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Naruto [ナルト] #58
Naruto, Vol. 58: Naruto vs. Itachi
Kabuto’s hold over his army of undead minions tightens as he senses that he’s losing power over the stronger members of his Immortal Corps, including Nagato Pain. Sasuke’s brother, Itachi, may have the best chance of breaking Kabuto’s hold. But he’s still not completely in control of his actions, which means Naruto may have to take him down once and for all.
208 pages, Paperback
First published November 4, 2011
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Masashi Kishimoto
1,202 books3,966 followersMasashi Kishimoto (岸本斉史 Kishimoto Masashi) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series O-Parts Hunter (666 Satan) and Blazer Drive. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa (Tattoo Hearts) and Yuuichi Itakura (Hand's), have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto.
Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO－ナルト－), published in Akamaru Jump Summer. In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit.
Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO－ナルト－), published in Akamaru Jump Summer. In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit.
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October 29, 2022
8/10 stars
A pretty good volume. Say what you will, seeing Nagato and Itachi again warms my heart, enough for me to willingly overlook the logic gaps in the entire edontesei ;) These two are super cool always, and I'm glad Kishimoto gave Naruto a chance to meet them again, even if for a moment. You gotta love Itachi's level of preparation! In a way, this arc is more about Kakashi and Itachi, and Nagato and their lives and choices, than it is about Naruto. It is fitting, too - after all, Naruto lives in a world shaped by those who came before: Jiraya and Orochimaru, Kakashi and Obito, Itachi and Nagato - and they in turn could only make choices within the boundaries of their realms, circumscribed by those who came even earlier.
A pretty good volume. Say what you will, seeing Nagato and Itachi again warms my heart, enough for me to willingly overlook the logic gaps in the entire edontesei ;) These two are super cool always, and I'm glad Kishimoto gave Naruto a chance to meet them again, even if for a moment. You gotta love Itachi's level of preparation! In a way, this arc is more about Kakashi and Itachi, and Nagato and their lives and choices, than it is about Naruto. It is fitting, too - after all, Naruto lives in a world shaped by those who came before: Jiraya and Orochimaru, Kakashi and Obito, Itachi and Nagato - and they in turn could only make choices within the boundaries of their realms, circumscribed by those who came even earlier.
October 23, 2022
A great volume and definitely one of the highlights of the War arc. However, Kishimoto's writing is getting lazier and lazier by having Naruto taking down all the remaining enemies instead of focusing on his other characters.
August 14, 2015
Now Naruto is letting loose and showing the entire combined army what he's all about. The lulls in the series is starting to turn around. Love Itachi and Pain again, and Itachi is still one of the biggest bad-asses of anyone I've ever read. What a guy.
June 16, 2020
Finally decided to finish up the Naruto manga. I'll always love Itachi
September 18, 2012
The War rages on, and Naruto continues to defeat everyone in his way. The stuff with Itachi was the best of this volume, and whilst the fight scenes continue to be inventive, they're a bit grating when it's all basically Naruto defeating people for ages.
July 17, 2021
It's like Kishimoto forgot how his manga works. Use Earth-style jutsu to defeat the Lightning-style jutsu? No, Lightning is superior to Earth, we were explained that. Of course he then realizes his mistake and switches to having Wind-style jutsu attack, so there's a whole mess-up here.
And Shishui's eye takes 10 years recharge between attacks, how did they discover this? The series hasn't gone on that long? Oh and it conveniently works better if you have Senju chakra? Why?
At the beginning, Naruto was great because of its fight. Great choreography, interesting ideas. Now it's all Rasengan. In this volume you have Naruto use a rasengan, a giant rasengan, a tiny rasengan, a rasen-shuriken, a rasengan that makes more rasengan, a rasengan that is ultra rasengan and rotates even more than the extreme rotation necessary for a rasengan, an exploding rasengan, he makes a rasengan then uses his power to throw people at the rasengan... the list goes on. Remember how when Naruto first tries to make a Rasengan with the Biju chakra he started making a Biju Bomb? Because the Rasengan was modelled off of a Rasengan and were similar? Well now he is using Biju chakra to make a Rasengan and there's no Biju Bomb in sight, he apparently mastered that off-panel somewhere and solved the problem.
Oh and we need to revisit Gaara's origin, apparently, and change it to suit whatever new story Kishimoto is trying to tell about parents and children. Instead of the Will of Fire being something about new generations working together the whole series is all about families and children. That takes all the grander purpose out of it and reduces the entire thing to family squabbles from the privileged rich lineages.
