Naruto 519 Review

I hope you will enjoy the review.
We are at the beginning of the 4th Great Shinobi World War. Even if this is shounen manga, the idea of a world war implies death and tragedy.


The chapter's title points us towards an entirely different direction. When we see Bijuu, we will definitely think: Naruto. So that means that the main focus of this chapter will be the actual main character.
From the looks of it, he might try to learn how to execute the Tailed Beast Bomb, or how readers call it Bijuu Blast. We've seen this move a few times, but the most detailed scene was when Naruto fought Orochimaru. We've seen Naruto, or Kyuubi releasing a huge amount of chakra(black and white), then compress it into a sphere and shoot it from the mouth. It was a devastating technique, a mass of pure chakra, which later Kakashi called Shape Manipulation.

But the beginning of the chapter, acts as the conclusion of the first skirmish of the war.

And this time it's Sasori's time to go. We have seen Sasori performing at his best, so as I have said in my previous review or previous posts, the main idea for having these people have their personalities is to serve as character development for the more important people of the support cast, in this case Kankuro.
I think this time the emotions were transmitted better, then with Shin. We have more panels of Sasori disintegrating, and even while at it, he still has things to say to Kankuro.

The main idea, or message in Sasori's death can be related to another important theme, that was introduced back in Part 1, and it was reformulated countless time since: to take care of the next generation, take care of the future of the village.
It starts with Kankuro explaining Sasori that controlling his real body means that he has lost as a puppeteer. Personally I thought last chapter, that Kankuro was thinking about Kabuto(pretty silly considering Sasori had his personality), but it turns out that he was thinking about himself. The moment Sasori became his puppet, he was no longer a puppeteer thus lost to him.

But the more outlined meaning of Kankuro's speech is the other interpretation of Sasori's form of art. Eternity in art means that the emotions that one have put in his creations will be transmitted to the next generation. He mentions the emotions that are put into a puppet, and considering that Sasori's first puppets were his parents, then we can see that the emotions are there. He also mentions the performance of the next generation another element in reaching eternity in creation. So by controlling Sasori's main creation, himself, it means that Kankuro is sure that he is a worthy successor of the legacy Sasori left behind.

Surprisingly enough Sasori accepts this, which is the trigger for unbinding his soul from Edo Tensei. In the end he refused to fight, and he acknowledged Kankuro as well. The reason why I'm saying surprising, because the influence of emotion wasn't something Sasori didn't consider when he took his own path to immortality. His conviction was that emotions weakens the shinobi, it brings hesitation, which is very detrimental. Kankuro's point of view on the other hand involves a lot of emotion, but not something frail. The thought for the next generation and the emotions put into creation helps people to strengthen themselves, thus eliminating that hesitation Sasori talked about.

This how Sasori strengthened his conviction in his art, and managed to free himself from Kabuto's grasp. In the end, by choosing emotions, Sasori was more artist, then shinobi. RIP.


But the war is not over. This was only the first fight, and Deidara has been captured, and Chuukichi is lurking somewhere to crush enemies. This way the focus on the ambush squad is maintained, and by having two enemies that can actually disturb they actions, the following events will be very interesting, since Kankuro and co. are marching directly towards the enemy, in order to ambush them. So that's why at some point in time they might found themselves pretty outnumbered, and maybe even outclassed.
The reason I mention outclassed is because we are witnessing a short conversation between the masterminds of the enemy side. Kabuto offers Madara to head towards the battlefield as he stays behind to concentrate on his jutsu. But Madara is not a fool and he quickly realizes that Kabuto led Anko to the hideout, but in the end he still claims that he is using him.
Nobody expected less from Madara, he is confident in his in abilities of manipulating others. But how will this play out? Let's assume that Madara will head out. Kabuto will remain at the hideout and he can have all the research materials he needs, he can interfere with Madara's ultimate goal as well, he might even try to take out the blind Sasuke. Maybe that's what Madara is hoping for? To match up Sasuke against Kabuto so that Sasuke would test his new eyes? I'm also wondering what Kabuto's plans are back there at the hideout, so I will ask you dear readers to share your thoughts about this. The mystery it's really at its peak, so it would be cool if anyone would actually crack the secret, before it's revealed.

Another important element in this first part of the chapter is the conclusion about Edo Tensei. Unfortunately this conclusion doesn't serve Kankuro very well, because they have limited knowledge about the jutsu. They have only encountered the zombies who had their personalities intact, so by defeating them, they arrived at the obvious conclusion that emotions are very hard to restrain. But the important question is if they arrived at this conclusion, why didn't Kabuto take the necessary measures to avoid such situations, because he is the user of the jutsu.


It's a really interesting progression of the war, though it kind of slowed down this chapter, but we had some character development going on, so it is a balanced, good chapter.

