Sasuke Recovery Mission
Chapter 226: For a Friend...!!

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How does this fight compare to the final Naruto vs Sasuke at the end of the manga? Never read or watched that one.

>>281304341
>>281304431
Man, going from official Kishi colors to the flatter colors is a trip

>>281304565
About the same but the scale is bigger. As for the emotional impact? Probably weaker.

>>281304467
Sasuke looks like he's got FUG syndrome in the middle panel

>>281304607
Wow this looks bad.

>>281304578
Truly an uchigger.

Now we've finally entered the fight Kishimoto short-sold and speedran Sakon/Ukon, Tayuya, and Kimimaro to get to.

>>281304706
Would be funny if sand trio and Guy showed up next page.

>>281304714
Putting a 6 chapters long flashback right after the fight already started was such a retarded idea. Why couldn't they have just placed that flashback during the Tsunade Search arc, when Itachi was first introduced?

>>281304761
>>281304791
Why not summon 10-20 clones and make him waste his chidori and chakra on them?

>>281304801
It'll ruin the drama.

>>281304791
So this is…chidori’s speed of lightning everyone in debates was talking about…

>>281304565
better

>>281304819
NARUTO YOU’RE GOING TO BLOW HIS ARM OFF WITH THIS RASENGAN WTF ARE YOU DOING!!?

>>281304801
He could probably just drive it through them all.

>>281304795
Because anon, we're supposed to know why Sasuke is going for the kill for Naruto here mainly, honestly, I would've added the full flashback back at Search for Tsunade, then only reveal the Mangekyou secret here that way it's only maybe a few pages instead of a multi month wait during serialization that really halted the pacing.

It's kind of dumb how the Curse Mark powered up Sasuke's base form, too. He clearly wasn't this strong back at the hospital.

>>281304601
No wonder people talk shit on the colored version. I thought it was okay, but damn, those opening pages are actually nice to look at

>>281304870
nice

>>281304931
cool

>>281304601
>>281304917
Idk I still don't think the colored version's as bad as people make it out to be.

>>281304915
He did just get out of a month long mind coma at the hospital. Not surprising he was a bit weak on waking up.

>>281304404
holy fuarkin cute

>>281304915
Snake roids
>>281304992
cope fraudke fag

>>281304931
kino

>>281304565
The final fight of the anime was very good. Hard to say which I like more.

>>281304958
>>281304917
>>281304601
Well, aren't these special painted pages always sticking out from the rest of the chapter? Even in black and white they just look like more detailed and shaded pages before it falls to flat. The coloring is just following the flat look.

>>281304404
why is she smiling?

Thinking about the Chidori, shouldn't the Rasengan have the exact same weakness as it? As in, it only really punches in a straight line, so shouldn't you need the Sharingan for this also for its greater vision to make up for the tunnel vision you'd have as you rush in towards the opponent?

Peak

>>281304958
I mean I don't think it's awful (not that I'm at artist) but by comparison you can really see the difference in quality.
Although >>281305033 may be right

>>281305039
No, because it doesm't charge at the same speed as you aren't trying to pierce the opponent with your hand but rather tearing him with currents of chakra.

Chapter 226: For a Friend...!!

END
Volume 25 finished
Tomorrow opening Volume 26: Chidori vs. Rasengan!!

>>281305055
the pages before were weak but this one is good

>>281305055
>>281305088
Look at this fraud and his snake roids ass.
Couldn't win in a straight fight with Naruto

>>281304931
holy kino

>>281304690
mogged by the anime

>>281305088
Thank you OP.

>>281305055
The yellow coloring does work well in contrast to the blue chidori, but I still prefer the blue rasengan.

>>281304931
>>281304962
>>281305055
>>281305088
>Drawing this whole clash frame by frame
I applaud his dedication

What did Naruto do so RIGHT?

>>281305055
>>281305088
So, it’s safe to say Naruto was holding back here right?

>>281305088
Thank you OP! I'm enjoying the fight so far. I wonder how many chapters it lasts compared to the fights it took to get here

>>281305130
I've actually grown accustomed to yellow that I prefer it over blue.

>>281305158
That or Sasuke's snake roids boosted him to be equivalent.

Either way, Sasuke is a fraud

What is stronger, Uchiha genes+Sharingan(no mangeko)+CM2 vs. Uzumaki genes+Nine tails infinite chakra+instant wound healing

>>281305210
Kishimoto making Naruto lose is the strongest weapon in Sasuke’s arsenal.

>>281304917
>>281305033
>>281305077
What do you expect when it's hand coloured with artist copic markers by kishi and assistants like the covers?

>>281305088
Imagine if Sakura was here and tried to stop them by getting in the way of their attacks

>>281305088
Thanks, OP.

>>281305281
My point exactly. Not fair to give flak to the color when it's just touching on the flats.

>>281305283
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been that different from what would've happened if Kakashi didn't save her from running in the middle of them like a retard back at the hospital.

>>281304565
The final fight is way over the top, it's awesome though,
If you want to experience, watch the anime. Studio Pierrot basically made their magnum opus with that entire fight.

>>281305055
>>281305088
The shockwave would've sent the Konoha girls flying into the statues

>>281305055
What's your music of choice for AMVs here?

>>281305689
https://youtu.be/MG2S0ns8Dj8?si=Tmj38Iv2MKsK5JnV

>>281305640
Kaiten would've TANKED both at once

>>281305658
Is it just me or does this fight lack any substance? Not in terms of emotions, those are fine, but the fight itself feels like it didn’t even start. Neither of them taking any damage doesn’t help.

>>281305910
Because there was like six chapters of flashbacks in between when it actually started and now.

>>281305910
It literally DID just start. We've just finished the flashback chapters yesterday.

>>281304565
Only seen it once or twice but I've seen the p1 fight more times than I can remember

watching the 4th shinobi arc
expected infinity war/engame... jesus christ itis a fucking dissapointment!! this might be the worst arc ever so far

boring dull stupid
fucking stupid, I remember the 12 guardians filler, I HATED how fucking dumb the army was, they all surrounded the heroes but all they did was stay idle as fucking pngs and barely do anything, stare and wait for the heroes while they're chatting remembering their childhood what they had for breakfasts etc, they all were literal videogame npcs/mooks
here it's similar. slightly higher budget but the concept is 99% the same

also the edo tensei shit
when I was a kid I didn't like the 1st and 2st Hokage vs Sarutobi fight, never understood how it worked. were they evil or not?? they clearly had their real personalities and talked to sarutobi as comrades and friends, but... but what? what did they fight then??
here is the same
they are themselves, they have their personalities just fine, but.. BUT THEY FIGHT THE HEROES
WHY!?!
they all said "URGH I CANT CONTROL MYSELF MY BODY IS MOVING BY ITSELF PLEASE DEFEAT ME UURRGH".. retard, if that was actually true you wouldnt even be able to stay idle, let your opponent talk and chat with you like friends just fine
but you let them attack you
but you can't control yourself
but you stay idle
but your body moves on its own
JESUS FUCK WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THEN
and it doesnt even make sense. shinobi are strong because of their own tactics, style, methods, etc if asuma DOESNT WANT TO then what is fucking left then?? where is the greatness, the abilities etc if the great asuma isnt thinking his moves attacks etc? same goes for ALL of them

fucking stupid. worst arc ever

>>281305910
I just think it's a well-drawn fight, these panels really make it: >>281305594 >>281305615

>>281306109
No lies detected

>>281306109
ESL please

The Sasuke vs Deidara fight is one of the best in the series but it gets shit on because of 'the great snake escape'

>>281306234
It's really not when you realize Sasuke has the perfect counter to literally everything Deidara can do. He would have won outright if he were slightly less retarded.

>>281305119
The anime just keeps turning the hero into a jobber

>>281304915
Sasuke is absolutely cheating his way through this yes

>>281304962
>>281304931
>>281305055
Kishimoto's "Kamehameha vs Galick Gun".

>>281305910
You're right, it doesn't really move in any direction. It's all static, you just switch back and forth between A and B having the current powerup and beating the other without really damaging them.

