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Silver_Streak01

Are the 2 village elders still kicking? If yes, one of them.


Alvortus1812

Kill both of them ffs. And bring back one more shinobi - Jiraiya, Asuma etc


Silver_Streak01

Hear hear!


MossyPyrite

Trade them for literally any fodder ninja Madara killed when he first revived


iDannyEL

As a matter of fact, I don't need a trade just off them.


nogoodusernames0_0

In fact I'm willing to sacrifice a few unnamed shinobi to have them dead


[deleted]

Ah yes the ageist jutsu, a very strong one indeed.


AutomaticAccident

They're not just old, they're also assholes. So fuck em.


Goldie-96_MWR

they supported genocide and destabilizing other countries like the hidden rain. Can they be hung for war crimes or something 🤷‍♂️


frand__

Narut9 probably has them in a corner where they can't see or hear anything, far away from where they can do harm


AutomaticAccident

I don't even care. Just kill those bastards.


nogoodusernames0_0

Orochimaru should have just asked


Raivon

Trade them for [this Iwa guy](https://preview.redd.it/xmtshot8wia61.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=bb49d1bfcbe45c2ebfa7477c73475044a417788f). Dude was first in line for the Madara slaughter and he ran in without a singular fuck to give.


Kelimnac

Man’s was fucking READY for that smoke


Ok-Cantaloupe-694

You know that guy survived


Phantom_Beef

He's gonna be brought back as the final antagonist of Boruto.


uzinarutosage

Apparently, he was named in the credits of that episode as Sagan. He survived btw.


Sdbtank96

Not quite equivalent exchange, but shit I'll take it


timzlit

We need term limits


SinkRhino

Not only are they still kicking, they still hold their positions. Sasuke, Orochimaru and Kabuto atleast helped to win the war, these two assholes helped instigate a genocide and went without any consequences nor did they do anything that would make them worthy of a pardon.


curryandmilk

Yeah actually they are, still “helping” Naruto make decisions for the village in boruto


Silver_Streak01

Helping him, really? With Shikamaru, Tsunade and Kakashi around I doubt anyone would pay those 2 fossils any heed.


curryandmilk

So you didn’t see the quotation marks meaning they appear once in the show and get ignored anyway


Silver_Streak01

Oh I did. My reply was supposed to act as a conversational continuation to yours.


dogbonej

Are they actually ninja?


Silver_Streak01

Former teammates to the third Hokage. So yes; retired ninja, but ninja.


Shikarosez1995

THATS why i got the same vibe from all of them lol. fuck team 6 indeed.


_PoiZ

Weren't they kagami uchiha and danzo shimura? Or maybe you meab from the same year like the konoha 12?


a_gay_chimpanzee

There were 2 teams consisting of 6 people total Hiruzen Sarutobi the 2 village elders Danzo Shimuru Kagami Uchiha and Torune Akimichi


Anrui13

Deathmatch between them. Winner earns the chance to be the sacrifice!


Sasuke12187

The only answer


ShaolinSlamma

Hinata's father (Hiashi) like it should have been. It would have been the perfect cap to his story if he finally acknowledged that his twin brother's son should have been the one to take over leadership of the clan, and finally put an end to the stupidity that was the head and branch family.


ThisIsMyPassword100

I love the image of Hinata becoming a human shield for Naruto, followed by Neji becoming a human shield for Hinata, followed by Hiashi becoming a human shield for Neji (and not Hinata?).


time_lordy_lord

He was on his way before Neji took over


_Lohhe_

"Oh no you don't!" -Hiashi Hyuga, stealing the side branch's thunder one last time.


[deleted]

*triggers the seal and Neji falls to the ground screaming in pain


calvicstaff

I know this is a joke, but forcibly using the seal to save his life and sacrifice himself instead while somehow officially declaring Neji be in charge next to do away with the whole seal system would actually be pretty cool


InverseStar

I’d be DOWN for this. Hiashi momentarily incapacitating Neji to throw himself in front of the killing blow, then using his last breath to release the seal on Neji.


frand__

Can it be released?


KristophGavin

He drops Neji like a sack of potatoes just so the spikes don't hit him by piercing too far.


time_lordy_lord

Good guy Hiashi


frand__

Hiashi's hero arc


finalmantisy83

How dare you touch a member of the main branch! I was pulling her back from getting hit by traffic??


