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askerian ([personal profile] askerian) wrote2008-01-26 12:53 pm
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The only thing I've got to say on the latest Naruto chapter is "Do I have to read over and edit my old 'Itachi and romance' essay-thing now or something?" I feel too lazy for that. XD;

Wait, no, I've got something else.

AHAHAHAHA PEOPLE GOING "OMG ITACHI IS, LIKE, CRAZY!!! D:" LIKE THAT'S NEW AHAHAHAHA. Oh man, I love y'all, but srsly.



edit: oh yeah, something about what people said about the new Naruto ending surprised me. They seemed to think that NARUTOxSASUKE, KIBAxAKAMARU, IRUKAxNARUTO, JIRAIYAxTSUNADExOROCHIMARU and others meant a pairing -- they were just posing next to each other! D: Japanese fanartists don't necessarily use the x to denote pairings, they just use it to separate the names of people who appear in a doujin/picture. x to denote pairings is a western convention. The only thing any of those x meant was that they were in the same picture, not that it was a semi-sorta-officially acknowledged pairing.

I didn't find any of the drawings actually romantic, save perhaps the one where Hinata looks like she's clinging to Kyuubi-Naruto, and that might be because the picture was grainy and blurry on my screen so I can't really see what's actually happening. (not that I looked very closely because ehhh naruhina. >.>)

Granted any Naruto-and-Sasuke pic tends to gain those "I WILL sex you up in a second, just you wait" *loom loom* vibes, but that's just the overwhelming, inherent OTPness of them that everyone with eyes can see. u.u


editedit: [livejournal.com profile] sarolynne has a nice ramble on the latest chapter, including eye surgery, Kishi logic, ItaSasu and crazyface smilies.

[identity profile] ew-younerd.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I must be crazy, myself. Because I have never, EVER, in the history of reading this entire manga, found Itachi attractive even remotely whatsoever.























Until now.

[identity profile] ew-younerd.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
♥ the fact that , deep down in his subconscious, Itachi has such a madness and such FEELING to him rather than just being this emotionless stone has made my heart go thumpitty thump thump for him. ♥

http://bakkhos.livejournal.com/97237.html?thread=2050261#t2050261 and yeah. 8D right here i kind of voice how it DOES make sense. Hurhurhur.

HOW DARE KISHI TURN A PERFECTLY EVIL VILLAIN INTO..A PERFECTLY EVIL VILLAIN?!?!

If anything, this also makes me a bit more interested in Itachi's relationship with Sasuke. I think it just turned a thousand more levels of twisted. I love how Itachi thinks that only they can recognize this true power together and that they were meant for this higher sacrifice, that their lives are nothing but an auxiliary object and means to an end for this higher purpose for Itachi to finally end the clan he detests so much and wipe the slate clean of what he thinks is pathetic behaviour from them XD

[identity profile] acechan.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think it's all that weird to suddenly become attracted to Itachi because he grew a personality (albeit a crazy one). The complete lack of anything resembling Itachi's thought processes that we've gotten up till this point is a large part of the reason why I've always been sorta meh about him as a character.

[identity profile] sirena-lune.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
*sniff* Now I wish I was up to date on the manga... TT^TT

Icon <3

[identity profile] sirena-lune.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL

Thanks, hahaha. Now what chapter did I stop at, again?

[identity profile] tricia1224.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Definitely a crazy one. No getting around that now. Before, there could be reason's for killing the entire clan, now it seems that Itachi drove over the cliffs of insanity, and there is no return.

[identity profile] tricia1224.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn! Your right. I forgot about that. It has been so long since I read/saw that part. *hangs head in shame* I have been reading to many Ita/Saku fanfics.

[identity profile] nyuchan.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I was really surprised how fandom couldn't comprehend that killig your entire family IS linked with being insane.. that was more shocking than the revelation that itachi is really insane o_O

^_^

[identity profile] tekku-karii.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
So how about I read that whole chapter listening to "Unwell" by Matchbox 20?

"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell. I know, right now you can't tell..." That's what was playing on the crazy Itachi panel. Oh Itachi, you're insanity is so terribly beautiful. ♥

But I admit I was one of those hoping there may have been another reason...or at least a not as freaky-fratricidal eye-stealing reason.

I'm positive that if Itachi takes out his ponytail, he'll have Madara hair.

Also, I'm pretty sure the "Sharingan is Byakugan mutation" theory is shot to hell, and now SasuHina is no longer distant-incest. w00t.

[identity profile] tekku-karii.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
If I knew how to upload it, I would. But I can give you link!

http://matchboxtwenty.com <--- Then if you go up to the playlist in the top corner and choose "Unwell", it will play! Huzzah!

And yeah, I really really hope Itachi cared about Sasuke, if even only a little bit. 'Cause I think Sasuke would just shatter completely to the point not even Naruto could fix him.

I still don't get the Rinnegan, it makes no sense to me. I was really hoping Jiraiya would poke them out, to tell the truth.

Yeah, the argument doesn't really apply to me either, since I'm not a huge fan of the SasuHina pairing. Oh, but it's growing on my so fast. But it's one less thing for the fanbrats to bitch about.

[identity profile] bookem-dano.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean? Of course Japanese fanartists use "x" to denote pairings. C'mon, we all know SAKURAxNARUTOxHINATA is so canon u_u.

[identity profile] amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay. Poor Hinata isn't left out. u_u

But I'm not a fan of threesomes.....

