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1. sidebar: "how will the feudal lors react to the formation of a joint ninja force?"
Well, apparently they're grumpy as fuck about it but they still bend over and take it. Pfft. XD
Other shiny things: the batteries (not enough power for such long distances!! and no doubt they are using their best tech on the feudal lords) and the five TVs. LMAO. teleconference, naruto style! XD Gives a good idea about the level of tech.
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me too me too yay worldbuilding details yay. Also, after seeing the fire
Man but the fire guy looks really inbred.
2. So strange! The water country guy is so ~__~;; about accepting that alliance. *snerk* but he doesn't look like an evil bad guy either, and considering the water country ninja's reputation you'd have expected someone more cutthroat. Maybe he and the current mizukage (Terumi Meiiii ♥) are a recent generation that just came into power or something and that's why he looks so normalish.
3. Pfff sleeping ninjas all in a row. I love their sleeping postures, Lee being all YAYY even in his sleep, Sai sleeping kind of like a corpse he's so unnaturally straight, and Kiba and his dog facing each other aww. But umm is that knee-high row of bushes supposed to hide them? Or maybe she just lined them up on the grass because it was a little softer. Not a clue. XD
Kakashi: they were trying to help you, Sakura. I expect you to apologize profusely as soon as they're awake.
Okay, I can accept that, she certainly needs to. Does that mean he's gonna apologize for not telling her about that new Sasuke intel as well? >__>
Sakura: *watching naruto teeter toward the sleeping ninjas* "^__^;;;;;;;; this is my fault, Naruto, don't be too hard with them."
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(and then she laughed at me like an evil person. *crycry*)
4. Naruto: *passing out at the end of the row*
Sakura: NOW you're passing out???
karin: well, you were the one who poisoned the kunai... hint hint.
sakura: ... >_>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Pfffffffft. SO MUCH LOVE. man but I missed the crazyfaces.
Also I love that they're starting to yell and grimace at each other again, it proves they've started to feel less crushed by depression and perhaps are starting to forgive the misunderstandings and silences. I'd enjoy an actual "I understand why you did X and I forgive you" discussion a lot more than just pretending this huge bump in their friendship never happened and falling back into the status quo, but watching them at odds with each other for so long is sadface and emotastic. Not sure which tack i'd prefer right now -- then again Kishi might be good for some kinds of plots, but relationship-based mishaps he's not too great on, so he might mess it up if he even realized they actually need to talk it out.
Anyway, naruto sleeping face is socute, and sakura happysmiling at sleepyruto is also socute, so yay.
5. blahblah gaara cameo blahblah other country nin cameo -- are they all back home already? huh. little timeskip there maybe?
6. blahblah mizukage and tsuchikage cameos.
(did meiiiiiiiii lose some chest or something. noooo. ... i mean, um. er. oh look a butterfly)
7. kiba: *GRUMP GRUMP* "I do everything you ask, I even find sasuke, and what do I get?"
Pfffhahaha, he DID do everything she asked him to. oh, i'm getting KibaSaku pings. XD
Okay, no, next bubble he talks about it in terms of "hogging the glory" which proves he really doesn't get it, but it was a funny idea anyway.
Kiba: And then Sai blabs to Naruto, and then Sasuke gets away! raaaaa you all suck!!
Naruto: You quit whining already! >(
Kiba: You've been whining since this whole Sasuke thing started, Naruto! >E
*dies* *DIIIIES* XD XD XD oooo BURN.
And then Sai laughs and -- GASP -- he is cute. He's laughing like a real boy! It looks so natural, whoa, he doesn't even really look like himself. XD
8. Naruto: RAAAA SAI SO GLAD YOU'RE HAVING FUN
Sai: thank you. ^_^
*snerk*
Oh, Lee being happy that they finally got the old Naruto back. Even they can see the difference! T^T
Karin: he's the exact opposite of sasuke. Even his chakra... *dramatic panel of naruto from the back, half-faded as the sun shines on him hello symbolism* it's warm and bright.
Meh, another conversion to Narutoism...
9. ... AND THEN SHE FEELS KYUUBI'S EVIL CHAKRA OHOHOHOHO. *rollroll* that does take away from the "he is like an angel on earth~" mood. XD
dun dun dunn ANBU guyz. Hey there Sai's ex-pals.