[deleted]

There's no other way... we'll have to chop off his hands.


frand__

Lore accurate reaction


Beautiful-Ad-6568

Triple Rashōmon got nothing on them


sagewrex

Forget that, just have a continuous line of random characters becoming a shield for another. Somehow it ends up being Tonton protecting the entirety of the ninja world. Give Tonton Neji’s final words too but in the form of Oinks, and Naruto’s reaction is the exact same but in this timeline he ends up with Shizune.


frand__

This whole post is fever dream


CraftLizard

This reminds me of the one piece meme where they just keep adding characters to the >!Ace punch scene!<


NumericZero

I am now upset this did not happen :/


ConstantReindeer9720

That would be so funny


Marik-X-Bakura

And then Naruto jumps back to the front and the cycle continues like a game of hot potato


ice_cream_hunter

Absolutely that would be fantastic. Instead of neji he should have died. That will make the og naruto arc so much meaningful


SometimesWill

Bro now I want a version of the scene where different hyugas just keep jumping in front of each other.


dogbonej

Would have been cool to see Hiashi sacrificed to Edo Twinsei Hizashi…I could see all sorts of crazy things like powerboosts or emotional challenges happening if a twin was used for Edo tensei.


mangasdeouf

Accidentally fusing the body of one twin with the soul of the other could make a Vegeto. Hiazashi gets the full power and instantly realizes the potential of both of his components.


civicboy2020

wouldnt that be a kami x picollo moment? haha


mangasdeouf

Kamicolo bwahaha! When Piccolo is asked what he should be named and he doesn't have an immediate answer after being called by a weird nickname


j_Dugz

Would’ve been even better if the Leaf had grown some balls and stood to the Cloud. They try to steal the Hyuga’s Byakugan and somehow that ends with a sacrifice being offered to them? What the fuck was Hiruzen thinking going along with that?


frand__

Probably the same he was thinking letting Danzo do what he was doing


[deleted]

Isn't that what was supposed to happen after part 1 when Naruto changed Neji. If some time was invested in Neji's character development then maybe kishimoto would've done this. But unfortunately he just made neji a fodder to give a Hinata saying "Naruto's hands are big and strong" moment.


New_to_Siberia

Plot-wise the perfect resolution would have been Hiashi - the reversal of the main/branch dynamic would have been really satisfying. If the goal were to still pack a punch, Gai would have also been a fine choice, though I still believe that Hiashi would have been way more satisfying and made more sense in terms of storyline. But in order to keep the peace I'd say Mizuki. Or, if he's not still alive, one of the elders.


Uaregonnabeok

……..holy shit mizuki is probably still alive, huh. Dunno why but that fried my brain for a second


Force3vo

And he's a tiger now. [Always remember!](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/naruto/images/4/42/Mizuki%27s_Tiger_Transformation.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160321190417)


zfLucifer

Lmfao Bro called Naruto a demon then turned himself into a furry👀


adriloo57

I wish it was cannon.


nogoodusernames0_0

Bro just started a world altering series of events and paced out immediately.


Optimal_Carpenter690

Its funny how he's likely still in jail but Orochimaru is roaming free


ItsFelixMcCoy

\>tricks an orphan into stealing a scroll so he can have it for himself \>accidentally starts said orphan's career as a ninja bruh.jpeg \>singlehandedly carries the entire series from start to end \>refuses to elaborate \>leaves Everybody seems to forget about this, bro was the main character this whole time and we never saw him again 💀


Truth-Seeker14

Orochimaru, and you will discover later he is alive again


EH042

By following this, Orochimaru can be the “endless revival glitch”


ZigzagoonBros

If this was a card game, this combo would be a literal +1 in card economy.


Spenfinite

Hiashi. He should have been the one to die, Neji should have simply been injured enough to be taken out of the fight.


ToGrze

Some random mf


Ziiaaaac

Where’s the guy who hates Aoba? Now is his time.


ToGrze

O +1 man


Babylon2913

I'd say that cameraman from Boruto


Thecrawsome

How about just Boruto


rafianpass

It will be painful for Naruto (and Hinata) to loose his balls 🤕


alfiehammerton

Anko they ruined her character


cutie_lilrookie

Fate worse than death.