And Shishui's eye takes 10 years recharge between attacks, how did they discover this? The series hasn't gone on that long? Oh and it conveniently works better if you have Senju chakra? Why?
At the beginning, Naruto was great because of its fight. Great choreography, interesting ideas. Now it's all Rasengan. In this volume you have Naruto use a rasengan, a giant rasengan, a tiny rasengan, a rasen-shuriken, a rasengan that makes more rasengan, a rasengan that is ultra rasengan and rotates even more than the extreme rotation necessary for a rasengan, an exploding rasengan, he makes a rasengan then uses his power to throw people at the rasengan... the list goes on. Remember how when Naruto first tries to make a Rasengan with the Biju chakra he started making a Biju Bomb? Because the Rasengan was modelled off of a Rasengan and were similar? Well now he is using Biju chakra to make a Rasengan and there's no Biju Bomb in sight, he apparently mastered that off-panel somewhere and solved the problem.
Oh and we need to revisit Gaara's origin, apparently, and change it to suit whatever new story Kishimoto is trying to tell about parents and children. Instead of the Will of Fire being something about new generations working together the whole series is all about families and children. That takes all the grander purpose out of it and reduces the entire thing to family squabbles from the privileged rich lineages.
December 14, 2014
It would have like a 3 lmao -- Naruto is so overdramatic it seriously cracks me up. I can't believe I've even stuck with it for this long. It used to be like, really awesome though. I JUST WANT NARUTO AND SASUKE TO MEET AGAIN.
BUT BUTTTTTTT..this chapter has a small tiny amazing appearance of Sasuke for like one page (LOL) in like a year!! So yes it gets a 5 for his pure sexiness and slight appearance.
Sasuke is so hot lol
BUT BUTTTTTTT..this chapter has a small tiny amazing appearance of Sasuke for like one page (LOL) in like a year!! So yes it gets a 5 for his pure sexiness and slight appearance.
July 28, 2013
Hey Naruto fans, have you cried over the tragic back story of Gaara lately? Good news: you get to totally do that in this volume! I swear to God, if Kishimoto keeps exploring all of the past and present jinchuuriki's back story like this, my Naruto graphic novels will become tear-soaked blocks of soggy paper. Also, is it just me or does the more terrifying aspects of this book's cover invoke some serious Attack On Titan vibes? Yikes.
January 18, 2022
itachi is literally one of the best ninjas out there :'( pls hes so well-written. i would never chase a man but for itachi, i will put on my running shoes
October 25, 2022
I adore Itachi with my whole heart, but this arc is still a mess. He has some great moments in it, though.
July 7, 2017
With Naruto back in the fray things seem to be looking up just quite a bit. A revived Itachi also joins our side and takes on a mission of his own!!
January 15, 2013
Akhirnya Itachi keluar. Kalau chapter yang ada di volume ini sudah dibuat animenya pasti keren sekali motion battle nya. Orang hebat yang maunya membereskan semua masalah sendiri akan seperti Madara. Disini Naruto belajar bahwa walaupun dia sudah hebat dia tidak perlu menanggung bebas sendiri. Ada teman-temannya yang mendukungnya.
August 3, 2016
A whole new level of AWESOMENESS!!
Gaara and Itachi and the new and improved Naruto and lots and lots of fighting! Looking forward to watching the anime of this volume!
And the wait for the next volume begins...
Gaara and Itachi and the new and improved Naruto and lots and lots of fighting! Looking forward to watching the anime of this volume!
And the wait for the next volume begins...
April 19, 2012
The epic return of Itachi and we finally learn what that crow Naruto swallowed way back when is all about. A very solid volume.
I'm not sure how I feel about the not so recent revelation that Itachi was a good guy all along, but after this volume, I'm starting to buy it a lot more.
I'm not sure how I feel about the not so recent revelation that Itachi was a good guy all along, but after this volume, I'm starting to buy it a lot more.
September 22, 2019
El maestro Kishimoto aplica una jugada muy del estilo del maestro Oda y amarra un detalle que sucedió al menos 15 tomos atrás. Eso es lo más sorprendente del tomo, además de ver a Naruto aplicando sus nuevas habilidades.
Tras todo el entrenamiento, y la ausencia del protagonista en la guerra, Naruto trata de ponerse al corriente y usando la habilidad que heredó del clan Uzumaki, puede detectar el aura de los enemigos, eso viene de mucha ayuda cuando la estrategia del ejército de Madara son Zetsus con Hange que cambian de forma para asemejar soldados del ejército de la alianza Shinobi.