>>281305210
>Nine tails infinite chakra
Naruto can't actually access all of it at this point

>>281306234
>>281306266
I should have specified I meant the anime fight; I love the animation and fighting styles, like when Sasuke is sword fighting Deidara's clay monsters and the sword gets stuck in one of them so Sasuke swaps to hand to hand
And how Sasuke is kind of just hanging on through the fight as Deidara blasts him but he occasionally gets some great hits in against him like with the jumping off the sword trick to get extra height

It's just such a cool fight with prime '2 cool 4 u' Sasuke and his sick ass curse mark form

>>281304374
Not a soul in Konoha was disturbed by these two retards fighting within village walls btw.

>>281306045
Tayuya would wreck base Sasuke btw.

>>281306266
Kishimoto made Deidara too strong. I don't buy him losing to Itachi if he's fighting seriously

>>281304467
>Thou doth slay me, Sasuke?

>>281306477
>Kishimoto made Deidara too strong
In my opinion, he was weaker than Sasori, who coincidentally was also hard countered by his opponents

>>281304578
Just an Uchigger stealing another ninja’s property, nothing unusual.

>>281306521
They're both incredibly OP in different ways. Only like 4 or 5 characters in the entire series should be able to beat them if we're being realistic

>>281305689
nigger rap

>>281306477
too be fair most of the anti-uchiha shit Deidara does probably doesn't start until after his fight with Itachi

>>281304735
>Sasuke only succeeds in electrocuting himself

>>281306553
Most importantly Deidara "fought" Itachi at close range by putting some gay caterpillar bombs on him instead of flying on his bird and spamming bombs. This shit is too OP

>>281306546
Sasori would've basically destroyed everyone other than Tsunade and Kabuto.

>>281306588
If you have retarded AOE you should be able to destroy all of his puppets before they touch you.

Reminder that Naruto's fox mode (and by extension, post roid base Sasuke) is weaker than a still recovering Rock Lee.

>>281306477
Itachi could probably block the suicide nuke with the suanoo

>>281306599
>Jobs to Sasori's water pump

>>281306453
The anime adaptation of this fight unironically fixes that

>Part 2 right around the corner
Not looking forward to those daily chapter threads, especially during the first two arcs

>>281306732
Why's that?

>>281306732
This will see usage every day until Naruto meets Sasuke post timeskip

>>281306588
Yup
>>281306599
>sinks beneath the earth with earth release to avoid

>>281305689
https://youtu.be/PlWUbON62Gs
Here’s an oldie but a goodie

>>281306730
In some ways it's even worse though. Because now the parts where A is powered up and beats up B but B doesn't take any real damage are 10 times longer.
You can add choreography and clones lasso and shit but the issue still remains.

>>281306765
Most of the chapters are just Naruto and his team talking to each other while running through a forest.

>>281305025
>>281305470
Until we finally get to the final fight in this story time I’m going to assume that 90% of it is anime filler. To this day the only parts of the manga version of Naruto vs Sasuke round 2 is where they power up their chakra mechs and shoot their nukes at one another.

>>281306642
Why didn't Naruto bring that up to Sasuke? That would have been a killer point
>You know, coming here I found a bones guy and he just wrecked my shit, all of my 1000 clones -yes I am starting this fight nerfed why do you ask- anyway Rock Lee came in straight out of the hospital and did better than me, I'm starting to think we're the weakest genins in this arc and Might Guy would be a better bet to get stronger than Orochimaru

>>281306234
>the great snake escape
Even outside of that it gives the sharingan a lot of asspulled abilities that indirectly make the byakugan feel even more obsolete.

>>281304601
The colored version of black and white manga is basically the manga version of interpolated 60fps anime. I.e., trash that only those with minimal ability to discern quality would think is better.

>>281306521
>In my opinion, he was weaker than Sasori
That's kind of an objective fact, Deidara stated out loud that Sasori is stronger than him.

>>281306923
What Kishimoto says isn't quite what Kishimoto shows.

>>281306881
He saw a glowing chakra that shouldn't belong coming from his own body. He didn't have x-ray sight. That was just for us to see what was happening

>>281306915
You sound pretentious as fuck.

>>281306935
holy fucking retard
why are all of you faggot power scalers like this?

>>281306848
>yes I am starting this fight nerfed why do you ask
Naruto was able to beat Neji and Gaara in the same afternoon. 1000 clones barely makes a dent in his reserves at this point in the story

>>281304931
Actually got goosebumps on this page. Can't believe it. Fuck.

I guess it's just the adult me rationalizing the plot. But this whole fight wouldn't have had to have happened if they had talked it out. It's one of the only cases where talk no jutsu should have happened but doesn't because both characters are selfish and looking for any excuse to slug each other.

>>281306848
And then Sasuke would be like
>Woah did that bone guy no-diff Naruto who's more or less equal to me? I bet if I go train with Orochimaru I'll become even stronger than him.

>>281306951
I can't help it if I think ugly things look ugly. It's just a visceral thing.

>>281307000
it's almost like they're barely teenage children
and, as we've established before, sasuke's dumbass would've ceased to exist if not for pure chance

>>281306923
>Orochimaru says Kidomaru likes to play around with his opponents and Sakon/Ukon is the strongest of the Sound four

>>281305197
Someone should edit it so that Mikoto is flipping (You) the bird.

>>281307030
Naruto was still a dumb teenager when he kept talk no jutsuing mass terrorists in part 2.

>>281307074
nah, he was a young man

>>281307057
Yeah, and?

>>281307075
16 is still underaged which is why Kishimoto still had his strict NO SEX rule

>>281306957
It's not about power scaling. When Kishimoto says Itachi is a hero, do you accept that? Or do you recognize Itachi for the psycho he is

I mean it's pretty simple
Lee < Gaara < Foxruto < Lee (crippled and in the hospital for a few months)
If you don't understand then you're not 200IQ

>>281307126
No, you are a powerscaling retard.

>>281307000
How could they discuss it out?

>>281305197

>>281306951
I'm far from pretentious but that anon is right. It's slop

>>281307111
>old enough to be killed and kill
>not old enough to fuck
someone make it make sense

>>281307142
I don't care too much for "scaling". I'm observing discrepancies between statements and what the story shows, and it's interesting to discuss those, even if it makes you shit yourself.

>>281307163
>I'm far from pretentious
You don't get to say that about yourself.

>>281307195
holy fucking retard

>>281307000
I understand why Naruto responded the way that he did in the hospital
>The guy you've been seething at and obsessed about for most of your life is challenging you to a fight while talking mad shit
>finally get a chance to shit on him
Would not turn that down either. Hell, Naruto knew something was off about Sasuke and he just didn't care

>>281307030
>would've ceased to exist if not for pure chance
What are you on about

>>281307126
Itachi is a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect his family and his home and I won’t have shitposters besmirching his good name in these threads

>>281307196
That's a fair point but I'm still confident in the previous statement even if it has no weight coming from me

Besides you just know these 60 fps interpolation and non mangaka digital coloring look like shit, it's not about sniffing farts here

thank god Itachi was a hero.

>>281307231
Hello?
Orochimaru just got fed up with the pain and chose to body switch before Sasuke was present.

>>281307211
We don't sign our posts here.

>>281307164
happens irl too
burgers can sign up to the military at 18 or something but can't drink till they're 21

>>281307030
But even before with Zabuza, Neji and Garra he try's to get some sort of understanding with his enemy and empathize with them. It's just weird he doesn't even try when it comes to Sasuke.

>>281307126
>When Kishimoto says Itachi is a hero, do you accept that?
That's more of a subjective statement compared to objectively stating powerscaling shit.
Like, if X character were to say that his power level is 500 while Y character's level is 388, and X isn't supposed to be cocky or stupid or whatever, then his statement would be a fact, regardless of fan interpretation.
Orochimaru clearly isn't supposed to be wrong inuniverse when he's scaling the sound 4, and Deidara is supposed to be a cocky character, so him lying about being weaker than Sasori makes no sense.

>>281307274
Kishimoto just had Sasuke be the blabbermouth this time

>>281307273
cognitive dissonance
>>281307274
has sasuke tried not being a retard?

>>281307140
But anon then
Lee<Base Gaara<Sasuke<Shukaku Gaara<Foxruto<Cripple Lee<Base Gaara?

>>281307235
Stop posting, Kishimoto.

>>281307253
Itachi would never let that happen

>>281307287
I absolutely agree with you in the sense that author's word is final, but confronting what is shown with what's told is still interesting and legitimate. We're still going to notice how dumb it is that Sakon is supposed to be the strongest.

