Naruto 363

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Naruto
Number 363: Sasuke's Death...!!
[side text: His friends discarded. His love discarded. His village discarded. All that remains is that name, and those feelings.]
[bottom-right author's name: Kishimoto Masashi]

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Sasuke: Shi-!
Tobi: Wha- ...!
[insert text: Deidara's final great explosion!!]

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Somebody: What is that?!
Pakkun: Kakashi... what's that?
Kakashi: This feeling... that chakra is... // Akatsuki's...
Kiba: What's that?!
Shino: Hm?
Dog: What's that?!

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Hinata: Wh- what is that?
Naruto: I'll go check it out!
Suigetsu: Over there...
Karin: That's around where Sasuke...!

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Karin: ......... // ....! // (I can't feel Sasuke's Chakra...!!)
Zetsu: --tHAT dEIDARA SELF-DESTRUCTED...-- // I wonder where Tobi is? // --hE'S CAUGHT UP IN IT...-- / --hE MUST HAVE BEEN INSIDE THAT EXPLOSION...--
Suigetsu: That was near the meeting point... // Could it be...?!

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Suigetsu: ...It's just as I feared!

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Zetsu: --dEIDARA HAS DIED.-- // --hE BLEW HIMSELF UP IN A HUGE BLAST.--
Kisame: My, my... It seems our numbers are shrinking again... // I do believe he was rather strong, though... // So... who was it that got him...? / Sasuke... or the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki?
Zetsu: --iT WAS sASUKE.-- // However...

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Zetsu: It would appear that Sasuke too died.
Itachi: .........
Kisame: They went out together, huh...
Pein: We should be thankful, Itachi. / Deidara eliminated a nuisance for us at the cost of his life.
Kisame: Hm..... / I feel kinda like I'm forgetting something...
Zetsu: It seems that Tobi too is dead. / Deidara blew himself up without regard to his partner.

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Kisame: That's right, Tobi... // But to think that he didn't get away... running away was his specialty... / That must have been some technique...
Pein: What's done is done... A man of that level will be easily replaceable. // A pity about Deidara, though...
Kisame: Though when it comes to taking the gloom out of this place... / Tobi had quite some skill as well.
Pein: I will go. // If nothing else, I can at least pay my quiet respects to Deidara.

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Suigetsu: Right... // Kuchiyose no Jutsu!!

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Suigetsu: Th - this is Orochimaru's summon... Manda... // How could this snake, who even Orochimaru had difficulty controlling... // (I see... a genjutsu...)

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Sasuke: Ugh...
Suigetsu: What's this... you're all beaten up. // Who were you up against?
Manda: You... simply used me... / You... little brat... // Those eyes... You used those eyes... to manipulate... me...
Suigetsu: !

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Manda: You... used... me......
Suigetsu: O~h? Looks like he died... // Manda was Orochimaru's very finest pet, wasn't he... // You should be a little more careful with your animals... / To think you forced him with genjutsu...
Sasuke: I had to act quickly... // I didn't have any time to waste.
Karin: There you are!!
Suigetsu:!
Sasuke: !

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Karin: You really were here... // Your Chakra disappeared all of a sudden, and I didn't know what to think... / You were in transit, were you?!
Suigetsu: He went inside Manda and used time-space ninjutsu to get away. I get that much, but... // Why are you so beat up?
Sasuke: Just as we were about to transfer, Manda and I both got hit by the blast. / The enemy was Akatsuki... They're better than I thought...
Karin: (Sasuke's even cool when he's covered in wounds...)
Suigetsu: At any rate, we'll have to rest a little.

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Karin: Look at you!! And this is the man who defeated Orochimaru!
Sasuke: Orochimaru was weak in the first place. / That's all there is to it...
Girl: Pein, over here... / He's come.
Pein: !

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[no text, just awesome]

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Pein: So... What about Sasuke?
Mysteriousdude: I was quite impressed... / His skill with the Sharingan was more than clear... // Those eyes will surpass Itachi's... // The time is ripe. / He too is prepared, I think... It shouldn't be too long, after all.
Pein: And the Kyuubi?
Mysteriousdude: It shall be your prey. / And I will not permit failure from the Leader.
[bottom text: Next issue, a colour-page clash in preparation for the movie opening! "The aim is...!!"