Naruto Chapter 360

Just read the raw, waiting for the translation, but looks like I actually managed to succesfully predict a chapter for once... wonder if that means Kishi is losing his edge.

So yeah, looks like it was a giant deidara bomb, sasuke used a genjustu to make it look like he was caught in the explosion, but Deidara was ready for the deception. Crazyness. Now then, is sasuke gonna get saved or is he gonna find a way to get himself out of this mess.

It's nice to see him actually have to strain himself in a battle, all his fights up until recently he pretty much just owned everyone, cept for maybe Oro, but that was a pretty quick fight and Oro was near-dead anyway.

I still can't believe noone's shown up yet, how could you not see/hear those giant explosions? They're ninjas for chrissakes, they should have all converged on that point by now.

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P.1
Sasuke: !
Tobi: Gotta hurry!!
Deidara: (Oh well, this jutsu was meant to kill Itachi after all.... hm!)
Sasuke: (Even this is a bomb? If so...)

P.2
Side text: A GIANT DEIDARA APPEARED... THIS IS C4!!

Sasuke: That's huuuge... if this thing explodes.....

P.3
Deidara: Oh come on, don't just run like that!
Deidara: You really think you can run away from Garuda like that!?

P.4
*POOOF*

P.5
Sasuke: !?

Sasuke: (...no explosion...?)

P.6
Deidara: Victory is mine!!
Deidara: Art is explosion!! (Art is a bang!!)
Deidara: KAAATSU

P.7
Deidara: VANISH! (literal translation: "Elation!"?)

P.8
Sasuke: Damn...
Sasuke: How is this happening...could it be...??

P.9
shhhhooooo~~~

P.10
Deidara: Hmm!!
Deidara: Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! This, is a MASTERPIECE!!

Tobi: Tiny bombs on the microscopic level... C4 Garuda...
Tobi: These invisible bombs scatter into the air as the giant Deidara explodes...
Tobi: All lifeforms that breathes in these bombs will have them throughout their bodies.

P.11
Tobi: ...and when they explode, they destroy their bodies from the inside-out.
Tob: What a terrifying jutsu...

Deidara: I guess I must thank Itachi for this, kukuku...
Deidara: Kukuku.... I win! I win! My art wins!!

P.12
Deidara: !!

----sharingan'd----

P.13
----skewered----

P.14
Sasuke: Looks like you used up all your chakra... even your movements are now slow.

Deidara: These eyes.... ku....
Sasuke: Bombs invisible to the naked eye... but my sharingan can see the color of chakra..
Sasuke: The tiny bombs that are filled with your chakra, I can see them clearly in the air in the shape of a big cloud of colored smoke.
Sasuke: Where you are staying in the air is just outside of the range of where that smoke can reach... and from that I could already tell what kind of attack would hit me, so avoiding it was easy as well.

P.15
Deidara: Ugh....
Deidara: You.... so what I saw back then of you dying from C4 was....
Sasuke: yes, ...my genjutsu!
Deidara: Ugh.... kuku... I see... so that's how it is....
Sasuke: I didn't hit your vital point on purpose, now tell me Itachi's whereabouts!
Deidara: Like I said before... I must thank Itachi for this...
Sasuke: ?

P.16
Sasuke: !?
Sasuke: A clay... bunshin!?
Deidara: Your genjutsu... I've already experienced it before... long long time ago. It's just like Itachi's! I won't fall for the same trick twice! Hm!

P.17
Deidara: (Ever since that day I fought Itachi, I have trained my left eye to counter the sharingan!)
Deidara: (I've trained hard on how to slowly dissipate its genjutsu!)
Deidara: Now this is finally it!! Eat my C4 now!!
Sasuke: Kuu...

Bottom text: Sasuke has fallen before Deidara!? Next time: "The Struggling Road Forward"
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Chapter...Always gotta have a twist at the end dont they?

above translation credited to the guy on the following link...

-> http://www.mangahelpers.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=14631



So I guess giant Deidara was real after all.
Nice chapter.

You think? Giant Deidara is kinda lame to me, but at least Sasuke isn't having it all that easy now. It was kinda annoying how he was just beating him without breaking a sweat... sure, I know he's supposed to be cool and what not, but hey, Akatsuki should be just a little better, too.

Well, it was a somewhat interesting turn of events.. lesse how Sasuke gets out of it!

The giant clone being hollow at least explains how deidara was able to make it so huge given the amount of clay he actually ate.

I wonder how one trains their left eye to be resistant to the sharingan.

Yeah seriously, I hope they explain that one because I got no clue. Maybe it's like poison? Perhaps he subjected himself to small doses of genjutsu over the years and built up an immunity. Although how the hell he would do something like that is beyond me.