El tomo tiene mucha acción y dos momentos emotivos fuertes. El primero es el reencuentro de Gaara y su papá, por lo que vimos en tomos anteriores (muy anteriores, por ejemplo el tomo 10) el papá de Gaara era un Kazekage temible que no amaba a su hijo. En este tomo vemos el otro lado de la historia y nos da momentos emotivos además de que nos revelan una gran incógnita, ¿Cómo es que Gaara puede seguir usando la arena sino tiene el shukaku?
El segundo momento emotivo es el encuentro de Naruto con Pain e Itachi. Aquí es cuando el maestro Kishimoto aplica un movimiento maestro y nos revela cuál era la razón del cuervo que Itachi introdujo la última vez que se enfrentó con Naruto. Y le da fortaleza al tomo de Sasuke vs Itachi donde nos revelaba que en realidad, Itachi siempre fue el héroe de Konoha. También es muy interesante ver a Naruto volver a pelear con Nagato, ahora usando las seis sendas en él mismo y apoyado por el Hachibi y Killer B, dándonos un nuevo enfrentamiento con personajes que ya conocíamos.
La guerra se sigue moviendo y el maestro Kishimoto ha encontrado un buen balance entre acción y emotividad, si este tomo no hubiera tenido esos dos momentos emotivos le hubiera dado tres estrellas por sólo mostrar acción, pero hasta ahora Kishimoto ha manejado el ritmo de su historia a la perfección.
Tras todo el entrenamiento, y la ausencia del protagonista en la guerra, Naruto trata de ponerse al corriente y usando la habilidad que heredó del clan Uzumaki, puede detectar el aura de los enemigos, eso viene de mucha ayuda cuando la estrategia del ejército de Madara son Zetsus con Hange que cambian de forma para asemejar soldados del ejército de la alianza Shinobi.
El tomo tiene mucha acción y dos momentos emotivos fuertes. El primero es el reencuentro de Gaara y su papá, por lo que vimos en tomos anteriores (muy anteriores, por ejemplo el tomo 10) el papá de Gaara era un Kazekage temible que no amaba a su hijo. En este tomo vemos el otro lado de la historia y nos da momentos emotivos además de que nos revelan una gran incógnita, ¿Cómo es que Gaara puede seguir usando la arena sino tiene el shukaku?
El segundo momento emotivo es el encuentro de Naruto con Pain e Itachi. Aquí es cuando el maestro Kishimoto aplica un movimiento maestro y nos revela cuál era la razón del cuervo que Itachi introdujo la última vez que se enfrentó con Naruto. Y le da fortaleza al tomo de Sasuke vs Itachi donde nos revelaba que en realidad, Itachi siempre fue el héroe de Konoha. También es muy interesante ver a Naruto volver a pelear con Nagato, ahora usando las seis sendas en él mismo y apoyado por el Hachibi y Killer B, dándonos un nuevo enfrentamiento con personajes que ya conocíamos.
La guerra se sigue moviendo y el maestro Kishimoto ha encontrado un buen balance entre acción y emotividad, si este tomo no hubiera tenido esos dos momentos emotivos le hubiera dado tres estrellas por sólo mostrar acción, pero hasta ahora Kishimoto ha manejado el ritmo de su historia a la perfección.
July 2, 2021
Naruto joined the Allied Shinobi Force and is now taking the enemies out of commission one by one. With Naruto's return the action scenes have also improved a gread deal. What will be Kabuto's next move is still remains to be seen.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 14, 2025
Itachi est l’incarnation absolue de l’homme capable. Les combats deviennent de moins en moins intéressants vu leur nature beaucoup trop DBZesque mais ça fait plaisir de voir Temari faire un peu des trucs.
January 10, 2018
The story is finally picking up again, and I really, really loved some of the touching scenes in this volume.
December 9, 2020
Itachiiii spacchi il culo sempre a tutti (≧∇≦)/
May 4, 2022
I remember a buddy of mine explaining all this stuff as it was coming out week to week back in 2012 and I told him it sounded stupid and I was right.
However, I love Naruto and so I enjoy it.
However, I love Naruto and so I enjoy it.
