Thank you all for joining the Chunin Exams journey these last couple months, it’s been so fun. I hope everyone enjoys the holidays :) Merry Christmas

I've never understood why reaction videos are so popular despite watching a good amount of them, but your videos make it crystal clear. I've seen this show probably 3 times already, but these videos really make it feel like I'm sharing something with a friend and seeing them enjoy it the way I did the first time. It really recaptures the magic. You're doing really well dude. Keep it up. Can't wait for the next arc. The Konoha Crush Arc is one of my favorites, and one of the most criminally underrated arcs in all of Naruto.

BLOOD, ITS MY BLOOD! Might be my favorite line delivery in the entire dub. Liam O' Brien did a fantastic job

For the clone jutsu stuff, to put it into Dragonball terms: The clone jutsu is the more basic, creating only images. It's more like the afterimage technique. The shadow clone jutsu is way more advanced, it creates actual physical copies. It's more similar to the multiform techniqie

"How are we gonna get through the whole tournament?" That's the neat part...we don't.😉

Hinata coughing blood and Kiba like “you need some water or something”

"People called me a failure. I'll prove em wrong." Hardest line in the entire Neji fight 🔥

Shikamaru was actually one of Naruto’s first friends. He didn’t give a shit about what everyone told him or why people thought they should hate him. They would just chill at the playground.

Something which most people don’t think about when talking about the Hyuuga incident is the fact that Cloud is definitely stronger than Leaf right now. Konoha lost a lot of Ninja from the Nine Tails attack. Not to mention losing the fourth Hokage also just makes them look weak. Most of the other nations are also not at peak strength as we’ll come to learn later cuz of the events that’ll be explained later. Cloud hasn’t suffered any major losses recently and Leaf couldn’t afford to piss them off and go to war right now. So the Hyuuga thing makes more sense when you look at it from the context that Leaf is weaker than Cloud right now.

Honestly, I never understood how Gaara was still allowed to just roam free and participate in the Exams after he outright tried to murder Lee not only in front of 2 Genin, but also one Jonin.

FUN FACT: The "Caged Bird" symbol that Neji has on his forehead like a curse is different in the manga. In the manga, the Manji Symbol is shown, which in Asian nations is a symbol of prosperity, health and good luck. The controversy related to that Manji symbol in the manga broke out when the manga appeared in the West, which is why the symbol had to be changed in the anime, because what the Japanese see as Manji, we in the West see as the Nazi Swastika. Neji literally wears a Swastika on his forehead in the manga.

That Gaara va went soo hard "Blood it's my blood" everytime I replay it, gives me chills

That's correct. Clone Jutsu is a beginner level jutsu taught to all ninja in formation (Bunshin). Shadow Clone (Kage Bunshin) is a high level technique that means creating a solid, independant double out of "Shadow", its a difficult technique, and the only other ninja we see do it up to this point are Kakashi and Sarutobi. Other tribes and ninja have different clones, water, sand, mud, etc.

You must understand that the cloud ninja was on an espionage mission. Capturing a Byakugan so they can study it would give the Lightning country a huge advantage over Konoha. The result of not caving in would have been all-out war between the two countries.

The biggest thing to know about the Hokage not wanting to enter into was with the lightning village, is that the Hokage had lived through multiple shinobi world wars. In addition to that, he was an old man who had already retired once. Then take into account the attack by the 9-Tails, and Konoha really wasn’t ready for a war, either mentally or tactically.

Neji is pretty damn cool. And he has some of the best character development out of Naruto’s class

Kakashi actually did cut lightning in half before it hit the ground. At this point in the series he is a lightning-timer in terms of speed.

bro when i first started watching you i thought you would of had hundreds of thousands of subscribers you definitely have the quality of someone who does keep up the good work bro and merry christmas

In shinto lore, a man named Dōsetsu used a sword called Chidori to cut a lightning bolt in half, killing the lightning god inside. Afterwards, he renamed the sword Raikiri (lightning blade in english). That's why Kakashi's Chidori was renamed after cutting lightning in half.

