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Kazekage Rescue Mission
Chapter 261: Jinchûriki Host...!!

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>>282213898
>Naruto, since we've been apart you took on guys like this?
oh yeah, this is the first time Sakura saw Naruto fight since his battle against Neji, isn't it. She was unconscious for his fight against Gaara, wasn't there for the encounter with Orochimaru and Kabuto, and she didn't join him on the mission against the Sound Four.

>>282213887 (OP)
She's a jinchuuriki too?!

>>282213898
I really don't like Sakura's new bangs. It's way too raggedy and doesn't complement her face at all.

>>282213898
>presumably they're trying to create a new jinchuuriki with the one-tailed shukaku
what an interesting concept, can't wait to see the story go in that direction!

>>282214167
Is there any reason Kishi didn't let her grow her hair back? Not even the "it gets in he way when fighting" excuse makes senses since there are so many other top tiers with long hair.
Did Kin making fun of her really get to her that much?

>>282213939
the suspense is killing me. what are they called.

>>282213887 (OP)
that whole fight with itachi and kisame was manga filler.

>>282214558
>only 3

>>282213939
Touching his been belly

>>282214646
>flashback that reuses a panel from the same chapter for a moment that happened literally seconds ago
for fucks sake

>>282214742
>Naruto pointing out what makes Sakura's character so insufferable

>>282214646
>>282214742
Surely, Kishimoto knows that this statement makes any attempt of making Naruto distance himself from Kurama pointless, right?

>>282214646
>removing a bijuu requires a sealing jutsu with power that is momentarily equal to that of the bijuu and quite a bit of time
you'd assume the same would apply to sealing one into a human

>>282214765
>I don't care about Gaara, he's not my friend! Last time I saw him he tried to kill us!

>>282214742
Why is the Sand so bad at defending their jinchuriilki?

>>282214765
Hinatabros, our response?

>>282213898
No he didn't

>>282214558
>>282214606
Why does Sakura get to slow down the fucking mission?

>>282214859
>Why is the Sand so bad
Could be said about most things

>>282214742
>both of the previous ones died to the village getting shukaku out of them
why would they do that though, just to seal it into someone else anyway

>>282214998
Oh right. He ate humans for some reason

>>282214998
>mmm, snack

>>282214998
>But no longer...
>Goodbye.
>Forever...
Wtf is that dialogue

>>282214859
I think the idea is that the Sand themselves extracted the jinchuriki in order to keep shukaku in storage. If the current jinchuriki is an 80 year old man it makes sense to transfer Shukaku into a baby sooner or later. Don't want the current jinchuriki to die of old age and let shukaku disappear

>>282215023
WOW HE'S LITERALLY NARUTO TOO

>>282215023
Aren't you guys worried that Gaara's gonna get killed? Do you really have the time to sleep through the night?

>>282215023
>>282215046
fucking viz-censorship

>>282215106
You haven't noticed yet that none of the sound effects in the colored version are translated?

>>282214948
aw, why did we cut away after this? I wanted to see Kisame talk about Gai and vent about what an asshole he is for not remembering his face

>>282215121
tiring of the constant near-copypaste sad_grandma.jpg panels.

>>282215172
>>282215212
did kubo tell Kishi to do this

Chapter 261: Jinchûriki Host...!!

END
Tomorrow closing Volume 29: Naruto Charges On...!!

I can't believe gaara just fucking died

>>282215355
Well RIP Gaara. Too bad there's no dragonballs to bring him back

RIP the best part 1 character

>>282214859
The same reason they haven’t built windows for their houses.

>>282213939
naruto's pregnant

>>282215550
It was me, but it's his fault for using sexy no jutsu as naruko..

>>282214765
>still faking a smile
naruto just take the pity bj

Healthy Kimimaro would've been Akatsuki tier. He was probably stronger than both Sasori and Deidara.

>>282214270
She goes back and forth with her hair.
>She had short hair in elementary school
>Long in the beginning of part 1
>Short for the later half
>Long during Tsunade's training
>Short in shippuden
>Long during the epilogue
>Short in Boruto...

Drink fresh milk pay rent on time Naruto solos Kimimaro.

>>282213887 (OP)
>smug granny

>>282215601
>t.Jiraiya/Kakashi/Asuma/Guy

>>282215355
**Tenten**

>>282213920
>>282213939
>>282214558
It's really weird that experienced ninjas like Sakura don't know about Jinchuuriki or even Bijuu's. The 9-tails and Naruto being taboo I can understand, but they still fight off other nations with their nuclear weapons and such. Informing them about their enemies most destructive weapons seems like a no-brainer.

>>282214765
cuute
this arc is peak Sakura

>>282213898
>it's just a decoy...
>oh by the way, let me just drop some new info on you mid-mission tee hee
>I actually knew what they were after and what they are trying to do the whole time
>I just forgot to tell me village
>It's their generations problem anyway...

>>282215661
Sasori has the power of a kage in just one of his many puppets and Deidara can casually nuke an entire hidden village. Kimimaro is Hidan tier on a good day.

>>282216182
Naruto's world is just made up on the spot depending on how Kishimoto was feeling that day

>>282213920
>>282213939
>>282214558
>>282214606
Sakura, she can explain all this shit to you on the way to Gaara, you don't need to do this now

>>282214646
>flash backs
>From 4-5 fucking pages ago
How does he get away with it? Does his editors just nod away at his padding? Did the audience never give Kishi enough shit to quit this habit?

>>282216317
To be fair, Sakura and Chiyo look like they needed a rest after all the fighting they did with Itachi-lite

>>282216427
people STILL pretend everything was planned from the very beginning, the fans don't care

>>282214998
Mmm, tastes like chicken

>>282215304
>>282215355
>Kishi already killed off Gaara
Damn, this is getting hardcore! Masterfully bold story decisions here!

>>282215355
I can't believe Gaara is fucking dead

>>282214765
Naruto's fox eyes went from showing mischievousness to hiding pain thanks to sakura

>>282216182
And people will all know about it a few arcs later

>>282214765
Naruto, don't shoot yourself in the foot. Like you'll do again later with her.

I bet Lee's gonna die next

>>282216234
Sick Kimimaro already assisted in killing off one of the kazekages.

>>282216182
Kishi will give characters no knowledge about basic lore just for the sake of explaining it to the audience. Fucking Sasuke didn't even know who Madara was.

>>282217287
Why would the Uchiha talk about Madara in front of Sasuke? The guy was a village traitor who Hashirama had to put down like a rabid dog.

>>282217313
Because even Obito knew who he was.

>>282217357
No, you mean Kishimoto did at that point

>>282214998
So what the fuck is this in the context of later series Zetsu?

