The Philosophy of Rock Lee - For The Boy Without Talent (Naruto)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Looking at Rock Lee's journey, and the ideas of hard work and talent in Naruto.
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Ayo 3 weeks ago. You make good videos brother.
yess
He also beat naruto another jinchuuriki
Sasuke is shit bro
Rock Lee and Might Guy are Free-To-Play players In a Pay-To-win World.
NiGga im finna start crying this the realest shit ive heard
They're out there grinding while the others are just paying for their shit.
@@xposegawd9710 it is what it is mate.
Best comment hands down.
@@abellopez6597 agreed
Never forget, Rock Lee’s Taijutsu is so good, Sasuke had to copy his moves *TWICE* just to make it through the Chunin exams.
And that was base Lee with weights might I add
Kakashi also had to use sharingan to keep up with the fight .
exactly naruto an sauske copied his whole flow you seen how naruto started getting better at tijutsu after his fight wit lee and sauske straight up took his whole flow wont lie made it cooler but still rocklee the OJ
@@xposegawd9710 lol true
Lmao 😆
“My motto is to be stronger than yesterday, if I have to I’ll be stronger than half a day ago, even a minute ago!” - Rock Lee
What episode does he say this? Sounds like a great clip
Aye it's ICECOLDJT! I didn't expect to see you here
On shippuden when fighting a clone of themselves
ICE COLD JTTT
It was during his fight against an impostor Lee on Naruto Shippuden.
Let's just call it what it is, Lee is the batman of Naruto.
No Tailed beast
No Sharingan
No Protective Sand barrier
No Byakugan
No fancy Ninja powers
Just your average dude beating up gods.
your average shinobi can open the gates?
@@PirateKingRoger-x1y not every ninja gets a teacher who is the exact same as you and teaches you a powerful technique that can make you in the top 5 strongest people on the Planet. Rock Lee got lucky and had a good mentor, he had the same favouritism Naruto got
(The series wasn’t about hard work vs talent though lol, idk why those people Lee believing it is)
to be fair byakugan does not help you much..all it does is allow you to sense chakra see it in colors from afar and see chakra points...it does not enhance your skills..you still have to train in gentle fist in rotation and the palms/body blow techniques to become good..it just allows you to access that chakra but in the end its still hard work...sure having good main branch genes helps neji for example be great at it but still.
@@razkable gaara vs lee is a better example of talent vs hard work
Any ninja as the ability to open the gates, but it's dangerous and burns to much chakra (I believe it was stated).
Rock “Fuck yo Jutsu, catch these hands” Lee
xDDD
rock lees best quote in the series. he didn’t say it out loud but we all knew he thought of it
Beat a n*gta as no jutsu 😡
That name is too long to say
Yup like nobody want just go hand to hand with him if they do knockouts and dirt naps coming.
This is why I’m so disappointed by what they did with his character. Lee was the embodiment of overcoming the odds and hard work, I feel he should’ve had another big moment to really emphasize that
I agree, but also him having another moment had no place in the series. The series moved away from the hard work beats talent theme after the chunin exam arc, so it wouldn't thematically fit anywhere.
@@fangiscool1 And for me, that kinda underscores my issue with the series in general. I love Naruto but i kinda wish it had went in a slightly different direction. Or at least not done away with the hard work over inherent power and destiny theme. Idk how to describe it best but something about part 1 felt more "ninja" like and I preferred that. Shippuden was great but felt a bit DBZ esque.
@@YoungYahtz94 I definitely wish Naruto went another direction. I really liked it through the rescue sasuke arc. I did not enjoy any of the rest of the series, except the Shikamaru vs Hidan arc. That was gold. Pretty much everything that really stuck out to me to love the series disappeared over time. Rock Lee was my favorite character when I was younger and his arc (or lack thereof) was pretty sad. They made Guy a more central character than Lee, which doesn't make any sense. I really like Guy too, but the guy's entire connection to anything is just that Kakashi knows him and he's powerful. He could pretty much be removed from the story and nothing in the large scheme of things changes (except Lee). I don't really get how young characters who were connected to Naruto were put in the background and an irrelevant character like Guy was brought forward. Again, I'm glad Guy got more screen time because I like him, but he is basically entirely replaceable by any strong Jonin. Lee is not.
