What's your favorite Shino moment?

If sakkon tried to enter shino the insects would reject him and eat him alive he would have probably the most horrifying death in the series

Kinda would’ve made it like 5x easier if it was shino and Naruto vs Sasuke and 5x funnier if he is just like standing there

I like how Shino does basically nothing in the manga and everyone just agrees that this person is a HUUUGE threat. Like bro showed up in the beginning, bodied two dudes, then went on a high level jonin mission before doing absolutely nothing outside of filler

Also granted , we are talking about the "Chunin exam" Shino. While everyone from the group of 5 got stronger POST Chunin exams , we dont know what Kishi would give Shino have him went to the mission. Perhaps more OP insects , a summoning jutsu for bigger and better insects , better tracking insects , or hell HE BECOMES A KAMEN RIDER LOL

Shino is basically Gaara with bugs. He would've been too OP for this mission lol .

Its really hard to counter "My insects swarm over you and bite you and drain your chakra" None of the Sound 4 have good speed or defensive feats, so they would just get swarmed. Almost the entire Sasuke Retreval Arc team was entirely Taijutsu based, all of their plans generally became "hit the enemy really hard" Literally ANYONE with an alternate strategy would beat the sound 4 and Shino has that alternate way.

Shino and the Aburame are so under used in the story for the incredible potential they had. Kishimoto could have made the Uchiha genocide more realistic by having Danzo make the Aburame Root members poison the Uchiha Shinobi (without Itachis Knowledge) with slow acting poison from those nasty Aburame bugs before Itachi went in there, so that the Uchiha cant put up an effective defense against itachi. It would make more sense from a tactical perspective from Danzo's position, instead of trusting that a 13 year old who just awakened the MS (which we are not sure Danzo was even aware of) could take out the entire clan cleanly) It would lend more credence to the itachi as tragic hero retcon too, than the "he was sad about it" bullshit.

Shino had so much potential to be one of greatest. I personally think that it is the character most underutilised in the whole anime.

As a joke, you should do a video on how Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten all together would fare against each member of the Sound 4 individually. The Tayuya match up would be funny since she can summon 3 other teammates to "even" the game.

Honestly I think Shino would’ve battled Kidomaru instead of Neji and we could’ve seen bug guy vs bug guy lol

He could clog up Tayuya's flute, keeping it from making sound. For Kidomaru, they could eat through webs. Theoretically.

My headcanon is that Shikamaru and Temari just decided that going after Sasuke sounded like too much trouble and "Naruto's his bro let him cook yeah that's fine he's got it"

Couldn’t Shino have just placed an insect on Naruto to be able to track him? I imagine he would place a tracker beetle on everyone in the squad just as a precaution. Also, great video! You covered some minor plot points that I (and I feel many other people too probably) took for granted, which does change the landscape of how the events go down.

Shino if developed and had accesss to all types of insects could’ve been one of the most op characters ever, some bugs are far better trackers than dogs and some carry deadly poisons and some can cause severe pain when it bites and that’s all in the real world, imagine how it would be in a world where they get enhanced by Chakra and be given abilities

It wouldn't even matter if Shino could beat the Sound Four or not. All Shino has to do is get one tiny insect on either Sasuke or the Sound Four and then just have his insects track them to Orochimaru's hideout and have that information returned to the Hidden Leaf. It's like recon and intelligence gathering is vastly underutilized in the Ninja world of Naruto.

I like adding Shino to the team instead of replacing Kiba because that moment when Kiba busted out the Cerberus it was just so sick. Really wish the Konoha 11 kept on getting more and more abilities and new tech like that. He's also one of my favorite characters, so it'd be a real shame missing out on that moment. I think Kishi kept Shino out of the arc because he's just like a hard counter to the Sound 4 and would have made it so easy and changed the outcome he wanted, unless he just found a way to cheaply take him out during their mission.

Shino has never lost a fight, so Kishimoto knew he couldn't let Shino go with them for dramatic tension. But it still would have had a good plot moment for Shino. He couldn't catch up to Sasuke after his fight with Kankuro, but that would push him to catch up this time around. Also, this made me realize two of my three favorite characters (Shino & Tenten) were both left out of this mission. At least Shikamaru got a lead role in it, but alas... Shino is too strong to be allowed on screen and Tenten is too fast to even be seen. Either that or Kishi knew she'd out rank the other girls for cutest character and had to keep her hidden to give the others a chance.

