Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25265296-20150729190244/@comment-5936871-20150729215531

MJM1035 wrote: Well I'm not sure how Neji surviving would have impacted Toneri's plans but I do know that it was his death and Hinata bringing Naruto back to himself that made it possible for Naruto to bring virtually the entire shinobi world together agnaist Madara and Obito, via the chakra cloaks he gave virtually every member of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Besides I suspect Naruto's rekindled desire to fight was contributory to Obito's emergence from the darkness and his consequent turning on Madara. Also if Neji had survived that scene with Naruto and Sasukes Susano clad Nine Tails Transformation wouldn't have been nearly as poignant because one of Naruto's classmates would have had to be left behind when they did that halo of Rasengan thing. Finally I have just one more thing to say and that is given that Toneri could pose a challenge to Naruto, who along side Sasuke had sealed away a veritable goddess (aka Kaguya), probably means that unless Neji grew as much comparatively as Gaara did between the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War and the Toneri incident that Neji would be little better equipped to handle Toneri than Naruto was at first. Which is why someone else could have died instead of Neji, to allow the same events to happen. Also, Toneri sent puppets to kidnap Hanabi for her Byakugan. If he did the same for Neji, he would have wrecked those puppets. Especially considering the fact that Naruto beat those puppets up easily and so did Hinata to some extent without that much of a problem, so, I don't see why Neji wouldn't be able to do the same considering he is significantly better at taijutsu than Naruto is and Naruto did the same using only taijutsu while in his base form. So he would have to come personally himself to kidnap Neji and take his eyes and even that wouldn't be easy.