I think I might take a pass on reading this and future chapters; I'm grateful to this site for its recaps since they give me an idea of whether or not I want to continue checking out the manga
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I agree with so much of what you are saying, especially about Danzou. I mean he got a flash back to explain his "pure and honest" motivations while Sasuke was purposely made out to be the villain in the end, despite the fact that Danzou had an arm full of Sharingans! Time and time again I am disappointed by the way Sasuke's character is portrayed; from the crazy faces to attempted murder. I hoped that Konoha and it's dirty politics, and those of the Ninja world in general would eventually be shown for what they are; a defective system that might have some selfless heroes, but is based on simply a power struggle between internal and external factions
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I hoped that Konoha and it's dirty politics, and those of the Ninja world in general would eventually be shown for what they are; a defective system that might have some selfless heroes, but is based on simply a power struggle between internal and external factions.I think we're supposed to be seeing Naruto as the solution. Kishi seems invested in Konoha in a way that other shounen writers aren't invested in their settings. For example in Bleach we have Soul Society where some people (Yoruichi, Urahara, the Vizards) have valid and justified reasons in addition to the bad apples like Aizen. Amestris in Full Metal Alchemist is still guilty of a genocide. Mustang and Hawkeye still had blood on their hands; atoning for those crimes and fighting against the regime responsible for them was their character arc; no secret Ishbalans emerged to handily massacre their people for the Amestrians. The closest you get to a Sasuke is Scar whose hatred for state alchemists is shown as a logical consequence of what he lost. In contrast you have Kishi
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Now I know the word to describe what I think of the manga: it's become scary. Danzou is grey, and Sasuke is completely crazy. What kind of moral judgement is that? But this is the way Kishimoto makes it appear.
Don't apologize for venting. Actually, when I consider returning to the chuunin-thread and explaining to some people there who think that Sasuke's defection from Konoha should be adressed that murder is a far worse crime than defection and that before adressing Sasuke's defection they need to address the murder of the Uchiha
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