Sasuke Recovery Mission
Chapter 225: In Darkness...!!

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>>281278524
8 21? Is that just the date of this chapter's magazine publication?

>>281278524
My boyfriend is so cute and has such shiny white teeth...

>>281278589
No, it's the release date for the first Naruto movie, August 21st, 2004.

>>281278623
mindrape

>>281278623
>tsukuyomis him again just for the heck of it.
Itachi is still a kid, barely even a teen here, so him flashing his cool new power without thinking much of it does make some sense, but it's still really funny

>>281278801
those two would have killed and raped everyone in konoha if it wasn't for the valiant efforts of Itachi

>>281278774
>shouldn't they have police keeping watch over the crime sc- oh... right...

>>281278801
It's just unnecessary, I don't even think she could reproduce anymore either, so it's not a problem they were ordinary folk...

>>281278949
>Susano on the walls

>>281278801
Those old fucks needed to go?

>>281278949
Those two got to know about the Uchiha massacre but neither Naruto or Sakura did?

>>281279031
>literally going schizo

>>281279009
yes they were the strongest genjutsu masters in the village

>>281279074
They can't even take a shit by themselves.

It's over

>>281279085
thats their genjutsu

>>281278774
Once again Konaha has no type.of hospital security to speak of.

>>281278801
They NEEDED to go.

The fight to end Part 1.
Chapter 225: In Darkness...!!

END
Tomorrow closing Volume 25: For a Friend...!!

>>281278811
>wants to show off by traumatizing his little brother one more time
Best big bro.

>>281278510 (OP)
kill yourself narutard

>>281279219
YOU ARE MY FRIEND

>>281279085
Lesser known downsides of the Mangekyou Sharingan

>>281278801
>his smile and optimism: gone

>>281279132
No naruto! No! We are not playing fetch ! I am trying to hit you with this throwing star to kill you!
These are not fun times for you naruto these are DARK times!

>>281279219
>...by process of elimination, since the only other candidate is Sakura

>>281279247
AHHHHH

>>281278883
I wonder who got the “honor” of doing the chalk outline

>>281278949
>even the kids knew about the Uchiha massacre
Was Sakura literally just fucking retarded at the start of the manga?

>>281279260
Sasuke doesn't even consider Kakashi a friend?

>>281278883
How the fuck did he get back there!? There's clearly police presence since they've laid out body tape, imagine if Sasgay was in on it and started tampering with the crime scene.

Late today and shift is starting, so I'll dump Viz scans during break.

>>281279321
would you consider your mentor as a friend?

>>281279316
Ill informed, I guess.

>>281279316
It wasn't fully thought out yet, please understand.

>>281279219
Does it really count if it's like 0.1% friendship while everyone else is 0%

>>281279346
cutemari

>>281279219
TY OP
>>281279346
Someone else could dump the black and white if it's too much today I do not volunteer

>>281279322
>How the fuck did he get back there!? There's clearly police presence since they've laid out body tape
Probably a little under staffed atm..

>>281278909
>>281278949
>secret clan hideout in a world with casual animal and supernatural tracking
What, did Danzo unperson anyone that got too close?

>>281278811
>barely even a teen here
How? This is post ANBU Itachi isn't it? Shouldn't he be like 15 or 16 here?

>>281279246
>2009

>>281278595
>The Truth is written here
Is this about Black Zetsu's scribbles on that tablet? KEK

>>281279582
yes

>>281279316
Naruto didn't seem to know either, product of Kishi straight up not thinking about it at the time.

>>281278801
Him having allucinations about it is really dark.

>>281279531
The Hyuga probably watch the Uchiha having gay little ceremonies in their "secret" cave

In fact they could probably see Itachi murdering everyone and didn't lift a finger

>>281279219
Thanks, OP.

>>281279219
Thank you OP.

>>281279655
>mfw I decided to look around the village one night see my clan becoming the strongest in real time

>>281279655
Why would they do anything about somebody whose capable of wiping a clan stronger than theirs?

>>281278949
No Kishi, you will NEVER make me think Choji is funny

>>281279650
Yeah it's pretty heartbreaking

>>281278774
Damn. Kid Sauce TANKED that (one? two??) Tsukuyomi

>>281279219
Thanks op

>>281278801
The real coup masterminds

>>281278949
>>281279845
It really is egregious that we only see Shikamaru and Choji, Kishimoto picks the weirdest characters to shill

>>281278524
It’s not good to write on your teeth Naruto.

>>281280152
Kid Sasuke > Chunin exams Sasuke?
Jesus christ Sasukebros, even his previous iterations are mogging him.

Now that it’s all over, what are your thoughts on this flashback? Good? Bad? Do you think it sets up the eventual Itachi reveal well?

>>281278547
Now that I think about it throwing yourself into a river to commit suicide really doesn’t seem like a very effective method of going about it for a ninja.

>>281280197
You WILL like Shikamaru and Choji!

>>281279316
Uchiha mascara? I want some!

>>281278623
Acshually Itachi-sama, Sasuke will only have the same eyes as you (literally) after you’ve already died.

>>281280234
>immediately puts any water-style user under scrutiny

>>281280197
It's sad that Ino is the bestgirl of that class but then Kishi leaves her out of all these flashybacks

>>281279322
The police WERE the Uchiha. At this time there are literally no cops

>>281280288
>the bestgirl of that class
But that's 'Nata

>TFW Itachi won't tuck you in bed and give you good night kisses

>>281278801
>leaving all those pastries to go to waste
That’s the real crime here. Itachi should’ve at least taken a couple croissants to go.

>>281280313
I kind of disagree, Ino is more fun in part 1 with her limited screen presence. Though maybe I just like her voice actress more than the other girls

>>281280321
Itachi would never steal 40 cakes

>>281278949
>Black Zetsu scribbled on that stone tablet with a sharpie btw

>>281279219
HE'S GAY!

>>281280384
Why is Jiraiya looking at them like that?

>>281278972
Realistically Sasuke would’ve been justified I punching that little retards teeth out. Even if he’s just a kid who the fuck just talks about something like that so close to the victim?

>>281279132
all we've been through...that time we climbed trees..

>>281278657
>>281278774
>>281278801
>Entire major clan gets wiped out except one kid
>Drag him to the hospital and dump him off unconscious
>Zero surveillance or protection
>He's free to just wake up and wander off back to the crime scene, which also has zero security presence around it.

Sasuga, Konoha.

>>281280310
Then who put down the tape!?
I thought the police were founded by the Uchiha and had their symbol on their HQ in their honor. Not that literally every policeman is an Uchiha.

>>281279132
>>281279219
This drama might actually mean something if these two faggots had a little more than a handful of times saving each others lives while on the field. You really couldn’t have had them bonding during ANY downtime at some point Kishi?

