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Naruto 558
The return of the manga commentary! Frankly in the last few chapters I just... Gaara fights? A bazilion old kages no one ever heard of before this arc who are suddenly so awesome they deserve their three chapters of battle each? Killerbee taking pee breaks? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN.
I'm also a bit scared we've seen the last of Sasuke until the inevitable confrontation at the end. Not sure what else he still needs to be ready to face Naruto in their final battoru. Hm.
ANYWAY.
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/558
1. Color page with Kabuto and Bandage Guy, Kabuto OF COURSE going "just as planned", because no fight in this arc can actually be decisive wooo.
Splash page of Naruto and Sasuke riding a frog and an eagle respectively who are crossing naginata blades, done in china ink/"traditional" art style. Sasuke looks like a tengu. Wonder what Naruto is supposed to be. Yamabushi?
2. Blahblah flashback of bandageguy splitting himself in two as he was attacked omg Oonoki you fail for not noticing it. YAWN. next.
3. Some more flashbacks and bandageguy1/2 complaining that his other half is really well sealed. Kabuto does exposition on how homg it's not kagebunshin, it's splitting, and each body is exactly half as strong as the original! that's... uh, not what kagebunshin does? I mean, apart from apparently both bodies are real instead of one going poof. But the energy thing?
Also they're trying to summon some mysterious "that". Trying to figure out what's going to trump all of akatsuki and the old jinchuuriki as zombies. Itachi's mom? >.>
4. Naruto lands near Gaara.
N: ARE U OK????
G: what about you!?
N: oh I left your sister behind since there's no kitchen around and hurried there.
G: okay then.NO WAIT NOT OKAY.
N: D: WHATS UP WITH THAT ENEMY'S WEIRD SAND CONE BODY???
G: ... uh. that's... Naruto, that's my technique.
AssholeKage: You're cool, kazekage-chan, but your taste in boys sucks.
5. Gaara: *holding his hand up threateningly*
AK:JUST KIDDING "You two make a nice duo."
G: *ACTUALLY SMILES* "really?"omg eeeeeeeee someone agrees that Naruto and I make a nice couple eeeeee he thinks I fit with Naruto eeeeeeeee!!!
*PYRAMID!SEAL'D!!*
oh my god I hope it's the last we see of that guy, he got on my nerves something fierce. DX
6. tons of shinobi gathered.
Temari: *yay! i can do things! like uh yell orders authoritatively and serve as exposition for what supposedly happens next in the plot. ... fuck you kishi for not letting me kick ass.*
Old Man Kage: I'm fine now! ow my back. haha. ow. hahahaOW. totally fine!
=> =___= I'm getting a bit tired of that fragile back schtick to be honest. Can't someone stab him so his granddaughter can fight with the techniques he better have taught her, or something.
Gaara: *can tell this Naruto is a clone just from looking! u.u*
7. The original Naruto is apparently still running in da forest as a golden, horned god-thing, and killerbee caught up. They talk about taking a leak. Also how Naruto's clones should be about to reach the front lines by now. END TRANSITION~
8. InoShikaCho are standing on a battlefield with dead zetsus around them and guys sitting down maintaining a seal barrier. Everyone is standing in their own circle. Apparently Shika devised this so they'd all stay put and keep a lot of personal space so it'd be easy to see one of them getting swapped out for a zetsu. If anyone crosses the circle they can be assumed hostile! ... I'm not sure I find this idea 100% convincing but obviously they needed *something*.
A GOLDEN NARUTO APPEARS hi chouji~
9. Inside the barrier is Dan (Tsunade's ex-boyfriend) who immediately upon seeing Naruto mistakes him for Nawaki, her little brother. It takes a whole page and even some internal dialogue about how "that's a guy named naruto? but omg he looks like nawaki), to better establish that ZOMG Naruto = Nawaki. PARALLELS? IN THIS STORY??
N'aw Ino waving hello at Naruto while yelling his name. ♥ (she totally wants him.)