When the anime opening of this arc remembered shino more than kishimoto himself

Shino is just the most broken character. He stacks up against almost any character. I think that's why the author didn't get into the clan much. If you think about his power, it is just too powerful. It's a direct counter to everything that has chakra, or is made of flesh. Only maybe lava release would melt the bugs.

Conclusion: Shino would be badass had he been used more

Shino is very powerful and I wish he had more fights because insect fighting is unique and adds a layer of intelligence and strategy in his fights

What really interests me is what would happen to Sasuke when he gets brought back. Tsunade believes in Naruto, without a doubt, and would try to reason with him, but I would think Danzo would have tried to take him out to prevent Orochimaru from getting him like in Shippuden.

Short answer: Yes. Shino could probably solo them all together including Kimimaro. Thats why Kishimoto had to keep him out of the arc. I mean theres endless possibilities with Aburame bugs. We already saw him using them stealthy to drain chakra or clog chakra etc. And thats just what we've seen. Imagine he could use some bugs as chakra bombs or full body paralyze. At that point he could verry well be at the power level of a jonin. Thats why in Boruto he even got nerfed

I might be wrong, but i think Kimimaro can buff his defense to the point where Shino can't do much. If he keeps a layer of bones on his skin there is no way for the insects to bite, and drain his chackra. This only works if Kimimaro can protect his eyes though

I think it's funny how adding one member to the team pretty much grants the now Konoha 6 the ability to stomp everyone. Also, I think Kakashi would be incredibly grateful to the team leader too in that situation (Shikamaru) and develop somewhat of a liking to him due his qualities being quite similar to himself at his best.

Nice! Just wrapped up the original series with my girl. After the valley fight( when I said that's the end) she says ..." wait there's 4 more seasons 😰" Told her we'd been skipping ( fillers) and she sorta wanted to keep watching--> 4 episodes later and she's says " yeah that doesn't feel like naruto " 😅

I believe kishi only pushed shino aside after realizing how hard it is to draw him fighting with a swarm of bugs. Shino was cool calm and calculated, he literally had the craziest win at the chunin exams.

For Kankuro to beat Ukon in a 1v1 while standing INFRONT of him and not hiding, tells me shino would’ve wiped the floor with those guys.

I was waiting for a video like this, I always said that they woulda got Sasuke back easily if Shino was there, I think Kishi left him out because he realized that too, I think Kishi realized he made Shino too broken and decides to stop using him, that’s probably why they joke about him being forgotten all the time too.

The bugs could be a good way to tag the sound 4 and follow where they go making things easier. Though if he had to take a fight I'd say tayuya or sakon would be best in a stall game as shino could easily set up especially in the Forrest if the sound ninja in the arena got jumped when nothing covered shino

I really don't get it how people sometimes think that the Uchihas could win agaist Konoha. Like, Shino is just ONE Aburame, he is a genius on his own right?, heck yeah, but still, imagine the scenario of ''What if the Uchihas din't stop the attack and Itachi was on their side'' Short result : They would be destroyed, it would not be a war by any means, it would be a full on massaquer on all Uchihas by the : Aburames, Hyuugas, Akimichis and Naras, mostly, the Aburames that probably are immune to the most of the genjutsus and they cannot have their insects copied.

Imo Shino, despite his skills, having just one more competent and skilled person on the team would’ve changed a lot Similar if Lee left with them I can see him easily taking out Jirobo or Tayuya especially teaming up with Choiji and Shika People also forget due to his bugs being immune to genjutsu, they can always break Shino out of it.

Shino was cracked all through the original Naruto. Then they turned him into a joke from Shippuden onwards. He probably could've given them all a run for their money

As I was thinking about it before and after watching the video Shino just matches so well against the sound four in individual fights... I thought of a theory. Perhaps Shino who normally doesn't show emotion is so visibly hurt by not being part of the team, that maybe that was a secret nod from Kishimoto himself sort of giving a hint or jab to the readers who may have wanted to have seen Shino the secret "Yeah he would have been VERY useful in those fights that's why he wasn't included ;)"

I feel like if it played out the same. Shino would have stayed behind to fight kimimaru. And Lee and Garra would have been there to back him up later. I think kimimaru was just the strongest there, even more so than sasuke, and if it wasn't for his illness, he would have killed Lee and Garra. So I don't think shino would have changed anything

Ofc they would succeed. Remember their first meeting with sound four? When Shikamaru set a trap, but into another trap. Shino is perfect shinobi to counter this case, it would a trap inside another trap inside another trap. In other words things would go rough for sound four from the start, they would have to use cursed seals early to break out...

