Me and my family watched this on tv even tho this is my phone im just commenting here because half my family cried but the eldest brother has a video of all of us crying and when he showed me i laughed looking at us crying like newborn babies
@@IllllllllIlllllllI This fight made no sense. Gaara used only his sand to protect the body, no other real jinchuriku power. Looking at the immense speed and power Lee used, Gaara should not have won this. The sand cannot be that strong. Plot armour is what gave Gaara his true defensive powers..
@@kevinprengemann7456 If we talking about plot armor we also have to take into account that if Gaara falls unconscious what would happen even without the playing possum jutsu. So if Lee had knocked Gaara out though remember the 1 tails would likely have taken over Gaara’s body and started rampaging. If I remember correctly Gaara always had to keep it in check by keeping some degree of consciousness or else it would takeover his body or start to during this time of the show. Was rooting for Lee and in all realness instead of a punch Lee could’ve stabbed Gaara in the face/head with a Kunai and that would’ve been the end of Gaara 😅 at least I’m pretty sure anyways 😁😅
I think saskue had to chidori to break the sand. If lee was not so foolhardy and would have thought about the fight instead of going all out fairly quickly he might have had a shot with wearing out gaara
One of the best fights in anime history. Lee taught us that life isn't fair and sometimes we have the deck stacked against us. But much like his training weights, these burdens can be our greatest strength. All we have to do is embrace them, and never stop perceiving
By far the most admirable character in the show, in my opinion. Not gifted (in fact, the opposite), no powerful parents, no random power ups, no special biological abilities, not incredibly intelligent. Just... unyielding, willful, and determined.
@@robinchen9694 except Bruce Wayne’s parents are at least rich and his father the owner of a multi-billion company, so they were at least able to fund his time as Batman, whereas Rock Lee had nothing except his determination.
I'm sorry but I will never change my mind. The flashback scene between Lee and Guy will always bring tears to my eyes. Those two are the perfect student - teacher pairing. And Guy was by far the best sensei in the series. Period. Better than Jairaya and better than Kakashi. Better than Minato. Guy was 100% of the reason Lee didn't give up on himself.
Well kinda cause it pretty much down hill for him he was so cool and I believe more people love Lee more than naurto and all what happen is he just became a background character
Guy sensei probably told him not to use it as he should live out his youth more Atleast thats my canon and it feels appropriate for guy to give his life up for his student before he allows lee to take more punishment from unlocking gates
Bro there’s literally a dude who uses sand to break bones and kill people and crap, who also turned into a tailed beast not too long after this. What are you on about?
@@snakey934Snakeybakey 🤓. Y’all say this about EVERY fight in the OG naruto, not understanding there are very little differences between the two. Shippuden > OG idc
@@DanielHernandez-gx4kh uhmm...no? Madara Uchiha was the reincarnation of a demigod and was the most talented of a clan with a unique talent...and yet Gai almost killed him even tho he was powered up byHashirama's cells and by the Juubi and the divine tree...
@@kuroroluxifer8321 and the main character, who supposedly embodies those ideals ends up being the reincarnation of ninja Jesus with a pedigree of the strongest and most influential people to ever live with Clifford the big red dog in his belly giving him all the Chakra he will ever need. By the end of the series he's basically the moon God or whatever. Lee would have made the show bearable. Negi was right and he got bodied by Naruto because of plot armor and the fact that Naruto was leagues and above more gifted than negi ever would be
@@_NobodySpecial_ The fact they sidelined Lee by crippling him in this will always give me the shits to no end, yeah his training made him op in certain ways but not unbeatable. There's lots of rock, paper, scissors in Naruto for powers and skills so it just seemed way unnecessary. Also I'd totally watch an alt-universe naruto reboot where Lee was the focus character and didn't get his bones crushed by Gaara.
I love how he managed to edit the video in a way that it allows it to be in full with no cuts and there isn't any repeating. There aren't many others quite like it
Guy was the teacher and trainer we all needed. First time hearing him giving lee tht speech I legit cried I’m 24 and still cry till this day can’t thank no one but guy for my goals
I don't care how wild things get in future episodes with superpowers and jutsu's and all that, this scene with Rock Lee dumping the super heavy weights is still one of the most epic scenes in Naruto in my opinion.
Lee went against a fucking unhinged jinchuriki and had him just about ready to fully unleash the beast. WITH TAIJUTSU ALONE. The way Guy went up against Madara and is recognized as strong as fuck, Lee has all that potential and more. One of the strongest and best characters in the show hands down. The particles in the air as Gaara looses control more and more are a fantastic touch. I remember seeing that as a kid and being like. ‘No matter how much I want this to be a win.. I think Lee is going to fucking die.’
Just like icarus, he flew too close to the Sun, got burned, and fallen down hard. Honestly, in some ways that would've been preferrable to his actual ultimate fate!
they nerfed him by injuring him, even if he managed to recover from it he's still not a top power. and also the writers never payed too much attention to him, he had so much potential with the gates, drunken fist and taijutsu in general.
@@ireplytostupidpeople4750 The fact that Gaara is a jinchuriki IS the plot armor. Lee fought gaara in a way that can make shukaku appear, but he didn't, since plot armor.