10. Blahblah namedropping Tsunade in front of Dan so they can tell him about how awesome Naruto is and how original his quest for Hokage and how his ex-girlfriend recognized him. Some more NAWAKI= NARUTO parallels are beaten into our heads with a heavy, yet subtle trout. Also some Naruto!hyping via a weirdly-jawed Shikamaru.
11. Golden!Naruto: *aparently thinks that if he adds "together" to his boasts no one will notice he still assumes that everyone's been twiddling his thumbs waiting for him. Surely no one could have been trying to get rid of those clones before he got there already, right?*
Meanwhile in medic!camp, an Akimichi guy is trying to bar entry to a woman ninja dragging an injured guy, while Sakura and Shizune look on from behind. They're wearing vaguely medical-looking robes and/or bathrobes over their chuunin vests because Kishi didn't feel like drawing all of the fiddly details on them, despite how weird it is to be wearing heavy flak-jackets underneath light flowy cloth and how they weren't wearing that in their previous appearance and scrubs don't look like that.
12. Akimichi Medicsbitch: I don't care if he's shitting out his organs, we told ya not to come to the medic tent! It's not like protecting our medics via preventing them from doing jack shit isn't a perfect solution that only shifts the issue!
Woman: I'll kill myself if you want but please don't let my beloved husband die!! T^T
Sakura's heartstrings: *played like a violin* *wobbly lip* okay, okay!
Couple: *evilsmirks!*
13. Oh hey, they're totally going for Sakura and not Shizune. They're just stopping the Akimichi's movements to get around him and using him to block Shizune's movements. Medics first, huh. Likely they'd have gotten around to Shizune next. Hmm.
Sakura: *OSHIT face*
Naruto: *WHOOPS I ACCIDENTALLY FELL FROM THE SKY WITH A RASENGAN IN EACH HAND*
Huh, she's almost cut out of the pic when Naruto kills the zetsus. The focus is all on Naruto.
I am sure there'll be people ragging on Sakura for being easily manipulated. Homg the girl has a heart and believes an easily believable story ! (I mean, you were told not to move but if you don't then your teammate/friend/loved one will die!! might happen.) Besides Naruto only saved her from having to one-hit-KO the zetsus herself. >__> She already proved she could; at worst, being taken by surprise, she'd have maybe got banged around a bit, but I'm sure she'd have managed. Goddamn you, Naruto, stop hogging the spotlight. *kicks Kishi*
14. Naruto: Are you ok, Sakura-chan?
Sakura: ... Naruto?
Shizune: :D Naruto!
CUT to where Neji and Kiba are in the middle of a group attack, apparently.
Kiba: OH SHIT HINATA.
Neji: *OMG face*
*a little farther away Hinata is about to get flattened by some huge guy. In the distance Neji is running to them but he's so far away!!!!*
Close up on shocked Hinata face!
Close up on blurry Naruto head!!!
15. WHOOPS HAVE HALF A PAGE OF HINATA GETTING PUNCHED INTO A ROCK.
Neji: *1/4th of a page looking SHOCKED OMG NOES*
16. Oh wait that Hinata was a zetsu. And the huge guy was actually following Naruto's orders!
(but where is Naruto?? Is it a bird!? Is it a plane!? ITS SUPER GOLDEN HOKAGEMAN. nanana flyin in da skyyyy)
That other guy? Also a zetsu! and that one too! nanananana.
Neji: ... O_O
Kiba: Neji where are you goingARE YOU BLIND AGAIN THIS WAY
Hinata: *about to be cut down by three katana-swinging guys at the same time!!!!*
17. DRAMATIC THREE QUARTERS OF A PAGE PANEL with Hinata having artistically fallen onto her ass and looking up at the back of a TALL AND PROUD golden!Naruto who has just blocked three (I assume razor sharp) blades with his forearms to shield her!!! I AM SO BADASS. "Sorry I'm late."
(Late for what? Like, TALKING TO HER AGAIN AFTER THE TIME SHE SAVED YOUR ASS? ... get stabbed through first and we'll talk about getting you out of the doghouse, golden boy.)
Hinata: *dramatic close up on her "...oh..." face and flying hair*
Hinata: *dramatic close-up on her eye as she gazes upon Naruto* Naruto-kun...?
