Anime Battle Royale- Minato Vs. Edward
Character Analysis: Minato Namikaze
Minato Namikaze is a shinobi from the Naruto universe. He is the father of Naruto Uzumaki (whom the series is named after, obviously), and husband to Kushina Uzumaki. Minato is the Fourth Hokage, deciple of Jiraiya (one of the legendary Sannin), and sensei to Obito Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin Nohara.
Minato was an exceptional shinboi prodigy as a child, and took interest from Jiraiya, who took him in as his personal apprentice. With a member of the legendary Sannin guiding him, Minato learned to hone his shinobi skills. He would later on become a prime factor in conflicts between the Hidden Leaf and the Hidden Cloud Village. Finally, after years of training and hard work, Minato was recommended for the position of the Fourth Hokage.
Minato's strength lies in his quick wits and powerful techniques. His signature technique, the Rasengan, was developed after observing a Tailed-Beast Bomb. He spends a large portion of his life perfecting the Rasengan, and has developed it to an extraordinary degree. In addition to this, he has also developed a large variety of techniques, and has mastered Fire Style, Wind Style, Lightning Style, Ying Style, and Yang Style. The techniques that he has been shown to be capable of using are: Reaper Death Seal, the Flying Thunder God Technique (and variations), Rasengan, Shadow Clone Jutsu, and the Summoning Technique. These are the techniques he can perform in any of his forms.
The Reaper Death Seal, a "suicide" technique, is very risky in nature. The user summons the Shinigami (death god) and invokes the seal. This causes the Shinigami to reach through the user, toward the target, and steals the soul of both the target and the user. It is risky because the entire soul is not always pulled out of the target, as it depends on how much chakra the user has left compared to the target. As such, it is usually used only as a last resort. After this technique, the user dies.
The Flying Thunder God Technique is a technique developed by the Second Hokage and was learned by the Fourth. This technique involves placing a seal on any object or surface (including an opponent), then using that same seal at any time to transport the user instantaneously to the seal. The seal can be placed through brief physical contact, and never fades from the target. Minato uses kunai marked with the seal to transport himself around the battlefield at will, often times using it to escape enemy attacks or attack from a blind spot. He can also use this technique with his Shadow Clones, allowing for a more efficient means of overtaking his opponent.
The Rasengan is Minato's signature techinque. This technique involves the user concentrating a mass of chakra in their hand and rotating it incredibly rapidly. The chakra becomes so concentrated that it becomes visible. Due to the chakra rotating at high speeds, the target is sometimes shown to fly away in a rapid spiral. The technique's power is strong enough to easily break through solid rock, and even reinforced steel and powerful defensive techniques. Minato often times uses this in tandem with his Flying Thunder God Technique for devestating destructive power.
The Shadow Clone Jutsu, made famous by Minato's son, is another useful technique. This technique involves the user creating multiple copies of himself that can interact with the environment. These clones aren't very durable normally, and are often dissipated with a strong strike. These clones are completely indistinquishable from their creator, save for through special techniques such as a Sensing Technique or the Sharingan. These clones are shown to be capable of having their own thoughts and taking their own actions, independant of the creator, though they are always working with, instead of against, of their creator.
The Summoning Technique is a technique that allows the user to summon any animal they have a contract with to their position. This technique requires a lot of chakra to perform because the user is transporting, often times a large animal, through space to where they are currently located. High-level users of this technique, like the Animal Path in the Six Paths of Pein, can use this technique to summon large creatures within the bodies of other people. Minato uses this technique to summon the same giant toads as his sensei and his son.
Minato, as mentioned before, has multiple forms. This is due in part to the fact that the Nine-Tail's chakra was far too large for Minato to seal the entirety of it within Naruto, so he sealed the other half of Kurama's chakra within himself. Thus, he is able to enter Nine-Tail's chakra mode. In this mode, he has the ability to sense the chakra and presence of others, and can notice attacks without having to see them, similar to the abilities of Sage Mode. His physical strength, chakra levels, and speed increase drastically while in this form. Also, in this form, Minato is capable of performing a Tailed Beast Bomb. A Tailed Beast Bomb is a concentrated mass of chakra with terrifying destructive power. A Tailed Beast Bomb from Nine-Tail's chakra mode is capable of leveling a mountain with ease.