>village's biggest force gets wiped out
>Nobody attacks
Fake tension, no stakes.

>>281278801
What is she doing with that water bucket, is she just dumping it on the street?

>>281280484
>Not that literally every policeman is an Uchiha.
doesn't Danzo/Tobi/Tobirama confirm that though?

So who suffered more under Hiruzen’s eye, Naruto or post-massacre Sasuke?

>>281280567
Neji

>>281280465
>>281280506

>>281280315
>TFW Itachi won't fuck you in bed and give you good night kisses

>>281280634
Hana...
Izumi...
Kisame...

>>281280506
>>281280465
Crazy how underdeveloped their relationship feels after 221 fucking chapters. I've been reading each chapter this daily and I don't even know where all the pacing went

>>281280469
Hiruzen's orders.

>>281280228
It was placed in the middle of perhaps the most climatic battle of the manga to date, pushing said fight back by 4 chapters and had far too many reused panels by the end but honestly? It was actually kinda enjoyable and helped to put into better perspective what it was Sasuke lost on that fateful night. Still doesn’t align with Itachi’s ninja Jesus persona in Shippuden though.

>Uchiha Genocide in Konoha
>”Bloody Mist” in Kiri
>Constant Gaara homicide incidents in Suna
What about Kumo and Iwa?

>>281279316
>>281279602
>All the other kids knew about the massacre except his teammates even though they are obsessed with him.
The story is starting to shamble, bros.

>>281280681
I think this would be OK if not for the fact that Sasuke remains "evil" until the last 8 or so chapters of the manga.
Like, imagine if Kuririn had turned evil after the first tourment and the rest of DB was just Goku trying to change him back, that's a fucking DRAG.

>>281280681
>Take Sakura and run.
>Dammit, I need to find Tsunade to help Sasuke

>>281279132
>ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
They caught that cat, they went to Wave, they participated in the Chunin Exams (Sasuke was absent for everything after his preliminary fight), aaaaaand... that's it.

>>281280484
>Then who put down the tape!?
ANBU
>Not that literally every policeman is an Uchiha
Literally every policeman was an Uchiha. I think it's confirmed later in part 2 IIRC

>>281279322
>There's clearly police presence
like ghosts?

>>281280762
It felt like Kishi wasn't even interested in Naruto as a character anymore until the pain arc. It seems like he dropped the hokage is my dream to give more focus on Sasuke, and tried to hinge it on as
>Well I can't be Hokage if I can't save my one comrade who went rogue and tried to kill me and later everyone else

>>281280152
>Sasuke has gotten weaker since he was a kid.
Sasuke must be suffering from some rare condition that's just decreasing his chakra as he ages.

Honestly, did Kishi REALLY had to put Sasuke in the hospital for 15 days then have him train the rest of the month completely isolated from the other characters?
Did we really REALLY need to have Itachi appear right after Konoha crush?

>>281280967
its Itachi's AIDs

>>281280469
The Leaf isn't the same since the 2nd died, prease understand

>>281280860
It’s actually hilarious looking back at how much Sasuke is just not conscious or physically present for plot developments:
>knocked out cold against Haku, never sees FOXruto there, never sees Haku actually die, never sees Zabuza actually die
>knocked out cold once he gets branded by Orochimaru, misses out on Sakura, Lee, and Inoshikacho defending him
>EXITS after defeating Yoroi thanks to Kakashi, misses literally every other Chunin Exams match, including crazy shit like Lee vs. Gaara
>completely missed out on Naruto vs. Neji and Shika vs. Temari
>After Konoha Crush he gets mindraped by COOLEST BRO and thus isn’t aware of Naruto and Jiraiya’s training and big titty searching
>Even in this very arc he has no idea that most of the Sound 4 got their asses handed to them because he’s been snoozing in his drug coffin
Like it actually makes much more sense why he acts the way he does in retrospect, dude has borderline no idea what the hell is actually happening around him

Tobirama did nothing wrong
Uchiha fire can't melt steel beams
The Uchiha Massacre was an inside job
Make Konoha Great Again

>>281278949
Do we ever learn what's actually written on the tablet? I remember characters just alluding to it over and over again, but seeing how small the tablet is, I can't imagine there was a whole lot for the flytrap man to edit.

>>281280750
I dunno if it’ll actually hold up to future scrutiny but I always got the impression that Kumo was a pretty nice place to life in, in regards to quality

>>281281073
Even their jinchuriki was chill

>>281281023
>Sasuke you have to come back, your friends worked so hard to bring you home!
>”Naruto my man, I basically have no idea who the fuck these guys are”

>>281281053
What should've been on it?
>We're all fucking idiots and kinslaying faggots?

>>281281023
>Sasuke missed most of the plot and character development in the manga
Kek! He's like someone who read the manga casually before dropping off of it for a few months and then picking up the newest chapter and wondering what the fuck is going on.

>>281280970
>did Kishi REALLY had to put Sasuke in the hospital for 15 days then have him train the rest of the month completely isolated from the other characters?
It was so Sasuke could auramaxx at the finals. Absolutely necessary.

>>281280750
Kumo is full of niggers, so chances are there never was a genocide. Probably luck on their part, since their leaders seem incompetent and impulsive
Iwa had a stable, competent, long term leader in Onoki.

>>281281053
Basically, don't recreate the Rinnegan

>>281281073
Kumo is full of browns, there's no way it can ever be a nice place to live.

>>281281189
>i left instructions on how to get stronger eyes and why not to do it, but only the mentally ill clan with my eyes that lusts for power will be able to read it
Wow, good fucking job.

>>281281023
>Sasuke never got to learn that the 8 Gates were a thing

>a village populated entirely by black people or blond white people
What did Kishimoto mean by this?

Sasuke is supposed to be a main character, but he knows less about the plot than a minor character like Genma or Aoba.

>>281281189
For a long time I thought that the Rinnegan was just a natural evolution of the Sharingan… somehow. Remembering the context behind Madara getting it makes it a little easier to stomach over assuming Kishi’s Uchiha was even worse than it already is.

This is why they had to kill off Dosu. He knew too much.

>>281281326
He saw Lee use the first gate in their bought and later on saw Gai use it.

Also it’s funny how from Sasuke’s in-universe perspective the Chunin Exams proved to him that Konoha was full of stupid jobbers not worth his time
>Konoha girls
>Choji
>Shikamaru
>Kiba
>Neji
>Lee
By pure results the only people worry his time is Naruto and… Shino, who is NOT here

>>281281398
When did he see Gai use it?

>>281281328
Isn't it Naruto's Burgerland? At least it feels like it, with the 4th Raikage being a wrestler and all that

>>281281420
>worry
*worth

>>281281424
In the war, Sasuke was there.

>>281281420
>Neji
This is a weird one because Neji's supposed to be an ultra genius from the most powerful clan in the village, and last year's greatest among the rookies, yet Sasuke never even gives him the time of day.

