Naruto

[Sunrider]

and is what makes me scratch my head whenever I see someone say that the arc was useless or pointless.

Or those people that stubbornly hang on to the idea of Naruto being an idiot.

[The_OG_Nelta]

Gaara is so bad ass looking

[Max™]

I wanted Naruto to slap the shit out of Sakura for that.

Sakura was awesome as shit a couple times, the first time when she was fighting the sound guys, and later against the puppet dude... and besides that she's such a disappointment.

I'd love Naruto forever if he would have said "You're a disappointment." *slap*

[Draggy]

I guess i can see why she would cry but still im super annoyed at sakura. she was finally having some improvents and then she goes back to weepy sasuke kuuuuuuuuuun sakura

[ninjafox]

Well he gave a look like "pull yourself together" and said "Let me handle this" so he's getting there.

[Drex]

Had to lol @ gaara "not needing a bodyguard", yeah it's not like he got killed earlier or anything

[Khajit]

Had to lol @ gaara "not needing a bodyguard", yeah it's not like he got killed earlier or anything

well... he has no worries about Akasuki trying to steal the one tail from him since they already have it. Also when you take into account that Naruto's max chakra capacity has steadily been increasing via absorbing more of the fox's power it's not that hard to believe that the same thing didn't happen to garaa. Essentially even without the one tail he has far more chakra than he would naturally have if he'd never been chosen. He just cant do everything on automatic anymore(probably) and has enough raw power to be considered kage level. With Akasuki as the only current real threat to kage level ninjas Garaa therefore can beat the shit out of anyone and anything that even thinks about even looking at him funny in normal circumstances.

Anyone else waiting in anticipation for Sasuke getting his ass whooped by the kages? It's such a one sided fight it's not even funny. Of course we know that kishi is going to blow sasuke and make it not as big an asswhooping as it should be.(or conversly make his asswhooping take longer since really he's going to try and ambush a room full of people that can kill him effortlessly in an instant.

Danzo is probably weaker than sasuke atm simply because Itachi could kill him easily and sasuke supposedly won the fight vs itachi.(Bullshit. the fight was rigged. itachi let him win) Garaa too but that depends on if he got upgraded in terms of skill while we've not been watching him at which point it could turn into an even match pre cheat mode.(aka has he even bothered doing any training? ) Killerbee's brother can obviously kick his ass before Sasuke can blink and execute godmode since he's supposedly the stronger one and Sasuke only survived the 8 tail fight because he was being fucked with for fun.

[Eaglestrike]

The way I see how Jinchuurukis work is that the bijuu chakra is "malevolent" to the body, so the childs chakra has to constantly fight it, which puts it in a constant state of fighting and growth. This leads the child to having a lot of chakra, however they still need to use a lot of their chakra to fight off the bijuu chakra constantly. With the bijuu taken out the host now gets all the chakra that was previously used fighting off the bijuu, so in a way they gain more chakra, they just don't get the "pull chakra out the ass from the monster inside of me transformation no jutsu".

Also, I wouldn't say Sasuke is no match for any kages. Orochimaru did "win" against the Hokage and Sasuke beat Orochimaru and has become stronger since then. And he isn't necessarily going to attack all 5 at once. It'd be total BS if he runs up in the middle of all 5 of them and kills any of them, but if all he does is try to snipe Danzo from the meeting he does have a fair chance.

[Sunrider]

The way I see how Jinchuurukis work is that the bijuu chakra is "malevolent" to the body, so the childs chakra has to constantly fight it, which puts it in a constant state of fighting and growth. This leads the child to having a lot of chakra, however they still need to use a lot of their chakra to fight off the bijuu chakra constantly. With the bijuu taken out the host now gets all the chakra that was previously used fighting off the bijuu, so in a way they gain more chakra, they just don't get the "pull chakra out the ass from the monster inside of me transformation no jutsu".

Interesting theory, time will tell if it's confirmed.

but if all he does is try to snipe Danzo from the meeting he does have a fair chance.

Well, Chidori was originally conceived as an assassination tool, wasn't it? All Sasuke needs is enough time and the other kages sufficiently distracted.

[Xno Kappa]

Had to lol @ gaara "not needing a bodyguard", yeah it's not like he got killed earlier or anything

Gaara had Deidara completely under control and would've killed him easily if it wasn't for protecting the village at the same time.

[Maguspk]

The way I see how Jinchuurukis work is that the bijuu chakra is "malevolent" to the body, so the childs chakra has to constantly fight it, which puts it in a constant state of fighting and growth. This leads the child to having a lot of chakra, however they still need to use a lot of their chakra to fight off the bijuu chakra constantly. With the bijuu taken out the host now gets all the chakra that was previously used fighting off the bijuu, so in a way they gain more chakra, they just don't get the "pull chakra out the ass from the monster inside of me transformation no jutsu".

Also, I wouldn't say Sasuke is no match for any kages. Orochimaru did "win" against the Hokage and Sasuke beat Orochimaru and has become stronger since then. And he isn't necessarily going to attack all 5 at once. It'd be total BS if he runs up in the middle of all 5 of them and kills any of them, but if all he does is try to snipe Danzo from the meeting he does have a fair chance.

That first paragraph theory makes a lot of sense, it's now part of my understanding now too. As for Sasuke you have to remember Orochimaru barely beat the 3rd Hokage who was very old and out of practice, and Orochimaru was in good health that time. When Sasuke beat Orochimaru he was on borrowed time, past the limit of his current body so it was pretty one sided. So the power scales are a bit scewed, Sasuke may be near Hokage level strength but I don't think he's on par or even over it yet.