But the second part is where the party starts. We have Naruto on stage, and I think there's nothing better than having him as main character of a chapter. Bee is also great, but I think the most important thing is that they are in the middle of training, a very important one, and probably the last. As we've seen in the title, Naruto is on route to Bijuu Blast, but we've only seen fully transformed Jinchuurikis do that.

That's what I'm talking about. Fully transformed Jinchuuriki FTW. I'm not really into cute little cudly foxes, but I found this scene very funny, and which was better, it seemed like a little tribute to the early, prehistoric beginning of Naruto's story.

I also found the construction of the scenes that led to this panel very ingenious. First we have Bee introducing the last step of the training. To learn the most powerful move a Jinchuuriki can do. And the first step to achieve it is to fully transform into the Bijuu. Until now it's all cool, but Naruto expresses his concerns about this whole transformation thing. So he was worried, and frankly I was a bit worried as well, because I kind of expected Naruto to have some sort of agreement with Kyuubi first, then proceed to this whole transformation thingy. And even if Bee calmed down Naruto, the tension was rising, and Naruto began to transform, he even showed signs of chakra bubbles, which is Kyuubi's trademark, and then.

That's why I think this was one of the most funny scenes in a long time. Of course funny faces, and good ol' stupid Naruto can be fun from time to time, but this...oh man.

But as serious members that we are, we should take a look at the what that meant, and how will it influence Naruto's future...but that was funny as hell.

Ok, so actually what that meant is related to my reason of concern earlier, and that is the non-friendly relationship Naruto and Kyuubi is having. It's the conclusion of Bee, so it's official, Naruto will have to tame Kyuubi in order to fully use its power. What more, the chakra Naruto managed to steal from Kyuubi is limited, so basically Naruto as awesome as he may have been in that fight, didn't really manage to get Kyuubi's entire power.
Interestingly enough, this doesn't mean that Kyuubi has actually no say in the matter, and that he is completely sealed away behind those fancy bars.

The actual mechanism or let's say relationship between the Jinchuuriki and the Bijuu is described by Hachibi and it's like this. When the user is in basic, version 1 tailed mode, the chakra that is in use is the chakra of the bijuu. But this is an even trade. As the Jinchuuriki is permitted to use the Bijuu's chakra, the same goes for the Bijuu, who can use it's hosts chakra and consume it, making it its own, whatever. So that's why staying long enough in that mode, or even making Kage Bunshins is forbidden, because it's too risky.

The reason why Bee can stay in that mode and even switch between version is that Bee and Hachibi have a chakra deal. Bee managed to tame his beast, therefore he also succeeded in having a talk with the beast and reaching an agreement. The agreement is most likely a limit, maybe a percentage of the amount of chakra each party can use during a transformation. That seems fair, but it also seems impossible in Naruto's case. That's why the first step towards Bijuu Blast is already a failure, that's why Hachibi tells Naruto that he must use this transformation to further enhance or hone his own skills. Surprisingly Naruto understood everything from this explanation. I know this wasn't something hard to understand, but Naruto managed to follow the entire train of thought, and as a curious person that he is, he asks about Bijuu Bomb.

Notice that the fun we had earlier is already gone, we're stepping further into serious explanations, life threatening jutsus. This Bijuu Bomb is also something that's no joke either. Naruto recognizes the jutsu from Hachibi's description, as he had seen it when he fought Kyuubi. It's really powerful, and its shot from the mouth, but because it's a pure chakra blast, it meanst that the Bijuu is firing out something that's part of him, through his mouth, so it feels like vomiting.

I know I mentioned that Bijuu Bomb is no joke, but actually Naruto can turn anything into that. He is the type of guy who catches up on the easy to understand analogies, which are present in the ordinary life. That's why he only understood Pa's natural energy explanation, when Gamakichi used the icecream analogy for example. This situation is similar. The moment he heard that firing this blast is like vomiting, well guess what
What he didn't know, that when performing a blast of any kind through the mouth, there's always the need of pressure. When Fugaku taught Sasuke, he told him to gather as much chakra as he can, compress it and let it go in an instant.

So I considering Hachibi's description, and the actual description of a blast, I would compare the Bijuu Bomb to vomiting while being drunk. When someone drinks a lot, there's a lot of pressure building up in the stomach, so when the final drop of alcohol arrives the scene and it breaks the balance of food and alcohol, then the pressure goes wild, much like a Bijuu Bomb

So there's no need to exercise Bijuu Bomb, that's why Bee came back, and it has been decided to try Rasengan in Bijuu Mode. He also told Naruto not to worry about his inability to do Kage Bunshin. The mental image of the chakra around him, enables Naruto to use every bit of that chakra like he wants. He can transform his chakra into hands for example and use that to form the Rasengan.