>>281281325
to be fair the mental illness only happens because of Zetsu

>>281281420
Lee fucked him up and he knows that he lost against Gaara. Sasuke also got an L against Gaara. He went so far as to copy Lee's taijutsu twice. If only, it makes no sense why he didn't go to Gai instead of Orochimaru

>>281281396
THEY don’t want you to know this, but Black Zetsu set up Dosu for death

>>281281545
Uh, I think Sasuke was "snoozing" for that too.

>>281280895
>>281280484
>>281280532
Come on anons, this was literally just a few chapters ago.

>>281281073
>>281281255
There was that databook that gave the villages ratings on several aspects and it turned out Kumo was the best place to live while Suna and Konoha were shitholes

>>281281613
Mr. Hyuuga, please remember to take your medication.

>>281281420
By the time Sasuke reaches Otogakure and the sound 4 don't arrive, he definitely assumed that the other genin delt with them so i don't think he really thought of them as weaklings by then.
>>281281546
The last he heard about Neji he got his ass kicked by Naruto, then Sasuke went into a coma and roided up to beat up Naruto, there was no reason or time for Sasuke to care about Neji.

Why don’t we see sexy Uchiha policewomen HMMM?

>>281281646
It was retconned later, anon

>>281281652
The fact that you can get killed by your own leadership and shinobi in those villages over some schizo nonsense, cover-up, or gaslight, it makes sense.

>>281281641
Pretty sure Gai used a gate technique before he was stabbed.

>>281281690
It wasn't retconed when Sasuke went to his parents' murder room.

>>281279553
Nope. This Itachi isn't even a year older than part 1 Sasuke.
>>281278852
Oh great their house has multiple floors. Now I really can't rule out that Sasuke just kept on living in the same house.

>>281281652
>Konoha is even worse than the Bloody Mist
Damn, Kishi’s boldness is off the charts

>>281281045
You're dying from several arrow wounds right now, Neji. Stop schizoposting and go to the doctor

>>281281646

>>281281646
Not sure who you're agreeing with here, but
> Almost every Uchiha is a policeman
is not
>Every policeman is an Uchiha

>>281279553
He was 13.

>>281281756
The "there are fewer uchiha now" quote is supposed to mean that there are non-uchiha cops.

>>281281652
>>281281692
>>281281738
It was from the 3rd databook released in 2009
>Konoha
Population 5/5
Military 3/5
Economy 2/5
>Suna
Population 2/5
Military 2/5
Economy 2/5
>Kumo
Population 3/5
Military 4/5
Economy 5/5
>Kiri
Population 2/5
Military 3/5
Economy 2/5
>Iwa
Population 4/5
Military 4/5
Economy 2/5
I don't know why the economy is so shit everywhere but Kumo.

>>281281791
Gotcha

>>281281791
>"there are fewer uchiha now"
Maybe he's referring to there being less Uchiha in general since for all that we know there are only a handful of Uchiha children around Sasuke or Itachi's age

>>281281813
>Suna not 1/5 in everything
Well fuck, I guess only the minor villages are that bad then

>>281281813
Kumo is supposed to be the USA of this world. Konoha is China.

>>281281813
It does look noticeably more modern than most locales.

>>281281746
>>281281756
>>281281690
It's saying that the Uchiha were tasked with being the entirety of the police force in Tobirama's time, but as things went on more non-Uchiha joined, but is still almost entirely Uchiha. At least the first squadron.

>>281281746
So did Tobirama actually set up the police force with the Uchiha, or is Itachi's version the right one?
Either way, how the fuck does Hashirama not know what Tobirama did? Did he die that much earlier?

>>281281772
So is Sasuke rn.

>>281281833
No, because the discussion is about the police force, so bringing up the Uchiha having overall less numbers is irrelevant.

>>281281813
Honestly, I'd want to know where the quality of life is better instead of muh economy, muh guns and muh people stats. If the economy was a good proxy for quality of life, amerimutts wouldn't have their life expectancy so low compared to other countries

>>281281880
Tobirama becomes Hokage once Hashirama dies so he doesn't know anything about the shit he did like the Chunin Exams

>>281281813
This is why Hiruzen didn't bother to start a war with them and just gave them Hizashi in place of Hiashi even though Kumo was the one that broke the peace treaty.

Kumo doesn't have a single (known) missing nin.

>>281281813
>Konoha
>Highest population
>Even factoring in the Uchiha massacre, the Nine-Tailed Fox attacking, the regular Forest of Death sessions in the Chunin Exams, etc.
I don’t BELIEVE IT

>>281281954
Tobirama was so based for that. Fuck them kids.

>>281281963
Kinkaku and Ginkaku. But strangely, they were still respected even though they committed treason and went rogue.

>>281281813
Iwa doesn't seem to be far behind

>>281281954
Do we know when and how Hashirama died? For someone who's touted to have unparalleled vitality, it seems like he just disappeared suddenly, considering he was still relatively young at the village's founding, which was only about 50 years ago.

I don't know man, even with hindsight of later decisions like danzo and tobi and whatever the fuck, I still think killing everyone except your brother is a little overboard..

>>281281993
they ass raped a Hokage so they are based

>>281281993
Wasn't them going rogue about them attacking Konoha during momentary peace time?

>>281281976
>and most of their Kage-level combatants either died or ran off

>>281281993
They are "missing nin" for show, kumo probably used to send them to do shady stuff and when called out they'd go "What? They aren't affiliated with us anymore!"

>>281282015
It's quite literally never mentioned or explained how he died. I can only assume Kishi knew he couldn't write a believable death for hi,m considering how hard he's wanked and the fact he died seemingly at his peak.

>>281281976
Chinkland went through several civil wars killing hundreds of millions of people over the centuries and they still managed to be the most country with the highest population until Pooland reproduces like a cancer and overtook them.

Hashirama: Massive chad god tier
Tobirama: Massive chad god tier
Sarutobi: Massive retard but god tier
Minato: God tier mary sue
Tsunade: Useless jobber DEI hire nepobaby
Kakashi: Jobbed every single fight 1v1 he fought and murdered his only friends somehow is Hokage worthy tho
Naruto: God tier that earned Hokage but as soon as he became Hokage turned in to a massive jobber who always loses and makes retarded decisions
Shikimaru: Mary sue with god tier potential and a hot wife

>>281282015
NinjAIDS, like Kimimaro and Itachi

BLACK ZETSU killed Hashiram- *gets silenced*

>>281282060
His Edo Tensei form always has one plat on his armor missing, which implies he might've died in a fight, but that just raises more questions.

>>281282068
Kakashi was the best Hokage for the people. He helped modernize Konoha.