The truth is that Shino was very OP in the classic. And with the right script, he could win anyone

Before watching the video, can Shino just clogged Tayuya's flute and the bugs are eating her from the inside? That's some horror type of sht

Sauske retrieval is one of the greatest arcs in anime history, saying it's just one of the best of the franchise is underselling it

Shino: "I put bugs on all of you years ago. Sasuke is that way."

I personally think that even if they retrieved sasuke and brought back to leaf. The stubborn ass sasuke would be again try to escape the village bc of the will of his brother and seeking greater power thru revenge. ALSO DO NOT FORGET Orochimaru seal!! On another note i think that even if sasuke would be brought back to the village maybe DANZO would be the one who would want to experiment on Sasuke. You should cover what danzo is, and how powerful he is (politics), as the hidden villain in the story (spoilers), how he transformed his hands thru eyes and wtf he is doing in the underground of leaf village Thanks for the videos love them. Recently completed naruto and naruto shippuden. Helps with the what ifs

So in a nutshell Jirobou has no chance, Kidomaru might snacks on Shino's insects, Tayuya's flute would get clogged, Sakon or Ukon would be traumatized by becoming one with Shino and Kimimaro is basically fighting discount Gaara with bugs

Shino vs Jirobo isn't as one-sided as you think. Unlike Choji who can destroy Jirobo's earth prison, Shino has no counter against it. Also, you assume that Shino's insect one-shot everyone. Not necessarily, the problem is we don't know how fast he drains people of chakra. But FWIW Konan fought all the Aburame's clan for hours and she didn't seem to have been drained of even a fraction of her chakra.

If Shino replaces Kiba, nothing changes. If it's a 6-man team, then that means Naruto doesn't waste time against Kimimaro and catches up to Sasuke early, but he still loses that fight so nothing changes. Unless Lee or Gaara somehow catch up to them at the Valley of the End, in which case... nothing would change either as Sasuke would win a one-on-one fight with either of them at that point.

15:40 Yeah man! The Sound-Siblings. My favorite team from Naruto :P

Im still upset that Shukaku didnt come out to help Gaara against Kimimaro

That is such an unhinged matchup at 12:00 Naruto, Kankuro, and Shino vs Sasuke at the valley of the end is crazy and I love it

Shino have some of the best feats in all of early naruto, never losing a fight and having great battle IQ. Even in shippudden he’s undefeated and has beaten a resurrected kage with no difficulty. They would’ve retrieved sasuke in seconds. Plus his bugs drain chakra.

I feel like everyone is forgetting Shino’s character and the specific events of this arc… the most logical course of events is the 6 genin are stopped by jirobo and Shino being the guy who likes to chill and support from the background will let Choji stay and fight jirobo, and Shino would continue to do this for all the weaker sound 4 members until Naruto and Shino make it to Kimimaro. We gotta remember that in the original timeline Naruto fought with Kimimaro a bit before Lee shows up to let Naruto move on, so in this timeline it is in character for Shino to take on the strong Kimimaro to let Naruto go on to fight Sasuke. Then Lee shows up to save Shino, and Shino and Lee still can’t beat Kimimaro because Gaara and Lee couldn’t even do it. Then Gaara shows up and tbh the three of them might beat Kimimaro before his sickness takes him out and they could rush to Naruto’s aid, but we gotta consider the original timeline, in which Naruto vs Sasuke starts while Lee and Kimimaro are fighting, and in this timeline, Naruto vs Sasuke starts before Lee even arrives most likely, meaning that even if the 3 beat Kimimaro, Naruto vs Sasuke would be over and nothing really changes.

Basically the reason Shino wasn’t involved isn’t because he was on a mission with his dad, it’s because Kishimoto realized that if he was involved his bug justu would have just completely broke the story.

