263 out

[Terracosmo]

Good stuff. Can't wait to see Deidara blow Naruto up next week.

[ChaosK]

of course some kyubi power will come in resulting in naruto healing his broken bones and then using rasnaegan on everybody in sight (wouldnt it be cooler if naruto could throw the rasnaegan? it seems like a attack that could be dodged pretty easily, especially when he used it)

[Mut]

I wanna see people get fucked up.

FIGHT DAMMIT

[The Heretic Azazel]

No shit. Team Konoha vs. the giant boulder has gone on long enough.

[kAi]

oo nice chapter, opefully we'll get some action next week.

heh, It's cool that Gai's team are going to be fighting themselves.

[ChaosK]

if we're going to ahve to watch the gai team fight next week i hope we see what tenten can acctually do now, since the beginning i doubted her because it seemed all she did was throw weapons a bunch at a time and a lot...we've seen itachi do that.

[kAi]

Well, comsidering she is a weapon specialist, most of her techniques will revolve around them, I think we'll be seeing more of that from her.

but I'm with you, that we'll be seeing Gai's team fight first, maybe it'll start with some dialogue with Naruto and co, but most of the fighting we'll see, will be from Gai's team.

[ChaosK]

what i meant was, weapons obviously are not enough against most shinobi...even naruto only gets hit by them once in a while, yet her whole entire fighting style revolves around them. We've seen that punches seem to do more damage to people than sticking a kunai into them

[Roko]

but she can make her weapons go 'boom', stickin not only one kunai, but multiple ones...along with those sickles and kitchen knifes and whatnot

[Uchiha Barles]

Originally posted by: Chaoskiddo
what i meant was, weapons obviously are not enough against most shinobi...even naruto only gets hit by them once in a while, yet her whole entire fighting style revolves around them. We've seen that punches seem to do more damage to people than sticking a kunai into them

That's not necessarily true. It's kind of like saying taijutsu alone isn't enough against most shinobi, but you've seen gai and lee fight, both taijutsu specialists, and inneffective isn't really the word to describe them. So maybe tenten got better and learned some cool new moves and will show off some cool new weapons, boosting her effectiveness to a point that she's actually a force to be reckoned with.

That being said, I doubt it. People seem to be expecting too much of too many characters that clearly don't matter and probably never will. Ten Ten is just one of those support roles, not only story wise but fighting wise. I doubt she'll ever be a contender in a one on one fight against someone who's actually badass. As a group member, she'll probably make good support. But that's it.

[elmojo]

i think sasori is stronger than diedra
i have a feeling sasori might betray akatsuki

[Honoko]

shannaro's LQ out-- but it's using the translation by iwanin or whoever that was posted here.

as for team gai's split up, i guess it's just kishimoto's way of showing off more of their abilities-- does anyone think that any one of those 4'll lose?

[nests]

Man I just realize that Deidara is sitting on gaara talk about insulting but I guess since he was the one who beat him he should be able to. for some reason he is staring to become one of my favorite characters

[Y]

More Itachi speculation openings in this chapter:

Why couldn't Itachi describe what Naruto looked like?

[drcitan]

Originally posted by: Y
More Itachi speculation openings in this chapter:

Why couldn't Itachi describe what Naruto looked like?

Its not that he could'nt describe Naruto's features but rather he didn't what to because Naruto is his target. Describing Naruto behavior was the best way to single him out since he lashes out a lot when hes angry.

[Dezalanel]

I think he does not want Sasori "stealing" his jinchuuriki from him. Something like that. He did not tell them till the leader made Itachi tell him and even then he gave a vague description(but good since that is exactly what Naruto does lol)

[Assertn]

i think kishimoto had itachi describe naruto the way he did just because it made for more amusing dialogue [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Y]

Originally posted by: Dezalanel
I think he does not want Sasori "stealing" his jinchuuriki from him. Something like that. He did not tell them till the leader made Itachi tell him and even then he gave a vague description(but good since that is exactly what Naruto does lol)

You mentioned the reason that you're wrong - his description, though vague, tells them exactly who Naruto is, just not visually. If he were trying to keep Sasori from getting his target, wouldn't he have given bad info?

Assertn's possibility would just be weird. Comedy Akatsuki moments?

[Sidnne]

Itachi seems to resent that Sasori has an oppurtunity to gank the Kyuubi. There seems to be some bad blood between them because of it. I wouldn't be surprised now if Deidara and Sasori were kicking the hell out of Konoha and Itachi showed up and killed Sasori just to stop him from getting the Kyuubi.

[Honoko]

but i think it's weird just how much insight itachi actually has to naruto's personality in how specific he was. itachi probably could've said, "the noisiest kid in the bunch" and still would've been right superficially, since that's what any dumbass could pick up when he/she encounters naruto for the first time.

but itachi points out that this kid will be passionate and will be quick to react to the scene. he seems to kno all about naruto's friendship with gaara and knows exactly what pushes his buttons.

personally, while the dialogue was amusing, i think it gave some insight into what good observational skills itachi has and how he can use that to anticipate his opponent.