Naruto Chapter 358

[elmojo]

i think its just great how sasuke's fights are more strategized than our main protagonist, but yet is action filled and hard to interpret through the manga, he still maintains that wit and hit , it was not a one shot deal but at the same time it seems that akatsuki put my expectations too high for a survival rate of a member that it would be a shame to see more akatsuki members die in a quick way, i was pretty shocked to see orichimaru die like that especially since orichimaru has been the 3rd's prized student and a sannin, he's beaten the 3rd and propably can beat tsunade

its hard to see a fight between naruto and sasuke right now that would make naruto the victor, and it doesnt make sense that akatsuki are taking the matter lightly by just sending deidara and tobi instead of making sasuke's death a priority

[Raven]

Sasuke isn't part of their objective, I guess. Killing him has nothing to do with their plans so why would they track him down? He might be a threat further down the track but there's no reason for them to go and find him.

Sasuke is awesome. Reading this battle reminded me of the old days when they were all Gennin and Sasuke was so ahead of everyone, specifically the Zabuza arc.

[fahoumh]

its hard to see a fight between naruto and sasuke right now that would make naruto the victor

I had the exact same discussion with my cousin yesterday and he asked me who would win if they went head to head in the manga now. Of course I said Sasuke since he keeps proving he's a better ninja. Although, Naruto is easily the most persistent and tenacious character in the series...plus he has the Nine-Tail's chakra in addition to his own. Naturally, being the Naruto (character) fanboy he is, he disagreed. But my cousin doesn't read the manga...

[RyougaZell]

Sasuke isn't part of their objective, I guess. Killing him has nothing to do with their plans so why would they track him down? He might be a threat further down the track but there's no reason for them to go and find him.

Sasuke is awesome. Reading this battle reminded me of the old days when they were all Gennin and Sasuke was so ahead of everyone, specifically the Zabuza arc.

Deidara wanted to be the one to kill Orochimaru, and since Sasuke went ahead of him, Deidara wants to kill the one that killed him.

Imagine someone killed Itachi before Sasuke... Sasuke would most likely go mad and track down whoever killed Itachi before him.

[Carnage]

Good chapter, I can't wait to see what tobi's next move is.

Im hoping Sasuke finds a way to regenerate that wing .

[uhicha neji]

Deidara wanted to be the one to kill Orochimaru, and since Sasuke went ahead of him, Deidara wants to kill the one that killed him.

Imagine someone killed Itachi before Sasuke... Sasuke would most likely go mad and track down whoever killed Itachi before him.

Any idea as to why Deidara wanted to kill Oro so badly?

[boilerph]

Any idea as to why Deidara wanted to kill Oro so badly?

I'm sure he belittled his art...a lot.

Honestly, i think this fight is going to go the exact opposite way for one or more of three reasons:
1. Sasuke seems to be ignoring Tobi. Tobi demeanor makes it seem that he's weak but we know he's not (Beat 3-tails in one-hit).
2. If Deidara can't control his own chakra enough to shut down his land mines then he shouldn't be in Akatsuki.
3. I don't think that's Deidara's real body. I think it's a very realistic clay double. How else would he be able to lose an arm and never show any pain.

I think Sasuke is going to get whipped and Itachi will show up and prevent Deidara from killing him.

Also, I thought the point of Chidori was to use high-speed and a thrusting motion to make an attack that can penetrate any defense. Sasuke seems to have turned it into a fairly unimpressive lightning spear of sorts. I'm sure they'll say it has the same penetrating power but that just seems dumb.

[KCMmmmm]

Also, I thought the point of Chidori was to use high-speed and a thrusting motion to make an attack that can penetrate any defense. Sasuke seems to have turned it into a fairly unimpressive lightning spear of sorts. I'm sure they'll say it has the same penetrating power but that just seems dumb.

Well, it seems as if Sasuke has mastered the ability to control spatial and elemental chakra at the same time, putting him on an even footing with Naruto's new jutsu. Actually, he's better, since he seems much more consistent with the end result. Poor Naruto, he's always behind.

[uhicha neji]

I'm sure he belittled his art...a lot.