This ability is a very versatile one. Naruto can grow multiple limbs for example, stretch them, and in the same time to make the Rasengan, and scratch his own back. The instant I read this part, I though that even if the Bijuu Bomb is compressed at first, after it's swallowed it should blow up, but the mental image of the ball remaining compressed inside enables the user the release it. So my mind went further, and after the manga mentioned vomiting, I thought I add an extra to it...now imagine that Naruto is forming the mental image of a Bijuu Bomb while something like this is happening, remembering that only a mental image is required, and the chakra can be manipulated all over the body.

 That's why I think this was one of the most funny scenes in a long time. Of course funny faces, and good ol' stupid Naruto can be fun from time to time, but this...oh man.

But as serious members that we are, we should take a look at the what that meant, and how will it influence Naruto's future...but that was funny as hell.


So I considering Hachibi's description, and the actual description of a blast, I would compare the Bijuu Bomb to vomiting while being drunk. When someone drinks a lot, there's a lot of pressure building up in the stomach, so when the final drop of alcohol arrives the scene and it breaks the balance of food and alcohol, then the pressure goes wild, much like a Bijuu Bomb

So there's no need to exercise Bijuu Bomb, that's why Bee came back, and it has been decided to try Rasengan in Bijuu Mode. He also told Naruto not to worry about his inability to do Kage Bunshin. The mental image of the chakra around him, enables Naruto to use every bit of that chakra like he wants. He can transform his chakra into hands for example and use that to form the Rasengan.

This ability is a very versatile one. Naruto can grow multiple limbs for example, stretch them, and in the same time to make the Rasengan, and scratch his own back. The instant I read this part, I though that even if the Bijuu Bomb is compressed at first, after it's swallowed it should blow up, but the mental image of the ball remaining compressed inside enables the user the release it. So my mind went further, and after the manga mentioned vomiting, I thought I add an extra to it...now imagine that Naruto is forming the mental image of a Bijuu Bomb while something like this is happening, remembering that only a mental image is required, and the chakra can be manipulated all over the body.

Predictions/Want to happen

I'm very sure that we won't see Naruto next week. Maybe 1 or 2 little scenes with him perfecting the new technique, but not anything relevant. Therefore the focus should be on the war, and I think it will be. Personally I don't really care which side, but I'm also pretty certain that there will be no confrontations. Kankuro needs to plan the ambush, Madara is still yet to head out, so I think the most we could get as action would be the cliffhangers. That's just the war I see it, though, and almost every time Kishi does something else, which is good though, because I'm caught by surprise, positive or negative(well at least it's not predictable

Please feel free to post outrageous stuff. Opinions of the review and the chapter are welcome

Kabuto's army

So...
It seems that Kabuto is making is whole army of great Shinobi...


The kind of conversation we can have here:
- Who else will Kabuto summon?
- Will someone get free, and who?
- What could be the match-ups?
- etc.

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So far, here's the army we know of:

5

Akatsuki

- Deidera
- Sasori
- Kakuzu
- Itachi
- Nagato

6

former Jinchuriki

- Yugito Nii (2-tails)
- Yagura (3-tails)
- Roshi (4-tails)
- Han (5-tails)
- Utakata (6-tails)
- Fuu (7-tails)

3

former Kages

- Sandaime Raikage (Ee & Killerbee's father)
- Yondaime Kazekage (Gaara's father)
- Unknown Kage*

*Most likely from the Rock, since Kabuto already has one of each of the other country, except the Fire

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Great Shinobi

From the Leaf:
- Hizachi Hyugga (Neji's father)
- Dan (Tsunade boyfriend)
- Asuma

From the Mist:
- Zabuza
- Haku

From elsewhere
- Chiyo (Sand)
- Hanzo (Rain)
- Kimmimaro (Sound)

So, in my opinion, who else are we likely to see brought back to life?

From the Leaf:

Surely we will see those ones:
- Jiraiya
- Sakumo (Kakashi's father)
- Danzou

It would also be nice to see those ones:
- Shusui Uchiha (He's been so hyped that we simply NEED to see him)
- Torune & Fuu (If they are dead... it would be a waste not to see them again)
- Nawaki (If Dan is not enough, her brother would certainly throw Tsunade off)
- Kushina
- Sasuke Sarotobi (Sandaime's father)
- Obito and Rin (That would surely throw off Kakashi)
- Sasuke's parents (Only if Kabuto wants to fight against Sasuke)
- Chiruku (Asuma's friend, the monk)

From the Sand:
For sure:
- Sandaime Mizukage (the one with the metal dust jutsu)

Maybe:
- Yashamaru (Gaara's uncle whom he killed when he was young, if he wants to throw Gaara off)

From the Rock:
- ...

From the Mist:
- All of the previous swordman of the mist, including:
- Kisame
- Suigetsu's brother

From the Cloud:
- Motoi's father

From elsewhere:
- Konan

And of course, there are still plenty of dead Kages available...

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So, what do you think?!

Edo Tensei can be 'ended' by the souls coming to peace?

