Good stuff. The flash backs were great and I'm not sure if this will trigger an all new motivated Shikamaru. Not that I'd want him to carry on being a slacker but people like him for being a slacking genius.
Good stuff. The flash backs were great and I'm not sure if this will trigger an all new motivated Shikamaru. Not that I'd want him to carry on being a slacker but people like him for being a slacking genius.
"Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
Wow, the script that was posted before made me think this would be a pretty weak chapter, but now that I read it along with the images.... wow, it's rather touching. Bye Asuma, we'll miss you! You were a nice background character, always.
And Shikamaru, blaming the smoke for his tears... well, it was obvious that the smoke had nothing to do with it, but it was still a nice touch.
I guess they'll go back to the village and we'll have a few wrap-up chapters with Kurenai and, perhaps, Shikamaru will be nice enough to tell the readers who or what the "king" is.
It's Sasuke.
or perhaps Asuma said something really stupid like "it's the people you care about"...
but most likely, it's Sasuke.
Don't think so. Must be the Jinchuuriki (sp?)Originally Posted by Death BOO Z
What if Kurenai is preagnet and the king he so much wanted to protect is the baby. but then again this is shonen manga so I doubt it.
Why the hell would it be Sasuke? He's a bad guy now.
Nooo, Asuma! Maybe this will trigger Chouji to actually go on a diet and he'll look all weird like he did when he went into butterfly mode.
... Or probably not.
Anyway, this was an okay chapter. Although I'm not entirely sure why he entrusted Shikamaru and Chouji under Ino since she's the most responsible or something... yeah, I don't know. And the whole "don't lose to Sakura" thing was just dumb.
I think the king is probably Naruto or something.
maybe it's konohamaru.
i've always wondered why his character was introduced so early in the story
I always wondered too, until last year I saw a very special slip of paper that was included in a Shounen Jump... whevere a new series starts running a small questionnare is included in the magazine, asking the readers things like
"Do you think the main character is...
A) Cool B) Smart C) Dumb D) Brave E) Friendly"
I'm not sure why do they include them... it's not as if the mangaka would change the story just to please the voters. Anyway, one of the question that is always, always asked is
"What would you like to see the next chapter? Would you like the main character to...
A) Meet a friend B) Meet a rival C) Defeat a small villian"
And so on. My only explanation is that, for Naruto, most people voted "Meet a friend" and the result was Konohamaru, who was promptly left behind by the main storyline.
And my guess about the king is that it has to be a Jinchuuriki, or perhaps all of them. It's not very logical, but I think that Asuma had once said it wasn't the Hokage.
Edit: 900th post. Yay! I'm so slow! Eight more months and I'll have 1000!
and why shouldnt we think the King is Shikamaru?
After Asuma whispers who it is to Shikamaru, the next thing Asuma says is "I'll leave it up to you" Is that not an overly-obvious statement?
If it's not him, what is he leaving up to Shikamaru? The only thing I can think of is to, if possible, teach Naruto intellect because it seems noone else can (even Jaraiya). And if that's the case, Asuma whispered Naruto's name. If not Naruto, I'm very doubtful Kishimoto would allude to anything that deeply or indirect.
Does anyone know the exact (more specific) role of the Shougi piece Asuma compares himself to? Not just it's function and movement restrictions, but what strategic purpose it usually serves in a good match.
If this was a Shougi match (as the metaphor this fight was all along set up to be), Asuma's sacrifice was to protect the King..and we know for certain the King aint one of the other two jounins.
Shikamaru, IMO, has the smartest ninja/tactical/intellectual/analytical, etc. mind in Konoha, if not the entire series...including Jounins and Sannins.
It's just his ability/chakra does not rate insanely high like Itachi, so his intelligence, in itself, is downplayed. He's a natural born leader and the best tactician we've seen so far out of every ninja introduced in this series. The only reason he's ever lost is because of a lack of overwhelming chakra, which other characters have used in the past to make up for being (below/slightly above) average thinkers. or most specifically, not being genius thinkers.
If the King is supposed to be the one who will be Hokage, I dont think the Hokage needs to be the most powerful and have the largest capacity. Konoha has so many powerplayers that are set to become the strongest ninjas in the Naruto world (Naruto, Sasuke (once he sees the light), Sakura, Neiji,) that having Shikamaru as the mover of them as pieces would make Konoha retardedly broken.
shikamarus already been compared to the knight by asuma
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God.. I can't believe we're having this disscussion...
let me repharse my previous comment about the kings' identity.
I think it's Aoba.
wait, scratch that, it won't work anymore since Aoba has been given a role in the previous chapter, so the joke isn't funny anymore...
I think it's a cow.
that's right, a cow. a brown one, to be spesific. and it gives out choclate milk rather than regular milk, since it's brown.
doesn't that sound reasonable?
Obviously, we're reading a shitty shonen series, so if the king has to have a soild identity, it's bound to be the main charecter - AKA Naruto. Also, if you remember, when the 3rd dies, there is the last page with the dubbing of 'the fire of shadows dies out' (not actual words, but same meanning) and the next page is with Naruto beating up gaara and 'a new seed illuminates through the darkness' (again, not exact words). Doesn't it sound like a change of leadership to you?
either Naruto, or some shitty emotion like 'the king is the children who create the future' crap.
with this settled down, we can all agree that the king is a brown cow. So stop taking every silly thing so damn seriously.
That'll be a sad anime episode, which probably won't air for about 4 years at this rate.
I wonder how they'll handle all the smoking. Well, they have shown Asuma smoking before in the anime, so I guess it'll be fine.
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I think I know precisely what I mean
when I say it's a schpadoinkle day
Yes, but Japan has turned very strict on that subject as of lately...a (main) character is allowed to smoke within the manga, but (for instance) not on the cover of said manga. Also, all smoking is erased from the anime unless it's a secondary character.
The best example is Gintama, a Shounen Jump manga/anime series that sadly no one reads but me.... one of the main characters, a Shinsengumi named Hijikata (some of you might recognize the name) smokes like a chimney in the manga, but in the anime his cigars are sometimes transformed into lollipops.
The same applies to Naruto... it's acceptable to see Asuma smoking, but not Shikamaru, since he's a much more important character and, age-wise, so close to the target audience.
i personally do not think the king is shikamaru. granted he is a very unique ninja and has extraordinary capabilities, i think what asuma meant was that it was up to shikamaru to carry on asuma's duty as "the sacrificial piece" or as a knight to protect the king. asuma called shikamaru a knight before pointing at the king, so that almost definitely rules shika out.
It's Naruto. Dont think so hard. It just is. Hence the show is named after Naruto...
Either that, or it's Udon.
i think the clue to the who the king lies in shikamarus response, "you... thats why." so whoever the king is, its linked to asumas behavior before the mission. the only thing i can think of is all the suspicious behavior involving kurenai. but its hard for me to think that shes the "king" unless the king is someone you love or some bullshit like that.
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NOOOO shikamaru dont smoke! Damn where are the TRUF ninja's when you need them. Damn cigarette companies! Oh well atleast we might catch up on Naruto's training. I think during the training Kakashi will refer to Yamato as Tenzou again and we miht get an inside look at the roots program as well as the ANBU. We also might get to shed some light on the whole situation with Tsunade and that old guy.
Well Hidan and Kakuzu did say they were coming right back... I wonder if they were being serious.
Well if they plan to go seal a jinchurriki, then I'd imagine it would take them a day at least.
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