One thing is shino is bout that action, he don't fuck around he literally nerfs himself with worse insects just to make fights harder for him

Could you do a hypothetical video if Shino had the 7 tailed jinchuriki?

Yeah I’m pretty sure Shino woulda destroy Sakkon. He could have his insects drain his own chakra to get sakkon out and then give it back.

Regarding Jirobo vs Shino, we have to remember that Jirobo has the ability to drain chakra either with that rock dome or, in CM2, with just his hands. He still probably loses most of the times, but we don't know how would his ability interact with the insects. Could he actually drain the insects' chakra? With just his hands or through his whole skin? If he is able to "eat" their chakra, Shino pretty much loses. But Shino could hide or flee, I don't see Jirobo killing him. Yet, Shino is pretty smart, so he has that advantage. Imagine Jirobo being the only member of the Sound 4 with a chance to beat Shino despite being the weakest overall just because he is a hard counter to him (in CM2, as tbf I'm assuming he can't drain chakra by just touching the opponent in weaker forms).

The 7 versus 3 part made me think of a scenario where all of the teams go after Sasuke and fight the Sound 5, not only the boys but all of the Konoha 12 + the Sand siblings Actually that could be a nice what if video, even if very similar

6:36 Invade one of the insects' body? Not sure how effective that would be but the image of a human sized arm coming out of a bug just to punch Shino sounds too hilarious to me.

The what-if we didn't know we wanted, but needed.

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A factor you forgot is that the cure mark is a copy of jugo's bloodline ability to passively absorb nature energy and make sage chakra. So the chakra boost they get is safe chakra, which tends to turn the people who absorb it and don't know how to control it to stone. So if shino tries to absorb their chakra in stage 1 or 2 chances are his bug will petrify before they can make a noticeable dent

Kidomaru is the only sound ninja that might beat shino. And it's entirely because of that armor. Shino's insects wouldn't be able to get through it. He would need to create an opening. And it's hard to do that on an opponent like kidomaru.

it was a mistake to not take him. he was stronger than kiba and akamaru from what i could see from both of their performance in their fights (shino kankuro / kiba naruto). shino = kankuro > sakon

I'm more interested in how Shinos bugs would react to the nature energy being drawn into the curse marks.

Shino's the goat fr.Bro never lost a fight

Idk, maybe you have him backing up Kiba? Sakon and Ukon are 2 basically, so the sound 4 are actually the sound 6 with Kimimaro and Ukon. He is Kiba's teammate after all, they should work fine together, as for Kankuro, make him retrieve Neji and Choji. I honestly think the fact that a 12/13 year old was required to go on a mission with his jounin clanhead father is far more impressive than going into the retrieval arc. Shino was done dirty in Shippuden, he would've really been a good way to give more depth to the Anbu and characters like Yamato, Danzo and Sai had the author make him join the organization, that would also explain his lack of action in the story. It's the same thing with the Byakugo seal retcon of Boruto, instead of having Sakura say the new info about the jutsu, they had Mitsuki and Sarada, why lol? Back to my Shino in the Anbu comment, Kakashi didn't really help with the depth of the Anbu (in canon), use Shino, a stablished character to do so since he has the requirements to join would be clever and organic.

In the match up against Jirobo, you didn't mention that Shino has a way to instantly beat the guy. Jirobo needs to keep his hands on the rock to use Earth Prison Dome. And the walls of the dome clearly have gaps. Shino can just order his bugs to exit the dome and swarm Jirobo, starting by his hands. Jirobo won't have time to activate his curse mark, and the Sasuke Retrieval team doesn't even need to leave Choji behind.

I’ve always felt that most of the time in Naruto (especially part 1) Shino got left out because Kishimoto couldn’t figure out how to make him not OP against the enemy types presented.

Well, there are ultrasonic sounds that kill pests, so maybe Tayuya has a special justsu that uses these ultrasonic sounds which act as an insect counter. If I was a writer, I would do something like that and maybe have a coordinated attack injure Shino before they all get separated. Or maybe when Kiba smells the Sand Siblings in the area and was put on edge. Shino volunteers to do some recon as a fellow tracker. They now have the manpower to make the attempt, but this would remove Shino from the fights.