To speak frankly, I think how Sai's resurrected brother, Shin, was 'defeated' was pretty lame. His soul got some sort of closure from seeing that Sai finished the infamous 'I have bonds too!" book....and then Edo tensei ended???? Lame.

Granted, we have very little info about Edo Tensei as a whole...so I won't be able to completely defend that it doesn't make sense......but it doesn't make sense to me and here's why...

I don't understand how the soul itself that is resurrected could have any bearing on the technique itself that the user performs [Kabuto in this case]. If Kabuto is the one binding the soul to the living world, then how can the soul itself release that 'binding'. Now, I would be much more understanding if Shin did a sealing tech (or anti-sealing tech) or any technique for that matter (ninjutsu, genjutsu), but alls he did was reach peace and then his soul was not bound. That brings up the assumption that anyone who is resurrected is not at peace....while that is possible, it is not very probable.

It's just a weird situation now that it's happened. Could it be prevented if Kabuto takes 'full control' of the zombies so they don't have a personality to reach closure??? What about people who died 'in peace'??? Did all of the people that Kabuto resurrected not have any sort of peace or closure when they died? Did all of them die unexpectedly in battle? Didn't any of them die from natural causes where they could have reached peace on their own? What about if they did die in battle, but reached peace before they died (like Jiraiya).

So now with all the rest of the zombie battles are we gonna have to see a bunch of sappy "closure" speeches and all the zombies reaching 'peace'??? I could handle that for a couple zombies, but all of them...yuck! That's gonna be a lot of sappy speeches in addition to all of Naruto's sappiness that will have to come up to 'bring peace to the ninja world'.

I just think this is a cheesy way to deal with the 'undefeatable' zombies that we thought would bring cool revelations and cool techniques to seal them....not sappy words and speeches (like the one Kankuro is having with Sasori).

Am I the only one that thinks this is gonna be superbly lame if all teh zombies are going to be defeated in this manor? I shouldn't jump to conclusions, but I'll be disappointed if all these bad-ass zombies are defeated by hugs-no-jutsu.

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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Madara Uchiha

Madara Uchiha (Uchiha Madara) is a major antagonist of the series. He co-founded Konohagakure and Akatsuki, and was once the leader of the Uchiha clan.hen first introduced, he poses as Tobi, Deidara's partner in Akatsuki.

Before the era of ninja villages, Madara was the most gifted member of the Uchiha clan. Even by his clan's standards, Madara's chakra was unusually strong. He grew up in constant competition with his younger brother, Izuna Uchiha. In their efforts to surpass the other, each gained their own Mangekyō Sharingan. With the power of the Mangekyō the two brothers took control of the clan, with Madara acting as its leader. Under his leadership, the clan conquered all they came across. Because of the never-ending series of battles of the time, Madara eventually began to suffer from overuse of the Mangekyō Sharingan, leaving him blind. In order to regain his sight he took Izuna's eyes for himself, granting him an "eternal" Mangekyō Sharingan with which he led the Uchiha to prosperity. Madara insists Izuna consented to the act.

Over the years, the Uchiha had constantly fought with the equally powerful Senju clan. To bring an end to the constant fighting, the leader of the Senju, Hashirama Senju, approached the Uchiha with an offer of peace. Although Madara never wanted peace with the Senju, the rest of the Uchiha wished to end the fighting, and Madara had no choice but to accept. The Senju, the Uchiha, and all the clans they had conquered came together to form the village of Konohagakure. Against Madara's wishes, the villagers selected Hashirama as the village's First Hokage. Madara feared that Hashirama would oppress the Uchiha, and tried to rally support for challenging his leadership. Rather than help him, however, the Uchiha turned their backs on him, believing he only desired more power. Abandoned by his clan, Madara left the village, later returning in order to challenge Hashirama in battle. They fought at the site that would someday be called the Valley of the End, where Madara used the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox against Hashirama. Control of the Nine-Tails was ultimately taken from him and Madara was believed to have died.[5] Despite appearing to have been defeated and gravely weakened, he was somehow able to acquire a sample of Hashirama Senju's flesh to aid him in his future goals.[

Originally Madara's appearance bears long, spiky shoulder-length black hair with a blue tint. Unlike Izuna, Madara did not keep it tied in a ponytail. He also wore the standard Uchiha clan's outfit: a high collared black shirt with the clan's crest on his upper back and blue pants with bandages at the ends, though Madara tends to leave the collar of his shirt open. On his waist, he had a bandage belt that held a sack that presumably holds ninja tools.

After his fight with Konan, Madara's mask was changed to one that covers the entire upper-half of his head with a design that more resembles the Ten-Tailed Beast's single eye, consisting of a ripple-pattern with three tomoes around the center, two of which make out the mask's eye holes. He also returned to wearing his Uchiha black robes complete with Uchiha crest on its back, belt sash, gloves and a bandanna that tapers off down to his back, as well as wielding his war fan.