You forget, even if you lose the Chunin exams you can still pass based on your performance

Idk if they explained it in the show or not at this point, but I think one of the reasons the Leaf Village folded to the Land of Lightning so fast was because they just got out of a war previously, then had the Nine Tails attack them shortly after, so even at that time when Neji was an even younger kid, the village was still recovering, so they couldn't afford another war and figured one life or the entire village.

Btw shadow clone Jujutsu isn’t forbidden multi shadow clone jujitsu is forbidden because for most people it take to much chakra and will kill them

Pretty sure Naruto saying he failed the Shadow Clone test was an error. It was the normal Clone jutsu the test was on. Shadow Clone Jutsu is a Forbidden jutsu, but to my understanding, it's forbidden for anyone under Jonin level to learn it, that or it was banned very recently in history, so its possible others know of it. It is definitely more of Narutos' move now (seeing as he can make hundreds of them). That part was a little confusing to me as well

It's crazy, the sound you made at the end of Neji v Naruto was exactly the sound we wanted to hear when Rock Lee dropped his weights.

Maan it's like watching this shit again for the 1st time back in 2003! Loving the reactions, can't wait for the next episode. And please, please skip the fillers, need to see Shippuden ASAP! 🙏

Regarding the Hyuuga-incident with the Land of Lightning: keep in mind, the reason the Head Cloud Ninja was in the Leaf in the first place, was to sign a Peace Treaty. In other words, they had just finished fighting a war. Also this was just three years after the Nine-Tails attack, in which the Leaf lost a large number of their ninjas, including the Fourth Hokage. The Leaf plain and simply didn't have the manpower to continue fighting a war. That said, you're right. One of the main overarching themes of the series, is that peace bought at the cost of bloodshed, lies and manipulation is not real peace.

about nejis dads sacrifice, if the village was to go to war with the land of lightning then the end result would be terrible for the village because they would have less soldiers due to casualties and in doing so other villages can invade a weakened konoha.

don't worry that chunin exams are over because in upcoming episodes bigger fight is coming than any of them till now

25:39 OMG, it's the Yamcha pose!

I’ve been checking your channel every day waiting for a Naruto upload finally

Don't worry, you'll get your grand finale in the next 12 episodes or so! 😉 Can't wait, my fav part of OG Naruto

Omg it’s a Christmas miracle. Ive been waiting for this to drop, been checking everyday for it! Great content!!

You're the man, its always fun seeing other anime fans react/join in to one of the greats. Awesome commentary btw, its fun to see your thoughts throughout where some reactors just wait till the end to make comments! Glad you enjoying, i'll be tuning in for whats to come :D

Nice man been rewatching Naruto with you this way. Love it

Garaa was probably thinking. "Please don't tell me he is also going to drop leg weights and open gates like the other guy did. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

i think him saying failing the shadow clones is just a translation error, the final exam was to create a regular clone not a shadow clone

Best reaction ever, cant wait for you to continue with the next episodes and arcs

You are similar to me I was a Dragon Ball fan since 5 y.o until I founded Naruto and my life changed. This is the best anime that I have ever seen fighting scenes, drama, sadness, every emotion all in this anime.

ive been waiting for this for so long, great content

WOO!!! Love seeing your videos show up in my notifications. Keep up the amazing content. Also the reason Kiba and Kakashi took note of the ANBU being present / how many of them there were is because when ANBU are involved someones getting disappeared or the potential fall out is on an international level. So to see them out in force for what's basically a school test would set off alarm bells.

Ooooooh boy, I cannot wait for the next arcs you're going to go through. You're really approaching the climax fast.

