and the Leaf shinobi and Tazuna must get down on the ground to avoid getting decapitated. You can clearly see that Sakura had to push Naruto down (in the background, Sasuke pushes Tazuna out of the way). Sakura literally saved Naruto’s life in this moment.

Later, during the Chunin Exams arc, Sakura’s quick thinking once again saves Naruto’s life. After Orochimaru knocks Naruto unconscious, he starts falling from a height that would have killed or at least seriously injured him. Sakura somehow pins Naruto to a nearby tree trunk by throwing a kunai with perfect precision and force.

These are small moments, but they demonstrate that Sakura has real talent as a shinobi and has protected her teammates in the past. However, like Naruto and Sasuke, she had to reach her limits to surpass them. Naruto is the first on their team to learn the meaning of courage, during the Land of Waves arc. Then, in his fight against Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, Sasuke must overcome his fear of death, which had literally paralyzed him. Finally, it was Sakura’s turn to discover her inner strength and resolve to fight even in a hopeless situation.

Another thing I’d like people to recognize is that Sakura is not the only member of Team 7 to be outmatched by the enemies they had to face. Remember, Team 7 wasn’t supposed to be on that mission in the Land of Waves arc, it was above their pay grade and their skill level. Although Naruto and Sasuke got the spotlight, they were still no real match against Haku – they only survived that battle because Haku was too compassionate to kill them (although it's likely that the Kyuubi would have saved Naruto from a lethal attack). Plus, Sasuke’s Sharingan was a great aid to him, and Naruto could only break out of the Crystal Ice Mirrors jutsu with the power of the Kyuubi. Sakura, who lacks a kekkei genkai and a tailed beast, was an ordinary genin, so it makes sense that she couldn’t do that much.

That said, I think there could have been a way for Sakura to contribute more during that arc, but that’s a topic for another time.

Furthermore, during the Forest of Death, both Sasuke and Naruto got taken out by Orochimaru, because Orochimaru is a literal Sannin. And then, there’s the Sound Ninja…

The Sound Ninja

The Dosu Squad is strong, let’s be clear about that. And they were not normal participants in the exams. They were assassins targeting Sasuke. Once again, Sakura is put in a situation that she had no reasonable way to expect or prepare for. But she still rose to the occasion, despite being completely exhausted due to a whole night of no sleep and no food or water.

First, let’s compare her to Rock Lee. Now, I love Rock Lee, and in fairness to him, it’s stated by Tenten that if he hadn’t been distracted by protecting Sakura, he could have beaten the Dosu Squad. However, it’s also a fact that despite using advanced taijutsu moves – which Dosu acknowledged were quite lethal – Lee couldn’t really injure the Sound Ninja. Instead, they were able to block or neutralize all his attacks, then knocked him out flat.

Here, Lee makes a dynamic entrance, landing a hit on all three members of the Dosu Squad, but you can see that all they got was some bruises:

Then he uses the Primary Lotus against Dosu, but thanks to Zaku, Dosu takes little to no damage:

So, despite Lee’s best efforts and the fact that he was using specialized taijutsu, the Dosu Squad emerged from that fight relatively unscathed.

Now, Lee was outnumbered. Surely a three-on-three battle would have been more even, right? Well, that didn’t work out for Team 10.

Choji couldn’t hit Zaku, who was able to just jump out of harm’s way. Shikamaru could only temporarily paralyze Dosu. And although Ino possessed Kin’s body, it was Zaku who made Kin bleed when he attacked her.

So, neither Rock Lee nor Team 10 could really injure any of the Dosu Squad. But Sakura? She stabbed Zaku. She made him bleed. And she targeted his arms because she was smart enough to realize that they were his most dangerous weapons. Again, just by using basic ninjutsu and simple tactics, Sakura inflicted more damage on Zaku than Rock Lee and Team 10 combined.

