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^^ Eh, I really only watched it for the fights and the jutsus. :V
Well, I suppose it says something about Naruto that you can ignore one of its best parts and it still comes out better than Bleach.
Absolutely.
Lagrange First Season Trailer
Hopefully Viz will release this (Along with Accel World) on DVD soon and I hope Neon Alley succeeds, so everybody in America with a PS3 here better be watching it 24/7 or something.
Bleach spoiler: Byakuya's still alive.
To say nothing of everything else that sucked about that chapter.
2 entire chapters of Bleach that sucked beyond belief in a row. Now that's a new low.
And it wasn't even substantial, it was just "GuysI'mherethey'realivemovingon".
Naruto's latest chapter is a bit odd... there goes Kakashi's characterization.
I suppose, if I were to binge on it at a later time, the fights would be pretty cool (at least, the ones that happened on-screen*), but still. And the art is pretty. ^_^;
*Speaking of this: considering how badly Kubo's already padding this series, it would have been nice if he'd made better use of all his characters and, like, actually showed us more than just Yamamoto and Byakuya's fights, to name a few of the captains.
Eh? His characterization still makes perfect sense.
I watched the first episode of Gun Frontier.
I love Leji Matsumoto, but GOOD GOD, that has got to be the slowest, clunkiestly animated and most unfunny first episode I've ever seen.
Do older anime artists just not translate well into today's anime world?
So Nova, what are your predictions for the events that will happen in the remainder of Naruto?
Naruto will eventually have an epic battle with Sasuke. He will succeed in saving Sasuke, because one of the themes in Naruto is overcoming the cycle of hatred; this is epitomized in Naruto's befriending of Sasuke.
Everything else is a bit less certain.
If the shipping wars between Naruto/Sakura/Hinata ever get resolved, I can't say who it would be resolved with. Personally, I don't think he'll resolve the shipping wars, because they generate a lot of interest in the manga, and swinging it down on any side will piss off a lot of fans. (Personally, I'm hoping for a Sakura/Hinata ending
)
Tobi and Madara... I'm not sure.
Madara might end up battling Naruto in a battle that will mirror Madara's battle with the First Hokage. However, if this happens, in the end, Naruto will end up winning. If that happens, he will establish the Uchiha as a vital part of Konoha.
The ninja world will no longer constantly be at war. The experiences, of fighting together in the Fourth World War, will bind everyone together, and this will be epitomized in the relationship between Naruto and Gaara, and Naruto and Killer Bee/the Raikage.
The Tailed Beasts will learn to not become creatures of pure destruction any more, with Naruto acting the part of the Sage of the Six Paths.
Basically, it's all going to come down to Naruto. This isn't the type of manga where they'll go around and change everything on us, making the bad guys win; and a large theme in the manga has been of the cycle of hatred and what it will take to stop that. Naruto will be the one who stops that, thus bringing a great change to the ninja world, as prophesied.
No, it doesn't get better.
But you didn't say the most important thing Nova
At this point, it'd be hard to. There's too many fights that need to be resolved by liberal application of power, too many logical inconsistencies have been introduced already (so hey, if Kurama would be released any time Naruto died, why'd he save Naruto all those times by lending him chakra again?), and the plot has been heading in a silly direction for quite some time.
I have no doubt that the themes will come into play, but I don't think it'll improve significantly from where it is now.
^ And which would that be.
Whether he will become Hokage, I am assuming?
If there is an epilogue or a where-are-they-now, I assume Naruto will become Hokage within it.
However, at the end of the Fourth World War arc... I don't think so. Tsunade is still too strong a character, and I can't see her moving out of office so Naruto can enter this early in his life.
He has the strength of a Hokage down, and the wisdom of fools, but he lacks the life experience.
For some reason, I see the chance of Naruto bringing Sasuke back successfully but Sasuke still dying a possibility.
I don't.
At this time, the promise that if Sasuke dies, so does Naruto, has been made too strongly.
And, it would stink too strongly of vengeance; still allowing Naruto to keep his shiny image, but allowing everyone to feel vindictive when Sasuke dies anyway.
But what if he dies through Sacrifice?
It's not the manner of his death that is the problem; it's the fact of allowing his death at all.
That said, there's also a... The best theory I have heard that explained Sasuke's behaviour was actually from TVTropes. Hold on, let me go paste it here.
Naruto didn't just do it for Gaara. He did it for Neji, Nagato...
Kiba was kind an ass to him.
He had to straighten Konohamaru out.
Haku and Zabuto were effect by him as well.
Kurama even said they were friends now.
Neji and Nagato both had different problems.
Neji's problem was that he thought he was bound by Fate into serving the Main House. He thought he lacked free will. Naruto showed him that you do have free will- that, with enough determination and motivation, you can change the course of your life.
Nagato's problem was that he became overly cynical. He thought that the world was nothing but a world of conflict, and that only the threat of death and overwhelming horror was enough to stop people fighting, until such a time as they forgot about the threat and they had to use it again. Naruto stepped up and refuted that, stating that he would find a way to end the cycle of conflict in the ninja world.
Gaara's problem was different, and it's the same problem Sasuke has. Gaara didn't know anything but conflict and violence. Eventually, Naruto stepped up and showed Gaara that there are things in life other than hatred and conflict.
That's what Sasuke needs; he needs to know that there is more to life than hatred, conflict and revenge.
Kurama = Kyuubi.
Yeah, I know Nova. I was just saying the whole theme is Naruto shaping the lives of those around him and having a knack for changing people opinions and worldviews by just being himself.
Naruto himself hasn't changed that much over the course of the series. Hidden depths yeah, but not much change. Not that that's bad.
^^ Doesn't it kind of kill the point of the Kyuubi if it has a name? It's a gigantic manifestation of energy. I'm frankly amazed it can talk to people without obliterating their heads.
Back when the Sage lived the tailed beasts were pals with him and he gave them names, IIRC.