Guy look like he wanted to fight gaara😂. Lets be honest both gaara and lee were just unlucky to face each other, because at that point of the series they were the strongest
@@tokentrend3614 sasuke is known as the strongest in is class not the tournament, only is classmates didn't want to face him apart from naruto. Neiji was feared because of the clan he is from on the fact that he is a genious, neiji wouldn't stand a chance against any of the hidden sand representative, it is clear that both gaara on lee was the strongest before their battle, neiji can't stop gaara chakra points if he can't touch him and if lee was to open the fifth gate against neiji or sasuke it would be over for them. Neiji didn't underestimate naruto its just that he didn't know he was a jinchuriken have different chackra apart from his
@@tokentrend3614 neji lost cus of some bullshit shouldve had naruto lose to make him realize he need to work on his skills before he could "prove" neji wrong.
I think one of the biggest crimes of this series was how Kishimoto kinda forgot about Rock Lee in Shippuden. Sure he made up for it a little by having guy be the only one that could fight Madara at his strongest... but still.. Really disappointed by the lack of development for Lee.
Here I am again. Lee is my role model. No talent, doesn't fit in, but has fallen in love with training to reach his goals. I will never give up, because that's what true strength is.
he would have more will than all the lanterns combined even broken legs didn't break his will then if someone like batman were smart enough to distract him then slip his ring off, his 8 inner gates would still be a thing when ringless nobody would be strong enough to beat him with his ring powers and nobody capable of taking his ring off can fight him ringless this is actually a great scenario
I think the point is that Lee showed Gaara was beatable. Gaara always seemed untouchable before this point, but Lee showed that while strong, he wasn’t invincible
I’m older now. Lee’s perseverance was critical to me as a high schooler when I first got into Naruto. But rewatching this years later, I’m extremely touched by Guy reassuring Lee that “he already proved it”. And Kakashi telling Naruto to “be worthy of his sacrifice”. Those two things hit extremely close to home at 31 years old.
I felt for gaara when he looked at lee master hugging lee after he loose his conscious because gaara has no one to care for him, they both injured yet no one came for him. 😢
This was basically the main final exam. Aint no way sasuke and naruto stood a chance against the hidden lotus 5th gates. This was the deciding round for chunin exams
@@simon801 weightless lee is base speed. weights on is not base speed that's a handicap lmao. And how would sasuke expect to hit lee? The only reason he used chidori is because there was literally a sitting duck target. At this point the only direction sasuke knows how to go with chidori is a straight line
Everyone who has ever struggled in some physical discipline should watch this. Big dreams and bad genes, you are only ever a failure if you give up, what an inspiration 🙏
@Adrian Scott i never watched naruto but as far as i know, naruto and sakuke are the strongest in the end no..? and both are born strong so…talent > hard work in this verse?
@@RickyUzumaki993 I think particularly we gravitate towards this battle because of the balance, but not in the normal sense where they're matched in skill. They're both just as amazing in their respective fields. No power ups, no enhancing foods or substances. Its really just a clear testament to the old debate on nature and nurture. Truth is, we ultimately don't know or can't prove how it concludes,,, but we're sure its very, very close.
@@mingchenwei1978 Only because of stupid plot armour for Gaara. There is no way all those heavy punches and kicks would not damage him. Look at the movement after opening 4th gate, the fucking floor (heavy stones) was instantly destroyed by just getting to Gaara… the whole fight made no sense.
As a kid in middle school seen this when it 1st aired nd I’m 32 now this literally is one of the greatest if not the greatest anime fight it still gives me chills anytime I watch it
@@snakey934SnakeybakeyTeam Guy deserve so much better! One of the most superior teams considering Neji being the rookie during their time. Lee and Tenten are good too and they have their own goals and ambitions💚 that's why they're my favorite team!
Guy is an amazing professor, really. People focus too much learning skills they have too much trouble developing, instead of apprimirating what they ARE good already. Guy did the opposite of any sensei would do, and guided Lee into being a Taijutsu specialist. Holly damn.
Man this guy is awesome. Full fight not only but the full episode. Rewatching this episode is the perfect naruto nostalgia. Legendary fight, legendary episode
People forget at this very point of the show lee is the strongest the first to touch gaara and damage him nobody has done that up until now that means had lee fought sasuke he would of lost not only that but sasuke didn’t have he knowledge of lee at this point he didn’t know all his shit was taijutsu he had no counter for lee yet
@@tokentrend3614 don't let the awesomeness of this great fight distract you from the fact that Tentens fastest speed feat was jogging around her opponent
Yea all I got from this was lee still lost even after everything. N hard work doesnt pay off but u you'll get some good looks from it. No use in putting ypur best foot forward lol.
@@jaydenlee6573 so the child of profecy and the reincarnation of a literal Demi god doesn't make him talented, he had a very large pool of chakra and her was the son of Minato and he was capable of mixing a chakra nature with the rasengan, it was the nine tails that used to mess with his chakra
So gaara was able to get out of his sand armor and hid himself all while move faster than Lee and floating in the air. Yeah those substitutions are just magic teliportation that's probably why they fell off later on in the series
Seeing Lee break down and talk about how much he tries and it never seems to make a difference is a thing that a lot of people feel, Lee and Guy are so relatable.
