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I LOVED THIS CHAPTER BUT REALLY REALLY HATED IT AT THE SAME TIME. DO YOU HONESTLY HAVE TO END WITH A CLIFF HANGER EVERY SINGLE TIME???
*annoyed sigh* Whatever… But I mean, at least all the Kage are back in fighting condition (though there is no possible way Tsunade should have survived: her body was cut in half for Pete’s sake!) but I’m still not sure about Sasuke and Orochimaru…
I don’t think Orochi will go back on his word. Judging from previous events I’m almost sure he’ll stick around for a while and watch things unfold without much interference, but you honestly never know for certain with that guy.
And though I’m ecstatic that Sasuke is back and working as a member of Team 7, I’m still getting a bad vibe from him. I feel like he is fighting the Juubi for his own gain, to make the other ninja and villagers have some sort of faith in him… I’m not usually one to make vain accusations like this, but when he won’t even take a moment to listen to Naruto and it seems to me that he’s trying to take the Juubi out by himself rather than as a team.
Though this is actually quite normal for Sasuke to act on his own, there’s still something off about him…
Now on to Sakura and Sai…
“You’re words might be sincere, but… I know that your smile is false.” First of all, can we appreciate how far Sai has come emotionally? He’s able to make such deep observations about other people now, and I think it’s such a wonderful thing. You go Sai!
And secondly, the fact that Sakura is having drawbacks about Sasuke being there may actually be both a good and bad thing. She had accepted long ago that Sasuke wasn’t the ‘perfect guy’ she was hoping for, but seeing proof that Sakura has taken to heart why so many other people are un-trusting of him means that she isn’t stuck on believing he wouldn’t do anything wrong (which of course, he has and she knows this now).
It may seem strange, but I’m very happy that Sakura is showing a bit of doubt toward Sasuke, because it just goes to show how extremely human her character is.
And I was going to rant a bit on the ending with Kakashi being stabbed by Obito, but there isn’t much to discuss since it showed only that…
Chapter Analysis: Done
~SFG
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