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SPOILER warning is issued to those who cannot understand that discussing the latest chapter of a manga cannot be done without mentioning what happened in it.
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I will try to make this brief because I honestly do not believe I can talk about this seriously anymore. Kishimoto has been taking the piss lately and I know it. It is getting harder and harder to defend him.
1) Sakura is determined and is no longer crying - One could say "finally!" and I say it too. This way, Sakura has officially ended her return to being useless because "crying = useless" is true in the books of many. On the other hand, according to Kiba, Ino is still crying her eyes out somewhere in a corner so she will probably be labelled useless instead of Sakura. I do not think Ino is useless myself but I know others do, others for whom that above-mentioned equation is true.
2) Hatred is Sasuke's ninja way - Would Itachi be proud of his little brother if he were still alive? It seems to me that Sasuke has accumulated enough hatred in himself to blast it out of a canon. I wonder if Kishimoto really wanted to dehumanise Sasuke to this level. If some deep emotional revolution does not take place in Sasuke's mind, Naruto's chances at talking him over or simply beating some sense into him are close to zero, even in spite of the fact that Naruto is the main character.
3) Danzō has fled - Brilliant job! Just what one would expect from a Hokage! Clap, clap! End sarcasm. I am surprised Raikage used the title 'Hokage' when referring to Danzō - he of all people on the summit should see that Danzō is not worthy of that title.
4) Everyone is quite knowledgeable - That kept making me do 'suprised faces' lately. Pretty much everyone in that building was closely familiar with the Mangekyō techniques. Never mind the fact that only FIVE people in history were able to obtain the Mangekyō. Never mind the fact that each Mangekyō should be bestowing different techniques on its possessor. Never mind the fact that Itachi was an S-class nukenin who would never let anyone get away with the knowledge of his techniques. Never mind the fact that the times he used Susano'o could probably counted with the fingers of one hand. Most importantly, never mind the fact that NO ONE but Sasuke and the remaining Akatsuki members is privy to the information that Tobi is actually Uchiha Madara. I can see no logical explanation whatsoever why Kankurō should know that, especially when the friggin' Tsuchikage is SHOCKED by that revelation.
5) Madara is taking the piss as well - He keeps saying that he is "but a shell of his former self" and at the same time he is trying to make it look like he is already all-powerful and everyone around him is making it easier for him. I mean, what has he done, what has he achieved? The only things I saw him do was teleport from place to place and be insubstantial. He has never attacked, never tried to harm someone. Maybe he cannot do it, mabe he really is just a shell, maybe his body is hidden in that dimension where he transferred Sasuke and Karin to, maybe what we see is just his soul made manifest, maybe that is why he is invulnerable. People are giving him way too much credit. It is like giving the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who has yet to achieve anything in bringing peace to the world. Oh... wait...
6) I accuse Kishimoto of favouritism - Stupid fan-fiction writers keep saying that Kakashi played favourites with Sasuke but that can be opposed and explained with logical reason. On the other hand, why Kishimoto is rapidly making the Uchihas the greatest badasses of the Universe right after Rikudō Sennin cannot be explained logically. Was not the Sharingan supposed to be a mutation of the Baykugan? According to Madara's story from chapter 462, the Sharingan is the direct descendant of the Rinnegan but Madara is really taking the piss so I decide not to believe that. However, that was followed up in this chapter by the secrets of Rikudō Sennin's knowledge being hidden away in a shrine belonging to the Uchiha clan and the scrolls being readable only with the Sharingan, the juicier parts with the Mangekyō Sharingan and the best bits only with the Rinnegan. "Now this is starting to get ridiculous" - my thoughts exactly, Tsuchikage-sama. "Enough of this dawdling!" - my following thoughts exactly, Raikage-sama.
7) The Jūbi - There were many fan-fics trying to use the ten-tailed beast. I would not say that Kishimoto took inspiration from them but I know a lot of others will. Still, he did not; he is just taking the piss, like I said. The Jūbi was a humanoid demon with ten tails and one eye, Rikudō Sennin sealed it inside himself to stop it from destroying the world and then separated it into the nine Bijūs we know. By the way, it is quite hard to discern which Bijū is which, apart from the known ones. So now fan-fiction writers can use Jūbi without repercussions but only if they remember that it is either the Jūbi or the other Bijūs because they are not separate entities - Jūbi IS the nine other Bijūs. About Rikudō Senning becoming the Moon - well, he was supposed to be the greatest mofo in the Universe so I guess we can believe that.
8) World domination - So it really WAS the Akatsuki's goal after all! And on top of that, it really IS achievable only through the possession of all nine Bijūs! However, how would Madara go about fusing the Bijūs into Jūbi and then sealing it into himself? He is just taking the piss again, only Nagato would have a change at achieving that and he is dead now.
9) The Fourth Great Ninja War - Have I mentioned that Kishimoto and Madara are taking the piss? I did? Many times, You say? Well, I have to say it again! What the hell, man?! What the hell?! "Oh, so You Kages won't hand over the two remaining Jinchūrikis? You are meanies! I hate You all! I'm declaring war on You!" How could- What- How- But he- How could Madara, only one man, ONE MAN, a man who is actually not all that powerful and probably never was, since Senju Hashirama defeated him even when he possessed his Final Mangekyō Sharingan, how could he declare war on the whole shinobi world? What can he do? And why is everyone eating it up? Please Kishimoto, I implore You, shift the focus back on Naruto (You know, the HERO of Your manga) and give us some hardcore action that would at least partially compensate for the bullshit You have been feeding us lately. Please!
I'm done now.