Naruto Manga Archive for August, 2008

08-29-2008

naruto training at myobokuzan

Naruto, trying to draw his sage chakra

Nothing much that we see this week from Naruto manga chapter 414.

No one from Team Falcon or the Mr. Killerbee (the Eight Tails jinchuuriki) has shown any special move, other than the Eight Tails jinchuuriki that has already transferred to the giant eight-tailed bull since previous manga chapter last week. If there is something quite special this week, it’s probably be the chakra ball let out by the transformed Mr. Killerbee. Much like what Naruto had as an attack against Orochimaru when he transformed into 4th tailed mini Kyuubi!

Team Falcon pretty much are in the disadvantage in the battle currently. Suigetsu has tried to buy Mr. Killerbee some time with his water jutsu’s, but failed.

One interesting thing in this chapter though, is how Sasuke suddenly reminded of Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi, aka Team 7, when he thought of Karin, Juugo, and Suigetsu who tried to save him in that battle. He had the vision of the old Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi for a moment, at least. And at the end of the chapter, it says "looking back, he wasn’t alone.. Sasuke’s emotional Amaterasu." I think this shows that in some ways Sasuke still thought of Team 7. Man I had thought he had turned into a stone since he left Konoha.

Oh, and Naruto’s training is progressing fast. It seems that he’s doing the training in a faster rate than Jiraiya!

So, until next chapter!! (Note: We’ll see Sasuke using his new Amaterasu next week! Yay!)

08-28-2008

akatsuki

Akatsuki’s special pose :P

Since Naruto manga chapter 414 isn’t out yet, now we’re going to have a look at the mysterious organization filled with kawaii dudes, Akatsuki .

Akatsuki was founded by Uchiha Madara, that’s for sure. Let’s see what’s the meaning of "Akatsuki" in Japanese. The word "Akatsuki" means "Dawn", "Red Cloud" or "Red Moon". If separated, "aka" would mean red and "tsuki" means moon.

So who is the strongest member of Akatsuki, and who’s the weakest of all the members of Akatsuki? Currently as we can see in the manga, Tobi, alias Uchiha Madara would be the strongest one in Akatsuki, and I think the second strongest would be Pein, the second leader. Probably how strong Pein is shows why he is being trusted so much by Uchiha Madara. We don’t know Konan’s true strength yet, since her ability shown so far isn’t elaborated.

Itachi probably also one of the strongest, since Zetsu also praising Itachi when he witnessed the battles between Itachi and Sasuke.

So that makes Tobi/Uchiha Madara, Pein, and Itachi the strongest three in Akatsuki.

And how about the weakest? My vote would go for.. as much as I hate to say it, I think it’s Deidara. I’m one of Deidara’s biggest fans, I adore him, but since Kisame is a "master" of swords, Kakuzu had 100 years experience of battle and had more than one lives, Hidan couldn’t be killed easily because he used to be a living cursed, Sasori had a high skills in using puppets in combats, that all makes Deidara left far behind.

That said, every single member of Akatsuki is very strong and no ordinary ninja’s. But you still see Deidara running away from Kakashi, even lost his arm, and sacrificed himself (actually that’s suicide!) in the battle with Sasuke.

08-27-2008

Time again for Naruto manga spoiler! OK, chapter 414 isn’t going to be released till tomorrow. So in the meantime here’s the spoiler for those of you who just can’t wait for it (or those of you who just love to be spoiled, lol).

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NARUTO 414 SPOILER

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Source: stoptazmo

suigetsu team hawk Suigetsu is forming himself back togther.
Juugo is fusing his skin with Sasuke, he tells Karin that even tho he’s giving Sasuke some of his skin and chakra they should retreat because taking on the Hachibi in there state is to risky.
The Hachibi can hear everything there saying and tells them that trying to retreat at this point would be foolish and even if they did how far do they really think they could get.
(there’s a little bit more about Sasuke)

Konan is telling Pein that even if they get to Konoha getting Naruto isn’t going to be that easy.
Pein tells her thats the reason he’s not going to hold back (there’s a panel of all the bodies and then one of the female body)
Konan looks at Pein with a worried look on her face, he tells her that our goal has been set and that it will be accomplished without fail, the time of the 9th Jinchuuriki is closing fast.

Naruto is sitting near the pool of oil and the clones are turing into toads Pa hits them and says that there transforming much fast because of his little dive into the pool.
Naruto says that he thought it was a good idea at the time and Pa says you were actually thinking when you did that (he has a funny look on his face)
Gamakichi ask Pa if there’s a faster way for Naruto to learn sage arts, Pa shouts and says no there’s not he’s already using the oil and clones it can’t go any faster then this.

