Well if the Sannin tradition is to be continued Naruto will never be able to rescue Sasuke, as Sasuke would be too evil to save. Then again things are different here it seems, as the original bond between Sasuke and Naruto seemed much stronger than the one between Jiraiya and Orochimaru. Also, Tsunade wasn't in to Oro like Sakura is to Sasuke.
Also, as of yet the anime at least hasn't revealed if Sasuke has become a criminal. Who knows what happened during the time jump. Part of Sasuke's training could have included fell acts. And what will happen next is another, and as good, a question. If Sasuke becomes a real s-class criminal it would be hard to return to Konoha ever.
To be fair he hasn't actually commited a crime... hes just run away in angst and sought training.
I was under the impression that leaving your village as a rogue ninja was a crime. Sasuke became a Missing-nin the moment he left, just like Zabuza.Originally Posted by DB_Hunter
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Hmm I actually forgot about that.. good point.
But that's not the impression that you seem to be getting is it? I mean usually in missing nin cases Hunter nin's are sent out to kill the shinobi in question. Here you are having team mates being sent out to get Sasuke back, and I don't think its for a trial or something.
Could Sasuke even really be considered an enemy of or threat to Konoha? I always saw it as him taking off to pursue his own quest for revenge against Itachi.
I'm sure if it wasn't for people trying to bring Sasuke back alive, they'd probably send some nins to try to bring him back dead. In either case, Konoha can't afford to leave the sharingan in the hands of Oro
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Yeah, like Assertn said, not a direct threat. But I'd deem it somewhat likely Sasuke wouldn't hesitate too long to fight against agents of Konoha if he considered it essential for his own growth. I doubt he would want to slaughter regular Konoha people, though, like his brother. After all, he hates Itachi for that very deed. Still, aside from the main factor Assertn already posted, limited skirmishes with Konoha ninja would most likely be ok for Sasuke, and that's a threat in itself. He works for a man who wants to destroy Konoha, after all.
The problem lies in the fact that Orochimaru plans to take over his body and use the sharingan to destroy Konoha. At this point, they just want to get Sasuke back. I don't think Sasuke will be considered an enemy of Konoha until he kills someone from the village.
Maybe that's why they are going to send Naruto and Sakura after Sasuke. These two, apart from Kakashi, would have the best chance of persuading him to return if it is at all possible.
Edit: The third guy who is with Naruto and Sakura at the beginning... doesn't he look like Itachi a bit? And then there is the 4th guy that joins them afterwards...
Last edited by DB_Hunter; Mon, 02-19-2007 at 03:42 PM.
Sasuke is still a kid though. Technically, he was more like a ninja-in-training. There needs to be some sort of criteria that qualifies you for missing-nin status, other than deserting the village, or else any kid that ran away would be a missing-nin.
Missing nin are any rank of ninja that have abandoned their village, just leaving the village won't make you a missing nin ( like jiraiya), sasuke however, abadoned konoha, meaning he is now a missing nin.
Finally real Naruto eps again!!!
I think it has more to do with Konoha not having any ANBU to spare to go kill Sasuke. Also that Naruto would have a big hissy fit with the 5th if she ordered his death. If Naruto keeps failing though, she should just have him killed.
ANBU themself have little to do with missing nin, the ANBU consist of several different teams, like the interrogation team.
Not much is know of hunter nin's themself though, they are just a special group of ninja that have been through ANBU training at the least, kakashi mentioned this in the first few eps.
Hunter nin don't wear ANBU armor either ( i seem to recall this from kakashi's explanation).
Judging by their performance throughout the series ANBU were bigged up in the beginning but turned out to be a bit crap really in combat. So maybe that's why they are not being sent.
I think the mangaka simply failed at developing any worthwhile ANBU character, so at the moment they are simply expendable foot soldiers.
Truly, they have become as dispensable as Storm Troopers. We know they are at least of Chuunin rank though, so perhaps the average ANBU just pales in comparison to the Chuunin-like strength of all the major characters.
That alone makes me wonder why Tsunade hasn't done much more than send out a team of Genin to retrieve Sasuke. You'd think, like...that would take precedence over pretty much everything else Konoha has to deal with at this point.
lol, I suppose one criterion would be "importance to the protection of the village's secrets", which would pretty much make Sasuke their prize treasure.
On the other hand, Jiraiya did say that Sasuke was of no use to Oro for at least 3 years. It just doesn't sit right with me that they're waiting until the last minute to do anything about it.
Last edited by XanBcoo; Mon, 02-19-2007 at 05:47 PM.
<@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
Maybe they think Oro hasn't actually told Sasuke why he is so eager to train him up, and that once Naruto and Sakura tell him that Oro is after his body he will freak and desert Oro?
Sasuke already knows....Naruto told him back in the chase arc, and Sasuke didn't really care.
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