Hello, hello MH members and Naruto fans! And welcome to another Joint Review of Naruto by <insert participants>.
Our golden cast will share ideas and will analyze the events of these week's chapter of Naruto, so gather around a fire and let's start!
The chapter's title is very interesting this week, because it presents an emotion that is very frequent in times of war and conflict. Hopelessness, the feeling of being powerless, the absence of people who support you are resounding reasons for despair.
The title assumes that the chapter will present weakness of despair, however it leaves space for us to decide who is displaying this emotion, and who are the ones that are capable of overcoming it. However we are at least presented the potential cast that is victim of this.
The first page presents us the 3 important battles of this war. From what we were presented until now the one who has shown some signs of despair or at least beginning of despair is Madara, because Naruto is full of confidence, Bee is just cool, and Kakashi and Gai were practically on the sidelines.
The second battle is with Kages vs Madara. Without question the Kages are the one who are on the verge of despair, however the question is how is this their weakness and can they overcome it.
Tsunade starts out by proving that her medical jutsu can heal anything as she escapes from Madara's clutch and uses her jutsu to heal herself. However as the battle progresses, Madara uses a Rinnegan jutsu to absorb the attack, and proceeds to overwhelm his opponents by making enough clones to change the meaning of 5 vs. 1 in this battle.
In the meanwhile he explains that the first psychological hurdle he threw to the Kages was revealing Shodai's face. This should've caused some despair but Tsunade's tenacity and willpower overcame that. However the casual display of the almighty Rinnegan and the superior numbers favoring Madara at the moment did cause the Kages to split up, but it remains to be seen if their spirit remains united in front of Madara.
So despite the danger of despair, the Kages manage to overcome it.
The other fight features the Uchiha bros and Kabuto. Fortunately-_-', some of the information on that battle is spoiled beforehand and practically tells us that the brothers will unite, despite the suspense provided last week of a 3 way battle.
Kabuto, because of his playfulness or careful tactical maneuvering(born maybe out of despair of fighting against the brothers) tries to convince Sasuke to join him, however he misinterprets Sasuke's intentions in this conflict. In the end he shows signs of confidence and displays a trademark Orochimaru smile in anticipating the coming battle.
The Uchiha brothers instead unite for the first time in their life, and it is a heart-breaking scene mostly because it seems to be built on a lie. Their source of despair is voiced by Kabuto who describes them as individuals who, lost their friends. In the end however the brothers managed to overcome this hurdle, and unite their strengths.
So what is the weakness of despair that the title mentioned? The main weakness is that it provides discord, but fortunately our heroes are on the right path to overcome this.
Originally Posted by KiSwordsman
...this is a test run, so don't be discouraged to choose one of the more laborious parts. I mean I've already wrote the summary part, so you can use pointers from that if you'd like.
