Nice chapter. I finally get on the 1st page. Thank God for the early release!
Danzou. Would have loved to have actually seen in an actual fight to see what his capabilities are, but we have to assume that the ninja who attacked him were at least chunnin level so to defeat 17 of them by himself shows he does have great skill. Maybe enough strength/skill just a little bit below the 3rd.
Sai. Interesting side plot to see how Sai is gonna deal with the conflict of his newly acquired "feelings" as they deal with the seal that Danzou has placed on his tongue.
Kakashi. Do you folks realize how great Kakashi really is? He took out two of the top ROOT members by himself! Also, I still think that Kakashi has a side agenda that involves dealing with the problem of Hokage Danzou. He is doing EVERYTHING in contradiction to what Danzo would want. I think that Kakashi has a plan to uncover Danzou's true plot somehow.
Tsuchikage. Yo, that chick needs to get her ears seriously cleaned. The wax buildup is seriously gonna be an issue when the 5 kages meet to discuss IMPORTANT matters. Seriously folks don't you see what Kishi's doing? He's setting it up so that she is gonna misunderstand a lot of what is discussed at the summit. It's gonna cause a serious riff amongst the leaders.
Samuri?? It's gonna be super awesome to see HOW exactly samuris differ from ninjas. Do they handle chakra the same way? Do they have totally different abilities??? I give Kishi much props for adding this fine new twist in the LAND OF IRON!