naruto 487

[askerian]

1. front page: Zetsu being creeptastic. Side text says something about "magician's assistant" and trying to drum up mystery and interest. yawn, oh how eager I am for the inevitable zetsu focus prior to his demise GOD YES PLEASE. I am SOO eager for more zetsu, guys, you have no idea.


2. Sasuke: *sexy smirk* Hn. => eeee.
Karin: *leaing against a wall still kinda wtfuck dotdotdot* => man, her hair looks especially sasuke-duckbutty there. Whoa. Twincest pings.

Sasuke: "have it your way. i'll kill you first."
Naruto: "heh, you still haven't accepted me as your boyfriend equal."
=> eeee closeups on their eeeyes as they look at each otherrrrrrr.


3. Sakura: *tear in her eye* *flashbacks to last chapter because that was so long ago* "naruto's resolve is nothing compared to mine (doesn't she mean the other way around? doesn't make sense in context), i thought i was ready but i wasn't, the only thing i can do now is accept that i'll always be in the background and console myself with the thought of going voyeur on their asses once they shack up to believe in them."

In one hand, Sakura is useless again and she knows it, and instead of going "well i'll do SOMETHING" (all right, she just tried that and it backfired pretty nicely) she just accepts that she's useless and will just go and rely on them. In the other hand, believe in THEM. oooooo team seven pings.

I mean, I can understand because Kishi is shafting her right and left as to making an actual impact with her resolve, and after all the hits she's been taking recently -- your village is destroyed! your teacher is in a coma! that old warmongerer who sees your teammate as a weapon is in control! the guy you love went evil for real! naruto has been suffering in silence with his love for you for years, you selfish bitch! -- it's not a surprise that she's been crying so much -- she's always been emotional so that's fairly IC -- or that after being slapped down so hardcore -- hey, you intellectually "knew" that sasuke was evil but then he went and tried to kill you! :DD and now the only teammate you have left is planning to die with him if he can't stop him because YOU can't stop him ~ -- she would go "damn it i can't do anything right and naruto has gotten so awesome recently is there any other choice than to rest on him.

Just, at the same time, while I understand sakura is a character who always had weak sides as well as strong sides, which is what makes her so wonderfully human, which is what makes me love her so much, I wish Kishimoto didn't seem to think it's good character development to contrive scenarios were she gets slapped down for using her strong side and narratively patted on the back when she, out of self-defense and emotional exhaustion, falls back into her passive, insecure, reliant-on-others side.

So far, what happened is pretty much all IC for what we've seen of her before. But it's also pretty much a lot of the passive, insecure side, not so much with the "bite a guy's arm and let him beat me to death rather than let go!!" side or the "oh hey if we torture this akatsuki guy that will be good bait for sasuke-kun" side or the "I inherited this nindo from my master, so you know what i'm gonna answer to that offer to run away!".


4. Kakashi: *DRAMATIC MOMENT* Okay fine, Naruto, you go and hook up with Sasuke Sasuke is all yours. Sakura... take care of my body, okay? wink wink nudge nudge take care of my body, okay? wink wink nudge nudge. (narusasu/kakasaku endgame pairings? I could go for that...) *LOOK I HAZ A SWIRLY EYE!!1* I'm taking Madara out before this goes any further!!!
Madara: *tiny anticlimatic panel of not-takng-you-srsly* don't bother, Kakashi, it's too early for a final fight and i'm all haxx0red out anyway.



5. Madara: *hand on sasuke's shoulder* *rub rub knead knead*
Sasuke: Madara... you and I need to talk. about your inappropriate touching, mostly. ffs stop fondling me.
Naruto: *swirls away in hazy badly drawn panels yay bring-your-kid-to-work day*



6. naruto: *talks to the swirly thing after it's long gone because he's telepathic like that* "I'm ready when you are, Sasuke. :3" (oooOOOh. >;3 )
Kakashi: *... jeez =____=;;; great time-waster everyone.*


7. sasuke and madara: *entering disturbingly organic-looking cave*

Sasuke: I want Itachi's eyes. ( ... urgh creepy... yet also eeee yes take a piece of your brother inside you to keeeep. also hopefully the pattern will evolve away from that horrible atomic flowergan. DX )
Madara: ...!!! I -- uh, I knew you were going to say that all along, of course. I know everything. haha. oh wow, i thought i was gonna have to sit on the brat and do it myself but no, he goes and asks for it! ahahaha LUCKY. yeah, I could see your vision was getting blurry, too much masturb okay no this joke is overdone susano'o. yeah. But... what changed your mind, O most stubborn one? I'm really friggin curious there. >__>



8. Naruto: *X__X SUDDENLY SLUMPS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH*
Sakura: ... OH SHIT SASUKE WAS USING MY POISONED KUNAI D=
Kakashi: yyyyyeah that's what I was getting at... =____=;;;

Okay, I was expecting it but I still cracked up. It's a bit weird to have slapstick humor so close to the great dramatic reunion but at the same time the manga's been superserious for a bit too long now.

naruto: i feel like i'm dyiiiing
sakura: ahaha ummm you gonna be okay?
DOES HE LOOK OKAY XD XD XD oh those grimaces, so far from serious.
kakashi: *puts karin on his back* blahblah taking you back to Konoha blah don't try anything.
(EEEEE KARIN IN KONOHA EEEEE SAKUKARIN SHENANIGANS???)
karin: ... why would i bother? also, hot man back. ehh, coulda been worse.
karin: so he's uzumaki naruto...
(aw hell she's gonna turn All About Naruto, i bet. Another convert... No! Sakura! You have to focus on Sakura!)


9. meanwhile at Pimp Village, Raikage and Killerbee come home~ "yo whassup!"
Omoi: T^T Wahh master Bee we were worriiiiied YOU DICK.
Karui: u__u well he's safe, it's all that matters, right?


10. Hot Raikage Assistant Woman: welcome, no, really -- now REPORT. =__=
Bee: *struts with his new badass sword (careful bee, she's as fickle as the autumn skies! D: )
Omoi: *suitably impressed* :O


11. Aloe-vera guy: *carrying kisame's grinning head under his arm* (... this is fucking creepy yet at the same time hilarious. Has a very Addams Family feel to it.)
Other aloe-vera guy: *burying the body!*
aloe vera guys: *talking to himself. himselves. whatever.* *also, proving that he can't get out of being Mister Explains The Plot To People Who Were On Bathroom Break even when he's alone.*
samehada: *grinning happily with its big chompy teeth* *several panels of closeup on her maw!* DUN DUN DUNNNNNN.


12. OH MY GOD GRINNING KISAME FACE INSIDE SAMEHADA'S MOUTH WHAT WHAT WHAT
SO CREEPYYYYY

kisame pulled it off alright, what the fucking fuck whoa did NOT see that coming. what? no, really. What? did he like, glue his real face inside his sword's?

Oh wait, no, it was zetsu of the convenient powerz. -- wait, zetsu can make perfect duplicates of dead people? now i'm starting to wonder who else he's done that with...

(i admit i am surprised to find myself pleased that kisame is alive. ahh so tricky. it was a little too easy, wasn't it?)


13. blahblah we're so sneaky, let us explain how sneaky.


14. ... is that a waterfall headband? DUDE.
SURPRISE SNAKE ATTACK! oh wow, kabuchimaru, is it your turn to shine? *__*


15. It is! It OH GOD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOUR HAIR YOU LOOK LIKE THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRIGGIN AIZEN AND SZAYEL EXCEPT WITH TEN TIMES THE FABULOUS YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaano DX
frrgh.

but LOL at snake makeup eyes + round glasses. that just... uhh... pffhahahaha.