Quote Originally Posted by FireEmblem
As much as I want Naruto to give up trying to convert Sasuke, it's not for the same reasons as most people. I just want him to stop that so that I can see him become hokage and progress.

But for the plot, he should NOT give up on Sasuke. Unless Kishimoto planned to have Naruto "go back on his word" that is. But the point of the story is exactly that. Naruto and his nindou or whatever, which is to never give up and to never go back on his word. If he betrayed that now then the entire plot would lose what it has been pushing since the beginning.

What the fuck @ Danzou's arm? This will be interesting at least. And as someone mentioned it will probably mean that Danzou will team up with Madara. Meaning that Madara will have Root as well for his army. Speaking of his army, how the hell does he plan to go to war again? We have seen that Bijuu's alone are not enough.
Naruto sees Sasuke as his brother. To give up on or kill a brother is much harder than to kill a crush (which is what Sakura has decided to do).