That was what I love from Akatsuki. They did not only rely on some omnipotent power or unlimited chakra but also with tactics and strategies. I love how they combining their each unique skills with some tactics to face some bijuu or powerful foes who much stronger than them.

Best thing about this? Gaara lost. A character we grew to love. He lost. This right here is how you introduce a villain squad. The Akatsuki came to catch bodies. This fight made the Akatsuki feel like a real threat. Cause everyone in the reaction all thought Gaara was gonna win. Nope. Gaara got outsmarted and outplayed. Genius writing by Kishi.

I see this fight a thousand times a year and I continue to impress as if I have never seen it lmao

Great fight especially to start shippuden

U see , every akatsuki duo was fantasticly made and thought for .. . Deidara and sasori were the perfect to get teamed up . Different views of art . An instant flash of death or a long lasting life .. . Deidara really lived up to his hype ( wooped and nearly killed garra immediately after time skip , which only made us all terrified of the akatsuki further more ) and died in the best way possible . Becoming art itself .. . Shippuden villains were packed 💯🔥❤

Long awaited video thanks man :D

Love this fight so much.

Ur my fav Naruto reaction channel bro keep up the content

Deidara is my favourite akatsuki members of all.

The Fact the Theme played right after Deidara catched Gaara was soo damn scary. Hero loses Villain wins

Kishimoto : Okay, First episode of Shippuden, Light Episode? Nah, Gara Dead.

That time when akatsuki scared the shit of me..i never thought gaara would lose here..

Deidara is very dangerous

I love how the sand village is using explosive tag bolts as anti air! That first shot of all of them was probably them ranging the target.

12:47 great speech

People don't understand that strategy and tactics are type of strength as well.

Love reaction Animaechan

The first time I saw this fight the only thought I had was "Yes Deidara is strong, but he had to use a ruse to win". I think it was everyone's thought for how he was presented, despite the fact that it was immediately pointed that he simply had not prepared well (little clay) and above all he could not kill Gaara. Going forward with the series instead you understand that the difference between the two was really a lot in favor of Deidara

Too be fair. The villain did a good job in playing on the heroes weakness. Protecting the innocent. If Gaara hadn't used up all his chakra protecting the village. He would have won.

Next Sasori vs Kankurou

Deidara goin head on with a jinchuriki on his own VILLAGE AND ENVIRONMENT ADVANTAGE. 😲

Art is bakahaats, kaats

This is the best fight in the anime in my in my opinion The only fight in the sky all the time And the firat time we see an akatsuki other than kisame & itachi And this fight show us how Deidara is really smart and strong and calm all the time before he get nerfed He could kill garaa is seconds with c4 but pain order him to bring garaa alive

Dediara outsmarted Gaara so bad in this fight. Ok Gaara was protecting village and fighting at the same time but Gaara had much much more advantage here because of Sunagakure's sand and Deidara wasn't prepared much and he was holding back because of his mission.

I will never not mention the fact that Deidara tried to nuke a village on a kidnapping mission. Straight menace

Noice

Honestly it doesn't matter much who won this , What made this amazing are the characters involved in the fight, 2 psychopaths.

What an outsmart lmao

you should do a kankuro vs sasori

Oh thx, go next something with Itachi

All these "Gaara would've won if he wasn't protecting the village" comments are hilarious. So what? Shinobi are meant to use underhanded tactics to win a fight no matter what, Deidara took advantage of that.