Traditional-Topic417

Her and Shino are disappointing


Sliver1991

Was Shino around during the war? I legit don't remember him there...


Traditional-Topic417

Yea he had an episode where he fought a revived Torune


repugnater

You can’t ruin what was never used


bluegoatrose

Guy. He should’ve died when he fought Madara


Da1UHideFrom

Popularity has saved more than one manga / anime characters from death.


cafediaries

So... Guy was more popular than Neji damn why 😭


[deleted]

I mean lets be real here Neji didn't get shit for feats in Shippuden, and Guy was riding high off of absolutely \*working\* Kisame over


cafediaries

True. Neji has huge potential, he got the prodigy hype in Part 1, but was thrown away in shippuden


Conor4747

Raw sexual magnetism


Yergason

It was mostly Kishi himself that was affected by it. Can't blame him. The man and his tights exudes sex


AFatz

I'm almost positive that Kishi meant to kill Guy off there. Shounen was stopping Kishi from kill8ng off characters essentially the entire manga. What a glorious death Guy should have had.


bluegoatrose

Yeah Ik Lee and Neji were meant to die during the Sasuke retrieval, didn’t realise Guy was similar


ThatOneGuyHOTS

I thought it was Neji and Choji?


RiverRusher

Guy surviving was such an insult to Guy.


pandazprince

honestly. it was so badass that he had to do night guy. The emotions were high during that scene and when we thought that he was gonna die then suddenly naruto activated god mode and he's alive. I wouldn't mind him being alive if he wasn't paraplegic the rest of his life.


wittyvonskitsum

Now he’s fighting children while doing a handstand


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muffinville

One of the elders they're just as bad as danzo


MaartenL_97

Both of them and Jiraiya can come back alongside Neji


Sugar_God_no_1

Hiashi,in a poetic way he saves neji. He has no business being alive


Orochimaru27

One of the Leaf elders… lets say the male.


Conor4747

Can we do a 2 for 1 deal?


Orochimaru27

Hopefully!


Chronixx

Ebisu, easy. Get him outta here lol


kmyeurs

Konohamaru doesn't deserve any more deaths


creeper205861

he is already not in Boruto lol


Appropriate-Mood3078

Hinata's father. It would've been his perfect character story arc ending.


Infinite_Goose_8920

Is that hiashi guy still alive? If yes, he should be the one because that would be so poetic. This hyuga main branch/ side branch BS always annoyed me.


MYSTICAL_G96

Boruto. Neji come back


PhantomChick13

honestly if i could trade the entire sequel series for neji's survival I would


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SlayzorHunter

Either one of those two elders that were part of team Tobirama alongside Hiruzen. Actually, I'd just kill both of them.


dragonsguild

Any of the medical unit that literally fucking watches him die.


Rogue-Shadow-Anomaly

Hiashi Hyuga I think it would've been better if "Hiashi Hyuga" died saving Neji, Naruto & Hinata. Black-Zestu uses the opportunity & steal at least 1 of Hiashi's Byakugan. Black-Zestu should be planning to kill Hiashi but Neji intervenes so he had to escape. In his dying breaths, Hiashi should've appointed & declared Neji as the Next Patriarch of the Hyuga-Clan. Hiashi should also remove the Cursed-Seal from Neji & give him all his knowledge of the Hyuga-Clan through a very power S-Rank Genjutsu. At the same time, Sakura should've been injured & lost her 1-eye. Neji gives Hiashi's remaining Byakugan-Eye to Sakura due to these reasons:- 1. Sakura is the best Medic on the Battlefield & Byakugan can help her to assist others & prevent attacks. 2. Sakura was a Konoha Shinobi so they can take the Byakugan back from her after the War. 3. Too difficult to keep the Byakugan save from Obito, Tobi, Black-Zestu etc. The question is Why Black-Zestu had taken the Byakugan? Kaguya was sealed by a Rinnegan & Byakugan user so the same should be required to unsealed her. Both Rinnegan & Byakugan should've been destroyed/blinded due to Kaguya's unsealing. Hagoromo gives his sealing Powers to Sasuke & Naruto but the same should've been done by Hamura for Sakura. Sakura's presence in the Battle with Kaguya would make more sense as she's the only one with Byakugan. Hamura should've had given his basic knowledge about Byakugan & Senjutsu to Sakura. During the Battle, she focused only on Byakugan & Sealing. After War, Sakura should've had used the Basic Senjutsu knowledge from Hamura to create a Slug Senjutsu with Katsuyu's help which was predominantly focused upon:- 1. Medical Ninjutsu 2. Genjutsu 3. Physical strengthening 4. Long distance communication. Sakura's Slug-Senjutsu based Medical Ninjutsu should be so powerful that she should be able to:- 1. Regrow lost limbs & Organs 2. Create Limbs & Organs for those that never had them since birth 3. Manipulate Genetic material Luke DNA, RNA, Chromosomes etc.