[identity profile] bookem-dano.livejournal.com 2008-01-27 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't argue with you there ♥

[identity profile] miaka2u.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just glad to know the answer to the question I've been pondering since we found out Itachi killed his entire clan..... alone. *rolls eyes* I assumed that he couldn't do it alone with Uchihas out on missions and at bars and whatnot. XP I was never buying that for a second. He had a helper. <3

As far an looney Itachi... you've got to be a bit of a nut to follow some age-old legend from a guy who should be dead. And you've got to be even crazier to activate a power that will make you fall into darkness. Itachi's never changed in my opinion. He just laughs a lot more now.

[identity profile] sara-the-lazy.livejournal.com 2008-01-26 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Aghhhh I really did enjoy this chapter (and i actually read your essay on itachi and romance last night n.n ). The first panel of page 8 made me make a funny squeaking sound although I predicted it several pages before. Itachi's page 12 face is hilarious... And the reason he kept Sasuke alive is very different from what most of us had thought, and a pleasant surprise at that. We did all know he was fucked up in the head so this "sudden" insanity really isn't anything new at all. I mean, it makes sense and I think it's pretty awesome. He was deceiving Sasuke all along. Melikes.

Now I'm just hoping that Sasuke has -not- awakened mangekyo (pretty sure he hasn't), kills Itachi, and then various events happen that can lead up to Teamwork being wonderfully wonderfully canon. (then again in Teamwork he didn't kill Itachi yet and he came back to Konoha in a different way but you know what I mean, the possibility of team 7 getting back together and getting together in another sense and making babies XD )

Because I <3 your Teamwork canon, it's so right. I heart it alot.

~Sara

[identity profile] sara-the-lazy.livejournal.com 2008-01-29 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sad for him too... but at least Itachi had acknowledged that perhaps he would be the one to fall before Sasuke.

I really am wondering how Kakashi did it...

Yah, if any of the trio died, I would... I denno, i think I would even cry. I didn't cry when Orochimaru "died" even though I loved him to pieces as a villain.

I'm ok with most of my favorite 'ships not happening but come on, Team 7 is canon! Grawr!

*hugs*

~Sara

[identity profile] twitty-twit.livejournal.com 2008-01-27 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'm loving the latest chapters. Seriously, I am in heaven. I came so close to dropping Naruto off of my must-read list this past year, barely hanging on because I wanted to see how everything falls into place for Sasuke.

It's kinda puzzling that people can still be shocked at the realization that Itachi is INSANE. Sure he may have always been very calm and stoic, at least outwardly, but no one can coldly slaughter his entire clan to 'test his capacity' and claim sanity. The crazy!face was kinda startling at first, but since he was back to being mostly calm outside of that inner!Itachi space, I kinda let myself go with the flow. Then the chapter ended D:

Is anyone else here glad that people are starting to be more sympathetic to Sasuke as a character because of recent developments. Maybe it's cause I'm a Sasuke fangirl, but I was always kinda disheartened by how some fans decided he was just an asshole for leaving Konoha and Naruto for (according to them) no reason. It's like that there is this promise of a resolution and a good fight, they decided to cheer for the lesser of two evils :( Sasuke isn't evil, and if he were, he shouldn't be the lesser of them lol

btw Askerian ty for all your insights into previous chapters. I never commented before but your posts help get my brain started after I'm done squeeing over the lastest scans.

[identity profile] mezzo-marinaio.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmh, not really 'more sympathetic', no... but there was quite a large number of people who kept going 'AH AH, now Sasuke is gonna learn that Itachi was not the one who killed the clan, he will understand he went to Orochimaru for NOTHING AT ALL and will cry bitter tears of guilt. Then, of course, Itachi will own him. AH AH!', and, yeah, I'm having lots of fun seeing THOSE ones be disappointed and whining about how 'Kishi has ruined the story OMG'! ^o^

As if the mental rapes and the 'let's join an evil organization' fun weren't enough of a clue. -_- ...oh, wait, sorry. I forgot that in the mind of those fans, Itachi was simply JIRAIYA'S SPY in Akatsuki. No, I'm not kidding you.

What I did notice, however, was a litte group of Sasuke haters finally admitting Sasuke is looking MIGHTY FINE in these chapters, which is quite the feat for people who usually deny he could ever be in any way 'cool'. ^_^ That's something, I guess!

(frozen comment) Dumbass

(Anonymous) 2008-01-27 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
You are a coward and a fool. Just because not everyone likes the perverted crap you pretend is "art" doesn't give you a right to insult another person. You should have learned by now that what you think and your opinion means very little in the long run. Your life is based on a cartoon. Perhaps you make fag pairings because you know deep in your heart that you will never be able to attract a member of the opposite sex even if you tried, you stupid, insecure little whore.

(frozen comment) Re: Dumbass

(Anonymous) 2008-01-27 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
You should have learned by now that what you think and your opinion means very little in the long run.

You should have learned by now that what you think and your opinion means very little in the long run.

You should have learned by now that what you think and your opinion means very little in the long run.

You have just defeated yourself here, retard. Go get a life and stop trying to serve internet justice!!1

(frozen comment) Re: Dumbass

[identity profile] sara-the-lazy.livejournal.com 2008-01-27 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
*cracks up*

Oh my, that was pathetic. Obviously you know not to let it get to you, Asuka.

~Sara

(Anonymous) 2008-01-27 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, Itachi killing a clan that, it turns out, was basically founded on both homicide and fratricide, and has continued that family tradition of horror for decades right up until the present day, does give him a reason.

More like... spring cleaning.

He's crazy and, yes, evil, but I think I can see where he's coming from. The Uchiha clan seems to be inherently fucked up, right down to their genetics.

-- Guile
ext_9839: Yuko (woo)

[identity profile] lukita.livejournal.com 2008-01-27 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just waiting for the emo to start, but oh gods scary face. D: I'll have nightmares for weeks to come.