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[Torxe]

 

No I'm not. I was just told by Canadian_DJ.

 

It could just be speculation.

I hope it is

[Canadian_DJ]

Guys I didnt say it was official calm down

I was just wondering

[Chatte]

Guys I didnt say it was official calm down

I was just wondering

Stop scaring us!

Lol

Man I am so lazy at work today... can't wait for the day to finish up...

[Dkey]

hmm it may indicate a 6 chapter volume. Usually there were 7-10

[HauntedCake]

Guys I didnt say it was official calm down

I was just wondering

 

[六道仙人]

there's no early release next week and no break the one after so usual release. No panic.

[Luna]

How I viewed the manga:

 

Part I

 

Sasuke was like a blockage in part 1 to sakura because if he was in the village still I think sakura would still like him but since he left it was like  the wall became transparent and that gave Sakura a chance to see what naruto did for others and her as well. Naruto and Sakura became closer ater Sasuke left and I think that was part of the plan from kishi to let sasuke leave the village. Without Sasuke in the equation Sakura's development came into play because Naruto inspired her to get stronger and allowed her to established a stronger friendship with naruto.

 

Part II

 

In part 2 now this was Kishi's  time to build a romance between naruto and sakura  because he already established that strong bond in part 1. He slowly worked on Naruto and Sakura's relationship and obviously a few bumps were in the way. As I said the blockage-sasuke became tansparent but for sakura that wall was still mentally there. So now Kishi is trying to eliminate that mental blockage or image of Sasuke  in Sakura's mind(which he already did). In my opinion I don't think Sakura still loves sasuke but it is still quite a mystery.

 

Hope this makes sense. *.*

[Inferno180]

As it is right now though, the whole love triangle will persist, but in my opinion, it is needed, again taking part from 540, its there for dramatic suspense. The biggest thing to come out of it since then has been the Sakura=Kushina parallel though.

 

Going by how the focus right now is mainly on Team 7 and the focus may be like this for a decent while in the fight before it comes down to Naruto vs. Sasuke (yes Sakura is involved in the fight due to the possibility of them both dying and for her mental aspect on this fight when it comes up). Team 7 has a role here in the current situation and later when the hokage must be chosen.

 

For things right now though, the pairing stuff seems to be like this to me anyways:

 

NS- advantaged one, the Kushina parallel just changed everything, it put down the foundation for NS to start becoming canon (if it goes that way) and many similar other events such as the forehead-hair compliment may expand on this, bound to be more NS moments as long as team 7 is around. Naruto practically confirmed his love for Sakura in recent chapters too, but some feel we should get a more direct answer, can't blame them. Many things are possible for NS to build now just due to the parallel though, no matter what happens the parallel of Sakura=Kushina is set. This goes alongside other major events in the past that can further increase the chances of NS such as 457 getting resolution, Yamato's words from the 4 tails event may make a comeback, etc. Only things remaining are basically how Sakura feels about Sasuke and some resolution with Hinata. Even then, there is a lot of loose ends for NS to tie up regardless of being canon or not.

 

SS- has a presence, its able to get some SS moments due to the current setup, but it still has a few disadvantages, namely the land of iron assassination attempts, lack of development, and if anything, Sasuke himself. Sasuke is trying to redeem himself, but the whole point of him just returning Sakura's love is well, harder to believe then him wanting to be hokage at this point. At least the hokage deal set the stage for Naruto and him to fight. What purpose does Sasuke have to return Sakura's feelings? Sakura's feelings for Sasuke are a major part of her character, but not the other way around for Sasuke to Sakura. Still Sasuke has not been impacted all that much from Sakura. This is the thing which remains unpredictable, mainly due to Sasuke's constant alignment shifting. Even with Jugo's perception of Sasuke, there is no telling what may happen, so SS may be a potential loose cannon? Events can occur, but for it to go cannon, so many issues would arise, its also still the least developed, NH at least exists more then this one. One other issue is if Sakura actually did revert to her part 1 ways, but seeing how she has acted so far with Sasuke back, its looking less likely that this would be an issue, especially after 630 for understanding Naruto, she is not going to ignore or disregard him. She is still fighting because of Naruto, not Sasuke, Naruto because she advocated to fight and showed her determination to him, not Sasuke.

 

NH- Since 631, it became disadvantaged, the main thing is just how the parallel locked out Hinata as the Kushina parallel, even harder for NH at this time, its the focus on team 7, Hinata is not part of this so only NS and SS interaction can occur. Not to mention how the battle is hitting a high mark soon with the ten tails almost ready to go true form. All I can really say at this point, aside from Hinata getting some resolution or other future interaction with Naruto, what is left to address? In the overall story, she has had a limited role, but what loose ends or character associations does she have with anyone major aside from Naruto? Hinata has nothing in purpose with Sasuke either, so when he is in the picture, its not like she will understand or know what the deal is exactly to Naruto. The parallel cannot be redone (unless kishi wants to confuse things even more), and at this point is there even a reason for Minato and Hinata to interact? NH is just locked out for now due to the team 7 focus and beyond that, what lingering reasons are there besides that? Acknowledgement over the pain event? 615 was a moment but it passed too.