October 11, 2022
ITACHI MY BELOVED 😭💙 also little gaara asking where to get love because his heart hurt so much is just too heartwrenching i can't 😭😭😭😭
July 4, 2024
Itachi <3 I take back everything I ever said about you (I should’ve said this volumes ago)
August 24, 2025
Seeing Nagato and Itachi communicate with Naruto again was really heartbreaking, along with the truth about Gaara's mother (I'm scared).
June 15, 2024
Gaara is a highlight, and that's it 3.6/5
September 15, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.
Once upon a time, the spirit of an evil Nine Tailed Fox wreaked havoc on Konohagakure; the Village Hidden in the Leaves, killing hundreds of honorable ninja in the skirmish and leaving many children without homes or parents. The Fourth Hokage (leader of the village) unleashes a forbidden jutsu (magic spell/ninja ability) to seal the spirit of the evil fox into the body of a newborn baby named Naruto at the cost of his own life. He did this in the hopes that the boy could one day learn to master the power of the demonic spirit and use it to protect the village and become a great hero of the people.
Unknown to the citizens of the Leaf, the Nine Tailed Fox was being controlled by an even more powerful adversary, a legendary rogue ninja that plans to wage war against the entire world from the shadows. The identity of the mysterious ninja that attacked the Leaf Village using the Nine Tails died with the Fourth Hokage, and he used what remained of his life to gift Naruto with the power of one day being able to stop this evil ninja and a clan of outlawed S-rank criminals called the Akatsuki from committing mass genocide against the many hidden villages and clans of the world.
Because of the evil spirit sealed inside him, Naruto grew up hated by the other children of the village because they believe him and the Nine Tails to be one and the same. They believe he’s a ticking time bomb waiting to go off, waiting for the perfect moment to kill them all just like the Nine Tails killed their parents and families. Shunned, dehumanized and treated like dirt, Naruto vows to become the greatest hokage the world has ever seen so that he can receive the love and acknowledgement he never got as a child.
On top of the Nine Tails power and the will to never quit, Naruto also possesses the uncanny ability to turn everyone he meets into a potential comrade. He brings out the best in his peers and tries his hardest to make his enemies see the errors of their ways. He disobeys the rules and ignores cultural traditions to try and make changes to the world and break the eternal cycle of war and hatred through his own methods. His determination is infectious to friend and foe alike. He earns himself the respect he deserves by overcoming one impossible obstacle at a time.
Naruto encounters many fascinating and terrifying ninja over the course of his journey to become hokage. Among them are Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto’s best friend and rival who is driven by the vengeful lust to murder his elder brother after he wiped out their own clan in cold blood. Sasuke warms up to Naruto, but his hatred and trauma are dangerous forces that threaten to break his moral code as a ninja and destroy his reputation among his peers.
Kakashi Hatake is a notorious copycat ninja that survived one of the most brutal and devastating wars in history as well as the Nine Tails attack on the Leaf Village. He becomes Naruto and Sasuke’s mentor and teaches them a great number of valuable lessons about surviving in the dangerous world of rogue ninja, bloodthirsty assassins and clans ruled by corruption.
Jiraiya is a perverted yet wise sage who taught the Fourth Hokage everything he knew and he’s regarded as a god among shinobi that’s famous for his heroic actions in the second great ninja war. He takes an interest in Naruto and raises him as a father figure to carry on the legacy of the Fourth Hokage to prepare him for the many dangerous people that want to use his power for their own nefarious purposes.
The Akatsuki is one such group of wicked ninja. Among them are Sasuke’s brother Itachi who murdered his clan and possesses many dangerous techniques involving illusions, psychological torture and elemental manipulation. Sasori who controls poisonous puppets with magical threads, Orochimaru who mastered the forbidden arts of reanimation and quasi-immortality, Deidara who fights from afar using detonating clay and many other deadly foes.
The entire series chronicles Naruto and his fellow ninja comrades growing through countless trials and tragedies. There are hundreds of unique jutsus, clans, and techniques which lead to some very intense, creative and strategic battles between skilled ninja with diverse abilities that don’t always match up evenly. There are clan based abilities such as the Aburame clan’s ability to control insects, the Yamanaka clan’s ability to jump into other people’s minds and control their bodies and the Inuzuka clan’s ability to bond with wolves that learn to mimic their master’s battle skills. Then there’s ocular genetic abilities such as the sharingan which allows the user to create psychological illusions, copy their enemy’s abilities and manipulate elemental energy. The byakugan allows the user to read their enemies vital points and detect their spiritual energy from faraway. The rinnegan grants control over space and gravity and so on.