>>281307323
Shukaku Gaara lost to BASEruto (motivated). It's all over the place

>>281307323
stack overflow

>>281307354
Fair enough.

>>281307354
how do you stop someone you have to essentially kill yourself to?

>>281307304
Sasuke had to put up Naruto being retarded up until the Chunin Exam knockout stage.

>>281307390
Kidomaru would shoot him with arrows and that would be it

>>281307354
Like I said
powerscaling retard

>>281307337
Do people here unironically think that Itachi is an evil psycho and that the twist was “retconned”? Even after all these hints that there was more to the story just a few chapters ago?

>>281307411
they can regenerate from being ripped in half

Why was zetsu watching this fight anyways

The whole "ackshually Itachi cared deeply about Sasuke and wanted to protect him" twist really doesn't make any sense when you consider that he had no idea Sasuke went to Orochimaru in this arc which is kind of his fault for mindraping him and that if he arrived earlier, he would've gotten killed and body-snatched by Orochimaru.

>>281305689
https://youtu.be/5v0ynZyNAew?feature=shared

>>281307436
I was agreeing with them, but Sasuke managing to stop Itachi from crashing out instead of just pissing him off more does imply something more than his weird proving himself autism, especially when you consider how fucking weak sasuke's progress is compared to Itachi's

>>281307436
It's not about foreshadowing and Kishimoto's plans. It's about Itachi being objectively a psycho rather than a hero.

>>281307450
>he had no idea Sasuke went to Orochimaru in this arc which is kind of his fault for mindraping him and that if he arrived earlier, he would've gotten killed and body-snatched by Orochimaru.
How the fuck would he know?
You retards are acting like Itachi is aware of absolutely everything the entire time. You dick ride him as much as Kishi and the light novels do

>>281307495
In the ninja world, those are the same thing.

>>281307447
he always watches indra and ashura incarnate fights

>>281307450
If Itachi didn’t do what he did, Sasuke would’ve died as a little kid. The fact that Sasuke was alive at all to even consider going to Orochimaru means that Itachi successfully protected him

>>281307436
Anon, the best argument you can make is that Kishimoto always wanted to give Itachi some ulterior motives from the start, but he still clearly made the whole "double agent who's secretly a messiah with no flaws and a tragic sob story" persona as he went along with the story.

>>281307536
even as a joke, that's retarded

>>281307495
Itachi’s whole deal is that he isn’t a psycho, he was a very kind man who was forced to act like a psycho to protect his loved ones

>>281307511
Itachi pushed his brother to kill his best friend which would make him a traitor, at the very least. Oro isn't too far of an outcome but even just that is bad

>>281305229
>>281305249
You know, Sasuke didn't even plan on killing Naruto today. He was only going to Orochimaru to get his body stolen. It's only by chance that Naruto shows up all alone to stop him. THEN he decides, now is the perfect time to kill him and get the mangekyo buff. What an asshole lol

>>281307511
>How the fuck would he know?
He probably should've known, considering he cared for Sasuke more than he cared for Konoha, and he's also supposed to be a genius, so him being a retard who unknowningly let his brother get groomed by the snake man makes no sense.

>>281307563
No, all of the dialogues we've seen in the previous chapters and all of the unnecessary suffering he caused paint him as a psycho piece of shit.

Reminder he had NO IDEA Konoha would track Tsunade to heal Sasuke and Kakashi.

>>281307585
Exactly.
>>281307574
it's almost like itachi is an asshole
>>281307592
Why the fuck are there so many retards like you here?

>>281307563
>Itachi’s whole deal is that he isn’t a psycho
Yeah, and that's clearly bullshit if you've read the manga.

>>281305689
I had this one bookmarked. Good times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhX1upLVXU

>>281307597
>no argument
>seething
I accept your concession.

>>281304931
kishikino
>>281305055
decades later, I still smile

>>281305689
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCQxlnFC-s

>>281307585
Sasuke deciding to fucking kill Naruto is incredibly cold and dark even for his edgy self.

He was supposed to go get Oro gains. He was nice to Sakura when leaving and didn't think Konoha would chase him. But now Naruto is here and he decides 5 minutes in "yeah I should stab him with the giant electric knife"

>>281307629
Cope.
Dilate.
Seethe

>>281307593
>unnecessary suffering
Name one person Itachi hurt unnecessarily
>Kakashi
Needed to be disabled without killing him, in fact Kakashi notes that Itachi could’ve killed him and Asuma/Kurenai but didn’t

>>281307511
Damn, you're retarded.

>>281307682
>no you
I accept your concession
Cope, seethe, and dilate.

>>281307606
Why do you think Itachi is a psycho? Give me an honest, tangible answer

>>281307678
>Name one person Itachi hurt unnecessarily
Gee, I wonder.

>>281307706
>something he had to do to protect Sasuke’s life
did you forget the word UNNECESSARY

>>281307678
Maybe the brother he mindraped to traumatize and get him to kill his best friend and get locked up or executed, ASSUMING they can heal him from the Tsukyomi by finding the 1 person in the world that can do that??

>>281307706
Kakashi

>>281304404
Was she ever kissed?

>>281306465
Just like no one was disturbed by Gaara and Sasuke destroying roofs during the night.

>>281304431
>I became your friend...?
Naruto is actually surprised about this?

>>281307718
How the fuck did this protect Sasuke in any way????? How was Tsukuyomi wise to use here?????? What did he achieve other than put his brother into a possible lifelong coma and now on a path where his survival was based on a fluke???

>>281307703
Because of >>281307706
He had no reason to use Tsukuyomi on Sasuke here. He could've just knocked him out normally, but instead he mentally scarred him (again), put him in the hospital until the drunk tits monster came back to the village and kick-started his brother's descent into villainy.

THEY HAD TO GO

>>281307753
That does make sense, considering their interactions so far.

UCHIHA MUST DIE

>>281307797
>>281307785
Itachi....

>>281307723
>Maybe the brother he mindraped to traumatize
*To convince him that Itachi was solely responsible for the massacre and prevent him getting suspicious about the truth
>and get him to kill his best friend and get locked up or executed
Reverse psychology
>ASSUMING they can heal him from the Tsukyomi by finding the 1 person in the world that can do that??
Sasuke would have probably recovered eventually

>>281307785
Imagine all the death and misery those 2 would've spread in Konoha if they lived.
Itachi truly was the number one hero.

>>281307785
They were going to die no matter what, Itachi’s choice was to have everyone in the clan die, or have everyone in the clan die except Sasuke who can be saved. Would you be able to do any better?

>>281307849
>have everyone in the clan die
And the reason the bakers had to die is?...

>>281307815
Retarded

>itachifags are now posting
I'm surprised it took them so long to show up.

>>281307849
See the issue that that's retarded and only exists to alleviate Itachi of any personal agency in the massacre to preserve Kishi's Part 2 characterization. Danzo by and large solely exists to white wash Konoha's more unsavory bits by placing most of the issues we've seen so far on the shoulders of a single, despicable man.

>>281304931
>>281304962
>>281305055

>>281307874
I accept your concession
>>281307757
>>281307760
Sasuke was always suspicious about the truth, subconsciously. If Itachi went uncharacteristically easily on Sasuke he may have realized something was up and that would be disastrous

>>281307970
>Sasuke was always suspicious about the truth
That's pure headcanon. In the Tsunade Search arc it was very clear that Sasuke still adamantly hated and wanted to kill Itachi.

>>281305055
Nattysuke would've died here btw.

THEY HAD TO GO

>>281308028
That kid was going to die no matter what because of Tobi/Danzo, Itachi’s only choice was if he was going to get his hands dirty to save Sasuke or not

>>281308028
I think this drawing actually made normalfags start to realise that Itachi is a pretty shitty person/character.

>>281307890
>if you don’t irrationally hate Itachi for no reason, you are an itachifag
???

>>281308074
Itachifags are so fucking delusional kek

>>281308087
>if you don’t irrationally hate Itachi
>irrationally
That other anon was right. You guys are really retarded.