>>282213898
Sakura saw the Naruko doujins

>>282217287
Or because he wants to very clumsily hide said info for a future dramatic twist. Like naruto not knowing who the 4th hokage was despite his face having been carved onto the fucking mountain that everyone in konoha sees every single day.

Fellow narutards, a redditor just posted their baby who they named "Jiraiya Tobias"

We have our own Dovahkiin baby lads

>>282218057
My cousin named his daughter Sakura... I need to balance the scales.

>>282215304
>>282215212
>>282215172
>>282214742
>>282214646
Justice for my nigga Shigure.

>>282214998
Oh yeah, Zetsu used to eat people.

<< READ THIS WAY <<

>>282218057
>>282218211
That's cringe

>>282218012
Kishimoto just wanted his own Bardock, Future Trunks, and Broly Special but made the Leaf the good guy. Toriyama doesn't make his characters dark, but it didn't stop Piccolo, Freiza, Raditz and Cell from being evil.

>>282217357
The Japanese hate Hitchcock because it's Western. They want a straight forward villain. Kishimoto is part of the old artists who wanted thriller villains and Hollywood movies

>>282218012
The last jinchuuruki was the wife of the 4th Hokage and the next one looks exactly like him. Somehow, no one in the village managed to connect the dots together and not treat the son of their former leader like dogshit.
Not only is every Hokage on a mountain in the middle of the village, but they have fucking photos of him and all the others in the fucking building.

>>282218597
No one knew about Kushina, Minato's relationship with her was largely a secret, and there are other blond people in the land of fire, like those doubles sasuke runs into

>>282214765
Come to think of it, Sakura and the other kids never really knew about the fox being with Naruto. They were just told to stay away from him.

>>282214646
>sealing jutsu requires power on par with the bijuu itself
>kurama is the greatest of all bijuu by leaps and bounds
>gets extracted almost instantly later on
Power scaling gets fucking wild. How long does Shippuuden last in-universe?

ArigatouOP poster...

dailyramen

>>282219552
IIRC, the entirety of Shippuden takes place over the course of like three-four months at most. The war itself lasted only two days in total, as illogical as that is. Also this motherfucker met Sakura, got healed by her, became infatuated so much that in the span of likely the day they met he decided to write her a love letter.

>>282214646
>quite a bit of time
*raughs in Madara*

>>282219761
Naruto is 15 at the start of part 2 and 17 by the end of it. He wad confirmed to be 16 during the fight against Pain.

But the part 2 timeline is just utter nonsense. Even if we assume Naruto was almost 16 by the time he went back to the leaf, it's really hard to understand how they did so little in, say, one year and three months until his fight with Sasuke.

>>282214049
Technically she saw him fight Sasuke on the hospital roof.

>>282214905
Naruto doesn't have to hide his pain to make Hinata feel better.

>>282220399
nice

>>282220275
I'm getting angry trying to make sense of how an entire year just seems to be missing from my mental mapping of the Shippuden timeline. Like, the entirety of everything from the Pain fight to the end of the series can't have fucking POSSIBLY taken longer than a few weeks at most, right? Shit fucking moves FAST during that span of arcs and I can't figure out when this supposed two year gap has taken place.

>>282213898
>You took on guys like this?
No? Was this a dropped plot point or something?
>>282214270
Short-hair girls are hot.
>>282214998
Nom nom.
>>282215304
RIP my nigga fr.
>>282215355
Thanks, OP.

>>282220835
The War Arc takes place on Naruto's 17th birthday, which might be throwing things off for you.

Is there any meme picture of the blacked couch with Hinata and a bunch of shadow clones?

>>282215355
Maybe you shouldn't have taken that campfire break earlier.

How embarrassing is it for Suna that their entire army besides the retired granny gets to stay inside the village while a bunch of Konoha soldiers go save their leader for them?

>>282218562
>>282218282
>>282215355
Arigatou, OP!

>>282218989
Kishimoto...

>>282219599
Sorry, i was playing vidya.

Yawn, filler chapter.

The pacing is really starting to drag. Imagine being hyped up for part 2: the time skip just for this...
But if it's as good as I remember, Sakura's fight was a cool high point.

>>282221231
The sand siblings are the representative for the village. Kankuro has a higher body count in part I as the anti-hero. The Uchihas take up most of part II which leaves Naruto as an NPC

>>282221231
Their army has been castrated since they became a vessel state to the Leaf. Rescuing the Kazekage is just another elaborate scheme to suck the Suna dry and keep the Kazekage as their puppet leader.

>>282218590
Luckily most people ITT will never have kids and ruin their lives with cringe names

>>282218057
Imagine the beatings that kid gets at school
>Hey Jiraiya
>Do you know pain?

Is Naruto Shippuden the Ben 10 alien force equivalent for anime?
>Inferior to the original
>Art degradation
>More "mature" narrative
>Tons of Retcons
>Protagonist has to share the spotlight
>Useless woman in the team
>Old villains becoming good guys
>The protagonist jobbing against his evil teamate and forgiving all his betrayals

>>282217313
>Why would the Uchiha talk about Madara in front of Sasuke?
Because the village isn't that old and it's hilarious characters act like Hashirama and Madara were some ancestors who lived hundreds of years ago, when in reality, they died less than 50 years from the start of the story(not counting Madara secretly living underground)

>>282218012
>Like naruto not knowing who the 4th hokage was
He did know who he was, he just didn't know he was his dad

>>282218989
Retard-kun....

>>282219731
Fuck off onepiss faggot

We love Carrot here.

>>282222796
I should eat some carrots...

>>282222796
One piss is trash

>>282222058
yes

>>282220940
I'm certain I've seen one but years ago

>>282213887 (OP)
You know what I hate about this arc? Trying to make these irrelevant characters take up chapters and panel space. With the exception of Gaara and the Sand people, none of the Konoha ninja should be relevant to this arc. None of them add anything to the plot; it seems more like an editorial mandate. Even Kishimoto didn't feel like making them relevant, so he had them fight literal puppets. This is even worse in Chiyo vs. Sasori, where you have this dramatic fight and the pink-haired girl screaming nonsense.

>>282215023
>JUST LIKE HIM FRFR

>>282222982
>This is even worse in Chiyo vs. Sasori, where you have this dramatic fight and the pink-haired girl screaming nonsense.
Shitnatafag...

>>282215023
Is it forced? Yes. But it works.

>>282223041
I just hate Sakura. She's a pointless character, and Kishimoto doesn't know what to do with her in the story. Female characters like Chiyo, Karin, and Tsunade already fill the female role perfectly.