@@fangiscool1 Guy is a fundamentally better character than Lee. He is basically everything Lee is but he has more depth behind it. People like Lee but he's a very one-dimensional character. Everyone says Lee would make a better protagonist than Naruto but the series would be so generically shonen that it would have ceased to exist.
There is a reason why Kishimoto moved away from Lee but still held on to someone like Shikamaru.
The philosophy had another big moment with gai vs madara
There is no shame in being weak, the shame is in staying weak.
Nice Black Clover quote.
shame on suicidal people sure gonna help ;)
@@vivvy_0 damn you just had to go there
The Vermillion family don't miss.
Soulz 🗣😤😈
"Hard work is also a talent."
-Rock Lee
❤
😂@@Navaneethakrishnan-cq7kf
Yes!!
"Do them dirty, in front of they squad."
- Rock Lee, The Art of War
Bruh straight slapped gaara and said "fuck you lookin at bitch?"
@@carna-9501 not only Garra but he did fuck up Sauske dirty, in front of his own squad, with 2 dotted sharingan. Rock lee is rocking the art of war philosophy.
Lmao on god he fucked sasuke up so bad
@@billyholden8693 he got fucked up so bad he noted that shit down
@@notnameless3805 lol he used that shit on the sound ninja
i actually teared up watching this. funny enough, Rock Lee has changed my life, hes what gets me up in the morning, motivates me, and when im feeling down, i can think about him and im better. his character is so fucking good and one of my favorites.
Same here, man!!
I feel this
Same💕
Me too!
Literally working out right now because of him. I'm fighting my depression
Rock Lee and Might Guy are pure examples of humans who danced with beings that had god level status
Yeah, by being talented in their own way
Might guy had the same theme as Lee. And he was able to go toe to toe with fucking Madera let that sink although he needed some help closing the distance between him and madera once he was able to deal damage oh man did he deal damage lol.
They should've had the main story's concluding fight be Might Guy's Gate of Death finishing Madara alongside some teamwork from the others. I think it woulda been gold.
Justin Freeman That would be fine by me.
@Justin Freeman toe to toe? Nah if madara didn't have his regenative ability he woulda been dead before the infinite tsukuyomi even hit 😭
"True victory is not achieved by defeating a powerful enemy, but by being able to protect something most important to you."
- Might Duy
Precious *
The Might Guy*
Might TRY again 🤣. Who again?
@@eUREKAA11 no this is a quote from from might duy, guys dad, who used the seven gates technique to protect guy. He lost the fight and died, but was able to protect guy
@@ImThatChosenOne duy is guys dad, sometimes spelled dai, but duy is also acceptale
He will always be my Number 1 favorite & Top Tier Training motivation cause of it,
Boy is so great they had to reincarnate him as the main Protags of MHA and Black Clover lol
Phenomenal video!!
thank you! i like your videos as well!
same jax same. that’s why i subbed to you so many years ago we have the same mind
Zanaki Senkai Because it’s more interesting to see someone win fights with intelligence and strategic movement than by throwing a bigger laser beam or smacking their opponent with a bigger plasma-hand. The best fights in Naruto are the hand-to-hand combat. Naruto and Sasuke’s fist-fights, Kakashi and Obito’s fight.... They speak for themselves. It’s way more interesting to see someone defeat a magic-user with pure combat than seeing two magic-users out-magic each other back and forth.
@Zanaki Senkai yes bro you are true mardar vs gai was kind lame
What is MHA?
Lee is probably the most realistic ninja in the show hes always training he has no plot armor
Man was training while wounded and watching sasuke do what he couldn't
Man rock lee is legit a sick ass character homie legit wants all the smoke
Yeah shippiden is more breaking the hatred cycle
Rock "I'm a much better personification of Naruto's underlying themes and arguments than Naruto himself" Lee.
