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Kazekage Rescue Mission
Chapter 253: Reinforcements...!!

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>>282012738
>crack
this again? seriously?

>>282012721 (OP)
kill yourself narutard

>>282012738
BIG FAT

>>282012751
Kick rocks.

>>282012812
>kick rock
>hits another rock
>crack
this again? seriously?

>>282012822
BLAST

>>282012888
DARN
This fellow...

>>282012738
I cant believe that even the Narutoverse cant escape the concept of planned obsolescence. The teacup manufactures need to be brought to heel

>>282012738
God look at those fat fucking tits, christ almighty

>>282012738
Has anyone ever done an analysis of the architectural styles of Naruto's setting?

>>282012738
Where is that "b-but Tsunade is still supposed to have blue/purple lipstick" fag at

>>282012738
>BURBLE
?

>>282012738
Tsunade looks kind of offmodel here.

>>282013267
that's a lotta text

>>282012738
Is it bad I looked at her feet first? Why is she just so casual and putting her feet up at the Hokage's office?

>>282013267
>Hmph! Always relying on others
You just fucking told them to go ask a medic from another village for help you old retard

>>282012926
I guess she won the lottery and that caused her to believe it's a bad omen? Lmao.

>>282013353
Yeah, back at her debut arc she won slots and she takes any sign of good luck on her as bad omens.

>>282013267
>And undermined all that was once great about this land
Lol
Lmao, even

>>282013391
Did Ebisu get promoted to full jonin during the time skip, or is Konohamaru's team being led by a tokubetsu jobber for no reason?

>>282013321
>impossible
I don't know, Baki was forgiven for killing one of their own.

>>282013435
They don't rely on anyone, their architecture is literally built by the blood and sand of their palms. No other tools needed lol.

>>282012738
>tsunade feet

>>282013673
They would all be dead if Chiyo did her puppet show btw.

Look at him.

>>282013706
>healed in two panels
What pacing.

>>282013730
Totally competing against Sasuke here. Stupid retcon.

>>282013730
>none of these shitter sand medics could even remove the poison
Why does this village even exist?

>>282013444
>Did Ebisu get promoted to full jonin during the time skip, or is Konohamaru's team being led by a tokubetsu jobber for no reason?

The rank of special jounin is basically dropped midway through Part 1. It only got mentioned in the databooks after that.

Really like Neji's post-skip outfit, just about the simplicity that works for me.

Chapter 253: Reinforcements...!!

END
Volume 28 finished
Tomorrow opening Volume 29: Siblings...!!

>>282013770
Gotta have those uzu-uchi kids to pair up for the boruslop and Sakura was the only one who could be paired with Sasuke I guess. Kishi really is a dogshit writer. If he really intended Hinata to end up with Naruto then he could have been building that up throughout the manga, not keep teasing narusaku literally the whole time before making up such a shit excuse in the movie.

>>282013887
LEEBROS WERE SO BACK
TIME TO SEE HOW OUR 2 YEARS OF HARD WORK HAVE PAID OFF

>>282013623
Funny how Kishi tried to establish Naruto as a competent shinobi in early shippuden.

>>282013887
Can't wait for Neji and Lee to finally show their true potential fighting the Akatsuki. I wonder if they will take on Deidara or Sasori?

>>282013706
>the entire medical staff couldn't do anything to Kankuro
>Sakura heals him in 2 panels
Fucking hell

>>282013887
Tentenbros. Will she actually do ANYTHING of value this time?

>>282013888
Agreed. I just don't fuck with the gaslighting that this guy wasn't in love with this girl for 699 chapters.

>>282013923
That scene was pretty cool ngl.

>>282013432
>>282013706
>>282013730
So that's what that poison Sasori developed to hunt jinchuriki. Glad Sakura was able to remove a lot of it before it killed Kankuro

>>282013706
>She will never hold your testicles like this.

>>282013887
God, both Neji and Tenten's Shippuden designs look amazing.

>>282013933
Maybe Lee will take on Deidara and pay back Gaara for Kimi?

The SUSPENSE of this chapter! To think, we were tricked into believing that KONOHAMARU would be the reinforcement! But then, it turns out to be Team Guy out of nowhere, and Ebisu sneezing was just ALLERGIES! Absolutely BRILLIANT misdirection!

>>282013786
Tsunade was the one to even enhance medicine and bring up the concept of healers in squads, so with how behind the ninja world is, I'm not surprised no one in the Sand is capable except Chiyo who's still mogged by Tsunade on that field.

>>282013949
It doesn't even make sense lol. Like why would you be crushing on a girl JUST BECAUSE she's crushing on your rival? What sort of retarded reasoning is that? I could see it making sense if Sasuke was crushing on her so Naruto did as well but the way Kishi wrote it is so fucking stupid.

>>282013730
This is supposed to make Sakura look good, but it just makes the Suna people look like a bunch of shitters since all of their best medics got out-skilled by a 16 year old girl.

>>282013887
Also: Re-ENTER

>>282013887
Thank you, Oh Pee

>>282013706
>>282013730
So that's what that poison Sasori developed to hunt jinchuriki looks like. Glad Sakura was able to remove a lot of it before it killed Kankuro

>>282013770
>character calling another character awesome means that he's in love
Do you think Naruto was also crushing on Lee during the chunin exams when he told Kankuro that he's a strong guy?

>>282014017
Direct apprentice of the God medic of the ninja world...

>>282013786
they had a guy who can make Gold

>>282014045
>Do you think Naruto was also crushing on Lee during the chunin exams when he told Kankuro that he's a strong guy?

He wasn't blushing at Lee.

>>282014045
There's tons of instances he's attracted to her, I'm only saying that retcon is bullshit and any self-respecting NHf fan should be put off by it.

>>282014017
I can only assume that poison extraction is a super-rare skill on the level of Tsunade's strength and Yin seal that only Sakura can copy.

>>282013706
>>282013730
The "Sakura is useless" crowd love memory-holing scenes like this.

>>282013887
LeeGODS, we're about to show that we've surpassed Gai-sensei!

>>282014066
Is Sakura supposed to be in love with Kakashi or Naruto here?

