Massive spoiler comming up if you haven't read this chapter yet... duh

Finaly we get to see the answers to the cliffhanger that was left by chapter 355.

The guy behind Naruto appears to be Kabuto.
I didn't think of him at first, but after I reread chapter 260 to 300 (or so) yesterday, I suddenly wondered what happened to Kabuto after Sasuke killed him, since Kabuto is very loyal to Orochimaru.
Anyways it appears I have my answer now ^-^ even though I didn't expect him turning out to be *such *a freak!

Now that Orochimaru still has a way to survive I don't expect to much of it... at least not for now. Kabuto'll probably escape or they'll let him go and we probably won't hear from him again untill at the end or *after *this "sasuke-saga"

The guy after Sasuke was Tobi, with his companion Deidara flying around there too. I have no reason to doubt that they will be defeated (Maybe they'll survive but I don't believe that they'll be victorious). I think everyone is with me on this one or does anybody think otherwise ??

Well I hope to see some more of Tobi during the fight. We all know Deidara is the eat clay-make bird-launch bird-explode bird - kinda guy. But I don't know (or remember) much of Tobi's fighting style, that is if he has one.

There might even be another female ninja vs female ninja battle coming up soon 😀 If Sakura's dog realises where that sent came from (hebi's female ninja, forgot her name ^-^').

Ow yeah, nearly forgot about Kabuto's present!
And what a present it is !! Akatsuki information! Everything depends offcourse about how much Orochimaru knew about Akatsuki... but hopefuly we'll at least get to know the names of all Akatsuki members soon.
The hot "Akatsuki leader is the fourth hokage"- theory might come to an end pretty soon 😀

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Ow yeah, nearly forgot about Kabuto's present!
And what a present it is !! Akatsuki information! Everything depends offcourse about how much Orochimaru knew about Akatsuki... but hopefuly we'll at least get to know the names of all Akatsuki members soon.
The hot "Akatsuki leader is the fourth hokage"- theory might come to an end pretty soon 😀

and maybe we get to know if that hana akatsuki member is really a girl >_>

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i dont think Naruto will let Kabuto go that easily. On the other hand, Sasuke will BLOW those akasuki away(that's what i hope 🤣 )

Any others possibilities?

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i dont think Naruto will let Kabuto go that easily. On the other hand, Sasuke will BLOW those akasuki away(that's what i hope 🤣 )

Any others possibilities?

Yeah they will defenitly try to stop Kabuto now that he's carrying Orochimaru in him (or whatever) but Kabuto has proven himself more then once to be perfectly capable of getting away.
(Easy solution is when he does the short handseal and disappears in smoke)

Yeah Sasuke should own those akatsuki members but I can't help but get the feeling that there's something extra in store for us.
Sasuke's strong, but probably not as strong as we think him to be. Hmm anything could happen; anyway I just hope they don't spend too much chapters at the fight. I'd still like to see an end to the story this lifetime offcourse 😀

lol i hope we do find out some information about akatsuki from the data orochimaru collected. its pretty safe to say itll be comprehensive and accurate seeing as how he was actually a part of the organization for a while. however we prolly wont see it until after this arc when they get back to konoha and someone like kakashi or jiraya/tsunade gets a chance to look at it and explain it to us...also im still calling the leader "crazy eyes". even after we find out his real name adn what he looks like ><

kabuto vs. naruto/hina/yamato : not sure about this, id say its 50/50 on whether they go at it or not. naruto may see him as a threat still or may want revenge for "seducing" (lol) sasuke. however i can also see him letting kabuto go or kabuto escaping w/o a fight.../shrug

sasuke vs. deidara/tobi : id say sasuke will win this fight but since theres two he may have some trouble. id say 90% he wins:

1. he easily killed orochimaru which akatsuki had trouble dealing with.
2. the 2 man cell of itachi and kisame were afraid of fighting jiraiya (sannin) head on and orochimaru is also one of the sannin and id say itachi+kisame > tobi+deidara and 1v1 orochimaru > jiraiya (prolly)...therefore by substitution or whatever that rule is called, sasuke>orochimaru>jiraiya>itachi+kisame>tobi+deidara
3. deidara is pretty useless >< (from what weve seen) >>> couldnt beat gaara, kakashi, naruto head on (before someone calls me on this he attacked the village in order to beat gaara, before that gaara was pretty much owning him)

however we dont know what tobi's powers are yet so there is always the possiblity that behind that sillyness of his lies some crazy beast lol plus there are 2 of them and even though deidara appears useless, he may actually have some tricks up his sleeve (ex: something special about that camera eye of his >>> make a clay copy from a picture and have it fight 😕 )

as for tobi, it would be pretty interesting if he actually was Obito lol, would prolly make it hard for sasuke to fight him since he also would have a sharingan in his right eye...would also totally mess with kakashi's head lol ><

as for future developments, i think it would be cool if gaara came back sometime during this arc (like he did when he saved rock lee) after some training since he wont be able to use the two-tails (or was it one?) anymore... for example, he learns how to control the iron sand now O.o

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I dont think Tobi is Obito 'cause their personalities are a little different, but it'd be pretty interesting if he is.