>>282223063
how I feel about every homewrecker in haremslop

>>282222982
>none of the Konoha ninja should be relevant to this arc
Interesting idea but it's still supposed to be our post-timeskip introduction to Naruto. I wonder how it'd work if Naruto had some kind of last stop at Suna before returning to Konoha and ended up tagging along with sand ninja for the rescue mission. Just him and Suna.

>>282214646
>flashback for things from the same chapter
It's not even funny at this point.

>>282223063
>hating on the only arc where Sakura is actually useful and well written
Shitnatafags are hilarious

>>282223195
Nta but how do you make Naruto relevant to the rescue and also make sense? Our lets send our jinchuriki to save another villages jinchuriki, who is also their leader, from the guys abducting jinchurikis.

>>282223362
Remember that the only reason Tsunade sends Team Kakashi at all is because they were supposed to get a completely different mission entirely before the Kazekage rescue mission came and took precedent.

>>282223063
What fucking role does Karin have? Specially BEFORE her introduction?

>>282223595
You're talking to a Shitnatafag anon, they have no agency besides hating Sakura

>>282223595
Karin is one of the best female characters in the series, being essential to Sasuke's character arc. Sakura, on the other hand, isn't even good for that.

>>282223492
I don't believe they could not have sent any other team as to lead,.or at the very least withdraw Naruto for being a major risk. Especially considering he doesn't even have full control over his own fox chakra.

>>282223362
Naruto seethes because he empathises with Gaara and insists he must go. Either Temari or Kankuro intervene and say something about Naruto changing Gaara, maybe then we get the Gaara flashback where he's rambling on a hill about Naruto. Maybe Naruto himself could be the one to do the infodump about Akatsuki's plans later on, as Suna apparently had no idea of what the fuck was going on.

>>282223195
I feel like it should be Danzo forcing them to participate in this mission. But for some reason, Kishimoto didn't plan Danzo's role in the narrative very well. Wait a minute, I just realized that the Danzo retcon wasn't planned. Is that right?

>>282223866
>it should be Danzo
That would require a massive rewrite of his character. I don't know if you have something like this in mind, but remember the real Danzo was staunchly opposed to even letting Naruto walk away from the village's gates. He killed an innocent toad so that Naruto wouldn't be called to fight Pain.
>the Danzo retcon wasn't planned
Which one of them?

>>282223753
Peak retard

>>282224075
Karin's obsession with Sasuke and the fact that Kishimoto made her seemingly have these abilities that Sasuke has to suck her blood makes Karin, or at least what she fills in for Sasuke's arc, better than Sakura. And on top of that, he made her an Uzumaki. Does anyone remember when Naruto also gave his blood to help Sasuke? What's most fucked up about Sasuke's team is that they all function as parallels to Naruto more than Sakura. Kishimoto doesn't care, so why should I?

>>282222982
It's the other way around. The only actually relevant character outside of the main cast is Chiyo, and she probably shouldn't be at the expense of established characters.
At their expense being the key word here though, because she carries her weight well.
But I think the real issue here is that because Akatsuki is just a handful of guys, no one else actually has anything to do.
But Kishi also can't roll out the entire gang to appear immediately, so it led to this retarded 30% Itachi and Kisame shit.

>>282224175
Peak retard

karin a cute

>>282222858
Currently. But not my wife.

Seriously now, what is Deidara's response to THAT jutsu?

>>282225865
>Shikamaru said Naruto was the last genin left in their class year and everyone else are chunin now
He made it, bros.

>>282225390
THAT jutsu is the one-tail kyubi chakra cloak.
Deidara has zero problems with that.

>>282222058
>art degradation
Where? Part 1 looked like shit after Konoha crush.

>>282215101
Those are the puppets in the bed, aren't they.

>>282219761
>IIRC, the entirety of Shippuden takes place over the course of like three-four months at most
No there's an offscreen six months or so between this arc and the end of the Hidan and Kakuzu arc for example. Plus some unspecified time-skipping to have the war end on Naruto's 17th birthday.

>>282226081
he's not in their class year

>Enter the village
>See this
How do you respond?

>>282227068
Kidnap her for the hidden cloud to breed our own byakugan users.

>>282213887 (OP)
Smug.

>>282215304
>>282215212
Oh man. When your soul leaves your body, who are you? What is your identity?
I like it.

>>282227216
kek

>>282215355
Thanks.

>>282223614
Being a Hinata hater is the easiest thing in the world since there are so many of you. Unless you're mentally ill. Then you see Hinatafags every time someone dumps on Sakura.

>>282227799
I'm not even a Hinata fan. It's just that after a while you look at Sakura and wonder what her point is in the story. And Kishimoto having to bend the rules of the story to keep her relevant is fucking cringe. Like, Tsunade obviously only mastered sage mode because she was gifted with Senju blood. But he retconned that, and even then, I feel like it was Kishimoto trying to give bullshit powers to male characters; Kakashi

>>282223328
>seething at Hinata out of nowhere
You're a mindbroken retard, anon.

Holy shit I forgot how boring this arc was until the Sasori fight

>>282227143
disgusting mountain monkey

>>282223753
>t.Suigetsu

>couldn't save Sasuke
>couldn't save Gaara
shit's not looking good for us Narubros...

What if Obito arrived now to aid Sasori and Deidara?

>>282230348
I guess Naruto ends and Akatsuki win.
Luckily they are all busy with S rank missions.

>>282213887 (OP)
I'm actually loving Chiyo this time around, I didn't remember her being fun.

>>282230427
>>282230436
>Top tier ability
>Useless
Sigh…

>>282230506
>top tier ability

>>282230565
Yup

>>282230724
Rapemeat

>>282230753
bitch is a stick

>>282230839
>>282230853
>>282230875
I bet Uzumaki tastes delicious

>THAT jutsu
learn to write kishi

>>282231010
Was it the big rasengun or kurama mode? Or did Kishi just bot give a fuck

>>282214270
Presumably he wanted her with short hair to make her easier to draw when she's supposed to be moving.

>>282231204
>Every woman with long hair doesn't get much action because Kishi doesn't wanna bother drawing that moving
>The only fullfleged fight with see with one of those moving all around is at the end of the manga with Kaguya.
Heh

>>282214270
>>282231204
>>282231531
Why not have her tie her hair?

Why are these threads so shitty?

>>282231204
>>282231531
That doesn't make a lot of sense when you consider all the characters with long hair like Orochimaru, Madara, Hashirama etc

You know, I've realized the leader doesn't even look like he's even wearing a headband before the reveal.

>>282231642
The current arc is shitty. Early shippuden is shitty. It will get better in the pain arc. Then it’s back to shit for the majority of the war arc.

