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Naruto Chapter 438 + chibi

Chapter's here.

1) I am in LOVE with Six-tailed Naruto's design. Four-tailed's face was more silly than creepy and I never managed to be very impressed by him -- but the skeleton taking shape around him ? WOW. Love it. lovelovelovelovelove it.

sarolynne: ...Me too. It's creepy and interesting, and it makes it look like he's actually turning into a fox--and the Naruto part almost looks like a shadow under it.

sarolynne: Hot.

askerian: yesssssssssssssssssss.

2) Love the panel where he's holding the glowing pendant in his hand. Prrrrt. Though what's the sound effect? Did he break it? That would make me sad because while the symbolism is WHEE, it's Tsunade's memento. Still, whee! OUT OF CONTROL. *____*

3) HINATA IS ALIVE BOOYAH. I knew it! ^o^ Still, surprised Kishi didn't milk it for another 45 chapters. Also, whoa, she's lucky Kyuubi didn't collateral-damage her in the face. D:

4) I love every single panel with the skeleton fox head. Might need to icon it. It's so fucking cool and creepy and sad and strangely elegant and feral. Love. This cannot be said enough. ♥

5) RUN PAIN RUN. i'm so fucking glad to see him turning tail, even if he'll counterattack later. Also it's interesting and less godmoddy that when his technique meets an unmoveable object that he gets it back in the face.

6) The pages with a lot of rubble are really hard to make sense of. ~__~ *squints*

7) W-WHO IS THAT STRANGELY SEXY PINEAPPLE HEADED WOMAN. oh my heart. anko. X333 Also, sai is alive! kishi didn't forget him! Also, THEY'RE PICKING UP THE KABUTOMARU PLOT THREAD. it better end up in epicness because so far it was kinda lame, BUT. Benefit of the doubt, you may have it, Anko-sama. I really enjoyed that whole page for the Yamato freak-out factor as well, even though i'm usually largely indifferent to his character.

8) omg sakura. T^T "This is no time for laughter! Now's our chance to get to Hinata!" *yuriships* And we have to do something about naruto indeed. I like that Sakura concentrates first on what she knows she can fix straight away, namely Hinata. Good head under pressure, she's getting. X3 Naruto most definitely needs a group assault/plan there, going at it alone won't help. *_*

9) I wonder if creepy-thin!pain is afraid of losing his best friend's body. I mean he can replace the others, but I wonder if he's emotionally attached to ... yahiko's? nagato's? which one is he again -- anyway, if he's emotionally attached to his corpse. That would make things a little more interesting. *_*

10) Skeleton fox. I want it animated like NOW. I hope they won't change the charadesign to make it rounder/cuter/less creepy.

I'm rather happy Naruto went Kyuubi again, even despite saying he wouldn't rely on the fox's power again. Because right now he WASN'T relying on Kyuubi's power -- or he wouldn't have been beaten on the ground and about to be dragged off, utterly powerless. It really illustrates the size of his powerlessness, grief and rage, IMHO. Bastard takes his village, and his ramen stand, and his Kakashi-sensei, and his Shizune-neesan, and then "hey by the way you know how you've always craved love and acceptance? Well you've had it with at least one person! but I'm killing that one as well. Sucks to be you, huh."

Camel. Straw. SPLODIES! It's really not about Naruto finding a way to beat the odds and sneak his way past a trap. It's about Naruto still being trapped and powerless, and completely flipping his lid, and everything Kyuubi does afterwards that ends up beneficial? totally an accident. (convenient for the plot? Yes, quite. Naruto is usually a lucky guy, anyway. But from the point of view of his character? He's so completely buried in grief-rage-hate I bet even if he's even just a little bit conscious he has no clue what the hell is going on. He won't wake up all "So HAH! That'll learn you to keep away from my friends."

I'd love to se him wake up shell-shocked and still trembling, actually.)

