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Naruto Character: Rock Lee |
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Registration #: 012561
Age: 14
Status: Living
Ninja Rank: Chunin
Birth Date: November 27
Height: 162.2 cm
Weight: 47.5 kg
Blood Type: A
Affiliation: Hidden Leaf Village
Student Of: Might Guy
Rock Lee is led by Might Guy on a team with Neji Hyuuga and Tenten. Lee's relationship with his sensei, Might Guy, is emotional to the point of comedy; their hugging, overstated posing, and odd mannerisms weird out other characters in the Naruto series. Lee's bond with Guy is by far the strongest student-teacher relationship described in the series; Lee owes a large part of his character to Guy's guidance, including his dedication to hard work, taijutsu abilities, outfit, and haircut. Guy himself believes that Lee has "beautiful eyes," and also calls him his "cute student."
Rock Lee is a very spirited taijutsu specialist and is the paragon of hard work. Incapable of using genjutsu or ninjutsu, he fights using taijutsu alone. He is able to open five of the eight "chakra gates" inside a ninja's body, and already has physical speed and strength far beyond that of most ninja. However, Lee often matches up against opponents with perfect defenses against taijutsu, such as Gaara's sand shield and Kimimaro's bone manipulation, testing his taijutsu skills.
No matter who the opponent, Lee always shows respect and never attempts to demean them. As an academy student, he was teased for his inability, leading him to spend all his time and concentration on taijutsu under the guidance of his sensei, Might Guy. Through practice and hard work, he has become very strong despite his ability to use only taijutsu.
Lee always keeps a pair of extremely heavy weights on his legs (dropping them from even waist-height causes them to bury themselves into the ground) and has trained himself to be amazingly fast despite this hindrance. The possibility of taking off the weights is a huge trump card for him, as his speed increases drastically beyond its already impressive normal level when free of them (to the point that he moves faster than the blink of an eye). Guy has restricted him to only taking them off in a situation when protecting people who are important to him, but made an exception during Lee's battle with Gaara. Shikamaru Nara ridicules this type of training, calling it 'sentimental' and 'old-fashioned', while Kakashi Hatake points out that Guy went a little overboard with the amount of weight. Rock Lee's weighted clothing is a training method that allows him to move faster once it is removed.
Rock Lee's favorite food is medium-spicy curry rice and curry udon (thick wheat-based noodles). Like his sensei, when asked about his least favorite food, he replies, "There is no such thing!" His hobby is hard work and has even been called a genius at hard work. One interesting characteristic of Rock Lee is that he never speaks in contractions. He never uses words like "he's" or "doesn't" and instead uses the long forms such as "he is/has" or "does not." In the Japanese version, Lee only speaks in formal Japanese.
 -Wings of a Ninja- · Sat Aug 25, 2007 @ 12:13pm · 0 Comments |
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