>>281282068
Don't slander my boy Kakashi like that. He's the objectively most succesful Hokage. The village went from 3rd world shithole to utopia in less than 15 years under his leadership

>>281281976
They have a sizeable civilian population, it's possible the other villages don't have that same kind of population distribution and a greater percentage of their numbers are just shinobi.

>>281281979
Hiruzen please
>>281282015
Aids
Truth is, no one knows. Most of the pre-9-tails attack timeline is fucking weird because there's like 3 ninja world wars, the Sanin are born and grow up in that timeframe, the Bloody mist thing, Kakashi being a chunin at 7 but still in Obito's age group etc...

>>281282101
I mean, he'd have had to, right? Shit was still in the warring period and he died young, but fucking what could've killed the dude who by all means reasonably could've solo'd most of the world?

>>281282147
>adds a McDonalds and a train to Konoha
Big deal and doesn't excuse him of being a shitty ninja

>>281282174
Hashirama lived long enough to see his granddaughter Tsunade be at least 5 years old, and he only got married after the village was founded, so he can’t have died *that* young if you do the numbers

>>281282174
His healing factor probably killed him. It was mentioned when Tsunade used it that the body can only regenerate so many times until it doesn't anymore. Hashirama could do the same shit as Tsunade but automatically, at least Madara said so. Chances are he shortened his lifespan and died young

>>281282060
>>281282101
>>281282174
It is weird, they constantly built up to Naruto and Sasuke killing each other to continue the cycle, yet they don't show Madara and Hashirama doing the same thing. I guess it was to make the founder of the Hidden Leaf Village look stronger? The Hashirama wank near the end of the series was always pretty weird too.

>>281282174
I always liked the theory that Jigen from Boruto did it.

>>281282213
Kakashi would solo Tobirama, chud
>b-but
Kamui

>>281282229
But we don't know if that applied to Hashirama. he was always on a whole different level.

I mean who else could’ve been Hokage instead of Kakashi? Every other viable option is dead, crippled, or just flat out doesn’t give a shit (mostly due to being criminals)

>>281282229
I though this was the consensus explanation. Not sure why anons ITT are going schizo over it

This dude did some estimations and planted Hashi at about 42 at death.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/11neqai/hashiramas_death_age/

>>281282295
Because that was never said about Hashirama. It was never stated how he died.

>>281282295
Because it's Hashirama. Every rule bends around him.

If Ikemoto had a single fun bone in his body he'd make Isshiki be Hashirama's killer while he was attempting to turn him into a vessel.

>>281282261
>Not even his own power
>Has to murder someone and take their eye to have a chance against anyone

>>281282346
>>Has to murder someone and take their eye to have a chance against anyone
it was a gift Tobirama

>>281282346
Cope and seethe, tobicuck

>>281282346
He also doesn't have it when he became hokage.

>>281282346
>losing against not only an uchiha eye, but a stolen one
Tobirama sisters... What is this????

>>281282333
Mean, he actually is the only eligible candidate by pure power-level bullshit because from everything we know about Hashirama, NOBODY should have been able to kill him.

>>281282261
Doesn't Tobirama have that darkness technique to blind the opponent?
>but it's hashirama's jutsu
Hashirama would share techniques with his lovable brother.

>>281282294
Kiba

>>281282436
Shino, please.

>>281282261
Hokage Kakashi lost Kamui thoughbeit (and yes I know the light novels / boruto say that he’s stronger post war somehow but that’s obviously BS there is no way he’s better off without Sharingan it’s just fanservice same as war arc Gaara somehow being stronger without shukaku it makes no sense)

>>281282363
>>281282364
>>281282426
Melty

>>281282447
>boruto (canon material) says he was stronger
>but it's BS
Keep coping

>>281282447
It's because Kakashi created a new version of the Chidori that doesn't need a sharingan to use properly.

>>281282480
The forbidden Sound(ing) jutsu...

>>281282496
It was a Naruto novel not written by either Kishi or Ike.

>>281282480
>killing one Pain
>still alive by the end of the arc
Tobirama could never

>>281282294
>crippled
I wonder what the Hokage rankings would look like if a non-crippled Gai became Hokage

>>281282506
That already exist, it's called Chidori: spear, sebon and stream.

>>281282519
But confirmed in Boruto several times after that

>>281282333
Oh fuck off

>>281282553
All jobber techniques that never accomplished anything

>>281282563
...in the anime.
>>281282572
It's way more fun than him dying to some illness or his healing having drawbacks.

>>281282553
Nope. It's Purple Lightning. Kakashi's replacemtn Chidori.

>>281282294
Orochimaru

>>281282607
he doesn't care about being hokage anymore

>>281282623
>Hokage? Eh, whatever
>Otokage? Fuck yeah, time to become official

>>281282294
Unironically Sakura. She's stronger than Tsunade by the end of the series and couldn't be a worse leader than Tsunade... Right? Right?

Oh god.

>>281278524
This is pure Kimimoro body horror.

>>281278623
>mind rapes him one more time, just to be sure
Thanks, big brother!

>>281278801
;_;
Why is there still bread there? Did no one buy any yesterday?

>>281279219
T~T

Lots of tears this chapter. Thanks OP!

>>281282660
Actually the name would either be komekage or Gohankage because it's based on the nation/country and not the village.

>>281282685
Giving women political power was a mistake. Thanks Kishi for your infinite wisdom

>>281282685
Sakura's competence is entirely dependent on whether or not Kishi had a fight with his wife recently.

>>281282294
>>281282685
I honestly agree that Sakura has the qualities of being a good Hokage, but I know Kishi probably thought he was already pushing the envelop putting a woman like Tsunade in office.

>>281278623
knowing this is just a chuuni act, I'm now imagining him struggling in his head on what to say to make sauke hate him without breaking character
>You're not even worth killing... Yeah that's a good one. I'll use that.

Motherfuckers Sakura can't even manage her love life in a healthy way and you want her to run an entire village?

>>281282762
Kishi probably would've broken his friendship with Ikemoto if Sakura was made Hokage in TBV instead of Shikamaru.

>>281282805
You're assuming she WANTS a healthy relationship with Sasuke and isn't into that shit.

>>281282762
A woman has been kage in every major village (except sand) at least once

>>281282805
Going by what Hashirama thought about Tsunade running the village, I guarantee Sakura would be the one to gamble the whole village's economy away to get Sasuke a fancy house or something.

>>281282853
Kumo never had a female kage either.

>>281282785
>the entire last months where he was acting weird was just him running what-ifs in his head on what to say

>>281282863
Sasuke is hobo, and prefers it that way.
If anything, she'd dump all the economia into medicine and education and Konoha becomes like Cuba or something.

>>281282870
Wasn’t the second raikage a woman? I might be remembering wrong

>when the Hyuuga elders give you a secret mission to shadow Hinata-sama to make sure she's safe while on a mission but while setting up camp for the night with her team she whispers to Kurenai that she has to relieve herself as she walks off to find a bush

>>281282863
Has Sakura ever gambled?

