User:UchihaSlayer96/Bijuu Hell

=The Raikage(s)=

General Raikage Stuff
The Raikage, or "A", is the strongest Shinobi in the village.

3rd Raikage
The 3rd Raikage is rather straightforward. His lore is full of support for him being Bijuu level, or more specifically, Gyūki level. The 3rd Raikage has a reputation for being a the only Shinobi in history to fight a Bijuu unarmored and unarmed. His Databook entry offers further support for this by citing his ability to fight Gyūki with his bare hands, and sever its tails. We even hear it from Gyūki's own mouth when he sings his praises to Naruto, and tells him of one of their battles where they both fought until they collapsed from exhaustion. Interesting things to note are the Raikage chopping all of Gyūki's Tails at once and Gyūki heavily implying he used Bijū bombs against the 3rd.

4th Raikage
Oh boy, where to begin? Alright, so most people agree with the 3rd Raikage being Bijū level, but for whatever reason the 4th is where a lot of people draw the line. This is pretty strange IMO, because the 4th Raikage's Bijū level scaling is just as explicit as the 3rd's as I'll be showcasing below.

The Evidence

 * The most straightforward piece of evidence is A just straight up harming Gyūki. During one of Gyūki's past rampages, A (4th) was able to chop off his horn, drop him to the ground, and make him wince in pain. Very straightforward feat.
 * The 4th Raikage is confirmed to have the highest battle power in his village . This statement has absolutely no caveats, so I feel confident in including Killer B, and as a result Gyūki, in the list of people he's considered above. This is very consistent with the other statement affirming that the Raikage is meant to be the strongest in the village, and with the fact that a much younger A had already shown to be capable of contending with Gyūki. It also makes sense in general, as the duty of protecting the village from a rampaging Gyūki generally falls upon the Raikage.
 * Upon entering his V2 Lightning Armor, Karin states that the Raikage's chakra is "at Bijū level" . Now this is obviously in comparison to Gyūki, who's the only Bijū Karin ever encountered to our knowledge. And before ya'll start hitting me with the good old "chakra amount/volume/yadayadayada =/= AP", this is A's chakra level in Raiton Chakra Mode. This is a form that uses chakra to directly amp A's stats. So yes, in this case Chakra amount is definitely translated into AP. And honestly, with all the previous supporting points, I don't think anyone can tell me with a straight face that A being Bijū level isn't the clearest implication for this statement.