If you really break it down. This was a fight of strictly ninjutsu without taijutsu vs taijutsu without ninjutsu. At first glace this fight seems so one sided. It's only years later that this clicks to me just how balanced it actually is
you guys do realize Naruto was as strong as Sasuke during the chunin invasion arc scaling from the Gaara fight and Neji gave Naruto extreme diff and would've won had he not dropped his guard and celebrated prematurely. Neji even has dojutsu and could easliy track Lee with it. Lee's rotation also reverses the force of your attack back at you which would be suicide if Lee even crashed into it. It's ALOT closer than people think and even Gaara was threatened when he saw Neji fight.
@@Coffee2024. naruto only had shadow clones and summoning, Sasuke had fireball and chidori. The reason why sasuke was winning was because his sharingan copied lees attributes and lightning counters earth style (sand). Plus, lee can move way too fast for neji to react and he can do it for a lot longer than neji can do rotation. Rotation also takes a lot of chakra. I doubt lee ever fought neji without his weights.
That’s the irony of this matchup. Lee could have won against literally anyone except for Gaara. For Gaara, there was nobody else who could have touched him except Lee.
While Rock lee is on manual mode, and Garra was on auto-mode. Not a fair fight, but still Lee manage to hit gaara. Mad respect for Rock Lee. One of my fav
Lee was literally the strongest in the damn series at this point. Literally anyone else would've lost. I don't think Gaara was stronger than Lee, writers just couldn't have Gaara lose for plot reasons.
Yeah lee was the strongest in the chunin exams and would mop the floor with everyone even high level jonin and maybe the hokage but not the strongest in the entire show but might guy is one of the strongest in the verse
Gai is not the equal of Kakashi. Gai was, objectively, by a significant margin, way stronger than Kakashi ever was, even by stealing jutsu and having mangekyo plot armor. Kakashis full potential was not even half of Gais full power.
@@ichor2081 dorks mean now I mean I know multiple different ways of being way meaner it's like the lowest way I could be the nicest about it without being an a******
Im a new watcher of Naruto, watched up to nearly S5 now and i can honestly say this is one of the greatest Naruto fights of all time. The emotions running thru this fight had gotten me to tears and I still feel emotion everytime I've seen Lee injured. That fight got me more hooked into the series than any other to this point before it and again, i haven't even seen up to S5. For any other new Naruto watchers, the buildup to this fight and the aftermath will change your expectations for this anime if you were ever to think that the anime was losing its touch.
@@SerraPontosSocthere's plenty of fights that compete kakashi vs Obito? Sasuke vs the 5 kage? Sasuke vs killer b? Sasuke pretty much is always saucy Nagato vs killer b and Naruto?
Why is nobody talking about how he gave us a free fight in Naruto to watch with no ads this deserves a subscribe and like
Mann lol
Right
I know I hate it makes me mad there anoying
He has 100 subs bruh he can’t put no ads but I’m grateful for this video
Also no cuts either
Brings tears to my eyes everytime I see Lee stand up again. Shit really hits the soul😭💯
Hell yea
Lee and Might guy are the meaning of Hard work
Me and my family watched this on tv even tho this is my phone im just commenting here because half my family cried but the eldest brother has a video of all of us crying and when he showed me i laughed looking at us crying like newborn babies
Noo gaara is good💪💪💪
Makes me proud to have the last name Lee.
This fight has lived rent free in my head for 20 years.
Thought I was the only 1 MalcolmX sensei
Has it really been 20
I stg
@@e69alpha Scary damn stuff is'nt it
@@cAVEmAn69427 yeah. I remember this fight like it was the weekend before school started.
The fact that Lee almost beat a jinchuriki without Ninjutsu or Genjutsu proves he’s the most criminally underrated character in the show
Heck his master almost beat a 6 paths madara so....what do you expect? 🤷🏻♂️
Agreed definitely underrated
@@IllllllllIlllllllI This fight made no sense. Gaara used only his sand to protect the body, no other real jinchuriku power. Looking at the immense speed and power Lee used, Gaara should not have won this. The sand cannot be that strong. Plot armour is what gave Gaara his true defensive powers..
@@kevinprengemann7456 If we talking about plot armor we also have to take into account that if Gaara falls unconscious what would happen even without the playing possum jutsu. So if Lee had knocked Gaara out though remember the 1 tails would likely have taken over Gaara’s body and started rampaging. If I remember correctly Gaara always had to keep it in check by keeping some degree of consciousness or else it would takeover his body or start to during this time of the show. Was rooting for Lee and in all realness instead of a punch Lee could’ve stabbed Gaara in the face/head with a Kunai and that would’ve been the end of Gaara 😅 at least I’m pretty sure anyways 😁😅
I think saskue had to chidori to break the sand. If lee was not so foolhardy and would have thought about the fight instead of going all out fairly quickly he might have had a shot with wearing out gaara
One of the best fights in anime history. Lee taught us that life isn't fair and sometimes we have the deck stacked against us. But much like his training weights, these burdens can be our greatest strength. All we have to do is embrace them, and never stop perceiving
Well said.
@@stripedrajang3571. Yet the show is about a chosen one!
@erikbihari3625 yeah. I guess the writers had to immediately nerf Rock Lee to place the story back on Naruto and Sasuke.
@@stripedrajang3571. Have you ever heard of ensamble series?
@@stripedrajang3571. You do know what nerfing is right? Rock Lee pushed his body to the limit too mutch and get permenant damage. That's not nerfing!
You know shit got real when kakashi had to watch the fight with both of his eyes 😂🔥
Damn right
So true
Also Neji using Byakugan.
