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Actually, Male_Monk_Miroku, That was very Interesting Information. ^____~"
However, Here is a More detailed Desctiption of Lee - (By Wikipedia.Com) ^____^
Lee is portrayed as somewhat of a ridiculous character from the get-go, particularly his relationship with his sensei, Maito Gai; their emotional hugging, overstated posing, and odd mannerisms weird out Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and even Uchiha Sasuke to the point of blankly staring with disbelief when they witnessed them for the first time. 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 Gai's guidance, including his dedication to hard work, taijutsu prowess, outfit, and haircut (Lee already had the large eyebrows). Gai himself believes that Lee has "beautiful eyes," and also calls him his "cute student."
Rock Lee is a very spirited taijutsu (hand-to-hand combat) specialist and is the paragon, or "genius", of hard work. Incapable of using genjutsu or ninjutsu, he only fights using taijutsu. He is able to open five of the eight "chakra gates" inside a ninja's body, and has speed and strength far beyond that of most ninja.
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, Maito Gai. Through practice, he has become so overcompensatingly strong in the taijutsu discipline that he was allowed to graduate the ninja academy with his teammate and rival Hyūga Neji. Neji originally claimed that Lee was not really a ninja since he can't use genjutsu or ninjutsu, saying that just because Lee is the first student who graduated from the academy with only taijutsu doesn't mean that he is amazing, just unusual.
Lee always keeps a pair of very heavy weights on his legs (dropping them from even waist-height causes them to bury themselves several meters underground) 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). Gai 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. Kakashi ridicules this type of training, calling it 'sentimental' and 'old-fashioned', and also points out that Gai went a little overboard with the amount of weight. Lee is also seen training with stone sandals in a filler episode of the anime. Lee has actually trained to the point that he fights while sleeping on occasion, which occurs through muscle memory.
The greatest of Lee's "trump cards" are five of the eight chakra gates. He is the only known person below Jōnin capable of opening any of these gates. Using this technique is forbidden and Lee was taught to open these by Maito Gai, which Kakashi disapproved of. The gates are the endogenous chakra limits. The gates, in order, are: Initial, Heal, Life, Harm, Limit, View, Wonder (also translated as Insanity, implying that the user could possibly lose their mental stability if the gate is opened), and Death. By opening these gates one can release the mind's limits on chakra use at the expense of the body. Lee can open the first five gates, and has done so when performing Reverse Lotus, the final and most powerful of Lee's attacks. Gai and Kakashi (shown in a brief flashback of his training) are the only other people who have demonstrated usage of the chakra gates. Gai can open at least six of the gates, as shown during his fight against a clone of Hoshigaki Kisame.
Lee has also shown signs of above average intelligence. He has a near textbook knowledge of the Hyūga clan (as shown before the fight between Hinata and Neji), and is able to understand the strategies of his comrades through mere observation.
Kishimoto Masashi says: "Lee's theme is hard work. People think that hard work is lame these days but that's not the case. I wanted to express that hard work pays off."
Chūnin Exam arc
Lee is first introduced during the very beginning of the Chūnin exam arc, posing as a weak ninja in order not to draw attention to himself and his two teammates, Hyūga Neji and Tenten. Soon enough, however, he is revealed as far superior than he made himself out to be; he appears before Team Kakashi, proclaims his undying love for Sakura minutes after seeing her for the first time. After a display of exaggerated affection, in which Rock Lee blows hearts at Sakura through winks (she dodges all of them), he challenges Sasuke to a battle. Naruto gets annoyed with all the attention Sasuke is getting and insists on challenging Lee himself, but Lee easily deflects his attack and sends him spinning straight into a nearby wall with his whirlwind kick.
After seeing this, Sasuke decides to accept the challenge. Sasuke is defeated just as easily, though to his credit Lee took longer to do it. This teaches Sasuke the main weaknesses of the Sharingan: it is useless to have enhanced perception of the opponent's movements if your own body cannot keep up with them. Lee explains that Sasuke is just a test for a much stronger opponent. He doesn't give a name, but the opponent is shown to be Neji. During the fight, Lee gets too carried away and almost uses one of his trump card techniques, Front Lotus, to secure his win. At this point, Gai stops the fight and berates Lee for trying to use the technique. After a moment of theatrical punching, hugging, and crying (complete with sunset background and crashing waves), they bid a mightily dumbfounded Team Kakashi farewell.
Lee appears again during the second stage of the exam, set in the Forest of Death. When his team split up for a scouting mission, he encounters a desperate Sakura, hopelessly trying to fend off the three Sound-nin attacking her and her two unconscious teammates (knocked out during their encounter with Orochimaru earlier). He does his best to help her, even using Front Lotus against Dosu Kinuta, but fails as there are three of the Sound-nin and he has no experience fighting against sound-based attacks. Ultimately it is the cursed seal-empowered Sasuke that drives them away (almost killing Zaku in the process).
In the third stage preliminaries, Lee finds himself having to fight Gaara, easily the most difficult opponent for him to have been matched against. During this fight, Lee's many attempts to beat his rival, Hyūga Neji, are shown, each one ending in failure. He almost loses faith in himself, but Gai's guidance gives him hope again. The entire history is actually fractured across several story arcs. In the battle, trump card after trump card is pulled out only to be nullified against Gaara's various defenses. Lee opens the first five chakra gates in an attempt to defeat Gaara, which he had actually hoped to save for Neji, but Gaara manages to just barely save himself. In the end, Gaara avenges his wounds by crushing Lee's left arm and left leg. Gai steps in to save Lee before Gaara can finish the job, disqualifying Lee. Despite his wounds, Lee stands up in his combat stance to continue fighting. Gai informs him the fight is over, only to discover that Lee is unconscious and fighting by muscle memory alone. After Gai stops Lee, the medics inform Gai that Lee's wounds have crippled him and destroyed his career as a ninja. Lee was the first person to ever physically hurt Gaara, demonstrating his extreme potential. Despite the injuries and his subsequent hospitalization, Lee insists on training anyway, sneaking out of the hospital and doing one-armed push-ups and one-legged squats on his broken arm and leg.
Search for Tsunade arc
While Naruto and Jiraiya search for Tsunade, Gai tries various home remedies to cure Lee, none of which work. When Tsunade is finally brought back, Gai, who has heard of Tsunade's legendary medical abilities, asks her whether there is anything than can be done about Lee's condition. Tsunade looks into it and concludes that an operation that would mend his bones is possible in theory, but would be very risky; he has bone fragments scattered near vital nerves, and the slightest wrong movement would mean his death. She estimates the chance of success at about 50% and Lee almost experiences a mental breakdown when presented with the morbid choice of whether to undergo the operation or not. On the one hand, his life is meaningless without his ability to prove his nindo ("path of endurance", refers to one's chosen path in life) - that he can become a great ninja even without ability to use ninjutsu or genjutsu. On the other hand, the only method to recover his nindo is to risk death.
Eventually, after a heartfelt conversation with Gai, Lee decides to take the operation (the anime has Tsunade doing a bit of research and raising the success chance to 58%, but this does not happen in the original manga).
That is All the Information I can Give for now, without Stretching the Page, Horribly. ^______^ Hope you Enjoyed. ^^
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