Naruto 538
... is mostly a narusasu flashback of adorable childhood cuteness.
Kinda.
Page one is Killerbee being all "lolyay with naruto around who needs a flashlight this is so cool." Yeah uh, flashlights are yay except when it means ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KIDNAP/STOP YOU CAN SEE YOU FOR MILES. Oh Killerbee. :/
... And then Kyuubi starts bitching because Naruto's wasting his chakra. Surprise! Inner mind visit. Asuka's face: :D
Kyuubi starts bitching out Naruto because he's being naive as he always is, does he really think he can do anything re: the war and take on everyone's hatred without ending up bitter and used like Nagato.
"But if you'd like, i'll lend you my chakra --"
"I'm not falling for that one."
"Hehehee, maybe you *have* wised up a little." ... heee. X333
I have to admit that the page with Naruto going "you need to stop underestimating me" is quite prrt. Naruto looks hot and intense, and Kyuubi is all *clenches claws on the floor in reaction* and mmm.
kyuubi: ... well uh LET ME PRESS THE SASUKE BUTTON. YOU HAVENT MANAGED TO HELP HIM AT ALL. HAH. COUNTER THAT.
*cue adorable chibi flashback of adorableness, where the kids are at the academy, Shika would rather give up than fight CHouji because Chouji doesn't want to spar, Kishimoto is once again taking some random element of his manga and going OH HEY WHAT IF WE SAID IT WAS HIGHLY SYMBOLIC (next up, the lace-thingie on his shoulder. it's, uh, a symbol of the Jyuubi's true allegiance to his ancestor on Minato's side! also the string represents betrothal to some princess or other) and eight year old sasuke making evil faces of evil, complete with cold, dead, "wondering whether to start with your liver or your lungs" eyes.*
I have to admit Sasuke behaving all "i am already hell bent on revenge and nothing shall stop me" and NOTHING ELSE coming to show he was also, sometimes, a sweet or at least prickly but childish kid... it bothers me a bit. :/
it seems like the flashback is saying "even when he was a kid Sasuke was already consumed by hatred and evil" and even though in the end Naruto will prove it's not true, with zero hint like that it seems to damage all of Naruto's good memories of Sasuke by making him seem like he just wasn't seeing it clearly and he was imagining most of Sasuke's care and friendship.
Instead of Naruto remembering one good thing about Sasuke back then to counter Kyuubi's talk, we have nothing but his belief based on blind faith and some stuff ages ago. Problem is that without proof/hints and with more and more evilsuke faces, Naruto just looks more and more like he's deluding himself, and so his inevitable turning Sasuke around will feel like an asspull. It's been so long without reminders that Sasuke is salvageable -- even if we still have the events that happened before as canon proof, and they still exist, it's been years in real life and manga time both and even though we can logically use them as proof that Sasuke was never entirely evil, emotionally it'll make things feel unbalanced.
I Am Hnn.
Aww baby sakura and ino and hinata. (hinata's single panel she looks like she has no eyes at all, just eyelids. XD)
sasuke: *CHIBI-TOPS YOU, BITCH*
(but his eyes are full of hate and not even looking at naruto blahblahblah.)
I feel better if I think that this is happening only a couple months after the massacre, so he's still all raw. >__>
and of course instead of making the hooking-fingers thing that now ALWAYS HAS symbolizeD the end of a spar between allies blahblah no hard feelings, they go for each other's collars and hssss. XD
Kyuubi: see? you never did manage to clear his mind of hatred.
And HERE would have been a perfect flashback to pincushionSasuke. Instead it does leave me with a taste of "shut up I know better. because, I just do, okay." in my mouth, but I have to admit that Naruto just not bothering to answer and being all "c'mere" with his fingers like he's about to pet Kyuubi and be all "aw, i'm sorry you feel lonely" and then surprise!trapping him with that torii jutsu was pretty seme. XD
(just, waugh for a moment my brain jumped to pettins and I WANTED THEEEEEM wauuugh. XD)
I really really liked the moment where Naruto walks up to Kyuubi's eye until he's reflected in that huge pupil and he's all "yeah, i top you hard, bitch." Ngh. X33
still "i'll fix it!" okay, HOW. sasuke hasn't been listening so far. The old "beat him up until he's too tired to go LALALALALA" is getting a bit old. ... then again, i do rather enjoy it anyway. oh well.
