For most of the fight, Sasuke was deliberately, malice aforethought, trying to murder Naruto. He put his hand through Naruto's chest, he hit him with a fireball at point blank range, and he tried to--and I really think it's implied that he succeeded--break Naruto's neck (Sasuke's own horrified reaction--shock, vomiting--the way Naruto's body went into the water, the scene with Kyuubi, and the peculiar way Kyuubi's chakra animated Naruto's body, not to mention Naruto's own sort of shocked, disoriented reaction--all of that seems to be to be saying that Sasuke did something that should have killed Naruto. Not just "I can't believe I hit you that hard and your spine didn't break," but "I broke your neck and you healed in front of my eyes, then got up and beat on me"). Naruto was trying to, I assume, knock Sasuke unconcious. Certainly not to kill him. I can't help thinking that if Naruto was trying to kill Sasuke, it would have been a different fight.
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on 2005-05-16 06:50 am (UTC)For most of the fight, Sasuke was deliberately, malice aforethought, trying to murder Naruto. He put his hand through Naruto's chest, he hit him with a fireball at point blank range, and he tried to--and I really think it's implied that he succeeded--break Naruto's neck (Sasuke's own horrified reaction--shock, vomiting--the way Naruto's body went into the water, the scene with Kyuubi, and the peculiar way Kyuubi's chakra animated Naruto's body, not to mention Naruto's own sort of shocked, disoriented reaction--all of that seems to be to be saying that Sasuke did something that should have killed Naruto. Not just "I can't believe I hit you that hard and your spine didn't break," but "I broke your neck and you healed in front of my eyes, then got up and beat on me"). Naruto was trying to, I assume, knock Sasuke unconcious. Certainly not to kill him. I can't help thinking that if Naruto was trying to kill Sasuke, it would have been a different fight.