I wished Shino could’ve been an anbu ninja with the way he acts, they could say that he does Anbu missions on the side in shippuden while at times contributing to his original team

Well, they almost got the Sasuke, so of course adding any other member remotely capable would have result in bringing Sasuke back. He walk alone to Orochimaru, with no Chakra and wounded, it was enough for somebody to get there and take back Sasuke after he was weakened by Naruto. But the story was meant for Sasuke to go to Orochimaru, that's why no jonin get there, why Kakashi was late, and why those members were chosen. I can just guess Koshimoto would change the abilities of one of the sound 4 if it were Shino instead of Kiba there, to get another close match. Maybe it would be revealed that the guy who can split is imune to poisons for some reason, and that the cursed seal (which add natural energy, its a form of artificial weak sage-mode) counter the Chakra consuming insects, thus Shino would have to fight in taijitsu and only use insects for clones, tracking, diversión, shield etc.

That fact that shino was sulking about the retrieval mission shows how all of their friendship grew since they left the academy. Man was jealous and angry at the same bc he wanted help his friends as well

Shino was so cool in part 1 i wished he stayed that way 😢

Stuff to rememeber, "Never go to a business trip with your dad"

I would put Shino in the squad, but as a secret Ace in the hole that Shikamaru kept back. To counter Shino on one side, I would probably add a much weaker version of Jugo that would show up with Kimmimaro. He would be the one to fight Shino and would come close ro killing him, but Temari and Kankuro would show up to assist after their battles to force Jugo into a retreat.

I feel like Shino staying behind and fighting Jirobo with Choji would've allowed them to win decisively... then both of them could move forward together and team up 3v1 on the next enemy... 4v1 on the next... and so on and so forth. Eventually they would almost all come upon an exhausted Sasuke and drag him back to the village.

“The only ones who did not participate are shino, tenten, and Ino”. Where did Hinata participate?

I would sell my soul to get a spinoff manga just about the Aburame clan ngl, cause besides the Uchiha they are the most interesting clan in the leaf village in my opinion ofc.

Imagine if the bugs gotten into tayuya's flute.

You know what would have been really effective? Having the party not split up every time they encountered a sound nin. Think about this for a moment. The Sound Nin had a dramatic head start in getting away. The Team had no idea where they were. The Sound Nin have been long distance sprinting this entire Team. Yet, somehow, the Team caught up to them, multiple times, through Kiba. In my opinion it would seem to me that distance and obfuscation will not help the Sound Nin get away. If this were the case the Team would not have been able to catch up to them in the first place. So now we have multiple 5v1s. Because it's a 5v1 the fights should dramatically quicker. The team should also be able to pull these victories off with less expended resources, making them less fatigued for the other battles. Additionally, since they are traveling together, their chances of retrieving Sasuke goes up. After all they do not know if the Sound Nin or not. If they do, and the Team keeps living members might, they might be opening themselves up to a future curb stomp. They also have more resources to use to ensure they actually beat foe. They don't know if their left behind members will win their matches. If they don't those Sound Nin could catch back up and hurt the Team.

Shino's bugs feel like the perfect counter to the Curse Mark, either keeping his opponents from being able to activate it or depleting their chakra to the point they can barely maintain it.

>Almost everyone got to do something! The only ones excluded were Ino, Tenten, and Shino Bro just straight up forgot Hinata even exists lol

I know Boruto is all about the next generation, but Shino, Lee, Hinata, Ino, Shikamaru and Choji realistically all have great matchups for the otsusuki. If you’d like to say choji is too big and too slow alright. If you want to say their minds are too complex or different for ino’s mind transfer to work, okay. But their weaknesses are physical attacks. Lee should be as useful in the 7th gate as Sasuké’s chakra-less ass. And shino’s bugs like Gaara’s sand can’t be absorbed.

VIDEO IDEA: If you lived in the Narutoverse, what would your original character be like? I would be an Aburame clan member who defected to Otagakure (Sound village). I'm a big insect/spider lover as well as a musician, so it fits! 😁

Shino is so underrated.

