- Tobi isn't getting serious yet. He's just stalling for time while his Gedo completes the Juubi... however, he's still quite a force! His new weapon really makes him more threatening, although sticking to close combat against Naruto/Guy gives the good guys a fighting chance. I wonder if/when Tobi will start to use his Rinnegan, or if he'll ever run out of chakra.
- Naruto's Mini Bijuudama is a nice touch. I'd like to see it's power if it lands; probably still noticeably greater than a full-size Rasenshuriken. I wonder if he'll ever be able to throw it? Also, I wonder why he needed clones to make that one instead of simply using his Chakra Arms; he seems to be able to use them to overcome the "Looking Right and Left at the Same Time" drawback of Rasenshuriken, so why not for the Bijuudama power-balancing?
- For those disappointed in Naruto's performance, remember that he's doing what he usually does and is feeling out his opponent before coming up with a plan. Never underestimate Naruto's ability to learn from one failure and completely turn things around. Not to mention we aren't really sure how much chakra he has left (i.e, how many Chakra Mode clones he could potentially create to unleash his Big Play).
- Bee still isn't really taking part... you'd think he could either aim Bijuudama at the Mazou or revert to his human form and support with his lightning pencils / swordplay. He'd have added that much more epicness to this brawl.
- This is definitely the intro to the fight, giving Guy/Kakashi a chance to shine while Naruto and Tobi don't do much. It felt way too fast, but that just means that more chapters of fast-paced action are coming, and it'll be that much cooler when we can read them all in order.
- Tobi backed up his claim that Kamui won't work on him; as expected, Tobi's warping powers are similar to Kamui, and he can nullify it. Tobi = Obito folks are doubtlessly having a blast with that one. I wonder if it's similar to how Sasuke can put out Amaterasu's flames.
- All these floating rocks make the fight feel ridiculously DBZ. This manga has really crossed into a new threshold of Power Levels recently, with Madara's Mountain Slicer and Naruto deflecting Bijuudama with his bare hands.
