dont forget kishimoto is a DBZ fan, so im guessin this is HIS freeza saga, i just hope that naruto doesnt try to use a henkidama.....errrr, i mean rasengan that lasts half a year
dont forget kishimoto is a DBZ fan, so im guessin this is HIS freeza saga, i just hope that naruto doesnt try to use a henkidama.....errrr, i mean rasengan that lasts half a year
in the end orochimaru has to die or never apear ever again. cuz if he doesn't, it'll be a never ending battle of destroying konoha and then good guys saving it.
where the fuck is 205 inane.
Let me chuck my 2 cents in here again.
- I expect this series to last into the 6 or 700s, at least. I'm not bitching about length of story, or breadth of scope. I am reading / have read 10 volume 700 page / book series before, so I don't mind the length. And those series have more characters and character development than Naruto possibly could, given page count per issue.
- I don't mind fights. They're fun, they advance the story, and we see a lot of character development with them, because they're always talking about how they're fighting. (Which is a little weird. "Watch as I do my super move that you can't beat! Here's how it works, and this is an illustration of it so that you can figure it out and beat it. Thanks!"
- My expectation isn't that the series always be "amazing" or fast paced. There's always slowdowns in any story this size.
My criticism comes in the form of "what the heck are you doing?!" I'm just tired of repetition, and hope Kishimoto swings back around to the point where he was keeping me interested and intrigued.
-xtortout
thats the end of the story though, Orochimaru will die when then series finishes, hes the 'big bad guy'
Itachi will die sometime near the end
Insomnia's right. I kinda miss the day to day interactiveness between the ninja's.
MmmMmm. Ooiiishiii
(uhh spoilers, but shouldnt that be obvious?)
i officially declare akamarus kunai jutsu, as(drum roll please) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . exploding puppy no jutsu. poor guy, seriously i need a translation just so i can alleviate the wtf factor. btw kimi looks pretty cool all knives out and whatnot.
Bah, Orochimaru isn't the bad guy, he's a bad guy. Isn't the (shhh, undercover) real focus akatsuki? Naruto has Kyuubi; Kyuubi is one of the youma; Akatsuki is after the youma for their own (twisted, diabolical!scemes (and it would have worked if it weren't for you meddling kids!
Damn. I need to remove the parenthesis keys on my keyboard.
I forsee Orochimaru being killed by Sasuke before team 7 gets into the fray with Akatsuki. Itachi will not be killed by Sasuke, but by Naruto. At that point, Sasuke will have ended the little spat with Naruto. (And realized that killing is bad, mmkay?) Erm, a nice fight between Kabuto and Itachi would rock too. We'll see.
I don't think I'm going to download the next month's issues. And see how a montly dip into the well is.
-xtortout
Yeah, xtort has a big point there. Orochimaru is not the bad guy - he might be it at the moment, but the big, ominous shadow is Akatsuki, and think of it.... Itachi is way more powerful than Orochimaru, and yet he's not Akatsuki's leader.
So, in maybe two hundred more chapters (wohoo. I'm so happy, goddamnit all, its just another fuggin' year or more), we'll get a glimpse of the true bad guy, the one who can actually own Itachi... either that or Itachi ends up being the bad guy.
As for who kills who... I don't care at the moment. Sasuke will, at some point, learn that vengance is not the way or something like that, so I don't care if he gets to kill Itachi or not.
...but it'd be cool if Naruto did kill Itachi and Sasuke got angry... it'd make for a dramatic story-arc.
Here's a noob ass question.
What's an "arc"?
An arc is... how to explain it...
Well, an "arc", or "story-arc" is a story that builds another story. Um, it's sort of a small story within the main story.
So, here you have the Naruto main story - a boy whom everybody hates and ignores, trying to be acknowledged and fighting to earn the highest title in (basically) the world. Along the way he meets people, gains friends, and starts earning the respect of everybody.
That's Naruto in a nut-shell, right?
But that story is composed of many others, smaller stories. The "Wave Country story-arc" is the first important one, as it forces the characters to face death for the first time and realize that they are, ultimately, "tools".
The next big story-arc is the Chuunin exam, which serves for three purposes...:
1) Introduce Orochimaru, give Sasuke the Curse seal and "convince" him of killing Itachi
2) Introduce Jiraiya and Naruto's learning of the Summoning Jutu
3) The set up for the Sound Infiltration
Next, there's the Sound Infiltration Arc, which, accordding to Kishimoto, was made to show the contrast between Gaara and Naruto: They both have demons sealed within them, but one has a family while the other has nothing; and yet Gaara can't trust anyone while Naruto has gained precious people.
It also kills the 3rd, which serves for the next arc...
The Legendary Sannin story arc, which basically serves to introduce Itachi, hospitalize Sasuke, and find Tsunade, who had lost faith in humanity but regains it thanks to Naruto.
And now the current story-arc, which I only call "Sasuke in a barrel", which is... basically getting Sasuke back. We'll see where it takes us.
Of course, in between these arcs we have other, smaller stories... basically, characters developments, such as Hinata and Neji's past, Rock Lee's, Sakura and Ino's, and so forth...