In addition, Minato also has access to the aforementioned Sage Mode. This mode is achieved through the user gathering Sage Chakra and blending it with their own chakra. With this, the user of Sage Mode makes themselves one with nature and incorporates the natural energy flowing about them in the environment to greatly increase their attack power and range. Sensing abilities are also greatly enhanced. Ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu abilities are greatly enhanced as well, incorporating the senjutsu (Sage chakra) into those techniques. With this, however, Sage Mode also has disadvantages. To enter Sage Mode, most users must first gather Sage chakra (though Minato is not one of them). To do this, the user must remain completely still, which is impossible in combat. Also, since the user cannot gather more Sage chakra during combat, there is essentially a time limit (usually five minutes) for a single use of Sage Mode. Also, after Sage Mode dissipates, the user is often reported to be very exhausted.
Character Analysis: Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
(Note, assume all Fullmetal Alchemist characters are taken from their Brotherhood counterpart, which is closer to the manga)
Edward Elric is a boy from the Fullmetal Alcehmist (Brotherhood) series. He is an alchemist, and practices the art of alchemy. Alchemy, for those that are not aware, is the art of breaking down a material and reconstructing it as something else. This is normally done through the use of transmutation circles, which allow for alchemy to take place. However, a transmutation circle is not the only thing that is required to be successful at alchemy. Alchemy also requires a precise knowledge of an object or material's chemical makeup; if the alchemist doesn't know the chemical makeup of the object or material, then the transmutation does nothing. This is a crucial component to any and all practicioners of alchemy.
Edward Elric is a unique individual, as he has the rare ability to perform alchemy without a transmutation circle. This innate ability comes from the Gate of Truth, which he visited as a child when he and his younger brother attempted to resurrect his deceased mother. This also resulted in the loss of his right arm and left leg (which was the price he paid to transmute his brother's soul into a suit of armor). To activate this ability, Edward must clap both of his hands together and then concentrate on the result he wishes to achieve. This does not, however, give him the innate ability to do whatever he pleases with alchemy- he must still abide by the law of Equivalent Exchange and cannot perform massive feats with his alchemy, such as creating a very large dome of earth.
Ed's right arm and left leg were replaced with automail by his friend and insinuated girlfriend, Winry. These parts, most often the arm, often broke in the heat of battle, so Winry would need to repair them several times. However, most recently, his automail had been replaced with a material that made the automail lighter and stronger.
Edward is intelligent and analytical. He is able to assess his opponent's strengths and weaknesses, even in the heat of battle, and is able to use this to his advantage. When facing Greed, a Homunculus with a seemingly impenetrable defense, Edward was able to assess what the defense was made of, and was able to render it essentially useless. He is capable of making split-second decisions that often save his or his loved ones' lives.
For this battle, Edward will be given a Philospher's Stone.
Fight!
The gates lifted and in stepped a young man with long, blond hair, a red overcoat, black shirt and pants stepped into the arena. The crowd roared as the contestant entered. Edward looked around, confused as to what was going on.
"What, is this some kind of tournament or somethin'?" He asked quietly to himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome to our first contestant, Edward Elric!" The MC announced, his voice thundering through the arena. The crowd roared in appreciation. The roaring would die down before soon, however, as the gate on the other end of the arena was now opening.
Through this gate stepped a man with blonde, spikey hair, a white cloak rimmed with red and the Kanji for 'Hokage' embroidered on the back, and the standard Jounin uniform. Minato looked around at the crowd, which was roaring again, but quickly turned his attention to his opponent. He sighed.
"And I thought I had finished killing people," He muttered regretfully.
"And now, his opponent- Minato Namikaze!" The MC announced. The crowd once more roared.
"Let's begin the countdown!" The MC boomed. The crowd promptly began the count, starting from three and counting down to one, holding up fingers in correspondence with the number. As soon as the crowd reached zero, the battle began.
Minato was the first to take action, drawing his marked kunai. Edward saw this and threw up a wall in defense; crimson lightning shooting from the Philosopher's Stone.
"Smart kid," Minato remarked. He threw his marked kunai and it stuck into the wall. "Perfect," He said and teleported. He reappeared next to the kunai, removed it from the wall, and gently tossed it over. Edward saw this and dodged it, which was a simple jump backwards.
Did he really think that would work on me? Edward thought. His eyes widened in astonishment as Minato appeared in front of him, just a few feet away, with a full Rasengan held in the palm of his hand.
"Rasengan!" Minato shouted and thrust his hand forward. The Rasengan, however, was buried into stone. Ed had erected a wall in front of him at the last moment.
How did he do that? Ed thought.
Minato, however, followed this attack by once again tossing his kunai over the top of the wall. Ed saw this and clapped his hands together.