>>282231670
It's a different sort of burden when the character's a part of the main cast and you're expecting to draw them often, especially when it's a character that you want to maintain as "pretty." Oro can go off model whenever and it's just expected. Madara's hair is just spikes so it's super simplified. Neji's is the only one where he really shows fluid movement with it, and even then with how it's tied back it's never just going to be all over the place, it's practically a tail. And he really doesn't end up having to draw Neji a ton.
Sakura's hair was going to either bog him down or look shitty, and I imagine Kishimoto's assistants already hated having to deal with Naruto's clones constantly.

>>282231204
>when she's supposed to be moving
He never draws her fighting though

>>282232341
Yeah, but in part 1 even he must have occasionally thought that he probably should

>>282232236
Nigger, Hashirama's hair is as long as part 1 Sakura and he's a far more prominent character than she was during the war arc.

>>282231695
SRA was also shitty
Naruto is kinda shitty overall

>>282231695
All of shippuden is shitty. The pain arc is fucking retarded.

>>282233191
The pain arc is fine until the ending, which ruins it all, but Naruto is a shounen for teenage boys afterall

>>282233267
It's not fine until the ending though. It's retarded from start to finish.

>>282227068
Guess I'm staying

>>282233313
Nah

>>282227068
Wonder why somebody let this retarded child roam free

>>282232545
SRA was rather goofily entertaining in its shittiness.

>>282233267
Pain arc is only good when Naruto is fighting pain.

am on episode 443
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Naruto:_Shippuden_episodes

idk I never skip episodes or fillers, but this might be the first one. I see no point in watching a filler about a reteling of early Naruto but with Minato being alive, Team 7 first missions etc. there is no point
the thing with fillers is that they offer fun WITHIN the main storyline/timeline. this infinite Tsukuyomi thing is all alternate universes - they are dreams. they are not real at all
Tenten's was weird but a little watchable
Killer Bee's was fun and short
Karin's was boring
but one thing I noticed was: they are all out-of-character. they act dumb, they do things that they won't do in main canon, and the stories are plain. "shit just happens", that's how the stories are, not much
so now you tell me I have to sit through almost 20 episodes of this!?!? god fuck no. is this filler about kid Naruto? does anything else happen? because this one is boring. as I said, no point, they're all dumb, out-of-character, allternate universes and plain plots

>>282233191
Pain is better than anything else in Naruto, actually.

>>282233779
Go back to hearing Konan's moans from the cuckshed, Nagato.

>>282233837
He looks so happy...

>>282233837
My VILLAIN would never do such thing.

>>282214765
Sakura might be an insufferable cunt, but damn she was at her hottest during this arc. The only version of Sakura I would plap, unironically.

>>282214998
One of the most obscure quirks out of all of Akatsuki members: Zetsu used to eat corpses.

>>282233655
fuck I skipped, episode 449. the characters are teenagers, and Hidan/Kakuzu are there. fuck I don't know what happened in these 15 episodes to go from kid naruto to teen naruto, and Hidan is my favourite Akatsuki
but either way I'll skip. will watch later when I finish the series I suppose

>>282215121
hint of butt

>>282227216
Fuck you. Can't unsee.

>>282233837
>yabba dabba do!
What did Kishi mean by this?

>>282233837
Do you think Konan ever asked Nagato to control the Deva path to fuck her and pretend Yahiko is still alive?

>>282234070
Not even promotional art from Gaiden where she had genuine tits and lipstick?

>>282234411
I feel like Nagato would be the one making the request.

>>282217357
Not defending it but obito was born like 30 years before sasuke. That would be like something bad happening in the 50s being known to someone born in the 70s but unknown to a kid born in the 2000s

>>282234455
Obito was 14 when Naruto was born.
He isn't even 30 as of now.

>>282222041
More like the tale of jiraiya the gaylord

>>282219731
Fuck on onepiss coolguy

>>282226081
He might just be dead
>>282233837
>She's not pregnant. I checked
>>282234628
Right i forget kakashi is way younger than you'd think.

Sakura is pregnant with my child.

>>282235196
We know Kakashi.

Part 1 cunny Sakura was best

>>282235485
With the long hair, yup.

LIVE

>>282233267
The ending is great, it’s very emotional and satisfying. It’s just overhated because people want to be contrarian and nitpick things

>>282238248
No, it's just that you're a moron incapable of critical thinking. That doesn't change the fact that that ending was garbage.

I used to feel like the deus ex machina at the end of Pain's Assault was veeery bad, but rereading everything more recently I actually enjoyed it. The Itachi and Pain storylines are part 2 at its best because it finally feels like we're going somewhere and we get a conclusion to Sasuke and Naruto's stories as they have been so far (Sasuke's desire for vengeance and Naruto's desire to be a hero). Naruto reasoning with his master's former pupil, winning him over and Nagato using his godlike powers to undo some of the damage isn't that bad. It's in line with the character and the themes.

I think the real problem is the follow-up. While Sasuke's conversation with Obito is a character defining moment that changes Sasuke's motivations, attitudes and values for the rest of the series, Naruto's talk with Nagato just doesn't hold that weight. He stays the exact same character, his values never get seriously challenged and his promise to fulfill Jiraiya's prophecy feels cheap when we learn that he doesn't really have to choose between peace and destruction and peace actually just means defeating two schizophrenic Uchihas with undeniably and unquestionably evil doomsday plans.

>>282239034
>peace actually just means defeating two schizophrenic Uchihas with undeniably and unquestionably evil doomsday plans.
At least until the period before chapter 700 where Shikamaru threatens the other nations with Naruto and Sasuke as nukes, proving Pain right.

>>282239101
We're all living in Konoha
Konoha ist wunderbar

>>282239034
Nah I always thought it was pretentious and retarded.
>you're saying that my master that I just killed wrote a book where I was the main character? I guess I was wrong about everything, I'll just kill myself and revive everyone I genocided.

Chapter 262: Naruto Charges On...!!

>>282239424
>>282239449
uhm, Gai-bros? what's going on here?

>>282214765
It's actually a nice moment. Sakura is such a good friend

>>282239492
I don't think you've had any meaningful interactions with Shino or Tenten so far, Naruto.

>>282239466
what are naruto and sakura doing here

>>282239492
>>282239514
>>282239537
Yeah, we get it. Fucking move the story along.

>>282239514
>Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are their younger academy-selves
>Ino, Hinata and the others are their older chunin-exam-selves
>somehow Sakura is taller than Hinata

>>282239492
Hiruzen's absence in the first panel is very telling.

>>282239594
Should you be disclosing this information, Kakashi?

