The Third Way

Orochimaru back?

A common theme in manga/anime is that neither the "good" nor "evil" side is truly right.  In Gundam especially, that's typically how the series ends.  Naruto is appearing to reach a semblance of this, with Sasuke seeming to not desire to fight alongside Naruto's group or Madara's group.  Interestingly enough, this "third way" seems to involve Orochimaru, who we've seen be sealed within Itachi's Totsuka no Tsurugi.  Since Orochimaru's chakra was present in Anko, and is in Kabuto as well, I'm curious as to how Sasuke will encounter Orochimaru.  Even when we were shown the 1 little snake escaping from the Yamata no Orochi, that snake got burned by the Amaterasu wave later...so just how did Orochimaru survive, if indeed he did?

Snake's burned, bruh

Moving from that point to the rest of the chapter, we continue to experience Madara's arrogance.  This guy...rather than simply kill the Gokage, he decided that fighting them was a waste of time, and that he'd rather just seize the Kyuubi.  Maybe it's because they haven't been able to do anything to him, and yea, that's true, but...are you serious?  You kill your enemies.  Period.  So when Madara inevitably loses, I'm sure that it will be related to the fact that he didn't kill the Gokage when he had the chance.  Cocky fuck.

Suigetsu and Juugo continue to be a couple of the few characters who remember that they're in a ninja story. I remember hearing from other people that they should be pissed that Sasuke abandoned them...they knew what they were getting into at the Gokage Summit.  Why the hell would they be mad that Sasuke pursued...you know...THEIR GOAL (Danzou) instead of staying behind while they got captured?  It's suddenly his fault that they couldn't handle the battle?  The only person with a valid grief there is Karin, since...Sasuke kinda did this:

Stabbin Danzou, stabbin Karin at the SAME DAMN TIME

So yea, she can be mad.  Them other niggas need to just get over it (which they did).  I'm still curious about what is actually in the scroll, and hopefully we get to see that next chapter.


Then we get to Jesus Naruto, Kakashi, Guy, and Killer Bee fighting with Tobi.  How the hell can Naruto use Kyuubi mode again when he had supposedly exhausted himself deflecting...you know...FIVE FUCKING BIJUUDAMA.  I can't deal with Naruto sometimes...people bitch about Uchiha hax, but I think we've seen Naruto be exhausted for more than 1 chapter...maybe once.  I can't even remember seeing that shit.  But yea, that fight is still going on, and it's still mostly boring.  Now, it seems like Tobi is bored with it as well, and he might be summoning the Juubi?  I don't know if he's aware of what's going on with Madara, but him trying to use the bijuu power he has while Madara is showing up to take the Kyuubi might turn out TERRIBLY for everyone involved.

Basically though, the only thing I'm worried about is what Sasuke will do.  I want the Sasuke vs. Naruto fight to happen.  I want Sasuke vs. Madara to happen.  I dunno, I want everything that I've been promised, to happen, hahahaha....no more of this boring bullshit.  Bad enough that I got cheated out of my 7 Shinobi Swordsmen fights.