>>281282904
No, they all have been male.

>>281282805
That's why she should be hokage. To channel all of her energy that's wasted in a shitty marriage into running the village. It's the best outcome for sauce too since now he can be with his one true love dinussy

>>281279351
yes. why wouldn't you? some people when they're close enough with their teachers even consider them family. like naruto and Jiraya

Kage Sakura would've found the cure for Itachi's AIDS.

>>281283002
>>281279219
Arigatou, OP!

>>281282805
What does her love life have to do with running a village?

>>281282986
She could've cured Sasuke's age weakening disease. He can finally be as strong as he was when he was 8

No one told Itachi he had to mindbreak his brother and make him throw away his life in pursuit of revenge, right? Did Itachi come up with this idea himself? I forgot.

>>281282916
The Retsuden novel/manga/anime arc said Sakura was a good gambler.

>>281283069
Nobody other countries leader is going to take her serious when her husband is off in another dimension banging velociraptors

>>281282897
>Sasuke is hobo, and prefers it that way.
Not if Sakura says she also gave the house its own personal dinosaur room for him, lol.

>>281283100
This punch would've exploded the Konoha girls.

>>281282897
What is he even doing on his hobo adventures?
It's not like he's Oro running around grabbing jutsu

>>281283161
Finding alien artifacts and shit. It was all to find out more about the Otsutsuki.

>>281283087
Fugaku's last request was for him to mindbreak sauce for not being as perfect as his big brother. In fact he was very insistent that it happen 408 times but itachi settled for 2.

>>281281813
Suna is the Detroit of the Naruto world. Their entire society basically revolves around Gaara

>>281283161
Working for free

>>281282832
part of sasuke's problem is that he never had anyone to sit down with and talk about his trauma. everyone knows what happened, but no one ever asked how sasuke felt about it. the only person who would listen was his mom, and she's dead. maybe instead of naruto fighting sasuke to the death, they sat down and talked it out first. it's corny but all someone had to do was lend an ear and maybe things would be different.

I fucking love Naruto

Also, why did Itachi need to be sick? Narratively it makes just as much sense for him to just get killed by Sasuke, what purpose does him being sick have? Just to nerf him?

>>281279219
Truthfully, this is the closest thing he's had to normalcy and companionship since the massacre.
Sasuke was slowly learning how to bond again with people over life and death situations. Until Itachi came back and destroyed his mind again. Fugaku rolling in his grave.

>>281283439
Kishimoto couldn't bring himself to have Itachi actually lose, even when he's actively THROWING the fight, he must still almost win somehow.

I fucking hate Naruto

uhhh what

>>281283428
You gotta remember that Konoha is a military village. A rural-ish one too. There's no such thing as mental health and therapy. A village raises soldiers. Soldiers must simply perform their duties. If you feel upset, fucking get over it. No one has the time to take some bitch boy to the side and talk shit out. There are missions to do. There's also intense clan identity. You don't share shit with other clans, and we've never seen anyone take in a member from another clan outside of marriage.
Hell, they didn't even have proper field medical practices when Sasuke was young. It's a goddamn miracle Kohona survived as long as it did, and it's mainly because Hashirama was so fucking juiced that he was able to dictate the terms and positions of all villages before he died.

>>281282685
She's a bookworm, has no free will, would be a pawn for the (((elders))), has no ties to problematic clans or weird geopolitical interests contrary to Konoha. She's not broken, but at least she's stronger than Mai. She's also utterly stupid and has the worst decision making trackrecord in the series. She's the best for the job.

uhhh

So did Sasuke inherit the whole Uchiha district? He should have just sold everything and hired people to kill Itachi

>>281283834
Why did Naruto only manage to pump 2 kids inside this fertility goddess?

>>281283829
>she's stronger than Mai.
Source : my headcanon

>>281283852
No, Sarutobi stole it all. It was a plot to strip the Uchiha's from their real state and become Konoha's richest man

>>281283852
>Hire jobbers to job to Itachi

>>281283873
Too much paperwork prease undelstandu

uhhhhh
https://files.catbox.moe/vja63s.mp4

>>281283852
>and hired people to kill Itachi
Heresy, what’s the point of living if you don’t choke the life out of your shithead bro yourself?

>>281283873
He's a low T "man" with a very small dick

>>281283981
Smartest man in the world

>>281283981
Ummmm, Naruto fans? This is your peak fiction?

>>281283920
He could hire Akatsuki, or strong Ninja's from other villages

>>281283708
>Hell, they didn't even have proper field medical practices when Sasuke was young
makes you wonder how sasuke survived haku's needles before tsunade's medical revolution.

>>281284078
Do you see anyone other than Pain or Tobi killing Itachi?

fuck yall bitchass boomers

>>281284107
Bee

>>281283829
Whose Mai?
>>281283852
Weak seed and too gay

>>281284078
Would Akatsuki really be cool with taking a hit on their own organization members? Is it like the Phantom Troupe where they don't care, if anything they'll invite you in?

>>281284122
God damn what the hell is that? Looks ugly as shit

>>281284150
Meant for >>281283873

>>281283873
that's a lot to the japanese

>Sasuke pays Guy with the Uchiha inheritance to kill Itachi

>>281283829
>also utterly stupid and has the worst decision making trackrecord in the series.
Nobody brought up Sakon.

>>281284150
Mei. Typo

how can japanese dub compete??????
https://files.catbox.moe/7twd76.mp4

>>281283903
You think Mei is stronger than Tsunade?

Naruto motion is something else
Ended YEARS ago both Manga and anime and it doesnt need new content to be relevant today
Truly generational

no promotion , no marketing nothing

>>281284326
My boyfriend is so popular!

>>281284326
There's a reason boruto was decided before it ended.
also it ended about 11 years ago, more than a decade now

>>281284265
Hispanic Shino named one of his Bugs "Kakarotto"?

>>281284326
Naruto truly is a gateway anime of the worst kind.

>>281282015
Probably just dropped dead one day in his 40s after a lifetime of just pumping chakra into wounds to heal injuries.

>>281284326
FUMI! KOMU! ZE AKESURU!

>>281283981
>>281284265
>This general keeps getting browner and browner each day

>>281284442
It was already brown before you got here.

>>281282743
More like a fight with his editor. Didn't he only get to go on his honeymoon when Naruto ended?

>>281284364
yes, that's the soul of latin american dub

jap is soooo damm boring, latin american dub gives much more jokes and charm than the repetitive boring ass same-y seiyuu acting
https://files.catbox.moe/vlcayv.mp4

i remember when they dropped other anime names in dbz kai, krilin thought yajirobe name was kaiba in one scene

>>281284326
So what does Naruto have going on for it that all the others don’t?