It's been foreshadowed by Jiraiya and the Fourth and that whole key business that Naruto would eventually have to learn to control the fox's chakra, and there's the eight-tailed beast communicating with and helping his guy that's also pretty damn shiny proof they could and should be working together for massive ass-kicking, and it's not gonna happen if Naruto never uses that power again. But I like how this time wasn't planned -- and was, in fact, a setback on the "I'll keep kyuubi under control!" side of things. Because it's just too boring when Naruto succeeds at everything effortlessly.

The sage chakra training? Felt cheap, because he had no setbacks. There was the threat of turning into a frog, but that was more funny and ridiculous than horrific. But learning to control/work with Kyuubi, well -- there's always another possibility he might lose control again and obliterate people he knows and who have never done anything wrong. And the threat of collateral damage would do so many more interesting things to Naruto's psyche than "oh btw u might turn into a froggy rock lol" which he never really dwelled on.

But mostly I just love it when Naruto goes berserk. *_* It's going to leave him exhausted both emotionally and physically when it's over... nnghyes.

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WOOOT ANKO.

I don't really have much more to say about this chapter. XD Except yes, SakuHina, it's begging me to write.

... *__* do eeeet.

well, that just cranked up my interest in the current storyline 100%.

not that I have fetish for character who lose their shit in a super powered way and have to deal with the consequences afterward, or anything.

Edited 2009-03-06 06:00 (UTC)

... I just really hope Kishimoto won't handwave it all away once it's over. I WANT CONSEQUENCES! EMOTIONAL BACKLASH! nnnngh.

nsgjs. SIGH. The things you do to my mind.

_{1) I am in LOVE with Six-tailed Naruto's design. Four-tailed's face was more silly than creepy and I never managed to be very impressed by him -- but the skeleton taking shape around him ? WOW. Love it. lovelovelovelovelove it.

[info]sarolynne: ...Me too. It's creepy and interesting, and it makes it look like he's actually turning into a fox--and the Naruto part almost looks like a shadow under it.
[info]sarolynne: Hot.
[info]askerian: yesssssssssssssssssss.}

All I saw after that, is some odd form of miniature!kyuubi, havin' some fun with Naruto below him. Not that I'm complaining of course, Kyuubi tops everyone. I suppose that could include himself... Urgh confusion!

...

DX X3

Saro and I are totally not trying to find out a way to RP kyuubinaruto/femmenaruto at the moment, by the way. Nope, not at all. ♥

It will be cruel and unusual punishment if I do not see some result. fff~

--Yes, yes, I like this fox transformation skeleton thing. HMMM this series. When it is over I will marathon the shit out of it. =Db

I just read the chapter and doodled Batshit-Naruto on a convenient index card. xD

I don't have a scanner atm so I just took a camera pic rofl.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Ryouseiteki/forlj/KyuuNaru6Tail.jpg

lolyeeeeeeeeeeeeees I'm finally loving where this is heading. For the longest time I've felt plain listless when it came to this series. "Oh, Naruto updated? That's nice..." but now I'm like IS IT NEXT WEEK YET?

Aaaaand I reread the chapter and thought wow I should have actually LOOKED at him before doodling him rofl.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Ryouseiteki/forlj/KyuuNaru6TailReferenced.jpg

Again phone pic'ed off an index card, but I tried not to mutilate him too bad this time. xD

Whoa, they're both really cool but the second one is really, really cool. *__* *massive love*

This time on a Blue index card~

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/Ryouseiteki/forlj/KyuuNaru6TailCute.jpg

OMG I CAN'T STOP, SOMEONE HELP ME.

UWAH SOCUTE ;___; !!!!!! squishyyyyyyyy.

6-tail naruto: very cool. Except on page 2, when it looks like he's 4-tail naruto wearing a funny helmet.

Also, Asuka, congrats on making the horrible blood-and-bone monster really, really adorable.