Madara is considered to be one of the most gifted ninja in history. He has been noted to have been born with particularly powerful chakra which the Nine-Tails claimed to be even more sinister than its own. Said to be the most powerful shinobi ever produced by the Uchiha clan, Madara possesses both formidable battle prowess and vast experience due to his advanced age. However, Madara has admitted that he is not as powerful as he was before his defeat by Hashirama Senju. The Nine-Tails' sealing into various jinchūriki also deprives him of a powerful weapon.

Madara had mastered his Sharingan at a young age, and received praise for this. With his Sharingan, Madara was able to apply a powerful genjutsu that allowed him to completely control the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura. Being of the Uchiha clan and somehow possessing the power of Hashirama Senju, Madara is able to use Izanagi: a technique his clan deemed a kinjutsu since the user's Sharingan is stricken with blindness and sealed away forever. His usage of the technique during his battle against Konan led to the sealing of his left eye.

After he stole Nagato's body, Madara removed his Rinnegan and implanted it into his left eye, replacing the Sharingan lost due to the usage of Izanagi.[16] The Rinnegan allows the user to use all six elemental natures as well as all the abilities of the Six Paths of Pain, since they are all Rinnegan abilities.

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.

Eye of The Moon Plan

The Eye of the Moon Plan is Madara Uchiha's ultimate plan for world domination, which seems to involve using Sasuke Uchiha to synchronize with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which holds seven of the nine tailed beasts gathered by Akatsuki. Madara notes that after Sasuke has failed to capture Killer Bee and the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox, he has been cautious for too long, and that it is time to emerge from the shadows and commence with this plan. During his attack on Konoha, Madara named "starting a war to bring peace" as the reason for the attack, a poetic way to describe his ultimate plan.

After Madara revealed this plan to four of the five Kage at the Land of Iron, they responded in refusing to hand over the last two jinchūriki, Naruto Uzumaki and Killer Bee, and formed an Allied Shinobi Forces to prevent the Moon's Eye Plan from succeeding.

The Plan

Madara's plan is to gather all the tailed beasts in order to fuse them back into their original form, the Ten-Tailed Beast. He will then become jinchūriki to the Ten-Tails giving him immense power and the ability to project his Mangekyo Sharingan on to the moon. He intends to use the moon, the prison of the Ten-Tails body, to cover the world in an "Infinite Tsukuyomi", thereby letting him control every living being, creating a world in which no war or crime occurred.

Part of his plan was to have Zetsu attract the attention of the five Kage at the Kage Summit and lure them to fight against Sasuke Uchiha. In doing so, Madara hoped that the five would be weakened enough for him to take them as hostages to negotiate the capture of the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox and Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. This, however, ended in failure, due to Sasuke exhausting himself almost to the point of death after combating the combined forces of the Fourth Raikage and his bodyguards, the Fifth Kazekage and his bodyguards, Mifune, the Fifth Mizukage and one of her bodyguards, and the Third Tsuchikage. Danzō Shimura, the Candidate Sixth Hokage, escaped.

Naruto 447 Summary

Naruto 447 - Believe

Believing in his Friend Dreams

Nagato's anger explodes

These are the words that Yahiko said to Nagato during in their journey.

Hanzo ordered his men to attack Nagato, but Nagato dodged the rampaging attack and

goes to Konan and save her.

The ground that Konan held captive has some traps set by Hanzo, these traps will explode if someone steps on it. Konan was saved by Nagato and he told her to stay and watch Yahiko.


Nagato survived the explosion, he took several burns from lower part of his body. Meanwhile, Hanzo ordered to kill them all because of what Nagato did to them.

While the enemy was approaching, Nagato used a summoning spell

A giant was summoned that is connected to Nagato's body with the use of chakra rods. These rods helps Nagato to control his summon.


The giant releases a dragon, that every single person that the dragon passed and attacked would be gone and dead.
Nagato ordered his dragon to attack Hanzo but he escaped.

Nagato continue to tell his story to Naruto and finally it ended and asking Naruto what was his answer.

Naruto still believe in Jiraiya so he decided not to kill Nagato.


What will happen in the next episode?
Is this the meaning of becoming an ally between Naruto and Nagat?

Let's find out for the next chapter to release. for the meantime read the summary while waiting for the update..

Naruto Character for the Day

Thanks for your Votes and the winner is Hatake Kakashi

Kakashi Hatake ( Hatake Kakashi) is a Konohagakure Jonin, a former ANBU Captain and the former leader of Team 7. He is the son of Sakumo Hatake and, like his father, Kakashi is regarded as a genius among his peers. After his meteoric rise through the ninja ranks, Kakashi became the student of Minato Namikaze, and subsequently became a Jonin during the Third Great Ninja War. Following the war, Kakashi earned renown fame for his use of the Sharingan, earning him the moniker Copy Ninja Kakashi (Kopī Ninja no Kakashi).