>>281284541
Now that's a cope. The browning is recent.

>>281284442
american pigs keep getting more and more shitskin

>>281284591
the most self-insertable cast of all time

>>281284541
>>281284594
nuke shitskin american shithole

>>281284594
>The browning is recent
Anon... 4chin's been brown since at least 2016. The election ruined everything

>>281284688
ESL...

>>281284724
We didn't have these faggots posting shitty dubs before

>90% of 4chan is Kumo

>>281284724
nuke shitskin american pigs shithole

Jeet?

>>281284791
is that why everyone wants to fuck hinata?

>>281282447
>same as war arc Gaara somehow being stronger without shukaku it makes no sense)
He gets literally nothing from Shukaku without taking a nap so losing him wasn't that crippling.

https://files.catbox.moe/w6c32j.mp4

>>281280762
Krillin spent the Garlic Jr Arc being evil by trying to marry a loose woman without Goku to stop him. She was so impressed she almost said yes. He even nearly destroyed the world to bang an evil android.

>>281283708
>There's no such thing as mental health and therapy.
Literally even, Sakura and Ino have to invent it in the novels IIRC.

>>281284549
I dunno how that's related to Sakura.

>>281284842
>Gaara ran out of chakra against Kimimaro just by doing a few moves
What is that fat bastard Shukaku even DOING

>>281284326
Based on what, viewing hours?
Not that biggest achievement when you have like 700 episodes

>>281284903
Giving Gaara insomnia, mostly.

>>281284787
How is that different from posting eng dubs?

>>281284903
building up Vril

>>281284935
that latin american makes thing watchable and eng dubs are known to be dogshit

>>281284935
First of all English dubs should be deleted and burned. Second of all no one with an IQ greater than 80 speaks Spanish.

>>281284903
Seething about being the WEAKEST tailed beast

>>281285004
>Second of all no one with an IQ greater than 80 speaks Spanish.
Spainbros? Your response?

>>281285025
Spain is to South America what the UK is to the US, but even more retarded if you can believe it

mentally ill american shitskins subhuman pigs should be nuked

>>281284903
Unironically, what does he do? Gaara can still use his sand even after he gets yanked out, so I have no idea what he’s actually supposed to be doing

>>281285128
Regen...I think.

>>281285092
It's actually the opposite, brownbro

>>281285187
>Coping spaintard
Lol

>>281285092
>Spain is to South America what the UK is to the US
Spain's GDP per capita and average IQ is higher than any Latin American country and on par with the average yuropoor country. Probably because they're still white even though not for long

>>281285092
I can't believe it because it's just not true.

>>281284265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bscRw1Hn_Lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtfIpGHCWH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSYOVIl4mz4

>>281285262
Statistics don't mean shit if you haven't actually interacted with them, trust me they are painfully stupid. They speak with a dumb lisp to this day because one of their monarchs (a literal severely inbred retard) had a speech impediment and he dictated that anyone who didn't imitate him should be executed.

mentally ill american shitskins subhuman pigs should be nuked

Tobi vs Sarutobi vs Tobirama

>>281285347
>Statistics don't mean shit
They do. They only don't mean shit to niggers who don't understand basic concepts like "per capita".
>They speak with a dumb lisp to this day because one of their monarchs (a literal severely inbred retard) had a speech impediment
I had to Google this because it sounds like retarded cope... And it sure is. It's a urban legend going around (american) spanish-speaking countries. They just have a different accent.

Basically what >>281285354 said.

mentally ill shitskins subhuman disgusting american pigs should be nuked

>>281285472
>Agreeing with yourself
Okay spainturd

oink oink im a pig *farts* im fat and mentally ill *vomits* oink oink i shoot everything oink oink

>>281285347
Only a mentally handicapped brown would think a "literally retarded inbred king" from 400 years ago is competent enough to dictate the entire speech patterns of an entire country and rule with an iron fist the enlightened american indigenous people who didn't listen to his divine mandate at the same time

>>281285545
>>281285492

>>281285492
Yuropoors are sleeping right now, Pedro.

mentally ill american shitskins subhuman pigs should be nuked

I feel like a bot somehow got activated by accident

Naruto?

>>281285880
NARUTO?

Hinata

>>281285880
I'm on my way

>>281285981
Why did she do this nakey when 3 boys were nearby?

>>281286012
she thought they were sleeping and wanted to practice her super speshul awesome secret technique

the cold night air on her naked body and walking on the water helped focus her mind

>>281285880
>>281285901
BELIEVE IT!

>>281286012
All women are whores, especially the shy ones.

First time Naruto reader here. I'm a bit into the 4th ninja war and I hate it. Is the series just going to be this bad for the rest of its length?

>>281286240
>First time Naruto reader here
No you're not, dailyramen

>>281285880
Naruto… Namikaze?

>>281286129
BELIEVE IIIT!

>>281284364
>>281284265
>Goku is Shino's pet

Man, I wish Itachi was MY brother

>>281285354
Tobirama...

Why don't these chapters reach bump limit anymore?

>>281286240
>Is the series just going to be this bad for the rest of its length?
It gets progressively worse. Like watching a train wreck

>>281288168
Depends on the chapter itself (and schizos). Like not a ton new happened, just sasuke being sad.

>>281286240
The final arc is a rollercoaster of ups and downs. I think at the very least the manga ends on a high up.

>>281278949
Who lit those torches? Did Fugaku read the tablet?

>>281280321
No joke, in the novel Itachi passed that stall and briefly angsted about whether it'd be disrespectful to take something.

>>281280321
IIRC in the novel after he mind raped Sasuke he took a big sack, put those same pastries in it and left it at the doorstep of an orphanage. Kinda funny desu

>>281288509
>Obito kamui'd the pastries back to the stand
>The children woke up to an empty sack smelling of delicious pastries

>>281288509
Wow, Itachi is such a good person. Not just a hero, but an angel from heaven.

>>281279219
I don't see why people underplay Naruto's and Sasuke's relationship.
It was clearly significant.

>>281288398
Fire element can't kill people but it can sure be used to light torches.

>>281288509
Please tell me you're fucking joking.

>>281281053
>[spoiler[black zetsu's message was: One god seeking stability split light and shadow and it is these opposites that operating together that give rise to all things in the universe[/spoiler]

>>281281746
You can easily see how many lies are herez as Madara has no aderents besideObito, and the rebellion was because of Danzo spreading the news about the nine-tails attack being a work of the Uchiha wich comically enough was true).

>>281279059
Very Kingdom Hearts-core

>>281283087
He came up with it, so he could kill him and there fore restore the Uchiha's honor.

>>281285128
He gloated about having the best defense out of the tailed beast, but that's just because Kishi never understood if he wanted to make the defense connected to Shukaku.