>>282014045
>naruto: i like this girl
>hinatafags: but does he really?
You guys are making so much shit up to excuse Kishi's bad writing it's hilarious.

where's the bw manga?

>>282014134
More like the sakurafags love to pretend her Kazekage Rescue self is her entire screentime.

>>282014149
The art style was different in the earliest chapters. They all blushed more often.

>>282013887
Neji will fight Deidara and it will be Neji vs. Kidomaru 2.0. I can see it now. This arc is gonna be epic!

>>282014151
I bet you're a retard who believes the Itachi twist wasn't planned from the start

>>282012926
>>282013353
Kishimoto knows how to set up comedy.

>>282014225
How does that have anything to do with what I said?

>>282013770
>>282014045
I recall Kishimoto outright giving two different answers concerning NaruHinata in separate interviews. One where he said he planned it from the start and one where he didn't.

>>282013887
Neji and Tenten? In love ;_;

So this entire arc was made by the editors, right? It just feels so weird that Kishimoto actually tried to make Sakura look competent and likable at the start of Shippuden only to make her useless and insufferable again in the very next arc.

>>282014134
>The "Sakura is useless" crowd love memory-holing scenes like this.

This is the one arc that she's useful in until almost the very end. I was very excited that she was finally getting proper focus and new abilities when this was coming out. Imagine my disappointment in every arc after that. The final straw was her realizing that she had to just give up and rely on Naruto.

>>282013923
Kishi goes back and forth on this. Naruto does something similar when he first encounters Sai and then much later against Omoi and Karui.

>>282013267
>Make Suna Great Again!

>>282014267
>You guys are making so much shit up to excuse Kishi's bad writing it's hilarious.
Retards like to shit on the Itachi twist and call it bad writing

>>282014306
Kishimoto probably felt exhausted having to write two women at once and quit.

>>282013644
>This old one... she's good!!
Dialog that is supposed to be intense but just ends up sounding funny.

>>282014354
Who was the other woman?

>>282014324
Naruto was pretty consistently competent on small scale stuff throughout part 2. When he struggled, it was usually when a jutsu like imperfect Rasenshuriken or Sage Mode wasn't quite ready yet or when he faced Sasuke or Itachi. There was no more of the stuff like Tayuya punching him in the face.

>>282013391
Wait, that means the guy from the Iruka cover WAS Ebisu, you think Kishi wanted them to be teammates until he remembered that Ebisu is too old for that?
>>282013444
He remains a Tokubetsu, those can get teams too.

>>282014389
The cranky old hag in this very chapter.

>>282014324
By the time Naruto learns sage mode he can actually back up his talk even in base

>>282013596
>>282013623
Did she really tried to Kill Kakashi with TAIJUTSU!?

>>282014450
No she tried to kill Sakumo with taijutsu.

>>282013923
There's a lot he tried to do in early Part 2 that doesn't really get followed up on properly

>>282013644
You mean to tell me that Sakumo's death wasn't wide spread????

>>282013887
Isn't Neji supposed to be a jonin now? Why is he still grouped with the same crew he has been with since he graduated from ninja elementary school?

>>282013730
Man the wank is cringe.
>go fetch medical stuff
>WOW SHES AWESOME

>>282014487
She's just senile anon

>>282014487
It wasn't. The Iwa ninja mistook Kakashi for him to. Why would the village announce that one of their strongest shinobi committed suicide?

>>282013267
When was Suna any decent?

>>282013983
I mean.... Yeah it's kinda funny.

>>282013770
You would rather Kishimoto just have Naruto think Hinata was the better girl and be killed by his wife in the next morning?

>>282014499
Just wait until we get to the immortals arc

>>282014495
Neji being promoted to jonin is completely meaningless, you could keep him a chuunin and make Tenten a jonin instead and not a single thing would change plot wise

>>282013887
>Really like Neji's post-skip outfit
I don't, feels like Kishi was trying to hard to make him a fujobait twink.

>>282014536
Kakashi might as well tell the old hag to get in her good graces

>>282014583
>Neji being promoted to jonin
None of the promotions make any difference, does it? The only exception was Shikamaru in part 1. They simply went from amateur jobbers to professional jobbers.

>>282014324
>Naruto does something similar when he first encounters Sai
Not really, he got caught completely off guard while Shikamaru and Choji saved his ass.

>>282014611
Team Guy is the Chinese martial arts team and Neji is the pretty boy of it.

>>282014295
He definitely didn't plan it considering he was still teasing narusaku near the end.

>>282014352
I have never once mentioned the Itachi twist so I really don't know why you're even mentioning it. And regardless of it, there's plenty of instances that can be used to show off Kishi's bad writing.

>>282014010
I think you're putting more thought into it than Kishimoto ever did.

>>282013962
I kinda liked it too
Also granny has moves

>>282014571
His wife honestly knew better at this since she's a woman.

>>282013887
Wtf is Lee doing? He's wearing sandals, why does he look like he's tying his shoe?

>>282013935
Speaks volumes of Suna

>>282014638
He was making a joke at Chouji's expense and it was a comic relief moment where we're supposed to think that Chouji was about to clobber Naruto for calling him fat.

>>282014352
Being planned and hinted from the start doesn't make it good written though.

>>282014679
Adjusting his sandle

>>282014669
I don't think Kishi put any thought into it, that's why it's so shit.

>>282014536
You'd think that, with spys being a thing AND his sudden absence, his death would he known by now even without Konoha properly informing the world about it.

>>282014699
The ninja world in general.

>>282014673
Old people being strong is a fun concept.

>>282014536
A Iwa nin thinking the 8 years old he nearly killed doesn't really do this scene any favors.

>>282014352
The Itachi twist was foreshadowed but retarded and horribly executed.
Kishimoto just isn't a great writer. He's a good designer.

>shippingfaggotry spam from one single panel
It's been 11 fucking years. Let it go already.

>>282013267
>"requested konoha to dispatch a specialist team"
>Tsunade just sends a group of people who happened to be in the room at the time and had their mission switched from locating a lost puppy to now going up the akatsuki

>>282014877
Kishimoto.......