I swear I was hearing birds spontaneously start singing operas in the background.
Also, Kiba and Neji confirm this is Naruto, except he smells weird to Kiba. Probably the sparkles. That shit gets into real uncomfortable places.
18. Couple panels of Naruto nobly posing for the camera in the middle of a couple different fights... (edit: oh hey someone pointed out that Sakura is in that second panel, with her hair down again and without her coat. neat, she's going with him! well, with that one clone, i guess. hn.) and then a close up on H!Naruto still protecting Hinata (couldn't he have kicked those guys off and killed them already???) with Hinata still sitting there on the ground being all :O, and in the background Kiba and Akamaru racing to them. "Everything's alright now!because i'm here, don't cha know. Like anyone can do anything without me! haha."
Bandage half-guy: whoops I just finished my summoning. Dun dun dun.
Things that annoy me: Naruto's words are pretending he's going with what Itachi said about not going at it alone and letting his friends fight alongside him, but the panels show something else entirely. Also it annoys me that the two dramatic saves of the day are done to Sakura and Hinata, where Shikamaru and team Asuma just gets Naruto landing there and chillin' for a bit as they had things in hand already.
BUT OH MY GOD HE IS AROUND KONOHA PEOPLE AGAIN. CHARACTER INTERACTION??????
I'm not expecting Hinata to get to save him again, since she did it once, and apparently her whole page of "omg we have to protect naruto-kun!!! >(((" was mostly to show that since she has such intent it doesn't need to actually be realized. :/ Still, she bled for you, don't think just landing there all cocky is repaying all that not talking to her about it! >( Unless that flashback where Naruto turns to smile at her really are referencing a scene that happened already but Kishimoto is keeping hidden to stir the pairing wars. Wouldn't be surprised. >__>
But anyway! In this chapter there were : Gaara/Naruto hints. Ino/Naruto hints. Even Shikamaru/Naruto hints if you wanna see it (I don't but hey.) Potentially Naruto/Sakura (goddamnit why'd you cut away so fast.) Neji/Hinata????? Maybe some Kiba/Hinata? And then Hinata/Naruto. Okay, i'm shallow, because when I can't ship I get bored, so a chapter like that is enough to make me happy. Ohoho subtext everywhere~
... It's been way too long since Naruto said Sasuke's name longingly and/or casually bringing him up at random when there was no particular reason to. Come on, Kishi. A little effort! XD
I'm also a bit scared we've seen the last of Sasuke until the inevitable confrontation at the end. Not sure what else he still needs to be ready to face Naruto in their final battoru. Hm.
ANYWAY.
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/558
1. Color page with Kabuto and Bandage Guy, Kabuto OF COURSE going "just as planned", because no fight in this arc can actually be decisive wooo.
Splash page of Naruto and Sasuke riding a frog and an eagle respectively who are crossing naginata blades, done in china ink/"traditional" art style. Sasuke looks like a tengu. Wonder what Naruto is supposed to be. Yamabushi?
2. Blahblah flashback of bandageguy splitting himself in two as he was attacked omg Oonoki you fail for not noticing it. YAWN. next.
3. Some more flashbacks and bandageguy1/2 complaining that his other half is really well sealed. Kabuto does exposition on how homg it's not kagebunshin, it's splitting, and each body is exactly half as strong as the original! that's... uh, not what kagebunshin does? I mean, apart from apparently both bodies are real instead of one going poof. But the energy thing?
Also they're trying to summon some mysterious "that". Trying to figure out what's going to trump all of akatsuki and the old jinchuuriki as zombies. Itachi's mom? >.>
4. Naruto lands near Gaara.
N: ARE U OK????
G: what about you!?
N: oh I left your sister behind since there's no kitchen around and hurried there.
G: okay then.
N: D: WHATS UP WITH THAT ENEMY'S WEIRD SAND CONE BODY???
G: ... uh. that's... Naruto, that's my technique.
AssholeKage: You're cool, kazekage-chan, but your taste in boys sucks.
