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May 8, 2009 4:21 PM

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Not bad not bad... still very cliché tho... I don't get why Kishi has to reuse a bunch character development techniques tho... I really see no difference between Pain and Sasuke now... except that Pain somehow reduced himself to bones and skin to control 6 bodies at once? But then again Sasuke reduced himself to a hands-as-wings retard with a star on his forehead for awhile... oh well...

anyone have any ideas on how Naruto is gunna treat Pain after the story? I really don't think Naruto will kill him... in fact Naruto will probably protect him or something...
May 8, 2009 6:31 PM

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Explanation is going to drag on for ages =/ better chapter than the previous one but still quite slow.
May 8, 2009 8:12 PM

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ok chapter but damn i didnt kno nagato went through so much pain
May 8, 2009 8:39 PM

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this chapter was a nice turn of events. Seems Hanzo wasn't such a great guy after all. I have to admit Yahiko's gang looked pretty bad ass. Too bad we'll never get to see them in action. And I'm starting to understand more why Pain uses the techniques that he does.
May 8, 2009 8:56 PM

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Lets end this flashback. Im bored, we all know that Nagato is in pain. Its obvious its because Yahiko died. Hince he isnt there and nicknamed (i guess) "Pain". Who cares? Kill 'em off Naruto!

Needs moar Sasuke!!
May 8, 2009 9:31 PM
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Nanakogin said:
What i also don't get is why yahiko dies with only a small kunai in his stomach in less than 2 seconds and when somebody way far in volumes 20 and more has two spears in his stomach and shoulder, 10 goddamn knives in his back and stomach, three thousand picks everywhere, he looks like he's got all the misery covered up in gore and all, AND on top of that, he lives !!! and in a couple days he's like good as new O_O OMFG, where's all the reality, this is nonsense! and if they're so high and mighty in that flashback why could'nt they have snatched the girl so easily as fast as lightning like every time someone's in danger. I AM ON MY ASS XD

i'm so sorry if i offended some of you. To reassure people, i still love the series Naruto so :D no worries
lol i've been wondering about this for a while now too. It's total bogus.

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rreggiebryant1 said:
so im gonna go out on a limb and say that yahiko was the last body that nagato was controlling when fighting naruto?
Congratulations on stating obvious, Mr.Obvious.
lmao

i thought it was a good chapter. I dont even have high expectations for this manga anymore so i just deal with what i get (if that makes any sense...)
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May 8, 2009 10:41 PM

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Ahh I get it now! Pain is boring Naruto to death. No fighting needed!


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May 9, 2009 1:42 AM

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i thought the story of how pain raised to power would be waaaaaaaay more interesting =.=

hopefuly we get to see how he destoried hanzo and hes family ^^;

whats so good about hes power(the eye) btw? lol
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May 9, 2009 5:39 AM

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hooo mm poor nagato
but god he's stupid @.@ !!!
why do you think that killing everybody will bring pease
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just like sasuke... he wants to distroy everything that itachi died for
stupid asses!!! :@:@:@ *______*````
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May 9, 2009 5:58 AM

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ok....pain with red hair wtf!?
well the flashback is over (i think) so its time to see naruto`s answer, this is going to be interesant jeje
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May 9, 2009 10:20 AM
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i usually find flashbacks really interesting, but this was boring. blah.
May 10, 2009 4:29 AM

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pooor Nagato it was hard ,I understand YOU !

even Yahiko died how sad !
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May 10, 2009 8:10 PM

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I actually quite enjoyed this chapter, nice backstory.

I only hope that when the backstory ends, nagato doesnt jump off his chair and start a 2month fight again.
May 11, 2009 10:33 AM

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It could have been a welcome piece of background story... if the chapters had been a bit longer!

It isn't really worth waiting a week to read nothing but flashbacks...
May 12, 2009 9:43 AM

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awesome chapter in my opinion, i like learning about the past in the manga because the present always turns out to suck...

yahiko for the win


May 12, 2009 9:04 PM

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I normally quite like flashbacks, but this is really starting to drag out...
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Nagato was forced to kill to his best friend, his brother!!!! Hard, very hard!!!
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I hate Hanzo and Danzo!
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Wow. It's really sad seeing what happened to them after jiraiya left :(




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If I were to drop a longer review on Naruto as a whole and mostly on this arc, I'd say Naruto quite nicely drops great themes(family, war, corruption, victimization), psychological/philosophical aspects, although the problem is it is often executed childishly and weakly, mainly because the world building sucks and the story lacks that complexity to delve into the deeper aspects of war, pain, etc.
Nagato's dynamic with Konan and Yahiko seems nice, I enjoyed this chapter, although it seemed a bit simple at some parts of his story. Nagato's dream of world domination/world peace is similar to Adrian Veidt's plan from Watchmen, I wonder if Kishimoto took inspiration from that. Nonetheless, his dream is actually better than Naruto's, who simply mindlessly fights guys mostly to save his dear friend Sasuke who betrayed him 3 years ago.
Pain seems as of now like the most agreeable antagonist from Naruto and I'd argue his goal is pretty good and the combined bijuus could achieve world peace through fear.
While many can pursue their dreams in solitude, other dreams are like great storms blowing hundreds, even thousands of dreams apart in their wake. Dreams breathe life into men and can cage them in suffering. Men live and die by their dreams. But long after they have been abandoned they still smolder deep in men's hearts. Some see nothing more than life and death. They are dead, for they have no dreams.

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