Three pages already? XD
I liked this chapter.
Kyuubi Naruto crushing the necklace is definitely a huge development. He no longer has his safety net. I also liked seeing Sakura take charge.
This. Yes.
I firmly believe Naruto will be captured. I think Sakura will try to heal Hinata and there'll be a scene between the two of them. After that, Sakura hears Naruto has been captured... It would be a huge catalyst for character development. We may also see Sasuke forced to stop prancing about the bush and choose a side. Will he try to help Naruto, or will he simply stand by and let Madara extract the Kyuubi? If he chooses the latter, it could well change Sakura's opinion of him if she witnesses it. Like Naruto, she was willing to forgive Sasuke and welcome him back to Konoha, but would Sakura see his taking part in Naruto's capture as an unforgivable act?
Danzou's plan has backfired spectacularly. Now there is no Konoha for him to govern. If he's still alive, he might try to force the shinobi to choose between the village and Naruto, perhaps even painting Tsunade and Naruto as traitors who brought about Konoha's downfall.
Oh, I really cannot wait for future chapters.
P.S. Nice to hear Orobuto hasn't fallen off the planet.
I agree, I think Naruto's capture would be great character development for everyone else. Especially on Sakura and Sasuke's side. Sasuke especially, forcing him to come to a decision, not just what suits him best at the time. Perhaps he'll have a Darth Vadar moment, where he tosses Pain into a pit... nvm
But I'm still thinking about it, it's great to see other characters develop, but Naruto... what will he gain character-wise out of being captured, besides perhaps losing the kyubi and perhaps his life? If he somehow survives, he'd have to learn how to live with out that support, which would be great. I always thought that someday there would be a fight between Naruto and Kyubi, where he's placed in the same situation as is father was, and has to succeed where his father failed, in destroying the creature. Like I had always wanted to see Kakashi have to live without the sharingan: he'd probably have more endurance since the sharingan always being active probably doesn't help with chakra reserves.
I also liked how there was a pause where Sakura was thinking of what to do, I'm sure she was thinking of rushing in head long to try and stop Naruto, but did what a good Konoha shinobi would do and put the survivors first... Hm... Sakura for Hokage!
Orobuto? No! Kabuchimaru!
i'm glad that Kishi didn't just forget, because many of the fanfics i've read that end the series, forget about him to.
I have to disagree with everyone who think Naruto will be captured at the end of this, everyone is forgetting that with the current state of Konoha, it would be prudent for them to send the only fit and capable ninja's they have to go save Naruto, If you remember the Sasuke retrieval arc, Tsunade was forced to send one newly promoted Chunnin and four Genin as Konoha had no experienced ninja's to spare.
Don't really understand what you're trying to say here. I don't see how the fact that the need to send able shinobi to retrieve Naruto would not make sense with Naruto being captured.
Are you saying they wouldn't send shinobi after Naruto because of the destruction of Konoha? If so, I'd have to disagree. It'd give them more reason to do so, if the Kyubi fell into the hands of someone who did this, it would be super important to find and stop him.
Also we have to remember that at the moment only the Ying side of Kyuubi is accessable wthin Naruto, the yang and more dangerous is sealed off completely and can't be unlocked without the key held by the toad (And since nobody else knows about the seal, they would not realise anything went wrong untill it's too late). So even if they did capture NAruto the suspense wouldn't be all that great because we'd know it would be a failure at the won't be able to extract the full power of the Kyuubi.
Jiraiya... or someone else has said the seal was weakening, and has been for some time now. I think the key is needed to re-strengthen the lock on the yang energy. I think what they meant with the Yin energy is that Yondaime allowed access to the Kyubi's endurance and the ability to summon the first tail as a last ditch move, but that the rest of the sealed powers were the other tails, because once all tails are out, the Kyubi would have free reign.
I'm still not happy with the current events, from Hinata's confession, to Naruto going six tails to how Sakura found out straight away about Hinata's situation. It's all too rushed and kinda unoriginal.
The only two parts I found interesting was the necklace getting crushed, first because I want to see Naruto's reaction when he realises he distroyed an artifact worth a mountain of gold as well as Tsunade reaction to it all...lol. But more importantly this basically means Naruto can no longer rely on third party help he'll have to step up to the plate and take control himself.
Also another factor to consider is the last clone that has still not come into play. Maybe if that is summoned by Ma Toad, it will supress the Kyuubi, similar to how the First Hokage could control the Bijuu's as his bloodline sugest he was one with nature.
I don't agree that the confession was rushed from a writer's point of view. From Hinata's point of view, yes, and it makes sense, she thought she was going to die. Sakura also found out quickly because of the Byakugan, which yes would find out quickly, and yes it was very nice of Kishi to place a Byakugan user close to Sakura as a means of keeping the pace going. The six tails was kind of alarming... to me it felt weird, and sudden. There wasn't even a moment's hesitation on Naruto's part, and part of me is conflicted as to whether or not that was a poor character choice by Kishi to push the plot forward.
I do agree about the necklace thing being destroyed and the interesting outcomes that would come of that, especially Naruto now being forced to step up because he'll do great damage if he doesn't keep himself under control... like the Hulk, XD.
The last clone... that's interesting, I didn't think of that. I have an excuse to go back and read the current chapters again. But if you're right, I hope Kishi makes good use of it, because I think like me most readers would have forgotten about it. And it's only been in the anime, i believe, where they depict Naruto being unable to use clones while Kyubi-fied.
And what you said about Sakura being Hokage, I don't think so, it just seem right now that she's the only one with a grip on what's truly going on. It would be interesting though, she'd have to contend with Danzou, if he's still alive. But thinking about it, if Team 7 is truly a reflection of the Sannin, Sakura would make a great Hokage, as her teacher did.
Edited by chouzu_tao, 06 March 2009 - 05:19 PM.
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