>>282014678
Then there's no reason to complain about the logic behind it, Kishimoto was hellbent on this dynamic of team 7 and didn't care if it would he logically believable or not.
Her liking Sasuke is just there for answer's sake.

>>282014840
Tbh I don't really like the twist. Too many characters in Naruto get redeemed in one way or another, Itachi being a homicidal maniac who slaughtered everyone in his clan was actually really interesting. The addition of "he did it on orders to stop a coup" makes it so fucking boring.

>>282014867
Not really shipping, just calling a shit retcon for what it is.

>>282014906
Meant for >>282014785

>>282014925
Naruto and Sakura's relationship was never really consistent or the focus of the story.
Anyone complaining about it is either a NSfag or a Hinatafag whose bothered that Hinata didn't get a proper victory.
>t.The latter.

>>282014352
...because it was bad writing.

>>282014877
MY hokage

>>282014967
For me it's Naruto's character, you can't just deny what was a part of him, it's like Sonic and wind autism.

>>282013344
I think this is shizune's first p2 appearance..Anime gave her a lot more scenes at the start of p2

>>282014906
>>282014930
I mean sure, there really isn't much point to complain about but I might as well cause it still fucking annoys me. He could have definitely started teasing naruhina more at any point in the manga. The Pain fight was the absolute perfect moment to start steering them together but nope. Naruto doesn't even remember her after she confessed and nearly died for him and keeps crushing on Sakura. I know it's stupid to get hung up on ships that much but still. I'd have nothing to complain about if Kishi actually wrote it better rather than just putting naruhina together so he could milk more money with boruslop.

>>282013321
>WE CAN BUILD IT IN THE COUNTRY OF SAND

Actually accepting Hinata's win was shallow is good to see from Hinata fans with standards.

romance has never improved a single shonen and nobody can tell me with a straight face why it's good.

>>282013623
baba got hands

>>282014664
Kishimoto 100% had NH in mind by the pain arc and even planned Boruto 1 year before his debut if the interview with Oda was anything to go by.
Sometimes you gotta differenciate real tease and just ship bait.

>>282015179
Nipple

>>282015179
>if Sakura touches my nipple I'm gonna bust
-fuck

>>282013706
>>282012953
>poison so good it's beyond the veteran's knowledge
>just like push it out lmao who cares what the poison is
Who is right here

>>282015070
He thanked her for that in the war is guess.

>>282015179
>curry music filename

>>282015179
Who is suckinf him off?

>>282015253
>holds hands with Hinata and thanks her
>literally the next chapter tells his dad that Sakura is his girlfriend
>Minato directly compares her to Kushina and asks her to take care of Naruto

Kishimoto was such a shameless troll.

>>282015179
I didn't realize how fat Kankuro was

>>282015049
>>282013887
Arigatou, OP!
>>282015026
I think she appeared a few times already but didn't have any dialogue.

>>282015308
Naruto called him fat in his first appearance. He actually lost weight here.

>>282015307
You're supposed to tell it's a troll because of how mean spirited it is.

>>282015308
animators mistook him for choji since they have the same face

>>282015274
curry is rent free in your mind, do you think about curry every time you use the toilet

>>282015308
He's just big-boned.

>>282015308
peak male performance desu, it's a gymbro body that doesn't use drugs

>>282015173
People always discuss NH shit, but I'm more curious about when Kishi had decided to pair Sasuke and Sakura up. Surely either him or his editors had to consider that making them an actual couple was kind of a bad thing.

>>282014583
On the other hand we had chunnin Shikamaru leading a squad with a jonin in it, being invited to war councils and even becoming a fucking deputy commander of one of one of the 5 divisions in a 100k sized army.

>>282015173
If he had that in mind then why did he literally do nothing with it the whole time after the Pain arc? Was it so hard to draw a single page of a meaningful naruhina interaction to make a point? Also stop teasing narusaku? Also that year doesn't really mean much, that was less than 50 Naruto chapters and it was all just war shit so yeah definitely plausible he wasn't considering it until then.

>>282015253
That's so lame I can't even describe it.

>>282013730
>denied the Temari upskirt

>>282015472
Does Shikamaru really not get promoted sometime during the story? The fuck?

>>282015070
This is probably cope and headcanon on my end, but my bet is that originally, Kishimoto had Naruto INTENTIONALLY avoiding Hinata in order to not hurt her feelings with a rejection and after Neji's death he'd "obligated" to spend more time with her and eventually fall in love.
However, thar was all supposed to happen off-screen, but when the last was greenlit he had to change it for his puritan views (or rather just what he preaches).

>>282012738
>so fat the gravitational pull is breaking the cup apart

>>282015469
Apparently, from the very start lmao.
Like, the VAs of Sasuke and Sakura were told about it while Naruto's was kept in the Dark.

>>282015472
Chuunin makes sense for Shikamaru, he's not built for 1v1s like you'd expect to throw jonin into.

>>282015520
Not officially until the 2 year timeskip between the end of the manga and The Last along with Sakura

>>282015510
Temari cute

>>282015474
Have you ever considered that Kishimoto doesn't care about romance? It's not like NaruSaku was any deeper because of those baits.

>>282013887
ENTER Team 10-10!

>>282015616
He outright said he didn't write romance because he isn't good at it in an interview.

>>282015472
I like how with this one page you can see that most of the cast never evolves beyond their initial archetype

>>282014952
My.... Hokage....

>>282015615
Temari hot.

>>282013935
>>282014699
Sunabros... we can't keep stacking these fucking loses! We are due for a win right!? Right!!!?

>>282015472
I-IS THAT... THE DREADED... M*FUNE???? NOOOOOOO K11 BROS WE LOST ONE PANEL FOR US! WHY COULDN'T KIBA LEAD THE FIFTH COMPANY TO HIGHLIGHT HIS GROWTH INSTEAD???????

>>282015697
Temmy cool

>>282015644
You ever feel like Kishimoto got a lot of fan mails asking when he's going to do anything with the konoha jobbers?
Maybe that's why he's so mean spirited to them in the war.

