Naruto 519 SPOILERSS

Sasori entrusted the Dad & Mom puppets to Kankurou, and asked him to pass them down the generations (because apparently, Sasori put a lot of “soul” in making those puppets, which was what made him strong). And after being convinced by Kankurou, Sasori disappeared in peace. Deidara was WTF and shouting to be released from the puppet which kept him prisoner. The ambush squad discussed on how they had found Edo-tensei’s weakness.

Madara grew suspicious about Kabuto leaking their whereabouts to the alliance, because Anko veered too close to their hideout, and Kabuto was able to trace her immediately. Madara thought to himself that the one who was “using” the other was himself, not the other way round.

The next jutsu of Naruto was indeed about Bijuu-mode. Naruto tried and failed in turning (?) into the Kyuubi and became a little fox instead (lol). Apparently it was because Naruto and the Kyuubi lacked in bonds. Hachibi came out and explained to Naruto about the huge risk of using the Bijuu-mode.

The Bijuu-mode had the Jinchuuriki and the Bijuu draw chakra from each other. If the Naruto-chakra was drained completely by the Kyuubi, Naruto would die. He was also reminded not to use Kagebunshin in Bijuu-mode, since Kyuubi would immediately draw on all the chakras of the bunshins as well, causing immediate death. The chakra trade was supposed to be negotiated between the two, but Kyuubi didn’t seem to be “that type” (figures). Hachibi told Naruto to give up on learning Bijuu-dama (the ultimate chakra blast of a Bijuu).

Naruto decided to use Rasengan on his usual mode instead (because he needed KBs for the jutsu), but his Rasengan split (!?). Bee was surprised seeing the jutsu, and asked who taught Naruto that. Naruto replied that it was taught by Jiraiya, and invented by the Fourth Hokage. Bee reacted upon the mention of the Fourth with excitement, and thought “What a coincidence!”. (! potential plot twist!?)

Naruto complained about the usual Rasengan not working, and Bee talked about how the Bijuu-chakra had + and – chakra. The white and black ratio should be 8:2 to form a sphere (Greek to me).

Naruto continued training…

part of the last part of the script by shounensuki:

because you’ll be dead before you know it! I actually negotiated with my bijū for the chakra exchange. The Kyūbi isn’t the type for that. Furthermore, the Kyūbi’s chakra is limited, because you took it from the Kyūbi in a tug of war.”
Naruto: “…Man, the risk is huge… And despite this, I cannot even use the jinchūriki’s supreme technique…?”
Hachibi: “Well, let’s just give up on the Bijū Ball… Training your special technique further is a better idea.”
Naruto: “Bijū Ball? What kind of technique is that?”
Hachibi: “It’s quite simple. You use shape transformation on your own chakra to accumulate it in your mouth and compress it, before firing it.”
Naruto: “That’s…”
Hachibi: “It feels just like vomiting”
Naruto: “The let’s try it in this mode.”
hachibi: “It’s impossible if you’re not changed into your bijū. Let me explain it first… Turn back B…”
B comes back out. “It’s no use… I’m giving up. Nothing left to do but try your special move in your Bijū Chakra mode… Diligently♪”
Naruto: “If I can’t use Kage Bunshin, the Rasengan isn’t suited for this mode. I have to concentrate on releasing the chakra and rotating and compressing it. I need two pairs of hands for the shape transformation…”
B: “The bijū chakra feels the same as your own hands and feet♪ They’re like illusionary versions of your real hands and feet♪”
Naruto: “I see… Like that, hm.”
Naruto makes a hand appear behind his back.
B: “That’s a nice performance♪ Now have a go at your special technique like this. You’re nearing success♪”
Naruto: “Alright!! Rasengan!! Eh?!”
B: “!?” (That’s…!!)
Naruto: “Uwa!!”
The Rasengan unravels and Naruto returns to his normal form.
B: (That technique! It’s just like a Bijū Ball! Fool!! Bastard!!)
“Hey, Naruto… That technique. What idiot taught you that?!!”
Naruto: “Eh?! Ehm… Ero-Sennin… Ah, right! Jiraiya-sensei… It was created by the Yondaime Hokage, though!”
B: “…!!” B’s shoulder trembles. (The Yondaime Hokage…!! How unexpected… Is this Fate?! A miracle♪)
B: “Rasengan! That’s just like performing a Bijū Ball! Commonness♪ A technique invented by referencing to the Bijū’s technique! That’s what Rasengan is! It’s as if the Bijū Ball was entrusted to you!! Lucky♪ It’s simple when you’re in Bijū form, but in human form, the shape transformation is so difficult, it’s nearly impossible. However, there’s a way to increase the stability while rotating the chakra!!”
Naruto: “But I didn’t even succeed in doing a Rasengan properly…”
B: “Bijū chakra is a combination of plus chakra and minus chakra… a balance! When you compress it, the balance between white and black should be 8:2, before turning it inro a sphere! Try it!”
Naruto: “Alright!”