 

This is my take but really the biggest factors to me are just that, for SS its mainly what purpose does Sasuke have to start loving Sakura? As for NH I really cannot see much beyond maybe the pain event for closure, or Hinata accepting Naruto's feelings for Sakura or whatever else happens. Its just the parallel itself was a gamechanger, it was a foreshadowing theme and its literally just again, another plot element that will be brought forth just due to so many other events, I mean it would be shocking but just come on, I mean look at Sakura's forehead, it sounds so dumb but the set up is right there, sometime in the near future a forehead compliment or realization it was Naruto. Geez theres so much that can bring it about, even Sakura's eventual maturity over Sasuke is highly likely at this point. I'd rather have the stuff of the love triangle around for now because well, I'd rather see Sakura go through a gradual change even this late, hopefully by the Naruto vs Sasuke fight she would have turned to Naruto by then. If she does eventually turn to Naruto, its better done so that she forgives and remains friends with Sasuke but realizes her feelings for Naruto due to events like the forehead stuff and the words of Yamato and Sai, stuff that can still impact her. She can go through a good gradual change, this would at least be better then just switching to Naruto by realizing he did the forehead compliment. Its literally as some have said again and again, everything is laid out, the Sakura-Kushina parallel now serves as a foundation, NS can be built in hundreds of ways and still result in a good ending.

[arian_rad]

As it is right now though, the whole love triangle will persist, but in my opinion, it is needed, again taking part from 540, its there for dramatic suspense. The biggest thing to come out of it since then has been the Sakura=Kushina parallel though.
 
Going by how the focus right now is mainly on Team 7 and the focus may be like this for a decent while in the fight before it comes down to Naruto vs. Sasuke (yes Sakura is involved in the fight due to the possibility of them both dying and for her mental aspect on this fight when it comes up). Team 7 has a role here in the current situation and later when the hokage must be chosen.
 
For things right now though, the pairing stuff seems to be like this to me anyways:
 
NS- advantaged one, the Kushina parallel just changed everything, it put down the foundation for NS to start becoming canon (if it goes that way) and many similar other events such as the forehead-hair compliment may expand on this, bound to be more NS moments as long as team 7 is around. Naruto practically confirmed his love for Sakura in recent chapters too, but some feel we should get a more direct answer, can't blame them. Many things are possible for NS to build now just due to the parallel though, no matter what happens the parallel of Sakura=Kushina is set. This goes alongside other major events in the past that can further increase the chances of NS such as 457 getting resolution, Yamato's words from the 4 tails event may make a comeback, etc. Only things remaining are basically how Sakura feels about Sasuke and some resolution with Hinata. Even then, there is a lot of loose ends for NS to tie up regardless of being canon or not.
 
SS- has a presence, its able to get some SS moments due to the current setup, but it still has a few disadvantages, namely the land of iron assassination attempts, lack of development, and if anything, Sasuke himself. Sasuke is trying to redeem himself, but the whole point of him just returning Sakura's love is well, harder to believe then him wanting to be hokage at this point. At least the hokage deal set the stage for Naruto and him to fight. What purpose does Sasuke have to return Sakura's feelings? Sakura's feelings for Sasuke are a major part of her character, but not the other way around for Sasuke to Sakura. Still Sasuke has not been impacted all that much from Sakura. This is the thing which remains unpredictable, mainly due to Sasuke's constant alignment shifting. Even with Jugo's perception of Sasuke, there is no telling what may happen, so SS may be a potential loose cannon? Events can occur, but for it to go cannon, so many issues would arise, its also still the least developed, NH at least exists more then this one. One other issue is if Sakura actually did revert to her part 1 ways, but seeing how she has acted so far with Sasuke back, its looking less likely that this would be an issue, especially after 630 for understanding Naruto, she is not going to ignore or disregard him. She is still fighting because of Naruto, not Sasuke, Naruto because she advocated to fight and showed her determination to him, not Sasuke.
 
NH- Since 631, it became disadvantaged, the main thing is just how the parallel locked out Hinata as the Kushina parallel, even harder for NH at this time, its the focus on team 7, Hinata is not part of this so only NS and SS interaction can occur. Not to mention how the battle is hitting a high mark soon with the ten tails almost ready to go true form. All I can really say at this point, aside from Hinata getting some resolution or other future interaction with Naruto, what is left to address? In the overall story, she has had a limited role, but what loose ends or character associations does she have with anyone major aside from Naruto? Hinata has nothing in purpose with Sasuke either, so when he is in the picture, its not like she will understand or know what the deal is exactly to Naruto. The parallel cannot be redone (unless kishi wants to confuse things even more), and at this point is there even a reason for Minato and Hinata to interact? NH is just locked out for now due to the team 7 focus and beyond that, what lingering reasons are there besides that? Acknowledgement over the pain event? 615 was a moment but it passed too.
 
