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askerian ([personal profile] askerian) wrote2011-11-23 04:42 am
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Naruto manga -- 559 to 564

There'll be a lot of skipping boring shit. >__> I did like some things recently, I was just... idk. I miss Sasuke. And Sakura actually interacting with Naruto. And Sasuke. And Ino and even Sai and, idk. T__T *flops*

BUT ANYWAY.


559! REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE.

Page 1: Bandageguy manages to summon his mysterious, mysterious coffin. :O

3: Golden!Naruto has many chakra arms, with which he repels boarders those mean three guys trying to slice'n'dice Hinata-chan. Then he looks over his shoulder to ask if Hinata's okay. Hinata: o_o n-naruto-kun...

4: Group panel of Neji, Kiba and HugeGuy landing around Naruto and Hinata and being all ???. But he smells different to Kiba's nose! and he looks different to Neji's chakra-seeing eyes! HOW ARE YOU GONNA PROVE YOU'RE YOU, HUH?

5: big panel of Hinata going "It's Naruto! Just look at his eyes, you can tell! I memorized the exact hex code for that shade of blue, shut up."
then she apologizes to naruto for people being suspicious of him, and he's all HAHA NEVERMIND SINCE YOU GUYS WERE WAITING FOR THE STAR AND NOW I'M HERE LETS DO SHIT (you were totes twiddling your thumbs without me, huh?)
And then Hinata is all *worry worry guilt* (the guy i wanted to protect more than anything ended up protecting me i'm so lame)
...and then Naruto somehow reads her mind. I've seen two translations for what he says about it ("i'm lame, you've saved me twice already" and "i'd be lame if you had to save me twice", the second making a bit more sense because I only remember Hinata saving Naruto once, unless they're counting, like, her pep talk back during the Chuunin exam or that time she tried to let him see her copy of the test answers which uhhh.) But anyway the fact is that he knows what she's fretting about and he's all "nope! stop that." It's... Naruto can pay attention to people's emotional state when it's not about Sasuke? Really? o_o

6: woo big panel. Naruto can READ IT IN HER EYES okay. Stop fretting, you're strong! :D So... she looks into his eyes and knows he's not a zetsu, he looks into her eyes and can read her mind... And then he has a flashback to her falling from the sky on Pain's head... Hmmmmm. I guess this is not as good as the confession actually getting ADRESSED OUT LOUD but it IS proof Naruto didn't totally forget it and it'll be dealt with later. Plus he's smiling and doesn't look uncomfortable, so. >__>

neji: .... (MY COUSIN. MY NARUTO. S-SO TOUCHING boohoo what about me T__T)

Okay how many panels have been spent on the naruhina adorableness there. >__> AAA WHERE IS SASUKE.


7/8/9 wow, Sai and Kakashi working together on... sealing random guys we don't give a shit about... and not even really giving me shipping pings to make up for it... AND THEN A NARUTO.

10/11 blahblah naruto is boss and will kick Kimimaro's ass OH CHIYO
NARUTO YOU BETTER NOT STEAL CHIYO SHE IS SAKURA'S. D:

12/13/14/losing count: blahblah collage of a dozen places where naruto gets to be heroic before ALL THE PEOPLE. yawn.


16: OH MY HOLY MOTHER OF GOD IT'S ZOMBIE MADARA.

Like. The one with longass hair and The Olde Armore like on the waterfall statues. WTFBBQ?????? :O

17: WHO THE FUCK IS TOBIDARA THEN?????????
oh man zombiedara's hot.

And tobidara still has a stupid penishead mask that looks like his skull is one giant, deformed eyeball. :/


I actually read that chapter back when it came out, but my reactions are STILL a mix of HOLY FUCK WOW and "wat". I am very torn on the topic. Still, I did NOT expect that, and it's probably going to fuck with Tobidara a bit, so I am provisionally allowing myself to find it exciting instead of shark-jumpy. ONWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER.



CHAPTER 560: UCHIHA MADARA dundundundunnnnn.

ensemble cast: OKAY WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. D:

Madara: In one glance I understand everything about this multinational army! how the fuck I could even tell they were all from different countries idk, but whatev's. It cuts down on exposition, I guess.

Kabuto: *possesses bandageguy so he can chat with Madara* :333~

blahblah battletiems. Gaara and Oonoki and depleted Naruto clone VS Madara and Kabuchimaru-possessed random guy. Yawn. Blahblah Madara rules, the fodder sucks, four pages later...

rasengan! just kidding, I have my magic skeleton armor.