Towards Naruto’s new technique!!
The end

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Naruto 518 Review - Abush vs Ambush

The status of the war.
Well the first fight begun between two ambush squads, everything was looking great for team Kabuto at the beginning but the role changed greatly in this chapter, however there's a big question... is this really over? or we are about to see a counterattack from the mist shinobi?. At this point Deidara and Sasori have been captured inside sanshouuo, however considering the experience of Sasori, we can expect a possible escape from this puppet or at least being released by mist shinobi.

There are thing that worries me about Kabuto, honestly I've never seen Kabuto being a genius as strategist, but as someone who can't be read and can be really tricky, we don't know yet what he is really after, neither what he is planning to do at the moment... why would he involve himself in a war that could last years like the previous shinobi wars, why would he wait quietly for Madara to hand over Sasuke, when it's clear that he can deal with Madara, or not?

Kankuro
Honestly I never expected Kankuro to become this good as character, this a clear sign of how good Kishimoto can makes character off-screen, he is good coordinating his troops and also did an amazing job with hiding Sanshouuo, still however the question remains, will it be enough against Edo Tensei?, are they just planning to restrain every ET till they find Kabuto?

Kankuro have done a great job, he have been reacting quickly to the situation and also performing greatly in this battle, not just as Captain, but also as fighter, however like in the Opera, is not over till the lady sings.

Sai
Sai is really an amazing fighter, maybe the best fighter in terms of techniques among the 12 current konoha rookies (and that's counting him in). I'm talking about hand to hand techniques, obviously you would say, what about lee?... well Sai is quite skilled in that area showing to deal properly with really powerful shinobi, like Sasuke.

However he was mentally affected by Shin's presence... in both ways positively and negatively. When he was fighting him he couldn't stop a second thinking that he was in fact fighting the real shin and that caused him to go into defensive mode, instead of offensive mode... but when Shin was gone, it cause him to show rage, maybe for first time ever in the manga, as most of the time he is expressionless.

Omoi's cloud style
Omoi has changed, there's not much time to think in war, at least no when you are in battle. I found the cloud style, like a reference to Konoha's wind style, the one used against Yuura... however it was quite cool that he was able to cut chakra threads.

The big question is here, is that a special knife, a chakra knife or something?, that should be explained in the next chapter.

Sasori and Deidara-ni
It was a bad day for Deidara and Sasori, they were doing really great in the previous chapter and had the control of the situation, for some of us maybe the fight were too quick (or at least it seems so far), but it was supposed to be like this when it comes about so many characters fighting at the same times, it had to be different.

Deidara and Sasori both had an advantage and a disadvantage. Their techniques and abilities are known... and so their weaknesses, but also they know how to deal with ET when Needed. The only advantage they have is the immortality granted by Edo Tensei.

Edo Tensei
So what we knew about Edo Tensei?, We knew that it:

1. Requires dust from the tomb or place of death of the soul to be summoned
2. It grants immortality to the summon as long the techniques remains active
3. The only ways to totally defeat the technique is by extracting and sealing the summoned soul or by forcing the caster to release the jutsu.
4. Edo Tensei can stay active even if the caster dies.
   
   
   
   However it seems that if you don't erase the personality of the summoned, it can actually release the jutsu by a strong emotions. This could be another weakness of Edo Tensei in general or maybe of the Talisman Kabuto is used. If is one on one battle leaving the feelings might result effective, but in squad vs squad situations like this could show up.
   
   This could happen again in scenarios like Tsunade vs Dan, Neji vs Hizashi, Sakura vs Chiyo, etc.