bad chapter or not, i'm just glad they're moving forward with it finally. while interesting to see the others fight, it gets boring to see every character panned out again and individually highlighted again. they had their shining limelight in the bring sasuke back arc. I don't need to see how every single one of them now has a slightly stronger version of their previous skills again. It's okay to introduce new players now and then to keep it interesting, but naruto has been and always will be my favorite char in this, and seeing him not fight since the goddamned PEIN fight, is stupid when this series is about him. part of what made him awesome, along with the DBZ series, was that while the best character did have to sit out and train hard to overcome the darkest evil, he made periodic returns. Naruto hasn't returned in WAYY too long. NARUTO FIGHTING.

yrba1

United States325 Posts

April 15 2011 01:38 GMT

#5303

I'm guessing due to negative feedback, they're going to show the redundant fights shown in previous chapters as fillers in the anime when that time comes and focus mainly on Naruto and Sasuke in the manga storyline?

Fumanchu

Canada669 Posts

April 15 2011 03:40 GMT

#5304

In my opinion this chapter switched between awesome and vomiting like every other page. Iruka tries to talk with naruto- barf, naruto knows their lying and busts through-awesome, iruka tells naruto he thinks of him as a little brother-barf, naruto breaks the seals and traps easily-awesome. Still, a big improvement over previous chapters.

Fenrax

United States5018 Posts

April 19 2011 13:44 GMT

#5305

So I just watched the recent Naruto Anime episodes and they were clearly awesome. The whole post Pain / Kage summit and Kisame /KB thing was very much worth watching. Very intense, fast paced, action packed and on top of that it included almost no flashbacks or other elements to steal time.
When I read it in the Manga I thought it were okay chapters, but the moved pictures were truly epic. I stopped watching the Manga a while ago, but now I am glad I came back. These are some of the best episodes of the whole Anime. All Kages are even cooler than they already were in the Manga and the same is true for Zetsu and Kisame.

It is pretty impossible for the Manga to save a mess like the Choji-Azuma fight but overall it gives me some hope that the war arc will not be a failure like the Bleach war in the Anime.

For the Manga: I am glad that Naruto is out of that fucking island. Putting him there was one of the most stupid ideas I have ever heard of to begin with. I know for the sake of story development it is nessecary to give the op main character something else to do while the sidekicks fight the minor battles but making him look like a total idiot was not the right way to do it. Looking at animal penises 24/7? Really? There is a right time and a wrong time for comedy segments and this was as far away from the right time as it gets.
But now that the incredibly lame Choji-Azuma fight is out of the way and Naruto can enter the war maybe the Manga can put some pace back on. There are still these Zombies around that nobody wants to see but I hope they won't affect the storyline too much.
My conclusion is that there would have been a million better ways to bring the story to the point where it is now, but now that it is at that point I hope that Kishimoto will have something good planned out.

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

April 21 2011 02:30 GMT

#5306

new chapter up

edit: here http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/55064037/1
+ Show Spoiler +

BLARLAHRGRHGHRGARGH last page

Sc2ggRise

United States607 Posts

April 21 2011 02:32 GMT

#5307

not at any of the sites I frequent... where are you reading it?

edit: nevermind, its on mangastream. good chapter ;D

ddrddrddrddr

1344 Posts

April 21 2011 02:55 GMT

#5308

How did Naruto not notice the blatantly different headband symbol? Everyone have a "nin" on their forehead while he still have the leaf.... Normal? Maybe on meth it is.

I hope that note is written with non-toxic ink. That bearded fella is pretty useless. 6 guys holding the shield, 1 spotter, and you're there to do... what? Redundant character is redundant.

And I better see a scene where they cross the sea to land. I'd bet the author totally forgets that they're floating on a turtle in the middle of the damn ocean.

Zim23

United States1681 Posts

April 21 2011 03:06 GMT

#5309

Frieza is going crazy, will Goku make it in time????? Find out next time on DRAGONBALL Z!!!