Kakashi's personality is further emphasized by his lazy expression, aloof manner, relaxed voice, and minimalist attitude. He is usually seen in his Leaf Village ninja uniform. Another noticeable feature to Kakashi other than his unique left eye is the thin scar running over it and down to his cheek. He is a tall, fit ninja who has been told he looks just like his father. He is characterized by his spiky silver hair, forehead protector regularly covering his left eye, and his chronically visible mask.He was once misunderstood by Sand's Elder Chiyo, who thought it to be Konoha's White Fang who is his father.

Kakashi is shown to be very respected throughout Konoha, as well as being constantly depicted as one of the most powerful ninja Konoha has to offer. His reputation has grown to the point that most opponents know of him and find great delight or dread in the thought of facing him. He is also recognized as the foremost jutsu specialists in Konoha due to his high proficiency in all forms of ninja combat and copying over 1,000 jutsu with his Sharingan eye.

Kakashi has been noted to be smarter than Shikamaru, a better nose than Kiba, a better taijutsu performance than Lee, and a better Sharingan mastery than Sasuke (at least compared to their Part I abilities). While this may be an exaggeration, Kakashi has admitted himself that he can think in a similar manner to Shikamaru, and has proven several times to be a highly intelligent man capable of thinking several steps ahead.

Kakashi primarily relies on his mastery of ninjutsu, of which he has a vast arsenal. With his arsenal, he can attack or defend against his opponents in numerous manners. While used less often, he has also shown to have impressive skill in genjutsu which he will use to catch his opponent off guard as a setup for stronger attacks. Also, he has proven to be very adept in taijutsu, which combined with his impressive speed allows him effectively evade his opponent's attacks. In addition to high expertise in the three main ninja skills, he has also shown high skill in areas such as tracking, traps making, survival knowledge, and sealing jutsu.

Kakashi's most distinguishing ability is his Sharingan eye as it allows him to copy any jutsu used against him, see through any deceptions, perform genjutsu, and predict his opponent's movements. The drawback of his Sharingan is that because Kakashi has no Uchiha blood, his body cannot completely adjust to it and hence costs him more chakra than it would an Uchiha. Coupled with the fact that he cannot deactivate it (and thus must keep is covered when not using it) he quickly expends his chakra in battle. Because of this, Kakashi will only rely on it when he feels it is an absolute necessity to try and avoid possible hospital time afterwards. Despite his handicap with the Sharingan, he is very skilled in using it

Kakashi's talent with his Sharingan is shown from how well he developed it since first acquiring it. Originally, it was only at Stage 2 in development but by the start of the series, it had fully developed. During the time skip, Kakashi further developed his Sharingan by unleashing his own Mangekyo Sharingan through unknown means. Furthermore, he has mastered his only known Mangekyo Jutsu, called Kamui. This jutsu has the ability to manipulate space and was shown to be able to suck targets or even tear off parts of a target and hurl them into another dimension to reappear in another desired location.

Naruto Character for the Day

Our Naruto Character of the Day ------------ Shikamaru Nara ---------

Shikamaru Nara ( Nara Shikamaru) is a ninja from Konohagakure. He is a member of Team 10 led by Asuma Sarutobi along with his teammates Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka.

Shikamaru's most distinctive character trait is that he finds all women bossy and "troublesome." The women he most finds troublesome and annoying are Temari, his mom Yoshino, and his teammate, Ino. When Shikamaru questioned his father why he would marry such a domineering woman, his father responded that Shikamaru's mother has a kind smile. He told Shikamaru that even the toughest woman will show her gentle side to the man she loves.

To further emphasize his personality, Shikamaru is regularly seen with lazy or irritated expression. He has fairly long black hair tied in a spiky ponytail and narrow brown eyes.His attire was rather plain with wearing his forehead protecter around his left arm. he has grown noticeably taller. He has also gone under a costume change, sporting a different undershirt and pants, and changing his earrings from rings to studs, though the placement of his headband is the same place, however the metal plate is now directly attached to his sleeve instead of having a headband pinned to it.

Shikamaru is a very skilled ninja whose most noticeable trait is his IQ of over 200. Even back in his days as a Genin, he was easily seen as one of the more perceptive characters in the series. That's also how he became a Chunin before anyone else in his class. Asuma noted that he is beyond genius and probably the smartest ninja of his generation. Although back in the academy his marks were "almost as bad as Naruto's" on account of him being too lazy to lift his pencil to take notes and dozing off during exams.

During the timeskip, Shikamaru has also developed in fighting skill, became visibly stronger than he was in Part I, as seen when he was able to launch a surprise attack on Hidan which almost slashed the immortal's neck halfway through. In the anime, Shikamaru also displayed the capacity to use summoning scrolls in conjunction with his shadow-based techniques; such as summoning an instant pool of water to counter Kakuzu's lightning attacks.