The guy who's talking first has such a scowly mask it seems like he's angry at Sai. Do they feel like he's been betraying them recently? Just an impression I get from this and Danzou doubting his loyalty earlier and his hanging out with Naruto and company...
Yay sai knows he is unsealed because danzou died! ... does that mean the creepywronghot tongue seal design is gone? boo. XD
10. sai: yep he kicked the bucket gaiz. Therefore let's switch sides to our new hokage (and incidentally my leader for the last coupla months who I might have switched teams for) Hatake Kakashi.
ANBU: dot dot dot.
shizune: *inappropriately throwing herself at tsunade's unconscious body*
11. the konoha eleven are chillin between two piles of lumber instead of picking it up and goin to build houses. They're truants like that.
Tenten: *HAS AN ACTUAL LINE!!!* "you're gonna fight sasuke alone?! and you think we're just gonna stand here and let you?!" you tell him, tenten.
blahblah sasuke is a problem for the village and our generation to handle, naruto.
naruto: i'm not trying to be selfish. (hahaha yeah right XD no one else wants sasuke back, hon. but it's a good kind of selfish! ... but only because thanks to authorial intent you happen to be right. Oh naruto.)
shika: sure you don't just want to protect sasuke? >__> (yes he dooooes.)
aww sad-thoughtful sakura face. (aww tiny hinata face in the background)
12. naruto: no, trust me, I won't defend him. (u.u *believes it!*)
neji: yeah right, he was half dead and you didn't finish him off, who ya tryin to fool?
sakura: D: HEY YOU WERENT THERE OKAY
I love sakura getting protective of naruto like that. X3 then again she kinda owes him some show of faith and trust after the recent events. XD
Kiba: shyeah right you're already a legend for kicking the crap out of Pain, he couldn't have won!
naruto: um well yes about that. you'd think so but not so much. he's just that haxx0red out and kishi needs some hype so it'll look better when i do win.
Okay, no, I think the difference here is that Sasuke was willing and even looking forward to kill, and Naruto just wasn't, and even if sasuke was exhausted it wouldn't have been a very long fight if he just intended to forget all the "kicking the crap outta you" moves and go straight for the "instant kill" ones. naruto's not great at defense so the best he could have done would be a counterattack, therefore mutual kill. I don't think he'd ever want to do a killing move on sasuke if after it he's still gonna be standing there to watch sasuke's dead body thump on the ground. The difference of power and skill might exist, but the mindset is the bigger problem. If naruto isn't willing to kill Sasuke then he needs to be more powerful to force him to stop without killing him.
13. chouji is socute. (weren't his eyes more squinty before? oh well. socuute.)
naruto: *marks his territory* only me can fight sasukeeeee. >E and i'll tell you all why later cuz i dun feel like it now.
sakura: *flashbacks* *wonders what naruto is thinking, but at least she doesn't question him in front of the group anymore*
naruto: and now RAMEN TIME i shall not be questioned anymore HAH.
hinata and sakura: *watch him go from the backgroind with :( faces on*
14. naruto: *really freakin srs face as he walks off and the other guys watch him go*
DUN DUN DUNN SYMBOLISM.
In one hand i'm all RAAAAA HINATA WAS RIGHT HERE WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HER THANKS FOR THE SAVE AND UMM ABOUT YOUR CONFESSION...
In the other hand right now was VERY MUCH not the time, and romance so isn't important compared to betrayals, and it wasn't appropriate to bring it up in the middle of a group that feels kinda like a jury of peers anyway.
But man, does Kishi's timing sucks. I mean, something like that HAS to be addressed at some point, if only to finally end that plot thread -- right now it's hugely open-ended. Maybe there's something cultural in that attitude of naruto's re: answers to confessions and needing time to process... But okay, so far it hasn't been a good moment to stop and take care of it because so much was taking place elswhere. But still, the way Kishi handles the romance subplots, it feels like he picks them up at random when he needs to motivate a girl, and then it's stuffed back in a hole and there's no repercussions until the next time it's dug out.
I dunno. Maybe Hinata isn't even expecting an answer, or she thinks Naruto got amnesia or SOMETHING. Because ow.
old people: well shit, since there's no choice i guess we'll support you as hokage, kakashi.
kakashi: i'm ready. *looks... not exactly overjoyed*
15. blahblah being sworn in DUN DUN DUNNNN TENSION RISING
AND AN INTERRUPTION
SHIZUNE BAWLING OH MY GOD WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING WHAT A MYSTERY
16. Tsunade: *being molested by shizune* ... tha fuck. someone get me coffee.
medic guy: *bawling like a baby* thank god...