I thought before that Sasuke was gonna grow his wing back, but it looks like it's still blown off, be pretty crazy if that was permanent. Although right now I'm beginning to wonder if this whole thing was a genjutsu that Sasuke planned, but that'd be rather lame so I hope not. I can't tell what I think is more likely, him finding a clever way to escape or him being saved. Personally I hope he gets saved, I'd like to see some of that smugness wiped off his face for once.

You gotta wonder why Tobi is just doing nothing, but I guess Deidara isn't the best partner to team-attack with, what with all the explosions.

Deidara and Hidan would've been a good team.

Hah, yeah, but Kakuzu (I think I got the spelling right...) would need to be there to stitch him back up afterwards.

I wonder how Naruto would have faired against Deidara, probably wouldn't have done too hot since Deidara seems to be a pretty brilliant strategist, but then again his Kyuubi regeneration would have probably made most of Deidara's attacks useless except for this latest microsopic bomb one.

My guess is, had Naruto been the one in this fight, he would've just run around dodging and nearly getting hit by explosions until the kyuubi started to activate, then, using its chakra, he would summon Gamabunta or some other suitably large frog to fight the C2 dragon, because, as we all know, the only sensible way to fight a giant thing is an equally giant thing!

(The last line of reasoning is brought to you in large part by a concerted effort from Power Rangers and Voltron, and readers like you. Hooray for escalating levels of giant-ness!)

This is a very appropriate exchange of attacks between Deidara and Sasuke though. Just as Kakashi said when he was chasing Deidara down that the only way to beat a range fighter of his type is to either be a ranged specialist yourself or a great tactician.

Naruto would not have fared well against Deidara.

Very cool chapter (where is the English scan though?) Well, at least Deidara's still got some fight left in him....in fact, things don't look very good for Sasuke, do they? I still have to admit....if Deidara designed that particular technique (molecular bombs) to counter Itachi's ability, it looks like he wasted his time, as the Sharingan can see through it easily. Unless the second part was all part of the plan, of course. I wonder, too, how he trained his eye. I doubt they'll explain, but why not train both eyes? Wouldn't it be much more convenient to have two Sharingan-resistant eyes than one? What's he thinking?

Nice chapter. Deidara's proven why he deserves to be in Akatsuki. Granted, Sasuke can't lose at this point, but it's cool to see him falling for Deidara's clay bunshin.

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Originally Posted by Psyke

Nice chapter. Deidara's proven why he deserves to be in Akatsuki. Granted, Sasuke can't lose at this point, but it's cool to see him falling for Deidara's clay bunshin.

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i totally agree, this is the first time i have been impressed by deidara infact i think its one of the best naruto chapters and I can't wait for the next chapter. Akatsuki has been belittled allot from deidara and tobi's combination i personally think they were a big mismatch but i think thats because i've considered akatsuki like ryodan from hunter x hunter where all the members are generally fearless and powerful and can handle things on their own accord (sorry for the mere spoiler)

then again sasuke is still growing and its good that he is showing tactical flaws rather than have him obliterate an enemy it can be understandable with orichimaru because he is his student but I really expected him to be humbled by akatsuki and deidara didnt show that until now, and i just hope TOBI will stop the comic relief after deidara dies and becomes serious, he is by far the most interesting akatsuki member and i really dont care about this flacid hope that tobi fans have about him being obito, i just want to see what he can do, he definately has alot of kakashi quality's with his tardiness, lets hope he can fight like him too

I'm kinda surprised Sasuke didn't see through it and know it was a fake, seeing he can see through virtually everything else. I guess because it was made of physical clay.

Anyway, good chapter. This fight's interesting.

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Originally Posted by Raven

I'm kinda surprised Sasuke didn't see through it and know it was a fake, seeing he can see through virtually everything else. I guess because it was made of physical clay.

Anyway, good chapter. This fight's interesting.

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Deidara did put alot of effort into it though, the thing bled for shit sake! I havent seen that in a while, Naruto used to pull that stuff back in the day. -dg-

I'm surprised the Clay Bunshin didn't just explode in Sasuke's face, it would make sense for Deidara to make a really realistic bunshin since he'd probably consider it art, but why not blow that up too since he likes all of his art to explode? I'm tempted to call plot device, but his next attack seems pretty bad for Sasuke as well.

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Originally Posted by Yukimura

I'm surprised the Clay Bunshin didn't just explode in Sasuke's face, it would make sense for Deidara to make a really realistic bunshin since he'd probably consider it art, but why not blow that up too since he likes all of his art to explode? I'm tempted to call plot device, but his next attack seems pretty bad for Sasuke as well.

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Why not blow it up? Easy. Deidara was right there. If he blew it up, his bird and him would go with it. If he's got a plan for another attack, why sacrifice himself before trying to execute it?

If he releses the C4 directly from his mouth into Sasuke's face I don't see how he can avoid breathing it in himself so he's still dead that way.