5. Gaara: *holding his hand up threateningly*
AK:
G: *ACTUALLY SMILES* "really?"
*PYRAMID!SEAL'D!!*
oh my god I hope it's the last we see of that guy, he got on my nerves something fierce. DX
6. tons of shinobi gathered.
Temari: *yay! i can do things! like uh yell orders authoritatively and serve as exposition for what supposedly happens next in the plot. ... fuck you kishi for not letting me kick ass.*
Old Man Kage: I'm fine now! ow my back. haha. ow. hahahaOW. totally fine!
=> =___= I'm getting a bit tired of that fragile back schtick to be honest. Can't someone stab him so his granddaughter can fight with the techniques he better have taught her, or something.
Gaara: *can tell this Naruto is a clone just from looking! u.u*
7. The original Naruto is apparently still running in da forest as a golden, horned god-thing, and killerbee caught up. They talk about taking a leak. Also how Naruto's clones should be about to reach the front lines by now. END TRANSITION~
8. InoShikaCho are standing on a battlefield with dead zetsus around them and guys sitting down maintaining a seal barrier. Everyone is standing in their own circle. Apparently Shika devised this so they'd all stay put and keep a lot of personal space so it'd be easy to see one of them getting swapped out for a zetsu. If anyone crosses the circle they can be assumed hostile! ... I'm not sure I find this idea 100% convincing but obviously they needed *something*.
A GOLDEN NARUTO APPEARS hi chouji~
9. Inside the barrier is Dan (Tsunade's ex-boyfriend) who immediately upon seeing Naruto mistakes him for Nawaki, her little brother. It takes a whole page and even some internal dialogue about how "that's a guy named naruto? but omg he looks like nawaki), to better establish that ZOMG Naruto = Nawaki. PARALLELS? IN THIS STORY??
N'aw Ino waving hello at Naruto while yelling his name. ♥ (she totally wants him.)
10. Blahblah namedropping Tsunade in front of Dan so they can tell him about how awesome Naruto is and how original his quest for Hokage and how his ex-girlfriend recognized him. Some more NAWAKI= NARUTO parallels are beaten into our heads with a heavy, yet subtle trout. Also some Naruto!hyping via a weirdly-jawed Shikamaru.
11. Golden!Naruto: *aparently thinks that if he adds "together" to his boasts no one will notice he still assumes that everyone's been twiddling his thumbs waiting for him. Surely no one could have been trying to get rid of those clones before he got there already, right?*
Meanwhile in medic!camp, an Akimichi guy is trying to bar entry to a woman ninja dragging an injured guy, while Sakura and Shizune look on from behind. They're wearing vaguely medical-looking robes and/or bathrobes over their chuunin vests because Kishi didn't feel like drawing all of the fiddly details on them, despite how weird it is to be wearing heavy flak-jackets underneath light flowy cloth and how they weren't wearing that in their previous appearance and scrubs don't look like that.
12. Akimichi Medicsbitch: I don't care if he's shitting out his organs, we told ya not to come to the medic tent! It's not like protecting our medics via preventing them from doing jack shit isn't a perfect solution that only shifts the issue!
Woman: I'll kill myself if you want but please don't let my beloved husband die!! T^T
Sakura's heartstrings: *played like a violin* *wobbly lip* okay, okay!
Couple: *evilsmirks!*
13. Oh hey, they're totally going for Sakura and not Shizune. They're just stopping the Akimichi's movements to get around him and using him to block Shizune's movements. Medics first, huh. Likely they'd have gotten around to Shizune next. Hmm.
Sakura: *OSHIT face*
Naruto: *WHOOPS I ACCIDENTALLY FELL FROM THE SKY WITH A RASENGAN IN EACH HAND*
Huh, she's almost cut out of the pic when Naruto kills the zetsus. The focus is all on Naruto.
I am sure there'll be people ragging on Sakura for being easily manipulated. Homg the girl has a heart and believes an easily believable story ! (I mean, you were told not to move but if you don't then your teammate/friend/loved one will die!! might happen.) Besides Naruto only saved her from having to one-hit-KO the zetsus herself. >__> She already proved she could; at worst, being taken by surprise, she'd have maybe got banged around a bit, but I'm sure she'd have managed. Goddamn you, Naruto, stop hogging the spotlight. *kicks Kishi*
14. Naruto: Are you ok, Sakura-chan?
Sakura: ... Naruto?
