Naruto: Post Timeskip Disscussion (Warning Intense Spoilers!)

[Ciccone]

Well I guese I just like happy endings.I might actualy start liking Sasuke again.

I might start liking Sasuke as well if the story moves in that direction. But I doubt that he'll suddenly turn good just because he's fighting against Kabuto with Itachi's help; the story has been building up to another battle between him and Naruto for a while now, so he'll stay bitter and revenge obsessed for a little while longer.

[TsukiMirage]

Maybe because Sasukes entire character is built around staying on the side of hatred, despite having no real basis for it? He could have accepted numerous logical offers to come back from kakashi and naruto, but just goes for vengeance for the heck of it.

Just becuase he was in a tough spot, doesn't change the fact the itachi murdered sasuke's entire bloodline. The seems like all the basis the regular sasuke would need.

And yes, I'm aware this sasukes road to redemption, but thats exactly what I think is useless. Hundreds of chapters have been put in the kyuubi's and sasuke's hatred, only to be tossed out the window in a matter of 3, or in this case, 1 chapter.

Once it was revealed that Konoha was responsible, there was no way that Sasuke was gonna return. Anyway, just because Sasuke is fighting alongside Itachi to kill Kabuto doesn't mean he's turned good. Itachi's no longer the target of Sasuke's hatred and gone back to being beloved brother, so Sasuke has no reason not to get along with him anymore. And Kabuto's an annoyance, so killing him makes no difference to Sasuke.

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I might start liking Sasuke as well if the story moves in that direction. But I doubt that he'll suddenly turn good just because he's fighting against Kabuto with Itachi's help; the story has been building up to another battle between him and Naruto for a while now, so he'll stay bitter and revenge obsessed for a little while longer.

Itachi said he was gonna talk with him. That might be his first step back into the 'light'

[TrollsterInc]

Sasuke? Straight?

Excuse me for a second.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Everyone knows that Sasuke is Revenge-sexual.

Na, he's gay for Naruto. At this stage it wouldn't surprise me if the two ended up doing a Chidori/Rasengan clash, only for Sasuke to pull back and kiss Naruto again.

If it does, I will take back all I said of Kishimoto and label him God of Trolling.

[Platinum fan.]

Sasuke did fight Deidara while he was a bad guy and while he wasn't trying to, he defeated a major bad guy while he himself was a major bad guy so the way I see it, this is the same thing. Sasuke is fighting Kabuto for himself and his brother, not for the goodness of his heart.

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I like this snake sage mode. I swear, Kabuto and 2nd Mizukage are my favorite characters in the series. He's no longer some kind of shadow of Orochimaru; he's earned his place as a true villain who is powerful enough to work with Tobi.
The 5 kage-Madara fight has actually been kind of boring for me, although I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe it's because the Kages have yet to harm Madara in any way outside of punching him.
Naruto-Tobi fight was good, I hope we get back to that soon.

[Joltik-Kid]

Sasuke did fight Deidara while he was a bad guy and while he wasn't trying to, he defeated a major bad guy while he himself was a major bad guy so the way I see it, this is the same thing. Sasuke is fighting Kabuto for himself and his brother, not for the goodness of his heart.

Everyone seems to forget that Sasuke technically never beat Deidara, he decided that the best option to kill Sasuke was to blow himself up...

[Ciccone]

Itachi said he was gonna talk with him. That might be his first step back into the 'light'

I doubt that anything Itachi tells Sasuke will change him; Sasuke is too stubborn to listen to reason. I wouldn't be surprised if he killed Itachi in a fit of rage.

[Winter Storm]

Everyone seems to forget that Sasuke technically never beat Deidara, he decided that the best option to kill Sasuke was to blow himself up...

Sorry for popping in so randomly, but the way I see it is that Sasuke didn't kill Deidara, but he did push him to the limits where his only option was to blow himself up and kill himself. Even after that Sasuke still managed to escape which made it seem that he killed Deidara.

[TrollsterInc]

I doubt that anything Itachi tells Sasuke will change him; Sasuke is too stubborn to listen to reason. I wouldn't be surprised if he killed Itachi in a fit of rage.

Thats a bit hard to do, seeing as Itachi is already dead and Sasuke doesn't know any sealing jutsu. Why would he? He doesn't need to seal any of his foes, and he only lived to kill Itachi, not seal him away.

Sorry for popping in so randomly, but the way I see it is that Sasuke didn't kill Deidara, but he did push him to the limits where his only option was to blow himself up and kill himself. Even after that Sasuke still managed to escape which made it seem that he killed Deidara.

He only escaped because the plot required him to escape; he was barely able to move, yet somehow manages to summon Manda?

Sorry, but Kishimoto wrote himself into a corner with Deidara/Sasuke, and used the most cop-out excuse in existence to make him survive. So in a way, Sasuke did not defeat Deidara; the plot did.

[Winter Storm]

Thats a bit hard to do, seeing as Itachi is already dead and Sasuke doesn't know any sealing jutsu. Why would he? He doesn't need to seal any of his foes, and he only lived to kill Itachi, not seal him away.

