Naruto Friday! : Manga Ch. 470 & Shippuuden Ep. 134

Naruto Manga, Chapter 470

Another exciting week from Naruto! This chapter was basically divided into two parts — the wrap up of Sakura’s confession to Naruto (go here if you have no idea what I’m talking about) and … the start of the battle between the sadistic Akatsuki member, Hoshigaki Kisame, and the 8-Tails Jinchuuriki, Killer Bee!

Maybe it’s due to a translation issue, but the end of Naruto and Sakura’s converstion was slightly vague. They went back and forth, and in the end, Naruto still didn’t believe that she genuinely has feelings for him, and Sakura stormed off to go look for Sasuke, herself, with Kiba, Lee, and Sai. I believe she was using the “I love you” card to get Naruto’s mind off Sasuke, but Naruto is way too dedicated to finding and saving his criminal(ly insane) homeboy.

The issue kicks up when the scene switches, and Kisame mounts his attack against Killer Bee and his newfound music teacher, Sabu. While distracted by Sabu, Killer Bee launches a pencil — that he was taking notes with — at Kisame’s head, which he barely dodges. Infused with lightning chakra, Kisame admits that he would have been killed by the electrified pencil had he been hit with it — a definite nod to Bee’s strength. As the battle continues, Kisame reveals the chakra consuming power of Samehada, his sword, and because of this, proves a match for every one of Killer Bee’s attacks.

Both fighters regroup, and the chapter ends with the full transformation of Samehada, which honestly caught me off guard. Turns out, its a giant, disgusting looking, shark “resembling” object with a giant mouth at the end. Here, take a look!

Weird, huh? Good chapter, overall — c’mon next week!!!

Favorite moment: on page 12, Kisame reveals the never-before-demonstrated ability of the handle of Samehada to extend in a whip-like manner, giving the sword added range, and even more deadly power. I don’t know if you can really call this weapon a “sword”, at this point.

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Naruto Shippuuden, Episode 134

First off, I am quite impressed with the Naruto animation staff. It seems they finally got the message — the “non-big-battle” episodes usually have terrible animation, but this one had great quality. Awesome. Secondly, the series is really picking up in speed. This is the episode before the Sasuke/Itachi fight, which is running kind of close to catching the manga. I’m predicting it right now — fillers are coming soon.

On to the episode. The “Hunt For Itachi” is in full swing, as both Sasuke’s and Naruto’s teams narrow in on the villanous Uchiha. The episode opens with Sasuke entering a cave, confronting Itachi, and promptly impaling him with a lightning sword. Of course this would be way too easy, and the “Itachi” turns out to be nothing more than a shadow clone, that tells Sasuke to meet him in the Uchiha hideout, alone.

On the way there, Sasuke actually runs into a shadow clone of Naruto, which gives the Konoha team Sasuke’s position. They quickly switch direction and look to intercept him, but there is no interference to be had in the confrontation between Itachi and Sasuke. In an embarrassing display, the Konoha shinobi are confronted by Tobi along the way, and held up from reaching Sasuke. Through a series of strange techniques, Tobi utterly toys with the ninja, and keeps them pinned down.

Similary, Kisame halts Sasuke’s team on the way to Itachi, and only lets Sasuke pass. To kill time, Kisame and Suigetsu engage in a sparring match — yet another scene that wasn’t included in the manga, so it was cool to see in motion.

At this point, only Sasuke is left to proceed. The episode ends with him walking toward Itachi’s location, with his trademark “i’m such a cool guy cuz i live life by revenge” look in his eyes.

Overall good! Again, the quality animation was the most surprising part — c’mon next week!!!

Favorite moment: I almost fell out of my chair when it happened. At 18:18, when Sakura charges Tobi, he dodges and says, “Olé!” — in the middle of a battle … in a Japanese anime. This man was chillin’ way too hard, at that moment.

じゃあまた!

Reverend Zombie 12.23

Humanzee … is that you?

Naruto Manga, Chapter 470 Another exciting week from Naruto! This chapter was basically divid

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