#naruto 641

[everynarusaku]

MAKE SURE THEYRE OK

[obitosensei2357-blog]

Night Guy

[eikichimishinas]

(To Naruto) It is the fourth that is copying me. Also, you should address me as second with respect!

-Tobirama Senju

[grivitt901]

Shakuton: Korin Shippu Shikkoku no Ya Zeroshiki! by ~grivitt

[peteypertugal]

Enough about Naruto and Sasuke's bromance, am I the only one who adored the banter between Minato and Tobirama? I'm also starting to suspect Minato had a dorky side, which makes him even more lovable!

[unfoldedwings]

Okay, so Naruto 641 might be a chapter of foreshadowing regarding the pairings, and Sasuke's subconscious "want". Let us start with the pairings:

1. I absolutely admired the last page where there were panels of Sakura and Hinata at the left corner, with Sasuke and Naruto on the bottom part. I know this might be a simple "Oh, it's because it's Hinata who has the ability to see them afar that's why she was cast with Sakura at the top left panels" but I don't think it's only me who has this tiny part in the back of their minds about, "Hey, I think that's where my childhood pairings went." Some may agree or disagree, but what we thought initially as canon pairings were SasuSaku and NaruHina.

2. ShikaTema and ShikaIno. I think this chapter goes to ShikaTema. Ino and Shikamaru were drawn in the same panel to reestablish that Shikamaru is using Ino's abilities to mind-telepathy everyone. Temari's, however, implies another limelight—it shows her admiration and respect for Shikamaru and his abilities (which means that Temari was the one to determine what kind of person Shikamaru already is). That aside, why would Kishi put Temari in it, not Ino? Chouji could have done the determinant thing, or probably Ino, too (but she can't since she's focused on the mind telepathy). Anyway, why not Chouji? Surely, Kishimoto must have a reason for this, as we have been seeing Temari a lot in the manga (well, maybe not that a lot but sufficient enough), including the parts where Shikamaru's dad was included, or when they've been grouped in the same team. Surely, there's something going on here, or maybe it's also because Kishi wanted to show that the Leaf and the Sand already have a tight allegiance. But isn't Temari acting as the ambassador, and Shikamaru's always the one to tour her around? 

Anyway.

3. Sasuke and his subconscious "want". We've been seeing lately Sasuke's obsession to keep enemies out of Naruto so he can keep Naruto by himself (this, I meant as someone he would defeat by himself). Well, this can be his external layer. Now, you might see this as something overly analyzed, but Sasuke was smiling—which meant he enjoyed teaming up with Naruto (and the kages as well). At the back of his mind, he must still be yearning for this, and those panels where Naruto's face was separated meant something beyond severing his bond from Naruto. Probably, he's still finding himself, that's why he wanted to rule out his best buddy.

Oh well. Madara's being a naggy girlfriend to Hashirama and Hashirama doesn't seem too happy about it =)))

[lumixge]

*Sakura loves Sasuke*

People in the fandom - bash sasusaku/sakura, say its a abusive relationship, say sakura should move on, he tried to kill her 3 times, etc.

*Naruto considers Sasuke his friend*

People in the fandom - say that naruto should never give up, everybody loves naruto, say naruto is good guy, wish they had a friend like naruto, went crazy after seeing them smiling in chapter 641, continue to overlook sasuke trying to kill naruto 4 times.

Logic.

[lumixge]

if shikamaru manages to be hokage and if he also marries temari, then the alliance of the leaf/sand would get stronger