MifuGOD

>>282015534
I just can't see that happening with Naruto's character. He's just not the type to beat around the bush like that. It was just badly written, badly planned and all that. The movie just made it worse.

>>282015616
He still wrote it so it's fair to criticise it. And it literally is deeper, especially when you take into consideration all the build up they had together.

>>282015644
If anything Shino devolved from a creepy but cool weirdo into a joke character.

>>282015781
It makes sense on paper, but on the other hand he really, REALLY wants the audience to like Inoshikacho, except Ino and Choji remain unfunny gag characters from start to finish, so what's he even intending?

>>282013796
>>282013730
>>282013706
Maybe Sasori should've just killed him.

>>282014306
Why does everyone forget that Naruto was much more obnoxious in that same arc, while also being useless in this one?

>>282015800
>And it literally is deeper, especially when you take into consideration all the build up they had together.
No it fucking isn't. Naruto never even gets a reason to love Sakura. He just does because she's cute.

>the mifunetard shows up and starts seething immediately
kek. he's literally the only person that ever defended this literal who character getting screentime.

>>282015800
>He's just not the type to beat around the bush like that.
It works when that was only supposed to be for a month or so after the heat of the moment.
>And it literally is deeper
It's not, it's really not, we don't even know if he has more reasons to like her beyond what was given in chapter 3.

I always just assumed that Naruto stopped being interested in Sakura after she lied to him about loving him and not caring about Sasuke anymore. Him joking to Minato about them being together doesn't really anything to strengthen their relationship.

>>282015781
The war was when he tried to give them want they want, but it was far too late at that point and sales started to tank, so he went back to the major characters.

>>282016011
That's untrue, early war only focused on Sai, Kankuro, Gaara and nobodies until Naruto shows up, the K11 are relegated to cameos until everyone gets to Madara and the juubi.

>>282016009
Most people did the same, but Kishimoto couldn't have ANYTHING from 5KS matter beyond Danzo dying.

>>282016069
Inoshikacho are the ones who helped in taking down the guys that killed Tobirama.

>>282016069
Actually, K11 besides the Inoshikacho, like usual...

>>282015761
>single shoulder strapless and skirt
I NEED CANON TEM PITS

>>282016117
Inoshikacho is cheating, to be honest.
>Hey Kishimoto, when we have an arc where Team 8 and Team Gai actually get to beat somebody?
>More Inoshikacho and Gai (solo) content coming up!

>>282016009
see his blush here >>282013730

Mifune won.

Choji eating his 69th bag of chips? You WILL find it funny.

Lee was present when Kakashi and Sakura fought Haku and Zabuza in the war but i genuinely don't remember a single thing he did in that fight to contribute.

>>282016195
>after she lied to him about loving him and not caring about Sasuke anymore

AAAAAAACKKKKK KANKUROBROS THIS CAN'T BE HE STOLE OUR FIGHT AAAAAIIEEEEEEEEEE

>>282016280
SASORIBROS?!
DEIDARABROS?!
WHY IS KANCHUDRO JOBBING TO HANZO? HE BEAT OUR BOYS!!

>282016280
>282016316
>1 minute apart

MIFUNE WINNEY
KANKURO LOSEY
K11 OFFSCREENEY

See it just would've been much better if Mifune was introduced way earlier, get us more attached to the character so that when he does shit we think it's much cooler

>>282016280
>>282016316
>>282016410
>>282016513
Get off the compute, Tsubaki.

>>282016513
Yep

>>282016410
Sanninbros... It's OVER...

>>282016773
Are the young sannins weaker or stronger than 50+ year old sannins?

Forgive my memory, but how was Hanzo able to be killed again with a seppuku while being an edo? Shouldn't the stab wound just regenerate?

>>282015865
>>282015886
It doesn't even matter what his reasons were. The fact he likes and all the growth they've had together is more than enough to make it deeper.

And again, he's not the type to just leave her hanging after such an event. Like, after all the shit Naruto's been through, he sees a girl nearly die for him after confessing her love and he literally goes on to ignore her afterwards? Seriously dogshit writing.

>>282016822
Weaker, Tsunade didn't have byakugou and Jiraiya didn't have sage, Oro was probably not as unkillable back then either.

>>282016822
Weaker

>>282016838
He took out the poison bag in his body which paralyzed him

>>282016859
>And again, he's not the type to just leave her hanging after such an event
That's exactly what he did.

>>282016874
...edo corpses can still be affected by Poison?

>>282013706
>waterbending the poison out of the body

>>282016900
That's why I said shit writing.

But since we have to look at what we've got, that would be a sign that he quite literally doesn't care about her so it makes even less sense for them to end up together.

>>282014499
Yeah, it's not like Naruto was reaction to her removing most of the poison right there and then, something apparently no one is all of Sand could do.

>>282013887
neji will open the first 3 gates and beat the SHIT out of sasori and deidara, just watch

>>282016859
>>282016955
It's perfectly acceptable for Naruto to act differently when he's the one receiving love when he's usually the one pursuing it.

>>282016280
>can't move
Does Kankuro job to poison again?

>>282017132
Yes, but to be fair Hanzo's literally just fucking barfs out entire clouds of the stuff.

>>282017132
>Suna's greatest champion
>Jobs again

>>282017100
Being nervous about it and unsure of how to respond? Sure.

Ignoring her completely so he "doesn't hurt her" is just stupid.

And maybe if we had some panels of him thinking on it but nope. Nothing. Shit writing.

>>282017269
You forgot that Naruto had a ton of other stuff to worry about besides Hinata, so he being unsure could last for days on end.
It also ties to his insecurities.

>Be Suna Spook
>wake up in my sand house on my sand bed
>brush the sand dust off of me
>open the window to greet the day
>it's a balmy 110 degree sunny day again
>get blasted with a face full of sand
>eat my meager sandy bread and drink a delicious glass of muddy sand water
>Hopefully Lord Kazekage didn't fall asleep and destroy the shopping district again
>Walk to shopping district down sand streets trying not to breath in the burning hot sand
>Thank our Leaf overlords for showing mercy on us after our unprovoked attack 4 years ago as all Sand citizens must do according to the peace treaty
>Another wonderful day in the Village Hidden in the Sand

>>282017455
>mfw I have to pray towards Konoha five times a day because my Kazekage worships some bratty teenage boy who lives there

>>282017455
Man, is there even any water around this place? How the fuck does this even manage to survive for so long?

