Tsunade is one of the better-written female characters in Naruto; she has flaws, a history, some tragedy and love mixed in, and some wicked powers and a legacy to boot. She's the granddaughter of the 1st Hokage, former leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. She was one of the three legendary Sanin who helped defeat Hanzo the Salamander in the Second Great Shinobi War. She did fairly well as the fifth Hokage. She possesses godly strength, chakra control, and medical ninjutsu knowledge that is unsurpassed in the series. I really enjoyed her introduction into the series, and how she is beholden to some classic vices!
The figure representation is pretty dead on. She has a pretty good range of motion and flexibility; the only thing getting in her way is maybe the tunic parts that thankfully do have slits and splits in them to accommodate some kicking action. The accessories are well painted and put together, though they aren't particularly exciting. It might have been cool to include her with a rock blasting effect for when she lands a ground punch maybe? Otherwise it's fairly thorough: many face plates, hands, a necklace and an extra head for the kid Naruto figure! Overall, this is a solid release, with no real downsides for me.
Sculpt & Paint: 3/3 This isn't a particularly complicated figure, but they did a good job of painting the face plates and figure. She looks intimidating, and they sculpted her clothing billowy enough to make her a commanding Hokage presence. Good work here!
Articulation: 3/3 (30+ points) There are no issues here with posing, even her ponytail bundles are easy to move around! The double-jointed arms and knees work well, and there is especially a lot of motion in the wrists and ankles. The diaphragm joint moves a lot better than it might appear, and the hip movements are only lightly impeded by the jacket and tunic. The shoulders work well, but they taper off into a really small ball joint, so they might come loose if you're not careful.
Accessories: 1/1 No complaints here. The four extra face plates are great, especially the hundred healings seal painted with great pink/purple. She has four extra pairs of hands for healing, combat and jutsu signs. Her grandfather's necklace is a nice touch, as is an abashed kid Naruto head!
Fun Factor: 2/3 I think the only thing holding this back from a perfect score is that, despite the fact I like Tsunade for both personality and power, she was never a big favourite of mine. That said, you can get her into some pretty great action poses for kicking and engaging with her jutsu. There's also enough here to recreate some Tsunade x Kid Naruto scenes, which is awesome!
Verdict: 9/10 Amazing figure! I love that this was both well done and gets to complete a team outside of team 7, that is the 3 legendary sanin team (but of course I'm also going to order the new Jiraiya sage mode even though I already have the normal version!). Happy figure hunting and pick this one up if you're a Naruto fan before it gets ridiculously expensive!
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| The accessories, pretty good! I realize now there are several scenes in both the Fourth Ninja War and the OG series where she loses her jacket. They could have added some extra arms and removable jacket (which would also have allowed her neck joint more mobility to look up) |
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| Good mobility here, and I am shocked I got her to balance on those heeled feet! Speaks to how well SHF balances their figure weight. |
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| Some training with Sakura! I'm really hoping they release a kid Sakura at some point |
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| Excellent splits! |
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| This kick will wreck your shit every time |
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| Get busy healin' or get busy dyin'! |
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| The kid characters are a little too tall here compared to their adult counterparts. This could also be an issue of how small they can make ball joints that have interchangeability. |
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| The Three Legendary Sanin! |
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| Tsunade and Orochimaru are pretty good for size but Jiraiya seems pretty tall (old version). Maybe the shoes or maybe it's just how they scaled the other line or maybe he's really supposed to be quite tall? |
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