Hahaha, i bet kakashi is relieved as fuck. He's dutiful but it's really not a position he ever craved.
17. meanwhile in madara's eye collection room... (OH GOD ALL THE DRAWERS ON THE WALL, THEY'RE TRANSPARENT AND FULL OF FLOATING EYEBALLS GOD WHY. i counted them and there's sixty boxes THAT WE CAN SEE. dude, after that why be pissed at danzou for getting himself a half-dozen. i doubt madara took them off people that died of old age in their bed with zero prompting from him after they didn't need 'em anymore. just saying.)
Madara: blahbah take it easy...
Sasuke: *creepysmile, bandaged eyes* nuuu i feel fantastic~
OH GOD SASUKE WHY. THERE WERE OTHER WAYS TO GET YOUR ... brother inside you...
... okay, i guess not anymore, he'd be mushy by now.
I am torn between "this is beautifully twisted" and "AUGH WHY".
Also, hoping the atomic flowergan design will friggin CHANGE. Itachi's pattern was kinda neat, maybe a mix of the two... But i'm not counting on it.
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The only things good in this chapter were Tsunade waking up, and Sai's little display of free will.
......Oh, and this post, because you made me lol in the campus library. XD <333333333
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As for what Sasuke's new Itachi-powered eyes might look like...
http://feiuccia.deviantart.com/art/The-Eternal-Sharingan-O-o-158286279
Remember, it can get better - or it can get weird!
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Kiba: You've been whining since this whole Sasuke thing started, Naruto! >E
*dies* *DIIIIES* XD XD XD oooo BURN.
My thoughts exactly! I love how Kiba isn't even taken back or anything by Naruto's comment, he just reacts-- counters it like a reflex.
We all know you got it bad for Sasuke, Naruto. And we've known longer than you have u.u.. AND THEN SHE FEELS KYUUBI'S EVIL CHAKRA OHOHOHOHO. *rollroll* that does take away from the "he is like an angel on earth~" mood. XD
At first my initial reaction was that Karin was sensing whatever it was Itachi gave Naruto *flashes back to the whole Itachi force-feeds Naruto his
cockcrow incident* BUT yes, sensing the Kyuubi makes more sense! How I missed that I will never know. Sometimes I think I read too much into specific events. Thank god for your analysis, it helps put mine in perspective ♥I am also hoping this will be the last of the flowergan, I've had enough of those snowflake eyes. But I also think the fact that Sasuke willing took Itachi's eyes is another sign that he's not quite the same and further evidence to his moral/self deterioration
save him already Naruto!!Especially seeing as at first Sauce was so opposed to the transplant before. Blah blah blah. Okay I could probably ramble on some more but I won't XDAwesome play by play as always, even if sometimes I am too lazy to comment *lazy* lol
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making things upmisdirection of the Naruto chapters that I had to go back and look for 487 before I read this. XDno subject
Then again it wouldn't surprise me if that's not exactly what Naruto was holding out for to begin with.
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Huh. In the translation I found it was "why'd you get to have all the fun D:", which is also sorta not getting it, but I suspect it's at least 50% relieved banter of some sort.
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On an ending note, I'm hoping more than just Itachi's powers are instilled in Sasuke now (like memories to crack the crackedness)
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*crawls into a corner to whimper*
As always, your reviews make WAY more sense than the manga does. The only reason I'm still reading Naruto is because of you.
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(and incidentally my leader for the last coupla months who I might have switched teams for)
...but Sai I thought you were already gay? ::innocent:: lol ^_~
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I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE AMAZING, DID YOU KNOW THAT? OMG. ♥ ♥ ♥
My chest ached at that scene. It kind of drives it in that Itachi's gone.
No! NO! I STILL HAVE MY DENIAL! ITACHI IS FINE.no subject
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Could be where Itachi's crow in the craw might come in handy.
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medic guy: *bawling like a baby* thank god...tsushizu action, i can die happy!
Oh, generic medic guy... how I understand you! :DDD
P.S. Man, poor Hinata... her face in the last panel!
http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/488/13/
Was Kishi feeling sleepy when he drew that or what? XDDD