#kind of went on a rant lksdjfldsjs

[lotusfartstwice]

I would have either had Rock Lee die in part one or maybe die in part two.

I recently watched this video and I��m kind of a fan of Lee opening the 7th gate and swooping in to kick Madara in the ribs again. Not sure if it’s ever spoken about in the manga, but if I remember correctly, in the anime Lee tells Tenten in disappointment that he can only open up to the 6th gate despite his training.

So like...Gai does his thing with the 8th gate and Lee watches and sees Madara about to finish his teacher off. Then boom! The technique, dangerous as it is, taught to him to use only when precious people are in danger he finally manages to get to the 7th gate. And it’s like sort of a callback to Gai swooping in during the chunin exams. Only this time Lee will protect Gai.

He wasn’t able to protect Neji but maybe...maybe he can protect Gai from Madara. He’s accepted that Gai will fall to his own doing but he won’t just stand there letting this monster recover. Get him while he’s somewhat weakened. So he manages to get some hits in (and Naruto can save Gai) instead of just...standing there.

But other than that...actually make his character mean something. Make the embodiment of hard work actually pay off. I don’t expect him to defeat the big bads but like...if you’re gonna introduce villains that cannot be touched with jutsu so the answer is taijutsu...only to not use your supposed “taijutsu master” is just so frustrating and stupid. Why is he here??? What is the point??? Why give him a title that is meaningless.

Rock Lee should have died then at least he wouldn’t exist to be a joke.

If you could change one thing about your favorite character's story (that has NOTHING to do with shipping) what would it be?