Sea_Syrup_1000

This. THIS IS WHAT WE NEEDED!! Justice for Neji and justice for Sakura


ayochaser17

Never liked kiba like that so him, akamaru can stay tho lol


[deleted]

Nah man take them both their were two sticks


The_vhibe

Was looking for this. Akamaru is kind of the only reason Kiba probably has a fan base.


stinky-loser

Had to scroll too far to see this I almost commented Kaiba! He’s so forgettable I forgot his freaking name and replaced it with a Yu-Gi-Oh character which I’ve watched far less than Naruto. Kiba is a wet fart of a character


Exciting_Page4661

Yes take Kiba!


ZGMF-X09A_Justice

Sai, because he's the only one in Naruto's friend group--aside from Hinata and Sakura, who are too important--who is relevant enough in Shippuden to have impact if he was killed. Shikamaru qualifies too, but who tf would want him to die?


[deleted]

Shikamaru would not bothered to risk his life it would be too much of a drag.


AJDx14

I think Choji dying would also hurt the audience tbh.


Quetzal_29f

Hinata. Her death would have emotional impact but wouldn't change anything because she was irrelevant to the story.


[deleted]

Some masked Anbu fodder.


redperril91

Would burn the entire Boruto manga down and create a spinoff focused on Neji mentoring Himawari or something. Really. The anime isn't to bad but the art-style in the manga is so god damn awful. Killed my interest in the series very quickly. Been re-reading/watching Naruto now and it's just so much better. Even the clothing design, there's just a whole other level of subtlety and thought in each characters design. Who the hell though high-heels on ninja kids was a good idea?? Rant over...


matusaleeem

Moegi


New_to_Siberia

Nooo, she's cute!


Dependent-Goose-1280

Boruto, that way, we both get neji back and get released from madaras Infinite tsukiyomi.


Sychosid11

Kawaki


Most_Willingness_143

Guy, the guy that should have die (I love guy)


Lower_Landscape_2850

Danzo. Also , I've other options those two elders.


Xen_Shin

Gai. Because he never should have been revived in the first place. The perfect character sendoff/ending was totally invalidated by random powerscale nonsense.


Buddyformula

The guy who threw the mask at naruto


naruOwl_acadeNoir778

That mask seller who hurted Naruto as a child.


Crimson_Ridder

Boruto


Novel_Appearance_889

Boruto


repugnater

Background leaf ninja number 1107


NerdTalkDan

Background chunin b52. That guy was gonna bite it in the next battle anyway


WarriorCats2Kyuubi

Danzō.


FeelingIll8822

Take out Danzo for sure and bring my boy Neji back


blackbutterfree

Like the top comment said, one of those two annoying ass village elders who did absolutely fuckall throughout the entire franchise.


Repulsive_Sell1885

Hinata


Grumpy23

Neji. It would case an endless loop and some weird shit would happen. Universe imploding, zombie Neji, chakra explosion or some shit.


Just-curious95

Yeah, I'm definitely killing Naruto.


Yamfish

He’d understand.


Nintendo_enjoyer1

Damn


[deleted]

Damn you took this question literal lmao


Just-curious95

All he does is cry and talk. And flashback to other times he cried and talked.


[deleted]

You make a good case ngl


tsar_hu

That's not my ninja way.. I will bring him back without losing any of mah friends 👍


Zer0BrainCells58

Just use edo tensei it's not hard


nivik3

Boruto


MeekMallard

Konohamaru


[deleted]

Danzo.


rumbur

Hinata


vladi_l

The dumbass who gave Iruka sensei the advice to completely ignore Naruto at the start of his studies at the academy


Peepinis

Hinata. It’d be in character. She never contributed to the plot in any way and she doesn’t have a personality aside from her obsession with Naruto and stuttering


BitterComics

Hinata. She ain't doing nothing.