So afew things to note: 1, why gaara wasnt thrown in jail: You gotta keep in mind that gaara is the kazekages son. In the sand village the kage line is more bloodline based unlike the leaf so gaara is in a way royalty hence why they couldnt just detain him. In other words, political reasons. 2, the cloud village situation: Keep in mind at the time that happened konoha had just gotten out of a war, lost the fourth hokage, lost MANY shinobi to the nine tailed fox attack, and just the fact that the cloud village is/was stronger then konoha. They would've no doubt lost as they didnt have the means to start or finish a war. Also the fact that the third hokage had lived through, fought, and led in THREE major wars before this... he was tired. Going to war with the cloud would've been unbelievably stupid and it was better to sacrifice one life vs the life of everyone in the village. One more thing, gaara is one of the most beloved, well written/developed characters in the show. You will learn his backstory in this upcoming ark (konaha crush ark) and even if you feel no sympathy for him now, trust me, you will. I find it funny that you keep calling gaara a serial killer cause, they're ninjas, they kill. Kakashi and gai probably have a even higher body count then him and it was the forest of death and they did sign a concent form for that reason so... Not saying gaara wasnt psycho, but if you're gonna call him a serial killer then you should also call all the chunin, jonin, kages, anbu, etc serial killers too. Just found that amusing.

Was waiting for this really bad, this and AOT. You are the best, keep pupping this reactions! And Merry Christmas!!

Always looking forward to these binges! Absolutely love these videos

This was my first time watching this section in dub. I didn't realize Hinata's grandfather was voiced by the same VA who does Danzo in Part 2.

Your reactions are so cool, as always. I discovered your channel with your Naruto reactions, and as a huge Naruto fan (grew up with the series), seeing you discovering the anime and reacting to it is priceless. Love to see that you are enjoying it, and hope you will continue to enjoy it until the end. For me, the anime is really flawless, every arc is better than the previous one and it really has moments that hits you right in the guts and can get you emotional. Shipuden is also great, but only if you remove all the fillers, and there are a ton of them compared to Naruto, where you have one filler arc in the middle of the anime and then all the other fillers are added after the main story, so you can watch it as a bonus or not.

Beautiful! I literally checked your channel last night hoping for this upload. Appreciate you homie!

i watched all this in my early 20s and getting to see someone else enjoy this really is a treat. keep going dude.

mad respect to the stadium crowd for not leaving and listening to all the yapping instead of seeing a fight. + Naruto one punch slapped the sense into Neji

said it all on Patreon so just a quick show of appreciation for your great work and a really fun ride :D hoping we can keep this journey going for a long time and explore all there is to it :)

Your reactions are so cool, as always. I discovered your channel with your Naruto reactions, and as a huge Naruto fan

Aaaaaaaaaah I need these videos to come out faster. It's like watching naruto all over again. I ficking love you perspective on the episodes thus far and your insight, it's so appreciated lol. Keep up the good work, and so long as it isn't detrimental to your own mental health...please get these episodes out faster! Hahaha😂

Dude I have to say you have the best commentary I have ever seen. you are hilarious thanks for the vids

They didin't change the line "because people called me a failure, i'll prove them wrong", Naruto punched Neji so hard, he's probably remembering the alternative version with probably lots of alternative conversation's he had throughout that day XD

Genma is actually hella cool but he never gets super fleshed out, I hope he gets shown more in the upcoming manga about the 4th hokage since he was one of his personal bodyguards.

His dad saying “ choose your own destiny hit the original point of the show so well

Clone technique explanation: Clone technique -Illusion images, Basic Shadow clone - physical copies, more advanced Multi-shadow clone - A f ton of shadow clones. Forbidden technique, because it would drain so much chakra it could kill you. Naruto just has so much chakra naturally (even without the fox) that he can use it without issue.

Sakura was always good at distinguishing genjutsu from reality. At least after the first training lesson. In og Naruto her main strong points are her defense against genjutsu, her amazing chakra control, and she is very smart. These characteristics carry into Shippuden obviously as well. She is actually my fav female character in Shippuden.

Awesome content as always Raiju :D Was hyped about your reaction to Naruto vs Neju and was not disappointed. Gotta give props to you to stop here, now shits going to be going down!

Don't worry, that fight will continue... in a way. And it will be as epic and you can imagine.

Ayyyye the fucking goat back with another Naruto reaction, so blessed to have 1 hour and 14 minutes of peak reaction content

Congratulations on ten thousand subscribers. You totally deserve it. I'll also be here when you hit 100k.