-- Guile

XDDDD Well, he still has the 4tails charadesign underneath, sadly enough... T^T

Thanks! ^__^

I totally absolutely utterly adore the picture!!!!!!

Ah, yes. The chapter and Naruto-skeleton-Kyuubi just KICKED. ASS. And when Naruto wakes up, he had better not be all angsty about Kyuubi and destroying some of the village!! It was already in ruins to begin with!!!!!

The ramen-stand... I haven't thought of it yet. NO MORE RAMEN-STAND!! (totally reminds me of that small doujin on DA: Tobi: "I killed Jiraiya!!" Kakashi: "He was a great man, died like true shinobi, yadda yadda" Tobi: "No. No, you don't get it." Kakashi: "??" Tobi: "No more Icha Icha!!" Kakashi: "..." "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T___________T")

IMPORTANT!! I would like to use one or two of your awesome icons. I'm afraid I already have, with this chapter, but being as tired and stupid as I am, I forgot to ask for permission. So I'm doing it now: may I leave it? May I use some of them? If I may, how do you wish I give credit? In the posts I use, or is there a more general way (am new to LJ)?

Love!

♥

when Naruto wakes up, he had better not be all angsty about Kyuubi and destroying some of the village!! It was already in ruins to begin with!!!!!
God yes! I mean Pain already obliterated like 4/5ths of it, or maybe even more. Naruto just did a little crater on top of the rubble and then he left the town entirely. u.u

... AHAHAHA XD

It's fine, go ahead, as long as you credit them to askerian ^__^ (not asuka because it's way too common and vague XDDDD) *lovesquish*

Not entirely on topic, but that doujin sounds hilarious, and I cannot find it >< T-T Could you possibly share the link? Or name, or something?

I tried to look for it, but so far I couldn't find it, either =D

One day, if it just comes my way, I'll send you a link, I promise!

(All I know is that it was posted not long after Jiraiya kicked the bucket T__T)

*______* Oh god, Asuka, I fangasmed so hard when I first saw the beginnings of a skeleton, I can't even tell you. XD

Also, I totally called the "Hinata isn't really dead" thing. After all, there wasn't any lead-up character introspection. u.u

I think part of the problem that Naruto has with Kyuubi is that whole "oh, btw, he's only got the yang part in there. You know, the dark part..." that Jiraiya explained. My theory is that this a) makes Kyuubi unstable, and b) means that Naruto is primarily dealing with all the evil aspects of the demon he's housing. I'm not saying that Kyuubi is peaches and cream when he's together, since the parts we see clearly exist, but it'd probably be easier to reason with him when the yin part is present...

...Also, oh my god yay fox skeleton :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD *is rather stuck on this point*

Adi

I'm going to start checking in with you to see if I need to wait a week or read now. (I was actually getting kinda scared that they weren't going to do one this week, Tsubasa keeps doing that) But YAY for Hinata being alive! And Yay for OMG!Smart Sakura...Kishi keeps forgetting he set her up as the smart one, methinks. Yeah, I didn't like the Sage training bit...it felt kinda...subploty worthless.... (But OMG, the COAT!) I liked it for him following in his dad's footsteps, but otherwise it felt...eh.... ((Still don't think Kakashi's dead, still don't. La, la, la, la....) I love the new form for Naruto, it keeps giving us hints as to what he will look like with all Nine Tails, and from this side of things, it's going to be AWESOME! (Though, I'm thinking at this point it's either going to be against Madara or Sasuke....and while I'd like to see the Pretentious Bastard get his face smashed in, I'd like to see Team 7 back together again. And Sasuke can't return if he's been turned into a fine paste) Has Gai's team made it yet or are they still running in place?

The sound effect says 'Pakin'......have no idea what that is supposed to mean, Japanese sound effects are hard to translate. Sorry..

This chapter makes me not so indifferent to the manga anymore my interest is slightly getting renewed.

