R1- Genin Neji vs Genin Rock Lee R2- Pain's Assault Neji vs Pain's Assault Rock Lee R3- Fourth Shinobi World War Neji vs Fourth Shinobi World War Rock Lee What do you think?
R1- Genin Neji vs Genin Rock Lee R2- Pain's Assault Neji vs Pain's Assault Rock Lee R3- Fourth Shinobi World War Neji vs Fourth Shinobi World War Rock Lee What do you think?
While the canon states Neji always beat Lee, their abilities show that once Lee opens the Eight Gates, Neji's chances start to plummet. So in every round, it all hinges on whether or not Neji can hit Lee's Chakra points fast enough to stop him from using the Eight Gates. And I'd say he can, since that's basically charging up, so Lee has to stand still. So in every scenario, Neji wins.
However, grown-up Rock Lee can do all of the Eight Gates, so if he did them fast enough, he could beat Neji Hyūga. Also, only three people in Naruto were known to use Eight Gates, so I don't think that's been proven. If they are just charging up, they could still move around.
Metangdude101 wrote: However, grown-up Rock Lee can do all of the Eight Gates, so if he did them fast enough, he could beat Neji Hyūga. Also, only three people in Naruto were known to use Eight Gates, so I don't think that's been proven. If they are just charging up, they could still move around.
We saw how all 3 opened up the Eight Gates, and that required them to stand still and power up like a typical anime character in every instance, if I recall correctly. So it doesn't matter how many gates Lee can open, since opening up to the third is more than enough to take Neji out, but if he can't do it fast enough, Neji wins every time.
Opening up to the third gate is most definitely NOT more than enough to take Neji out. We know this because, Neji doesn't even activate his Byakugan until some point between the third and fifth gate, indicating that his normal awareness was enough to follow Rock Lee's movements. His Byakugan was able to follow Rock Lee still with the 5th Gate open, so all he has to do is block Rock Lee with Kaiten, Air Palm, Gentle Fist Technique: Body Blow, etc, until Rock Lee's body gives out. If that happens, it's over for Rock Lee .0001 seconds later, since he needs a cool down period.
I think Lee wins all rounds. After seeing his display vs Gaara, I was discouraged of the thought that he was stronger than Lee. Neji in my opinion only stands a chance against Lee with his weights on.
Lee was underestimating himself. It's got to be that he lost so much in his earlier years with Neji, that it clouded his judgement. Kidomaru's spiders are one thing, but Lee's speed is another thing. And not only that; He's undoubtedly physically stronger than Neji.
Lee's trump card also, was simply the 8 gates itself. Not necessarily the 5th gate singularly.. Neji was awe stricken enough by Lee in the 4th gate, thinking to himself, "Is this.. Lee?! but when?" (Anime). Leading me back to my first thought, but switching it up in case of Neji; His all too clear memories of winning against Lee so much, that he would never expect for Lee to get so far. If Lee if were a cocky bastard. He could have instead saw that, as the genius, nonchalant Neji pissing himself.
Lastly, I don't think Neji's reflexes against Lee's speed, would be > Gaara's sand's, auto 'save me' setting. Holding to this point alone, Lee without weights and further > Neji. It's sort of like MS Sasuke vs Bee all over again. But more like 1 tail V1 cloak Naruto vs Sasuke, at the VOTE.