Wait for next video. Love Naruto reaction from you❤️

I just noticed he wants to be a cloud pushed around by the wind. He married temari who pushes him around and uses wind jutsu lol.

I just binged all these videos and now I'm sad there's not more. hopefully the next episode isn't months away :D

Was literally just thinking about you uploading this next part! Thanks for the upload bro, Merry Christmas!

finally ... ive been waiting for more reactions ;)

Merry Christmas :) Your vids are like a present on this day. Not everyone has much family or friends to celebrate the holidays with, so simply enjoy watching something fun like Naruto with others must be a blessing for those that need the company. If anyone ever feels lonely, know that you aren't alone in this world despite those feelings. Here we are likeminded people, just having a good time watching anime! :D Happy Holidays!!

This is easily the best Christmas gift I could ask for. Thank you. I can't wait to follow you on the rest of this journey, believe it!

Your little comments on what's happening in some moments make the reaction perfect 👌❤

Never clicked this fast on a video! What a great Christmas present, man! =)

Been waiting for this one 🔥

i swear to god there is nothing better than watching your binge videos and eating noodles. you trully are an amazing guy! Keep it up man, much love

0:48 “don’t you dare touch my hokage” while Garra holding back his urge to kill him 🤣

Please continue. I'm loving watching along with you. There's so many things I want you to see. No spoilers, but it just gets better dude.

Can’t wait for the next reaction! As a relatively new Naruto fan about 2 years since I started watching it start to finish. I’m now reading the manga for the first time so seeing fresh reactions that are similar to mine is so cool! Also glad I waited til I was older to watch. (In my 20’s currently)

I have been waiting all week for this bro!! believe it

I’m a big new fan of yours~ I’m loving these reactions, stayed up until 8AM binging all of your Naruto reactions~ keep up the great work!💞

Please keep these going i will watch all of these all the way through 🙂

Bro I can't wait to rewatch it all through your eyes

Thanks for the early Christmas present 🎁 Soloraiju and merry Christmas

just finished the video, very well done ! i was also bummed out we didnt get the whole exams . stuff is gonna go down, 2 great arcs comin up!!!!! keep up the awesome vids pal! merry christmas

yes we finally got another video im looking forward to this one

BEST XMAS GIFT EVER THANK YOU SOOOO SOOOO MUCH KING

SHIT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN NOW AND YOU WILL SEE ONE OF THE FIGHTS WHICH I ENJOY IN NARUTO THE MOST. And amazing reaction as always. And you know Naruto's strongest attack is Talk no jutsu, so you will get many amazing quotes in the show. For me, Naruto and Bleach probably have the best OST and am so happy that you are enjoying them too

love your reactions, hyped for the next one !

it's really nice to see someone kinda cheer for Neji even before seeing his backstory lol. I love naruto because a lot of the people the main characters are ''against'' are often just as much in the right.

These videos are awesome! Looking forward to your next video!

Another banger as always. Everytime you upload some Naruto reactions I just binge it and cry because the next part will release in two weeks. Merry Christmas and happy new year mate, cheers.

@SoloRaiju Your Naruto vids are poppin off, looking forward to more content!

new upload less gooooo!! if I had any money right now, I would sub to your patreon. Keep cooking up these naruto videos!

Christmas came early! I was waiting for the next one to drop off Naruto!

Low key been waiting for this

It's a crying shame that for as awesome as the 8 trigrams is, it never actually finished a fight against its target.

Congrats on 10k subscribers love the content keep it have an amazing Christmas

Lee ACTUALLY gave gaara PTSD😂he's definitely never EVER recovering from that ass beating...EVER

The timing of this is insane you can see what time I liked your last Naruto video from 2 weeks ago😂

Happy Holidays! Looking forward to the next arc, definitely one of my favorites.

Best comment of the video "You just gotta avoid the one that gives you cardiac arrest, Naruto" LMAO

YES YES YES SOLORAIJU POSTED LESGGOOOOOOOOO