[Tetrarien]

The way I see how Jinchuurukis work is that the bijuu chakra is "malevolent" to the body, so the childs chakra has to constantly fight it, which puts it in a constant state of fighting and growth. This leads the child to having a lot of chakra, however they still need to use a lot of their chakra to fight off the bijuu chakra constantly. With the bijuu taken out the host now gets all the chakra that was previously used fighting off the bijuu, so in a way they gain more chakra, they just don't get the "pull chakra out the ass from the monster inside of me transformation no jutsu".

That's how I've viewed it as well, since the jinchuuruki him/herself actually needs a ton of chakra on their own in order to keep the bijuu in check (wasn't something like this stated in the Manga too?). So yeah, I guess it would make sense for Gaara to still be as dangerous as ever... just that he loses his automatic defense and the "reserve" chakra that the bijuu can provide.

And if a Kage is actually going to be killed, I really hope it's through a display of stealth from Sasuke and his team. However, I foresee myself doing a face palm as Sasuke charges into the middle of the room expecting to take out all five of them head-on. He and his team could probably put up a fight against one kage alone, but all five at once...?

[Maguspk]

That's how I've viewed it as well, since the jinchuuruki him/herself actually needs a ton of chakra on their own in order to keep the bijuu in check (wasn't something like this stated in the Manga too?). So yeah, I guess it would make sense for Gaara to still be as dangerous as ever... just that he loses his automatic defense and the "reserve" chakra that the bijuu can provide.

And if a Kage is actually going to be killed, I really hope it's through a display of stealth from Sasuke and his team. However, I foresee myself doing a face palm as Sasuke charges into the middle of the room expecting to take out all five of them head-on. He and his team could probably put up a fight against one kage alone, but all five at once...?

I think his team is supposed to be a bunch more poweful than we as readers view them, mostly because we haven't seen them in action. As a team I think we are expected to believe they could take multiple high level opponents at once, possibly even 1-2 Hokages, but 5? I mean come on.

[aru]

I think his team is supposed to be a bunch more poweful than we as readers view them, mostly because we haven't seen them in action. As a team I think we are expected to believe they could take multiple high level opponents at once, possibly even 1-2 Hokages, but 5? I mean come on.

That's what I would think too if it wasn't for the Killerbee fight.

[Max™]

*Sasuke busts into the room, stern look on his face, surely not ready to say something crazy and retarded*

"And now, for no reason I will fire my Chidori Amaterasu bullshit all over your faces!"

[TummieGaruda]

hmmm

Spoiler: show

Appears that Danzo wants finding Kabuto high priority because he has information from Oro's experiments and might find a way to fix his eye and hand.

[Tetrarien]

Is that gonna be another one of the early spoilers that gets debunked by spoilers released later in the week?

Spoiler: show

Weird if true though. I would've thought that he'd want Kabuto dead as well, since Kabuto knows of Danzo's prior contact with Orochimaru. Despite doing so in an attempt to kill Sasuke, I'd imagine that Konoha wouldn't think too highly of Danzo giving Orochimaru all of the information on the ANBU leaders.

Though I guess making a deal between the two makes sense too. In exchange for fixing his eye/arm, Danzo pardons Kabuto of his prior crimes or something like that. Doing so to cure his injuries fits as something Danzo would do, since being injury-free should essentially make him stronger and thus he'd have a stronger hold on the Hokage position.

[TummieGaruda]

Is that gonna be another one of the early spoilers that gets debunked by spoilers released later in the week?

Spoiler: show

Weird if true though. I would've thought that he'd want Kabuto dead as well, since Kabuto knows of Danzo's prior contact with Orochimaru. Despite doing so in an attempt to kill Sasuke, I'd imagine that Konoha wouldn't think too highly of Danzo giving Orochimaru all of the information on the ANBU leaders.

Though I guess making a deal between the two makes sense too. In exchange for fixing his eye/arm, Danzo pardons Kabuto of his prior crimes or something like that. Doing so to cure his injuries fits as something Danzo would do, since being injury-free should essentially make him stronger and thus he'd have a stronger hold on the Hokage position.

Yeah I thought it was fake until I read it from multiple sources. Also:

Spoiler: show

The two that wanted answers to Sauske ask naruto again for information. Naruto refuses and says that if they kill Sauske his village will avenge his death and the endless chain of hate will continue (Where have I heard this before?). They ask naruto what he suggests they do with their hatred towards Sauske (For taking/killing KillerBee [though he's alive]) and he tells them to hit him (Naruto) until their hatred no longer exists

[Tetrarien]

lol

Spoiler: show

Naruto the human punching bag? So what, is he just gonna let everyone in the world beat the shit out of him until it's all rainbows and sunshine? Methinks Naruto needs to think of a better way to break those chains of hatred.

His logic is messed up too. At this point, I very much doubt that Konoha would go out of their way to avenge Sasuke's death if Team Samui were to kill him. Not only for what he's done, but also considering that, uh, they just released an official order to kill the kid.

[popsiclestix]

hmmm

Spoiler: show

Appears that Danzo wants finding Kabuto high priority because he has information from Oro's experiments and might find a way to fix his eye and hand.

Spoiler: show

if this were the case, couldn't Tsunade have done it? She is superior than Kabuto when Orochimaru's arms were wasted.