You're goddamn right.
he knew high level scrappage was about to commence 😂
By far the most admirable character in the show, in my opinion. Not gifted (in fact, the opposite), no powerful parents, no random power ups, no special biological abilities, not incredibly intelligent. Just... unyielding, willful, and determined.
You almost described Batman. Except Batman is super intelligent.
Exactly
Damn right! That’s why Lee and Guy rule!
@@robinchen9694 except Bruce Wayne’s parents are at least rich and his father the owner of a multi-billion company, so they were at least able to fund his time as Batman, whereas Rock Lee had nothing except his determination.
@@NimbusTM then you could argue Rock had Guy (father figure/sensei) but Bruce had no one?
God I wish I could forget naruto just to rewatch it for my first time
There's Boruto now
But it sucks though
Sad
I feel you
Dont we all
@@Rahulgusain9811 ikr it sucks
100% ! but save it , if you have kids to rediscover and watch with them 😊
Lee standing while unconscious was so goated man holy fuck
Fr
Serious GOAT shit
Hardest fram of Naruto
If you Fuck with that kind of fighting spirit, check out Hajime no Ippo. It'll change your life
I'm sorry but I will never change my mind. The flashback scene between Lee and Guy will always bring tears to my eyes. Those two are the perfect student - teacher pairing. And Guy was by far the best sensei in the series. Period. Better than Jairaya and better than Kakashi. Better than Minato. Guy was 100% of the reason Lee didn't give up on himself.
And also flashback scene between Naruto and Lee
@@maneto2000. Wich one?
@@erikbihari3625 Naruto. He encountered him before the Chunin Exams start
@@maneto2000. Ok.
Personally, Guy's team is my favorite. All three of his students have a lot of potential!
Never cried over Naruto as a kid but as an adult going thru hard times episodes like this and the first episode makes me tear up
yes, exactly. im tearing up in a waffle house
Me too and my last name is Lee... I tear up so bad because the Lee struggle is REAL.
@@saucebossgaming2693 you probably high as hell too lol
Okay i hope that u anser but where can i find the full episodes in english dub😅🙏🏼
I'm tearing apart right now...
And no one ever doubted Rock Lee after this fight
I won’t lie, first time watching this show I expected him to be a gag character. This fight blew my expectations of him to the moon and back.
they did said he never fight again then he had to start over and prove them wrong
They all knew without needing to say it that lee would give em all good hands
The show ruined rock lee
Well kinda cause it pretty much down hill for him he was so cool and I believe more people love Lee more than naurto and all what happen is he just became a background character
The Rock Lee vs Gaara fight locked us in to love Naruto forever.
Same here
Facts wasn’t interesting like that as a kid after this fight was a super fan
Word nothing was more interesting in the whole show
They nerfed lee so bad, he had 5 gates in the chunin exams but only 6 in the 4th great ninja war.
Guy sensei probably told him not to use it as he should live out his youth more
Atleast thats my canon and it feels appropriate for guy to give his life up for his student before he allows lee to take more punishment from unlocking gates
This is Naruto at its peak. No world ending Jutsus, no power creep. Plain old fight of wills, high stakes and consequences.
Bro there’s literally a dude who uses sand to break bones and kill people and crap, who also turned into a tailed beast not too long after this. What are you on about?
@@mingchenwei1978 doesn't matter. It was within the bounds that we were made to understand.
@@snakey934Snakeybakey 🤓. Y’all say this about EVERY fight in the OG naruto, not understanding there are very little differences between the two. Shippuden > OG idc
@@mingchenwei1978not exactly a fair comparison no? I mean there is just more in ship cannon and even more good filler in ship
When Rock Lee stole the hearts of viewers around the world and when Neji's beliefs began to crumble.
But the show proved Neji right tho. Natural talent is better than hard work
@@DanielHernandez-gx4kh uhmm...no? Madara Uchiha was the reincarnation of a demigod and was the most talented of a clan with a unique talent...and yet Gai almost killed him even tho he was powered up byHashirama's cells and by the Juubi and the divine tree...
@@kuroroluxifer8321 and the main character, who supposedly embodies those ideals ends up being the reincarnation of ninja Jesus with a pedigree of the strongest and most influential people to ever live with Clifford the big red dog in his belly giving him all the Chakra he will ever need. By the end of the series he's basically the moon God or whatever. Lee would have made the show bearable. Negi was right and he got bodied by Naruto because of plot armor and the fact that Naruto was leagues and above more gifted than negi ever would be
@@_NobodySpecial_ nah, naruto doesn't embody the " prseverance vs talent" ideal...that's Lee's (and Gai's) thing.
@@_NobodySpecial_ The fact they sidelined Lee by crippling him in this will always give me the shits to no end, yeah his training made him op in certain ways but not unbeatable. There's lots of rock, paper, scissors in Naruto for powers and skills so it just seemed way unnecessary.
Also I'd totally watch an alt-universe naruto reboot where Lee was the focus character and didn't get his bones crushed by Gaara.
I love how he managed to edit the video in a way that it allows it to be in full with no cuts and there isn't any repeating. There aren't many others quite like it
I would pay 600 dollars to watch this fight for the first time again
Seems like a fair deal honestly
Just get Alzheimer’s works for me
@@XxNoaXx. apparently it runs in my family so when Im old ig 🤣
This is my first time seeing it, so I'll enjoy it on your behalf :)
not a penny more?
