This is my second consecutive week reading without spoilers! AAAH.
Page 1
~rofl the chapter's title is "So Close, and Yet So Far." THIS WILL TURN OUT SO WELL, I CAN FEEL IT.
~.../sings Phil Collins
~and yet another title splash that the shippers are going to manip into SasuNaru icons and banners. I think Kishi does this on purpose.
Page 2
~HA HA HA HA HA HA OH MY GOD
~KAKASHI JUST PUNCHED SASUKE RIGHT IN THE FREAKING GUT
~LIKE, IT'S INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
~/ded
~AND HE GOES FLYING UPWARD...
~but he gracefully bounds off the giant stone bridge architecture thing
Page 3
~and he lands, catlike, on the water. Pretty...
~RAAAAAAGH Sakura's like "Thank you, Naruto..." and it's so ugh PRETENDING THIS PANEL DOESN'T EXIST, GOOOOOOO
~Sasuke: "In case you forgot, I'm ex-Team 7." The masculine posturing in this dialogue, it oozes testosterone.
Page 4
~oh frig of course, I forgot Sakura doesn't know about Itachi, further disempowering her because she's the only one out of the loop. /digs out digital tequila for the genderfail party
Page 5
~Sasuke: NO ONE UNDERSTAAAAAANDS ME
~Sakura: STFU GOD I AM SICK OF YOUR WHINING
Page 6
~baaaw, the only way Sasuke can feel anything like happiness is by avenging and shit. This is sad. ;;
~on the other hand, THIS POSE IS PRIME SILLY ICON FODDER >D
Page 7
~I should be lolling, or mad, but this is just kind of tragic. I feel sadness and pity for this kid, really, he's just. so fucked up. WHY DOES NINJALAND HAVE NO THERAPISTS???
~they could be ninja therapists
~srsly though, this is very tragic and deconstructy for a kid's series, in all honesty
~and Kakashi understands him because Kakashi grew up in an ever worse period of shinobi history ;; /sobs forever
~Naruto: KAGE BUNSHIN POSE THAT ALWAYS PRECEDES EVERYTHING I DO!
Page 8
~KAKASHI TO THE RESCUE
~He wants to take responsibility for what he sees as his mistake. GOD THIS SERIES /sobs
~...wait why the hell would Sasuke be immune to poison THAT'S JUST A STUPID EXCUSE TO NOT LET SAKURA FIGHT HIM, KISHI. /GREAT ANGER
Page 9
~HAHAHA YEAH KARIN GAVE UP ON HIM \o/
~..........baaaaaw Karin gave up on him
~so my ship is now officially in smoking wreckage AWESOME, GUYS. :|b
~sexy pose, though
~OH MAN NARUTO what stupid thing are you about to do
Page 10
~NARUTO YOU IDIOT
~Sakura, why are you yelling instead of fighting him off Kakashi- you know what, asking is only going to depress me more. /tequila!
Page 11
~THEMES AND SHIT
~It's funny, you know, if not for the massacre, they each easily might have turned out like the other.
~why do they always attack each other the same bloody way??? THIS HAS ALWAYS BOTHERED ME.
Page 12-13
~dude, it's like....having a flashback...except the manga wasn't depressing back then....or less so, anyway.
Page 14
~.......wait what is going on.
~NO REALLY, THIS IS JUST. SILLY.
Page 15
~dude, this is cute and all, but if it's this easy I'm going to punch a hole into the next dorm.
Page 16
~...wait, I know what this is! It's a...
CARE BEAR STARE
~haha it didn't work
Page 17
~Sasuke, you should know by now that giving Naruto ultimata never works out in the end.
THE END.
Honestly, not sure how I feel yet. Talk to me in a couple of hours.