At least Sasuke isn't magically a kind person... hate his attitude but it was totally in character
Yep, pretty much. And quite frankly, I actually think this Sasuke was better than Part I Sasuke. Because here, at least he has a very good point to being a jackass. Brutal honesty at its finest
I liked the Shikamaru dream thrown in it shows that his relationship with Temari may be more than platonic despite what Kishi said and it also shows the kittener is just basically too lazy even in his own dreams.
True. I'll drink to that.
Wow. Very entertaining chapter. So Madara's will is to give everyone a dream that is their heart's desire. That's interesting in terms of his motives. It's back to that idea of "I know what's best for you and will take away your free will to confer my will upon you." No thanks.
+ Gaara's deep feelings of trust and friendship for Naruto is really cool -- that he would dream of having Naruto as a friend much earlier in life.
+ Shikamaru and Temari... hmm. Another hint, and because in the dream Shikamaru wondered if it would ever happen kind of means it could. That wouldn't suck.
As for the twist at the end, I thought something like that could happen. I said in my post on #677 that I had a feeling Madara either didn't sense Kaguya's presence, or didn't realize the possibility that she was likely to double-cross him.
Yep, my favourite part was definitely Gaara's dream. Also, that's a very good assessment on ShikaTema. But that said though, Shikamaru is even in more denial than Gajeel is for Levy.

The family that couldn't be.
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