'Persona' would be a better word instead of personification.
@@janntyler5950 it should be more personal instead of better
@@waynejulian277 My bad, I didn't know suggestions were illegal in the UA-cam community in-order to improve someone's grammar.
@@janntyler5950 No, personification works better, as he's essentially the theme of "hard work can compete with a lack of talent" personified, or made into a person or have person like traits. Where as persona, is more of an act, which is where stuff like fursona and shit come from, it's not who you are, but what you pretend to be.
@@janntyler5950 sorry about that it was wrong to turn grammar Nazi
"Hard work, no matter the outcome, is a success." What a quote!
Indeed, I think I gonna write that in my notebook!
@Im Unmire It's ultimately that the way to becoming a better you is already satisfying. It's not really about reaching the goal, but doing what you can to get there.
I said the same thing! I love that
Yes. I write, program, paint, sketch, compose... Do lots of things not because I want to do something great... I do those thing because I enjoy doing them. I don't care about results. If I do something bad, I just move on, and if I do something truly great, I _still_ just move on. That is the way.
You don't stop training, ever. If the results are not there, you change the way you train, but you never stop, even when the results are there... But you have to _love_ the process and not the results.
@@DonVigaDeFierro yeah man same here life is all about learning so i want to start developing skills i like even if im 20 years old already. I also write code, draw, play guitar, cook, learn languages, etc. And im gonna do hard work to develop all these skills! We only have one life so lets make the version of ourselves throughout our lifetime!
Might Guy is so much more of a sensei than the others because to Lee he isn't just someone who teaches new moves, he teaches his philosophy to live.
I’m still mad that they basically made him a whole ass side character in Shippuden
He was literally a "whole ass side character" from the start lmao
Lee was always a side character lmao
@@mememe4188 he had more importance in og naruto during the chunin exams and sauske retrieval ark but in shippuden he did basically nothing in the first ark he just fought himself and then didn’t do anything interesting until the war ark and it was like a 2 second clip
@@braydencarlo4462 ok I think you mean he was underused in shippuden. He was and still is a side character but he didn't get as much to do in shippuden. I agree with this.
I personally would have made all of Naruto's classmate have bonds with the jinjurikies. That way you can develop both at the same time.
It would also give them motivation for the war arc. Sorry I misunderstood your statement.
A lot of Naruto characters became so underused in Shippuden. The story of Naruto became to focused on Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan. I wish we got to see more of the other side characters. It's like Kishimoto didn't care about developing them more.
"Twice as good as them, to get half of what they have"
Rock Lee defiantly has talent. He’s talent is he’s iron will. He’s talent is he’s sheer determination and motivation and faith in himself. to show without a doubt that even a shinobi with no ninjitsu at all could still be a respected and powerful shinobi even when people discourage him to do so.
Well that is a type of talent but we are talking about talent in genjutsu and ninjutsu
@@baseupp12 that’s definitely fair but we usually associate talent with inborn ability’s with ninjutsu but to me he’s inborn or cultivated traits of determination not like a typical person but an absolutely insane amount. That to me is he’s talent in a sense which gives him greater potential than some “talented” shinobi
His*^
Your talent is writing he's instead of his.
@@riteshbhosale482 true but that was enough said
you think rock lee would’ve became stronger after the time skip, especially considering his work ethic, but it’s like he became even weaker somehow. i feel like they did him dirty.
damn it’s unfortunate he had to go up against Gaara first. He would’ve Bodied any other chunin in that room.
@Waddup Mayne oh yea lol my bad
Its Not always about winning my G.. That fight somehow made him who he is today
Not Sasuke or Naruto not even Neji
@@hopbunny45george41 he would've beaten them in the prelims I feel like but in the actual Chunin exams yeah Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke would've defeated him.
@@diamantemrobinson nah he was too fast for any of them except neji cause neji is the perfect counter to lee ..