Guy is the mentor and father figure we all need in our life
This is why Naruto is the best anime
Guy was the teacher and trainer we all needed. First time hearing him giving lee tht speech I legit cried I’m 24 and still cry till this day can’t thank no one but guy for my goals
Makes me tear up
Bro when he told rock lee if the surgery fails they both die I cried like a kid 😂
@@alexstefan6936. What do you mean they both die?
@@erikbihari3625 he says id he die he will die along side him
@@alexstefan6936. Your english is trash! And it's saying a lot coming from me(🇭🇺)!
“You see Lee, you and I are alot alike.”
“You mean the eyebrows?”
“No… I, don’t mean the eyebrows.”
💀
I mean our Bowl Cuts!
@@kristophersy773 lm
You See? I was a loser too once
These two could pretent to be Father and son and no one would complain: they're exactly alike.
I thought they are either father and son or brothers😂
All Lee ever wanted was to prove himself against Sasuke, Naruto and Neji.
He's better than all of them combined at this point of the show
@@Jakc_Tk funny joke
@@prxjecticy boy...
@@prxjecticy who’s beating Lee?
@@zayshairjourney5499 He beats all of them in a 1v1 but 1v3 just no
Rock Lee is the only true Ninja
The realist comment I ever heard
It would’ve been better if he was focused on more after this fight instead of nerfing him and ignoring him later on
@Panda Plays its his opinion mr "i only support main characters"
@@luissantiago3928 Yeah they wasted his character after the fight with kimimaro
But gaara😘😍😍💪💪
I don't care how wild things get in future episodes with superpowers and jutsu's and all that, this scene with Rock Lee dumping the super heavy weights is still one of the most epic scenes in Naruto in my opinion.
Those weights weren't even that heavy, he was just training with them so long, they dropped harder than usual.
Lee went against a fucking unhinged jinchuriki and had him just about ready to fully unleash the beast. WITH TAIJUTSU ALONE. The way Guy went up against Madara and is recognized as strong as fuck, Lee has all that potential and more. One of the strongest and best characters in the show hands down.
The particles in the air as Gaara looses control more and more are a fantastic touch. I remember seeing that as a kid and being like. ‘No matter how much I want this to be a win.. I think Lee is going to fucking die.’
Just like icarus, he flew too close to the Sun, got burned, and fallen down hard. Honestly, in some ways that would've been preferrable to his actual ultimate fate!
So sad they nerfed him, he had so much potential.
How they nerf him? U mean in shipudden?
they nerfed him by injuring him, even if he managed to recover from it he's still not a top power. and also the writers never payed too much attention to him, he had so much potential with the gates, drunken fist and taijutsu in general.
@@deadlypyke8051 true. I also hated kiba. All he does is spam fang over fang. Like he doesnt know anything else??
@@MightGuySevereLeafHurricane yeah seriously 😂😂.But akamaru is cute❤️😍.he was more cute when he was small and sat on kibas head
@@shivandinesh7867 haha yeah. Good times in OG Naruto. 😅
It feels unrealistic for Lee to lose after he pinballed Gaara to hell and back mid-air, but then again the plot armor is strong with this one.
For real! Then the big punch, but he “cushioned the fall” lol
Nah, Gaara was encased in sand-armor. he was too great a villain to be defeated this soon.
I mean gaara is a jinchuriki. No way is a kid going to take down a jinchuriki
@@ireplytostupidpeople4750 The fact that Gaara is a jinchuriki IS the plot armor. Lee fought gaara in a way that can make shukaku appear, but he didn't, since plot armor.
@@auroraflora5149 it aint plot armor when its already established since plot armor is just a layman's term for deus ex machina
Lee has always been an inspiration since my childhood. He gives me strength and power to fight in today's life.
Same here
29:30 Kakashi got so angry with Guy that he forgot to speak English for a bit....
🤣
😂😂😂 I'm dead
😂😂😂😂
Lmao 😂😂😂😂
Rock Lee really said square up to one of the most op characters and still got some good licks in. He deserves respect on his name
Damn right
Guy look like he wanted to fight gaara😂. Lets be honest both gaara and lee were just unlucky to face each other, because at that point of the series they were the strongest
Nah sasuke and neji were strongest, neji only lost to naruto next round bc he underestimated him.
@@tokentrend3614 sasuke is known as the strongest in is class not the tournament, only is classmates didn't want to face him apart from naruto. Neiji was feared because of the clan he is from on the fact that he is a genious, neiji wouldn't stand a chance against any of the hidden sand representative, it is clear that both gaara on lee was the strongest before their battle, neiji can't stop gaara chakra points if he can't touch him and if lee was to open the fifth gate against neiji or sasuke it would be over for them. Neiji didn't underestimate naruto its just that he didn't know he was a jinchuriken have different chackra apart from his
@@kamarmclean5518 you actually convinced me lol, well done you're a true fan. naruto is one the best anime of all time we can both agree on that
@@tokentrend3614 don’t forget Lee smoked sasuke right before the exam
@@tokentrend3614 neji lost cus of some bullshit shouldve had naruto lose to make him realize he need to work on his skills before he could "prove" neji wrong.