>>281288787
They pretend all those scenes of camaraderie like Sauce telling him to take Sakura and run during Gaara or Nardo hyping him up to fight Orochimaru didn't happen.

Tailed beasts as a concept and their hosts has to be the most undercooked concept Kishi has ever come up with.

>>281289356
Is it true Kuruma is stronger than all the others combined

>>281279219
>tfw Orochimaru would have given Sasuke new friends and a girlfriend (Sound Four) but they all died

>>281282068
First four Hokage lived in an era of literally 70+ year long wars and died at an average age of 40 despite being the strongest people in the world. After Third War people just weren't made out of the same steel.

>>281284326
>The best shounen ever made is kid's first shounen.

All is well in the world.

>>281289367
Yup. All other beasts are worthless since Naruto has the best one.

>>281289367
>I split the 10 tails into 9 pieces.
>Well more like 27/100 1/5 3/20 11/100 17/200 8/125 6/125 9/250 1/40

>>281280506
>>281280681
I don't get this retarded sentiment. Some people cry and shit themselves over stories where girls don't jump on mc's dick after being saved by him, but in this particular instance it's somehow strange that two people fighting along each other, risking their lives to save each other numerous times, validating each other's need for recognition, and relating to each other due to their somewhat similar circumstances form a deep bond. Like what the fuck did you want them to do? Roam around together doing pranks or eating ramen? This ephemeral connection only two of them share that is not grounded in any regular activity activity and the specifics of which have no need to be said outloud is precisely the reason what makes the drama of it all work

>>281280321
In the novel, Itachi does buy something from the stand on the day of the massacre.

>>281279059
Cheesy and on the nose, but I like this page.

>>281289367
Yes, he's basically Juubi-tier with only half of his chakra.

>>281289660
This is pretty much a recap of all theirs moments, it's quite underdeveloped.

>>281279219
Thank u.

>>281290091
I mean, the konoha kids barely talk or even know anything about each other. Not just Sasuke and Nardo but all relationships in this manga feel like that.

>>281284299
Yes, Mei would fucking destroy Tsunade.

Shame Kishi got lazy with kekkei genkai and just made them unique elemental jutsu later on. Sakon ended up being disappointing but I appreciate how weird and freaky his abilities were

>>281290667
Elemental Kekkei Genkai make no sense. Why would combining your elements be tied to blood line? If you have earth and fire release, you should be able to do lava release with enough talent.

>>281284591
Naruto fundamentally is about children dealing with isolation in a violent world, and there is a loneliness epidemic happening in today's generation. Japan especially. This problem is rarely discussed in places like this, where burgers are still seething about Rock Lee.

>>281284917
this is the top 10
most of them have more episodes and many movies like one piece

>>281290667
Sakon needed a stronger opponent where using his abilities (parasite, fast healing) made sense, instead of fight where he won 3 blows in and just needed to stab the motherfucker. The power gap makes him a retarded showoff instead of a freaky parasitic user.

>>281290091
>>281290115
They had plenty more interactions during land of wave, chunin exam and tsunade rescue arcs. And we as readers know even things Naruto himself might not be aware of - like Sasuke telling Sakura off when she was talking shit or Sasuke telling Sakura that Naruto was the one to save her. Where's the moment where Sasuke called Naruto a scaredy cat. Where's the moment where Naruto paid him in kind. Where's the moment where Naruto and Sasuke were saving Kakashi from Zabuza? Where's the moment where they were hunting for scrolls in the forest of death. Where's the moment where Sasuke recognized Naruto by telling him he wants to fight him too. Where's the moment when Sasuke rushes to save Naruto from Itachi. Like most of their relationship is based on Naruto looking up to Sasuke and Sasuke slowly starting to recognize Naruto and the whole comradery through loneliness thing also makes sense

>>281286240
There's some kino but it gets worse and better, then gets REALLY bad, then REALLY kino, then ends in a good note

>>281288509
Novels try to not white Wash Itachi challenge: Impossible.

>>281289351
We don't, people just think that's not enough for the scope Kishimoto wants it to be.

>>281290512
Kiricope.

>>281291706
Ever since this arc started the rest of the story resolves around saving Sasuke.

>>281291706
The more I read the manga the more I realized Sasuke cultivated a look as emo since he's already polished, it's just that nobody knows what to do with them. Fugaku just wants him to be Anbu, Sarutobi just wants an expendable minion, Kakashi wants a mini Kakashi, Orochimaru sees him as a vessel.

He only acts like an emo around friends, but never around Anko, Iruka, Ebisu, or Ibiki. The only person who understands him is Gaara and Neji

>>281279219
Any second now. The sand trio and Might Guy will arrive.

it it really true that you need to kill your best friend for the sharingan upgrade or are there other ways to obtain it?
also what does the sharingan get from killing your best friend?

>>281288595
Fucking kek

>>281278524
Akira's influence in Kishi's art is very noticeable here.

>>281284009
What does that say about everyone else who only had half as many kids?

>>281293101
It isn't true, it's enough to have a horrible enough moment.

>>281293101
Trauma advances the Sharingan. Killing your best friend just happens to be one of the ways to do that. But Itachi kinda fucked up because the way Sasuke was at the beginning of this fight, he wouldn't feel bad for killing Naruto. It's only after Naruto makes his plea to Sasuke and talks about their bonds that the possibility becomes painful.

>>281291706
>tsunade rescue arc
No they didn't you disingenuous moron, lmao.

>>281282040
Unironically plausible, considering they attacked during a peace treaty between Kumo and Konoha, almost killed Tobirama, and despite that Kinkaku still had a squad during the war, according to the wiki.

>>281291706
>Where's the moment where Sasuke called Naruto a scaredy cat. Where's the moment where Naruto paid him in kind. Where's the moment where Naruto and Sasuke were saving Kakashi from Zabuza? Where's the moment where they were hunting for scrolls in the forest of death. Where's the moment where Sasuke recognized Naruto by telling him he wants to fight him too. Where's the moment when Sasuke rushes to save Naruto from Itachi.
Most of these moments can barely be classified as bonding or building up a friendship. Like, them searching for scrolls is just them needing to pass the exam, it doesn't make them good friends. Your post is retarded and embarrassing as fuck.

I got Kakashi from Burger King. I would try the rest of the collectioj but those burgers are expensive.

>>281293253
>Your post is retarded and embarrassing as fuck.
You sound mad, just calm down.

>>281293213
Sarutobi already traumatized Sasuke by having his brother on his payroll, sending children to kill each other. He told Ino and Sakura to stop massaging their tits cause he could be distracted, then hired Itachi and Orochimaru to bully him.

>>281290667
Deep down he wanted Raditz, but Goku's brother and son were creations of Toriyama's second editor

>rape a uchiha girl
>she unlocks the sharnigan
>she rapes you
bros....