Sasuke is riding a high from all the roids, once you get unnatural gainz you no longer care about the consequences. It makes sense why he’d kill Naruto for the Mangekyo, especially after getting gapped by Choji

>>281307235
>Itachi is a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect his family and his home and I won’t have shitposters besmirching his good name in these threads

>>281308074
Have you considered the fact that Kishi simply wrote the story around his envisioned Part 2 characterization of Itachi in order to absolve the character of his in-story sins? Like you keep talking about a clear retcon that came out much later on used to justify his Part 1 actions that don't hold up to scrutiny because Kishi just isn't a good writer and has admitted multiple times he wrote most of the series by the seat of his pants.

>>281305088
>>281305658
Arigatou, OP!

>>281308173
What exactly was retconned? Name a specific plot point that you think genuinely does not make sense given the part 2 twist

>>281308134
>the Uchiha Clan, whatever happened there

>>281307057
Sakon was Unfortunately not stronger than the plot armor protecting Sasuke from killing characters the audience cares about.

>>281304404
Sasuke's mom was too fucking cute.

>>281304431
>>281307753
>>281307794
If you look at their current circumstances, Sasuke is not behaving in a particularly "friendly" manner. Naruto is confused why he would call them friends while Sasuke is trying to kill him.

>>281304931
>>281304962
>>281305055
>>281305088
This fight is so fucking good, and the anime made it even better.
Time for the to kick it up a notch!

Thanks OP!

>>281308104
NTA but is he wrong?

>>281305150
It's a good story with a great cast. It's peak shounen good times, and it actually ends (unlike One PIece).
I would give my left arm for a One Piece Kai(zoku) that removes all the filler and episode-beginning recaps.

>>281306234
It's trash. Sasuke looks like a little kid on the playground making up the perfect counter to whatever his friend comes up with for the entire fight. C4 is one of the most broken abilities in the series that would ordinarily kill characters way above Deidara's level and Sasuke just swats it aside like it isn't even there. Deidara himself is a perfect example of why late Naruto is shit, he can blow shit up at a molecular level and fire off bijuu bomb sized explosions but because he doesn't have a special eye power he's a minion and dies like a chump.

>>281308028
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWRaAF6_WY

>>281307323
You forgot Pre-roids Sasuke < 7 years old Sasuke.

>>281308221
Itachi letting Orochimaru live, for one. Orochimaru straight up attacked him and the Akatsuki as a whole isn't shy of infighting. Most of Kakuzu's former partners apparently being killed by him before he was paired with Hidan. Obito nor Pain would've given a shit if Orochimaru died then and there so long as his ring was kept in tact(got stolen by him anyway, but for some reason Itachi simply put him through the mangekyo and told him to fuck off.

>>281307447
Why is he a pretty boy?

>>281308367
What reason did Itachi have to want to kill Orochimaru at the time?

>>281308387
He's an enemy to the Leaf, he had just attacked him in desire for his eyes, and the only other person that he knows of with said fucking sharingan is Obito, Danzo, and potentially Sasuke later down the line. Are you telling me that letting Orochimaru groom, experiment on, and try to bodysnatch were all part of his 5D chess? Are you genuinely going to try and tell me that?

>>281307511
So Itachi could sense an invisible Obito, could install an amaterasu just to get rid of "Madara", knew Tsunade would become hokage and heal Sasuke and Kakashi...but he couldn't notice that Sasuke had Oro's seal on his neck? Or that he couldn't think Oro would try to prey on Sasuke?

>>281307678
>Name one person Itachi hurt unnecessarily
Every single uchiha that was either unaware or against the coup.

>>281307718
The comatose Sasuke got it would've put him in much greater danger if other villages actually attacked Konoha like leaffags fear so much.

>>281308490
Don't forget that if Kimmimaro coincidentally hadn't also gotten NinjaAids at the time of the invasion Oro would've had had free reign to sack most of Konoha and bail with Sasuke for easy swapping with no one to stop him.

Damn, Itachi defender(s) are real quiet all of a sudden.

>This thread

>Fight so shit, Sasukefags are back to seething about Itachi
Itachi will forever live in your head like it does with Sasuke

I need a Tay wife

>>281308535
All the adults knew about it and the ones “against” it were guilty by being complicit anyways

>>281308788
>Unless you're actively killing your family members in the name of the village you're complicit!
Konoha...

>>281308559
>if other villages actually attacked Konoha like leaffags fear so much.
>other villages might not attack ours so let us start a civil war and kill thousands of people!!!
Sanest uchiha defender

>>281308776
Itachi will never fuck you, Kishimoto.

>It was all Obito's keikaku
>Also Danzo forced him to do it
>also the entirety of the Uchiha clan was going to rebel, even the civilians and children.
>also Itachi's parents 100% understood Itachi's reasoning for siding Konoha and still loved him
>also Ninja Jesus himself says Ktachi is based
>also Sasuke totally remembered Itachi cried before he passed out from the tsukiyomi and secretly always loved him
Like Kishi fucking bent the entirety of the story backwards to wash Itachi's hands of all crimes in regards to the massacre and not a lick of it stands up to even the slightest bit of scrutiny.
The idea that there was definitely more to the massacre beyond Itachi wanting bigger number is obvious, especially in the last week of chapters, but the original plan for his character being what we got is just fucking silly.

>>281308943
How is that relevant to the fact putting Sasuke in coma was objectively a bad idea?

>>281309192
>Jiraiya and Naruto (Kurama) were looking for Tsunade
>Hiruzen is dead
>Kakashi in coma
>Gai might not even be on the village after Jiraiya left
>Sasuke is 100% left in a hospital bed completely unguarded
Kumo or Iwa could've invaded and kidnap Sasuke right there.

>>281308844
Why didn’t a single adult Uchiha try to oppose the coup in any way? Shisui and Itachi were the only ones who stayed loyal, everyone else was guilty by association at best, outright treasonous at worst

>>281308431
Yes, you fucking retard. Itachi pushed Sasuke into seeking revenge. He knew Sasuke would need to find a fast way to beat him. Letting Orochimaru live gave Sasuke a viable option. Itachi figured Sasuke would return to the Leaf after killing him, either by being ignorant of the truth or having Kotoamatsukami. Your feeble mind can't comprehend Itachi's genius

>>281309361
I knew you weren't worth my time, dawg.

>>281309357
Most people don't actively oppose stuff even if they are against it because they know they will also be on the chopping block.
Do you remember what those 3 uchihas were going to do to Itachi? Or when they said he could go to JAIL just for verbally mocking the clan? Why would anyone, specially the non-strong majority, actively opposed the coup?
We see this play out even in real life.

>Indra goes crazy and tries to kill everyone
I sleep
>Madara goes crazy and tries to kill everyone
I sleep
>Obito goes crazy and tries to kill everyone
I sleep
>Sasuke goes crazy and tries to kill everyone
I sleep
>Itachi does (literally anything)
NOOOO HES LE EVIL AND BAD AND HECKIN CRUEL AND HES A PSYCHO AND

>>281309361
>Itachi had confidence Sasuke would kill Orochimaru
Not only was he wrong and ended up needing to have Oro removed by the Gary Stu blade, but he was also retarded because Sasuke only got the chance to even oppose oro due to VERY lucky circumstances.

>>281309462
Except people complain about those as well.

What if Sasuke just killed himself or became crippling depressed instead of becoming an edgy avenger? Bet Itachi would've felt silly.

>>281309422
Well maybe they should’ve tried to contact Danzo or Hiruzen and report what was going on and not comply with attempted treason if they didn’t want to be treated as traitors

>>281309502
Itachi haters love dickriding Sasuke for committing literal treason, I just want some consistency

>>281309559
I mean he literally only committed treason because of what fucking Itachi did.

>>281309420
I accept your concession
>>281309482
It worked out anyway and Itachi could have used Kotoamatsukami to force Orochimaru to reverse taking over Sauske's body

>>281309526
>Danzo
He'd just end up killing any good uchiha as well.
The Uchiha regardless of their Morals, don't trust the goverment.
>>281309559
I thought Itachi WANTED Sasuke to betray Konoha to became strong enough to be a match for him?

>>281309577
… saving his life? I mean technically you’re right but…

>>281309578
You can't back up the most stupid plan in the world just because it miraculously worked.

>>281309602
>He'd just end up killing any good uchiha as well.
And yet he didn’t kill Itachi or Shisui when he easily could have, curious!
>The Uchiha regardless of their Morals, don't trust the goverment.
And look where that got them

>>281309628
Who was threatning Sasuke after Hiruzen was Killed?