It can also be said that Shikamaru is very skillful at dodging attacks, as seen in his unfinished but nevertheless "won" battle against Temari. This is most prominently seen in the first part of Naruto when he evades all three of Tayuya's Doki Demons, and later in Shippūden when he evades the Akatsuki members Kakuzu and Hidan. Shikamaru and Kakashi evade Kakuzu's fire mask attack unharmed while his partners, Ino and Choji, barely tumble out of the way.

Shikamaru displays his talents only later in the second part of the Chunin exams. His primary supporting move is the Shadow Imitation Technique. Later he learns the Shadow Neck Bind Technique which allows him to physically harm his opponent be way of a shadow hand.

After the time skip that leads into Shippūden, Shikamaru also learns the Shadow Sewing Technique. This gives him more of an offensive jutsu as his shadow can now act almost as tentacles, leaping and twisting out of the air attacking multiple targets. This was shown when he destroys Sai's ink lions and rips through Hidan's flesh. He also shows the ability to simultaneously use them in astonishing coordination, even learning to pick up Asuma's Trench Knives and fling them with stunning accuracy.

Shikamaru also inherits Asuma's trench knives after his teacher is killed. He learns to add his chakra to the knives and creates the Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique. This allows him "pin" his shadow on an opponent without the need of the Shadow Possession Technique, giving him far greater range, flexibly, and the ability to move. When Shikamaru finally has Hidan cornered he demonstrates the Shadow Endgame Technique. This technique is essentially a shadow summoning where various tentacles quickly surround an opponent. The second part allows the user to split apart the tentacles, grabbing multiple objects to bind to the trapped victim. This is very effective when used in conjunction with exploding tags or perhaps other weapons.

Naruto 447 Spoilers

Source : NF
Credits : Nightjumper

Hanzou gives to order to kill Nagato. Hidden Rain shinobi appear.
Nagato repels their kunai with Shinra ??[Tensei?], surprising the ninja.
He takes the opportunity to save Konan, but his legs are hit by Hanzou's Katon technique[s].
Both his legs are crumbling...
(That's kinda why he's in a wheelchair now)
[Unsure]Hanzou is surprised when Nagato is standing with his Rinnegan, even after being hit by his Katon tech[s].
While Nagato collapses,
Summoning: Gedou Ma Zou[Lit.: Heretical Demon Statue]
(It's just like the statue that extracts and keeps the Bijuu)
Konan shouts: "Don't use that technique!"
Several black rods comes out of the statue and pierces Nagato's back.
Thence, in Musou[Lit: peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; matchless] Mode, something like white dragons emerge from the statue's mouth.
They hit the Konoha Anbu and the Hidden Rain shinobi, their souls being extracted one by one.
The filler ninja are wiped out.(Danzou probably fleed after seeing the statue)
Hanzou escapes through Shunshin no Jutsu.

The end of the story, back to present time.

And afterwards, he says something like his comrades had died one by one.

He demands Naruto's answer.
Naruto remembers what Ero-sennin said.
(The stuff about everyone understanding each other~)
[Naruto:] Ero-sennin believed in me and entrusted it to me.
That's why I'll believe in what Ero-sennin believed in.
That's my answer!!
And that's why I won't kill you!

The end

Featured Naruto Character: Kisame Hoshigaki

Kisame Hoshigaki is a missing-nin from Kirigakure and was partnered with Itachi Uchiha within Akatsuki. Kisame is a former member of Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, an ever-changing group of ninja that wield particularly large weapons in battle. Kisame later joins Akatsuki and was partnered with Itachi Uchiha. Pain states that his reason for joining Akatsuki is "Spite".

Kisame is a very tall and strong shinobi with a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with pale blue skin, small white eyes, gill-like facial structures, and sharp triangular teeth. Even his name, Kisame , means "Demon Shark". Kisame also wears a dark purple nail color, like Itachi.

Kisame is said to be the strongest of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. He has been seen displaying astonishing speed and incredible physical strength. At one point Gai battled a clone of Kisame's with 30% chakra-supply, and Gai was forced to open his Sixth chakra gate in order to survive.

Kisame's weapon is called Samehada, a sentient, scale-covered sword that shaves skin instead of cutting it. Samehada is also capable of absorbing chakra, but requires Kisame's own chakra to perform such feat. Only Kisame is allowed to wield Samehada; if anyone besides him tries to pick it up, spikes protrude from its handle and it returns to Kisame's side.

Kisame has the largest chakra reserve in all of Akatsuki (according to Pain). Karin, upon sensing Kisame, states she has never seen so much chakra in one place. Even when he fights at 30% power in one instance his chakra supply is compared to that of a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox-enhanced Naruto Uzumaki during the Chunin Exams.

Kisame's shark-like attributes carry over into his battles, for he even shapes his water release attacks into sharks. He is also able to alter the entire battlefield by using his Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave to create a lake's worth of water to give him the field advantage and to use for attacks.