Let the record show that Sakura chose to pass this heartwarming man to be with someone that couldn’t care less just because he was “hot”
You don't choose who you love tho
She don't deserve him anyway
Lee deserves the best girl
idk why people hate her for not loving Naruto and Lee like she is an emotionless trophy. Though she couldn't stand them in the beginning but she started caring for them. She calls him Lee-'san'which is a more honorific term than 'kun' and punched Naruto for making fun of his looks. Even Naruto calls him 'bushy brows'. Also she punched Naruto only 14-15 times in canon (in all 700 chapters) and it's shonen gag
Come on girl. Girls dont like nice boys.
Lee pushed himself to be the best lotus he could be, although the bloom was damaged when he was younger he never let that stop and continued to shine and destroy any misconceptions of him being weak.
He had determination to be the best: a mere mortal who tangled with the gods
EXACTLY the man had so much heart its crazy
Unmatched determination, virtuous ambitions and overwhelming self-respect or esteem are what characterize, I'm my opinion, the unsung hero of the series and true brother to the bratty Nine-tailed fox host. The whole story could have been his, and we'd be none the poorer for it. To the unsung and the unwavering...
@@threetreestall5954 naruto is about the cycle of hatred
@@blessonfranklin1469 *Naruto Shippuden, OG Naruto especially chunin arc was about hard work
Rock Lee should have been the protagonist, that is a hill I will die on
Most definitely like Naruto was a awesome character but he was destined to be powerful. Lee though had to fight for every inch
@@IMTHATN1NJA Naruto is not a great character. He's boring, 1 dimensional, and his design is ugly. Rock Lee is great though!
Tbh Kuruma carried Naruto throughout his life. Brave as hell but most likely wouldn't have gotten as far or as famous. He's meant to be the opposite of natural talent unlike Sasuke but learns Rasengan in like a week.
@@MrBloodshot except Naruto's chakra talent is the only thing that allowed him to use or interact with the kyuubi, so no. And he only got initially powerful because of training with his shadow clones, which almost no one else would be able to do. Then add on all the random powerups just because he's the chosen one. There is no argument for why he's not a natural talent. He even learned an advanced technique, shadow clone jutsu, immediately and created a ton of clones, so he was written to he talented from the very first episode. He was only ever bad at anything because he had no guidance initially.
@@fangiscool1Oh yeah there's the cat method and the whole Indra and Ashura aspect too, it's been a while.
great analysis video sometimes even after watching the anime the lessons don't hit as hard until others actually stop and take the time to point it out , rock lee is so cool im inspired good job on the vid man
thank you!
@@SagesRain only a maater of time before u get 1 millon subs
@@SagesRain your vids changed the way i think about Naruto and teen titans
Same
He's only an anime character, but his story reminds me that even in real life, hard work can beat any talent.
"I feel like doing a hundred pushups everytime he's on screen".
And people call anime is just a cartoon....
Thats facts
Lee and Vegeta two of the biggest hype-men in anime
And if you cannot do 100 push-ups, then do 100 situps.
And if you cant do 100 situps,do 100 kicks
funny how rock lee seems to be more of a protagonist of naruto than naruto himself
dude literally trained himself to physically match everyone capable of magic
Rock lee doesn't match the themes of naruto his MC like nothing else
he wasn't talented or smart, nor was he charming or sexy, but his dedication to be strong, to show others that he has what it takes to be a part of them and better, is what sets him apart from everybody and made him sure as hell sexy as heck in my eyes. it wasn't the gods' grace or the sharingan or whatever, it was his own grit and fighting spirit that made konoha's lotus bloom. *tips hat to my man rock lee*
My guy the sharigans more of a curse if you want to get stronger with it
i think he was very charming
@@SagesRain yep!! he really is!!
y'all out here are spitting straight facts
That's why everyone of us can relate to him and guy because they are just like use, like them we can't use fancy magic spells. From the naurto not Shippuden.