>>281306109
ALSO

EIEN DESU
is all pngs!

>>281309657
>Itachi or Shisui
Itachi was willing to kill every last Uchiha and Shisui killed himself, something Danzo had a hand in.
>And look where that got them
If you're killed for not trusting the goverment then your opinion is vindicated.

>>281309696
>If you're killed for not trusting the goverment then your opinion is vindicated.
They were killed for actively plotting to overthrow the government, not “not trusting”.

>>281309744
Ah yes, the 3 years old Uchiha baby was definitely ploting against Konoha...

Defending Itachi's actions is weird to me because the man himself acknowledges that he messed up on Sasuke and everything, like, did you fags thought he only said that to be humble or something?

>>281309847
Goalposts shifted again

>>281309640
Itachi had probably had a Plan B

>>281309914
>What about the Uchiha that were against the coup?
>If they were against the coup then why didn't they actively went against it?
>Because they would be punished?
>Then why didn't they spilled the beans to the goverment?
>Because they don't trust it?
>And look where that got them for their betrayal!
Circular discussion is so tiresome with you fags.

>>281309847
That one Uchiha toddler (not a baby since 3 year olds are toddlers, stop embellishing) would have grown up to be a terrorist. See Sauske. Just having one live was enough trouble

>>281309988
Why didn’t they trust the government in the first place? Maybe institutions exist for a purpose and there are consequences when you ignore that?

Uchiha? Pure evil by genetics.

>Madara goes rogue and tries to destroy the leaf
>Obito goes rogue and tries to destroy the leaf
>Sasuke goes rogue and tries to destroy the leaf
>blind Itachi haters : why are the evil leaf elders being so mean to the innocent uchiha? This is all Tobirama/Danzo/Hiruzen’s fault!!!

THEY HAD TO GO, LITERALLY!
ALL THE UCHIHA ARE GENETICALLY DISPOISTIONED TOWARD SCHIZOPHRENIA AND VIOLENCE. THEY ALL HAD TO DIE FOR THE GOOD OF THE EARTH BECAUSE THEY'RE SPIRITUAL REINCARNATIONS OF THE MOON GODDESS' ASSMAD SON WHO GOT KEKED OUT OF DIVINITY BY HIS BETA BROTHER!

>>281310052
Sasuke only became a terrorist Because of Itachi, after it was all settled out he became one of Konoha's greatest assists (working for free even).
>>281310067
Because the goverment was made by their rival clan???

>>281310116
Both Obito and Sasuke were manipulated into doing those things.

Why are Itachi and Itachifags are self-hating minorities.

>>281310116
>This is all Tobirama/Danzo/Hiruzen’s fault!!!
Actually BLACK ZETSU

>>281304801
Naruto unironically has like 5 or 6 different ways he could instantly win this fight desu, but he doesn't for plot reasons.
The most obvious examples are his summons and more clone abuse.

>>281310165
The Senju did nothing but treat the Uchiha in good faith and trust, something they failed to reciprocate. Turns out actions have consequences

>>281310393
Okay Tobirama.

>>281304706
>>281304735
> using waterwalking jutsu to slide down the waterfall while charging Chidori

THAT'S SO COOL

>>281310393
>>281310415
Tobirama straight up dissected the corpses of uchihas for his pseudo-science.

>>281307436
I just think his character is dumb.

>>281310393
Tsunade couldn't even bother to send enough people to save Sasuke, and he has no idea or connection to the beef between Uchiha and Senju.

>>281305055
this is weird, why does chidori work like that now?

>>281310610
1.) dissecting the corpses of fallen ninja is completely normal, we learn this from the very first arc
2.) literally everything he said was later proven right, how is that pseudo science?

>>281310137
What would Neji have to say about the Black Zetsu conspiracy?

He may be a chud, but he's still pretty cute~

>>281311093
>Proven right
Both Obito and Sasuke are later redeemed and become coolest guys.

>>281311279
I thought this was Kakashi but it's Tobirama?

>>281309181
Itachi didn't have an advisor like Zarbon. I know I am mixing up Naruto and Dragonball, but there's no guy to tell the Leaf the Uchihas are plotting to challenge the Hokage's authority.

>>281310724
Really? You’re dragging Tsunade into this? Wow

>>281311362
They are the only living senju and Uchiha in Konoha, what exactly did you want me to use?

>>281305108
Shut the fuck up, foxy bitch.

>>281311406
Tsunade has been nothing but fair to Sasuke, she saved his life, he betrayed the village and instead of sending ANBU to take him out before he reaches Orochimaru she sent a team (during a time of extremely stretched resources and personnel) to “rescue” him. All that and you complain there’s not enough favoritism?

>>281307849
Given how strong the uchiha were and how strong itachi was in particular since kishi LOVES reminding us of that he could've just aided his clan in the coup and help them take over konoha.

>itachitards
>in current year
L O L

>>281311601
I like the Uchihas but it's obvious this guy will accuse Fugaku of being weak and stage his own coup

>>281311503
tbf tsunade didn't send anbu because she knew that they would fail miserably. But that doesn't excuse not sending Guy since he was around and not doing anything important.

>>281311690
Tsunade didn't send anyone because she knows the Akatsuki wants Orochimaru dead and giving him Sasuke won't pay off his debts. The friend she knew is long dead

>>281304706
>>281304735
so Naruto technically has to pull his punches and Sasuke doesn't

>>281311503
Sasuke is mentally ill. He ran into a crime scene and hallucinated his dead relatives at the compound. The Mangekyo Sharigan only made those hallucinations worst.

Do Senju/Tobiramafags forget that the story also go in lengths on how the Uchiha suffered prejudice? Even Hashirama told his brother to lay off, and that guy knew Madara more than anyone else.
You're also ignoring how Naruto, 2/3 of the bad guy uchihas are redeemable and guess what? He ends up accomplishing that.
This whole schizo babble only make sense if you ignore the rest of the manga.

>>281310610
He's just doing taxidermy like any man does. It's better than Danzo wanting to be a Uchiha so badly he uses an arm to get Sharigan.

>>281311933
That only works if you interpret Fugaku as a redneck in contrast to Hiashi.

>>281311933
Also, the Hyuuga pretty much enslave each other, Orochimaru got a fraction of suffering of any uchiha and ended up worse than all of them sans Madara, and let's not forget that Konoha is completely fine with their own shinobi killing each other or driving one another into suicide as long as it is "for the sake of the village".

>>281311933
>*how Naruto, the MC, thinks 2/3 of the bad uchihas are redeemable

>>281307785
From the last thread, apparently Itachi grabbed a pastry from this place on the day of the massacre.

>>281312113
He gets it from Goku forgetting that Goku wasn't afraid to pummel Piccolo, mutual kill Raditz and cripple Nappa for life

>>281304801
Because if Naruto starts clone-spamming "competently" then any fights are going to involve him getting absolutely dumpstered by a truly massive skill gap until sheer weight of numbers wins the day and that's just a really boring way to fight especially for a protagonist.

>>281311354
You could've just said he didn't have his own Kabuto.

>>281312083
>Also, the Hyuuga pretty much enslave each other
Maybe the Uchihas would still be alive if they did the same.

>>281311933
>>281312083
>Orochimaru got a fraction of suffering of any uchiha and ended up worse than all of them sans Madara
What do you even mean? Fugaku's family and Obito never shown to suffer from prejudice.
You sound like a braindead moron.

>>281312743
I didn't claim they specially suffered from prejudice, i claimed Oro suffered much less than Sasuke and Obito and turned out worse.

>>281312743
pretty sure Obito was mocked for being an orphan and a shitter who couldn't unlock his Sharingan

>>281304801
The in-world excuse for this fight is that Naruto is emotionally conflicted. The whole thing is Sasuke failing to kill the fox freak while Naruto cries like a faggot about it. Naruto would've beaten Sasuke with or without roids if he really tried.

>>281313355
Fraudke bros...

>>281307030
>and, as we've established before, sasuke's dumbass would've ceased to exist if not for pure chance
Sasuke thinking about his choice for two weeks wasn't pure chance. It was a hilarious case of dodging a bullet but it wasn't down to Orochimaru just being sick his arms hurting.