Sasuke tries to use his sharingan but it fails, Juugo tells him that he doesn’t have the chakra to keep the sharingan active (there not in the same place they were at the beginning of the chapter)
Suigetsu tries to run but is hit with one of the tails of the Hachibi, Karin ask why he’s trying to run off and leave them be hind, Suigetsu states that he was trying to see how fast the Hachibi is in that form, Karin asked well.
Suigetsu looks at her and says well im still standing here, even in that big form his tails move too fast for him to dodge, but his body doesn’t seem to move as fast.(there’s more about Sasuke and Juugo)

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SPOILER ENDS

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OK, last week’s spoiler turned out to be fake. But this one is pretty much confirmed by the source. I can’t be sure though. We’ll see when the chapter’s released tomorrow!

08-26-2008

sasuke sakura

SASUKE/SAKURA ROMANCE

It kinda lights up some sparks lately about the "romance" between Sasuke and Karin amongst Naruto fans, especially Sasuke/Sakura fans, to be exact.

It seems that the romance isn’t welcomed by Sasuke/Sakura fans, but at the same time also create new group of fans who like to see the romance blooms between Sasuke and Karin (cough).

sasuke karin

SASUKE/KARIN ROMANCE

To me, look-wise, I would prefer Sakura. Ok, ok, other than looks, Karin just isn’t pleasant to the eye, and more annoying than Sakura. Sakura started off in the early Naruto manga as "very, very" annoying, but through time, she has matured and becomes much less annoying. But for Karin, she’s just complete nuisance in my eyes. She’s with Team Falcon in the first place was just to "be with Sasuke". That is lame for crying out loud.

If I were to choose, I would probably go with Sakura/Sasuke rather than Karin/Sasuke. Maybe because I just detest Team Falcon, that’s why.

Anyway, this is Sakura vs. Karin wallpaper for you !
(credit goes to Anime-Wallpapers.com )

08-26-2008

orochimaru sasuke

Orochimaru appears as "white snake" in a battle with Sasuke

It popped in my head suddenly the other day; does Orochimaru have anything to do with the eight tails jinchuuriki that is shown on the manga currently (some called him "Mr. Host", and some called him "Mr. Killerbee") or the eight tails beast itself in any mean?

Well, for those of you who don’t know, "Orochi" in Japanese mythology is an eight-headed serpent beast. Well, we all know that Naruto is the host for the nine-tails beast. Orochimaru used to reside inside Sasuke before he was killed off by Itachi. And right about now, the only two beasts that haven’t been captured by Madara/Akatsuki are the Nine-Tails and the Eight-Tails.

According to the original folktale which the Legendary Sannins (Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade) are based on, Orochimaru is the one who mastered snake magic. He was consumed by his snake magic. "Orochi" is the name of a giant 8-headed snake in Japanese mythology. So does this mean Kishimoto (the mangaka!) is plotting something that we are not aware of? I mean, sure, it’s already shown that the Eight Tails indeed has a different jinchuuriki, which obviously isn’t Orochimaru (Orochimaru’s dead), but Orochimaru is also still "alive" inside Kabuto.

So what do you guys think?

08-24-2008

konoha

Konoha, waiting to be crushed??

It’s still pretty early to predict about what’s gonna happen to Konoha, but at the same time it also isn’t "too" early to do so, since the Konoha destruction plan by Uchiha Madara is executing well right now.

So who do you think will be fighting who in the event?

How about this;

Sasuke vs Naruto:

Sasuke obviously wins this one. Sasuke was leagues ahead of Naruto BEFORE awakening his Mangekyou. Now that he has it, it’s just overkill. Naruto does not stand a chance.

Additionally, we have to remember that the Uchiha can control the Kyuubi, so Naruto can’t even use it’s power.

Madara vs Kakashi:

Madara. Kakashi is incredibly weak in the stamina department. Madara could just teleport around and eventually wear Kakashi out without too much difficulty. A fight wouldn’t even need to take place for Kakashi to lose.

Jugo vs Yamato

Yamato. His wood is strong enough to hold 4TK Naruto in place. I doubt Jugo can do much to break out of it. Jugo doesn’t seem like the type to be particularly fast, so it’s just a matter of binding him in wood and scewering him really.

Of course, there’s no real way to accurately judge this fight, as we’ve never seen Jugo do anything.

Suigetsu vs Sai

We don’t really know what either of them can do yet. But as it stands, Suigetsu can turn into water and make all attacks phase through him. There’s nothing Sai can do except die.

Karin vs Sakura

We don’t even have a slight indication as to what Karin is capable of, but she doesn’t appear to be much of a fighter, so I’m giving this one to Sakura.

Sasuke or Madara alone would be able to solo team Kakashi though. So giving either of them four other team mates just makes it overkill.

08-23-2008

akatsuki

Akatsuki, led by Uchiha Madara

Uchiha Madara’s ambition for a very long time is to crush Konoha, and possibly destroy it at once. He has been wanting this to happen since he lost the trust of Uchiha clan many many years back when Konoha was just founded.

Uchiha Madara has been plotting every move very, very carefully, including the capture of all the existing bijuu’s, and the formation of Akatsuki, and also the plan of getting Sasuke on his side. All this takes time, and now he’s near to what he has been always wishing for; to capture the Nine-Tails and to crush Konoha!

