Naruto 516 -- Gaara, commander general of the joint shinobi army!

[askerian]

flash page: Badass Gaara looks badass.

1. The art looked weird for a second before I realized -- Kishi was pressed for time apparently! this isn't an inked page, it's pencil lines. Okay, random observation of the day done... What is Hyuuga Ankobitch's actual name again? seriously he looks way too much like Neji used to, with the hanging thingers around his face. >__>

Brave Anko is brave! GTFO you useless subordinates, Anko-sama does not need you.

Zombie army: *NANANA*
(is that itachi in the middle lower panel? aw, he's not pretty. ;_;)


2. haku and zabuzaaaaa. "this isn't the afterlife." WAUGH thank you for the sneaky mention of their death scene, Kishimoto. They were supposed to be together in death, argh.

Since when does Haku wear lipstick. D:

I'm appreciating the info on how it feels from the inside -- that Haku feels "my mind is perfectly clear, but my body is moving on its own." This is, you know, kind of HORRIBLE.


3. Return of the Sasori/Deidara team-up! :D Woohoo, I love the way they bicker. XDDD-b

... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SAI'S BROTHER EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. ... Well, I should have anticipated that. I mean, everyone ELSE got to have their trauma shoved in their face, after all.


4. Mention by Kabuto that controlling so many bodies with the impure resurrection jutsu is hard, and he's having to let small things go in order to maintain broad control. FORESHADOWING OF LOSING CONTROL? :D

"when the fighting starts i will basically erase their personalities and turn them into mindless killing machines. Of course depending on who it is, leaving them alone might be the better option... people become torn and confused when their old emotions come rushing to the surface.. and that's when we'll strike." => AHA. SO IT WAS A TOTALLY DELIBERATE TROLLING. :D :D :D :D :D *rolls in yays* I mean I would have been yay anyway even if it was Kishimoto forcing Kabuto's choice in puppets to inflict some trauma and conflict, even if we could infer that it could be Kabuto's train of thought, but that it's an outright, stated IC choice from Kabuto is better.

eeeeee asumaaaaaa eeee daaaaaaaan eeeeeeee nejipapaaaaaaa.
Dan is kinda cool. u.u Asuma is ... i'm surprised that I got a little bit of GLEE! at seeing him get all "there is something rotten here >:/". As for nejipapa THERE WILL BE TIME. :D


5.
Kabuto: "you're not taking the white and black zetsu with you?"
Madara: "He's staying here to keep you from absconding with Sasuke."
Kabuto: "Hah." it's funny. haha. (shit, caught.)
Madara: (I r smartz n allseeing!)
Kabuto: (oh noes, i'm gonna have to abscond with BOTH OF THEM instead. how terrible~~~)
(okay no i made up that part. would be funny though.)

the white zetsus can melt through the ground just like daddy! big surprise. Still, makes for a nice surprise. Better take to the trees, ninjas. no wait, zetsu can melt through trees as well. Hmmm.


6. Kabuto: >______> WHICH LEAVES US WITH...
*cut to*
anko's bitches: *running away waugh anko-sama T^T*
anko: *hidin liek ninja* e__e ... o_o!!


7&8. KABUANKO MUTUAL TENTACLESNAKE RAEP WOOHOO.

Meanwhile the zombie army flies on. Oh no, Hyuuga Ankosbitch is staying behind and trying to hold off the undead akatsuki to let his comrades escape. gnnn. you cannot die! you don't even have a name yet! ;___________;


9. meanwhile with the united shinobi army...
... Gaara is Unimpressed.
... Hinata, Neji and Karui are witnesses to a bitchfight between two fodder-nins from Sand and some other village. gaspu YOU BASTARDS KILLED MY DAD I WILL NEVER TRUST YOU >:(


10. Gaara: -___- *SANDBLASTS IN TEH FACE* down, bitches.
oh god gaara is sexy in his vestarmorthing. it has shoulderpads! very saiyajin of him. u.u
"three times now blahblah war => hurt => hatred => ME."
"JINCHUURIKI REPRESENT, BITCH."
fodderninjas: o_o;


11. gaara: *stands in front of three bazilion squads* yeah so I kinda wanted to kill you all. But then one day... TELL ME, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF UZUMAKIANITY, THE CHURCH OF YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR.


12. Gaaara: BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU GUYS A LOT ABOUT UZUMAKIANITY. AND HOW HE SAVED ME... HIS SMILE SAVED ME. SO I AM NOT AFRAID TO DIE FOR HIM, BECAUSE I...
Hinata: *coughcoughCOPYRIGHTED SPEECH BITCH*
Gaara: -- sorry. I mean. WE WERE TWO RAGING BEASTMONSTERTHINGS AND YET WE TOTALLY PUT IT BEHIND US. (WELL I WOULD LOVE TO PUT HIM BEHIND ME AND IN OTHER ME-RELATED PLACES IF YOU GET MY MEANING BUT.) ...where was i... ANYWAY AKATSUKI ARE BITCHES AND WE ARE GOING TO PUNT THEIR PUNK-ASSES TO THE MOON OKAY. QUESTIONS?