"You won't pull off the same trick twice," Ed muttered and waited for Minato to appear.
Minato, however, was smart enough to know the same trick wouldn't work again. He dashed around the side of the wall and drew another kunai. Ed saw him and directed a stone fist at Minato.
Minato teleported to the kunai that he had thrown over the wall and threw the kunai at Ed. Ed raised his automail arm and blocked the kunai. Minato teleported to this kunai and placed his hand on Ed's back, marking him. Ed turned and attempted to strike Minato, however Minato had already teleported back to the wall.
"You're quick," Ed said when this had finished.
"You're not bad yourself, but you can't win this." Minato remarked. Ed smirked.
"We'll see about that," Ed said and clapped his hands together. He began a barrage of attacks, giant stone fists and spikes rising from the ground, Minato dodging this way and that.
"He's not letting up at all," Minato muttered as he dodged a stone fist. He made a hand sign and a clone of himself appeared beside him. "Let's do this," He said to his clone, and they both nodded. They disappeared in a flicker.
Ed stopped his barrage when he lost sight of Minato and looked around. Minato's clone appeared and kicked Ed in the back. Ed counterattacked with a spear, but Minato's clone vanished. Minato himself teleported behind Ed and made to strike him, but was blocked. He was astonished.
"Heh, you think you're so fast, do ya?" He grabbed Minato's arm. "I figured out your little secret. There are markings on your kunai, which let you teleport to wherever they are. I'm right, aren't I?"
Minato smirked.
"Yes, that's right. However," He formed a Rasengan in his hand. "You shouldn't have grabbed my arm."
Ed realized his mistake almost too late. He raised his other hand, the one with the Philosopher's Stone in it, and punched Minato in the face. The Rasengan disappeared and blood flew from Minato's mouth. Ed followed the punch with a swift kick, knowing that giving Minato time to recover would be a fatal mistake. He kicked Minato in the ribs and released his arm; Minato flying across the stadium.
Minato managed to right himself and slid to a stop on his feet. He wiped the blood from his mouth and grinned.
"Interesting," He said.
He summoned two shadow clones and they each drew three kunai. Simultaneously the nine kunai were thrown and the three disappeared. Ed watched each of the kunai, observing Minato and his clones teleporting around. He saw two of them reappear, and waited for the third, but he didn't see him. One of Minato's clones had teleported behind Ed and drew a kunai. Ed looked behind him with surprise.
"What the? How did you get there?" He didn't wait to finish the question before attacking. He clapped his hands together and threw a spear at Minato's clone, who disappeared and reappeared behind Ed.
"Rasengan!" The clone shouted and thrust the Rasengan toward Ed. Ed had just enough time to turn toward the clone so the Rasengan, instead of destroying Ed's vitals, hit his automail shoulder. Ed was sent flying and skid on his good should until he stopped. He winced as he stood.
"Damn," He swore. How was he able to teleport behind me so quickly? Ed thought in confusion. Then it hit him. He took off his overcoat and saw the marking that Minato had placed on him. "So that's how." He said. Then he had an idea.
Minato saw Edward just in time to see him erect a dome of earth. He stood for a moment, taken aback.
Why would he trap himself inside of a barrier? Doesn't he know he can't escape if he does that? Or maybe he thinks my Jutsu won't work in there. He thought to himself. He looked down at the ground, contemplating his next move. But still, I shouldn't hesitate so much. If he truly is planning something, the longer I wait to act, the more time he'll have to prepare a counterattack. He drew a kunai and formed a Rasengan in the other hand. I'll move quickly. If it is a trap, I'll teleport out of there as soon as possible. Then he disappeared.
Minato reappeared inside of the barrier and immediately thrust his arm with the Rasengan forward. His attack, to his satisfaction, hit a solid object. Ed's overcoat was ripped to shreds and the shadowy figure he had seen in the fraction of a second that his Rasengan had illuminated the dome was no longer standing.
Ed grinned. "Heh, he fell for it." He said happily. He clapped his hands together, and, with a boost from the Philosopher's Stone, immediately filled the dome with spikes made of earth. He hoped that he had seen the last of that blonde haired freak.
Minato realized that it was indeed a trap and, at the last possible moment, teleported from within the barrier.
Ed saw a flash of light as Minato reappeared outside of the dome, next to a kunai. He frowned, but noticed Minato wince and favor his right shoulder. He grinned.
"So I did get him after all," He said.