Rock lee is my greatest inspiration to train martial arts when I was being bullied.. I trained until my arms and legs are dropping like him. Whenever I'm in the verge of giving up, I just remember lee and inspire me to do one more push up and one more and one more until I can do a hundred consecutively. And now I'm one of the best fighter and strongest person compared to my peers. This fictional character changed my life.
I see, so your true name is ''Just another martial artist guy on youtube''. A strange nickname for a cool guy.
@@sonicplays8740 oh. Thank you for that.
@@kato_dsrdr No need to thank, thank the ENDLESS SPRING TIME OF YOUTH THAT LIES WITHIN US US ALL! (does some manly Might Guy thumbs up.)
I already know this is gonna be so goated
facts
It’s crazy but in Boruto, Rock Lee can be considered kage level due to him having all 8 gates + Naruto and Sasuke wanted to bring him to fight momoshiki.
Hes above kage level with 8 gates
The thing with rock Lee is he IS talented though, for a 14 year old kid to open 5 gates even with hard work is crazy. Even the genius kakashi can only open 2 at age 27, as his body is just not suited to go as far as guy and Lee
Not only that but the boy was so talented that they absolutely had to put lee against garaa in the chunin exams for it to even be a fair fight literally anybody else would of been an instant win
@@emanueljohnson26 true , I think lee and guy can fight toe to toe with madara but there technique involves too much risk yeah .
Bro do you forget the entire start to his backstory all he did was work in his taijuitsu so no wonder he'll be near the top. If you put effort into one subject you won't be the best without luck which mind you he wasn't but you'll be near the top for sure which he was
@@yangwenli668 I agree literally just guy sensai alone was almost enough to destroy six paths Madera who was basically a God if the gates didn't put so much strain on the body lee and guy would without a doubt be the strongest ninja in the show I mean shit guys dad by himself killed 5 out of the 7 swordsmen those inner gates op lol
@cable that depends on your perspective on talent. To me talent is what you already have before skill but what exactly does talent have to be? Talent isn’t just how good you are at a certain thing it’s the traits that you have to be great at that thing. And Lee’s traits are he’s iron will and sheer determination and faith in himself so in a sense he is talented.
5:16 "And when Lee was called to fight him, there wasn't any fear."
5:20 "To Lee, Gaara was nothing more than a stepping stone."
Those two lines are why Rock Lee is one of the best characters in Naruto.
That's what makes Rock Lee good as a character. He has determination and motivation in himself. He had a large amount of passion for what he was doing: Taijutsu. He loved what he was doing and kept working hard on it. I definitely give a LOT of respect to Rock Lee because of his determination, hard work and talent. And luckily, he had a great mentor Gai Sensei!
True
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@@jagdambasinha7424 👍
people forget without gai he gives up...lee is cool but hes got layers...he was super sad about losing his ability to train his loss and the surgery possibly killing him...he had actual regrets fears and insecurities...he was not just 100% energy and courageous...he was an actual person
Love how sage called him a handsome devil more than once.
Lee isn’t only inspiring as a character but as an idea. To no matter what hand your dealt in life you can always choose to progress forward and be more
That was a line worth putting us in awe of the kid - "Had he been placed against anyone else in his class during his exams, the handsome devil would have won." He is the Saitama of their world, and to achieve that strength and speed as a teenager with his whole life of adult training ahead of him. As a combatant at the time he was surpassing everyone else at his education level and was capable of overcoming the abilities of one of the tailed beasts- even if in a restricted state. Had that fight been decided earlier and Lee not been injured, we can only wonder how much more he would have achieved quickly because succeeding in entering the profession wouldn't have been enough for him. He wanted to do the job well, not just get the job. And he could have been one of the strongest ninja by just continuing to surpass his own previous maximums, and finding new ways to improve himself when he hit plateaus that the human body could no longer surpass- muscles and bones can only be so strong and operate so quickly before destroying themselves attempting to do more.