Character Growth

People often mock Sakura for cutting her hair as if it was no big deal. But the reality is that it was a big deal, hence why the manga emphasizes it so much. Sakura’s vanity was literally holding her back, as represented when Kin grabbed her hair to immobilize her. Kin even openly states that vanity is Sakura’s weakness, she cares too much about her looks and doesn’t push herself hard enough. Then, as Sakura takes a beating from Zaku, Ino remembers how Sakura used to be so insecure in her appearance and put effort into making herself prettier. Sakura allowing her face to be battered shows that she no longer cares about her looks. Literally, Zaku strikes Sakura in her forehead, which was the part of her that she was most insecure about.

Later, Ino even states that they all would have been dead if it weren’t for both Sakura and Sasuke.

Conclusion

Sakura’s actions in the Forest of Death should not be downplayed. Although her skill set was not as impressive as that of her teammates or the rest of her peers, her intelligence and resolve showed that she could stand her ground even against formidable opponents like the Dosu Squad. Indeed, I think that Sakura’s peers during this encounter are held back by their specialized skills, relying on their special abilities instead of creative tactics. This battle demonstrates that it’s not the tool that determines the outcome, but the ninja that uses it.

#naruto #naruto meta #sakura haruno #team 7 #chunin exams #pro sakura haruno

[rae-irien-kimura]

Team Dosu deserves everything. I have a soft spot for Oto and it’s ninjas.

#team dosu #abumi zaku #dosu kinuta #kin tsuchi #naruto #my art #oto #otogakure #sound village

[every-sakura]

#naruto #vol 6 #ch 53 #sakura haruno #team dosu #chuunin exams

[leportraitducadavre]

I was reading through it and found another example again

“Sasuke is very intelligent, having earned the best grades in his Academy class. This despite many of his classmates themselves being exceptional performers, including Sakura who scored perfect scores in all her tests.”

I have to laugh because no one in Rookie Nine is exceptional in a sense Sasuke was. Also they forget Ino was the second best while Sakura was neck to neck with Choji, how is she even a rival to him?

Sakura was outsmarted every single time during a whole arc, the Chünin Exams:

She didn’t figure out what the written exam was about (Naruto and Hinata also failed), was tricked by a henge twice (once by a gënin posing as Naruto and the second time by Orochimaru also posing as Naruto), failed to trap Dosu’s team, who mocked her, and fell for Ino’s trap.

Being “bookish’s smart” has no value inside the narutoverse unless you’re looking for an Academic Position, which she isn’t. Furthermore, her “intelligence” made not a single apparition in the entire manga, she learned Medical Ninjutsu at the level she did because of her natural delicate chakra control, but she differs not from Shizune or even Ino when it comes to medical knowledge as she discovered not a single thing nor improved a single jutsu she was taught.

Ino was above her in the Academy which goes to show how unimportant being “bookish’s smart” is. Shikamaru isn’t smart in the strict term of the word, he’s a strategist, which is why he’s far more valuable than Sakura is, and why he was made the Hokage’s second during Boruto.

[absolutelyinvinciblebritishgent]

That one meme going around but make it the Sound Trio

Dosu may look like he’s fed up- but secretly he knows he’s the luckiest man alive and people would kill to be in his position.

#naruto #naruto fanart #kin tsuchi #dosu kinuta #zaku abumi #team dosu #team sound #sound trio #sound genin #otogakure #meme #meme redraw #ignore the fact that i never know where my light source is

[otoquotes]

Kin: Zaku swallowed two golf balls.

Dosu: *sigh* What did you do?

Kin: ...Should I have done something?

#incorrect naruto quotes #team dosu

[felsenbluete]

Fixing the Chunin exams arc

While I do think that the first two rounds of the exams are nearly perfect in narrative execution (except that Anko afterwards ceases to be relevant even though her backstory is so intriguing and could mirror Sasuke in so many ways, but I’m getting already off track here...) - I have some gripes with regards to the duels, especially Naruto’s, which is a fucking pity, given that he is the main character. 

So this is my attempt to fix the mess that Kishimoto made of the last two rounds (concerning Naruto’s duels and the narrative around them, we don’t have the time for Kishi’s misogyny and whatever Sakura/Ino is):

1) Naruto vs. Kiba: In @margalotta​‘s wise words:

Imo, it doesn’t benefit Naruto at this point in his story to win out of dumb luck. He is teamed up with Kiba, who pretty much suffers the same weaknesses as Naruto, mostly bad rage control. So seeing Naruto actually staying in control and outsmarting Kiba would have been such a great character moment for him! Especially given that his lack of any strategy already gave him a pretty humbling defeat from Lee in the very beginning.