On top of having countless unique abilities, nearly every character has a tragic backstory that makes them sympathetic and relatable, even the nastiest of the villains have well-explored reasons for following the paths they do and becoming the way they are. One of my favorite aspects of the series is how well it explores the physical, emotional and psychological effects war can have on society and culture as well as the survivors and future generations that are forced to live in them. How it breeds racism and cultural disputes, how it inspires hatred in orphaned children and war veterans robbed of their homes toward foreign nations, as well as how this eventually leads to further death, war, poverty and destruction. Learning to forgive the ones you hate to prevent further conflict and damaging the world for future generations even further is a major theme throughout the story.
Being a massive 700 chapter series, it’s not too surprising that there’s some plot holes and consistency issues. A rule might be stated regarding the requirements and usage of a certain jutsu or ability only for that rule to be repeatedly broken 400 chapters later. Sometimes the characters and rules contradict themselves, sometimes the chronology of certain events and historical facts don’t match up perfectly, the lore and general backstory go through several retcons that change the philosophy and power scaling of the characters and the scope of world-building; the final arc especially drags on and breaks a lot of the logic and rules that the story spent the whole series setting up, etc...
Naruto’s far from perfect, but I remember it very fondly for being one of the first series that introduced me to things like manga and Japanese entertainment in general. It was one of those childhood classics like Dragon Ball, Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin. The series grew up with me and I can’t help but feel grateful to it for introducing me to hundreds of other franchises that I’m still a huge fan of to this day and I continue to find many new ones on the regular. Naruto's journey from a clownish, disrespected outcast into a talented, well-loved and admired hero is a memorable one.
Once upon a time, the spirit of an evil Nine Tailed Fox wreaked havoc on Konohagakure; the Village Hidden in the Leaves, killing hundreds of honorable ninja in the skirmish and leaving many children without homes or parents. The Fourth Hokage (leader of the village) unleashes a forbidden jutsu (magic spell/ninja ability) to seal the spirit of the evil fox into the body of a newborn baby named Naruto at the cost of his own life. He did this in the hopes that the boy could one day learn to master the power of the demonic spirit and use it to protect the village and become a great hero of the people.
Unknown to the citizens of the Leaf, the Nine Tailed Fox was being controlled by an even more powerful adversary, a legendary rogue ninja that plans to wage war against the entire world from the shadows. The identity of the mysterious ninja that attacked the Leaf Village using the Nine Tails died with the Fourth Hokage, and he used what remained of his life to gift Naruto with the power of one day being able to stop this evil ninja and a clan of outlawed S-rank criminals called the Akatsuki from committing mass genocide against the many hidden villages and clans of the world.
Because of the evil spirit sealed inside him, Naruto grew up hated by the other children of the village because they believe him and the Nine Tails to be one and the same. They believe he’s a ticking time bomb waiting to go off, waiting for the perfect moment to kill them all just like the Nine Tails killed their parents and families. Shunned, dehumanized and treated like dirt, Naruto vows to become the greatest hokage the world has ever seen so that he can receive the love and acknowledgement he never got as a child.
On top of the Nine Tails power and the will to never quit, Naruto also possesses the uncanny ability to turn everyone he meets into a potential comrade. He brings out the best in his peers and tries his hardest to make his enemies see the errors of their ways. He disobeys the rules and ignores cultural traditions to try and make changes to the world and break the eternal cycle of war and hatred through his own methods. His determination is infectious to friend and foe alike. He earns himself the respect he deserves by overcoming one impossible obstacle at a time.
Naruto encounters many fascinating and terrifying ninja over the course of his journey to become hokage. Among them are Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto’s best friend and rival who is driven by the vengeful lust to murder his elder brother after he wiped out their own clan in cold blood. Sasuke warms up to Naruto, but his hatred and trauma are dangerous forces that threaten to break his moral code as a ninja and destroy his reputation among his peers.
Kakashi Hatake is a notorious copycat ninja that survived one of the most brutal and devastating wars in history as well as the Nine Tails attack on the Leaf Village. He becomes Naruto and Sasuke’s mentor and teaches them a great number of valuable lessons about surviving in the dangerous world of rogue ninja, bloodthirsty assassins and clans ruled by corruption.
Jiraiya is a perverted yet wise sage who taught the Fourth Hokage everything he knew and he’s regarded as a god among shinobi that’s famous for his heroic actions in the second great ninja war. He takes an interest in Naruto and raises him as a father figure to carry on the legacy of the Fourth Hokage to prepare him for the many dangerous people that want to use his power for their own nefarious purposes.