>>282017455
Please, Suna, I'm begging you, import some fucking paint over for fuck's sake.

>>282017455
Suna just looks like a depressing place to live.

>>282017640
>in Suna we squeeze water from rocks
>Praise Konoha the Merciful

>>282017767
>>282017640
A water chakra user probably lives like a king in Suna.

>>282013933
I forget those days, speculating the matchups. What goes on to happen is still fairly cool, but what a bloated cast. The timeskip should have let each of Konoha 12 shine not backseat them harder

>>282015704
>we can't keep stacking these fucking loses
Just wait
>TWO MORE VOLUMES
For another lose lmao

>>282017455
better to be hot than cold.plus the leaf is only three days on foot.

>>282017781
how? there's no fucking water, he can't do shit

>>282017977
only people with infinite chakra can do that

>>282017781
Using water jutsu where there's no water is a kage-level technique, anon. Where's Suna supposed to find one of those incredibly rare ninja?

>>282013267
You'd think that they'd have transit jutsus to easily travel from place to place.
>>282013887
Thanks, OP.

>>282018150
>You'd think that they'd have transit jutsus to easily travel from place to place.
sounds retarded

>>282013267
chiyo supports tariffs and watches racoon news

>>282018243
>racoon news
Is that like Charlie Kirk and Jack Posobiec?

>>282017455
Post like these is why I still come here.

>>282017455
It’s either this sandy shithole or the Mist village where they used to run a death style elementary school. Other than a young schizo Gaara, I’d prefer to live in Suna than where those creepy fucks in the Mist (other than Mei). Orochimaru assassinating their village chieftain was the best thing to happen to Suna, at least they can serve as a vassal to the Blessed Leaf Village
>>282015179
No wonder he wears that massive garb, fat fuck

>>282013303

Just means you're based, lad. And she is a laughably bad Hokage so her just putting her bare feet up on the desk like that seems on brand.

Somehow explain how come Sand village has even worst quality of living then Rain, Star and Grass villages?

>>282019012
their kage is very young and probably doesn't know much about governing

>>282019028
It is a shit village since way before Gaara

>>282019012
Because people keep on killing their leaders and because their architecture isn’t that impressive. The Rain is still worse

>>282019100
>>282019012
Their last Kage was Rasa.

>Sakura has the equivalent healing power of the greatest healer in the world
>Somehow this means nothing cause people think lowly of healers
Better than being a mid tier taijutsu pleb, even then Sakura can level the earth. Bout time the powerscaling curried in her favor

>>282013887
Neji and Tenten look better, they have a nicer outfit. Honestly if Tenten jobs, she could always become a rich merchant. She can teleport anything in her scrolls, like a reverse Minato.

>>282019012
>First Kazekage assassinated
>Second Kazekae assassinated
>Third Kazekage tricked into a trap, assassinated and turned into a puppet
>Fourth Kazekage tricked into a bad alliance and assassinated by guy he formed an alliance with
>Fifth Kazekage kidnapped in broad daylight and is assassinated in order to still the Shukaku your only bargaining chip in Geopolitics

The loses don't stop coming...

>>282017455
If the Leaf is only 3 days away, why the fuck would anyone choose to live in this shithole? At least the Shukaku jinchuriki gets a buff from the infinite amount of sand, but not other Sand shinobi seems seems to benefit from living in the desert. Like how are Kankuro's puppets or Temari's fan anymore effective in the middle of sand fuck nowhere than they are anywhere else?

>>282019012
>Star
That's a thing?

>>282012738
My dream in life is to pleasure a MILF/GILF that's basically Tsunade.

>>282017620
>>282019443
IT'S AN INSIDE JOB AND THE KAZEKAGE IS IN ON IT. OROCHIMARU WAS LEAF OPERATIVE AND TRICKED SUNAGAKURE INTO A LOADED MISSION THAT WOULD FAIL. NOW THE LEAF CONTROLS THEIR LEADER AND THE VILLAGE. I HATE LEAFNIGGERS

>>282013887
THE STRONGEST

>>282017455
was Naruto going on to form a Konoha hegemonic empire with vassal states part of Jiraiya's dream?

>>282014313
This. I remember really enjoying Sakura in this arc, especially her fight with Sasori, but l don't remember Sakura doing much after the arc.

>>282019633
It's bizarre how there is a sahara desert 74 miles away from a Temperate cool forest

>>282013887
I'll be honest, I completely forgot about them.

>>282020556
Same. Haven't read this arc again in some time.

>>282012738
didn't they just do this last chapter? ffs did kishi not read the previous chapters before writing a new one? also this ho putting her feet up on the desk

>>282013321
I don't remember grandma here being this based.

>>282013344
two of these retarded tropes in one chapter, all we need now is the airplane arms

>>282013432
just how strong does she think kankuro is?

>>282013623
she is quickly becoming my favorite character. I hope she sticks around.

>>282013706
What the fuck does this have to do with antidotes

>>282013730
the sand really does look like a bunch of literal cave dwellers here

>>282013887
> but how will we explain them getting there so fast?
just have lee say it can be done in half a day

>>282013887
Lee are you tying your invisible shoelaces on your sandals or something?

>>282012738
PLAP PLAP WITH TSUNADE

>>282016859
>The fact he likes and all the growth they've had together is more than enough to make it deeper.
It really isn't. Naruto and Hinata have a deeper foundation based on mutual understanding. Sakura doesn't understand shit about Naruto until she's forced to learn it.

>>282012738
Tsunades big fat mommy milkers

>>282013887
If you laugh you go to hell

>>282015469
>>282015474
I'm pretty sure both ships were decided since the start, and that's the main point of those characters, if you thought Kishimoto cared about Sakura OR Hinata you didn't read the manga.

>>282013887
Thank you OP.

