February 26, 2012
Sunday
These past few days, I've been catching up with the Naruto Shippuden episodes I've missed. I remember the last episode I saw was the one that depicted Kakashi's death. I can still remember how I cried that time. Of course, Kakashi is my third favorite Naruto character, after all. From then on, I haven't really seen much of Naruto Shippuden, until last week.
So Naruto defeated Pain all by himself. This guy, he's just as amazing as Hanamichi. In fact, he and Hanamichi have so much in common. They were at first regarded by a lot as 'losers' and 'pranksters'. But just as Hanamichi was the reason why Shohoku won against Ryonan, Naruto was the sole savior of Konohagakure against Pain. A lot of people died during Pain's attack on the village and yes, that included Kakashi. But Naruto was able to persuade Pain and was able to reverse the aftermath of the attack - the death of the villagers and numerous shinobi. Although the village itself wasn't restored to what it was before, at least the people are alive. I'm glad Kakashi is alive again.
A lot of scenes is were Jiraiya was shown. I miss Ero-sennin and everything that he used to do. He was one of the greatest masters ever to have graced the ninja world.
And so Pain was defeated. And now, Naruto goes back to finding Sasuke. A Five Kage Summit was held in the Land Of Iron for them to decide what to do with Sasuke, who is now known to have supported the Akatsuki. He was internationally declared as a wanted man and is being hunted down. All of his friends were worried. Ino cried a lot. Naruto's feeling were in a turmoil. But Gaara and Sai reminded him that he should do what a friend is supposed to do.
I remember Gaara talking to Sasuke during the summit. He said that he knows what Sasuke is going through and he should see the light. Sasuke answered Gaara that he has closed his eyes long ago and he already chose the path to darkness. With this, Gaara's tears fell before he launched an attack on Sasuke.
I guess Gaara had tears in his eyes because he considered Sasuke as is friend too, since he knows what the latter was going through. He also knew that Sasuke is so dear to Naruto, that he doesn't want to hurt the friend of the very person who changed his life.
Maa, I still have a lot to catch up. There are 251 episodes for Naruto and I'm still at 209. I still have a long way to go.
Ja ne!
~ding~