Naruto 476 review...

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Hi folks...it's me again...by taking into consideration last week's reactions to the review, I decided to deliver to whole package...

So there U go:

Naruto chapter 476: Sasuke vs. Danzou

This chapter is mostly about ideals. I guess U know that in the world of Naruto the cycle of hatred and the conflicts are eaten for breakfast, so it's not something uncommon. Though the reasons behind it can differ from one person to another.

On the cover of this weeks Shounen Jump issue we get Naruto with a happy face with lots of fans behind him.When we see Naruto like this we just know for sure he'll succeed in his quest.


On the other hand we get to see his main antagonist so far in the series the man who's been his friend, but he turned out to have completely different view about the shinobi world. His circumstances can vouch for his reasons, but his actions cannot.


The story continues as Sasuke prepares to take on his second act of revenge, the final clash with Danzou. He is very angry and doesn't even want to inquire upon those sharingans on Danzou's arm, saying that it would make him a lot more angrier, than he is now. Sasuke is not stupid of course. He knows that those eyes are for real and are from his clan, but he asks Danzou if the massacre was the his and the elders fault and if they made Itachi kill the clan.

The eyes speak for themselves. The hate, the thirst for revenge is so strong, that there's no surprise in those words said to Gaara at the summit, the exact words which were used in this week's chapter's color pages.

Please let me to stray a little moment from the ideological point of view of my review. There are some interesting remarks made about Susano'o which explain a bit more about how it works, and gives possibilities about what it could be.

So we see that Susano'o are different from one user to another. It's a bit strange...Maybe the chakra formation, or the color of the chakra is different, but the shape itself...
When Itachi showed us Susasno'o it had a light color, which probably symbolized his mental state at the moment, but it began from a skeleton and transformed into a spiritual warrior, with helmet, armor.(I didn't include the mythical items, cuz they seem to be unique to Itachi)
Now Sasuke's Susasno'o is not complete yet. But the skeleton is there and skeleton are not really that different from one another.I admit thought, that Sasuke mental state reflects clearly in Susano'o the latter being darker, or pitch black(when the hatred is at its peak).
So I wonder what Madara's words mean. My money is on the chakra formation and the color, though only the last one it's clear.
Another thing is pointed out clearly. Danzou the war maniac, who has seen wars in all aspects, met the famous Madara, the Rinnegan, fought alongside, Hanzou the Salamander, against Sandaime Hokage the Professor, has never seen a Susano'o in his entire life. Of course he heard of it, but as Madara said, Susano'o is a feat which is achieved in rare cases.

Uchiha here, Uchiha there...As they become fewer in numbers, they seem to be everywhere. So let's just cut back to our hero, who is not so happy anymore as he was on the cover of the Jump. As the cover shows and past chapter subscribe to this, Naruto wants world peace. But his thoughts are on the level of ideas so far, the only important thing he did, was converting Nagato and Rain vilaage to his side, thus saving a lot of Konoha ninjas in the process, and gained a new ally. But his supposed friend and comrade in suffering stands in the way of this peace. So he figured out he could save him first, then together they could've changed the world, but...

(from left to right)


And...



But this is the greatest of all...


So Naruto is confused, very very confused and due to recent physical exhaustion like the battle with Pain, the beating from Kumo then the travel to Iron country, he begins hyperventilating and faints, behaviour which puts him in a rather weird light.
Naruto experiences these traumas is different ways. He got over from the loss of Jiraiya with the help of Shikamaru, but there where not extreme reactions like this, other then crying. When he saw Hinata fall in front of him, he went six tail mode and destroyed a good part of the village. This new reaction of course is due to physical stress as well, as the wiki and pat's uncle say :D...

Both Sasuke's and Naruto's view of this world is engulfed with pain. They suffered the lack or loss of family, and they turned out to have different points of view about what bonds mean. But in this chapter there's another point of view. That of an experienced soldier, who had lived in this world longer then the two kids.


As he shares his thoughts with Sasuke and lectures him, saying he'll never understand what that means, Sasuke decides to punish him and makes him mincemeat. But Danzou is not a wuss and his sharingans on his arm aren't for show. As he showed his prowess with genjutsu, the talk is over, becuz the real fight begins.

Predictions/Want to happen:

Well it won't be a surprise if we get the sequel of the fight which started this week. So of course a battle of genjutsu is expected, maybe Sasuke will use Tsukiyomi as well. Danzou having multiple sharingan could easily break Tsukiyomi, because it's well-known that regular Sharingan can do that, so a lot of them together should work as well.
Of course Sasuke's chakra was replenished, his wounds healed, so that entire marathon of jutsus(see against Raikage) can begin...but he still has Kirin and other stuff, like shuriken and a sword, which could be helpful, since he knows that MS poses a risk for him.
Danzou should show some interesting stuff, since my theory is that his arm, linked together with his Sharingan eye, which is covered right now grants him a unique Ninjutsu, so he will pawn Sasuke. That being said I think it's obvious Madara is forcing Sasuke to take Itachi's eyes, so that he can awake an EMS.
What I want and probably won't happen in the next chapter, is Sakura finding blind Sasuke and challenging him. Madara will interfere, but Kakashi gains on Sakura and co. so we'll have a brief encounter between Kakashi and Madara.

Quick summary/Opinions

The chapter was good around 8/10. Too much talking and a little bit of weird reaction from Naruto.Though we might see some inside talking with Kyuubi or something similar in the next chapter. Of course Kishi set this up to be in contrast with the epicness/imprtance of later decisions, to measure his growing up. We got a glimpse of Kishi's previous style of drawing the manga. The shadows on the faces also lack of eyes becuz of these shadows. It's good to see this style again, and it feels a bit nostalgic. The fight was awesome 'til now, I'm beginning to like Danzou more and more. I don't really like when only a few characters have major roles in a chapter, also the big twist at the end of the chapter was not so much of a twist at all.
(secret wish)In order to add some suspense and more characters I vote for Kabuto to enter at the end of the next chapter?Whaddya think?

Sorry about the chaos of the pics, next time it will be better...Anyway...good work manga123 and cnet...mention their name in UR prayers...enjoy the chapter and hopefully this review as well, cuz there's no jump next week...buhbye
 
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