13. Gaara: AND IF YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SAND SHINOBI AFTER THE WAR THEN COME AND KILL ME. I HAVE LEARNED THE GUILT TRIP AT THE KNEES OF THE MASTER. YOU CAN NOT TOP ME. ONLY NARUTO CAN. ANYWAY I CAN'T KEEP HIM SAFE ALONE SO HERE'S YOUR NEW ASSIGNMENT NO SERIOUSLY WHAT ELSE DID YOU THINK YOU GUYS WERE HERE FOR. FINE WITH YOU BITCHES?

crowd: YEEEEEEEAH OTP! TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DIE FOR OUR SHIP!!!1!

foddernin: so um, sorry about killing your dad. you know how it is.
foddernin bis: yeah, s'okay. sorry for getting pissed at you for killing my dad. friends?
foddernin the first: ... forever, buddy. .__. ♥


14.
gaara fangirl: *fangirls*
crowd: *GOES WILD*

Meanwhile Naruto is piling blocks. Such a sweet moment. He -- he never got to do it with his little friends in preschool, you understand. T^T
Okay I don't think Kushina ever expected him to do it while showing off that big spiral on his belly with the little hangy bit pointing down to his, uh, bits. But i bet she'd be so proud anyway. T^T


15. killerbee: *rhymes*

allied shinobi army: *ninja through the fields at high speeds woosh~ oh man we are so ninja*


16. kankuro division: *flyin on ink birds like ninja*
kankuro: *srs face!*

intelligence division, inodaddy & ao: *sittin on teh floor makin giant icecream scoop*
(the heck is that about. XD forcefield?)

dwarfkage, blackRAGEkage, tittykage: *SRS KAGE FACE* IIIIIT'S WAR TIME! dun dun dunnnnnnnn.



It's absolutely crazy how i enjoyed the hell out of such a scattered transitional chapter without any sasuke or sakura and barely any naruto. Gaara's good at preaching making speeches. u.u-b

Comments

[just-shai.livejournal.com]

I just have an INSANE soft and squishy spot for the Sand Siblings. I saw Temari and yes, I squealed out loud.

[fireflyprincess.livejournal.com]

No name Hyuuga's name is Tokuma. Sadly I don't think there will be a Hiashi/Hizashi meeting since I would assume he is back in Konoha. The only clan heads we've seen out on the battle field have been team 10 fathers. I wonder where the others are. Protecting Konoha?

From the looks of it Tsunade won't be in the battle, so if Dan comes into contact with anyone significant in his life I would assume it would be Shizune. Sai and his brother are most definitely going to meet since they are both doing arial attacks.

Did we ever find out if Kurenai had her baby?

[pridefall.livejournal.com]

ZABUZA WITHOUT HIS SWORD...../crai

I'm kind of scared of all of those bloodline limits flying around...and ALSO, aren't those bodies essentially immortal? I forget, but I think during the big KAGE FIGHT O' DOOM during the Sound invasion, didn't they heal any damage they were hit with?

The next chapters are gonna be gooooooooooooooooooooooooood.

[editrixfox.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Zabuza, I wonder what he will think of Killerbee having Samehada? Or the Mist brat having HIS sword? I can totally see him going all "WTF! That sword belongs to Mist! GIVE IT HERE!!" and completely ignoring Kabuto's orders. I would suggest to Gaara that they eliminate Kabuto first. No Kabuto, no Impure Resurrection. Simple, yes? Not so simple is getting near enough to do so.

[q99.livejournal.com]

Worse than that, Suigetsu *broke* his sword!

I can't see him caring about Samehada too much... then again, we never found out much about the Zabuza/Kisame relationship.

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

OMG!! NOT ONLY ARE YOU MASTER SUPREME OF ALL THINGS PERVERT AND FANFIC AND SEXY NARUTO BUT YOU ARE THE SUPREME MASTER OF ALL MANGA COMMENTARY AND I WORSHIP THE GROUND YOU WALK ON!!!! And Naruto's of course. *happy sigh*

Ahem, on another note, the whole ice cream scoop thingy is a mental crystal ball thingy they did to get into the head of rain nin that was working for Pain er Pein. I CAN SEE!!!

[editrixfox.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, who DIDN'T see this coming back when Orochi-teme used it against Sandaime?

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

Huh, good point. Honestly, I just didn't think Kabuto had that kind of power. But then, he's less Kabuto and more Oro-kabuto. Or that Orochimaru had that many bodies. It makes you wonder what he (Oro) had been planning. I was always under the impression that he somewhat cared for his teammates. Even in that fight between the three of them, Orochimaru never tried to kill any of them. But keeping Dan . . .