Madara has the mangekyou, of course! :3 He's Madara.

Gaara gets to cop a feel on the clones with his giant hand, bet he's happy, meanwhile other naruto-clone tries to get a hold of Sage Mode/Nature energy. Blahblah OKAY TIME FOR A RASENSHURIKEN. Gaara yanks Zombiedara out of his skeleton armor for Naruto to slice in two in a grandiose display of teamwork and ...

Just kidding! Madara has the rinnegan.

WHAT.

THE RINNEGAN IS THE NEXT DIGIEVOLUTION OF THE SHARINGAN. WHAT. WHAT.

Kishi better come out with an explanation that takes all those scraps of eyeball logic and shows they were actually part of the same, well-planned reasoning from the start and we just didn't have all the info. Because otherwise this is the most gigantic asspull ever.

AND NOW ZOMBIEDARA IS GONNA CRUSH Y'ALL WITH HIS LIL' MOON. fuck it's even bigger than Pain's, wtf. :/


Am still enjoying the existence of Zombiedara for what it'll do to the otherwise fairly straightforward Tobidara's master plan, but his l33t haxx0ring not so much. I expected him to be immensely superior, the guy is a legend for a REASON, but there ought to be a different way than "oh, every awesome power everyone else has in the series? HE HAS IT TOO."

I really liked that Haku could do seals one-handed, and no one else, and after the fuss they made over his ability for the longest time no one else showed up with the skill just as an instant, cheap "badass" stamp as a shortcut. Why is everyone and their grandmother suddenly turning up with the rinnegan, the sharingan, or some unholy bastard mix of the two? They were supposed to be on their way to extinction for god's sake. I understand when you raise zombies from the grave they'll pop up with the skills they used to have but... Nagato was special because he had the rinnegan, but apparently tobidara gave it to him in the first place? and now he's taking it back? Maybe it's just Kishimoto playing with my expectations and subconscious fan theories and not actually fucking up his own manga, but I need clearer explanations of wtf happened there.



CHAPTER 561: THE POWER IN A NAME

zombiedara tries to squish people with his moon. Oonoki plays it DBZy and flies up to try to keep it from falling. And then sand supports! and then "oops there was a second moon :D"
... Meh. boring one-upmanship is boring.

Tsunade meanwhile is having a discussion over why the heck tobidara claimed to be Madara. Answer: propaganda. "madara is more than a man, he is an ideal!"
Holy shit they're losing platoons!

Tsunade: Oh hey I used to be badass back in the day. BACK TO THE BATTLEFIELD I GO~ >(((

Oh no, old man Oonoki is Severely Hurt. (he's going to kick the bucket in a heroic "passing the relay to younger generations" thing. I'm calling it now. Probably with Gaara. Yep.)

"despite losing to Hashirama, you gained a portion of Hashirama's strength."
Zombiedara: *pulls out his collar, looks down at his chest* ........

OH MY GOD I BET THERE'S A HASHIRAMA FACE ON THERE. grooooss. ♥


... :D :D :D!!

Madara: *tries to summon Kyuubi*
Naruto: *falls on knees ouch* x__x
Kyuubi: *rears up* What the fuck??? MADARA???

*___* kyuubi ♥♥♥♥♥ yessss get angry, Madara is here! GET ANGRY AND ALLY WITH NARUTO TO KICK HIS ASS~

Madara: *pulls out mokuton out of his ass oh wait no he has the first hokage's face on his pecs nevermind then*
Naruto: oshit what do i do i have no more chakra
Kyuubi: >__> aw fuck it. I'll give you some and you don't even have to ask. I hate his guts more than yours, aren't you glad to hear that!

my heart. it is singing. *___*~~~~ *twirls*

Naruto: *makes clones* *makes big ransengans with his clones*
Kyuubi: :DDD GO NARUTO~


what. what did that seriously happen oh god LOVE. XD

... oops naruto used up all his Kyuubi-given chakra, and now Oonoki is saying he's gonna go and kick ass. Um. Ummmm. Yeah, he's gonna die.



CHAPTER 562: FIND YOURSELF

badly hurt!Oonoki still wants to fight. Naruto is sweaty and tired (s'ok, just a clone.)

Blahblah flashback to when oonoki was young and fat with a potato nose, and Madara was a haughty asshole who didn't want an alliance he wanted to rule goddamnit. Okay, flashbacks starting now? previous unreported rivalry between them? He's gonna die.

