Another action packed chapter! Naruto was showing all sorts of tactical prowess here. Especially with how quickly he came up with a method to counter Hungry Ghost's ability. Although, I was a little surprised and confused at the Rasen Shuriken/Henge ability. I wonder if he was actually transformed into flying energy based attack or if it simply appeared to look like one?
I also like how after the revelation of Hell Realm's ability, Naruto realized why Pain was in the formation he was at the beginning of their encounter. Just a little thing that reminded me that Naruto is more than just a chakra machine.
Anyway, some nice preparation shown by Naruto this chapter. My thoughts at the end pretty much mirror Pain's...how did Naruto get behind him like that?
After Naruto had gotten Hungry Ghost out of the way, he actually launched a two pronged attack. One Naruto fired off his second true Rasen Shuriken and another Naruto leapt off for the sneak attack on Hell as shown in the last panel on page 15:
The middle panel on page 15 also seems to show Hell's POV and the tunnel vision both God and Hell had on the incoming Rasen Shuriken. One thing that I can't decide on is whether or not Naruto intended the second true Rasen Shuriken to be a distraction. Either way, if the Naruto that took out Hungry Ghost really was the original, then he was taking a big risk of getting caught up in his own attack if the Rasen Shuriken wasn't dodged or dispersed like it was. I actually think that the original is still in the cloud of dirt but I'll have to wait and see next chapter.
Or next chapter, possibly a new jutsu in his repertoire?
As much as I enjoy seeing Naruto kicking ass and using his learned jutsu consistently and to great effect... it's nice to actually have something -different- once in a while.
The throwing of the rasenshuriken was a nice touch, but not wholly unexpected. Let's bring in the Hiraishin?
For some reason, I get this feeling that soon we'll actually see something new from Naruto. Maybe not next chapter but perhaps soon...
While I don't think Hiraishin will come into play, it would be funny to see God Pain's face realizing that against the Hiraishin, a 5 second recharge time for his gravity ability is like an eternity
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