>>282013933
Wouldn't Neji hard-counter Deidara, as by touching his chakra construct he can destroy them? He can't fly tho, wich would be a problem.

>>282017150
Like Shizune in the Tsunade arc?

Why are these threads so dead?

>>282017455
>as all Sand citizens must do according to the peace treaty
Pretending Konoha would ask anything for their betrayal
Probably they paid Suna after the Konoha crush.

Ancient "spoilers" for how the series was going to end that was posted on multiple forums a long time ago. I think it was originally translated from chinese from some versions I remember. Only prehistoric Naruto fans remember these.

>>282024449
Naturally even worse than what we got. Funny how close the Itachi stuff was to the canon, we even got "Itachi dindu nuffin" with how Madaratobito did all the heavy lifting for him.

>>282023984
A certain someone is not around anymore, really gives you an idea of how many people are actually left in here when he's not seethebumping

>>282023984
Middle of the night
No one wants to seriously talk about a series that ended 10 years ago at 2 in the morning

>>282023984
No sasukefag

>>282012926
>117037
Close enough.

>>282024565
Minato not actually using the Reaper Death Seal and Hiruzen just assuming he did makes the whole Minato faking his death thing make more sense, but the part where Minato reappears to ask Jiraiya to join Akatsuki and Jiraiya doesn't fucking tell anyone is absurd and you can just imagine how fans would treat this topic this if it were real.

>>282024449
>The three most potential shinobi in the village Orochimaru, Jiraya and Itachi
I know Tsunade would already have her phobia, but still funny.

>>282013706
>>282013935
>>282014699
Considering what a shithole Suna is, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried healing him with essential oils and crystals.

>>282023984
More livelier than a Wano storytime.

>>282024886
Cope

>>282024936
Didn't expect that here. That arc is dogshit.

>>282013267
>you should get the slug girl from Konoha to treat him
>whaaaat, you already called for help from Konoha? HOW COULD YOU RELY ON OTHER VILLAGES LIKE THIS!!!!

>>282017826
>but what a bloated cast
What are you talking about? The number of characters is completely fine. In fact, we could even add a discount Sasuke AND a discount Kakashi to the Konoha cast and make them part of the main crew! *raughs*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxvP9zSOL7s
Honestly this is probably the shittiest intro in all of Naruto. The animation kind of sucks and the guy that's rapping sounds pretty terrible (though at least he doesn't sing as much as he does in the full version of the song).

>>282017826
>>282026398
I'll say that it's actually decent writing by Kishimoto to avoid feeding all his S tier terrorists to the fucking classmates. Shikamaru got one, that's already pretty big.

>>282023984
shippuden is trash
bring back Dosu and Neji

>>282013267
Tsunade my slug queen...

>>282026990
Part 1 will never be good

>>282013432
Temari cleavage

>>282013623
>>282013644
That's cool and all, but shouldn't Kakashi react faster than Naruto?

>>282027227
She didn't even get to him.

>>282013432
>moving around a lot in a desert
What would the girls smell like?

>>282017455
Are those power lines? Or do these poor fucks use tin cans on a string?

>>282014583
Stfu

>>282014583
There is really not much of a difference between a chunin and jounin at this point. They seem to do the exact same thing.

>>282014405
I wouldn't put too much thought into that, I think kishi just wanted to do a cover with all the teachers who take care of academy-kids

>>282023984
You posted this at 1AM on a Thursday. Also it's the start of Shippuden.

>>282020186
>gives Hayato wood release
>turns Suna into Konohas puppet state
>neuters rogues and potential Konoha threats baiting them into Otoga and use them as experiments
>conducts the best ever research of Sharingan uses
>offers Sasuke another way to achieve hia dreams rather than killing Naruto and crippling Konoha from its only jinchuriki
Orochimaru was the best thing happening to Konoha. He should have been Hokage

>>282013347
>>282026124
While her reasoning for the suggestion is sincere, I believe she just wanted to take a jab and condescendingly berates Baki & the state of current Suna
>Wow. What a coincidence now you're allied with the village whose one of their ninja used to counter our (read: mine) superior weapon all the time. Why don't you nicely ask them to lend that talent of them, huh, like a helpless beggar you are!

>>282017455
Also if you get poisoned by a snake or scorpion from the desert you're 100% dead, since all the medics of the village are too retarded to even know how to extract the venom out of you.

>>282013321
UHHH THAT TOMBOY FREAK SLUG LASS

>>282023790
Oh yeah, Neji, and all the Hyuugas really, can obliterate Chakra constructs.
That clever Kishimoto will surely remember that very firmly established fact that helped Neji beat one of the Sound 4 as the series goes on so he can really help out in a fight against people who make chakra constructions

>>282017931
>better to be hot than cold
Nah. If it's too cold you can just put on more clothes and get close to a heating source. If it's too hot then even being naked won't help you cool down.

>>282026919
>feeding all his S tier terrorists to the fucking classmates.
Even Naruto didn't get kill until Pain (Kakuzu doesn't count)

>>282026919
>Sasuke and Obito kill like half the Akatsuki

>>282029142
>Kakuzu doesn't count
Yes he definitely does, lmao.

>>282028866
Chiyo know exactly what kind of jobbers the Suna are.

>>282026919
>>282029142
Like only 3 of the Akatsuki get beaten/killed by characters that aren't from the Konoha 12
>Deidara - Sasuke
>Sasori - Sakura (and Chiyo)
>Hidan - Shikamaru
>Kakuzu - Naruto
>Itachi - Sasuke
>Pain - Naruto
>Konan - Obito
>Kisame - Guy
>Obito - Kaguya

>>282029142
How does Kakuzu not count, the only reason they won that fight was because of Naruto's rasenshuriken.

>>282029142
For all intends and purposes, Kakuzu was crippled from the back and Kakashi Dealing the killing blow not only put him out of his misery but also avoided having Naruto's hands to be stained by shounen standards.

>>282029599
Naruto didn't kill any of the Akatsuki by that logic.

>>282029839
That makes no sense.