Shizune: :D Naruto!
CUT to where Neji and Kiba are in the middle of a group attack, apparently.
Kiba: OH SHIT HINATA.
Neji: *OMG face*
*a little farther away Hinata is about to get flattened by some huge guy. In the distance Neji is running to them but he's so far away!!!!*
Close up on shocked Hinata face!
Close up on blurry Naruto head!!!
15. WHOOPS HAVE HALF A PAGE OF HINATA GETTING PUNCHED INTO A ROCK.
Neji: *1/4th of a page looking SHOCKED OMG NOES*
16. Oh wait that Hinata was a zetsu. And the huge guy was actually following Naruto's orders!
(but where is Naruto?? Is it a bird!? Is it a plane!? ITS SUPER GOLDEN HOKAGEMAN. nanana flyin in da skyyyy)
That other guy? Also a zetsu! and that one too! nanananana.
Neji: ... O_O
Kiba: Neji where are you going
Hinata: *about to be cut down by three katana-swinging guys at the same time!!!!*
17. DRAMATIC THREE QUARTERS OF A PAGE PANEL with Hinata having artistically fallen onto her ass and looking up at the back of a TALL AND PROUD golden!Naruto who has just blocked three (I assume razor sharp) blades with his forearms to shield her!!! I AM SO BADASS. "Sorry I'm late."
(Late for what? Like, TALKING TO HER AGAIN AFTER THE TIME SHE SAVED YOUR ASS? ... get stabbed through first and we'll talk about getting you out of the doghouse, golden boy.)
Hinata: *dramatic close up on her "...oh..." face and flying hair*
Hinata: *dramatic close-up on her eye as she gazes upon Naruto* Naruto-kun...?
I swear I was hearing birds spontaneously start singing operas in the background.
Also, Kiba and Neji confirm this is Naruto, except he smells weird to Kiba. Probably the sparkles. That shit gets into real uncomfortable places.
18. Couple panels of Naruto nobly posing for the camera in the middle of a couple different fights... (edit: oh hey someone pointed out that Sakura is in that second panel, with her hair down again and without her coat. neat, she's going with him! well, with that one clone, i guess. hn.) and then a close up on H!Naruto still protecting Hinata (couldn't he have kicked those guys off and killed them already???) with Hinata still sitting there on the ground being all :O, and in the background Kiba and Akamaru racing to them. "Everything's alright now!
Bandage half-guy: whoops I just finished my summoning. Dun dun dun.
Things that annoy me: Naruto's words are pretending he's going with what Itachi said about not going at it alone and letting his friends fight alongside him, but the panels show something else entirely. Also it annoys me that the two dramatic saves of the day are done to Sakura and Hinata, where Shikamaru and team Asuma just gets Naruto landing there and chillin' for a bit as they had things in hand already.
BUT OH MY GOD HE IS AROUND KONOHA PEOPLE AGAIN. CHARACTER INTERACTION??????
I'm not expecting Hinata to get to save him again, since she did it once, and apparently her whole page of "omg we have to protect naruto-kun!!! >(((" was mostly to show that since she has such intent it doesn't need to actually be realized. :/ Still, she bled for you, don't think just landing there all cocky is repaying all that not talking to her about it! >( Unless that flashback where Naruto turns to smile at her really are referencing a scene that happened already but Kishimoto is keeping hidden to stir the pairing wars. Wouldn't be surprised. >__>
But anyway! In this chapter there were : Gaara/Naruto hints. Ino/Naruto hints. Even Shikamaru/Naruto hints if you wanna see it (I don't but hey.) Potentially Naruto/Sakura (goddamnit why'd you cut away so fast.) Neji/Hinata????? Maybe some Kiba/Hinata? And then Hinata/Naruto. Okay, i'm shallow, because when I can't ship I get bored, so a chapter like that is enough to make me happy. Ohoho subtext everywhere~
... It's been way too long since Naruto said Sasuke's name longingly and/or casually bringing him up at random when there was no particular reason to. Come on, Kishi. A little effort! XD
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You summed up Gaara perfectly, and I think everyone was hating on clam-guy.