This may be silly, but this videos came at the right time for me. I had been feeling quite down lately, unmotivated, depressed about many aspects of my life, but this video made me feel like I wanna try again, give the best that I haven't been giving for a while. Rock Lee is the GOAT. Thank you, Sage.
What's wrong bro
With the trends of Scientific Ninja Tools, his inability to use ninjutsu isn’t that bad anymore.
I would love a Naruto spinoff where Lee wants to be Hokage and his Rival is Naruto.
I wish we had that instead of Boruto Tbh
I ain't gonna lie... There is no other heart warming relationship between teacher and pupil than him and Rock Lee in the whole series.
He didn’t just become great, he become a legend in his own right.
"Do em dirty, in front of the whole squad"
~Rock Lee
Probably the most underrated character in the show who stuck to the series' original motto
"Hardwork beats talent"
@Zanaki Senkai nah that goes to eren lol
@Zanaki Senkai ?
@@ray-nate9023 ?
Did you watch the video? That was never the show's main theme. It was Lee.
Sigh... I know Lee's arc was great but please do not associate it to the theme of the WHOLE series. The show is NOT about hard work beatinf talent.
It's about the bonds of shinobie and how the world is affected by it.
When you said "Might Guy" I swear I heard "My Guy" lmao
"That is the power of youth" 😭 best line you could have ended on my (not might) guy
"When I said hard work was no match for genius, you told me I was a genius at hard work." One of my favorite quotes from Rock Lee who continues to inspire.
Continue making Philosophy of Naruto Characters! These videos are soooo good!!!
Ikr
On god
Shikamaru next!
Best character.
Naruto initially had the same philosophy. He wasn't talented at anything but put in the most effort.
Until he's revealed to be alien ninja Jesus, that is.
Naruto > shippuden.
Naruto was not talented though. They sealed a freaking tailed beadt ibside of him that amped him and then he worked hard....it be like giving a gun to kid and having him face off some unarmed dude.. .
That scene where he stands after being crushed by Gaara changed my life for real
This scene gave me so much goosepumbs
It’s a great one, I have a picture of it above my bed😅🐉
3:31
"A kid who's never even been touched."
-Sage's Rain
Let's keep it that way, we don't want any kid to be touched. 😂
Lee is one of the reasons I refuse to give up on a goal. When he shouts a technique, I would shout it with him with all the same energy! I still do it to this day! He's encouraged me to keep pushing to my dreams, use what I've got to the fullest potential I can. He's why I'll always believe in the *POWER OF YOUTH!"
When you realize the hidden village was destroyed by pain cause guy and Lee wasn't around
That fight between him and garaa is in my opinion top 10 anime fights of all time its a shame that they nerfed him to the extent they did I understand this isn't the rock lee show but he deserved so much better he is and will always be my favorite character in naruto
Rock Lee was the protagonist we’ve all been waiting for.
We all know, as soon as those ankle weights fell and Lee hit the ground we all were hooked.
It's the time when Rock Lee is the best ninja among his peers. And the character that shows hardwork will get you closer to your dreams day by day.
One day someone should do something like this for sage's rain
but i remember during chunin exam, Kakashi said that Lee is talented, because for opening the 7 gates it's impossible just using will power alone.
I'm guess you need to work twice. No three times as hard to become the best.
That moment when he was being bullied by his peers and how he blocked his ears to not let in the negativity taught me how to avoid toxicity when the world tries to being you down
Moment i didnt understand wow...
What's funny is that his peers that bullied him are either dead or non combative shinobi
This is one of the many reasons Rock Lee is my favorite Naruto character.
great video btw
Yeah..
For me lee is an ideal.
Love from India 😊
Same! My favourite is also Lee ❤️💪💪
He's my favorite character. When I realized later in Naruto that they weren't gonna do much with him after the Sasuke retrieval arc, I just stopped watching. When sakura and chiyo fought sasori in shippuden, my interest was rekindled (in sakura of all people), but then I guess they realized that female Naruto characters have to suck, because... You know... Girls have cooties, I guess. Last fight watched was madara vs gai plus the few that occurred before that just for context. It was worth the wait and, somehow, madara saying that gai was the strongest and that he'd nearly killed him was satisfying enough.