It is not too early to make some speculations about what’s gonna happen to Konoha since Akatsuki has already made their move right about now. Do you think Uchiha Madara will succeed in his plan, or is he just wasting his time? Well, we know Orochimaru has once tried to take over Konoha before, even allied with the Sand. But given Orochimaru’s power and the Sand’s troops, they still failed to take over Konoha!

But of course, this time it’s different in that Madara has been plotting all this for so long, and Madara seems like the one strong opponent who can only match Shodaime Hokage. So what do you think guys??

08-23-2008

team hawk

Team Falcon (aka Team Eagle/Hawk/Taka/Hebi)

This week on Naruto manga chapter 413, Team Falcon (some translation may use "Team Hawk", or "Team Eagle", or its original Japanese word "Taka") beaten up pretty badly by the Eight Tails jinchuuriki. The Eight Tails jinchuuriki easily dodged the attacks by Suigetsu and even Juugo. Even Sasuke was beaten up hard. And finally the Eight Tails jinchuuriki transformed completely into the Eight Tails beast!

So do you think this is the end for Team Falcon?

In this state, I don’t think Sasuke could win against the Eight Tails jinchuuriki, since the Eight Tails jinchuuriki could easily release his genjutsu. How can Sasuke use other eye techniques that Itachi has planted on him, he looked like he’s gonna die if Karin wasn’t there in the first place! And the other two, Suigetsu and Juugo, are obviously weaker than Sasuke himself (at least we assumed that).

It could also be a question why the Eight Tails jinchuuriki almost straight away transformed into the beast, instead of using more jutsu’s to finish Team Falcon off.

My guess is the Eight Tails jinchuuriki probably is very confident in using his beast (bijuu) in combat. He said it himself that he can control his bijuu as much as he likes. Probably the reason he’s not using special jutsu’s to finish Team Falcon off is because he’s the taijutsu type? OK, we’ll see how he battles in his transformation form next chapter next week! Can’t wait for that!!

08-22-2008

eight tailed beast

The Eight Tails Beast Transformation Completed!

On previous chapter of Naruto manga, two weeks ago, the Eight-tails has tried to run away from the Team Falcon (or Team Eagle). He wasn’t afraid of them I supposed, he just thought they’re nothing more than nuisance to him. But after Karin sensed his chakra and located him, he then said that it’s finally time for "number eight" !

So what is this "number eight"?

As obvious as it sounds, I think he’s gonna use the Eight-Tails Beast’ power and chakra. And yup, I was right (as so my prediction before), because this week on Naruto manga chapter 413 , we see the Eight-tails jinchuuriki transforms to five tails form!

And one thing that should be noted is that Eight-Tails jinchuuriki claimed that no one other than his brother has been able to deflect his attack when he’s using eight-tails beast’ power. He said this when Sasuke deflected his attack.

But the Eight-tails jinchuuriki is surprisingly very strong. He can even snap out of Sasuke’s genjutsu. He claimed that it was done because he can control the beast inside him. He makes the beast disturb his chakra in order to get him out of the genjutsu cast by Sasuke.

The last page of the manga shows him transferred completely to a giant ox, which means the transformation into Eight-tails beast has succeeded!

So til next chapter, guys. And what are your speculations??

08-21-2008

It’s time again for Naruto manga latest chapter ! It’s gonna be released (translated into English by a scanlation group) tomorrow, Friday, August 22nd .

The countdown begins now!!!

OK, in the meantime, who wants the spoiler can scroll below!!!

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NARUTO 413 SPOILER

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naruto manga spoiler *Naruto Trains with the Oil. It turns out that the longer it takes to train the faster you become a frog each try. You must finish training in 2 weeks or the staff will not work in time.*

*Back to Sasuke*

*Sasuke & 8Tails move to face each other, Hawk is motioned to stay back*

-8Tails: Well, well, well… seems like you’re resistant to my Normal attacks…

-Sasuke: You have no power over me, 8Tails. I now understand why I am
here. I made a promise and I’m here to keep it. Today, I put my past
behind me.

*He jumps up to attack 8Tails, but he (8Tails) teleports away.*

-8Tails (off-Panel): Have it your way, Uchiha. So be it… be prepared to
meet your maker. Your past, present, and future ends
here… today! Prepare to die! Say “Goodbye”, Uchiha,
as you witness my true wrath!

*8Tails Transforms into 5 Tailed State*

-Sasuke: Hrm…

*The Sharingan begins to spin in Sasukes Eyes, He raises his arms up and
closes his eyes to concentrate, causing chakra to swirl around him.
Shadow floats a bit off the ground and is enveloped by a golden light
as he transforms into MS Sasuke. He flies toward 8TJ and attacks.

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SPOILER ENDS

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We don’t know yet whether this spoiler is true or fake, since there are a few other versions of the spoilers. But basically, all spoilers are saying that Hachibi (Eight-tailed) transforms into whether 5 tails form or 8 tails form in this chapter.

Anyway, we’ll see what really happens when the scanlated version released tomorrow!



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