The Akatsuki is one such group of wicked ninja. Among them are Sasuke’s brother Itachi who murdered his clan and possesses many dangerous techniques involving illusions, psychological torture and elemental manipulation. Sasori who controls poisonous puppets with magical threads, Orochimaru who mastered the forbidden arts of reanimation and quasi-immortality, Deidara who fights from afar using detonating clay and many other deadly foes.
The entire series chronicles Naruto and his fellow ninja comrades growing through countless trials and tragedies. There are hundreds of unique jutsus, clans, and techniques which lead to some very intense, creative and strategic battles between skilled ninja with diverse abilities that don’t always match up evenly. There are clan based abilities such as the Aburame clan’s ability to control insects, the Yamanaka clan’s ability to jump into other people’s minds and control their bodies and the Inuzuka clan’s ability to bond with wolves that learn to mimic their master’s battle skills. Then there’s ocular genetic abilities such as the sharingan which allows the user to create psychological illusions, copy their enemy’s abilities and manipulate elemental energy. The byakugan allows the user to read their enemies vital points and detect their spiritual energy from faraway. The rinnegan grants control over space and gravity and so on.
On top of having countless unique abilities, nearly every character has a tragic backstory that makes them sympathetic and relatable, even the nastiest of the villains have well-explored reasons for following the paths they do and becoming the way they are. One of my favorite aspects of the series is how well it explores the physical, emotional and psychological effects war can have on society and culture as well as the survivors and future generations that are forced to live in them. How it breeds racism and cultural disputes, how it inspires hatred in orphaned children and war veterans robbed of their homes toward foreign nations, as well as how this eventually leads to further death, war, poverty and destruction. Learning to forgive the ones you hate to prevent further conflict and damaging the world for future generations even further is a major theme throughout the story.
Being a massive 700 chapter series, it’s not too surprising that there’s some plot holes and consistency issues. A rule might be stated regarding the requirements and usage of a certain jutsu or ability only for that rule to be repeatedly broken 400 chapters later. Sometimes the characters and rules contradict themselves, sometimes the chronology of certain events and historical facts don’t match up perfectly, the lore and general backstory go through several retcons that change the philosophy and power scaling of the characters and the scope of world-building; the final arc especially drags on and breaks a lot of the logic and rules that the story spent the whole series setting up, etc...
Naruto’s far from perfect, but I remember it very fondly for being one of the first series that introduced me to things like manga and Japanese entertainment in general. It was one of those childhood classics like Dragon Ball, Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin. The series grew up with me and I can’t help but feel grateful to it for introducing me to hundreds of other franchises that I’m still a huge fan of to this day and I continue to find many new ones on the regular. Naruto's journey from a clownish, disrespected outcast into a talented, well-loved and admired hero is a memorable one.
December 17, 2022
I know I ragged on Minato for not taking steps to ensure he or Kushina was there for Naruto, but no parent is quite as terrible as Gaara's. What hurts the most is that he doesn't believe in him, he never did. Naruto remarked that "it's always him" when Gaara was kidnapped. He was distraught at Gaara's suffering and I have to echo that sentiment. Naruto lost both parents, but at least he now knows they loved him and believed in him wholeheartedly. Gaara's got a dad, but he'd be better off without him. This man made sure that Gaara was alone and thought he was unloved. He actively played a role in his own son's oppression. He made himself his son's enemy from his birth. What kind of behaviour is this? His son had no value to him, he didn't even think he was being that could be loved by others as a friend or leader. He hid his mother's and siblings' love from him. This man barely makes an appearance in this story but he easily made himself one of my least favourites. I don't care if he made a weak attempt at giving Gaara some closure. Gaara's ultimate defence being his mother's love is all about him and Karura. "She gave me the medicine that you gave her to give me." Loved that woman enough to kill her with experiments apparently.
What exactly has Itachi given Sasuke but trauma and his eyeballs? Now he's decided to leave his brother to Naruto. "You were the only one who could ever make it right." So you gave up once you'd realised what you'd wrought. It's all well and good to love someone enough not to kill them, but you set him in this path of destruction, and now you leave it to another kid to fix it (because you know you can't). I really do love Itachi as a character, he's complicated and tragic- my favourite thing in a character, but he's such a mess for someone who favours calm.