This is my take but really the biggest factors to me are just that, for SS its mainly what purpose does Sasuke have to start loving Sakura? As for NH I really cannot see much beyond maybe the pain event for closure, or Hinata accepting Naruto's feelings for Sakura or whatever else happens. Its just the parallel itself was a gamechanger, it was a foreshadowing theme and its literally just again, another plot element that will be brought forth just due to so many other events, I mean it would be shocking but just come on, I mean look at Sakura's forehead, it sounds so dumb but the set up is right there, sometime in the near future a forehead compliment or realization it was Naruto. Geez theres so much that can bring it about, even Sakura's eventual maturity over Sasuke is highly likely at this point. I'd rather have the stuff of the love triangle around for now because well, I'd rather see Sakura go through a gradual change even this late, hopefully by the Naruto vs Sasuke fight she would have turned to Naruto by then. If she does eventually turn to Naruto, its better done so that she forgives and remains friends with Sasuke but realizes her feelings for Naruto due to events like the forehead stuff and the words of Yamato and Sai, stuff that can still impact her. She can go through a good gradual change, this would at least be better then just switching to Naruto by realizing he did the forehead compliment. Its literally as some have said again and again, everything is laid out, the Sakura-Kushina parallel now serves as a foundation, NS can be built in hundreds of ways and still result in a good ending.

I completely agree with you, it's the fact also that we as fans of naruto understand others development and what it means to the story. At this point I see sasusaku as almost gone because if it happens sakura's development from her old self goes down the drain. I see a possibility for naruhina but that's very slim at this point because of the parallel being made. I understand all the moments others have had however while everyone else tries to deny ours. It's just a matter of letting time run through and see what kishi will do. Personally ill be happy with any choice other than sasusaku. But, narusaku is definitely my favourite be far and it has the best chance at this point in time.

[MangaReader]

Man time really flies in these chapters lately... I don't even know what the heck were talking about anymore 

 

Hopefully Sakura's full full power happens next chapter

[sushi.]

^I don't think so, I think her appearances will be more and more siginificant each chapter. And when something important happens, like a game changer, Obito comes back, Naruto is injured or when the Juubi reaches its final form, she will show her true power.

Edited by sushi., 31 May 2013 - 03:00 PM.

[megi]

While a lot of people are waiting for Sakura's powers to be revealed I'm becoming interested in what Madara's next move will be.

 

What he did in this chapter, although comical, didn't really make sense to me and disappointed me. I know he's waiting for his Hashibaby to fight with, but what was the purpose of staying back and not getting into the fight? Does he have something in store for them for the Juubi? He seem unaffected by what was happening there. Hm hm hm.

[sushi.]

Quinny made a comment about it a few pages back, give him creds cuz it totally makes sense.

 

Madara is currently overpowered and he knows that. Obito is gone(necessary for the eye of the moon plan, has rinne tensei and can give Madara a living body), Juubi is out of control and the alliance just got a bunch of reinforcements. He's removing himself from the spotlight, waiting for the right moment to strike.

 

Orochimaru is likely doing the same thing

 

lol my new favourite smiley

Edited by sushi., 31 May 2013 - 03:04 PM.

[MangaReader]

And Sasuke is likely secretly plotting himself... can't assume he's "back" just yet

[StriderC]

And Sasuke is likely secretly plotting himself... can't assume he's "back" just yet

I don't know.... I mean, what could he possibly be plotting? It's not like he had to assist those on the battlefield. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[megi]

Quinny made a comment about it a few pages back, give him creds cuz it totally makes sense.

 

Madara is currently overpowered and he knows that. Obito is gone(necessary for the eye of the moon plan, has rinne tensei and can give Madara a living body), Juubi is out of control and the alliance just got a bunch of reinforcements. He's removing himself from the spotlight, waiting for the right moment to strike.

 

Orochimaru is likely doing the same thing

 

lol my new favourite smiley

 

Sushi, sorry I didn't see that response! (trying to keep up with 80 pages of response)

thought he was just being lazy or something, but that does make sense! 

 

As for Orochimaru, he has the ability to turn up when no one expects! 

[六道仙人]

I don't know.... I mean, what could he possibly be plotting? It's not like he had to assist those on the battlefield. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

 

Plotting to become the juubi's jinchuuriki... Since Madara couldnt''t become it because he's an edo tensei body and Obito is too predicable, maybe Kishimoto wants to give a surprise about this.

 

I remember when Tobi, at the time he revelaed to readers the plan of Moon's eye, said to Zetsu something like "It's the time to link Sasuke to the gedou mazou maybe...."

And Obito, a few chapters ago, said that it's time to make a jinchuuriki's juubi. The strange thing is that he hasn't specified a name...

Edited by 六道仙人, 31 May 2013 - 03:15 PM.

[Akashi]

We still shouldn't forget Sakura's confession. Kishi confirmed she was honest, and you could see that from her face: how can someone fake blushes???
Plus I just can't imagine her telling Naruto: "sorry I lied about loving you" after everything that's happened.

Edited by Tauriel, 31 May 2013 - 03:19 PM.

[sushi.]

The confession was left unresolved an Kishi knows the negative response he got from fans. I think it will be brought up again.

[Akashi]

The confession was left unresolved an Kishi knows the negative response he got from fans. I think it will be brought up again.

It probably will... as well as Hinata's.