>>282029599
>>282029504
>>282029277
Naruto literally showed up at the end of the fight after Kakashi and Shikamaru took out two of Kakuzu's hearts. People complain (rightfully) about the Shikawank during this arc but Naruto's "win" was almost as much bullshit

>>282030854
Naruto was still the one to deal the winning blow.

>>282026474
>Honestly this is probably the shittiest intro in all of Naruto. The animation kind of sucks and the guy that's rapping sounds pretty terrible (though at least he doesn't sing as much as he does in the full version of the song).

It was still huge hype since we had been waiting for like 2 years of pure filler. Then we found out that it was paced at one chapter per episode...

>>282026474
>>282032706
>Suna immediately taking Ls in the first OP
FOR FUCK SAKES SUNABROS!!! WHAT HAPPENED WE LOOKED SO STRONG AT THE END OF PART 1! WE HAD A FERRET!

>>282026474
https://youtu.be/TFuEemFXsYQ?si=S0HKVTEpgOX46vXi

Best ED by the way.

>>282013887
Thank you for posting.

>>282026474
wtf that intro rules, I don't know what you're talking about

Chapter 254: Siblings...!!

Volume 29: Kakashi vs. Itachi!!

>>282037611
Shouldn't he be all bandaged up? Why does he still have open wounds?

>>282037433
Oh shit, some actual GREENERY in this damn sandhole

>>282026474
I like it, the only weird thing is the stylized running part, other than that it's great

>>282037817
>border security

!!!

>>282037924
My VILLAIN Minato

spunky pink gf is goat. this should've been endgame.
sauce a shit and hinata a boring.

>>282037893
so that's why the Akatsuki need so much money, that giant mechanical boulder door propably wasn't cheap. still kinda weird to have a secret hideout like that and then clearly mark it

>>282037989
who is the actual target audience for shipping shit, really
can I farm money off of lonely dudes?

>>282037133
old trip?

Chapter 254: Siblings...!!

END
Tomorrow: Approach...!!

>>282038029
women

>>282038033
Original name with the code I've been using since Spring.

>>282037989
Agree, this is just too cute.

>>282038067
this arrangement seems extremely inconvenient for conducting a meeting. almost as bad as pic related

>>282037739
>For now, the Kazekage can just owe me one!
And there it is. Now, where is the leader of the Akatsuki from again?

>>282017969
>the chuunin exam is probably happening right now

>>282037689
Not severe enough to bandage. Just little scuff marks.

>>282026474
I liked it. The chain smoker does taint it a bit.

>>282033331
For me it's Mayonaka No Orchestra

>>282037739
S-sunabros... that isn't legally binding right? We're not just a vassal state we have influence right...

>>282037682
>Off screen interactions
Really kishi?

>>282037989
Chatte...

I honestly can't imagine the minor villages being worse than this.

They really could've spared some of these flashback panels and used them to show off a bit of Sasori and Kankuro's fight.

>>282037511
Weird how this piece of cloth never mattered. From a storytelling perspective you usually avoid unnecessary things.

>>282038626
So his whiskers as canon in-universe? People can see them? I always assumed them to only being visible for the audience for some reason... Probably because no one ever commented about it in the show...

>>282039141
This arc introduced the akatsuki rings, i don't think Kishimoto really follows the cherkhov's gun principle.

>>282039254
There is dog guy, a girl with blank gray eyes, and Choji in their class. I don't think it was noticeable enough.

>>282039512
>>282039493
>>282038067
Arigatou, OP!

>>282037972
MYSTERY NIGGAS

>>282037817
Writing both Temari and Kankuro out of the arc feels like a mistake, especially when a big part of it is Gaara's changed relationship with people. But I guess if they actually chased after Gaara because they care about him now, then Naruto can't whine for chapters straight that he's still alone.
>>282038199
At least the Akatsuki only gather on the statue to perform the sealing ritual. Meanwhile the Organization has no reason for these tall chairs.

>>282037389
Vanilla Naruto? Was the time skip just a bad dream?

>>282037433
Where the fuck is this? Clearly not in the sand village. We have never seen anything that is alive besides people in sunagakure.

>>282038067
I wonder if you can tell who is who

>>282037581
drinking 'kura fluids..

>>282037924
Anybody else remember when Inane turned the Akatsuki leader's eyes into Sharingan here?

>>282037867
>>282037817
>No Temmy
cant have her showing up Sakura I guess
Her ferret can tear through practically everything sasori has

>>282038067
Thank you OP.

This chapter felt extremely short.

>>282040253
she's also supposed to be the best long range wind style user in the universe which would make her a great counter to deidara

>>282039141
>Weird how this piece of cloth never mattered. From a storytelling perspective you usually avoid unnecessary things.

Its purpose was to make Kankurou look slightly better.

>>282040287
>practically no dialogue on the last 5 pages
>middle of chapter has 5 pages of kankuro thinking about flashbacks
I wouldn't call it a bad chapter but it is a little low energy

>>282038346
>wearing 3 wristwatches

>>282038801
seeing this dude without his makeup is like seeing marilyn manson without his

>>282039254
>Probably because no one ever commented about it in the show...
To be fair, I'm pretty sure not a single soul ever mentions that Orochimaru also looked like a weird snake man his whole life, and that's one of the most visibly obvious things imaginable

>>282017455
>Open the window
Silly anon. There’s no windows in Suna.

>>282019792
I remember it being a filler village in Part 1. There was a whole plotline about an alien meteor or some shit.

>>282026474
this was such a weird period for anime. the transition from 4:3 to 16:9 must've been bumpy, at least for the japanese. this opening wants to be 16:9 so bad. I myself did not own my first flatscreen until 2016. I miss this aspect ratio...only artsy fag movies and pop music videos seem to fuck with it.

>>282040830
oh and those skater fags with camcorders

>>282040253
She'd get countered by the Third Kazekage's metal.

>>282040370
It is a pretty terrible chapter.

>>282040882
Why is Tenten not in the same tier as her teammates

>>282040991
Nta but it feels like every chapter since Gaara's defeat have been pretty boring. At least his fight with Deidara was pretty cool.

>>282037924
Seems the Rinnegan still hasn’t had its existence decided on just yet.