If tears didn't start welling up when lee stood unconscious....we can't be friends
I didn’t cry like I did the first time… but I was still crying on the inside. All these years later and this still hits me like a ton of bricks
Hello friend
Sup my new friend
I was crying too much
I cried during his flashback. My heart broke when he stood back up
I think one of the biggest crimes of this series was how Kishimoto kinda forgot about Rock Lee in Shippuden. Sure he made up for it a little by having guy be the only one that could fight Madara at his strongest... but still.. Really disappointed by the lack of development for Lee.
I completely agree
I feel the same as well as other characters like Shino, Tenten, and Kiba.
@Perciprius_91 the fact that you forgot Neji makes him even more disrespected
@@FNA27601 I didn’t forget Neji.
Lee was able to open more gates in Shippuden and learned to be more numb to the pain. And he even went thru surgery
Here I am again. Lee is my role model. No talent, doesn't fit in, but has fallen in love with training to reach his goals.
I will never give up, because that's what true strength is.
Lee's speech about being a loser gets me everytime, I know we've all felt that way before and it hurts when you have to tell yourself
Just makes me realize how much potential was wasted with Lee. He had drunken fist going for him as well
Power creep kills development, sad to say.
Rock Lee as a green lantern would be unstoppable
Your brain work well my friend
Omg
Dudeee he me be op af
Damn right he would!
he would have more will than all the lanterns combined even broken legs didn't break his will
then if someone like batman were smart enough to distract him then slip his ring off, his 8 inner gates would still be a thing when ringless
nobody would be strong enough to beat him with his ring powers and nobody capable of taking his ring off can fight him ringless this is actually a great scenario
After this fight Gaara never remained the same.
Always looked weaker & Dull (Compared to this fight)
He went pretty ham against kimimaro
Rock lee got the short end of the stick tho he got super nerfed
I think the point is that Lee showed Gaara was beatable. Gaara always seemed untouchable before this point, but Lee showed that while strong, he wasn’t invincible
I’m older now. Lee’s perseverance was critical to me as a high schooler when I first got into Naruto.
But rewatching this years later, I’m extremely touched by Guy reassuring Lee that “he already proved it”. And Kakashi telling Naruto to “be worthy of his sacrifice”. Those two things hit extremely close to home at 31 years old.
Lee taking off his ankle weights is one of the most iconic moments in Anime history.
I felt for gaara when he looked at lee master hugging lee after he loose his conscious because gaara has no one to care for him, they both injured yet no one came for him. 😢
look at you not even conscious and still determined to show the world what you can do
You already proved you are a splendid ninja
The part that makes me sook everytime 😢
This was basically the main final exam. Aint no way sasuke and naruto stood a chance against the hidden lotus 5th gates. This was the deciding round for chunin exams
Gaara fight Sasuke could probably beat lee
@@simon801 wrong. Sasuke was as fast as base speed Lee. And he doesn’t have sand armor to help him against Lee’s 4th gate barrage
@@jeremyknight1927 no he was as fast as weightless Lee. The fight depends on if Sasuke can chidori Lee before he opens the gates
@@simon801 weightless lee is base speed. weights on is not base speed that's a handicap lmao. And how would sasuke expect to hit lee? The only reason he used chidori is because there was literally a sitting duck target. At this point the only direction sasuke knows how to go with chidori is a straight line
@@jeremyknight1927 that's not true. The only thing Lee can do is engage in hand to hand. If sauske uses chidori while Lee tries to hit him that's gg
Lee getting up unconscious is hands down my favorite Naruto moment, the music the feels everything hits perfectly
Everyone who has ever struggled in some physical discipline should watch this. Big dreams and bad genes, you are only ever a failure if you give up, what an inspiration 🙏
This fight really pulls your heart strings. Lee has a very special place in my heart. I think he became my favorite character after this fight. :)
Same
And then Kishimoto completely forgot he existed.
@@FuriousProphet I love this show so much but damn it did Kishi drop the ball with A LOT of characters smh
@@murtajiz545 when did that happen? I am trying to start the next part Shippuden when would I see Lee again?
I made this and I did it on Rock Lee 😊😊😊
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Thats the pure definition of hard work beats talents every time. This dude is always remember me in my life
but…talent won in the end…
@Adrian Scott obviously, guy is on a whole different level
@Adrian Scott i never watched naruto but as far as i know, naruto and sakuke are the strongest in the end no..? and both are born strong so…talent > hard work in this verse?
@@scoot5642 only because efficient than the sand armour was the plot armour
@@786uchihamadara bro don’t call one of his key techniques plot armor
This match still bring tears to my eyes and I’m 30 now lol.
I feel you
Guy's breakdown almost brought me to tears it was such a jarring shift of tone it caught me so off guard.
@@JxJ-Station
Same here
Lee's flashbacks of doing 1000 and 1000 exercises made me cry,he wanted to prove everyone that he is best at taijutsu
The most hardworking character in whole show
Yah
Guy was more antitalent than lee when he was a kid
"I'm afraid he'll never fight again. His days as a shinobi are over."
No, no they are not.
Lee, you've proved that you are a splendid ninja!😭😭😭
Yes, he did 😭
And that's the story of how Lee surpassed everyone there to see the fight
*cough* kakashi *cough* guy *cough*
@@KobsterYt I'm talking about the contestants
@@oncefrompak shouldve still said his peers not "eVeRyOnE"
@@chrisramos3454 I don't remember asking you
@@oncefrompak i didnt ask u either, so take it
Back to those days when we thought Gaara was the strongest.