Itachi was surprised to find that Naruto had controlled the nine-tails power, so how was he going to get through to Sasuke? Shikaku has the answer "He's resourceful. He's able to influence just about anyone if he sets his mind to it." Our boy's a master manipulator, once he beats you round the head, he beats his ideas into your head. Sasuke's his hardest opponent.
This volume has 3 very entertaining fights that have old friends (sort of) meeting. The second is Bee and Naruto vs Itachi and Nagato. It's my favourite. The pride Nagato has seeing Naruto, his successor, doing so well was completely joyous. He also looked so cute just standing on his summons. We never got to really see his true self fighting, so it was cool to see him use all the powers the Six Paths had. Itachi and Nagato are both users of very strong doujutsus and their great technical fights. Bee and Naruto are jinchuriki who fight very much with POWER. It was a great fight. Bee is so great. He's such a good partner for Naruto as an older version of Naruto with more time and wisdom to help him fight in a style that suits him. Wow, I've really become such a big fan of Bee as I've grown up.
Itachi finally comes to, with the help of the crow he shoved down Naruto's throat. So at one point, Naruto had a toad and a crow and a giant fox inside him. "True shinobi do not seek glory. They protect from the shadows. That is the mark of a true ninja." It seems to me that the most powerful ninja are all famous, and they do this out in the open, loudly. Perhaps Naruto isn't a true ninja then, his plans require him to be acting in the open as Hokage, he's a traditional Hero. Kakashi, Itachi, Danzo, and Shisui were all ninjas.
It becomes Naruto, Bee and Itachi vs Pain and takes all three of them to beat him down enough to seal him. Itachi brings out the susano to do this, which in its full genie form looks like a little shadow ghoul inside goblin faced armour with a jewel on its head. But why does Itachi's susanoo kind of look like a demonic Sasuke on the cover? Nagato hands over his and Jiraiya's legacy to Naruto and it's sadly beautiful.
Itachi is full of nonsense. His actions and decisions are not well thought out and I don't believe he was ever a revolutionary. But, he's also a heavily damaged child like Naruto so his blind belief in Konoha is somewhat understandable. He's definitely got the will of fire, but he's no revolutionary and I truly believe Naruto wants change (and he fights for it post-series). But Itachi is under the impression that the village people who hated Naruto finally accepted him because he "understood them." What is he telling this kid? Naruto knows, he struggled with the fact that people only accepted him after he threw his back out for them. They don't yet understand him. He's preaching to the damn choir. Naruto was desperate for people to love and acknowledge him, he's not going to forget that, even when he feels the need to do everything himself. At least Itachi acknowledged that he himself had this issue. In the Itachi novel, he met a young Naruto, maybe if he had allowed himself to be talk-no-jutsu back then, we wouldn't be here. I still respect Itachi's character, he suffered and took on a horrifying byrden he shouldn't have to protect his ideology and his home, and he's still out here protecting the world. He's gonna run into someone familiar on his way to do that… Someone who's looking pretty cool with his new eyes.
What was Hashirama? Uzumaki poses great life energy, but Hashirama apparently had even more. His cells are the most precious finite resource in existence and his cells can power up jutsus that should take time to regenerate. Is his existence just a genetic mutation? He's like a panacea for every problem that crops up.
Raikage's are quite cool. The power scales definitely don't make sense the further on the story goes and its about to get even messier, but was it entertaining? Yes. I interpret the power in Naruto to be straight up magic. It has spiritual basis with chakra and follows the laws of nature somewhat with the 5 chakra natures, but ti me it's still just straight up magic. Which means anything goes, but you have to at least follow the rules you have written. The problem with Kishimoto is he rewrites them, or just forgets them actually. This is the third big fight with Naruto, Gaara and the crew against the third Raikage. With the help of that rubber ball guy, I honestly loved this jutsu, Naruto figured out how to defeat the incredible and undefeatable Raikage. A man who fought 10,000 shinobi and the Eight-tails unarmed. It was a great victory for him, using his head to defeat another Kage.
I never noticed before that in his Kyuubi chakra mode, Naruto has 2 hair strands that stand up like horns. A very familliar look.
What exactly has Itachi given Sasuke but trauma and his eyeballs? Now he's decided to leave his brother to Naruto. "You were the only one who could ever make it right." So you gave up once you'd realised what you'd wrought. It's all well and good to love someone enough not to kill them, but you set him in this path of destruction, and now you leave it to another kid to fix it (because you know you can't). I really do love Itachi as a character, he's complicated and tragic- my favourite thing in a character, but he's such a mess for someone who favours calm.