>>282239689
>Naruto understands Gaara better than anyone of sunagakure ever could. When it comes to how Jinchuriki have been treated all the villages are pretty much the same
boy, and now that we know there are 7 other jinchuriki I sure can't wait for them to enter the story and interact with our main character!

>>282239711
This is pretty retarded considering the last time Naruto saw him, Gaara was trying to murder Sasuke and Sakura, and Naruto has no way of knowing that he has changed over the timeskip, especially when you consider how poorly information travels around in this universe.

>>282239492
>>282239514
Does Naruto just perceive anyone he's made eye contact with as a friend or is the post-SRA filler hell supposed to be canon? Because when the fuck did Naruto ever bond with Ibuki, Anko, or Kurenai?

>>282239778
>>282239804
Kind of amusing Chiyo can do some self-reflection but the other elders that accompanied Danzo keep being pieces of shit.

>>282239753
Literally all Kishi had to do was have it so Naruto and Jiriya stopped by Suna during the timeskip but before Gaara became Kazekage and say that Naruto and Gaara formally became friends

Chapter 262: Naruto Charges On...!!

END
Volume 29 finished
Tomorrow opening Volume 30: Rage...!!

>>282239870
does Lee still have his crush on sakura?

>>282239594
Bro's just leaking top secret intel like it's nothing.
>>282239924
Thanks, OP.

>>282239924
>the jobber finger pose

>>282239799
>ibiki
Told him stories of his ninja adventures off-screen.
>anko
Molested him off-screen.
>kurenai
Arranged him a date with Hinata off-screen.

>>282239924
Kinda awkward for Naruto to be joining the other group in fox mode.

>>282239841
>We have to break this barrier.
It's a good thing Konoha really focused on barrier-breaking after how much of a problem barriers were when the Third got killed. This should be no problem.

>>282239865
I always assumed this is what happened because narratively nothing else makes sense.

>>282239924
>Neji instantly getting trauma-flashbacks from seeing Naruto in fox-mode

>>282239975
they're lucky this was the safe kind of barrier. If Orochimaru was still part of Akatsuki Gai's hand would have gone up in flames here

>>282239996
>is... that your default state now...?

>>282239753
>>282239865
>>282239991
Remember the Sand Trio stuck around for like a month after the SRA for some reason. Naruto and him likely interacted around then, but for some fucking reason Kishi never showed that.

>>282239865
Or they could've at least used a couple of panels of Naruto and Gaara interacting at the end of part 1 to show that they started forming a bond between themselves. It feels like such an obvious and missed opportunity.
I liked the relationship between them during the Chunin Exams a lot more, where Naruto was still able to relate to and understand Gaara, but he also saw him as a weirdo and a freak. This whole "RAAAAWR HE'S A JINCHURIKI TOO, HE'S LIKE ME, I'M SO MAD GRRRRRR" stuff feels really dumb and forced.

>>282239375
>Chapter 262: Naruto Charges On...
That's every single chapter.

>>282239713
>>282239947
Kakashi doesn't think she'll survive the first half minute of combat in that shape.
>>282239689
>when it comes to how jinchuriki have been treated, all villages are pretty much the same
Gaara's father forced Yashamaru to bomb himself trying to kill Gaara but not before telling Gaara he hated him for killing his sister. Naruto got called stinky once and people scolded him for being a delinquent.

>>282238500
Why is it garbage?
>inb4 talk no jutsu
Already happened before and makes sense with the theme of the arc
>inb4 reviving dead people
Also happened before multiple times

>>282239689
>they're all treated like pariah because of the monsters inside them
>except one guy that gets on with his beast but doesn't stop freestyling and dancing

>>282240295
>Also happened before multiple times
It only happened once. And even then that was only one person being revived, and it's not like that undid the entire arc.

>>282239804
Kishi truly does stand out being a mangaka that has an excuse to have the female characters stick their asses out to the camera and he gives them absolutely zero butt to speak of

>>282239492
No Naruto, you did NOT befriend team 7 in the academy.
>>282239589
She smol.
>>282239681
He's absent in the full group shot as well lol.

>>282240319
I'm still not sure if I enjoy Bee's role in the plot at all, but I love the bloke because of 494.

>>282239753
>>282239799
They all interacted off-screen, we had to Rush to the akatsuki plot-line, please understand.

>>282239841
Rare footage of Tenten having noticeable breasts.

>>282239924
Man, Naruto can't even form a proper sentence with this amount of red chakra?
What the fuck Jiraiya?

>>282239924
>>282239970
The weird part about this is that Naruto would turn back to base in the very next chapter only to go red eyes again upon seeing what happened to Gaara.
>>282239996
Surely, Neji has improved enough to deal with this version of foxruto, r-right?

>>282240339
>>282240363
>>282240381
I really feel like this could’ve just been a 2-page spread

>Daily Naruto Chapter
What the hell happened to /a/

>>282240643
You are a decade too late old man.

The pacing is horrendous and it's not gonna get better for a long while.

>>282240636
Please understand, Kishimoto had to fit the required pages.

>>282240636
I don’t think I’d get the point of Gaara being alone longer than Naruto if it was

>>282240686
Naruto, Temari and Kankuro befriended Gaara way before Naruto befriended fucking Ibiki.

Temari and Kankuro probably spent more time with post-Konoha Crush Gaara than Naruto ever did with the K11

>>282239799
It's this weird Kishimoto does where the whole Leaf village is supposed to be one big family or something.

>>282239924
Barely anything happened in this chapter.

>>282240521
Part 1 had a rushed ending because Kishi had to make it about Naruto and Sasuke. We couldn't have Naruto fucking around with the rest of the cast while Sasuke physically recovered from his weeks-long comatose (it's impressive how he was already fit to fight after waking up), or even doing other stuff before leaving with Jiraiya. Sasuke would be FORGOTTEN while Naruto lived his best life.

I've playing some ultimate ninja storm for the first time recently and fuck. It only reminded me how fucking good part 1 was. Shippuden is nothing in comparison. And it depresses me that something which could have been so fucking amazing turned out dogshit because Kishi couldn't stop jerking off to Sasuke, powerscaling the shit out of everything and adding bullshit to the plot.

>>282240734
They don’t count according to Naruto. It would’ve at least made the arc more interesting if Kankuro and Temari tagged along and Naruto would be angry at them for being Gaara’s family but not showing him any love earlier in his life.

>>282240859
>Naruto getting a history lesson on why Rasa was simultaneously the worst father and president of all time

>>282240734
Gaara's relationship with his siblings wasn't healthy in early part 2. We're supposed to believe it was Naruto's speech about friends that made Gaara change his attitude towards Temari and Kankuro.