Shino diffs 3 members of the sound 4 pretty easily. The only argument for Jirobo is his earth prison technique, but Shino’s bugs drain anything that has chakra, not just flesh. This is evidenced by when the bugs ate the chakra out of some explosive tags to make them rendered ineffective. Jirobo’s dome has chakra infused to strengthen it, Shino’s bugs eat the chakra and then they bust out easily. Otherwise Jirobo is easy to take out. Then there’s the other issue, Kidomaru. Like I said before, Shino’s bugs can drain chakra out of constructs, however Kidomaru’s advantage is not his armor, but his stealth and faster attacks. If Shino doesn’t immediately get at least one of his bugs on Kidomaru, then Kidomaru can hide and snipe him long range. Shino is intelligent, but this fight isn’t the 9/10 stomp that the other ones are. This is more of a 6/10 in favor of Kidomaru because of environmental factors and depending on whether or not Shino had time to get a tracking bug on him it could be a bit closer to 50/50. Kidomaru has always seemed like the most powerful sound 4 member though. And then there’s Kimimaro. We really don’t know how fast Shino is at this point in the show, so he may be speed blitzed. But if Naruto and base Lee weren’t speed blitzed immediately then I doubt Shino would be. Then it’s just a matter of getting his bugs on Kimimaro. Since Kimimaro is primarily a close range fighter, and he won’t know Shino’s abilities, there’s actually a fair chance Shino catches him in a bit of a trap. So if that is the case then the question is how fast can Shino drain Kimimaro, or how much more chakra does Kimimaro have than a relatively average ninja at this point in the story. Shino is able to incapacitate Kankuro (not that Kankuro is an average ninja) pretty much as soon as he has his bugs on him. It takes around 3-10 seconds to drain him of enough chakra that he can’t move. If Kimimaro has around 10x as much chakra as Kankuro (which would actually be kinda generous) then it would take 30-100 seconds to drain him of chakra completely. Any attempts to get the bugs off of him would likely be futile, as Kimimaro doesn’t have any known counters to the bugs (just bones wouldn’t work they can still be drained and are unlikely to kill the bugs). Curse mark early changes the game, but curse mark late only slightly helps. Curse mark pulls in nature chakra automatically giving a pseudo sage mode (based off of Jugo’s kekkei genkai), however due to this you need your own chakra to mix with the nature chakra. If Kimimaro is low on his own chakra before using the curse mark, then he likely only has seconds before dying. He could still beat Shino in this time, but it’d be difficult. Depending on circumstances, Kimimaro wins this 1v1 fight 7/10 times

3:18 Didn't know shino was this badass in the manga. Kishimoto should've treated him better instead of being a "forgotten character" gag

Shino vs Shikamaru would be an interesting fight

Shino was the 3rd child danzo wanted in the anbu everybody else he recruited was older and be dub ed it what a legend

Now give Shino some justice in the rewrite.

Shino vs. Jirobo is pretty straightforward, no discussion there. There's a lot of fanfics that posit that Kidomaru is from a Spider-theme Clan that got destroyed by the Aburame during the Ninja Wars, much like Suzumebachi and her Bee-themed Kamizuru Clan from the fillers. Kidomaru's skin tone also indicates his clan might be from Kumogakure, much like the Kamizuru Clan comes from Iwagakure. It's a fun idea that each Hidden Village has an insect-themed Ninja Clan, just like each Hidden Village has their own Jinchuriki, just another part of them Ninjutsu Arms Race Cold War shtick. Definitely a missed opportunity for an interesting thematic fight and worldbuilding there. I like Neji vs Kidomaru, but frankly it would pale in comparison to Kidomaru vs Shino's potential family feud vendetta match. I think Shino could win this, but he'd be only slightly better than Neji was. Tayuya was able to put Shikamaru in a tight spot, so I wouldn't count her out of potentially winning against Shino. Cause Shino's insects are overpowered, but Shino himself isn't necessarily a PHYSICAL power house or very fast. Those Doki Summons hit pretty fucking hard, and Tayuya was smart enough to place Shikamaru in checkmate before Temari came save his ass. Hard to say who's smarter between Shikamaru and Shino, though Shino's advantage is that he's cold-blooded and not lazy like Shikamaru. Uh, your logic on Sakon here is forgetting a crucial point: Sakon and Ukon have a Kekkei Genkai that breaks down anyone's body they come in physical contact with. Given the crazy shit we see Kabuto pull using their Demon Brothers Kekkei Genkai later in Shippuden, I think Sakon ironically would be a death trap to any Aburame Bug that touched their body. Kankuro's advantage is that he uses non-organic puppets. Also, again, Shino isn't exactly the best physical fighter. I think Shino COULD win, but he'd be carried home by Kankuro afterwards, cause Sakon was leading the Sound Four after Kimimaro's illness took him out of the team for a reason. Yeah... Shino's my favorite Konoha 12 character, but Kimimaro would massacre him. Kimimaro TANKED Lee and Gaara. Shino's good, but again he isn't anywhere near Lee's level of martial skill, and Gaara's Sand Control definitely overpowers the insects in many ways (example: Gaara can literally turn any battlefield he's in into a desert, whereas Shino could run out of Insects). We never see canon-Shino pull any insane Ultimate Jutsu stunts like those from the Ultimate Ninja Storm games as a Genin, but most of Gaara's insane Ultimate Jutsu from those games are easily feasible even pre-Shippuden. And Kimimaro's lungs were the only reason Gaara didn't get the Vlad Dracul treatment. Kimimaro takes this, sorry Shino.

