The Official Naruto series Thread

Originally posted by Demonic Phoenix
Fair point, but she had *just* woken up from a coma brought about by her lack of chakra. I'm not surprised she had just enough chakra to restart her transformation, but storing some, even a tiny bit?

I thought it was missing when she woke up and was only re-formed the next time we saw her, when she was eating a lot?

Well, maybe it's a case the gem itself is there even if it's totally empty.

Originally posted by TheAuraAngel
I can't see why you don't accept the relationship between the two as the main heart of the manga. So much of Naruto's character is tied into Sasuke.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
because there were hella chapters where that wasn't the main issue. the manga changed to accommodate that but he still wants to become hokage (now he has to get sasuke back as a condition of that)

Just because there are chapters without it doesn't mean it's not the heart. The heart of One Piece, it's soul, is the journey. And in some chapters, they really aren't going anywhere. Detours from the journey and such.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
nope

naruto and sasuke just represent the whole loser vs genius angle present in a lot of character relationships, every generation has that:

neji/lee, hiruzen/danzo, sasuke/naruto, jiraya/orochimaru, kakashi/obito, etc

the soul of naruto is the loser overcoming the odds through hard work and perseverance, and the second naruto started getting too much power too quickly and the revelation that his family is indeed mighty the manga died. the sharingan and all that is annoying but sasuke isn't the linchpin of the manga. neji could have been swapped out for him

This point was undermined long before that imo, back when it was revealled that Naruto had a nigh-limitless source of chakra stored inside him that he could call, on top of already freakishly large amounts of chakra just on his own. And then whenever he would get into trouble he would plot no jutsu his way out by transforming into the fox. Naruto was only a 'loser' at the very start. After that his innate advantages outweigh everyone not named Uchiha.

we all knew he'd eventually harness the totality of the kyuubi, but it's too soon; he should be like 25 or something with full use of the 9-tails

he didn't however heavily train his speed or strength, those things are just byproducts of whatever amp he's using. naruto should have come back after the time skip as a sage and through that he should have calmed the beast within

Spoiler:
looks like edo tensei is indeed done for...so far

Spoiler:
sasuke needs to be choked till he turns navy blue

dat susano'o

And....

Spoiler:
Madara is just plain awesome.

Freaking Itachi.

And Sasuke....the reason I don't care for his justification isn't stupid, I just hate that he is so eager to suck Itachi's dick.

Not a bad chapter. Madara made it worth it, along with the cameos. Not really great but I did enjoy it.

And Naruto will be on break next week.

Of course. *sigh*

Spoiler:
Kimimaro for S+ Tier!!!
Offpanelled that Naruto Clone like a boss

That's it, we need a chapter dedicated to Hashirama and Tobirama's fight. I feel bad for Muu now 🙁

Oh and

Spoiler:
Madara's Susano'o sword can apparently cut through matter 🙂. Oh and what's exactly stopping Kabuto from re-summoning all of these guys at Sasuke's location. Shouldn't he be out the Izanami loop once Itachi is gone?

Maybe Itachi is just hatin on Madara's awesomeness.

Also I do wonder what happened to that one Naruto clone with Kimimaro.

Wakka-

Spoiler:
I don't think Itachi's death will break the loop, Kabuto still needs to meet it's conditions.

Samurai-

Spoiler:
Kimimaro didn't beat a Naruto clone, all of the clones were dispelled when Naruto started fighting Tobi.

well while there wasn't that much fighting, getting to see Madara's complete susanno was pretty awesome. but with the edo tensei jutsu deactivating, I doubt he'll be able to do anything else unless Kishimoto thinks of some way to keep Madara still going. I doubt it, but you never know.

and yeah, like Q99 said, I don't think Kabuto will be breaking free of Izanami anytime soon even with Itachi gone.

And then Madara uses Rinnegan to resurrect himself 😱

Hey, remember that time we were discussing about Kabuto's speed and then I said that Itachi got hit because it was needed to activate Izanami.

Called it 😛

Originally posted by Bentley
And then Madara uses Rinnegan to resurrect himself 😱

Hm, maybe. Or maybe Tobi'll bring him back.

Originally posted by Astner
Wouldn't it be horrible if Itachi's deactivation of Edo Tensei occurred just now when Madara finally decided to use the final form of his Susanoo?

Originally posted by Q99

Samurai-

Spoiler:
Kimimaro didn't beat a Naruto clone, all of the clones were dispelled when Naruto started fighting Tobi.

[/B]

Spoiler:

Heh, I know. Thing is, he still managed to survive getting sealed for the short time they fought. If I remember correctly, the last we saw of their fight was Naruto-Clone throwing a Rasen-Shuriken

So apparently people are blaming Sasuke of all people for not stopping the Edo Tensei being released....

Which is just really stupid. Sasuke doesn't like Kabuto, doesn't want any help from Kabuto, and wants Itachi gone since he doesn't have any attachments to this world. Why would he want to keep it around?

People should really be blaming Itachi. What started out with an interesting premise was ultimately lackluster. The fight...well the Kabuto parts weren't boring but the Itachi part was. The interaction between Sasuke and Itachi....well it just disgusted me.

wait a sec....

kabuto told tobi that in order to stop the edo tensei one would have to force him to make the dog, horse, tiger seals, and make him say "release". kabuto did a lot more than that

Originally posted by psycho gundam
wait a sec....

kabuto told tobi that in order to stop the edo tensei one would have to force him to make the dog, horse, tiger seals, and make him say "release". kabuto did a lot more than that

He lied.