I tease but I'm actually enjoying the latest chapters.

Zooper31

United States5713 Posts

April 21 2011 03:07 GMT

#5310

On April 21 2011 11:30 Kyuukyuu wrote:
new chapter up

edit: here http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/55064037/1
+ Show Spoiler +

BLARLAHRGRHGHRGARGH last page

Had the same exact face and noise when I saw that last chapter. Like seriously your going to bring that giant statue to life and summon it and yourself in the middle of the battle and then just put THE END

PhailSoBaller

United States281 Posts

April 21 2011 03:21 GMT

#5311

i flipped to the last page and simply said.

Tobi got...... a ninja....... gundam. Fuck

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

April 21 2011 03:22 GMT

#5312

i new the new ep must be out when i went to mangastream and the site was down~~

ok, time to actually read it now

aaaand i liked it

Iplaythings

Denmark9110 Posts

April 21 2011 06:24 GMT

#5313

i love the chapter except I cant help wondering if they didnt use too much energy stopping the war?

I mean, if Iruka had been alone on persuading naruto to stay he might've listened

nbtnbt5

232 Posts

April 21 2011 07:29 GMT

#5314

wow@last page...

adeezy

United States1428 Posts

April 21 2011 07:46 GMT

#5315

Cool little tidbit because I used to be a frequent lurker at narutofan forums, the Gedo Mazo bares resemblance to the jyuubi in pretty much all forms except it has that blind fold. Basically gedo mazo is the jyuubi and you can damn well bet that if all the tailed beasts were absorbed it would xform into it.

Ayush_SCtoss

India3051 Posts

April 21 2011 10:05 GMT

#5316

On April 21 2011 16:46 adeezy wrote:
Cool little tidbit because I used to be a frequent lurker at narutofan forums, the Gedo Mazo bares resemblance to the jyuubi in pretty much all forms except it has that blind fold. Basically gedo mazo is the jyuubi and you can damn well bet that if all the tailed beasts were absorbed it would xform into it.

Hmm, doesn't sound all that impossible.
Very good chapter this.
Madara is so boss.

Mordiford

4448 Posts

April 21 2011 21:42 GMT

#5317

The worst thing is really when a manga starts recognizably starts following an arc structure consistently set previously in the series.

Bleach started doing thing right after the first major arc. The series went to shit pretty much after the Soul Society arc.

Naruto is doing it now with the "Everyone fights, Naruto is away somewhere, the big boss shows up, beats everyone, Naruto comes in and fights the big boss".

ChrisXIV

Austria3553 Posts

April 21 2011 21:47 GMT

#5318

On April 22 2011 06:42 Mordiford wrote:
The worst thing is really when a manga starts recognizably starts following an arc structure consistently set previously in the series.

Bleach started doing thing right after the first major arc. The series went to shit pretty much after the Soul Society arc.

Naruto is doing it now with the "Everyone fights, Naruto is away somewhere, the big boss shows up, beats everyone, Naruto comes in and fights the big boss".

Yeah, but he won't win. Not this time - or the ending becomes an anticlimax. So he stopped the evil lord of evil with his plan of world domination who could control life itself. Hi Sasuke, what are your abilities again?

MiniRoman

Canada3953 Posts

April 21 2011 21:49 GMT

#5319

Ya but I don't think Naruto will ever fall to the low of the Aizen arc. Holy fuck that was stupid. I sadly still read it ~_~ its sooo bad but atleast he knows its bad

I think he knows everyone who still reads it hates it but we'll keep reading like the bill o'reiley of manga

btw is there anyone that doesn't want to see naruto and sasuke fight? they are gonna destroy the world.

JiYan

United States3668 Posts

April 27 2011 23:55 GMT

#5320

this might be a long shot, but i have a feeling naruto will have a fight/argument (battle while yelling at each other) climaxing in naruto finally getting sasuke to change. naruto + sasuke unite the uchiha+senju clans to battle madara.

sounds pretty reasonable to me but its such a long shot