Famous Naruto Quotes

"I won’t run away anymore… I won’t go back on my word… that is my Ninja way!"

"To become Hokage is my dream!"

-Uzumaki Naruto

"Someday, the whole village will recognize my existence"

-Uzumaki Naruto

"Stay on your knees before a power you cannot change and realize your worthlessness"

-Neji

"A dropout will beat a genius through hard work."

-Rock Lee

"No, you don’t get it, thats why I’m telling you. You think you get it, which isn’t the same as actually getting it. Get it?"

-Kakashi

"Foolish little brother… If you wish to kill me, curse me! Hate me! And survive your miserable life… Run away, run away… Cling to life."

-Itachi

"Art is… with a BANG!"

-Deidara

"I have to do my best! In front of the person I admire most, who’s finally seeing the real me!"

-Hinata

"There’s no meaning to a flower unless it blooms."

-Ino

"All your hard work will prove worthless… unless you believe in yourself!"

-Gai

"My dreams are not of the future. My dreams are of the past"

-Sasuke

"During an offensive move, the first attack is a fake. It’s a basic strategy to use the second attack to end the game."

-Shikamaru

"Even if our enemy is a small bug, we will not underestimate it."

-Shino

"True strength comes from more than jutsu"

-third Hokage

Naruto 446 Spoilers

Sidetext : Nagato’s awekening

The 1st part of the spoiler is just retelling of the past chapter, so it’s not interesting

Then its gets interesting.

Jiraiya trained Nagato for a better use of the Rinnegan
Then they talk about the Shodai Rikudou Sennin.

Yahiko, Konan and Nagato decided to form a organization and fight with Konoha and Iwa Gakure.
The organization was so big Hanzou couldn’t ignore it.
Iwa, Konoha and Yahiko’s manage to have a ceasefire after years of battle.
That’s when Hell began.

The one who awaited them at the place where the ceasefire was supposed to be negociated was Hanzou, who took
Konan was a hostage, and Danzou from Konoha’s Anbu.

Konoha and Iwa agreed on a fake ceasefire to bait Yahiko and assassinate him.
Hanzou expected his actions would make him a better candidate to the Hokage place.
Then Yahiko takes Nagato’s hands and commit suicide.

Latest Naruto Shippuden Opening Theme

IKIMONO GAKARI - HOTARU NO HIKARI [ Naruto Shippuden Opening 5 ]

Naruto Shippūden Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Japanese Title:
Naruto Shippuuden the Movie 3: Hi no Ishi o Tsugumono

English Translation
Naruto Shippuuden the Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Japanese Theatrical Release Date
August 1, 2009

Japanese DVD Release Date
Projected to be April 2009

U.S. Theatrical Release
None Yet

U.S. DVD Release Date
None Yet

U.S. Television Premiere
None Yet

Movie Length
Unknown

Is the sixth overall Naruto film and third Naruto: Shippūden film, based on the popular anime and manga series, which is to be released August 1st 2009. It was revealed on the Naruto 10th Anniversary site and the teaser was shown along the preview of The Three-Tails Arrival anime arc.
The official website of the Naruto: Shippūden anime has put up the promotional video of the film. The teaser trailer shows the Konoha 11 (with Sai) battling a huge creature.

Naruto 445 Spoilers

Yahiko : Still war around here … Let’s see who’s fighting.
Hmm, those guys are Konoha Shinobi ( Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru )
We’re not safe here, let’s get somewhere safe.

Nagato’s arms is carrying death ? ( Desease ? )

Yahiko : Shit ! I’m going to become god and I’ll create a world without war !

Nagato : ( Yahiko’s dream … Everyone is getting their own motives )

Cover is Naruto

Here’s a summary.

Nagato’s parents’ grave was erected, and he travelled around, begging .

On the way, He picked up a dog; it’s name was Chibi.

Everyone just ignored him, and he almost starved to death on the streets.

He was then picked up by Angel Konan, and then they happened to meet up with Yahiko.

In order to survive they did things like stealing and working.

Yahiko’s dream is conquering the world.

It stayed the same until his death TL NOTE: Not sure.

He wasn’t able to apologize to his parents on their death, that’s why he’ll do his best to live til the end.

If he can take the top of the world, he can create a world with no wars.

Nagato: Isn’t that something like a God?

Summary

Inside Rain, the three and Chibi walked.

From the above, a tagged kunai fell from the sky.

The three and Chibi were blown away by the blest.

Konan: Chibi!?

Yahiko: This place is a warzone. I’m gonna check and see who’re fighting.

That was Saizou and some Konoha shinobi (Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru)

Let’s not involve ourselves with this and go to a safe place.

In Nagato’s arms was a dead Chibi.

Yahiko: Damnit, I’ll become a God and make this world a world with no wars.

Nagato (Yahiko’s dream gradually became my own dream…)

The end. (Spine of book is Naruto, I forgot the title and cover).

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