Shinobi was one of the top genins. Highly intelligent useful jutsu, and barely lost a fight if not any

Without going into the video (might edit this) here is how I'd imagine certain situations to go: Shino when entrapped with the others - Uses his Chakra eating Bugs and disperses them among the rock which will cause it to crumble due to the overload of chakra needed to keep it up again because them insects be many and nasty. The other Sound 4 Ninjas will still do the same escape but won't travel that far this time. Allowing two people to stay behind with not so much sensory skill needed to follow up after leaving 1 or 2 behind to fight Jirobo. Shino against Jirobo: - My estimation in this would be scenario would be, that Jirobo does not know about the bugs and will confusedly slowly die in this battle even with curse mode. Shino will get a beating in curse mode though. - My more accurate estimation would be that Choji and Neji/Kiba (one of two tracker/sensory) would stay behind and this would cause an even harder beating with both surviving enough to move up to the others after winning against Jirobo. I can also imagine that Shino would leave some surprise bugs that could attack Jirobo unexpectedly. Shino against Kidomaru - Shino would outplay hard on this one. Again this comes down to the feats of how vulnerable Shino would be to the Curse Mark Arrow Shot of Kidomaru. Otherwise I can easily see the same reason Kidomaru lost to Neji would happen with Shino but with bugs instead of a Hakke Kushou. Against the other 3 - He will not fight against anyone here but Tayuya. - He will outplay once again with bugs in the dense forest - He has been shown to be very resistant to Genjutsu. His bugs will probably help him break free (The only Genjutsu we see affecting him has been the Infinite Tsukuyomi) - He will have run out of Chakra at that point and will be unable to continue fighting against Kimimaro or Sakon/Ukon since he wasn't able to consume all the Chakra due to the nature of the mission. - Those two will have an even harder fight since the Chakra reserves of the Konoha Nin are higher this time with always one 2 v 1 possible at their end. Again this is highly speculative since Part 1 Shino is still a big mystery character in terms of bug abilities compared to Shippuuden and his damage resistance apart from the feats shown vs Kankuro/Zaku

Can you please tell me what's the name of the music that plays at the minute 3:07 of the moment that destroyed Sasuke's character video? PLEASE

In my headcannon I whish that there's an other member of the sound 4 (in this case there will be 5) That have similar ninjutsu,tiajutsu as NEJI that way, SHINO could fight Kidomaru in a bugs vs spiders fight MAYBE seeing Shino vs KIMIMARO OR NEJI VS KIMIMARO

Shino under usage is really weird considering how interesting he was in the 2 main fights he partook in. Honestly I always thought shino was pretty cool in part 1

I have been planning to rewrite naruto for a long time but I never got confident to and I plan to make a video soon your video inspired me more so do I have to credit you for it

Can you make more videos on Shino

If Shino was added, I like to think things play out exactly how they originally did, but Shino is still with Naruto when Lee shows up, so they leave Kimimaro to Lee and run after Sasuke together. But as soon as Naruto starts yelling about their friendship, Shino is just like “A lot of intense personal feelings between you guys here. I’m just gonna step back and let you two have this, this seems important.” And just does nothing the whole time.

Shino is op. Like, he defeats all opponents without bs powers. Death murder bugs got on you and you don't regen/poison immune? You're done.

man I dont remember if I even finished Naurto, and I definitely didnt start shippuden but I keep finding myself watching your videos