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Since any fanboy or fangirl can do this, thought I'd give it a whirl. No superior graphics, pictures or other clever artifices. This "review" consists of observations, comments, questions and ridicule of the events of Chapter 441, all served with a heaping helping of sarcasm. Your satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.
Page 1: First, the Chief SpokesCorpse observes that Naruto "has already found a way to control the 9 tail fox"? Assuming that he's talking about how Naruto was able to change back from fox form, does that mean that it's common knowledge in Akatsuki that Naruto (unlike other Jinchurriki) doesn't have total control over his bijuu?
Nagato is looking more and more like some B-movie mummy. If chakra is blood and tissue, he's about spent. Coughing up blood usually means exit, stage left.
Page 2-3: And he is spent - looks like not enough juice to keep the mini-moon in orbit so it comes back to earth.
Page 3: Naruto survives the breakup of the mini-moon and tells us his KB at Frogland went poof due to Kyubbi transformation. Having tied up that loose end, it opens a new can of worms. Since Naruto doesn't have to worry about his KBs in Frogland anymore, can't he spam KBs to his heart's delight now? (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/434/15/)
Page 5: I'm not going to question how Katsuya survived inside Naruto's jumpsuit - that's a plot device I will surrender to.
Pages 6-7: Now, like a coed waking up the next day after a bad bender, Naruto tries to piece together what happened before he blacked out and got Kyubbified. Luckily the slug can fill him in and tell him that yes he didn't kill his squeeze or any other leaf-peoples. So he remembers "The Confession". NuraHina lives. The whole hand to the heart thing though - is he trying to feel for people's chakra?
Pages 7-8: Meanwhile, back at the bottom of Konaha's new Olympic-sized below ground swimming pool, Team Gai finds Hinata in extremis. I like the fact that Team Gai stopped to chat with Bunta. Apparently they didn't stop to talk to anyone else though until they got to the Crater, WTF? I'm sure Gai's probably already worried about Kakashi so Gai'll probably interrupt Kakahi's heart to heart with the White Fang and pull him forcibly away from the light.
Neji kicks in his eyes to find a medical nin but what's taking Sakura so long - she's moving about as fast as the chakra detection teams.
Pages 8-9: Chief SpokesCorpse says it's time to end it. Sound familiar? (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/430/20/) But now Naruto's the one feeling chatty and wants to talk to the manager. But first he must endure another one of those long-winded and boring lectures from Corpse No. 1 about pain and understanding but then he throws in a barb about Sasuke. Wait, how does Akatsuki know that Naruto is "chasing" Sasuke? It's not like Sasuke was ever invited to any of their special meetings. Hell, as far as I can see, Hawk's a mere franchise, junior members. They got the cloaks (no rings) and little else but a pat on the back from Tobi. Maybe Zetsu's been busy on recon.
Page 10: To his credit Naruto doesn't take the bait (*gasp*, maturity) - he wants to talk to the Big Man (or, in this case, to the desiccated creature/puppetmaster). The Chief SpokeCorpse demurs although he's impressed that his "secret" has been revealed.
Page 11-12: Pain must have gotten tired of hearing himself talk 'cause he rushes in on the attack. I figured the Chief SpokesCorpse didn't use Bansho Tenin or Shinra Tensei because of the chakra drain caused by performing his forbidden Chibaku Tensei technique. But no, it turns out he resorts to taijutsu for no good reason other than to give Naruto the opening (and tools) he needs to find The Man Behind the Curtain. Meh. And as expected (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/433/08/), he gets a Sage Mode kick for his troubles that sends him flying. Good thing he's already a corpse because he pancakes hard.
Pages 13-14: Naruto takes Pain's transmitter/sword and, in an interesting plot twist, stabs himself to see where his sage chakra goes. Or at least it looks like we are following his sage chakra as it goes back to the source of transmission. No surprise, we follow the chakra trail to the the top of a nearby mountain. Peek-a-boo. Nagato's look at being discovered in priceless. Payback is a mother. Naruto: How do you like me now?
With his cover blown and hiding behind a paper wall, Nagato's probably thinking about an exit strategy now - screw the unbeaten streak.
Page 15-16: But Naruto now comes on in the same old way and the Chief SpokesCorpse already let us know that he knows that two FFRS and Naruto's done and he will personally beat him within an inch of his life for making God sweat (and lose about 80 pounds). So Naruto does the same old smoke bomb masking FFRS move and, WTF, it is Shinra Tensied. He had the power all along so why the taijutsu move? Naruto fell for ST and BT twice already so why not again? Meh.
Page 17: Surprise, there a shadow FFRS (shades of the fight against Zabuza and the Sasuke-Itachi fight) but Naruto must be aware that this dude, albeit dead, can jump. (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/433/03/ and http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/434/09/) so what's preventing that - he's done it before after all (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/432/06-07/) Whatever happened to: http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/77/06/?
So Naruto must have an ace in the hole. Repeating the Hell Pain kill move is so eight issues ago. He better have something because in the last panel looks like he is out of sage mode (unless it's a clever henge to fool Pain)
442 Prediction: After laying smoke and throwing the one Flying Frisbee of Death, Sage Naruto is headed for the hilltop for a little chat. The clones will keep Chief SpokesCorpse occupied/confused. The second FFRS might be a henge.