Kinda.
Page one is Killerbee being all "lolyay with naruto around who needs a flashlight this is so cool." Yeah uh, flashlights are yay except when it means ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KIDNAP/STOP YOU CAN SEE YOU FOR MILES. Oh Killerbee. :/
... And then Kyuubi starts bitching because Naruto's wasting his chakra. Surprise! Inner mind visit. Asuka's face: :D
Kyuubi starts bitching out Naruto because he's being naive as he always is, does he really think he can do anything re: the war and take on everyone's hatred without ending up bitter and used like Nagato.
"But if you'd like, i'll lend you my chakra --"
"I'm not falling for that one."
"Hehehee, maybe you *have* wised up a little." ... heee. X333
I have to admit that the page with Naruto going "you need to stop underestimating me" is quite prrt. Naruto looks hot and intense, and Kyuubi is all *clenches claws on the floor in reaction* and mmm.
kyuubi: ... well uh LET ME PRESS THE SASUKE BUTTON. YOU HAVENT MANAGED TO HELP HIM AT ALL. HAH. COUNTER THAT.
*cue adorable chibi flashback of adorableness, where the kids are at the academy, Shika would rather give up than fight CHouji because Chouji doesn't want to spar, Kishimoto is once again taking some random element of his manga and going OH HEY WHAT IF WE SAID IT WAS HIGHLY SYMBOLIC (next up, the lace-thingie on his shoulder. it's, uh, a symbol of the Jyuubi's true allegiance to his ancestor on Minato's side! also the string represents betrothal to some princess or other) and eight year old sasuke making evil faces of evil, complete with cold, dead, "wondering whether to start with your liver or your lungs" eyes.*
I have to admit Sasuke behaving all "i am already hell bent on revenge and nothing shall stop me" and NOTHING ELSE coming to show he was also, sometimes, a sweet or at least prickly but childish kid... it bothers me a bit. :/
it seems like the flashback is saying "even when he was a kid Sasuke was already consumed by hatred and evil" and even though in the end Naruto will prove it's not true, with zero hint like that it seems to damage all of Naruto's good memories of Sasuke by making him seem like he just wasn't seeing it clearly and he was imagining most of Sasuke's care and friendship.
Instead of Naruto remembering one good thing about Sasuke back then to counter Kyuubi's talk, we have nothing but his belief based on blind faith and some stuff ages ago. Problem is that without proof/hints and with more and more evilsuke faces, Naruto just looks more and more like he's deluding himself, and so his inevitable turning Sasuke around will feel like an asspull. It's been so long without reminders that Sasuke is salvageable -- even if we still have the events that happened before as canon proof, and they still exist, it's been years in real life and manga time both and even though we can logically use them as proof that Sasuke was never entirely evil, emotionally it'll make things feel unbalanced.
I Am Hnn.
Aww baby sakura and ino and hinata. (hinata's single panel she looks like she has no eyes at all, just eyelids. XD)
sasuke: *CHIBI-TOPS YOU, BITCH*
(but his eyes are full of hate and not even looking at naruto blahblahblah.)
I feel better if I think that this is happening only a couple months after the massacre, so he's still all raw. >__>
and of course instead of making the hooking-fingers thing that now ALWAYS HAS symbolizeD the end of a spar between allies blahblah no hard feelings, they go for each other's collars and hssss. XD
Kyuubi: see? you never did manage to clear his mind of hatred.
And HERE would have been a perfect flashback to pincushionSasuke. Instead it does leave me with a taste of "shut up I know better. because, I just do, okay." in my mouth, but I have to admit that Naruto just not bothering to answer and being all "c'mere" with his fingers like he's about to pet Kyuubi and be all "aw, i'm sorry you feel lonely" and then surprise!trapping him with that torii jutsu was pretty seme. XD
(just, waugh for a moment my brain jumped to pettins and I WANTED THEEEEEM wauuugh. XD)
I really really liked the moment where Naruto walks up to Kyuubi's eye until he's reflected in that huge pupil and he's all "yeah, i top you hard, bitch." Ngh. X33
still "i'll fix it!" okay, HOW. sasuke hasn't been listening so far. The old "beat him up until he's too tired to go LALALALALA" is getting a bit old. ... then again, i do rather enjoy it anyway. oh well.