Naruto Chapter 437

[Uberbaka]

in my eyes it's more of a contractual/honor thing.

When Sarutobi died, the summon had no more reason/right to be there.

*shrug* One possible way of looking at it until Kishi feels like expanding on the topic.


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lol, got neg repped for calling Ten Ten's fanbase small. Guess the truth hurts. (waits for another ;P)

[rockmanj]

Haha, I like TenTen in the games, but I had no idea we had a lot of her fans on GW. Weirdos...well, can't really say much, as I am an Anko fan.

[Patriot]

Yeah, i think its safe to say trapping one Pein in a Genjetsu does not effect the original or the others in any way. When Jiraya got three of them trapped and then killed them, it had no effect on the other three and definately no effect on Pain. Its just a shared vision between the six. Also, I remember Jiraya saying, that the original Pain was a world class Tajitsu master, so I think this frail body thing is a just a ruse.

[rockmanj]

Now that I think about it, we have seen what happens to a summon if the body is killed. When Naruto killed the animal path, her summons disappeared.

[Sidnne]

Now that I think about it, we have seen what happens to a summon if the body is killed. When Naruto killed the animal path, her summons disappeared.

That was a completely different type of summon. Each body has a different, single ability at its disposal; that body's ability is summoning. But those summons were more like bunshins that were directly linked to and created by that body; they weren't contractual summons of an pre-existing entity like in the case of Katsuyu, Manda, the toads, etc.

[rockmanj]

Maybe, but I think its like some one said, we don't know the rules that Kishimoto uses. We can reasonably assume that Tsunade has a contract with Katsuyu, and that she can pump her own chakra into it (as we've seen her do). I would think that if the source of that energy is gone, then either Katsuyu is very depleted, or it disappears. We don't know if Pain had some sort of contract, but it is possible, as Animal Gate always summons the same monsters, and they all have the chakra rods. Maybe they were captured or something by Pain..

[itadakimasu]

Naruto lost the second Konoha got blown up. I am not saying he is losing the fight, but he already lost the battle.

I've got a feeling Pein has a trick for handling bijuu up his sleeve. Akatsuki has been collecting them for a few years now. He might have been defenseless against Naruto's Sage Mode, but if he has a plan for dealing with the Kyuubi, Pein has won. I don't think Naruto is going to win this fight, even with the Kyuubi's help.

That is why sasuke is going to show up any minute now.