Naruto 297

[Hakeem_21]

Yeah its pretty clear Tsunade knew what she was doing when she gave him a necklace with her grandfathers chakra in it when we know what it was that made him Hogake.


I want them to let us know more about what Sakura said about Kyubi healing naruto slower than before. Maybe kyubi used too much power when he used the 4 tails so he coulndt heal naruto as quickly as before. Yamato did say "this is what jiraya..." Maybe the healing being slower is something that happens as he used more tails. Maybe kyubi is a little like 8 gates. Tail 9 uses so much chakra that no healing can save naruto.

[Flaps]

I think his wounds were harder to heal because yamato sealed his kyuubi powers or so, correct me if i'm wrong

[Hakeem_21]

Sheesh i forgot about that and it must be so. Sakura was use to see Naruto heal himself in seconds, must be suprised how long it takes without kyubi.

[chet_chetty]

I'm just so curious what Sai must have said to gain Orochimaru's trust on the spot. Danzo and Orochimaru are "the same" in that they were both overlooked for the position of Hokage but Danzo never becamse an evil seed who defected from Konoha. And it certainly did not seem that Orochimaru was expecting Sai which would indicate that Danzo and Orochi kept ties for a while. Orochimaru did say something like "so Danzo's not dead yet?" or something so there goes that. It seems the only person Orochimaru has ever trusted without having raised the kid himself is Kabuto.

[Tonsus]

Originally posted by: Hakeem_21
Maybe kyubi is a little like 8 gates. Tail 9 uses so much chakra that no healing can save naruto.

I think that Naruto's Nine-Tailed form is just essentially the Kyuubi breaking free from Naruto, or Naruto transforming into the Kyuubi itself.

The healing is taking longer because his body was much more stressed when in 4 tail form, at least, that's what I gathered from it.

[Shin_Naruto]

Well... I'm taking off for 3 weeks thursday... so I probably wont be around for the 4 chapter releases

so far my predictions are coming true...

Sai made his move - it wasn't Naruto based as I thought and a lot less interesting
Oro / Naruto played out - there wasnt as much as i would hope and it wasn't as action packed late in the game... hopefully its animated well
Sakura / Kabuto never got started - its a shame... i was hoping Sakura could make her first long term 'enemy' (no ino dont count)


So for the near future:
Sai hasn't made his last move... I suspect he is using his fake smile to get near Oro / Sasuke - the panel of him telling Sakura 'he will have to remember that' (using a fake smile to get near someone to hit them) has about as much foreshadowing as sasuke saying 'you wont even scratch this forehead'
Yamato hasnt done anything major yet... which is a shame. I'm hoping to see him in real combat but it looks like the 6 are going to split (3 good / 3 bad) - the chapter description holds some hope with 'Yamatos Compass' - maybe he can track Sai / Oro with it - hopefully Yamato squares up against SOMEONE - Kakashi had wipped out the Sharingan 1v1 in the 7th episode =P Yamato is going on 20?
Naruto bounced back fast... way to go Sakura - hes obviously going to be quirky for the next few chapters to make up for how serious he has been as of late - and when he finds out Sai has gone off to 'join Oro' he is going to have a minor heart attack
Sakura is going to go back to being worthless - easiest prediction ever!!!


ill be around for another day or so... hopefully its a fast chapter!

[samsonlonghair]

Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
I'm a little dissappointed with the direction kishimoto is taking with the roots.
I was kinda hoping that they'd be faithful to konoha, yet use underhanded tactics in the ultimate interests of their village

Don't be so sure. Maybe Roots considers Akatsuki a greater threat than Orochimaru. Roots is a lot like the CIA. Remember that many tiems in the last fifty years the CIA has supported certain undesireable groups/states in order to fight other undesireable groups/states.

I'll just leave it at that to avoid political discussion.

[Shin_Naruto]

Originally posted by: samsonlonghair
I'll just leave it at that to avoid political discussion.

thats a tricky tight-rope to walk =)





I dont think Root is out to do anything...
They have heavily foreshadowed that Danzo is not to be trusted... but he has not done anything yet that would confirm he is a bad guy so its still in the Kishi 'haha got ya' catagory for me
Sai's mission is still unclear

[Assertn]

yamato is a member of roots

[Edort4]

I wouldn't want Yamato to be on the bad guys team if I where a good one. He is a clone of the first, that alone is quite troublesome, but it would feel like somehow the first was a bad guy or a traitor.
Plot wise it would be a nice turn but history wise... I still think that no matters how yamato is going to die. He is like a trump card with his kyubii control jutsu, as long as they have that naruto cant be fully used as a weapon, or give himself to rage again, if Yamato is always there for containing purposes.

[Shin_Naruto]

anyone remember that cat jumping out of that TREE
what would startle a cat out of a TREE

[Assertn]

Originally posted by: Edort4
I still think that no matters how yamato is going to die. He is like a trump card with his kyubii control jutsu, as long as they have that naruto cant be fully used as a weapon, or give himself to rage again, if Yamato is always there for containing purposes.

On the contrary, I think Naruto can never revert from kyubi form back to normal without the aid of advanced trump cards like Yamato's seal.

If Yamato is gone, then the next time Naruto goes 4+ tailed kyubi, it may leave him with no choice but to work up to 9 tails, in which case he'd probably kill himself.

[Shin_Naruto]

I disagree.

If it was just a slope to 9 tail from 4 tail then he would be there...
Obviously Naruto is not in control of how many tails he has (after 4)
I think its just Chakra... and even with the seemingly limitless battery that is the Kyubi his body can only handle so much
We've seen this with all his fights where he collapses at the end of using the Kyubi Chakra (Oro / Gaara / Sasuke / Oro2)
He has only ever not done it when he has someone to heal him or doesnt use all he was given

He's like Kakashi - can go strong but passes out at the end of the fight