>>282240966
early part 1**
Sorry

>>282239567
>th- this kids...
>a major liability....

>>282239778
>yeah I may have fucked up the next generation of my villages by making poor decisions...
>but that's their problem now my time has passed
Yeah she gives up easily all right

>>282240169
That would have been a really good way to close out the exams/Konoha crush. What a missed opportunity

>>282216182
Sakura, one of the smartest students in the academy didn't know anything about the other villages, and if they even had ninjas. Kishimoto was awful at managing exposition in-character. Naruto was right there. Hell, even Tazuna could've been used to start a conversation about the villages, given it was jammed in to inform the reader before Zabuza's buddies show up.

>>282240169
>>282241229
My bad I didn't read and assumed it was a different arc, not SRA

>>282240798
This chapter was to spell out the entire narrative for the audience again because subtle doesn't exist. I do like the granny introspection

>>282241231
Konoha is just America. They're grotesquely misinformed about their own history, every domestic problem is caused by the same demographic, they're oblivious to foreign nations and none of that matters because they can level the pathetic villages of the rest of the world at a whim. They also consolidate themselves as the global hegemon through military strength at the end of the series.

I miss them.

>>282239449
>>282239424
The rock is protecting the Konoha ninjas from Akatsuki, not the other way around

>>282241144
Sounds pretty accurate.

>>282241442
Ah, my favorite group...Kidomaru and the others.

>>282241464
Jej

>>282240491
Bee is so cool

>>282239924
Thank you, OP!

>>282241458
Sasori jobbed to Sakura and an old woman. Deidara refused to engage Naruto and Kakashi and still lost an arm. They'd get massacred if Team Guy were around to help.

>>282241442
Our fuarking villains... and Sakon and Ukon...

>>282240825
Part 1 was never good.

>>282238383
she looks stoned.

>>282239466
>Don't blame me Itachi
? What’s that supposed to mean? Was Naruto originally Itachi's target?

>>282241548
It must be pretty annoying to draw all of those knots from their belt things next to each other like that.

>>282241548
Leave Sakon and Ukon the FUCK alone. They did their best.

>>282240820
I think part 1's filler stuff is my favorite just because we can see Naruto fuck around with all the other characters, and do stupid shit with his own team.

>>282241646
Ukon Sakon my dick!!!

>>282241661
Jinchuriki? Bijuu? Susano'o? Uchiha wank? Zombie army? wtf are you talking about? It's 2006 and you're about to watch fansubbed kino.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY15k20Hqq0

>>282241646
WATCHA TALKIN ABOUT MAN!?

>>282241957
You fixed that cover didn't you?

>>282242014
Nah, that was a different anon. Probably from the OG storytime.

>>282241548
If we're being honest, Tayuya also did bad, but i guess being a woman and not the leader sets the bar pretty low.

>>282242138
She did, like, okay, I guess? Like her showing was unremarkable, but she also went against Kishi's self-insert and would've killed Shikamaru with no injury if given a few more minutes. Also she humiliated Naruto for a second which is funny as fuck.

>>282241957
This actually looks pretty cool

>>282242185
Seriously, why did Kishimoto add this scene? What was the intent?

>>282242185
Idk, her flute jutsus with the summons and the op genjutsu were really cool. I liked her for what she was.
Same with Sakon, really. His design and powers were cool, it's just that his fight with Kiba and Kankuro was really underwhelming.
Jirobo is the only one who was really lame.

>>282242306
To show that Tayuya was good at taijutsu? Also this is like her only feat in her base form. All of her flute jutsus are done after she activates CS1.

>>282242306
>>282242376
Naruto humiliation ritual (still ongoing btw)

>>282242330
Jirobo was only lame because he has the same fat personality as Choji.

>>282242460
>it's the fat guy
>he's strong
>and throws rocks
Meanwhile his teammates are a spider guy that spits chakra-infused webs and can build gold-plated lethal weapons, a chick with unique flute genjutsu skills and a jobber with a siamese twin who can fuse with you and destroy your cells.

>>282242460
Jirobo was worse because Kishi wouldn't fucking stop making him talk about food despite most of his other lines being very telling on how he saw himself in the group.

>>282240491
I appreciate him being a goofy fuck and the total antithesis of what we know of jinchuriki. He's a nice bit of levity in the story especially with how he's basically a foil to sasuke in the plot for shutting down his emo shit and being just as strong.

>>282240190
Why does nart need more motivation than "you got a handle on the shit that ruined your life and it's continuing to ruin your life outside of your control"

>>282242668
Yes, that's what i meant.

>>282242734
Yeah, Bee is just THAT good. Shows you where earnest goodwill and support from loved ones can get you.

>>282242819
Because most of the people he meets already have a dark depressing past, and him relating more to Gaara because he also has a kaiju inside him doesn't help explain how Naruto is so obsessed with wanting to save him, especially since they're still mostly strangers at this point and the last time they interacted onscreen was when Gaara was still a psychopath who wanted to murder his friends.

>>282241442
Fuck off orochimaru you sent a guy with boneitis to back them up
>>282241607
Why do you think they all died?
>>282242893
He's just an empathetic guy but also gaara is literally the only person that can relate to his life situation as a monster cage and nart sees how badly it fucked gaara up. He finally started to make a positive turn someone is dragging him back into the bullshit. Why wouldn't naruto be angry?

>>282242376
I wish I could experience her taijutsu firsthand.

>>282242819
It's less about motivation and more about how we're supposed to just accept Naruto and Gaara are great friends while they don't really interact on-screen. We don't even see Naruto think about him until this arc. It's not that his reaction is unbelievable, just that it would've felt more natural if Kishimoto took some time to make them interact. As said before, it could've been during the SRE while the Sand siblings were fucking around in the Leaf or when Naruto was out with Jiraiya. But if you're making two characters good friends you should at least try giving them more interactions.

>>282243008
>>282242185
You think this gave Naruto a stiffy?

>>282242975
>He's just an empathetic guy but also gaara is literally the only person that can relate to his life situation as a monster cage and nart sees how badly it fucked gaara up. He finally started to make a positive turn someone is dragging him back into the bullshit.
What >>282243041 said.

>>282243145
>Not Sasuke
>No main girl status like Sakura
If anything, it gave Naruto the icky.

>>282239492
Hahaha this page went so hard during the actual Gaara fight but he's used it like five times since then and three of them have been in the past twenty chapters. It's just a fucking joke now. We get it.

>>282243145
I can't imagine Naruto being a femdom fag.

