vote!

[timepiececlock]

[Poll #379650]

This poll was born of my extreme Saturday midday boredom.

I was thinking about this (seriously and analytically, god knows why), and I think if all the alchemists in FMA could do alchemy without circles like Ed can, and if they were trained to fight in hand-to-hand combat like Ed and Al were, they'd be a better army than the ninjas. Primarily because they'd be more flexible and more adaptable-- you can transmute *anything* with alchemy as long as you have a good imagination to feed you ideas. The shinobi of Narutoverse have to learn individual techniques that, while powerful, are limited if you're not the Hokage or something.

But I think if you were to take all the state alchemists of FMAverse as they are right now (dependent on transmutation circles, and not all hand-to-hand fighters), and pit them against the ninjas, the ninjas would win cause they have Teh Stealth Powers that allow for espionage on a level the Amestris military could only dream about.

Then again there's the whole gun issue, which might seriously throw the shinobi for a loop, since projectile weapons don't exist in Narutoverse. Hmmmm.


I cross-posted this to fm_alchemist and chuunin. Heh heh hehh... let's see what people think.

WARNING: when commenting, MARK ALL MANGA SPOILERS, for both Naruto and FMA. I've still seen only the anime for FMA, and don't wish to be manga-spoiled. Thank you!

WARNING #2: vague Naruto spoilers to about episode 100 or so, FMA spoilers for approximately the first 22 episodes of the series.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think the ninja would win in just about every case. People seem to think that the seals ninja make are more cumbersome than the alchemists, but considering the average ninja speed, it happens pretty much instantaneously. If you want to go to extremes, characters like Itachi can do hand seaks without even appearing to move. While the versatility of the alchemist would be a problem, the ninja have the speed, strength, and experience to help them adapt. Ninja are trained from their childhood to fight, where as most state alchemists do not even enter the military until they are much older.

Even Naruto can do the hand seals for his Kage Bushin immediately now. Plus, if he needs time for something, he knows how to stall. Naruto is young, but he already has an incredible amount of experience fighting people better than him. I do not see why Ed would be an exception. Plus, Naruto's talent lies in his timing. With someone like Ed who knows nothing about the sneakiness of a ninja, even a recently graduated academy student could leave behind a clone in disguise and then sneak up behind their opponent. If Ed did not get Naruto down in pretty much one hit, I think Naruto could take him down without even resorting so some of his more drastic moves or the Kyuubi.

People who are voting against Gaara are severely misunderstanding his powers. Someone up there already mentioned it, but I will as well.


**Spoilers for the Naruto Manga***

Using alchemy on Gaara's sand would be pointless. Gaara can basically do alchemy as well. In his fight against Kimimaro, he turned the entire are into sand, because he needed more. If an alchemist turns his sand into say, glass as people have mentioned, Gaara can either turn it back, or make more sand out of something else. Then there is still his ultimate defense, which would protect him. Gaara can also fly on the sand, so he could fight from a distance if he wanted. And then there is always pulling his opponent underground and leaving him to die, or the simple but effective tidal wave of sand. It would have to be one incredibly tricky and powerful alchemist to find a way to even get close enough to Gaara to do anything, especially when Gaara is also incredibly sneaky.