BLAHBLAH OONOKI MIGHT BE OLD BUT HE WAS EVENTUALLY CONVINCED TO TRUST THE NEW BETTER FUTURE ~

exemplified in those two fine Sand and Leaf shinobi, grabbing each other on a battlefield. I mean, helping each other up. N'aww, GaaNaru. It can stop wars!

Meanwhile Tsunade is sick and tired of sitting on her ass in an office. Hot Assistant Girl? Teleport me to the battlefield stat. What do you mean it's for inanimate objects. i'm the awesomest healer who ever healed. Just do it.

Shikaku: "But that's a big gamble, and you're the worst gambler, Tsunade-sama."
Tsunade: "Only when it comes to money." (shut yo mouth and admire this badass angle of view. See the determination in my fierce gaze? The heaving bosomness emphasizing my actionny movements?) "My life is a different story. I'm still alive, aren't I?"

nghhhh Tsunade *___*

Raikage: How can I be shown to have less balls that this fine mama. Mabui! Get it ready... FOR TWO! >:O


meanwhile naruto is fighting the black and white zetsu, yawn. Shotabait with the sword has a Big Sword, yawn.

Genma is a smartass! I couldn't care less about him usually but this made me like him.
"Genma! we're in a big hurry so do what i say and absolutely no cracking jokes! Madara is alive."
"...O_O... wait, i have a good one for that--"
"I SAID NO JOKES!"
Pfff. XDD ♥

Meanwhile Mabui teleports Raikage and Tsunade. At high speeds that ought to tear up any living thing into little shreds.

And Genma and his buddies use a variant of Minato's Flying Thunder God teleport thing (ooh they used to be his special guards, n'aw) to get Mizukage to move too! And it's good it's so fast, because Marrying is the only thing Mei intends to do late. I am half "hee! a character who rages against the japanese culture's "women over 25 who aren't married yet are aberrations! (what, not marrying AT ALL? this does not compute)", and half "does she have any other note to hit". Then again it's the same with Oonoki's bad back, it's the only running joke he's got. >__>

MEANWHILE ZOMBIEDARA AND BANDAGEKABUTO ARE FLYING AT NARUTO AND GAARA~

BOOYAH TSUNADE KICK!!! Take that, Madara! Madara and bandageguy are sent flying back. I love that Tsunade got to kick the Uchiha and Raikage didn't steal her thunder. Also the pose is epic, it kinda looks like she was doing a handstand on his manly shoulders. Ngh. *_*

Eep, Tsunade was all bleeding and cut, but she releases her forehead seal and heals herself. And then Mei is there too!!!! :D

Tadaaaaaaaaahh! The five Kages stand together ready to kick ass and take names.

Badass.


(lmao that oonoki has to fly to not leave a ridiculous gap in the lineup, though. XDD)




CHAPTER 563: GATHERING OF THE FIVE KAGES

Madara: oh good, anything less than the five of you would not be an adequate challenge. u.u
asshole. XD

Tsunade: *heals gaara and oonoki first*
well. that's logical. I still wante dher to fight. But Mei is fighting with A! GO MIZUKAGE.

Lava + punch = ???? -- haha just kidding, skeletarmor.

Blahblah fight. Yawn.

Naruto: *tries to make everything about him again and asking tsunade to heal him, he's just a clone but...!*
oldman kage: this war is no longer about protecting you.
HAH.

Mei lieks Uchiha men, it looks like. "As much as I like compliments from men, i'm gonna have to hold off in your case." Pff. Not sure I like that constant referencing she does about men/marriage/her sexuality (oh noes she doesn't want to be controlled yet she still flirts/brings up her attractions, even in sarcastinc manner!), I'd like it a lot more if there was more shown to her than that. Still. Hm. Not sure if it's positive or negative.

oonoki, while merging his stone defense with gaara's sand in a rather impressive display: "this war has become a battle to protect everyone!"
Naruto: in that case i'm gonna take out madara right here!
OH MY FUCKING GOD NARUTO STFU.

... okay, Oonoki and A? Pretty badass combination. Even if Oonoki riding on his back so he can use his lightening/strengthening jutsu on him is cracking me up. THEY BROKE A SKELETARMOR RIB! okay go after the spine next plz. >__>

oonoki: *comes back to deliver longer stfu naruto this is not all about you speech* *alas it comes in the form of "you youngsters have opened my eyes to the wonders of Love and Peace and Friendship" so it's still hyping naruto in a way. (actually more like it's hyping GaaNaru, but hey. XDD)

so then they poke the clone so he can share the memory of being told to win against Tobidara since they're busy with Zombiedara, okay.