Deidara is still stronger than Gaara for all who think its bc they fought in the village instead of the middle of nowhere. First, Deidara is faster than the sand, meaning a speed battle would go to him bc of his quick moving explosives. Second, in a ranged battle, deidara would also win. His speed compiled with his extraordinary range, Gaarta would be hard-pressed to hit him. Deidara was choosen bc he can perfectly counter all of Gaara's attacks with his own. he can destroy large portions of sand while being fast enough to avoid the said sand. If gaara fully transformed, he couldn't tank a c4. If gaara tried for close range or mid range, many of deidaras close to mid range attacks (the ants and centipedes and other shit like that) would bypass the sand. The only chance to beat deidara is taijutsu. Then again, both aren't really shown to even know taijutsu. I would bet that Deidara would win a straight up taijutsu match bc Gaara was shown to be absolutely abysmal at it. But im not going to judge on that bc that wouldn't ever happen in a fight between them. Another thing to mention is Deidara (despite popular belief when concerning the battle) is very smart. he actively plans traps to lure the enemy and sneak expolsives inside defences. I don't think gaara could win a game of strategy against Deidara. Deidara would win a 1v1 with gaara in the middle of the desert with mid to high diff.

Katsu!

I prefer this fight in the manga. It wasn't dragged out and it made Deidara look much more intense.

You should upload these with the English dub!

Man I love Deidara

this fight is one of the best when I watched before. but I hate to see Gaara here. he is so weak when he lose at his own place🥴

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kankuro vs sasori!!!!

si o gaara soltasse o shukako ele ia ganhar

All of these reactors would die in the shinobi world for even underestimating Deidara, an akatsuki member lmao

His sand can't get deidara, a sand that block amataratsu three times at point blank reach, sure.

deidara is so cute😍

Gaara Janai, Katsura Da!!

someone says that he cannot kill gaara lol he could destroy the entire village. he is holding back because of the mission.

Deidara was just playing and he was unprapared but he managed to win with ease, imagine deidara at his full power, he could've erase the entire sand village in a moment lol

Yes deidara wins good Work deidara

ou of pocket but as a kid i was so afraid of deidara with his weird ass hand mouth thingy

Gaara had to protect the village and it was plot because in the manga the tailed beast were captured. It’s a good fight but I think it would be more interesting with no plot in an open field

I think Deidara is smarter than Gaara

Deidara usou C3

deidara i love you so much😍😘

Till this day now that I think about it where tf was tamari? They never said anything about her being on a mission or being gone if she was there he would’ve never been captured tbh🤷🏿‍♂️

Next gara, gara, gara, gara

Poor gaara.. deidara was one of the worst opponent for him.

Deidara>>>Sasuke

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Gaara just playsafe here. To be honest Deidara can be defeated easily if Gaara went all-out with his power but Gaara do his duty to save his village from any harm and danger as a Lord Kazekage. If Gaara was all-out in this fight, Deidara is probably lose / K.I.A but Hidden Sand villagers life will exposed to risk and danger. It was a great character development for Gaara, from being an ruthless jinchuuriki into a responsible village Lord.

Gaara would have won, if it was not in his village He focused more on protecting the village

These comments lol Gaara wouldve bodied Deidara if they fought in a neutral place!!!

Next naruto cry and angry look gaara die

Why could Deidara not just fly far out of range? why did he hover just in range? so sasuke could do some jump shit. When he attacked Gaara he was shown using extremely long range explosives yet vs Sasuke he needed to be "just out of range". Why is that? because the mangaki realized that he had given Deidara a power that if he used it properly he would simply be unbeatable since he could just fly around in the air far out of range dropping giant or pinpoint explosives on anyone. Hell his nano bombs would wipe out entire villages. Why did he start using mines small bombs, and all kinds of weird stuff like clay puppets instead of just flying up in the air and dropping the thing that WOULD have destroyed pretty much the entire sand village? Because the mangaki keeps writing himself into corners so he needs to come up with more and more rules and bullshit to keep the manga from falling apart. Even if this means breaking previously established rules like summonings and chakra. Deidara was by a longshot the most powerful member of Akatsuki. The mangaki either realized this and decreased his powerlevels after the Garaa fight or he is retarded like the main character. This entire show is made for retards who do not know any better. and all you fuckfaced fans who defend this piece of garbage with bad logic, contradicting rules and other forms of sad shit are fucking dumb.