I think "pakin" would be the sound of breaking glass, that weird pop-crackle sound. Based on the sound when you say it and this page.

hahahahah YES PLEASE TO EVERYTHING <3

You know, I have this strange and funny foreshadowing feeling that Sasuke is going to "come to the rescue!" (albeit unintentionally) b/c with the necklace broken, I'm betting Yamato can't control the six tails. But we all magical flower eyes can totally do it. I'm waiting for it...waiting for it...

I is sad that I've lost so much faith in Kishi and his ability to do justice to his own story. Though, fingers crossed at the Kabumaru teaser string! Oro is still the best villain the series ever had and I'm hoping for something worthwhile there!

Do looove the pic though. Uber cutenes there, Asuka. <3

XD Pineapple head? *amused*

I AM GLAD HINATA IS ALIVE

There's no end to WIN in this chapter. Especially SAKURA. GO SAKURA! RUN! SAVE HINATA!

Also, your chibi six-tails is adorable.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who went OMG WHAT IT'S ANKO!

Everything else, someone beat me to saying XD

I never thought a chibi-doodle could be downright creepy >.>

I don't ahve anything to add to what other people have been saying, except that this week's Naruto chapter+Bleach chapter = awesomeness overload after so long.

Any interest in a bit of HinaSakunaru here?

*raises hand* I so am

Yo!

Hmmm....this thing began as some random bit of fluff, and ended up taking awhile. Keep in mind this is just a rough draft, though I put more energy into it than I expected. Hopeless nerd that I am, I may try to work off the concept and make something approaching an actual story at some point. For now, here's a brief Frankenstein's Monster I've made, broken into two parts because livejournal doesn't like the length:

Sakura: (heal)
Hinata: ugh...NARUTO-KUN! cough NAR...
Sakura: Okay, she's stable. I'll take care of her, follow the other two. But keep your distance!
Shinobi: hai.
Hinata: Sakura-chan, domo-
Sakura: WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?
Hinata: Eh? I-
Sakura: THINK! WHY IN HELL WOULD YOU JUMP IN LIKE THAT?
Hinata: Naruto-kun was-
Sakura: I know! But what were you hoping to do for him by getting yourself killed??
Hinata: He would have done-
Sakura: Don't give me that! There's a huge difference between risking your life and throwing it away! if you planned to jump in, why the hell didn't you ask for help? One of us could have distracted that fucker while the other one helped naruto!
Hinata: I know it was selfish...
Sakura: YOUR DAMN RIGHT IT WAS SELFISH. I've had it up to here with stupid bastards who think their lives aren't worth anything taking things too far and trying to kill themselves over nothing.
Hinata: I thought they were killing him. I couldn't watch him-
Sakura: And how much good was it supposed to do for you to die along with him??
Hinata: I HAD TO TELL HIM!
Sakura: ......
Hinata: ......
Sakura: So you told him. That explains a few things.
Hinata: You knew?
Sakura: (rolls eyes) How you felt? Yep. We're not all as oblivious as our would-be Hokage over there. It'd be hard to miss how much you blush and get quite whenever he's around.
Hinata (blushes and gets quite)
Sakura: But you told him. Not the best place for a confession...but you told him. That's better than I've been able to do.
Hinata: You?
Sakura: I know. I'm an idiot. I begged him to go get the boy I've said I'm in love with...am in love with...was...am...I don't know. But I beg him to, and he promises he will, and he almost gets killed trying to fulfill that promise...and now I don't know how to take it back. I know how he feels about me, and I know it must be killing him whenever he thinks about it...and I don't know how to tell him what i think of HIM anymore...
Hinata: You should anyway.
Sakura: Oh?