...where's Inane's translation, anyway?? As if you couldn't tell by the post lenght, I'm bored, so I'll just wander off to read Tresure Island again...
I'm just annoyed that Kishimoto decided to split the team up. Everyone's got to go mano a mano against these monsters of Orochimaru, and each of them is dropping one by one. It would be nice if say, they decided to have a big ass fight as a team. We haven't really seen much teamwork since the begining of the series. I think Kishimoto has a problem with coordinating large team fights, so he's reverted to Dragonball Z style fighting.
I just hope Naruto's hair doesn't turn yellow...
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...damn too late.
It's not so much the length of the story I was refering to but rather it's general direction. So far we have been distracted by so much expansion that any concrete focus for whatever the main plot is, is well...gone. I don't think anybody even hates Naruto (we all like it obviously since we're here talking about it) but I think I can speak for many of us...our patience is running thin.
It's like c'mon we need to get to the goods NOW! No more teasing.
Having the story go from Oro, the sound invasion, Itachi showing up, Higher akutsuki members, and then back to Oro (even worse his underlings) is well...pretty much the equivalent of a cramped orgasm as far as I'm concerned.
Long stories are good, but 10 years just for it to get anywhere isn't...cough Berserk.
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Then Naruto will never become hokage.
Sasukes reason for living is to kill Itachi, Narutos reason for living is become Hokage. If Naruto kills Itachi then Sasuke wont stop till he kills Naruto.
not only that but Itachi cannot be brought down by a non sharigan user when he uses Mange Sharigan, theres only two possible people who can use the sharigan to beat Itachi - Sasuke and Orochimaru in Sasukes body.
Naruto might never become Hokage, perhaps he will change goals after this mission...bringing peace to the ninja world.
That way their wouldn't need to be military generals/leaders like Kages. Everyone could live in peace, hey it would make a nice little ending for the manga series.
Kages are there to bring peace, they're just like presidents and such.
without leaders there will only be chaos
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not only that but Itachi cannot be brought down by a non sharigan user when he uses Mange Sharigan, theres only two possible people who can use the sharigan to beat Itachi - Sasuke and Orochimaru in Sasukes body. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
In the past I use to support that idea alot. But lately I'm beginning to wonder if it's still going to be true, depending on whether Kishimoto decides to throw in another "exception to the rule." Case in point? Neji's moves that got countered so easily. Guess these ultimate moves aren't as absolute as we thought. Pray that Kishimoto keeps it together and not throw anything new to the table.
I think Orochimaru IS the ultimate badguy.
Not Itachi.
orochimaru is the snake that sought immortality - and he's found it.
The best twist of all would be to have orochimaru get sasuke's body and kill itachi.
And naruto finishing orochimaru off after a few years into the future.
I predict 1000 chapter manga. (would that be a first ever?)
After all the setting up Kishimoto's done, I'm sure that would be very possible. Kinda like Hikaru No Go where we get to watch the characters actually do some growing up.
Afterall - how is Naruto going to become hokage at the age of 14... 13? ... whatever he is? His voice hasn't even cracked yet. Oh my, that will be an annoying arc... "Naruto's Puberty: Hotheaded annoying teen becomes more annoying".
Well 1000 episodes!
And Itachi killed by Oro in Sasuke's body.
Orochimaru has to last to the end. Itachi's just a side-story for Sasuke's character - even if he is after Kyubi. You'll never get rid of the undergound Akatsuki, it's like the Illuminati.
Orochimaru is immortal, he experiments on people and disfigures human bodies, creates demons - shall i go on?
Orochimaru is the EVIL in Naruto
Itachi is the diet evil - just bad not exactly insane, his existance is basically just for Sasuke, he may be stronger but hes no way near as evil.
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i would have to say the best twist in Naruto would be if Orochimaru got Itachi's body and kohona had to go up against him with the help of their allies, ending the series with a period of peace after the storm.
Did someone just badmouth Berserk?...It's a MASTER piece...a truly awesome story. Some things take time...and a well written manga (like berserk)happens to be one of them. And I for one thought Berserk was good from the get go...and it STILL is. It didn't take 10 years for it to get good...i wonder if the people who complain about mangas appreciate how difficult it is to write an ongoing story...without major plot holes...and keep it interesting for several years. Ugh...I don't think the taka no dan arc...or any other berserk arc would have been as good if it was rushed.
Naruto Kagebunshin no jutsu Rushdown = Fucking BORING SHIT. I can't wait to see what kind of trick Kimi will do. He seems to be more than a match for the Kyuubi-chakra bunshins. I think he'll beat Naruto, but will have to deal with Sasuke immediately afterwards.
And as for Akamaru/Kiba. I hope they make it out alive. I'm a dog-lover, and it's sad to watch dogs die.
We need to watch Shikamaru's fight now!
Kishimoto bogging down : IMO, he is. I've seen too many "Team VS Team" fights, and while it seemed exciting at first, it gets old fast, especially when we're so close to *probably* ending the entire Orochimaru arc. Seriously. He needs to curl up and die. He's had his spotlight, now it's time for him to move on.
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