Naruto Chapter 459

[poopdeville]

Good point. If Shikamaru runs off on a mission without approval, he's going AWOL. In Naruto terms, that practically makes him a missing nin. I wonder if he'll seek approval first (from someone other than Sakura) or if he assumes he won't be punished because he's going after Sasuke.

This is exactly what Jiraiya did when he taught Pein. He didn't seek permission from anybody. He just told Tsunade and Orochimaru he was staying. And he stayed. For three years.

Being a missing ninja isn't a big deal, by itself. This is why the declaration to the other villages that Sasuke is a missing-nin is important: it is blindingly obvious that doing it after three years is in response to his activities and their political ramifications. And honestly, considering his activities, it is MOSTLY because of the political ramifications. Naruto's fight with him was between them. A kids fight. They just happen to have super powers.

[fahoumh]

Kisame is hunting Killerbee.

Oh, I must have missed that. Well, I'm still irked we haven't seen more of him...plus Kishi was kind of alluding to a fight between him and Suigetsu and when they finally met we didn't see jack. Anyway, I'll stop my rant now as it's old news.

[The Chancellor]

Kisame is hunting Killerbee.

Yeah and that should be the most interesting compelling fights in all of naruto history. I think it's obvious that Kisame was chosen by Kishi to hunt him because of his extreme storage of chakra and his ability to just be the kenpachi karaki of the akatsuki and just go nuts. A fellow chakra beast against one of the highest (non tailed beast) chakra capacities in the series. It should be pretty epic.

This would be one of the few fights I wouldn't mind having chapter after chapter after chapter just go on and on.

[Sam98034]

I'm wondering, do you guys think they're going to do anything with the whole "Samurai" thing? Are samurai going to be significant in this anime at all, or did Kishi just mention them to be cool?

[The Chancellor]

I'm wondering, do you guys think they're going to do anything with the whole "Samurai" thing? Are samurai going to be significant in this anime at all, or did Kishi just mention them to be cool?

I think he will yeah. The way they were introduced was pretty significant and they look pretty damn strong patrolling around the village like that. So I think that they'll probably whomp on someone. Question is who and when. I think that it would most likely be either someone in Taka, or just Sasuke alone. I still hold out for seeing the kages fight. Most likely though, we won't be seeing anything happening from the convo with Zetsu because it'll most likely be just a talk.

[poopdeville]

I think he will yeah. The way they were introduced was pretty significant and they look pretty damn strong patrolling around the village like that. So I think that they'll probably whomp on someone. Question is who and when.

I like it. I hope they are all taijutsu masters. My guess is that Naruto will fight them, if anybody does. Probably on his way to the meeting, after something loud happens.

Also, this is the perfect time for Madara to capture Naruto. Kakashi and Yamato are strong, but Kakashi's biggest strength is also Madara's (and Madara's is supposedly stronger). On the other hand, between the three of them, they have at least wind, lightning, water, earth, "wood" elements and sage chakra. If Madara's spacetime jutsu uses a "chakra path" to travel (like Pein's thoughts did), then Naruto's Sage Mode can see it. This sounds like a good matchup to me.

How did Sasuke and the rest of Taka avoid Aoba's Byakugan? They can't all fit in his blind spot, and they had no reason to think he even has the Byakugan.

[Death BOO Z]

to be fair, his byakougan spectrum covers less than 50% of his radius. it's possibly that they even his in his blindside by dumb luck.

[Sidnne]

There's also the matter of range. Sasuke is outside somewhere and we don't know how far away he is from the meeting. I think we can rather easily just conclude that he is out of Ao's range.

[Idealistic]

Sakura is going to give Naruto a kiss.

[poopdeville]

I think Kishimoto did some retconning in this chapter, to fix up that plothole. Sasuke was indoors, staring right at Danzou from above, in 457.

http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/457/16/

And now he and Zetsu are outside, suddenly.

[Sidnne]

Sasuke is inside the meeting hall...

Since when?

[poopdeville]

Well, I edited my post before/while you replied. Sorry. Since 457, when he was indoors staring at Danzou from above.

[Sidnne]

Well, I edited my post before/while you replied. Sorry. Since 457, when he was indoors staring at Danzou from above.

Even if he was indoors there, it wasn't in the meeting hall. It appears that they may be just outside the entrance to the village at that point. At the bottom of that page someone greets him and you can clearly see that it is outside of a large gate. That could be the gate to either the village or to the hall, but on the next page you can see the hall surrounded by a series of walls with gates, so it could have been outside the first wall.

Regardless, when Sasuke sees Danzou, its before Danzou goes inside.

Edit: Actually, due to the shading, it is mostly likely that they are in one of the three cave mouths and that would be the main gate to the village, with Sasuke and co. hiding up on a wall inside the cave. Then when we see Sasuke again in 459, he has made it inside the village.

[samsonlonghair]

There are so many super powerful ninjas in one place, plus the introduction of Samurai. All this build-up is driving me crazy. When will we see some action?

[The Chancellor]

All this build-up is driving me crazy. When will we see some action?

Me too man me too. I actually think Kishi is taking a page out of Odas playbook and trying build it up to the best point he can, then have an epic battle scene. And if not, then he should. It could potentially save this already becoming boring arc.

[Stitch]

What the hell is taking chapter 460 so long?

[Marik]

Jump wasn't released last week.

[Stitch]

Oh, so are we guaranteed to get chapters 460-461 at once? If I were Bill Gates rich, I would pay Kishimoto to hire all the staff he needs to pump out a chapter every hour. I would employ the whole nation of Japan. I don't care.

[redcat]

should buy a sweatshop to color it too. a million kids with a million crayons. it would be like a giant runny nosed color printer.

[FireEmblem]

Me too man me too. I actually think Kishi is taking a page out of Odas playbook and trying build it up to the best point he can, then have an epic battle scene. And if not, then he should. It could potentially save this already becoming boring arc.

This arc is one of the most exciting arcs in the entire series so I'm gonna have to disagree with this.

However I do think that Kishi may be reading some One Piece right now and taking a few notes. Both mangas are at very similar cross-roads right now, but I think only in the sense that there will be big changes after the respective arcs are done.