>>281313355
>i wasn’t really trying anyways
>i was emotional and couldn’t focus right
>if i was going all out, I could’ve won
>he only beat me because of the curse mark anyways
>i was tired from chasing the sound 4 before the fight started
COPEruto…

>>281312827
Orochimaru unironically suffered more than Obito did

>>281313540
Fraudke, please

>>281313548
Isn't Obito's suffering pretty standard fare for a war-torn state? Only reason he get so bitter is because of his Uchiha genes.

>>281308028
Itachifags trying to defend this while anti-Itachifags using this as some sort of gotcha moment are both weird when this is simply the objective truth about what happened in the massacre which is a literal genocide. There should be no survivor no matter if there were childern, women, old people, since any survivors will be considered as a new seed of threat. That's why Sasuke being spared is such a big deal and village's involvement are being keep as a secret

>Foolish, little brother. I have no sins on my heart. My soul is purified, after I ate the hearts of those children.
>John 8:7, Jesus stood up and responded to their question about the stoning, “Let him who is without sin among you, cast the first stone at her.”
>*And so Itachi hits Sasuke over the head with a rock*

Sasuke: 70% hard work / 30% talent
Naruto: 40% hard work / 60% talent
Itachi: 0% hard work / 100% talent

>>281314114
>lee: 100% hard work / 0% talent

>>281314114
Neji: 66% hard work / 33% talent

Kiba: 0% hard work / 0% talent.

>>281314384
We saw him do some training in P1.

>>281304341
I only watched the anime but I'm confused, I thought he gets the 3rd tomoe during the middle of the fight, not before.

>>281314114
>Naruto: 40% hard work
kek

>>281305055
>the exact moment that drove nearly every modern shonen mangaka to make a shitty deuteragonist rival in hopes of recreating this

>>281315063
Naruto and Sasuke were already based off Goku and Vegeta anyway.

>>281315063
Name them. I can only think of Bakugo.

>>281307154
*kisses*

>>281305088
Thanks.

>>281304801
these desu >>281310327 >>281313355
naruto can easily flatten sauce, the problem is that he doesn't have anything non-lethal to use to drag him back to the village
if he was going to give sasuke the hunter nin treatment and just kill him, naruto would have easily done so
naruto aiming his rasengan away is the only reason sasuke wins the fight in the end

>>281315821
Naruto can just tire Sasuke out with clone spam. Naruto doesn’t have to clash with Sasuke every time he pulls out a big named attack.

Is Itachi proof that morality isn't black and white? Or that you can convince someone that a bad person is great if you gloss over everything that's really bad about them? Look at Itachi.

>He looks cool.
>He's always dropping wisdom.
>He has cool OP powers.

How could you not like this nigga?

>>281304328 (OP)
MAN,
SAICE-OKAY
IS REALLY COO
BELEIVE IT!!!
NELIEVE IY@@@@@!!!!!!

>>281307785
>>281308028
what happened to all the sharingans in the clan?

>>281309253
Forget about kidnapping, realistically speaking Itachi just killed his brother there. Lifelong coma. End of the Uchiha.

>>281309559
Are you legitimately 12? If you slurp Kishimoto's Itachiwank you probably are.

>>281305055
Man, I remember getting into Naruto in 5th grade. That would have been, what, 20 years ago? More?
I don't know.
It sucks that Naruto fell off so hard, and Bort never really picked up the pieces.
Naruto reminds me of an era where anime was supposed so be fun, talking about anime was supposed to be fun, and the internet was a cool, fun thing.
Over time, I feel as though things have changed. I'm more concerned with fighting you guys than having with you, and we're so concerned with arguing with each other that we forgot that posting on /a/ is fun.
I love you guys.

>>281309880
He said he messed up by not asking the 7 years old to help him stop the Uchiha insurrection lol
Kishimoto is a shitty writer

>>281309559
Itachi is Kishimoto going edgy by making Itachi the big brain who decides whether genocide is morally right or not. The problem is that it goes against everything the story has built up to and makes Itachi look like an asshole.

>>281308028
It was necessary for the greater good.
Itachi was a cool guy.
He was the coolest dude.

why again was Obito interested in helping Itachi with the massacre

>>281312214
Toriyama shits so hard on Kishimoto, the comparison is unfair

>>281316133
Toriyama's action scenes are much simpler. Look at how Kishimoto does things and how they flow and play out. Kishimoto is a much better storyteller than Toriyama.

>>281315971
Rasengan spam would net him the W since he can spam it but it could kill FRAUDke

>>281316091
I think these threads are pretty fun. Confrontational or not /a/ is still one of the few fun allowed places around.

>>281316148
Kishimoto has a more dramatic structure than Toriyama. He spaces things out for the impact shot. Kinda like a movie.

>>281312214
I don't know how to say this, other than to just start rambling.
But there was an old shonen era,
Where shit was just fun.
Dragonball Z,
Naruto,
One Piece,
There's a clear difference.
Maybe I'm just getting older, but there really was a different tone back then. I envy a world where we could all just come together and like cool shit unironically, instead of always hovering around isekai dogshit and fighting with each other. I unironically thing that Sword Art Online was the end of an era and a transitional period into a darker, shittier timeline where everything is gay and SUCKS.
Fuck, I wish I could just turn back the clock to a time where Naruto classic or DBZ classic was airing...
>>281316166
One way or another, it's the only place where you can actually speak freely about anime instead of always moderating yourself for a crowd of redditors. Where else does anime discussion even happen? MAL? Reddit? Twitter?
I just want to be an anonymous voice hanging out with my anonymous friends. Every other website has too much inherent grift and moderation for the witnesses in the crowd. Yeah, I really just want to sit here and say what I think without fearing how some reddit FAG is going to check my post history and whine about it three years later to get me banned.
Ditto for other websites.
We've forgotten why 4chan is cool, and I want to get back to that.

>>281316148
Not really lol. Pic related is one of the "better" fights and yet you can see a lot of the issues with Kishimoto choreography. He just fucking LOVES these isolated panels zooming on *punch* or *kick* landing without showing the setup or how it happened (it's not exactly in this example, but I can find one if you don't get it)

>>281316202
Meanwhile, Toriyama choreography...

Don't even get me started on "Kishimoto is a better storyteller" unless you mean "it's funnier to speculate on the worldbuilding" because this is the way that sentence can be true

>>281316219
>DBZ
>good story
LOL
LMAO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8xoTBZrzko
SA-SOO-KAY IS REALLY COO
SAKURA
THE BOOTIFUL
Kowega na NARUTOOOOOOOOOO!

>>281316240
It's "Dragon Ball" not "DBZ", and yes back in DB storydumps you didn't see people raping the story to shreds with inconsistencies and calling the characterization schizophrenic and hypocritical.

>>281316249
Meanwhile Naruto is the FIGHT ON SIGHT..

>>281316275
Believe it.
>>281316305
Me in the center.

>>281316254
it's almost like db babies are fucking retarded

>>281316275
The ninja clan? It STANDS.

>>281316219
None of this is impressive. Kishimoto's fights have much more going on. Toriyama's fights are on the simpler side, with characters basically reacting, while Kishimoto brings more drama and strategy to the fights.

>Naruto could just spam Rasengan
Sasuke would just evade it, like everyone else has so far. Remember Naruto had to take a kunai to the hand to hit Kabuto with it

>>281315078
They remind me more of Sakuragi and Rukawa.

>>281316202
>It's one of the best fights because it's so simple.
Toriyama fans can't keep up with anything more complex. Lee only brings elements of humor, and the fight only has light feints and parries. Only counter-offensive moves, which in itself is already more complex than your typical Toriyama fight where the characters have to spell out their strategies. Since Toriyama doesn't want to have the difficulty of plotting anything more than the basics. Still a great artist, but he doesn't compare to Kubo, Oda, and especially Kishimoto.

>>281316377
We're talking choreography and paneling. Kishimoto gets shat on, it's not even close.

Hell, I'm not usually one to compare because it doesn't always make sense. But even without comparing, tons of people in these threads have noticed these fights were pretty underwhelming and carried by the anime.

>>281316350
Ninja clan?
HERE I STAND!!!

>>281316416
Toriyama's fights are way more complex than whatever Kishimoto shits out choreography wise because he doesn't resort to skipping the buildup and delivery of hits like Kishimoto always does. On the few occasions Kishimoto doesn't do that shit he can do great action scenes that compare but then they only last 2 or 3 pages so... too bad

>>281316418
>>281316436
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5lz2CYNR4
GIRUGAMESH, NIGGA!

