Naruto Chapter 354

[Winged Dancer]

Well, an old woman and a young girl beat Sasori ;P

I'd say only the old woman, and then she died =P Sakura is still pretty sucky...

You see?! That's the 19th Century mindframe, in which women become heroes only through marriage or death!! The lack of real femenine heroic figures, written by and for women penetrates all aspect of artistic expression!!!!!

Ok, I'll stop before I start foaming at the mouth with feminine fury or something.

BTW, both Sakura and Naruto will be owned by Sasuke simply because of his speed. He's way, way faster than any of the two. Naruto, as always, dedicated his training to raw power, while Sakura has strength and curative abilities. But those do no good if they can't see where Sasuke is attacking from.

[February]

I think part of the reason why Sakura seems sucky (even though she's not imo) is because she doesnt have a life goal that is related to intense training and power-gaining. Naruto's goal to become a hokage and protect everyone which requires alot of power, and so does Sasuke's motive. What was Sakura's goal again? To find Sasuke? See? But I do admit Sakura has gotten better over time

And look at it this way; Because Sakura is in the same team as Naruto and Sasuke, she's always being compared between them by the readers. I dont think its fair because Naruto isn't your average everyday ninja since he has a Kyuubi sealed in him and Sasuke has advanced bloodline- Sharingan.

...And I think Sasuke isn't even in the same level as Naruto anymore. Naruto just cant beat him at this moment in the manga.

@AssertnFailure: I really think that Sasori let Sakura+old woman beat him. If you go over their fight again, right at the moment before Sasori gets stabbed, you'll notice something weird.

[KCMmmmm]

@AssertnFailure: I really think that Sasori let Sakura+old woman beat him. If you go over their fight again, right at the moment before Sasori gets stabbed, you'll notice something weird.

You mean the fact that he stops fighting when his "parents" capture him? Yeah, he gets caught in an emotional moment, and allows himself to be killed. Or at least, I remember it going down like that. I do remember Chiyo making a comment about how he allowed himself to be defeated....I would go back, but I don't have any of the old manga episodes anymore.

As far as Sakura being weak...I don't agree. With help or not, she still managed to take down an Akatsuki before anyone (even Naruto the powerhouse) managed it. If you don't think she pulled her weight in that battle, remember that she is primarily a medical ninja, and consider the effect to which her anti-venom was used. Sakura rocks!

Shikamaru probably has the best Akatsuki kill so far though....something about burying alive an immortal while destroying the heart (one of five) of his buddy through his own technique just makes me very happy. Justice was indeed served in that battle.

[Honoko]

Shikamaru probably has the best Akatsuki kill so far though....something about burying alive an immortal while destroying the heart (one of five) of his buddy through his own technique just makes me very happy. Justice was indeed served in that battle.

Completely agree. That guy is definitely the most ninja-y out of all of them.

[elmojo]

that is definately one kill i would like to see transitioned into the anime.. with cool music

[Death BOO Z]

wow, stupid.
ninja cats. it's like shaman king Hatchi and Manchi only ten times gayer.
what is all this about? the small cats take them to the old lady and refer to her as boss cat/grandma. and the good looking girl refers to her as grandma s well,are we about to see a cat-woman action?
well, juggo looks cool in his last scene. i wonder how long will he be able to maintain his coolness. I'm assuming that until he fights.

the 8team looks stupid. espcsially shino. it's fucking rainnning, why does he need sunglasses?

[animus]

Maybe, cause he has bugs running inside his pupils and he doesn't want you to see them?

[Assertn]

the 8team looks stupid. espcsially shino. it's fucking rainnning, why does he need sunglasses?

He wears sunglasses indoors too....nothing new here

[KCMmmmm]

the 8team looks stupid. espcsially shino. it's fucking rainnning, why does he need sunglasses?

To hide his Sharingan.

[darkmetal505]

Shino's emo you know; either that or he's a badass. I guess ninja cats are only complementary to ninja dogs, but I really want to see a ninja monkey. That would be awesome. I wonder how Kishi will play this 8 v 4 v 4.

[animus]

Ninja panda please.

[Winged Dancer]

We already had a ninja monkey. The Third summoned him to fight against Orochimaru. And Gai had a ninja turtle once. For me, only the really big summons are worth it - the frog, the snake and the slug triad. The rest are pretty lame, although Kakashi's dogs ain't that bad.

Ninja panda FTW, though!

[RyougaZell]

And Kidoumaru summoned Spiders.