>>282240482
Naruto already rewriting his history to make himself popular as a kid. It's like when the virgin kid tricks some girl into sleeping with him once and all of a sudden larps as a Casanova when he goes to college

>>282243185
>>282243145
Sasuke did

>>282239492
>>282239514
>>282239537
I do like when he plays with trying tell a story without words.

>>282243269
>>Not Sasuke

>>282243269
>go to see if this is edited at all
>it's fucking not
God fucking damn it.

>>282243158
You're right but that's more a fault of the writer than an issue with the canon. That's like saying kiba wouldn't give a fuck about ino being kidnapped because they never had any meaningful interactions on screen.

>>282243325
it's even worse in the anime somehow

>>282243145
i mean, do you think he got one from this?

Is Naruto cute?

>>282214615
>The old guy were the demon in the teapot legend came from
>Gaara
Who was the third?

Kinda cool that Kishi already had the balls to kill one of the more important part 1 characters. Really brings some stakes to the story.

>>282243459
This scene had long-term effects on my psyche.

>>282243524
Wild and silly

>>282238248
Naruto's response to Pain's question about how he plans to achieve world peace was "I dunno dude but trust me". And that was supposed to be convincing enough for Nagato to revive everyone. Shit's garbage.

>>282222058
>>Tons of Retcons
People who say and believe this have not seen OS since it aired.

I know Itachi is a complete gary-stu but I kinda like him and I don't know why

>>282244093
You're literally illiterate. Plenty of anons have explained multiple times why that made sense and why there was no more satisfying answer than this because there is no answer to this existential issue. If there's a better answer, go ahead.

>>282244150
>and why there was no more satisfying answer than this because there is no answer to this existential issue
Hence why Naruto claiming he'll find it is retarded

>>282244182
He said he'd keep struggling to achieve peace, not "the answer to peace". It's an obviously better solution than Nagato's self-defeating "nuke everyone, give them free access to the nukes, let them enjoy 30 years of peace until someone nukes someone else, rinse and repeat" (Nagato himself knows his solution is shit, it's just the least shitty one he could think of)

>>282244150
Sasuke's revolution is a better direct answer to Nagato because the bijuu weapon assumes the village system will still exist and Sasuke's doesn't.
The rinnegan will continue to exist beyond Nagato which is also a crucial part of Sasuke's plan, utilizing the dojutsu for immortality.
Too bad we got cucked out of Sasuke and Pain talking, which makes Sasuke briefly being in the Akatsuki mean less than nothing.

>>282241422
>>282239924
Arigatou, OP!

>>282244208
Peace in Naruto equates to everyone being able to understand each other and coexist. Jiraiya literally tells this to Naruto, and that's what Naruto is fighting to achieve. Except it's literally impossible for everyone to understand each other and conflict will always arise because of it no matter how many empty platitudes Naruto preaches. Pain's plan was shit but him being convinced by Naruto's sorry ass non-answer was also shit.

>>282244429
Peace in Naruto mostly equates to not sending children to kill each other for wars you retard

Nagato's answer was "kill 1/3 of your population every 30 years and enjoy the respite". Naruto's answer was "we can't have that, we should keep struggling to try and achieve this ideal - and I'll prove I'm not just talk by sparing you after you destroyed my entire village, ending the current cycle of hate right there". It's INFINITELY more meaningful than whatever gay shit you'd have written. Kishimoto is usually a bad writer but this was perfectly fine.

>>282239924
>Naruto shows up and he has red eyes and visible fangs but Lee, Guy, and Tenten don’t say anything about this at all
Huh

>>282244150
>Plenty of anons have explained multiple times why that made sense and why there was no more satisfying answer than this
And all of those posts were debunked.
Just because a bunch of retards keep spouting the same opinion over and over again doesn't mean that they're right.

>>282244567
Information passed through somehow

>>282244567
Imagine if Guy freaked out noticing it after like 10 minutes and they followed his lead.

>>282244208
Try putting yourself in the shoes of a terrorist leader like Nagato, who's had a lifetime of misery and thinks the only way to fix the world is through your terrorist organization that forces the entire world into peace. Then this autistic kid who isn't even 18 shows up, tells you you're wrong, and when you ask him to elaborate the only response he has is "idk, I guess I'll just keep looking for another way", and that alone is enough to make you drop all your plans and organization and put your trust in him. That's fucking retarded.
>>282244495
>It's INFINITELY more meaningful
No it's not, you pretentious moron.

>>282244657
>No it's not, you pretentious moron.
It has nothing with pretentiousness you complete fag. "I'm not going to kill you after you killed everyone" is probably the most heavy thing you could express, heavier and more meaningful than any words

>muh terrorist leader muh autistic kid muh idk i'll keep trying
As always, you're just trying to paint the most retarded picture by framing things completely out of context and keeping the key details out of the way.

I don't even have to debate with you about this, the storytime will show that this is a perfectly good development once we get there. You haven't read Naruto for years and have no idea what you're talking about.

>>282244495
>and I'll prove I'm not just talk by sparing you after you destroyed my entire village, ending the current cycle of hate right there
Which is also retarded because if that were someone like Orochimaru or schizo Sasuke instead of Nagato, they wouldn't have given a shit about Naruto's platitudes and moralfaggotry, and would have tried to destroy Konoha again.

>>282244718
They probably wouldn't let Nagato go free either, he said he wouldn't kill him but jail is definitely an option (it was for a much stronger Sasuke)

>>282243524
y-yes

>>282244700
>"I'm not going to kill you after you killed everyone" is probably the most heavy thing you could express
Not it's not, it's literally just a shitty platitude, and Nagato doesn't even consider how Naruto doing the same to bad guys other than him wouldn't work and would fuck up the world more, like how Hiruzen didn't want to kill Orochimaru and let him go.

>>282244812
>platitude
Retard. There's no discussing with an illiterate faggot like you who can't even understand the most basic premises

>>282243269
>>282243325
KEK

I still miss Naruto’s part 1 outfit honestly but it’d probably look weird with Part 2 proportions

>>282243269
>>282243319
OH WAIT I DIDN'T SEE THE LITTLE BULGE IN THERE
WTF KISHIMOTO

>>282245074
I don't know, it looks quite bad. Well, current one is kinda bad too. Sage and KCM are the only good ones. Maybe counting final fight with the open jacket as well

>>282245124
We were robbed of Naruto growing his hair out in the timeskip to learn Jiraiya's hair-manipulation techniques which would have made his sage fit look that much better.

>>282245168
I'm okay with him not growing his hair (at least that much) but his outfit really needed to go a bit beyond the vanilla one. Sage had a really nice touch with the giant scroll.

>>282245074
It's pretty much the same outfit only with a bit more black.
>>282245168
That looks bad.

