The battle continues between Danzo and Sasuke in chapter 478 with both combatants showing off even more powerful abilities. I bet Madara is gonna have a field day with all the results from this fight.
After the long wait, we finally get an answer to the Itachi appearance. Looks like possibility #2 from my last chapter post was the right one, but did anyone really think this Itachi wouldn?t be genjutsu? The ?bringing dead characters back to life miraculously? bit has been done recently already, I though it was cheesy to do it even once, but to pull it off a second time would be laughably corny. But as hard Sasuke can try to imitate his late brother?s Tsukuyomi technique, his genjutsu is just not good enough to match Itachi?s and Danzo is easily able to see through it. Yet however weak Sasuke?s Tsukuyomi may be compared to Itachi?s, it?s still a Tsukoyomi ? one of the most potent genjutsu around. For Danzo to completely see through it even though he doesn?t have Uchiha blood in him is no small feat. Based on how Danzo accurately described Itachi?s Tsukuyomi technique, my guess is that he had personally experienced in the past and had developed some counter measures to overcome it even without a Mangekyou Sharingan.
As expected of a shinobi as old and experienced as Danzo, he fights smart and doesn?t waste an ounce of chakra or perform any wasteful actions unless it?s necessary. When Danzo grabbed Sasuke?s throat back in last chapter, he placed a seal that binds a body?s movement.
Danzo set up perfectly and waited until Sasuke got close to him before activating it, allowing him to finish Sasuke off without any further effort. Karin?s makes a absolutely pointless move to try to save Sasuke, but we all saw how that ended up (this is the third time in the last couple of chapters I?ve seen Karin getting thrown or kicked into a hard surface, Kishi must really have a grudge against this girl).xd
As expected of a shinobi as old and experienced as Danzo, he fights smart and doesn?t waste an ounce of chakra or perform any wasteful actions unless it?s necessary. When Danzo grabbed Sasuke?s throat back in last chapter, he placed a seal that binds a body?s movement. Danzo set up perfectly and waited until Sasuke got close to him before activating it, allowing him to finish Sasuke off without any further effort. Karin?s makes a absolutely pointless move to try to save Sasuke, but we all saw how that ended up (this is the third time in the last couple of chapters I?ve seen Karin getting thrown or kicked into a hard surface, Kishi must really have a grudge against this girl).
But Danzo does something stupid by releasing his Sharingan technique before giving Sasuke?s his finishing blow; this seemed like an uncharacteristically rookie move to me. You could say Danzo was just conserving chakra, but Madara is still nearby. Even worse, Danzo ignored one of the commandments of Naruto manga: A secret hidden power shall ALWAYS save Sasuke?s ass whenever he is about to get pwned. I guess this same rule has applied to Naruto in the past too, but this has happened so many times in recent chapters that it?s getting clich?. What?s the thrill of watching a fight when you know there?s no way one of the combatants can possibly die. As a further layer of insurance, Madara is perched high above ready to warp his precious Sasuke-kun away if he senses his defeat. Check out page 6 in this chapter: just as Danzo is about to decapitate Sasuke, Madara is activating his warping jutsu ready to ragequit poor Sasuke away. Arggh! I hate that. If you ever play online games, it?s the same feeling when somebody disconnects when they?re about to lose. Buddy, if you?re not prepared to put everything on the line, then don?t bother playing at all because it?s an insult to everybody who play fair.
And so, there we have it, yet another power boost for Sasuke. Now he has a complete Susanoo and an archer-type to boot; Madara should be dancing with joy at this point. This new Susanoo pretty much makes Sasuke near invincible on both offence and defence as he now has the ability to snipe enemies from afar while staying safe inside Susanoo?s impenetrable armor. So what can Danzo possibly do against this new turn-of-events? Reveal yet another secret power of his own, Of Course! In my opinion, giving Danzo the First Hokage?s Mokuton ability on top of his Sharingan arm is just overkill. It also cheapens the mysticism behind that great ability and contradicts what has been said about it so far. It was revealed that Orochimaru had been experimenting with the First?s DNA in the past, however of all the subjects he injected the DNA into, Yamato was said to be the ONLY survivor. But oops, I guess Danzo survived the grafting too ? great, I wonder how many other ?last remaining Mokuton users? exist out there. Madara believes Orochimaru must have been working with Danzo to give him all these abilities, but Danzo?s past actions suggest the two hated each others? guts. And why would snake-boy help someone else obtain the Sharingan he so desperately desired? Well whatever, I guess I?d be natural for Danzo to want both abilities if what Madara said about him wanting to control the Kyuubi for himself is true. So in the end, Danzo is really a Madara-wannabe, hahaha.
This chapter finally gives us a name to the immortality jutsu Danzo has been using so far: Izanagi. Izanagi is one of the most important gods in Japanses creation myth, so it?d say that Danzo?s technique actually allows him to be reborn every time his old body is destroyed. But as Karin has observed, the jutsu poses a lot of risk as each time Danzo ?dies? one of his ten Sharingans closes and his chakra level takes a big hit. In gamer speak, this can be described as: OMG Danzo is such a hax0rz! WTF! He gave himself nine extra continues! Madara says Izanagi is a forbidden (this word has really lost it?s meaning in Naruto, LOL) Uchiha technique, and looks like there?s good reason for it. If using it uses up one?s Sharigan, I can see why they banned it as you?d eventually end up with a village of blind Uchihas
i actually am enjoying the danzo fight. he has an impressive array of jutsu, and everything he?s been saying to sasuke is absolutely fitting and true?no matter how disgusting and misdirected his ambitions are. i don?t think he?s going to die in this fight mostly because of the foreshadow that he?s after the kyuubi and wants to be its host.
I think it?s about time to focus more on naruto itself. If you compare the power of sasuke from naruto at this point of time. Naruto is far from behind. Who will train naruto since Jiraiya ? Sama is death? Does Kakashi and Yamato will train naruto for a new technique to counter sasuke techniques? Since kakashi was the 4th Hokage sansie does he has the plan to teach naruto the body flicker technique the technique of the 4th?