JUST IN TIME FOR REAL NARUTO TO MEET TOBIDARA IN DA WOODS AND HEADBUTT HIM IN THE MASK.

Okay. :x though I have to admit Naruto's GNNH >E face is pretty well drawn.




CHAPTER 564: NO ONE

... Huh. Tobidara says "I should have slipped through you". But he didn't, Naruto hit him dead on. Because he was in Golden mode? Innnnnteresting.

Just So Happens that Tobidara was traveling with the zombies of all the other dead Jinchuuriki. LAVA BOULDERS TO THE FACE.

blahblah we see one attack each from every jinchuuriki in turn blahblah... (it's funny when Bee uses his tentacles to grab things and swing from trees. I wanna see Kyuubi tails used like that!)
(also cracked up when they tried to blind 'em and Bee was all "my fly shades are way too dark, you can't blind me with a few little sparks~". XD I always like the mangastream limerick translations.)
(and then Naruto is all IT DUN WORK CUZ I CAN FEEL YOUR EVILNESS. yawn. goddamn, just let it hit for once, Kishi. Be fun to see Bee deal better than Naruto at some things.)

aw, bee and Hachibi noticing poor Yugito.

...

....................

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all the junchuuriki zombies have been implanted with a sharingan and a rinnegan eye.

WHY DEAR GODS ABOVE WHY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

still, Bee and Hachibi keep cracking me up. Bee all "man i'm glad I'm not like that, I'd have hated it" and Hachibi all "you'd have your shades on, either way."

Naruto lets it slip that The Other Madara is out to play as well... (oh, man, I wonder how Zombiedara died in the end. If he was THAT epic. >__> Gotta be interesting. I hope it's not something lame like the strain of too much awesome powers...)

(still, yay for Tobidara being all HSS at Kabuto, I like it when villains and their agendas run into each other. XD)

Bee: So who the fuck is he??? D:
Tobidara: The war has already begun... my name no longer matters. Madara, Tobi... call me whatever you want.
Naruto: ???
Tobidara: I'm no one. I don't want to be anyone.

asuka: *P-PING* wait what? no, self, no. D:


NGH :DDDDDDDDD
Tobidara: blahblah this world sucks we oughta just destroy it. you guys should understand about sucky lives, what with being demon hosts.
Naruto: *yeah fuck you no* >:( Being a demon host isn't all bad.

NARUTO I LIKE YOU AGAIN.

Kyuubi: *chillin inside his cage... has a "... o.o" moment*

oh my god :D :D :D :D :D is this a prelude to Naruto and Kyuubi finally learning to open up and make peace and really work together??? Instead of just chakra battery stuff??? PLEASE DEAR GOD YES. *rolls*

Naruto: "you can cal yourself no one, you can start a war, but even in this world you think of as worthless, no one's falling for your dumbass lies!" "You can change your mask, you can take on as many names as you want, but you're still you, and you're still just one guy!"

n-naruto *__* nghhhh NGH.

In the other hand it is a bit easy how Madara made himself a big, evil target gathering all the evilness in the world so that people can ally against him -- would have been more of a trial to get world peace without that common enemy, less simplistic... but hey. Manga for kids. Real people haven't found how to get world peace yet, so maybe it's not something to emo about that a manga isn't going to get there. ;_;

So um guess what? Just like dead, eyeless uchihas come back with their eyeballs (logical, since that's an organic component of them, and the jutsu uses an unrelated person's body to remake it into the zombie's body) Jinchuuriki seem to come back with THEIR DEMON POWERS OF TAIL MATERIALIZING. Which seems to imply they come back with their demon powers.

When the power is granted by another creature that has since been harvested.

I srsly hope they're just popping tails because being hosts for so long changed their own bodies. Not because they still get to use the power of beasts whose access should have been cut since then, because that'd mean you can kill a jinchuuriki and ressuscitate him and harvest the demon chakra and do it again and again as many times as you want, and they're just generating that chakra out of their asses. :/ I lost my chain of thought in the middle of typing this up, so I can't figure out how to explain that the logic is really weird, but it's kind of managing to race a car whose battery has been taken out. Hell, it's like doing that, while the battery is powering another car, and yet you only see energy output for ONE car. Wait, that's not how batteries work, is it? nevermind, i'm confusing myself. Oh god so hungry. Time for chocolate.

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