>>282245168
This design is horrible.

>>282239924
Besides Gai's peacock thing I genuinely forgot that Lee, Neji, and Tenten were in this arc. Don't remember what they do from here on.
>>282233837
Is this what it means to know Pain?

>>282245226
>Don't remember what they do from here on.
They fight clones of themselves and that's it.

I've read ahead this weekend since I had nothing better to do, and it's crazy that Grandma Chiyo gets a lot of focus in her introduction arc and even gets into a fight with a major antagonist of the arc while arguably more important characters like Sai and Yamato didn't get the same amount of focus during, and even after their introduction arc.

This arc seems pretty different in the manga. In the anime, I remember that:
>Deidara and Gaara fought during the night, not the day
>Baki was the one who told Temari to stay behind in the village instead of Chiyo
>Team 7 met with Team Guy earlier, and Naruto was being an obnoxious faggot and pestering Neji about what he saw inside the cave

>>282245458
>Deidara and Gaara fought during the night, not the day
This was so they had that fight and Naruto/Sakura having the test with Kakashi happen at the same time to drag out the episodes.

>>282245458
>this arc seems pretty different in the manga
Toei has been adding unnecessary scenes and extended fights that make the characters look dumber and fuck up the power scaling since early part 1. This time they found out ways to make a slow arc even slower, like actually showing the doppelganger fights and having Naruto and Kakashi chase Deidara for 10 episodes.

>>282245848
>Toei
Pierrot.

>>282245860
yeah mb

>>282245821
I thought that was to reference Gaara not sleeping because of Shukaku.

>>282245458
>>282245821
Meanwhile, the 2nd Storm game had Naruto and Sakure's test with Kakashi finish long before the sun went down, but still had Gaara and Deidara's fight still take place at night because I guess nighttime is more cinematic.

>>282239924
If Deidara left extra clay in this cave for him to refill his ammo, could he wipe out everyone here?

>>282214948
>Konoha
>But then Sunagakura
It's either Konoha and Suna or Konohagakure and Sunagakure AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
Thanks for posting these chapters though, you're a cool guy.

>>282239449
>there's one more jinchuuriki, isn't there
Well Itachi already told them of Naruto so this doesn't mean him or anyone in his group. Has to be one of ones who just arrived with Guy. Yeah, I think it's Lee's time to shine, and finally explain why he can't use ninjutsu

>>282215304
>>282215355
Kishimoto seriously thought that killing the strongest genin that was started to being developed towards the end of the Part 1 was a good idea.
What the fuck man.
Also the pace has been kinda eh.
At least Team Guy made it. I'm kinda looking forward to a potential Neji vs Sasori, that could be cool.
See you guys tomorrow.

>>282247885
>Neji vs Sasori
Neji would cream him. Gentle Fist cuts chakra strings and makes puppet techniques completely useless.

>>282247745
We hadn't seen Tenten fight until Kisame. Why do you think Kishimoto glossed over her for all of part 1? She's the only genin that hasn't really showed her skills yet. This is probably a Naruto situation where only the older ninjas know about her powers.

>>282240491
>>282242734
Just about every important character in Naruto is either a foil to Naruto, or a foil to Sasuke (who is himself a foil to Naruto).
I think Bee is like the opposite of Gaara in terms of being Naruto's foil. Instead of being a worse outcome, he's a better outcome.

>>282239492
>>282239514
Where the fuck is the ramen guy?

>>282248619
Jeetsuke found him

>>282243269
So true anon-chan!! Sasunaru forever desu (　＾∀＾)

>>282243269
>>282248871

>>282239924
Thx

>>282247551
Orochimaru got a white zetsu body so he wouldn't have to poop again.

>>282245458
>Deidara and Gaara fought during the night, not the day
which is a lot more logical. It's also a nice mirror to the last time someone tried to take out Gaara at his hometurf

>>282239492
These parallels only make Naruto seem more mentally ill. And that's why I like the next arc so much. It's Kishimoto going “where does Naruto get this obsession from?” Sai messing with him is fucking hilarious.

>>282239539
Kakashi looking zesty too kek
>>282239804
brap

>>282239539
Ninja leaping is always drawn to look fun, like freestyle parkour.

>>282247912
You’re forgetting who’s writing this manga.

>>282249780
You think you could pay to rent a white zetsu body?

>>282247745
>>282248114
Idiots, why do you think they call him the blue beast of konoha?

>>282240482
>He's absent in the full group shot as well lol.
He's right there, anon.

This arc feels like filler

>>282253004
Itachi already knows Guy and both him and Kisame encountered him in the SFT arc. Not to mention Kisame just fought him. It obviously can't be him as they never commented on anything. We've seen both Lee and Neji on the verge of death in part 1 but no reactions like the emergency Shukaku kaiju from Konoha Crush or the Nine Tails cloak from when Sasuke pierced Naruto with a chidori. Tenten is the logical conclusion.

>>282253143
cute lesbians

>>282239492
People say it's very extra but I specifically remember this sequence out of everything in this arc. Along with the first time we see kamui

>>282253138
Apparently the first three arcs of part 2 are filler

>>282253029
It's hard to see him inbetween Jiraiya, Kakashi and Iruka.

I don't think part 2 has gotten an after-party thread yet.

>>282253638
>three
The Itachi pursuit arc is the fillerest of all manga arcs.

>>282239424
>It's hard to explain
how about "There is a giant statue with 9 eyes, Gaara is dead on the floor, and on the giants statue fingers are the akatsuki member, looking a bit transparent though"?

>>282254006
It's the one that killed Itachi though!

>>282253125
I enjoy these, fellow 10/10 enjoyer

>>282254311
That's Fated Battle Between Brothers you're thinking about. Itachi Pursuit consists of
>sasuke killing AIDS-ridden orochimaru
>sasuke walking around gathering Hebi
>konoha running around to find Itachi before Sasuke
>deidara killing himself for no reason
>itachi showing up to say cryptic stuff to a confused naruto
>tobi showing up and leaf ninjas failing to hit him because he's intangible

>>282213887 (OP)

I completely forgot how boring and tedious this arc was in the anime. It DID NOT need to be 30 episodes long and I am not even counting filler. If I did not have a childhood relationship with Naruto this is he point I would've completely dropped it

>>282254391
It's boring and tedious in the manga too.

>>282239492
>>282239514
>>282239537
Kishimoto is going out of his way to make this arc terrible

>>282254391
>>282254517
This has been going for four months in publishing tine btw. And still not even close to an end.

>>282254389
Those are the same arc.

Kishimoto-sensei! The sales are declining...it's time to bring the big guns.
Make Kiba job in this arc somehow!!!