>>281280506
It's so funny how at the end of this opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkN--nO5G1g they're trying to showcase all the moments that Naruto and Sasuke had together, but they had so little bonding scenes that the animators had to use the gag scene where they kissed of all things.

>>281293471
I got fucking sakura
its so fucking over bros

>>281293997
Why didn't you chose a different one? Mine was going to be Naruto and told the guy to switch it for Kakashi.

why did Itachi kill his entire clan again?
to test how strong he is?

We hate Temari's combat wombat

If Itachi wanted him to unlock the Mangyeko, why didn’t he genjutsu him to kill his parents? Or just rape him. What will do.

>>281282068
>Shikamaru became hokage
Man, Boruto is so retarded lmao

>>281282294
Hiashi would've been an interesting choice, considering the Hyugas are "the strongest of the Leaf".

>>281282068
Tobirama looks really good on paper but he gets KWABd a few too many times

>>281282685
Considering she was willing to follow Sasuke when he decided to be a criminal and couldn't even kill in Shippuden, no.

>>281294480
I thought Shikimaru was just the acting Hokage and he isn't fully committing to it because he is still holding out for Naruto's return

>>281283100
This would've knocked Sasuke out btw

>>281294554
He literally 1v1'd Madara. Yes he got his ass beat but the mere fact it was a fight and he was taken seriously says a lot

>>281291364
It's hard to believe this scene actually happened when we see flashbacks where Naruto's frequently hanging out with the other boys. Surely someone like Choji would've come over at least. His own dad is a chill enough guy to not judge Naruto as a pariah.

>>281294643
Literally yes, Sasuke was weaker than all of the Sound 4 (base). Tayuya would have beat his ass more easily than Naruto

>>281294171
The Uchihas kept too much secrets which made the Leaf salty. Part II goes on for Danzo thinking the Uchiha bloated the budget and thinned the out. Part I has Third Hokage being too busy stopping Hyugas from killing the Fourth Raikage and couldn't afford Uchihas going full schizo.

Could Kimimaro beat Part 1 Kakashi?

>>281294046
I ordered from the app

>>281294941
You should be asking if Kakashi even has a chance against him.

>>281288787
It’s significant by default, but not by quality

>>281294941
Kimimaro beats shippuden Sasuke

>>281293215
Yes, they did, retard. Sasuke ran to save Naruto. Naruto saw his encounter with Itachi so he got to better understand the dude.

>>281293253
That's literally classic rivalry shit retard. Them searching for a scroll is them working as a team and Sasuke trusting Naruto to pull off his shadow clone strategy. Naruto literally inspires Sasuke to fight back during their encounter with Orochimaru and him recognizing Orochimaru's camouflage is him literally paying attention to what happened to Naruto and knowing him well enough. Were they supposed to go on dates regularly to dump exposition on each other or what?

>>281284853
Tenten....

>>281295462
>Were they supposed to go on dates regularly to dump exposition on each other or what?
Well, it certainly wouldn't be out of place considering their relationship.

>>281295462
>Sasuke ran to save Naruto. Naruto saw his encounter with Itachi so he got to better understand the dude.
Sasuke clearly cared more about getting his revenge against Itachi than protecting Naruto when he got there. From Naruto's perspective, all he saw was Sasuke get beat up and nearly killed by his brother. He didn't learn jackshit about Sasuke.
>Were they supposed to go on dates regularly to dump exposition on each other or what?
Them talking to each other outside of missions or training would've been a better way to show off their friendship build up, yes. Going by your logic, Sasuke should've also formed a relationship with Kakashi because of all the time they trained together, but he clearly never ended up respecting or caring about him.
You sound like a retard with low functioning autism who doesn't understand how human relationships work.

>>281295462
>That's literally classic rivalry shit retard
Being rivals doesn't automatically make them friends like how the story keeps pretending they are, lmao.

Somehow Kishimoto fumbled the bag on characters relationships more than Toriyama

>>281282685
Fuck no

>>281294742
I wish she would beat my ass.

>>281295932
Kiba.......

>>281295880
Credit where it’s due, Goku and Vegeta’s rivalry and the Majin Vegeta spergout has way more weight than Naruto and Sasuke

>>281295880
Most mangaka made the right call to not have their story revolve around saving one character who spends most of the story not wanting to be saved.

>>281296312
Despite Goku not really being in a true rivalry with Vegeta, mind you. Most of the time it's on Vegeta's side only.

>>281280469
Please understand all the cops just got murdered

>>281295880
lol no

>>281296360
Yes actually. There's very little screentime for relationships in DB but as a reader you rarely feel like this is a bad thing or that the relationships needed way more work like we do right now.

>no Hyuga cops despite 359-degree X-ray vision
>no Inuzuka cops despite attack dogs that could beat the shit out of a civilian or a weak ninja 1v1
>no Aburame cops despite bugs being essentially undetectable

>>281296392
Nope

>>281296464
Delusional Kishimotofag

>>281279258
heh

>>281296473
Not an argument

nobody puts this much effort into saying sakura and sasuke have a deep bond desu

>>281295880
Toriyama's relationships are much more shallow than Kishimoto's but at the very least he doesn't do anything egregious with their actions that makes you question the writing around the friendship in question.

>>281296614
At worst SasuSakufags claim Sasuke subconsciously reciprocated her feeling due to him blushing/being awkward around her and all, but none of them actually think the depths Sakura goes for him is "believable" or normal.

>>281296360
At least Goku didn't really treat Vegeta as a friend for most of Z. He acknowledged that letting him go in the Saiyan arc was a selfish act and he just wanted a rematch with him. And during their fight in the Buu arc he only tried to remind Vegeta about his family.

Personally I think there should’ve been a Team 7 bonding arc after Konoha Crush but before Itachi comes to fuck shit up

>>281296974
We needed that Iwa mission arc.

>>281297084
huh?

>>281297227
Iwa is seemingly the least Explored village out of the main ones, so that's probably his reasoning.

>>281296974
Weirdly didn’t the anime have it so that they did some filler stuff after Sasuke got healed from his mindrape?

>>281296312
I used to think buu saga was kind of weak but I like it more than the war arc these days. Toriyamas gag manga roots really shining through with a lot of fun but still serious/horror stuff. Weakest part of the arc is probably the kid super saiyans but they still have their moments

>>281297227
It's from a post from the older threads that said how part 1 needed another mission arc like the Land of Waves one between the Konoha Crush and Search for Tsunade to help strengthen the relationships between everyone in Team 7. It should also take place in Iwa or at least have ninjas from there take part in it because Iwa is the least explored village out of the 5 main nations.

>>281296406
>Yamanaka cops rooting around in your mind to see if you’re lying or not

>>281297717
Shillfic is the only thing that has brought up how this would raise a lot of questions from the other clans if they aren't just making shit up.