I can say that Kabuto will probably running away afterwards (70% that's it 😃 )

The two atkisuki CANT do anything against Sasuke(unless Deidara or Tobi have some triump cards, not to mention that Tobi's abilities is still unknown 😕 )

Then again, like the last chapter, some things unexpected will happen. 😀

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2. the 2 man cell of itachi and kisame were afraid of fighting jiraiya (sannin) head on and orochimaru is also one of the sannin and id say itachi+kisame > tobi+deidara and 1v1 orochimaru > jiraiya (prolly)...therefore by substitution or whatever that rule is called, sasuke>orochimaru>jiraiya>itachi+kisame>tobi+deidara

as for future developments, i think it would be cool if gaara came back sometime during this arc (like he did when he saved rock lee) after some training since he wont be able to use the two-tails (or was it one?) anymore... for example, he learns how to control the iron sand now O.o

Keep in mind that Orochimaru was weaker than Itachi, hence his fear of him, which led to him recruiting Sasuke.

Shukaku was the one tailed beast.

I dunno what to put here at all...

true that itachi is stronger than orochimaru, just meant that they were warry of fighting him because even though they were stronger than him, they would not come out of the fight unharmed (itachi would prolly have had to use the mangekyo which is dangerous)
ty for the shukaku info, couldnt remember if it was one or two ><

lol and yah im waiting for the plot twist to come like someone from hebi finds kabuto/naruto team

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didnt you just see Sakura and Karen cross-by each other? 🤢

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didnt you just see Sakura and Karen cross-by each other? 🤢

Yeah Karen that was her name 🙂 I wonder if the author is gonna leave it with that or is actually gonna do something with it.

Anyway the fact that Sasuke defeated Orochimaru isn't that impressive if you think about it. Orochimaru had his techniques sealed away what made him as strong or perhaps even weaker than Jiraya (Jiraya fought him at par with Tsunade but he was poisened and couldn't use his techniques properly as well).
Not to mention that when Sasuke killed him, Orochimaru had already decayed to a level far below any Sannin's.

The fight of Sasuke versus Orochimaru had only proven (at least for me) that the Sharingan is a fearsome bloodline, since it could easily see through Orochimaru's ultimate (body switching) technique.

The only thing that proves Sasuke's strenght are the chapters where Yamato, Naruto, Sai & Sakure were impressed of Sasuka's abilities.
When you could easily kill a jounin and some though kids like yourself in a whim, ... you are strong.
Defeating a sannin that had both arms paralysed, no ninjutsu, and was in a highly weakened state isn't such an impressive accomplishment I think.

Besides, Orochimaru probably let Sasuke defeat him. Because Orochimaru believed that his technique would be succesfull so that his death would only be the last requirement for the body swithing. Unfortunatly for Oro~ that failed...
I'm not to sure about this but this could be atleast partially true.

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Anyway the fact that Sasuke defeated Orochimaru isn't that impressive if you think about it. Orochimaru had his techniques sealed away what made him as strong or perhaps even weaker than Jiraya (Jiraya fought him at par with Tsunade but he was poisened and couldn't use his techniques properly as well).
Not to mention that when Sasuke killed him, Orochimaru had already decayed to a level far below any Sannin's.

Defeating a sannin that has both arms paralysed and is in a highly weakened state isn't such an impressive accomplishment I think.

he had both of his arms, remember that before the kakashi gaiden, right before sasuke reached him, he had to switch to another body (remember the tournament kabuto held?) this is the reason why he had to wait 3 yrs before he could try to take over sasuke or else he could have just done it right then and there and not have to trouble himself with teaching him anything. this means that he had access to all his jutsu and that sasuke still beat him while he was at his best

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Yeah Karen that was her name 🙂 I wonder if the author is gonna leave it with that or is actually gonna do something with it.

LOL. It looks like the girls' fight for Sasuke will be even funnier-this time with Karen 🤢 😀

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Can't help to think the battle between sakura and the other girl will turn out wrong.... Ehm love triangle and more talk less fightyaawn

I'm pretty sure that Kabuto will run.
-Though he has fused with Orochimaru's soul, he still hasn't mastered his powers. Kabuto isn't the reckless type of person. He'll wait till he reaches his full power before doing anything flashy.
-Kabuto is primarily a medical ninja, not a fighter type.
-No matter who you are, you don't start fighting with a semi-legendary jounin, the nine-tails and a ninja about who you know pretty much nothing. (He has seen her as a rookie ninja on the exam, but as far as I know not in the following years. Come to think of it, neither did we.)

Sasuke will win the battle unless some unknown backup shows up, but thus far there have been no signs indicating something like that, so it seems unlikely to me.

On a side note, what about Juugo and the water dude (whatever his name is)?
Who will they fight? I think that it's very much possible that one of them will encounter Kabuto after he's made his escape and they will go at it for a while, but both will survive. The other will finish whatever they were there for. (sorry, my short time memory is failing me again, can anyone tell me?)

As for Karen, if she fights it will probably be with Sakura.

wouldnt it be funny if sakura and karen became friends (like they meet at a ramen stand) but they dont know theyre enemies (and rivals) yet?

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