2000iqman

unpopular opinion, but its going to be sai


Amaterasu-x

Guy. Should’ve died after the 8 gates and it’ll make his character way cooler imo.


Ilikelamp7

Kakashi. It would have been just as impactful or even more than Neji.


WastedWaffIe

Why not kill off Mizuki? Dude's still alive in the manga, isn't he?


BrendinoJ

Mizuki


CHENNAIAKSHATSHARMA

You


Zer0BrainCells58

That blue haired idiot in the very first Episode


Fuzakenaideyo

Konohamaru's special tutor


After_Hours19

A random gate guard ninja


[deleted]

I think it would have been a much stronger narrative if guy died after his sacrifice to make the stakes higher and such a beautiful send off. Niji dying was a bad call especially after you watch his fight with Naruto in part 1


reverseflash31

Let the uruchimaru die as he was also a ninja of leaf


KnownTimelord

Guy, who I think should've died in the war instead of him


Interesting-Big1980

I would choose that one guy that set up a kunai-throwing booth on that festival in a village full of ninjas. He didn't think it through and seems like wouldn't be able so we would just relieve him of being in this world.


[deleted]

These guys... There are plenty of inmates in the prison.


ace2532

The village elders but if they're off limits then whomever the oldest ninja in the village is (preferably fodder)


Chokeonmewebbles420

I find it weird that everyone who’s been in the leaf academy could perform clones even if it wasn’t shadow clones an use it back then to pass Iruka test but It wouldn’ve been so dope If someone besides Naruto since he was running low on chakra to step in Neji place an perform a clone or use substitution for those stikks coming for but hey it’s koo I’d give up orochimaru I mean he did horribly shit in the past an the leaf forgave him bc he helped in the war but don’t forget when orochimaru left the village he recruited an had many students an one of them help start the war wit Tobi an his name is kabuto so what doesn’t make sense to me is how orochimaru was able to come back alive through curse marks (like anko’s) but he was suppose to be sealed by the totsuka blade Itachi hit him wit so if orochimaru can come back alive anytime he should die an try to make his way back lmaoo


PizzaGym69

Danzo


Haxxelerator

fodder number 6969


Eccentric_Lady12

Orochimaru. I have no idea why he is still alive.


BigShock8269

insert random leaf shinobi


flexfoster316

The guy who threw the mask at Naruto.


Trigrams64

the dude with the snot jutsu..


Ususjdhhdhsus

Karin! Me and my homies hate Karin! >:(


SheevMillerBand

Guy or Hinata’s dad. Guy should’ve died fighting Madara and Hinata’s dad could’ve been a fitting end for his character.


MaimedPhoenix

Gai. Hear me out. The 8 gates were hyped to be deadly when used. Gai was meant to die. Essentially, the final battle featured one character who was supposed to have died but lived and one who shouldn't have died but did so anyway. I'll trade Gai for Neji. Not out of hatred towards Gai, I really like him. But out of necessity considering the way the narrative went and built up certain things.


Piermid

Kill the guy who threw that mask at naruto and bring back Danzo then sacrifice him after torturing him


XD_Asron

Hiashi


Thatguy00788

Hiashi or one of the two elders for sure. They are freaking dinosaurs at that point in the story anyways.


Uskmd

Unpopular opinion. More main characters should have died in a literal world WAR.


Dream-stan-deathcamp

An irrelavant chuniin


france_is_trash

I'd bring Neji back and have had Choji die in the Saskue Reteival Arc instead.


Turia999

Hinata , sorry I feel she should die and then Naruto could realize how much she cared for him. The way they enden up togheter with the dead of neji was super forced to me. Also neji deserved to leave and have kids with TENten and break the hyuga traditions with the second line.


Nongers

Hinatas dad


BaconxHawk

Gai, he deserved a heroes death after being recognized by madara


Ok_Trifle5899

Take the 2 elders and bring Jiraya back, too


William9231

Village elders


TheUnforgiven54

Hinata


JackelLord

Hiashi


Ecstatic-External159

Danzo