So nostalgic
Nature vs Nurture, Talent vs Hardwork, Experience vs Sheer Will Power,,, this is the best battle I've seen in all of anime. 💯
It’s just amazing, isn’t it?
@@RickyUzumaki993 Absolutely breathtaking.
@@mthulisimotsa
I know, right?
@@RickyUzumaki993 I think particularly we gravitate towards this battle because of the balance, but not in the normal sense where they're matched in skill. They're both just as amazing in their respective fields.
No power ups, no enhancing foods or substances. Its really just a clear testament to the old debate on nature and nurture. Truth is, we ultimately don't know or can't prove how it concludes,,, but we're sure its very, very close.
@@mthulisimotsa
Amen to that, my friend.
This was probably the first time i ever cried in front of a screen
TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN ONES OWN NINJA WAY 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
Hype me up
This fight and naruto remembering Lee and hinata in his fight against neji always makes me cry like a baby
I feel you
rock lee was the first person in history to touch gara shit is crazy
Sasuke was still the first one to draw his blood
@@mingchenwei1978 and Naruto was the first to beat him
@@mingchenwei1978nope look at 6:09
@@Kylelmaoo. That was a crack not blood
@@mingchenwei1978 Only because of stupid plot armour for Gaara. There is no way all those heavy punches and kicks would not damage him. Look at the movement after opening 4th gate, the fucking floor (heavy stones) was instantly destroyed by just getting to Gaara… the whole fight made no sense.
As a kid in middle school seen this when it 1st aired nd I’m 32 now this literally is one of the greatest if not the greatest anime fight it still gives me chills anytime I watch it
Man Rock Lee was the goat. Could have a whole anime just about him. No Genjutsu or Ninjutsu; only Taijutsu; makes for a perfect protagonist.
He did get a chibi spin-off starting him
@@RickyUzumaki993 he deserved more
@@snakey934SnakeybakeyTeam Guy deserve so much better! One of the most superior teams considering Neji being the rookie during their time. Lee and Tenten are good too and they have their own goals and ambitions💚 that's why they're my favorite team!
Guy is an amazing professor, really. People focus too much learning skills they have too much trouble developing, instead of apprimirating what they ARE good already. Guy did the opposite of any sensei would do, and guided Lee into being a Taijutsu specialist. Holly damn.
I never cry over TV shows, movies or anything like that, but this fight always hits me right in the heart
This fight and the moment when Lee stood up unconscious, to me it’s up there with Goku turning ssj1. Very iconic moment that doesn’t get enough credit
Never fails to draw a few of my tears. Not even from sadness, but from inspiration and beauty.
I watch this fight whenever I feel like there is nothing left in this world. It is so inspiring.
When Lee gets up unconscious made me tear up... I too have suffered an injury and used to be so athletic before it..
Man this guy is awesome. Full fight not only but the full episode. Rewatching this episode is the perfect naruto nostalgia. Legendary fight, legendary episode
I know, right? The only thing I don’t like is Lee losing
This will forever be the greatest underdog fight in anime history
Unfortunately it's in a show that went the chosen one route, instead of"work hard for your dreams".
Watching this live as a child really changed me as a person
People forget at this very point of the show lee is the strongest the first to touch gaara and damage him nobody has done that up until now that means had lee fought sasuke he would of lost not only that but sasuke didn’t have he knowledge of lee at this point he didn’t know all his shit was taijutsu he had no counter for lee yet
this is the quality of animation and voice acting that the entire show needed.
Rock Lee is so awesome, MHA used his character arc for the main character.
I love mha but Lee>>>>>>Deku
What's MHA?
@@kaseadams2384 My Hero Academia
" Don't let the awesomeness of this great fight distract you from the fact that Kurenai tried to use Genjutsu on Itachi" 🤦
Dont let the awesomeness of this great fight distract you from the fact that Danzo tried to use a kunai on Sasukes susano
@@tokentrend3614 checkmate
@@tokentrend3614 don't let the awesomeness of this great fight distract you from the fact that Tentens fastest speed feat was jogging around her opponent
This fight just proves what Kishimoto was always trying to prove by the Naruto series, that hardwork can never surpass true talent and genius
Yea all I got from this was lee still lost even after everything. N hard work doesnt pay off but u you'll get some good looks from it. No use in putting ypur best foot forward lol.
@@ogoshikoshi1527 ikr, kinda depressing if I am being honest
I mean naruto was never a true talent or genius but he manage to beat gaara
@@jaydenlee6573 so the child of profecy and the reincarnation of a literal Demi god doesn't make him talented, he had a very large pool of chakra and her was the son of Minato and he was capable of mixing a chakra nature with the rasengan, it was the nine tails that used to mess with his chakra
@@yogendrajagtiani1527 yeah I guess you got a point
Seeing the sheer determination of this kid almost brings a tear to your eye.
This fight made me realise never give up on anything
Same
Not going to talk about how he included the flashbacks too
Goat
5:00 is still one of the most badass scenes in any media ever.
Fr I love that scene
So gaara was able to get out of his sand armor and hid himself all while move faster than Lee and floating in the air. Yeah those substitutions are just magic teliportation that's probably why they fell off later on in the series
Probably
Seeing Lee break down and talk about how much he tries and it never seems to make a difference is a thing that a lot of people feel, Lee and Guy are so relatable.