Addressing the Counterevidence

 * "The Raikage cutting Gyūki's horns is just piercing/cutting damage shenanigans at work again!"
 * Honestly, this argument is laughable. Cutting and piercing attacks are still a form of AP. It's not like having a sharp stick ensures that you can damage anyone; it's not durability negation. Sure, fiction can be weird and inconsistent when it comes to sharp attacks, but that should be the exception, not the rule, when dealing with these superhuman characters. The wiki mostly operates on this principle regardless, and treats sword users (for example) as having normal AP. So, quite frankly, I don't even see why the Raikage has to deal with this level of scrutiny and doubt when it comes to such a clear cut feat. Piercing damage or not, he damaged Gyūki. He has AP on that level, it's that simple. Unless we want to re-examine all feats performed by characters using sharp/cutting objects, this is how it is.
 * Additionally, it's not like piercing or cutting damage is a guaranteed free hit in Naruto to begin with. Here are examples of piercing/cutting attacks being partially or completely negated.
 * Here's the 3rd Raikage taking the Rasenshuriken with minor damage, which is essentially the epitome of piercing/cutting attacks in the verse due to its countless cellular sized blades attacking its target simultaneously. (Naruto Chapter 554)
 * Here's KN4 Naruto taking Orochimaru's Kusanagi blade with no damage. (Naruto Chapter 296)
 * Here's Obito blocking Suigetsu's sword swing with his bare hands. (Naruto Chapter 404)
 * Here's the Raikage no-selling Sasuke's Chidori blade. And no, his Raiton Armor wouldn't be the sole reason for him tanking it here because Sasuke's own Raiton would pretty much match and nullify its advantage. (Naruto Chapter 462)
 * Here's Sasuke's Susano'o no-selling Danzo's Kunai. (Naruto Chapter 477)
 * Here's KCM Nard blocking a bunch of swords. (Naruto Chapter 559)
 * Here's Madara's Susano'o blocking A's chop. (Naruto Chapter 563)
 * Here's an already injured Madara taking a point-blank Rasenshuriken. (Naruto Chapter 673)
 * Here's Momoshiki no-selling Sasuke's attempt to decapitate him. (Boruto Chapter 7)
 * Now, my purpose here isn't to convince you that piercing damage is NEVER effective or that it's not a factor in Naruto, because it is. Like most series out there, characters get hurt by piercing or cutting attacks, so bringing forth examples of people getting damaged by swords or Kunai does absolutely nothing here. So please don't waste our collective time by doing that. My goal here is to showcase the fact that piercing damage doesn't guarantee damage against absolutely anyone in Naruto. As such, my only hope is that the series gets treated like any other verse out there, and that our feats are treated for what they are. I don't think that's too much to ask.
 * Finally, it's definitely worth mentioning that we actually have a pretty direct comparison between the Raikage's chops and his punches. Here's Lightened V2 Ay's punch vs Madara's Susano'o. For comparison, here's Lightened V2 Ay's chop vs Madara's Susano'o. As you can see, Ay's punch does even more damage to the Susano'o than the chop. It cracks its ribs and sends it flying, while the chop just cracks the outer armor. And, no, this is not because Ay had better footing while throwing the punch, since he was flying and had significant momentum while throwing the chop. This comparison works so well because it is the exact same form of Ay, at around the same general timeframe, and against the same exact opponent. As far as comparisons go, I don't think it gets much better than this. Simply put, the "Ay doesn't scale because piercing damage gg" take falls flat no matter how we look at it. If there's a better argument to disregard all of these feats and statements, I'd love to hear it, but this definitely won't do it for me.
 * "Ha! How can the 4th Raikage be Bijuu level if the 3rd Raikage was stated to be the only Shinobi to have fought a Bijuu barehanded? GG fodder!"
 * Okay, come on, now. I've heard this argument before from several people, and no offense to them, but it's honestly pretty weak. For starters, A3's reputation for being able to fight a Bijuu was built due to the fact that he's had to fight the rampaging Gyuki several times during his reign. This was because in the decades since Kumogakure came to possess the Hachibi, they have never managed to produce a Jinchuriki capable of successfully controlling and/or cooperating with Gyuki, until Killer B came along. And this is where A4 comes in. Killer B had already cultivated a friendly relationship with Gyuki even before A4 became the Raikage, and this is precisely why A would never have had to fight the rampaging Eight-Tails ever again, unlike his father. So, yeah, simply put, there's no contradiction here. The statement is pretty sus anyway, because we literally see A4 fighting Gyuki alongside his dad, but whatever.
 * "B-B-But if the Fourth Raikage scales, then everyone will end up becoming Bijuu level!!"
 * I mean, honestly, this might be the worst argument of them all. For starters, the sentiment is wrong, because not that many people scale to A, and those that do are pretty much all High Kage level. Secondly, it's a classic argument from incredulity. We NEVER disregard such clear-cut scaling, feats, and/or statements because it may scale to others. Like, what??? If other characters end up scaling to A for valid reasons, then that's how it's going to be. We don't deny direct scaling because we don't like it. If there's actual, legitimate issues with someone scaling to A (or anyone else for that matter), then that scaling will be scrapped; otherwise, it's valid. Also, this idea that Bijuu are some untouchable gods who scale to absolutely nobody is absolute VSBW-driven headcanon that we let fester over the years until it became widely accepted as a fact on the site for whatever reason. The fact of the matter is that certain characters do scale to Bijuu, both narratively and through feats and statements. A happens to fulfill both the narrative and feats-based criteria. So yeah, let's just analyze these feats and statements for what they are.

Conclusion
Yeah, man, these guys are Bijuu level. I see direct feats, direct statements, and direct narrative implications. If ALL OF THIS isn't enough to warrant scaling, then I genuinely don't know what does and I might as well quit power-scaling lmao. =Gamabunta= Here is, more or less, the entire Gamabunta vs Shukaku battle. As you all can see, Gamabunta was capable of physically matching Shukaku at several points during this fight, and he was also capable of matching Shukaku's Ninjutsu with his own. Here's a bit of a more detailed analysis.
 * The fight starts with these two beasts charging towards each other, and Bunta slicing off Shukaku's arm with great difficulty.
 * Gaara then goes to sleep, and its noted that while he's awake, Shukaku's strength is suppressed. It's clearly not an insane degree of suppression though, because Bunta still manages to contend with Shukaku after Gaara falls asleep. So his previous feats against Shukaku should still be considered IMO. Although, they are less impressive than what comes next, anyway, so it probably doesn't matter.
 * Shukaku then fires his Air Bullets at Bunta, which he dodges. Shukaku fires some more Air Bullets, which Bunta matches with his Liquid Bullets. Bunta misses one Air Bullet, though, and takes it head-on. He's hurt by this attack, clearly, but it's really not severe or fight ending damage by any means. His main issue isn't the power of the attack, it's his inability to take many more of Shukaku's attacks, which is purely a stamina or endurance issue rather than his durability not being high enough.
 * Shukaku (with Naruto's help) then transforms into a giant fox and grabs ahold of Shukaku, physically restraining him and causing him to groan in pain. He then continues to hold Shukaku back physically and wrestles him. It should be noted that Bunta was continuously getting tired throughout this fight, as summoned creatures generally don't seem to have high stamina or be able to hold their summoning for very long. So this explains why he was getting somewhat overpowered towards the end.