Itachi was surprised to find that Naruto had controlled the nine-tails power, so how was he going to get through to Sasuke? Shikaku has the answer "He's resourceful. He's able to influence just about anyone if he sets his mind to it." Our boy's a master manipulator, once he beats you round the head, he beats his ideas into your head. Sasuke's his hardest opponent.
This volume has 3 very entertaining fights that have old friends (sort of) meeting. The second is Bee and Naruto vs Itachi and Nagato. It's my favourite. The pride Nagato has seeing Naruto, his successor, doing so well was completely joyous. He also looked so cute just standing on his summons. We never got to really see his true self fighting, so it was cool to see him use all the powers the Six Paths had. Itachi and Nagato are both users of very strong doujutsus and their great technical fights. Bee and Naruto are jinchuriki who fight very much with POWER. It was a great fight. Bee is so great. He's such a good partner for Naruto as an older version of Naruto with more time and wisdom to help him fight in a style that suits him. Wow, I've really become such a big fan of Bee as I've grown up.
Itachi finally comes to, with the help of the crow he shoved down Naruto's throat. So at one point, Naruto had a toad and a crow and a giant fox inside him. "True shinobi do not seek glory. They protect from the shadows. That is the mark of a true ninja." It seems to me that the most powerful ninja are all famous, and they do this out in the open, loudly. Perhaps Naruto isn't a true ninja then, his plans require him to be acting in the open as Hokage, he's a traditional Hero. Kakashi, Itachi, Danzo, and Shisui were all ninjas.
It becomes Naruto, Bee and Itachi vs Pain and takes all three of them to beat him down enough to seal him. Itachi brings out the susano to do this, which in its full genie form looks like a little shadow ghoul inside goblin faced armour with a jewel on its head. But why does Itachi's susanoo kind of look like a demonic Sasuke on the cover? Nagato hands over his and Jiraiya's legacy to Naruto and it's sadly beautiful.
Itachi is full of nonsense. His actions and decisions are not well thought out and I don't believe he was ever a revolutionary. But, he's also a heavily damaged child like Naruto so his blind belief in Konoha is somewhat understandable. He's definitely got the will of fire, but he's no revolutionary and I truly believe Naruto wants change (and he fights for it post-series). But Itachi is under the impression that the village people who hated Naruto finally accepted him because he "understood them." What is he telling this kid? Naruto knows, he struggled with the fact that people only accepted him after he threw his back out for them. They don't yet understand him. He's preaching to the damn choir. Naruto was desperate for people to love and acknowledge him, he's not going to forget that, even when he feels the need to do everything himself. At least Itachi acknowledged that he himself had this issue. In the Itachi novel, he met a young Naruto, maybe if he had allowed himself to be talk-no-jutsu back then, we wouldn't be here. I still respect Itachi's character, he suffered and took on a horrifying byrden he shouldn't have to protect his ideology and his home, and he's still out here protecting the world. He's gonna run into someone familiar on his way to do that… Someone who's looking pretty cool with his new eyes.
What was Hashirama? Uzumaki poses great life energy, but Hashirama apparently had even more. His cells are the most precious finite resource in existence and his cells can power up jutsus that should take time to regenerate. Is his existence just a genetic mutation? He's like a panacea for every problem that crops up.
Raikage's are quite cool. The power scales definitely don't make sense the further on the story goes and its about to get even messier, but was it entertaining? Yes. I interpret the power in Naruto to be straight up magic. It has spiritual basis with chakra and follows the laws of nature somewhat with the 5 chakra natures, but ti me it's still just straight up magic. Which means anything goes, but you have to at least follow the rules you have written. The problem with Kishimoto is he rewrites them, or just forgets them actually. This is the third big fight with Naruto, Gaara and the crew against the third Raikage. With the help of that rubber ball guy, I honestly loved this jutsu, Naruto figured out how to defeat the incredible and undefeatable Raikage. A man who fought 10,000 shinobi and the Eight-tails unarmed. It was a great victory for him, using his head to defeat another Kage.
I never noticed before that in his Kyuubi chakra mode, Naruto has 2 hair strands that stand up like horns. A very familliar look.
August 11, 2015
Itachi returns! Considering he's my favorite character this is obviously a moment I adored, but even better is how his character develops even more than it had when he was encountered in the past and the truth of his past came to light.
August 7, 2012
BOH QUE PASOTEEEEEEEEE *_____________*
January 14, 2015
No words can explain how crazy Naruto is getting.
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