I guess Sasuke's feelings might get in the way and he will probably try to attack Itachi, but then realize what he is doing is pointless. After that I don't know what would happen. And your right. Sasuke won't be able to seal him away since he doesn't know any sealing jutsu. If Sasuke plans to do anything once Itachi talks to him, it has to be a well thought out plan.

He only escaped because the plot required him to escape; he was barely able to move, yet somehow manages to summon Manda?

Sorry, but Kishimoto wrote himself into a corner with Deidara/Sasuke, and used the most cop-out excuse in existence to make him survive. So in a way, Sasuke did not defeat Deidara; the plot did.

I was wondering where he got enough power to summon Manda because Sasuke was almost out of chakra and by summoning Manda wouldn't that have made him use the little chakra he had left and possibly killed him? I guess the only way to explain it is the plot gave him that power and made him survive as well.

[TsukiMirage]

I was wondering where he got enough power to summon Manda because Sasuke was almost out of chakra and by summoning Manda wouldn't that have made him use the little chakra he had left and possibly killed him? I guess the only way to explain it is the plot gave him that power and made him survive as well.

There wasn't really indication that Sasuke was nearly out of chakra, and enough chakra control would allow him to make use of the least chakra needed. Or one can go with the popular theory that he used Orochimaru's chakra stored within him.

[Ciccone]

Thats a bit hard to do, seeing as Itachi is already dead and Sasuke doesn't know any sealing jutsu. Why would he? He doesn't need to seal any of his foes, and he only lived to kill Itachi, not seal him away.

You're forgetting two things. The first is that Sasuke now has the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which will most likely grant him all sorts of broken jutsu (maybe even a sealing one). And the second is that Sasuke is constantly hurting those who care about him; I could see him getting upset when Itachi tries to reason with him, and he'd probably get rid of him personally since he doesn't want anyone getting in the way of his vendetta.

[Winter Storm]

There wasn't really indication that Sasuke was nearly out of chakra, and enough chakra control would allow him to make use of the least chakra needed. Or one can go with the popular theory that he used Orochimaru's chakra stored within him.

I keep on forgetting that Sasuke still had Orochimaru's chakra. It makes sense now. I assumed he barely had any chakra because he looked really weak and couldn't move that much which now I think was caused by receaving too much damage.

[Platinum fan.]

Everyone seems to forget that Sasuke technically never beat Deidara, he decided that the best option to kill Sasuke was to blow himself up...

No, Sasuke did defeat Deidara in battle. Whether or not it was cheap or not is up to you, yes he had plot armor on him and yes Sasuke should have been died from that crazy C4 Karura attack but plot armor sharingan stopped it, despite the fact that Deidara had been training to take down regular sharingan...point is he lost the battle. I did not say Sasuke killed Deidara. Defeat and kill are two different things. Deidara did blow himself up to try and kill Sasuke, but only after Sasuke defeated him in battle and had him against the wall...or tree.

[Durian Seed]

No, Sasuke did defeat Deidara in battle. Whether or not it was cheap or not is up to you, yes he had plot armor on him and yes Sasuke should have been died from that crazy C4 Karura attack but plot armor sharingan stopped it, despite the fact that Deidara had been training to take down regular sharingan...point is he lost the battle. I did not say Sasuke killed Deidara. Defeat and kill are two different things. Deidara did blow himself up to try and kill Sasuke, but only after Sasuke defeated him in battle and had him against the wall...or tree.

The was some plot armor, but Sasuke ultimately won(maybe not killed or defeated Deidara) even without Sharingan hax, as he summoned Manda, got inside him, and went to the realm of summoned beasts or whatever it is called, then returned to the ninja world.

Even if Sasuke never got the upper hand, and then Deidara got frustrated and decided to use his C0-suicide tech anyhow, to end it all, Sasuke still thought ahead, to live to see another day as did Madara vs. Hashirama Senju, and would have still teleported away inside Manda.

[Blaziryu]

I'm not really surprise about Karin being a Uzumaki. Naruto should probably hook up with her so they can re-populate their clan. Kabuto really came out of Orochimaru's shadow by being able to use snake Sage Mode at it's fullest form.

[Winter Storm]

^ I saw it coming as well. Probably because Karin and Kushina really looked alike in a way.
Kabuto finally is getting the recognition he deserves. I thought he was just going to be a minor character once Sasuke killed Orochimaru, but I was wrong. Have to hand it to Kabuto. He has improved a lot since "Naruto" to the point where he can surpass Orochimaru by using snake sage mode to the fullest.

[LexSuicune]

I find this whole thing with Sasuke both laughable and sickening.

His reasons to do things, as a character are warped and flimsy as hell, whatever.

[Platinum fan.]

^ I saw it coming as well. Probably because Karin and Kushina really looked alike in a way.
Kabuto finally is getting the recognition he deserves. I thought he was just going to be a minor character once Sasuke killed Orochimaru, but I was wrong. Have to hand it to Kabuto. He has improved a lot since "Naruto" to the point where he can surpass Orochimaru by using snake sage mode to the fullest.

I actually thought Kishi was going to forget about Kabuto as soon as Tobi announced he was declaring war on the world. I sure as heck forgot about Kabuto until he showed up again. His name was being thrown around by Danzo and Anko but I didn't expect him to be this big a threat.