Neji was one of the first rivals that Naruto had to face off against, who truly believed that Naruto’s ninja way was nonsense. This positioned both Neji and Naruto as absolute foils to each ...

One fan noticed how the series placed Naruto in the same exact spot he was in when using the Nine Tails’ chakra against Neji during his Chunin Exams about 20 years before.

Unfortunately, all this proved to be for naught, as Lee and Neji were never pitted against one another in the Chunin Exams, and their mutual enmity all but fizzled out. In Part II of Naruto, both ...