[phantomshade]

I so cannot wait for the fighting to start. I also can't believe that people are complaining about the massive mindfuck to come! IT WILL BE GLORIOUS!

And this has more to do with the last chapter than it does this one, but was anyone else kind of wierded out by the way Sasuke just...sat there? Quietly? Without bitching at authority and complaining about how slow things were moving? Or was that just eerie to me?

[moonylala.livejournal.com]

No,you're right. It was totaly creepy and un-Sasuke-ish:(

[phantomshade]

It wasn't weird to me because it was un-Sasuke-ish (which it is, but that's a different issue), it was weird because it's a complete 180 from the way he's been acting before that point. He went from "super-impatient, out of control, and rather crazy" to "quiet, placid, and somewhat lucid" pretty darn quick. That's what's so eerie to me.

[mya-in-ab.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't get the giant ice cream scoop either.

Oh gosh, I couldn't stop laughing as I compared your:
"TELL ME, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF UZUMAKIANITY, THE CHURCH OF YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU GUYS A LOT ABOUT UZUMAKIANITY. AND HOW HE SAVED ME... HIS SMILE SAVED ME. SO I AM NOT AFRAID TO DIE FOR HIM, BECAUSE I...
Hinata: *coughcoughCOPYRIGHTED SPEECH BITCH*"

to the new chapter. 0_0 ^_^ :DDDD SOOO HAPPY THIS MAKES ME! So much laughing!

[(Anonymous)]

Since when does Haku wear lipstick. D:
Since forever, really. (Check the covers of volume 11~) But you're right, it was never that dark.

... I wish I had something else to say, but uh, I have no hope at all for this turn of events. Kishimoto can't make it work, he's just not like that. ( And so, I was trying to stay anonymous with my negativity. ;^; )

[(Anonymous)]

*cough*

Volume 4.

WTF self. >__>

[q99.livejournal.com]

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4. Mention by Kabuto that controlling so many bodies with the impure resurrection jutsu is hard, and he's having to let small things go in order to maintain broad control. FORESHADOWING OF LOSING CONTROL? :D-

I'm curious what'll happen when he tries to control Nagato.



Also, during the "We are all Shinobi" speech? I wonder what the Samurai are thinking, there's one right there in the crowd!

[(Anonymous)]

Your impersonation of Gaara is hilarious. Gaara's crush on Naruto (and Hinata's interjections) is awesome.

-- Guile

[book-people.livejournal.com]

XDDDDDDDD;; ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I liked your summary better than the actual chapter, just so you know. Not that I did not thoroughly enjoy the chapter, mind. I just liked your summary better. It managed to portray the same information with many more lols and fewer Gaara orgasm faces. Not that I generally mind Gaara orgasm faces. There is just a time and a place, Gaara! Jeez!

I agree that it is much better now that Kabuto has out and out said that this is a mindfuck. Before, I was concerned that Kishimoto was pulling another lame-ass plot device out of his hat to make the readers go O.O and would proceed to not deliver. Now he has to deliver, because it is the whole point. u.u

I wonder, though, if Kabuto is going to let Itachi have his personality or not. I mean, the two people it would most mindfuck are 1) Itachi and 2) Sasuke, and there's not point to mindfucking Puppetachi, and Sasuke is in theory on Kabutorochimaru's side. So. We may not get Itachi in anything but body. Woe. ;_;

...Regardless, I am very, very, very excited for next week. WHY OH WHY IS IT NOT YET NEXT WEEK?

[(Anonymous)]

i think sasuke will somehow end up at the war an intercept the itachi group. this will start a sasu rampage, he will go all "you can't use my brother" an shit. than he will kill people, an itachi will convince him to go home to naruto.

[kearin.livejournal.com]

Summary > Chapter. Ditto. Thank you so much for these summaries Asuka, they really make my day. :)

[yoiyami.livejournal.com]

UZUMAKIANITY!

[nemi-chan.livejournal.com]

10-13, this is why I ship Naruto/Gaara

[fonsetorigo.livejournal.com]

Gaara is very good at making speeches, he manages to cut down chapters of BALRG into one and make it strike home, if only because he hardly ever speaks, so when he does speak it is so totally worth it.

Like when talking to the kage council? As much as I love Naruto, it would have taken like four chapters for him to get the council to listen. With Gaara? Just one well placed question and BAM, their mind goes reeling.

alsoalso, may I polietely ask to steal your teamwork-team 7 and makethemhaveweirdandmaybepornytiemwithgaara. The plunny hit me the other night in bed, and uh. Yeah. I really wanna write it, but need to ask permission first and all that. ^^;

[oceanandspace]

Oh me god. je regarde même pas Naruto, mais je lis quand même tes résumés à chaque fois parce que je suis toujours morte de rire pendant des heures après XDDD

*loves*

[(Anonymous)]

I am very tempted to no longer even bother reading the manga (which I haven't been enjoying much lately). I'll just read your commentary of it (which is far, far more enjoyable).