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Clam-guy, oh god, so obnoxious. sometimes he was almost funny, and then i remembered i wanted to slap him silly. aaaaaa.
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Your comments are hilarious and insightful as always. And you are quite clearly reading Gaara's mind. XD
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Gaara's wearing what's on his mind right on his face, when it's about Naruto. >__> simple. is he pulling an expression? it's got to be naruto-related somehow.
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13. Oh hey, they're totally going for Sakura and not Shizune. They're just stopping the Akimichi's movements to get around him and using him to block Shizune's movements. Medics first, huh. Likely they'd have gotten around to Shizune next. Hmm.-
They know they'll be short-lived, so gotta go for the important targets.
-She already proved she could; at worst, being taken by surprise, she'd have maybe got banged around a bit, but I'm sure she'd have managed. Goddamn you, Naruto, stop hogging the spotlight.-
Yea, seriously. Going after medics in general is the right tactical move, but those particular ones are tough. Even if you hit 'em, they'd just take out out then heal!
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But anyway! In this chapter there were : Gaara/Naruto hints. Ino/Naruto hints. Even Shikamaru/Naruto hints if you wanna see it (I don't but hey.) Potentially Naruto/Sakura (goddamnit why'd you cut away so fast.) Neji/Hinata????? Maybe some Kiba/Hinata? And then Hinata/Naruto. Okay, i'm shallow, because when I can't ship I get bored, so a chapter like that is enough to make me happy. Ohoho subtext everywhere~ -
That part I liked :)
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Also: Oh god Gaara break my heart more with your smile. D:
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Other than that... I've pretty much lost "hope" for the series long ago. What with the constant cock-blocking-every-female and obviousness and dumbly written zombies and... stuff. Narusparkles. Oh well. Maybe we'll get an ending some time so I don't have to dwell on the past. >__>
Actually, I'm lying, but it'll be dwelling with more closure and less generic overly long shounen.
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TOO LONG.
LET US HAVE EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN SASUKE AND NARUTO THEN
BUTTSEX,THENTHREESOMETHEN TIE UP LOOSE ENDS AND HAVE A SAPPY FUTURESHOT.
AND THEN STOP
STOP
STOP
ALSO STOP DOING SO MANY PARALLELS AND PLOTTING AND MAGICAL BACKSTORIES THAT NEVER EXISTED AND THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS.
Toocompleznowwww.
blatantlyextendingseriesnowww.
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*WHOOPS I ACCIDENTALLY FELL FROM THE SKY WITH A RASENGAN IN EACH HAND*
XDDD
Neji: ... O_O
Kiba: Neji where are you going
ARE YOU BLIND AGAINTHIS WAYYeah, I was wondering if Neji should go back and lie down. Last I remember seeing him, he wasn't doing so hot (gorgeous though he is).
I swear I was hearing birds spontaneously start singing operas in the background.
BWAHAHAHAHA, what the hell, I don't understand that, but it's funny!! XDDD
Okay, i'm shallow, because when I can't ship I get bored, so a chapter like that is enough to make me happy. Ohoho subtext everywhere~
I'm like that when it comes to Sasuke or Itachi or Sai.
Speaking of Sasuke, it's kind of annoying, but at the same time I'm amused that he showed up for, like, ONE PAGE several chapters ago, and then disappeared again. Like, "Nobody's forgotten about me, have they? No? Good, keep waiting."
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It's Kishi's usual 'I know you're all salivating for some Sasuke right now, so I'll just dangle him titillatingly in front of your eyes and watch you suffer MWAH AH AH' schtick. :(
He did the same thing at the beginning of Part 2, and then again just before Sasuke went to kill Orochimaru...
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(Anonymous) 2011-10-07 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)It's the new anime OP. If you need cheering up go ahead.
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