Actually Mei I'm pretty easy to compromise with. I'm not afraid to take some damage. I'd probably let you arrow hit me, if I were not in Sage Mode or Gates, but I'd deflect it enough to not be a fatal wound.
Like I said "
......and what am about to say does not involve the use of chakra, but only physical training."
And Guy himself stated Lee was using pure physical attributes I do believe.
This part is now irrelevant since I already showed examples of Rock Lee using chakra in his taijutsu.
This is also applies to the 'ripping a massive root out of the ground'.
And I never said that jutsu. My Gift of the Hermit is a custom style I invented long ago. I rped a year or so working on it while training at the Fire Temple.
I don't think it's 'appropriate' to say you invented it when the term 'Gift of the Hermit' was mentioned in the manga 6 years ago.
In the end I'd have to guess this bow would be more complex than that of a normal rl one. So I'd be fitting into the Narutoverse. Much like the one used by that spider guy. The bow could leave craters if I recall correctly.
Look at when the senbon launcher was used in 156 I think. They were like five feet from each other. Point Blank Range for most weapons. All the senbon were deflected and one grabbed in mid air by a guy standing two feet to the side of the target.
Obviously, my bow is not a 'normal' bow per say. However, I find it interesting that you used Shizune's Senbon Launcher to compare it instead of Kidōmaru's War Bow. =/
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Spider_War_Bow:_Terrible_SplitAnyways, we don't know how fast the senbon were launched. To me, they looked like they were going the same speed as if they were thrown.
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/156/4Especially if you compare it with this:
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/246/7And if you watched the anime for that scene, the distance looks much farther than 5 feet.
https://youtu.be/QR_53LnOr2g?t=560Looking at both the chapter and episode, you will notice that Kabuto reacted to Shizune's movements. So he was already in position to defend when she launched the senbons.
I guess we have different interpretation of what the range it would be considered 'point blank'.
Perhaps I should not be using that term. Basically what I mean, is getting shot by an arrow within one meter (3.28 ft).
And have you really been hunting for your entire life?
Get a hand-ball and stick the tip of the arrow in it. Get a crossbow and have someone fire at you from 5 ft (FULL DRAW). Make sure your feet is placed firmly on the ground and see if you can dodge the arrow from that range. Get back to me. This is the same experiment used on Mythbusters.
Because I'm giving you facts and you're giving me 'maybes', 'I think', and 'I believe'.
If you guys are not going to play with limits, then there's no point to even zoning because you're basically claiming 'god status'.