Honestly, i think this fight is going to go the exact opposite way for one or more of three reasons:
1. Sasuke seems to be ignoring Tobi. Tobi demeanor makes it seem that he's weak but we know he's not (Beat 3-tails in one-hit).
2. If Deidara can't control his own chakra enough to shut down his land mines then he shouldn't be in Akatsuki.
3. I don't think that's Deidara's real body. I think it's a very realistic clay double. How else would he be able to lose an arm and never show any pain.

I think Sasuke is going to get whipped and Itachi will show up and prevent Deidara from killing him.

Also, I thought the point of Chidori was to use high-speed and a thrusting motion to make an attack that can penetrate any defense. Sasuke seems to have turned it into a fairly unimpressive lightning spear of sorts. I'm sure they'll say it has the same penetrating power but that just seems dumb.

Wasn't it Deidara's clay fish the thing that took out the 3 tails? All I remember from that chapter was seeing Tobi run like a bitch.

[Mkadoza]

The attack was a return of the Sharingan controlled windmill blade, only this time with those oversized shuriken. If you look closely on page 13, you can clearly see wires attached to the two blades. And on pages 12 and 17, you can Sasuke making hand movements to control the wire. You also see he controls the wire with the same hand he used his Chidori with, probably to distract Deidara from noticing he was controlling the shuriken. He also used the first shuriken attack to make Deidara move underneath his sword, in range for his slash. He then used to second shuriken to attach Deidara to his own nuke. (I thought it was funny that the mouth on Deidara's right hand began to cough up blood after it was hit.)

That said I think Tobi will save the day, seeing as he's appearently invulnurable, at least to Sasuke's attack, and that he's earth natured, seeing as he used that submersion technique. Then I think the battle will shift to a Sasuke v. Tobi one-on-one, where Tobi is about to reveal a secret about himself, until Sasuke is interupted by one or both of Sakura or Karin. Catfight!!

[bagandscalpel]

Any idea as to why Deidara wanted to kill Oro so badly?

Probably having spent enough time paired up with Sasori that some of his feelings for Oro have rubbed off onto Deidara?

[elmojo]

tobi could have possibly grabbed diedara and submerged him before the mines exploded

[KCMmmmm]

tobi could have possibly grabbed diedara and submerged him before the mines exploded

Well, he might not have been able to, since he was nailed to the dragon by the shuriken. Maybe they'll just show the dust clearing, and show Deidara still standing, in the same style of DBZ. Then he'll say something like, "I can't mess around with this guy. Mmmm."

[elmojo]

Probably having spent enough time paired up with Sasori that some of his feelings for Oro have rubbed off onto Deidara?

oro left akatsuki
diedera was his replacement
it would make sense that he would want to kill him just to prove that he earned his spot its the akatsuki waaay!

[Assertn]

That would've been a good assessment, except back when Oro was part of the group, there were 10 of them. Back when Jiraiya first revealed them and in the beginning of shippuuden there were 9.

So in order for Deidara to be Oro's replacement, they wouldve had to lose another akatsuki member shortly after.

[Terracosmo]

Fucking Deidara-haters POP IS DEAD!

I don't hope he dies already.. akatsuki are getting owned like flies :O

[KCMmmmm]

Fucking Deidara-haters POP IS DEAD!

I don't hope he dies already.. akatsuki are getting owned like flies :O

True, they are, but think of it this way: Deidara has had the most screen time of all Akatsuki (besides the ex-Akatsuki Orochimaru). (Well....maybe Itachi has more, but he's a much more important villain.) If anyone is going to be killed, it will be Deidara - if only in order to introduce more villains and move the story onward. Not to sound like a Deidara hater, I like his trademark "mmmm" after every sentence, and he has a cool, laid back personality. But, I still think he's going down soon.

On the other hand, the preview for the next chapter is "The Artists Grand Finale"....and those titles are usually a bit deceiving....

[Terracosmo]

LOL last night I dreamt that Deidara survived and Tobi, Sasuke & Deidara became friends and started a talkshow together.

[boilerph]

LOL last night I dreamt that Deidara survived and Tobi, Sasuke & Deidara became friends and started a talkshow together.

That would be an interesting show. I would have to say Deidara would be the host with Saasuke as the uptight serious guy who gets the unintentional laughs and Tobi would be the band leader interjecting one-liners.

[itadakimasu]

deidara is going to die... thats all there is to it.

and now my memory is failing and i cant think of where the rest of sasukes group went off to...