Sakura: Oh?
Hinata: Its more painful not to. Whatever the consequences, its better that way.
Sakura: Hmph. This is annoying.
Hinata: Eh?
Sakura: Ino was easier. She bitchy, she gets angry at the drop of a hat, she loves to goad people....and there's just something about how red faced and flustered she gets when you hit her with just the right insult. There's just something I relish in pissing her off...your completely different. Your way too sincere and easy to like...and you have no concept of self-esteem. Your the complete opposite of her. Its annoying.
Hinata: .....sorry?
Sakura: We used to fight all the time. Usually about Sasuke. At first it was fun...sort of motivational. We were rivals, but we were friends, too. We liked to goad each other, but we'd do it in ways that would motivate us to try harder. I'm not sure when it got bitter...I think we both knew Sasuke wasn't interested, and we didn't want to admit it. But whatever it was, we took it out on each other. It almost killed our friendship. And it didn't keep Sasuke from leaving.
Hinata: ....that's...Sakura...
Sakura: You know the really crazy thing? She was the one I admired most. She was everything I wanted to be...she was my teacher, my protector, my friend. I think...maybe a little, I loved her.
Hinata: !
Sakura: Its the sort of stupid logic little kids have. Girls and boys are different...but you haven't quite figured out why yet. Gender, social status, looks... none of that matters when your too young to know the difference. So why couldn't I love Ino? She was everything I admired, and she protected me and brought me into her circle...and if she was mean, she did it to encourage me to be better.
Hinata: .....things seemed simpler back then.
Sakura: Yeah. Its weird what sticks with you from childhood. Like, say, the notion that you can love someone who's the pariah of the village....even though your clan is probably going to pick your husband for you.
Hinata: !!
Sakura: Is it a good idea to go after the village's living weapon, Hinata?
Hinata: .....its what I want. Naruto-kun wouldn't let that stop him.
Sakura: Your telling me. The bastard has no concept of what's out of reach. He thinks he can have anything just by trying hard enough. Its annoying.
Hinata: That's what I love about him.
Sakura: Yeah. me too. Its still annoying.
Hinata: ......what happens now?
Sakura: Well, I can't say how Naruto feels. But...I know he likes you. Go out with him a couple times, I think he'll get his head on straight. Neji will probably have to keep him away from you before too long.
Hinata: .....I meant you and me. Are we...rivals, now?
Sakura: Hell no. Like I said, its different. Ino would seethe if I ever beat her, she'd bitch and give me dirty looks. And I'd probably rub it in her face a few times. But she'd get over it. And before too long, she'd be flirting with some other guy. Maybe suck it up and ask Shikamaru out...assuming Temari hasn't already beat her there. But the point is...I wouldn't mind beating her.
Hinata: ......
Sakura: Your different. I don't want to beat you.
Hinata: You...you don't need to pity me. I'd....I'd accept it.
Sakura: Its not about pity! I just don't want-
Hinata: What?

Sakura: (smiling) I don't want to kill something that just started growing. I'm not pitying you, Hinata. Your getting stronger, bolder....your already turning into someone else. I don't know exactly how long it will take or how it will end, but your definitely...your definitely more than a bud.
Hinata: A bud?
Sakura: Don't worry about it. Just something I was thinking of. (the smile drops) Awhile ago someone stepped back and gave me enough space to become what I am. So, that's what I'm doing, okay? I'm giving you room to grow.
Hinata: .......no. (the last in a whisper)
Sakura: What?
Hinata: No. You love him. You said so yourself.
Sakura: He's not the first person I've loved. I can live with it.
Hinata: Yes, you can. You can keep your distance, you can cheer him on from the shadows. You can take a little joy in his truimphs, and be happy that in the life he has. But it eats at you, a little from the inside. Every day you feel a little more empty, until you can't stand it any more. And one day, you'll have to make a choice- do you say what you've wanted to say all along...or do you let yourself fade away like a ghost?
Sakura: ......
Hinata: You said I was being selfish before. You were right. So now, your asking me to trade my old life, my misery, my silence, my hopelessness, to you so I can be happy? Aren't you the one who's throwing away her life now?
Sakura: ......all right. What do you suggest?
Hinata: ......I....do you think.....
Sakura: ?? Why are you blushing?
Hinata: Can we...could we....share him?
Sakura: Hinata?
Hinata: If I was...if you were...if I was like you...it'd be different. Your strong, confident- but you'd give....and we...and you said...about Ino...
Sakura: That- that was a long time ago!
Hinata: (gulp) Do you still feel that way. About...girls?
Sakura: ....I'm not sure. I...I'd be willing to find out. But...are you sure?
Hinata: I've told him. Despite my clan. Despite the danger. I told him! Everything else- I can take one more risk. I can break one more rule. There's nothiong left to be afraid of.
Sakura: Yeah. Your...definitely not a bud.