>>282038199
I don’t know shit about Kingdom Hearts but this is the greatest “villainous organization” meeting room I’ve ever seen in my life.

>>282041047
These last 2 chapters have been plagued by flashback cancer and I'm worried that lot of the rest of the manga is gonna be the same. I can't imagine waiting for a chapter like this every week.

So of the Big 3 does Naruto stand “proud” as the record holder of having the biggest shithole of a desert region? I know for a fact Alabasta is able to sustain itself and its people well enough and while Hueco Mundo is basically just ghost Mexico it at least has Las Noches to offer residents basic luxuries. Suna in comparison just seems fucking awful.

>>282037433
>99% of Suna water reservoirs are reserved for some essentials oils witchcraft that dont actually work

>>282037766
Was that chest scene adapted in the anime?

>>282037433
>Wow a greenhouse how quaint.
For fuck sakes Sakura the Sand Spooks are Right there!

>>282041263
Hueco Mundo, despite being a barren empty shithole, somehow still manages to be cool.
Aside from Crocodile stoking a civil war, Alabasta seems like an honestly pretty alright place to live, arguably even a high tier standard of living by the standards of most places in OP.

everyone from suna is surprisingly pale for desert foreigners

>>282038346
>>282040450
>Shikamaru
JESUS CHRIST KISHIMOTO!
HE'S NOT EVEN PRESENT IN THE ARC!!!

>>282039141
In the anime Kakashi used it to track Sasori with his ninja dogs.
The pacing of this part of the story was much better in the anime in general

>>282038346
>>282040450
I'm starting to think that Kishimoto deserves all those speedreaders claiming Shikamaru is/was Naruto's best friend.

>>282041660
I’ve been coming to realize just how much Naruto was carried by the anime. People can bitch about filler all they want but without it we’d have little to no screentime for any characters not on Team 7 and fights that are short and unsatisfying.

>>282038067
FFX Anima rip off

>>282037469
Kishimoto can simply just use Kiba instead of turning Kakashi into Kiba.

>>282041947
Kakashi had his Dogs before Kiba was even introduced.

>>282041632
>>282041693
Shikamaru and Gaara were in Movie 2, for which this was an advertisement.

>>282013935
National Sand Healthcare Service

>>282038965
You're gonna see more of this when Kishi tries to hammer in character relationships.

>>282026474
>the shittiest intro in all of Naruto
>The animation kind of sucks
>the guy that's rapping sounds pretty terrible
how can one man be so utterly wrong?

>>282041059
I'm pretty sure it remains unfinalized until the leader fully reveals himself.

>>282040991
It's an establishing chapter to setup the current team/objective and whatnot, it's just kind of forgettable more than outright bad. 20 years ago people would be hypebeast aura farm when those last few pages were revealed and pondering "woahhhh what is the akatsuki up to broooo" but that kind of thing doesn't matter anymore much if you've viewed the series before and know what happens

>>282037924
Look how long his spiky hair is here. I can see why people thought he was the 4th Hokage because he was the only one who had spiky hair like that.

>>282042001
Naruto didn't have wristwatches in that movie.

>>282037951
Soft Kaguya ENTER.

>>282013267
>make suna great again out of nowhere
Chiyo is so based for that. Even if the Sand was never great to begin with.

>>282037989
I only like sakura if sakura likes me back

>>282037989
Not a NaruSaku shipper, but they have complimenting colors together, I'll tell you that.

>>282037133
This volume opener page for some strange reason has stayed with me since it's initial release. Every time I wake up when I do support myself up with my hand (not every time obviously) I think of this little panel, god know how many years it's been.

What's wrong with me

>>282037469
Kakashi looks so disappointed when he learns what happened
>You just ran after him with no backup and lost like a bitch? Really nigga?

>>282037538
>Hey...
?????

>>282037469
>>282042626
>Kakashi: I could kill every Sunaiiiger in this room and no one could stop me.

>>282037972
>>282038067
>>282037893
>>282037924
So, uh, deidara is still bleeding out the arm right?

>>282029277
Chiyo did A LOT of the Sasori fight and is related to Sasori.
Sasuke was an S tier terrorist. He doesn't count here, notice I said "Konoha 11" by the way.

That leaves you....... Hidan who was killed by Shikamaru. Kisame was killed by Guy, who's a highly skilled jonin and a very good matchup. Not forced.

So that's 1 Akatsuki fed.

>>282042863
Nah, it's good.

>>282037389
Boring ass covers

>>282037433
>three antidotes
WHY THREE
WHY WOULD YOU USE THREE DIFFERENT ANTIDOTES
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN

>>282043162
They lose a lot of soul during this timeskip. There are still some good ones, though.

>>282037511
WHY IS HE GUSHING OVER NARUTO?

Temari, I get that because of the speech but Kankuro should be more concerned about everything else...

>>282043193
No they were already incredibly bad before timeskip, the entire SRA arc had 0/10 covers. Maybe we'll see some exceptions soon

>>282043188
I don't remember the arc, but couldn't it mean three doses?

>>282042161
necc

>>282043361
>buu arc necks be like

>>282042161
Giraffesuke

>>282043265
It does, the translation is just shit like usual.

>>282041753
Unlike a manga like Dragon Ball, Naruto REALLY needed the anime to fill in a lot of the blanks pacing and content wise

>>282037817
>Temari doesn't get to do anything innthe entire arc
Literal actual unironic bullshit

>>282043104
Kisame killed himself, make no mistake.

>>282042161
>>282043361
Always found the hair funnier than the neck. Only the bangs get massively oversized (in 1 month's time), the rest of it stays intact.

>>282043624
I'm always surprised at how smooth of a read DB is, the plot basically never stops moving forward ever even on Namek

Next volume = Filler

Mifune win

>>282043104
You conveniently left out Naruto who takes out 2 of the Akatsuki (3 if you count Zetsu).

You are my friend!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>282045447
>takes out
>Kakashi kills Kakuzu
>Nagato an Heroes after Naruto talks to him

>>282045447
Naruto is the MC and also ridiculously strong

>>282045344
cute