Rock Lee is the example of how to make a great character.
As a wise man once said, “the result is irrelevant because the effort was there”
This is why he is my favorite character and I wish he had more screen time 😔
Yeah
Rock Lee Deserves a lot more respect than he gets one of the greatest written characters in the series really. I personally think he has the best fights in the anime. I’m I wrong?
He has the absolute single best, but not the best overall
Finally rock lee found his talent : talent of hardwork
I always was a big fan of Lee. The idea that someone has to know all the ninja arts in naruto to succeed in my mind is dumb. Sure having multipile skill sets is good but Lee is the perfect example of what happens when you put all of your time and dedication into a single art. A true taijutsu master.
"In his own personal journey of self worth he won."
Rock lee is definitely one of the most inspiring characters ever, I personally don't agree with he should have been the MC takes but I understand it he's dope
Rock Lee literally would have been a better Naruto protag than Naruto himself.
Naruto initially had the message of "hard work, dedication, and knowledge/wisdom is unlimited, meanwhile natural talent can become an anchor of dependency and detrimental to identity"
And then Naruto goes on and becomes the biggest fucking Nepotism character in probably anime itself.
How you gonna sabotage your own messaging and not even fit in it anymore?!
Rock Lee would have been a better protag for the entire series, we can fight about it
I always feel like many of the Leaf ninja represent something symbolically. Kiba; animal instincts, Neji; destiny, Sakura; determination, Shino; the little things of life, Kakashi; loss, Might Guy and Rock Lee; hard work against raw talent, Shikamaru; brain over brawn, Sasuke; the folly of revenge and reality's cruelty, Hinata; love and perseverance, Jiraiya; peace over hatred, Tsunade; overcoming depression, Itachi; mental struggles and devotion to family, Ino and Choji; friendship and kindness, Hiruzen; support everyone you can, Iruka; there's always someone who is a lot like you out there, Obito; value your friends above everything else, Danzo; darkness can breed itself anywhere, Sai; your emotions are an untapped source of strength, Hashirama; don't try to do everything in your lifetime and believe in the next generation, Konohamaru; youngsters need to learn but they can also teach, Naruto; anything and everything I know in life. :)
Rock lee is a splendid shinobi. Man I’m shedding tears here he is so inspiring
Considering Saitama's training, now just imagine the monster that Rock Lee would become if he were in the One Punch Man universe, like, walking around the city by handstand and using a ridiculous amount of weights on his legs.
Thank god someone understands that Naruto's main theme WAS NOT "hard work beats talent" all these youtubers saying shit about the series without even understanding it is really frustrating.
Don't even get me started on "Destiny and Prophecy" part....all of them couldn't understand the basic premise and meaning of those things.
As a kid I HATED Rock-Lee because I thought he was Goofy. Growing up, Rock-Lee has became my favorite character, because he embodies the phrase "hard work pays off".
*YES*! My boy getting some limelight
The scene where he tells himself and Guy that he’s a loser who will always be a loser has hit me the most in any anime. I’m an athlete that has no talent and I remember watching his backstory and knowing exactly how it feels to train hard and to still fail. It’s been years since I’ve seen the anime so revisiting Lee’s journey just gives me a whole new motivation. Wasn’t born with any talent or valuable skillset. I was born with incredible stubborness and perseverance just like Lee. Lee teaches us the audience the valuable lesson that no matter how many times you fail, to learn, and to get back up.
"Lee, even you are talented. You are gifted with the talent of perseverance, that's your talent"
- bushy brow sensei
Just found your channel thanks to my brother, Sol, and you really wanted to make me cry with these videos, huh? Man... Rock Lee really was something else for Naruto.
I requested this on your instagram!! I was hoping for this so badly, can't wait to see this.