Then he noticed Minato looked different than before. He was glowing with a golden energy that covered his entire body, and seemed to replace his skin and give him new clothes. It looked as if his head was giving off flames, though Ed knew that was only the aura.
"What's with this guy? And what's with his new form?" He asked himself. He was beginning to sweat, this time not from physical exertion, but from nervousness. "I've gotta be careful,"
"Damn, that kid's fast." Minato swore. He could feel the warmth of his own blood on his fingers and he could feel it on his left leg as well. "I actually had to use Tailed
Beast mode to get away. I'll have to be more cautious." He said.
He took his hand away from his wouund and drew two kunai. He drew his arm across his chest and threw one, aiming it at the wall behind Ed. With the second in hand, he charged Ed and in a fraction of a second he was directly in front of him. Ed's eyes widened at the shocking speed that Minato had now attained, but he couldn't think for long because he felt a hard blow to his stomach, followed by sharp pain across his shoulderblades. He could feel the blood pouring from the fresh wound and coughed, his breath having been knockd out of him. Minato let him fall to his knees, but Ed was looking for just such an opportunity. He used the Philosopher's Stone to create a giant hand made of stone, though Minato dodged it. Ed, however, didn't let up. He created countless obstacles, including a gigantic curved wall that prevented Minato from backing up.
Minato's back hit the wall, and it took him by surprise. He looked up at it, but in doing so allowed his guard to be dropped for a moment. Ed created another stone hand and grabbed Minato with it. Minato struggled, but he wasn't able to break free. Ed stood to his feet and wiped the blood from his mouth, smirking.
"Heh, you thought you were so powerful, huh? Looks like even someone like you shouldn't let there guard down. Now I've got you right where I want you." He took a step toward Minato and held out the Philosopher's Stone. "I'm ending this right now!" He clapped his hands together, which wasn't really necessary, but he felt the bravado in the action.
"Let's show him not to make light of us, Kurama." Minato muttered under his breath.
You're right, this puny brat is starting to piss me off. Kurama replied. Minato closed his eyes and waited.
Ed slammed his hands against the ground and used the power of the Philosopher's Stone to surround Minato with stone spikes the size of buildings, knowing for sure Minato couldn't avoid them. He continued to barrage the area, and didn't stop until he was sure Minato was dead. He stood up, breathing heavily.
"Heh, I guess it's over." He said victoriously. He turned, but noticed a trembling of the ground. He looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened with astonishment and shock. He turned his body back around and saw Minato surrounded by the avatar of what appeared to be a golden fox with nine tails. The beast's mouth was open, and a gigantic dark-purple sphere was building.
Minato stood within the aura of Kurama, and watched Ed as the Tailed Beast Bomb built its power. Kurama had stopped the spikes from piercing Minato, and stood stood with his claws holding onto four different spikes.
"You've impressed me to have made it this far, but I'm afraid it stops here. I see now I was wrong to underestimate you, but you have done the same of me. Now, prepare to feel the power of my final technique, the Tailed Beast Bomb." Minato announced to Ed. Ed swore and used the power of the Philosopher's Stone to create a massive dome around himself.
"It's uselsess," Minato muttered. He wove hand signs as Kurama continued to build the Tailed Beast Bomb. He pointed to the dome and erected a barrier with his Flying Thunder God markings on it. Kurama finished charging the Tailed Beast Bomb.
I'm waiting on you, Minato. Kurama announced. Minato nodded and stared at the barrier.
"Do it," He said. Kurama fired the Tailed Beast Bomb and it collided with the barrier. Space warped as the Tailed Beast Bomb began to go through the barrier and be transported. It disappeared and there was a second of silence before a massive explosion shook the arena. Everyone shielded their eyes as the bright white light nearly blinded everyone, a gale of wind and heat rushing past everyone. Kurama's aura faded from Minato, and he landed on the ground. He brushed the hair from his face and sighed.
"It's finally over," He said.
Victor: Minato Namikaze
In this match both sides fought valiantly. Edward Elric definitely gave Minato a run for his money, but in the end, Minato proved to be just too much for Edward to handle. Minato's speed and power were both far above Edwards, and Minato found he didn't need to use Sage Mode. However, Edward is not to be discounted. Edward's intelligence and quick-thinking nearly did Minato in. In erecting a dome around himself, Edward only sealed his fate instead of protecting himself. Minato used his Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder technique to transport the Tailed Beast Bomb directly inside of the dome, where Edward was most exposed. A direct hit from the Tailed Beast Bomb would be enough to end the life of anyone. In the end, Minato's victory was inevitable.
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