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[Sora no Kitsune]

This is Madara's true identity :

This is hilarious!!!! XD The expression on everyone's faces are priceless, and although i doubt kishimoto would let a chicken do his writing for him, who ever made this still did an awesome job

I doubt it's Naruto. I MEAN really that would be so stupid to make the main Character, turn evil afl of a sudden like that.

It's called a joke.....

Moving on. I'm pretty disappointed that Sakura may not have any sigificant screen time for a while, but hopefully Sai will get around to telling her, dispite Naruto asking him not to. Speaking of Sai, like other have said, he has gained some major respect points in my eyes and i hope he has a major role in the upcoming story.

[dl316bh]

[font="Impact"]Great chapter
But....is it just me...or does Kishi like the word 'Bonds'?[/font]

Naruto #456: Bondage!

Cover image is Naruto tied up with an evilly grinning Sakura standing over him.

[Cloud]

Naruto #456: Bondage!

Cover image is Naruto tied up with an evilly grinning Sakura standing over him.

The images...

[Nee-sama]

The images...

[Paptala]

Naruto #456: Bondage!

Cover image is Naruto tied up with an evilly grinning Sakura standing over him.

Kinky. Does Sai get to play too?

BTW, Binktopia's translation is much clearer and makes more sense than the original. I'm really hoping that Sakura tags along on this trip, or that she at least has a scene with Naruto before he leaves. I want her to have a bigger part in this arc.

[Blayze]

Here's a thought: What would the story be like if we were to replace all mention of bonds throughout the manga with mention of "bondage"?

[Smiter]

Disturbing... it would be most disturbing. XD;

Seriously though, I have come to realise I have a LOT of issues with the plot of Naruto. Especially when it comes to Sasuke. It just frustrates me when, every time there is an opportunity to properly question and explore why Naruto and Sakura should continue to be so loyal to a traitorous boy who discarded them like they were nothing, Kishimoto continues to mumble something about "bonds". He seems to forget that bonds CHANGE OVER TIME. Sasuke hasn't given a fig about Naruto and Sakura for years now. He tried to kill Naruto twice.

I suppose it's possible Sakura is currently conflicted about her feelings towards Sasuke (hence her inability to answer the question), but it's likely Kishimoto will have her share the same viewpoint as Naruto. But, it'd be nice if Sakura were to become neutral or even understand Sai's point of view.

[Freakazoid]

Disturbing... it would be most disturbing. XD;

Seriously though, I have come to realise I have a LOT of issues with the plot of Naruto. Especially when it comes to Sasuke. It just frustrates me when, every time there is an opportunity to properly question and explore why Naruto and Sakura should continue to be so loyal to a traitorous boy who discarded them like they were nothing, Kishimoto continues to mumble something about "bonds". He seems to forget that bonds CHANGE OVER TIME. Sasuke hasn't given a fig about Naruto and Sakura for years now. He tried to kill Naruto twice.

I suppose it's possible Sakura is currently conflicted about her feelings towards Sasuke (hence her inability to answer the question), but it's likely Kishimoto will have her share the same viewpoint as Naruto. But, it'd be nice if Sakura were to become neutral or even understand Sai's point of view.

I really want Sasuke to face some sort of retribution for everything he's done, regardless if they failed or not. It seems to me though, Kishi is trying to point out himself how Sasuke has only given them pain, so maybe he is gonna beat Naruto and Sakura over the head with this. I can only hope, besides, Sasuke should stay a villain. No good true villains will be left if not!

Edited by Wolfheart, 12 July 2009 - 03:31 PM.

[Smiter]

I really want Sasuke to face some sort of retribution for everything he's done, regardless if they failed or not. It seems to me though, Kishi is trying to point out himself how Sasuke has only given them pain, so maybe he is gonna beat Naruto and Sakura over the head with this. I can only hope, besides, Sasuke should stay a villain. No good true villains will be left if not!

I can only hope you're right. Naruto just seems totally convinced that Sasuke is just being misguided and used, but maybe if Sai and Sakura have second thoughts... I'm not saying they should leave Sasuke to rot, I'd just like them to be realistic.

It's obvious that Naruto and Sasuke are going to be on a collision course at the Kage Summit, so let's see what happens then.

[NarutoNamikaze]

Whoever has the cover picture of #456 how did you get it? Also I think Sakura would stop looking for Sasuke before Naruto would. Naruto is looking for Sasuke to make Sakura happy and also to keep his first real friend almost brother like. I think though that Sasuke is just going to want more and more revenge as time goes on. After he kills or eliminates Danzou he will want the rest of the elders and then he will want all of ANBU since they know about the inncident. Then he will want all of Kohona and eventually he will want Sakura and finally he will want Madara and Naruto.

Never-ending chain of revenge. Each time he kills one more he gets further and further away from Naruto and Sakura.