When I was 10 y/o, I was so chubby, there was this kid 2 year older bullying me daily. One day, this bully stole all of my "rare cards" from my YuGiOh deck, only rare ones. Everything left was like Monster Reborn and some shits. You feel my rage. Then I read Rock Lee episode and decided to beat the shit out of that brat, take my cards back. During whole summer, I made a training calendar to check everyday 50 push ups, 100 sit-ups, running 3km par day (I was no Lee. Just a fatty who had never done any sports) At the end of this summer, the chubby book nerd lost 10kg and got jacked up, ready to smash that bastard. So I went to his appartement.
Neighbor: oh that family moved out, kido. Yeah during this summer.
11y/o me:…💪😳
So the lesson here is yep it’s absolutely true your effort can’t often be payed off in your life. But I started enjoying some sports and became the captain of basketball team in middle school🫡 I’m adult now. I’ll never forget thanking that bully and Rock Lee to change my life.
This was an incredible video. I love Rock Lee, he's one of my favorite characters of all anime and this really put him together well.
I like Rock Lee because he autistic and he is the true hero since isn’t from a special lineage. He worked hard to get where he is at.
I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for this. Rock Lee has always been my favorite character because of how much I identified with him, never having any talent but always refusing to quit. Always wanting to prove everyone wrong. To see him get this treatment and acknowledgement hits home so much for me and brings a tear out. I know I’m not the only one who feels this deeply about Lee, so this one is for us boys. The fuckin underdogs that’d rather die for our dreams than quit.
I swear rock Lee's story touched me so much, I get teary eyed every time I see any of his fights, tears of joy from knowing his ending in shippuden, knowing his accomplishments
Yall i am so ready for this. Rock lee is the most respectable character in all anime. Like him or not, you put respect on Lee's name!
The only reason I bought ultimate ninja storm is to repeatedly beat the shit out of Garra with Rock Lee
Hell yeah, Rock Lee is a true king!
Hard work vs talent , while you were talking this reminded me about Ronaldo and Messi, Lebron and Jordan... not saying that Messi or Jordan didn't put that work in. But they had that spark, something that you can't replicate with hard work, and ultimatelly made them the greatest at their sport. But ... hard work in itself represent success, Ronaldo, Lebron, the determinarion, consistency made the great as well.
To those who want more of rock lee I recommend reading Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth despite its art style it has some emotional moments in it
Rock lee is Naruto if Naruto was intelectually honest
Naruto (the show) is all about the underdog beating natural talent throught hard work
But Naruto (the character) has 50 times more chakra than anyone, has a mega demon dog in his stomach, his dad was the president his uncle was a legendary warrior, his dad's master was also a president, etc etc etc. The only thing making him the underdog is that someone fucked up and didnt take responsability of him so he had to grow up poor, but genetically speaking he's quite litterally jesus incarnate.
Meanwhile Rock Lee was also had to grow up poor and without parents, but he didn't have a magic dog or a divine bloodline he's just a talentless fuck, born to die, in world where everyone but him has super powers
I love the concept of Naruto(the Show) but they betray their own lessons and morals way to badly, in this world only those born with power are allowed grow into someone important and fullfil their dreams
Lee couldn't even score with his childhood crush Sakura, which would've been epic since Sakura also had to take an unortodox approach to power since she has no talent other than being a heal bot, both of them could've been an unbeatable raw physically strenght team, but no she had to be forced into a toxic relationship with a criminal because he has the good genes and is the co-protagonist
While Lee had to be forced into a loveless relationship with the most useless 0 Screen time character in the entire show, Ten Ten, who has nothing in common with him, Lee is all about melee combat while Ten Ten summons a tornado of junk to hit ppl with from range... in a fight they would synergize like shit Lee being constantly in the line of sight of Ten Ten while she forces Lee to circle around the battle field because her junk is always in the way.
Rock lee, Might Gai and Might Dai stories are emotional. from 7:27 onwards it was very emotional and your analysis was top class man.
I used to have no talent but my father encouraged me to do boxing classes and I beat almost every one in the there💀
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