>>281316202
I noticed this during the Sannin fight. Things were really confusing.

>>281316436
>2 godlike beings
>only action and reaction
These fights just make me think that DB powers are bullshit and don't even scale with “weak” universes like MHA, and that Toriyama can't make more interesting fights. He's just a gag author. The setting in Kishimoto's fights is much more lively, and the characters are also often more intelligent. Even in this clunky shot, Kishimoto has to juggle between Lee's kung fu bullshit and Gaara's sand powers. Much more difficult to draw and plot, while the “good” Toriyama example is Goku just swarming Vegeta. Does it flow well? Yes, but it's just Toriyama taking the easy way out.

>>281316013
If itachi was ugly, nobody would forgive him.

>>281316130
Kishimoto wanted to wash some blood of Itachi’s hands.

>>281316130
>interested in helping Itachi with the massacre
He was the one who caused the massacre, by using the fox wich brought Danzo to spread distrust towards the Uchiha. Probably he wanted reserve eyes, weaken Konoha and recruit Itachi.
Most of Obito's actions make little sense anyway, like Aizen's or Imu's for the other big three, because all of them were far too powerful to go as badly as they did.

>>281316507
I didn't really have that issue with the Sannin fight but generally speaking I have it yes. Although people did notice how short the Sannin fight was which is another issue entirely but also significant.

>>281316535
>scale
What the fuck?
Also nobody pretended DB was about these gay superpower "mindgames", that was never the point. Kishimoto can take the W here if that's your criteria, but you'll see these "tactical" battles have also been torn to shreds by the readers because they often don't make sense at all. Neji stood there even though he could cover a distance equivalent to the one between him and Kidomaru in a second while almost dead, just letting Kidomaru shower him with arrows instead of moving around and maybe detecting him (which you already have to headcanon that Neji can only see 50 meters ahead for that which is already retarded) or forcing him to move to get in range again and expose himself.
Don't get me started on the Shikamaru Tayuya fight. My childhood memories made me remember that Shikamaru made some incredibly tactical use of his ninja tools, but... no, he just *smoke bomb* disappears into a bush and the next moment you have all 10 Kunai and everything being thrown at Tayuya even though the setup is bullshit and you never get to see it.

>>281316588
>can take the W
my fucking god

>>281316535
Dragon Ball is it’s own little bubble where characters can both destroy universes and get hurt by pic related.
It’s best not to compare DB with other series.

>>281316614
That's not Dragon Ball.

>>281311503
Sasuke is literally the last pair of sharingan in the leaf and Orochimaru is the biggest threat to the village, it's not favoritism it's being fucking smart.

>>281313548
All Oro went through was becoming an orphan and getting cucked by Minato out of the kage spot, Obito suffered pretty much the same thing + getting maimed, crush died AND being groomed by Madara.

>>281316130
make Saint Itachi-sama look somewhat better...

>>281208094
SpookyX

SASUKEEEEEEEEEEEEE
NARUTOOOOOOOOOOO

>>281316545
But he isn't attractive either

Are fishnets really supposed to be that sexy?

>>281318779
He looks more attractive than Sasuke, who everyone inuniverse creams over.

>>281316249
Naruto is so lucky..

>>281318905
Didn't Sasuke win that one most handsome anime character poll thingy this year

>>281319216
I'm not a normie/bot so I don't form my opinions on popularity polls.

Itachi's a bad character because he's basically a microcosm of a lot of the issues with late Naruto's writing
>sloppy retcons
>doujutsu feature creep
>uchiha wank
>all of the world's problems being traced back to three dudes
He's "hype moments and aura" the character, he's complete dogshit from an actual perspective

>>281318905
Young adult with wrinkles looks weird

>>281319746

Fujos turned down THIS?

>>281311354
I rewatched the OG Bardock special recently and I forgot that Zarbon of all people was the guy that implanted the idea of destroying Planet Vegeta

>>281311933
Uchiha did get discriminated against, yes, but it is also true that their bloodline is hereditarily prone to insanity and bloodlust. They’re not all bad people but their natural tendencies can lead them to do bad things. There is evidence of this in other clans with kekkai genkai such as Juugo’s clan and Kimimaro’s clan, which were also prone to mental disorders

>>281321106
ackshually it was Beerus lol

I love Itachi

>>281312873
That was literally never shown. If anything, Obito clearly was on good terms with all the non-Uchihas he interacted with, like his teammates or that random old lady that he was helping.

>>281306330
The fight itself is still mediocre in narrative weight but damn there's something about a feminine girl that knows about to box that does it for me

>>281321036
Honestly if I compare him to Haku I think I see the problems
>Doesn't really have much story presence in the long run
>Powers are ultra grotesque
>Snake daddy doesn't give two shits about him, too one-sided overall
>All the males he fights (and that's 3 different guys so that should be plenty) he treats relatively equally, and there's (surprisingly) zero homoerotic tension
>That one moment where he threatened Tayuya really should've been Sakon if Kishi wanted fujobux

>none of the Uchihas are ever actually shown being oppressed or persecuted by other Konoha villagers
>the only people that ever brought up Uchiha prejudice are Orochimaru, Obito and Madara, the latter two being the ones that actually persecuted the Uchiha clan the most (aside from maybe Danzo)
I'm almost convinced that muh Uchiha oppression is just supposed to be an inuniverse psyop. It's kinda more interesting that way, too.

>>281321554
>That one moment where he threatened Tayuya really should've been Sakon if Kishi wanted fujobux
That's actually ingenious, goddamn.

>>281321554
>>281321600
Bonus point if he pulls him by the hair.

>>281321167
But aren't Juugo's and Kimimaro's clans exceptions? We've seen plenty of other clans with kekkei genkai, and they're mentally sound and (relatively) peaceful. Juugo's clan gets crazy because of the improper addition and mixing of nature energy, and Kimimaro's clan inherited Kaguya's psychopathy.

>>281307457
Best choice only because gaara vs lee owns headstrong

>>281316091
I was super into naruto in 5th grade too bro. Buying the unofficial collector books at the grocery store magazine rack and looking up AMVs to every song ever made, and waiting desperately for each new ultimate naruto fan flash to come out. I love you too and you should spend more time talking to good anons than arguing with the bad ones. There's too much hate in the world as it is and doesn't make anyone happy.

>>281321554
>>281321600
>>281321744
>Gorillion fics and fanart of Sakon/Ukon being Kimimaro's bottom bitch with "survivable gore/masochism" on the side.

whu did the burger king collab not have itachi or pain but instead gave us shit like sakura and rock lee?

>>281308787
why would you want a dead wife?

I hope ufotable remakes naruto

>>281322813
if only they remembered how to draw chins and mouths

>>281308275
This, but with Bleach.

Now that this has been brought up, do you think that Sakon/Ukon's character could have been fixed if they switched places with Tayuya? As in, have her and Shikamaru be the ones that fall down the cliff and get separated from the main group, after which you show Sakon being able to fight off both Naruto and Kiba until Kimimaro shows up, takes the casket and Naruto follows him. That may be able to solve the problem of Sakon not appearing as strong as he's supposed to be, since he's now been shown to be able to fight two guys (+Akamaru) from the SR team simultaneously. Also Kimimaro would probably look more intimidating if he was scaring the leader of the sound four instead of Tayuya.

>>281320473
Funny meme but it's reductive. Orochimaru partnered with Sasori who also achieved agelessness even though he wasn't truly immortal due to his vulnerability. Orochimaru wanted the Sharingan mainly to be able to easily learn more Jutsu; he already had his own way to prolong his life with his body-snatching.

>>281312190
Was this in the anime? I forgot.

>>281323245
I guess it would be a good subversion, but i dunno how it would work.
Sakon's kit doesn't really alow for Shikamaru to really outsmart him like with Tayuya and i feel like they're probably too strong to be binded by Shikamaru's Shadow.

>>281323245
>As in, have her and Shikamaru be the ones that fall down the cliff and get separated from the main group
Shika is still fighting Tayuya in this scenario.

>>281323498
Meant for >>281323439

>>281323437
It was a novel thingy.

>>281323529
My bad, i'm retarded.

