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Naruto 604 Discussion – Meet again…

We start this chapter off with a little treat – a colour cover/first page to celebrate the 600th chapter!  I would probably pay a little extra to read the chapters in colour every week, that is, if I was paying for them in the first place.  Don’t worry, I bought some manga novels..a few years back.

Anyway, Obito is setting off to help his comrades, but before he leaves, Madara seems certain that he will return.  You have to question why.

“You will come back here…and that time, you will thank me sincerely..you ungrateful little b*stard”   [Unofficial translation]

Thank him sincerely for what?  Saving him?  What did Madara think was going to change Obito so much to make him come back and thank him again? I don’t remember foresight being one of the Uchiha abilities. (more…)

Naruto Chapter 603 Discussion – Rehabilitation!

This week’s chapter is now out and shows us another glimpse into the secret underground life of Madara and Obito.  We are introduced to another strange character made from the Hashirama chakra tree thing (..whatever) and strangely he seems to have the same personality as our old friend Tobi did.  Towards the end of the chapter we see this “thing” merge his body with Obito to give him enough strength to go out and help Kakashi and Rin.  We could assume that this merge was maybe what gave Obito his stupid/playful personality in the Akatsuki days, or maybe it was just a facade he was putting on as was previously though.  Either that or the poor guy has split personality disorder.  Also, does this character give us a clue as to where black Zetsu came from?

It’s also worth noting the length of Obito’s hair in this chapter.  If you look back at the chapters that show “Madara” helping Itachi with the Massacre of the Uchiha Clan, whoever it is has long hair so it’s a possibility that it was Obito. (more…)

Naruto Chapter 602 Discussion!

The latest chapter is out and we’ve been given another piece of the story, not much of it but we’re grateful for anything these days.  In the discussion of chapter 599, I mentioned that one possible way of Obito surviving his accident, was that Madara had some sort of hidden underground lair, right beneath the forest.  I thought this was the most far-fetched scenario, yet, it’s what happened.  This raises a few questions.  What was Madara doing down there?  I find it hard to believe he was just existing, biding his time and hoping for an extremely unlikely incident like this to occur.  It doesn’t make sense.

How he’s keeping himself alive is another area for discussion, maybe the “chakra tree” he is feeding off is enough for him.  Maybe he survives off the animals in the forest, although in his condition, he’d need to have someone helping him.  So, the safest assumption is that he has someone else helping him, and he did have some sort of plan other than just waiting for Obito to drop on to his lap.  I’d speculate that the most likely individual to be helping him is Zetsu, since we know nothing about his origins, so far. (more…)

Naruto Chapter 601 Discussion – The finale begins!

Last week we saw our old friend Uchiha Madara join in the fun.  Is this guy a badass or what?  The recent chapter has just elevated this series back to it’s former glory, in my opinion.  Before we get into reviewing the recent events in the manga chapters, I have a quick recommendation.

If you haven’t watched the episodes in a while, I highly recommend watching episodes 247 to 249 (Where “Madara” takes control of the Nine Tails following the birth of Naruto) to complement the recent manga chapters.  Ep 250 is pretty damn good too, but irrelevant to the current chapters.  I haven’t been following the episodes but after watching these three, I was reminded why I got hooked on the series in the first place.  The pure feeling of what can only be described as “awesomeness” that they put across through the two main characters in the episodes, the 4th Hokage Minato and “Uchiha Madara”, is incredible.  The brief battle between these two is one of the best in the series. I should mention that it’s now obvious that it was in fact Obito controlling the Kyuubi, at least that’s how I interpreted it. (more…)

Naruto Chapter 600! How Did Obito Survive?!

Another week of agony over, another week of agony begins!  This weeks cliffhanger (or lack thereof) is not nearly as big as the previous two weeks so I think we should be able to cope.  We’ve been following this manga for years, conditioned and hardened by being struck with brutal cliffhangers week by week – I think we could take anything at this point.

Last week, we speculated over how the hell Obito could have survived the ill fated incident during the Third Shinobi War.  Some say he was blessed with a thick skull – who knows?  At this point, we don’t really know for sure if it is Obito but it seems pretty certain, with Kakashi confirming that it is indeed him.  However, there are any number of forbidden Jutsu’ we may or may not know about that could let someone impersonate Obito, or even resurrect him. (more…)


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