Recent content by mkreitler

Re: Naruto 485 Discussion / 486 Predictions Thanks for tracking down that page. I agree -- I'd rather see Itachi's gift come about as your describe. Hopefully, that's how it will happen. No matter how it comes out, though, I think it's the only thing that can turn Sasuke away from the path of...

Re: Naruto 485 Discussion / 486 Predictions Naruto's choice #3: help Sasuke. I can't find the reference, but awhile back, Naruto and Kakashi spoke about Sasuke's inherent elemental advantage over Naruto. The gist was, "Fire wins out over wind," but Naruto refused to think of it in terms of...

Re: Naruto 484 Spoiler Discussion I can see why you're ranting, but a couple of ideas come to mind: 1) This Naruto is a clone. Naruto has grown a lot and, unlike Sasuke in most of Part 2, actually has to use strategy. Sending in a bunshin would be a prudent thing to do. 2) Naruto...

Re: Naruto 483 Discussion / 484 Predictions So...this has been bothering me for a long time. It seems clear that Itachi really did care for Sasuke. And it seems clear that Sasuke, once he learned this truth, regretted losing Itachi. Yet these things seem wildly inconsistent with...

Both Naruto and Sakura have been doing a lot of crying lately, and it has gotten a bit tiresome. However, I don't think Naruto's dilemma is as simple as "what's wrong with Sasuke?" All of Shippuuden has focused on Naruto's destiny to transform the ninja world. Will he choose violence or...

I would be surprised if that's the case. If Naruto caves to the pressure to kill Sasuke, he will be abandoning his promise to Jiraiya to bring about peace through understanding instead of violence. Also, assuming that Naruto is the spiritual successor to the younger inheritor of the Rikudo...

Sasuke sure is acting like an idiot, but it literally may be an act. This sequence: http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/401/16/ http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/401/17/ has always bothered me because it doesn't match with his subsequent actions. When he learned that Itachi was looking out for him --...

That *is* interesting, but here's another take. If "Tobi" is really Madara inhabiting or otherwise controlling Obito, then the right half of his body would have been completely crushed -- meaning that Tobi's right side may now consist of a patchwork of limbs harvested from other bodies. If that...

I'll see you and raise you one -- I can't imagine Kiba agreeing to go along with Sakura's plan in the first place. Lee might, since he's got a crush on her, but not Kiba. He's basically Naruto with "youthful optimism" replaced by "brutal pragmatism." I see the conversation going roughly like...

Re: Naruto 474 Spoiler Discussion You make lots of excellent points -- I especially like your references to Itachi's foreshadowing. However, there's the left eye/right eye problem. Also, someone pointed out in another thread that Tobi bends space and time, which is the same power that...

ROFL! She figured it out, even if she didn't hear the words... http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/442/01/

This thread about honorifics has been interesting, particularly the back and forth about how "pathetic" Sakura sounded vs her feelings of love and respect for Naruto. Personally, I believe she has feelings for him, and those feelings have steadily grown throughout the course of the story...

That is an excellent theory! I hope you're right, though the lack of any surprise could also be a hint that this is an ink clone. What you suggest makes sense, though -- Sai very well could know more about what happened to the Uchiha clan than the rest of the current "hero" cast. As to why...

HOLY CRAP! You just blew my mind. And it all fits... Which leads to some interesting thoughts: 1) Kakashi will inevitably have a showdown with Obito-Madara, bringing closure to their history (which will also probably set up Kakashi sacrificing himself to revive Naruto via Chiyo's...

Re: Naruto 470 Spoiler Discussion I doubt she's going there to kill him. If she was, why not stick with Shikamaru and the rest. Sakura is too smart to believe she has a chance against Sasuke, even if Kiba and Lee tag along. I suspect she's going to talk to him and find out what's going...