Seriously... why are people suddenly critizing (sp?) Shino's sunglasses? He has had them on since always... and his father, Shibi, as well.
The long coats and sunglasses must be their clans clothes... to conceal insects whenever they move under the coat for surprise attacks, and the sunglasses maybe conceal some mutation to their eyes cause of the bloodline. Whatever... the Aburame have had them since the beginning, so Shino won't take them off for rain.

[LobsterMagnet]

We're in for some pretty messy fights in the next few chapters. I think Kishi has put in more characters then he honestly knows what to do with. We have four different independent factions all battling it out.

8-man team naruto

4-man team sasuke

2-man team Akatsuki Itachi/Kisame

and the other akatsuki

2-man team of Diedara/Tobi

If there's one thing I'd bet my life on it's the fact that Tobi will wind up meeting/confronting Kakashi to give off the big reveal that he is in fact Obito.

Yeah I know I'm probably going to get negative repped for saying that, and even I think it's pretty stupid to think that Tobi is in fact cyber obito resurrected from the grave but honestly at this point judging by their personalities alone it's not a far stretch to guess that their the same person. It's just one of those sort of dumb things in the naruto universe (like the unexplained original of Kakashi's Mangekyou sharingan) that I accept as fact until otherwise.

[KCMmmmm]

We're in for some pretty messy fights in the next few chapters. I think Kishi has put in more characters then he honestly knows what to do with. We have four different independent factions all battling it out.

8-man team naruto

4-man team sasuke

2-man team Akatsuki Itachi/Kisame

and the other akatsuki

2-man team of Diedara/Tobi

If there's one thing I'd bet my life on it's the fact that Tobi will wind up meeting/confronting Kakashi to give off the big reveal that he is in fact Obito.

Yeah I know I'm probably going to get negative repped for saying that, and even I think it's pretty stupid to think that Tobi is in fact cyber obito resurrected from the grave but honestly at this point judging by their personalities alone it's not a far stretch to guess that their the same person. It's just one of those sort of dumb things in the naruto universe (like the unexplained original of Kakashi's Mangekyou sharingan) that I accept as fact until otherwise.

I'm not completely sure Akatsuki is dispatching Itachi and Kisame just yet, so you may be able to cross those two off for a little while. I already commented on the Tobi/Obito confrontation with Kakshi, so I totally agree with you there. And, like you, I really want to hear about how Kakashi got Mangekyou. And Sasuke, while we're at it. I'm a little bit curious if the different Mangekyou forms represent a different means of attaining it, or if they are simply different for each user; and whether the power changes according to the different type. So far, we've seen Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu from Itachi, and the dimension-warp from Kakshi. What's Sasuke capable of, and how are those jutsus used (with the exception of Tsukuyomi, the only one which has been fully explained.) There are too many loose ends to tie up before they reveal any more, in my opinion.

[animus]

Uh, am I missing something, I don't recall Sasuke getting Mangekyou.

[KCMmmmm]

Uh, am I missing something, I don't recall Sasuke getting Mangekyou.

He revealed it right after defeating Orochimaru, to Kabuto I believe. He had a circular line in the center of his eye, crossing straight through each of the "spots". Normal sharingan doesn't have that....so something was up.

Somebody support me on this; I don't have that chapter on this comp to double check. Or am I completely mistaken?


Edit: Ok, I just checked....and I am wrong. So, I screwed up. Sasuke does not have Mangekyou. Whooops, I better go back and read some of the older chapters. Or something. Sorry.

[LobsterMagnet]

It's not a question of whether or not akatsuki is going to dispatch kisame and itachi both the 8-man naruto team and 4-man sasuke team are going to be hunting the two of them down either way. So unless itachi and kisame have a good hide-away both forces are going to converge on their respective asses. Then again kisame and itachi never struck me as the hiding types.

I really do hope kishi finds a way to balance out all of the characters he's got running around. Giving enough time to show the expanded abilities of team 8 as well as showing off sasuke's newfound team.

Because honestly we still don't really know what they're capable of. Especially Kirin. As of now she's as useless as Sakura was pre-time jump. The only thing that can be said for certain is that she wants to roxor Sauske's boxers. I love it how Zetsu reports on all of the other members of Sasuke's Team but doesn't even mention Karin.

Leader: So Sauske's gained one of the legendary Houzuki mist brothers and Juugo of tenpin. Who is the third member of his squad?

Zetsu: Oh you mean the other one?

Leader: Yes, you said he had a 4-man squad.

Zetsu: Oh her, she's just some bitch, she doesn't do anything other then bitch and whine. I think he brought her along just so she could polish his pecker, I mean the guy's still a teenager, right?

[elmojo]

would you guys stop beating a dead horse with the obito thing lol