>>281323245
Probably it would have been slighty better by that and not having Sakon fold to dog piss and wash his eyes on a river they only found because they fell.

>>281323245
I have an easy fix. Remove Oro saying he’s the strongest. Easy peasy.
But on a serious note, this wouldn’t fix much, since it wouldn’t even prove anything. Kidomaru was confident in taking on Shika, Neji and Naruto just a chapter before.
If you want him to look strong he has to do more impressive stuff in his fight. You either have him defeat Kiba in a flash and he leaves thinking Kiba is dead, or have Kiba get a huge powerup like Choji so it makes sense why they would struggle to kill him.
But, personally I would have preferred if the s4 just survived the arc. They have plenty of uses in the empty ass first couple of arcs of Shippuden.

>>281323245
But then you wouldn't get the Temari forest clearing moment.

>>281323634
There was a forrest where Kankuro fought Sakon too.

>>281323634
True. I guess just have Naruto and the casket fall down the cliff alongside Sakon and Kiba instead.

How about give Kiba a transformation weaker than two headed wolf? Like a werewolf or something

>>281323856
Sure. It would allow Sakon and Ukon to actually use proper taijutsu against an opponent who can match their speed and power.

Could current VotE Naruto or Sasuke beat any sound ninja 1v1?

>>281324219
Sasuke with 3 tomoes probably beats Kidomaru and Jirobo.
Naruto as well but he'd be able to out tank Sakon/Ukon.
None of them have an answer to Tayuya's genjutsu and Kimimaro could take them both at the same time.

>>281324219
Naruto
>Jirobo
Jirobo might be able to tank a rasengan. And if Naruto gets domed it’s Narutover. 6/10 for Jirobo.
>Kidomaru
1000 Naruto’s should overwhelm Kidomaru. He’s a sniper afterall. Though he does have some spider summons. Bad match up for him if Naruto isn’t gimped by the plot.
>Sakon/Ukon
Rasengan/Clone spam would seal the deal. Can’t assimilate with a clone.
>Tayuya
Like Kidomaru she can’t deal with so many brats. But the genjutsu is an easy wincon if she goes CM2. Unless daddy Kurama wakes Naruto up.

Sasuke
>Jirobo
Get DOMED
>Kidomaru
If Neji got shot, Sasuke gets headshoted.
>Tayuya
He has a good chance if he goes for an assassination technique like CHIDORI 1000 SCREAMING BIRDS. If he manages to get past the golems the genjutsu should also be a gg. He isn’t a genjutsu specialist like Sakura.
>Sakon/Ukon
He can take them with CM2. Just has to be quick about it before he tires out. Should watch out for the assimilation, but it shouldn’t catch him off guard with the Sharingan

>>281324480
>but it shouldn’t catch him off guard with the Sharingan
I don't think it would matter unless Sasuke just never goes CQC against them.

>>281323856
Kiba's moves are really weird when you think about it. You'd expect him to be have some sort of werewolf abilities, but most of his arsenal is just him and Akamaru turning into spinning drills. And when they turn into a massive two headed wolf dog, you'd think they'd use their new physical power to tackle and maul their opponents, but all they do is just more drilling shit.

>>281324623
His drill move is too fast to dodge for most genin (Lee and Sasuke aside)

>>281324623
Bro, we don’t even know what TenTen can do in the manga T_T

>>281324623
He should have done a SUPER TENGEN TOPPA GIGA DRILL BREAK to break Madara’s susanoo or something

>>281324623
Kinda funny how he got paired up with an opponent who also has weird underdeveloped powers. Parallels?

>>281324837
Sasuga, Kishimoto-san.....

>Sasuke was able to avoid Gaara's Sand spikes emerging from point blank range while running in at full speed and hit a very narrow space between said spikes with his Chidori
>doesn't dodge Naruto's Rasengan (an extremely telegraphed jutsu that he's only managed to land once so far since learning it) and stab him in the chest
Did he just want to have a dick measuring contest this chapter?

>>281325172
duh

Kabuto would have tanked that chidori.

Sasukefag doko desu ka? Things are actually normal for once

>>281321557
Everyone thought they were behind the Nine-Tails attack.

Tsunade is the best Naruto girl. Hinata and Sakura can eat shit

>>281325494
you like hags. your opinion is invalid. besides, hinata is best girl with magic pussy grip

>>281325411
>doko desu ka
what's with this weird gimmick you keep doing

>>281325526
Hinata is a hag though

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>281325547
>Current state of /a/
Let me guess, you watch English dubs

>quirk chungus orbiter
eh, not worth the time

>>281321499
This. Ino should have won btw

>>281325465
Like who?

>>281325465
I mean, were they wrong?

>>281325980
((THEM))

>>281324623
Kiba is somehow the least dog-like dog character in fiction.
Cmon, not even a single move related to digging or bones?

>>281326241
I think that's a good thing. Just because a character has some motif doesn't mean that they should have everything revolve around that.

>>281325980
the rest of village becuase they didn't help fight the 9-tails

>>281325901
>>281306330
And Tenten would body both of them at Taijutsu since she's constantly sparring with the best Taijutsu genin in the village.

>>281326295
It's not a good thing when the character has an extremely bland and uninteresting moveset like Kiba rather than a more stereotypical one. The other anon was right when he said Kiba matches Sakon for underdeveloped techniques.

>>281326345
Why didn't she use that taijutsu on Temari instead of spamming projectiles?

>>281326375
Can't kick air sadly. And besides, Temari is high Jonin so it's not really fair to compare them.

>>281326407
I'm just saying she would have been able to stop throwing shuriken, close the distance and start hitting her with a stick. If she had those skills

>>281326446
She should. Guy is pretty skilled with close-range weaponry, and it'd be dumb for him not to teach her some of that considering weapons are her specialty.

>>281326446
And then Temari would have just blasted her away with her fan.

>More doglike than Kiba's entire kit

>Temari
>Tenten
>Tayuya
I keep confusing these 3's names lol

>>281304931
Naruto is one the most kino manga ever made its just the fanbase is Ben 10 tier so its embarassing to admit you like it

>>281326734
For me it's Kidomaru and Kimimaro

>>281326295
If the entire clan's unique trait is their affinity to dogs and then they do very little with that, then I think there is a problem here.
I agree with you on this tho, Kiba should have learned some stuff outside his clan's techniques. To be more than just a dog guy, but he's pretty underwhelming even at being the dog guy.

>>281326776
It's not black or white. Some parts are actually pretty strong, others are pretty underwhelming and need the anime to carry. Overall Naruto has a VERY STRONG cultural imprint and I will always love it dearly but that's partly thanks to the anime and memories around it. It's really dumb but the stupidity blended well with our teenage selves.

>>281326806
And Kankuro.

>>281326734
I have trouble with Tobi and Obito. They're almost the same names.

>>281326870
Tobi always sounded like it was closer to Tobirama than Obito, but that was clearly just a massive coincidence.

>>281326929
Funny that they also have the same hair if he cut the side parts.

>>281326831
>It's really dumb but the stupidity blended well with our teenage selves.
Parr 1 probably has the most LITERALLY ME characters in all of anime

>>281326982
>Life and Death battles
>Nobody dies
I want a refund

>>281326982
>>281326831
I think Kishimoto is stupid but he still built something quite emotionally powerful thanks to studio Pierrot, just look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRUzsjdYPNE

>>281327017
Hiruzen-sama...

>>281327017
people do die just some later than others

>>281327038
Really beautiful ending. It's still really odd that it ends with the 5 Kage of all people. They don't really belong at Ichiraku's.

>>281327175
Teuchi probably knew all the Hokage personally

>>281326982
Only the strongest stand in the front.

>>281327175
That's because this is when Naruto united the world and the villages, so the Kages represent this new world order basically

>>281326696
A fan is not that effective of a close range weapon.

>>281327038
Ramen guy literally saved the world and nobody talks about it

>>281327038
>Naruto and Hinata copying Kushina and Minato
Absolute cinema.

>>281326982
>>281327124
Kabuto's sensei? The best spy in the franchise.

>>281327038
I just think it's cool how all these generations and people are interlinked and overseen by the power of good food

>>281324623
He is meant to to be a homage to the Tasmanian devil.

>>281326982
>we'll never learn his real role or backstory

>>281327638
All of the faces look the same.