Really, Danzo?s death in this chapter came as a surprise to me, even more so than Kisame?s death a few chapters ago.
Being the battlefield veteran that he is, I found it odd that Danzo would commit to such a dangerous gambit against Sasuke in their final clash last chapter. In fact, the Raikage committed the same kind of rash decision when he fought Sasuke, and lost an arm because of it.
Is there something about Sasuke that makes even experienced fighters lose all common sense and instead rush in like fresh out of the academy Genins? Unlike Kisame, Danzo is quite intricately tied into the main plot of the series and has been a key antagonist from the beginning of part 2.
I had hoped that his return to Konoha after the kage summit would trigger a civil war within the battered village as those who hold loyalty to Roots would challenge anyone who would try to remove Danzo from his title as Hokage. Personally I had hoped that such a story arc would take place because it would finally move us back to Konoha and revisit some old familiar characters; also anything other than more Sasuke would be a plus.
Sasuke?s use of a mini-genjutsu on Danzo to trick him into believing he had more time with his Izanagi ability was pretty clever.
As Madara commented, a true-blood Uchiha is always superior to a knock-off Sharingan user when it comes to dojutsu. But despite the genjutsu, from what I can tell from the close-ups on page 3, Danzo also managed to wound Sasuke in approximately the same location as he was punctured.
Yet it seems like Sasuke came off the better of the two from their exchange and managed to remain standing.
Now on the verge of death, Danzo?s control over Shodaime?s cells is lost and it explodes out of control like same cancerous growth, and reminded me of Tetsuo?s mutation from Akira.
Danzo?s comment about the Shodaime cells trying to swallow him makes me rethink about just how powerful this ability is (and what powers Yamato has yet to reveal). After abandoning his right arm, Danzo reverts to his last transplanted weapon, Shisui?s Sharigan.
In a surprise move, Danzo uses an ability exclusive to Shisui called Doryoku to completely bypass Sasuke in a blink of the eye and take Karin hostage.
I?m unsure whether this technique was a type of genjutsu or something like the body flicker, but if Danzo had the ability to out manoeuvre Sasuke, why didn?t he try to take him out from behind rather than go for Karin? After that he could try to use Shisui?s mind control on Madara.
Well in the end I guess the old fox is still looking out for his own skin and is not above using others as human shields.
Being the battlefield veteran that he is, I found it odd that Danzo would commit to such a dangerous gambit against Sasuke in their final clash last chapter. In fact, the Raikage committed the same kind of rash decision when he fought Sasuke, and lost an arm because of it.
Is there something about Sasuke that makes even experienced fighters lose all common sense and instead rush in like fresh out of the academy Genins? Unlike Kisame, Danzo is quite intricately tied into the main plot of the series and has been a key antagonist from the beginning of part 2.
I had hoped that his return to Konoha after the kage summit would trigger a civil war within the battered village as those who hold loyalty to Roots would challenge anyone who would try to remove Danzo from his title as Hokage. Personally I had hoped that such a story arc would take place because it would finally move us back to Konoha and revisit some old familiar characters; also anything other than more Sasuke would be a plus.
Sasuke?s use of a mini-genjutsu on Danzo to trick him into believing he had more time with his Izanagi ability was pretty clever.
As Madara commented, a true-blood Uchiha is always superior to a knock-off Sharingan user when it comes to dojutsu. But despite the genjutsu, from what I can tell from the close-ups on page 3, Danzo also managed to wound Sasuke in approximately the same location as he was punctured.
Yet it seems like Sasuke came off the better of the two from their exchange and managed to remain standing.
Now on the verge of death, Danzo?s control over Shodaime?s cells is lost and it explodes out of control like same cancerous growth, and reminded me of Tetsuo?s mutation from Akira.
Danzo?s comment about the Shodaime cells trying to swallow him makes me rethink about just how powerful this ability is (and what powers Yamato has yet to reveal). After abandoning his right arm, Danzo reverts to his last transplanted weapon, Shisui?s Sharigan.
In a surprise move, Danzo uses an ability exclusive to Shisui called Doryoku to completely bypass Sasuke in a blink of the eye and take Karin hostage.
I?m unsure whether this technique was a type of genjutsu or something like the body flicker, but if Danzo had the ability to out manoeuvre Sasuke, why didn?t he try to take him out from behind rather than go for Karin? After that he could try to use Shisui?s mind control on Madara.
Well in the end I guess the old fox is still looking out for his own skin and is not above using others as human shields.