[shadow_Uzumaki]

Whoever has the cover picture of #456 how did you get it? Also I think Sakura would stop looking for Sasuke before Naruto would. Naruto is looking for Sasuke to make Sakura happy and also to keep his first real friend almost brother like. I think though that Sasuke is just going to want more and more revenge as time goes on. After he kills or eliminates Danzou he will want the rest of the elders and then he will want all of ANBU since they know about the inncident. Then he will want all of Kohona and eventually he will want Sakura and finally he will want Madara and Naruto.

Never-ending chain of revenge. Each time he kills one more he gets further and further away from Naruto and Sakura.

I'm not sure if anyone else realizes this, but thanks to the post before mine, Naruto and Sasuke also hold conflicting beliefs, Naruto is now concerned with breaking the chain of hatred surrounding the ninja world, but Sasuke perpetuates Hatred with his 'Avenger' thing going on, maybe it's more of Naruto's ultimate goal of breaking Sasuke's vengeance to end hatred, after all, if he can save a person so hellbent in destroying everything to fulfill his wishes, maybe, just maybe he can do the same for the rest of the Ninja world.

[Dreamer]

I'm not sure if anyone else realizes this, but thanks to the post before mine, Naruto and Sasuke also hold conflicting beliefs, Naruto is now concerned with breaking the chain of hatred surrounding the ninja world, but Sasuke perpetuates Hatred with his 'Avenger' thing going on, maybe it's more of Naruto's ultimate goal of breaking Sasuke's vengeance to end hatred, after all, if he can save a person so hellbent in destroying everything to fulfill his wishes, maybe, just maybe he can do the same for the rest of the Ninja world.

You make a good point!

[shadow_Uzumaki]

Thanks! I just thought that theory probably sheds a bit more light on why Naruto's still adamant on protecting Sasuke, but I don't know if it's crossed Kishi's mind. It's really not that farfetched, considering Naruto and Sasuke are opposites.

[dl316bh]

I can only hope you're right. Naruto just seems totally convinced that Sasuke is just being misguided and used, but maybe if Sai and Sakura have second thoughts... I'm not saying they should leave Sasuke to rot, I'd just like them to be realistic.

It's obvious that Naruto and Sasuke are going to be on a collision course at the Kage Summit, so let's see what happens then.

You seem to share pretty much the same general problems with the manga as I do. I wish they'd be realistic about things. Hell, I wrote a couple long ass posts about the subject in one of the recent chapter threads. Naruto's always seemed to fool himself when it comes to Sasuke.

Kinky. Does Sai get to play too?

For some reason, I picture him off to the side with a "bag of toys" and a whip, ready to hand them to Sakura at a moments notice.

[RyrineaHaruno]

I too see that Sai would join in too lol by Handing Sakura's toys to her lol..

[ABrokenRomeo]

~Random Side Theory~

Many Uchiha's were slaughter by Itachi, who was ordered by Danzo and the Council to do such. Danzo, having lost his eye, but not his ambitions, harvested an active sharingan from one of the victims. Which I'm -sure- will piss Sasuke off.

[RyrineaHaruno]

~Random Side Theory~

Many Uchiha's were slaughter by Itachi, who was ordered by Danzo and the Council to do such. Danzo, having lost his eye, but not his ambitions, harvested an active sharingan from one of the victims. Which I'm -sure- will piss Sasuke off.

That has already been stated by another person.

[Dreamer]

So with that said it's a good chance Sasuke will be the ultimate villain and leading to a hopeful potential time skip. Naruto will learn the hard way that not everyone can be changed by peace negations or by beating them up and he'll also learn that some things are too bad that death/execution is the only option (potentially it would take someone close to Naruto to be killed for that to happen, "PLEASE NOT SAKURA"). A perfect example would be a police officer who tries everything they can to not kill their victim but sometimes they just have too. Naruto will finally realize the dark side of peace/reality.

Naruto will always be the Yin and Sasuke will always be the Yang, no matter how much Naruto wants Sasuke to be Yin again he'll always be the Yang.

Edited by 6thHokage, 13 July 2009 - 12:19 AM.

[Freakazoid]

So with that said it's a good chance Sasuke will be the ultimate villain and leading to a hopeful potential time skip. Naruto will learn the hard way that not everyone can be changed by peace negations or by beating them up and he'll also learn that some things are too bad that death/execution is the only option (potentially it would take someone close to Naruto to be killed for that to happen, "PLEASE NOT SAKURA"). A perfect example would be a police officer who tries everything they can to not kill their victim but sometimes they just have too. Naruto will finally realize the dark side of peace/reality.

I personally think it is the last major thing he needs in development, I know it kind of clashs with several themes in the manga, but still.....some lessons also need to be learned.

[Cloud]

That has already been stated by another person.

Seriously. Leave the guy alone.

It's his opinion, and I respect that. You don't need to scare a member off by saying his opinion is a repeat of others, since there's quite a few pages of speculation to go through.

I don't see other people attacking you when you post your "theories".