Page 1: First, the Chief SpokesCorpse observes that Naruto "has already found a way to control the 9 tail fox"? Assuming that he's talking about how Naruto was able to change back from fox form, does that mean that it's common knowledge in Akatsuki that Naruto (unlike other Jinchurriki) doesn't have total control over his bijuu?
Nagato is looking more and more like some B-movie mummy. If chakra is blood and tissue, he's about spent. Coughing up blood usually means exit, stage left.
Page 2-3: And he is spent - looks like not enough juice to keep the mini-moon in orbit so it comes back to earth.
Page 3: Naruto survives the breakup of the mini-moon and tells us his KB at Frogland went poof due to Kyubbi transformation. Having tied up that loose end, it opens a new can of worms. Since Naruto doesn't have to worry about his KBs in Frogland anymore, can't he spam KBs to his heart's delight now? (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/434/15/)
Page 5: I'm not going to question how Katsuya survived inside Naruto's jumpsuit - that's a plot device I will surrender to.
Pages 6-7: Now, like a coed waking up the next day after a bad bender, Naruto tries to piece together what happened before he blacked out and got Kyubbified. Luckily the slug can fill him in and tell him that yes he didn't kill his squeeze or any other leaf-peoples. So he remembers "The Confession". NuraHina lives. The whole hand to the heart thing though - is he trying to feel for people's chakra?
Pages 7-8: Meanwhile, back at the bottom of Konaha's new Olympic-sized below ground swimming pool, Team Gai finds Hinata in extremis. I like the fact that Team Gai stopped to chat with Bunta. Apparently they didn't stop to talk to anyone else though until they got to the Crater, WTF? I'm sure Gai's probably already worried about Kakashi so Gai'll probably interrupt Kakahi's heart to heart with the White Fang and pull him forcibly away from the light.
Neji kicks in his eyes to find a medical nin but what's taking Sakura so long - she's moving about as fast as the chakra detection teams.
Pages 8-9: Chief SpokesCorpse says it's time to end it. Sound familiar? (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/430/20/) But now Naruto's the one feeling chatty and wants to talk to the manager. But first he must endure another one of those long-winded and boring lectures from Corpse No. 1 about pain and understanding but then he throws in a barb about Sasuke. Wait, how does Akatsuki know that Naruto is "chasing" Sasuke? It's not like Sasuke was ever invited to any of their special meetings. Hell, as far as I can see, Hawk's a mere franchise, junior members. They got the cloaks (no rings) and little else but a pat on the back from Tobi. Maybe Zetsu's been busy on recon.
Page 10: To his credit Naruto doesn't take the bait (*gasp*, maturity) - he wants to talk to the Big Man (or, in this case, to the desiccated creature/puppetmaster). The Chief SpokeCorpse demurs although he's impressed that his "secret" has been revealed.
Page 11-12: Pain must have gotten tired of hearing himself talk 'cause he rushes in on the attack. I figured the Chief SpokesCorpse didn't use Bansho Tenin or Shinra Tensei because of the chakra drain caused by performing his forbidden Chibaku Tensei technique. But no, it turns out he resorts to taijutsu for no good reason other than to give Naruto the opening (and tools) he needs to find The Man Behind the Curtain. Meh. And as expected (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/433/08/), he gets a Sage Mode kick for his troubles that sends him flying. Good thing he's already a corpse because he pancakes hard.
Pages 13-14: Naruto takes Pain's transmitter/sword and, in an interesting plot twist, stabs himself to see where his sage chakra goes. Or at least it looks like we are following his sage chakra as it goes back to the source of transmission. No surprise, we follow the chakra trail to the the top of a nearby mountain. Peek-a-boo. Nagato's look at being discovered in priceless. Payback is a mother. Naruto: How do you like me now?
With his cover blown and hiding behind a paper wall, Nagato's probably thinking about an exit strategy now - screw the unbeaten streak.
Page 15-16: But Naruto now comes on in the same old way and the Chief SpokesCorpse already let us know that he knows that two FFRS and Naruto's done and he will personally beat him within an inch of his life for making God sweat (and lose about 80 pounds). So Naruto does the same old smoke bomb masking FFRS move and, WTF, it is Shinra Tensied. He had the power all along so why the taijutsu move? Naruto fell for ST and BT twice already so why not again? Meh.
Page 17: Surprise, there a shadow FFRS (shades of the fight against Zabuza and the Sasuke-Itachi fight) but Naruto must be aware that this dude, albeit dead, can jump. (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/433/03/ and http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/434/09/) so what's preventing that - he's done it before after all (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/432/06-07/) Whatever happened to: http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/77/06/?
So Naruto must have an ace in the hole. Repeating the Hell Pain kill move is so eight issues ago. He better have something because in the last panel looks like he is out of sage mode (unless it's a clever henge to fool Pain)
442 Prediction: After laying smoke and throwing the one Flying Frisbee of Death, Sage Naruto is headed for the hilltop for a little chat. The clones will keep Chief SpokesCorpse occupied/confused. The second FFRS might be a henge.
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