> Fix #1: Let Naruto outsmart Kiba, keep the fart joke for a filler.

2) Chouji vs. Dosu: While disliking the outcome of the Naruto-Kiba duel, I do think that the point of “one can win with nothing but luck” is one worth making. So looking at the other duels of the preliminaries, I find Chouji vs. Dosu most fitting. We have already seen Dosu being completely brutal in the Forest and him losing would give him an extra reason to challenge Gaara before round 3 - him thinking he got cheated out of this encounter.

> Fix #2: Let Chouji win against Dosu through luck, let Dosu be bitter about it.

3) Naruto vs. Neji:

This actually get my blood boiling, because - as many have pointed out over the years - Naruto winning only because of the Kyuubi just proved Neji’s god damn point about predetermination. But (even though I like seeing Naruto lose) I don’t think Neji should win either. My solution is to scrap that entire duel. 

> Fix #4: Let Neji fight against Shikamaru, let him lose

I am dead serious. While I like the ShikaTema interactions as much as anyone else, I think Shikamaru could have pulled his stunt with basically everyone else. The only difference is, that with Neji, it would have an impact. Because Neji technically losing only for Shikamaru to throw the whole thing out would have impacted Neji’s world view much more than losing against a jinchuuriki. In my very humble opinion.

> Fix #5: Neji vs. Naruto - talk-no-jutsu, the Hinata brawl

Between the preliminaries and round 3, a whole month passes. And I am aware that Naruto as a shounen protagonist has to change everyone’s path personally. So why not between the rounds? Let him be enraged about what Neji did to Hinata, so fucking livid that he doesn’t wait patiently for a month, but corners Neji the minute they are out of the arena and Hayate isn’t looking.

I have no idea, when Kishimoto decided on NaruHina as endgoal, but that would have set up that whole thing as well! Just a thought!! And you can have the Talk and maybe even Naruto actually catching Neji off-guard, if you want to. Idk, Masashi, you’re the Big Mangaka, you figure that out.

BONUS > Fix #6: Let Naruto fight against Temari, let him have a realistic chance, let him lose (?)

Surprisingly, I don’t have a strong opinion how this match should go. I think there is something for the idea of Naruto encountering someone with years worth of experience and losing and realising that even though he has grown a lot, he still has so much more to learn, which fuels his training under Jiraiya. But as a Proper Shounen Protagonist, I also have no issue if he has to win this fight. Maybe, to make it more spicy, have the Kyuubi come out and actually wreck Temari. Like, obliterate her to such a degree, that he is horrified. Show him and the audience in the arena why the village hates the jinchuurikis. I actually quite like this turn, because it mirrors the brutality Temari employs to win against Tenten.

BONUS BONUS: Actually I do have time to fix Ino vs. Sakura

> Fix #7: Keep the fight, throw out Sasuke and make Ino status-obsessed

Popularity aside, the main difference between Sakura and Ino during their academy years is that Ino has an inkling of her abilities, while Sakura is only aware that she can control chakra in the vaguest of ways. Ino is born into a clan, Sakura’s family isn’t mentioned in the canon. So why not make Ino think that she will get the best team (................... *sigh* and best team mates aka The Uchiha), while treating Sakura as an amusing puppy, but not really competition. If I remember correctly, Sakura has the best academy exam scores after Sasuke, so why not let her evolve into a real threat for Ino, maybe having their falling out be an actual duel on the training field that mirrors the duel during the chunin exams.

I think I am done now.

#Ola #excuse my Naruto blogging in 2022 - do you still think I'm hot? #my English is HORRENDOUS #Uzumaki Naruto #Hyuga Neji #Haruno Sakura #Nara Shikamaru #Inuzuka Kiba #Yamanaka Ino #not tagging the others let me be #someone pay me to rewrite Naruto plssss #Naruto meta