"The winner is Gaara."
But we all know the true winner.😞
Hey The reason Rock Lee lost against Gaara is because he hasn't fully completely master the five gates
Yes. Gaara won the match, but Lee won our hearts.
Yea Gaara 😂
yeah right, still gaara
Lee is the peoples champ in this bout
If you really break it down. This was a fight of strictly ninjutsu without taijutsu vs taijutsu without ninjutsu. At first glace this fight seems so one sided. It's only years later that this clicks to me just how balanced it actually is
This is the fight that convinced me to watch this show
And it’ll always be my favorite fight (no matter how badly I wish Lee won)
To this day, one of the best fights in Naruto, hands down.
Anime history
It's my favorite anime fight of all time.
"What have I done?"
Guy is too pure 😭
To me, that was the peak of Naruto. The fighting, the characters and general direction, it was perfect.
I love how lee thinks that all this is necessary to defeat neji. Like, im pretty sure one punch from lee can turn him into a red paste
Lmao true the fact he thought that sauske, neji, and naruto were worthy opponents, when at this time he would've demolished all of them
you guys do realize Naruto was as strong as Sasuke during the chunin invasion arc scaling from the Gaara fight and Neji gave Naruto extreme diff and would've won had he not dropped his guard and celebrated prematurely.
Neji even has dojutsu and could easliy track Lee with it. Lee's rotation also reverses the force of your attack back at you which would be suicide if Lee even crashed into it. It's ALOT closer than people think and even Gaara was threatened when he saw Neji fight.
@@Coffee2024. naruto only had shadow clones and summoning, Sasuke had fireball and chidori. The reason why sasuke was winning was because his sharingan copied lees attributes and lightning counters earth style (sand).
Plus, lee can move way too fast for neji to react and he can do it for a lot longer than neji can do rotation. Rotation also takes a lot of chakra. I doubt lee ever fought neji without his weights.
That’s the irony of this matchup. Lee could have won against literally anyone except for Gaara. For Gaara, there was nobody else who could have touched him except Lee.
True
While Rock lee is on manual mode, and Garra was on auto-mode. Not a fair fight, but still Lee manage to hit gaara. Mad respect for Rock Lee. One of my fav
And he's out of the game permenantly.
This right here raised the bar when it came to fights in anime.Legendary
Boruto will never reach these heights. Truly amazing 🤧
No boruto fight will ever be as badass as this one
Lee was literally the strongest in the damn series at this point. Literally anyone else would've lost. I don't think Gaara was stronger than Lee, writers just couldn't have Gaara lose for plot reasons.
Yeah lee was the strongest in the chunin exams and would mop the floor with everyone even high level jonin and maybe the hokage but not the strongest in the entire show but might guy is one of the strongest in the verse
@@impackmusiq5236he can't defeat hokage 😑
@@impackmusiq5236he can't even defeat kakashi
@@gauravsir9721commenter meant kids I hope and if he did mean kids he'd be correct
Nah it was Garra he was a prodigy of his nation and a jinchuriki. Neji was arguably the strongest child in the leaf
When lee drops his weight ,the look on every ones face gets me every time
When your sensei(a God of taijutsu) himself says that "what have I done" Means you have gone into insane mode!!
True
Gai is not the equal of Kakashi. Gai was, objectively, by a significant margin, way stronger than Kakashi ever was, even by stealing jutsu and having mangekyo plot armor. Kakashis full potential was not even half of Gais full power.
It's Guy not Gai dork
@@graham.gilmore Why be so rude about it?
@@ichor2081 dorks mean now I mean I know multiple different ways of being way meaner it's like the lowest way I could be the nicest about it without being an a******
@@graham.gilmore it’s actually maito gai …
Gai and guy are both acceptable
It's a tradition to come here and pay respects
For some minutes the show name was changed from Naruto to "Rock Lee"
You got my respect ❤️
@@shashwatsingh4501 thenkz
@@midochan24 there's no need to be thankful ❤️❤️
Ironically, Rock Lee has his own spin-off series.
Who didn't cry on lee's story
Then you can control your emotions
I never really understood Lee in that
Im a new watcher of Naruto, watched up to nearly S5 now and i can honestly say this is one of the greatest Naruto fights of all time. The emotions running thru this fight had gotten me to tears and I still feel emotion everytime I've seen Lee injured. That fight got me more hooked into the series than any other to this point before it and again, i haven't even seen up to S5. For any other new Naruto watchers, the buildup to this fight and the aftermath will change your expectations for this anime if you were ever to think that the anime was losing its touch.
By far this is easily the greatest fight in all of the Naruto universe and quite possibly in all of anime history.
Don't over dramatize it.
@@erikbihari3625 Sorry you have no taste in art.
@@SerraPontosSoc. How so?
@@SerraPontosSocthere's plenty of fights that compete
kakashi vs Obito?
Sasuke vs the 5 kage?
Sasuke vs killer b?
Sasuke pretty much is always saucy
Nagato vs killer b and Naruto?
@@randomguy6152 what is your favorite fight in the Naruto series? And [if you can be honest], which do you think most people would choose?
This episode hits home ...truly motivational and inspirational
Lee had so much potential to be better than what he became :/ this fight was and still is one of the best in anime, period