Okay, three parts. Whatever.

Ending's kind of "meh" here, but like I said, pretty rough draft of something I never intended to write so much for in the first place. Hope its fun for you guys regardless.

I LOVE the skeleton idea. The claws *___* the claws he had when he was holding the necklace. I really hope he didn't shatter it cause I love that necklace like whoa but man... THE CLAWS.

God, this chapter. DIDN'T KILL HINATA YAAAAAAAAAY.

THANK. GOD. That someone finds something good/fun to say about the chapter. I hadn't seen any problems with it until I read some blog entries. And then I thought, "Where the hell did all this angst come from?? o.O" Your entry here has been a big refresher. Everything you said here was right on. ^_^ ♥

Loved your analysis. The Sage training was just comic relief for Sasuke versus Killerbee, I think. There was no real difficulty, no real risk, but mostly, all the pseudo-religious talk was quite empty - it was all about becoming stronger. Control yourself, learn to stay quiet, become stronger - it's all technical, with spiritual elements as some spice in it (become one with nature.)

It's all for nothing if a person he cares for is in danger of dying, and I like this. All the advice Naruto has ever got is crap, what he needs is not to control the kyuubi, but to cooperate with it.

Lulz, as Pein fangirl has to set you straight *cough* Pain = Yahiko's body. Nagato = creepy thin skeletal thingy.

APART FROM THAT. fjdsajfd KYUUBI'S BODY IS EPICEPICEPIC HAPPINESS. -pets Kyuubi- and I love it when Naruto goes berserker too, cause I dunno sometimes it feels like everyone only ever sees him as a dweeb and then he goes all RAWRKYUUBIEATYOURFACERAWR and its so... satisfying to watch/read/whatever him stick to everyone again.

I am loving this chapter but I have to say that first think I thought of when I say 6 tailed Kyuubi was that he had turned into a Hollow or a Arrancar from bleach. I blame this all in reading to many crossovers in the past week.

Still loving that Hinata is alive and waiting to see that is going to happen next.

... That is a strangely cute chibi. XD

"The sage chakra training? Felt cheap, because he had no setbacks. There was the threat of turning into a frog, but that was more funny and ridiculous than horrific. But learning to control/work with Kyuubi"

I think the sage training may have beent he one thing he needed to learn to get Kyuubi's chakra under control. It certainly taught him a lot about control. After all, if he hadn't been able to learn to control the sage chakra it would have turned him into a frog. That takes a great deal of umm... hell I don't know how to say it. Just think on this: It is entirely possible that the seal on Kyuubi was built USING sage chakra. Ergo, if Naruto controls sage chakra, he can learn to control the Kyuubi's chakra. The same way Minato did. Hell if I know. I'm grasping at straws.

Yay!! Sai is back!! WOOT!! And Anko too!! Kick Kabuto's butt! And welcome back Yamato too. I get the feeling he's going tohave his hands full once he realizes that most of the seal is broken...
LUVS to all!!

You're the only one I know who can turn pure destructive force into Uber-Cute of Evil. And yes, you aren't the only one hoping this change continues as more tails are added.

*crosses fingers for a true Kitsune Naruto*

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