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How befitting of Naruto to refute his evil self’s claim about being the true him by saying he’s no shadow clone of his. It was almost idiotic in a way, but I got a good chuckle out of how Naruto-like that moment was. Anyway, not a whole lot happened this chapter outside of the revelation that everything happening was in Naruto’s mind. Yes, it was an attempt to overcome the evil within him, but given how it’s been shown that Bee didn’t try to conquer his inner Jinchuuriki and became friends with it instead, I suspect that Naruto will have to do something similar in the end. I more or less see this as a life lesson on how one should to accept your inner deficiencies and handle them accordingly, rather than outright denying them. “Before you can ever hope to resolve the conflict in this world, you must first overcome the one within yourself.” (…something along those lines.) Due to that train of thought, it’ll be interesting to learn exactly how Bee ended up getting along with the eight-tails so well, especially when it’s been foreshadowed that it wasn’t easy. I don’t doubt that Naruto will eventually be able to do the same, so I can already picture him calling on the nine-tails and having it willingly back him up. A calm and composed Naruto in Kyuubi form would be pretty awesome to see.
reminds me of ichigo’s training to subdue hollow ichigo
looks like your evil self:check
high level of power:check
inside his mind:check
wants to control you:check
wants to destroy everything:check
and smarter than him:check
yep, really the same…
well .. its not like bleach invented this “evil self in ur mind” thing….
i don’t see him going into kyubie mode exactly probably some new mode if i had to take a guess
looks like someone plated persona 4
My thoughts exactly!
Is that in reference to the statement I made in my post? If so, I actually haven’t played Persona 4.
btw.. what happend w/ super SF4? did you get it? is it worth for a party game? 😀
Yeah, I picked up a copy on the release date and have been playing it now and then. I only found out recently that Fujimura Ayumi plays Ibuki too. For $45, it’s a worthwhile pick-up if you’re into fighting games, and it’s even better if you don’t own a copy of SFIV. I have yet to get my hands on the anime though.
well.. i’ll be looking forward to the anime blog!
meanwhile, i’ll get it next month or so. i’ve been looking forward and saving money for another game, Alpha Protocol. it’s RPG-Espionage hybrid and gameplay seems cool. i know you like FF, but if you also like MGS or splinter cell, you may like it.. ^^
Heh…
I actually made a Persona 4 parody of this on the last chapter post. And now everybody is mentioning it or saying things about stop the comparison.
@RyougaZell
heh…. ur smart. the credit’s yours. XD
I want to see the full Nine-Tails Naruto form.
That’d just be like Bee’s Version 2-style release with an extra tail. So it’d be Naruto’s 8-Tails form with another tail. I just wanna see the Kyubi in the real world, kicking names and taking Sasukes.
I was expecting better chapter (and OP) considering the break
Also reminds me of a star wars training method.
I think that it might be better if Evil Naruto was in fact the real Naruto, since he has a reason to be evil and would rid the rest of the manga from all this “Just like me” analogy. He should learn that quality matters not quantity.
When he finally gets his kyubii powers, I am hoping for a nature/kyubii chakara fusion attack. That would be so sick.
Persona 4. XD
PE-RU-SO-NA!
Thou art I, and I am thou….
reminds me of an episode of samurai jack in which coincidentally( perhaps ironically) jack beat his inner evil by willing it out of exsistence so they could really go either way with this nd get away with it !
Stop comparing it to Persona 4. Honestly, how old are you kids? This is one of the oldest cliches in the book.
relax, uncle. well, no one’s saying that the creators of Persona 4 invented this type of storyline. It just reminded a lot of people of Persona 4 due to the “face your inner self, accept who you are” thing and the alter-egos, which is one of the main themes of the game… and they’re just voicing it out. relax. your teeth’s falling. =)
wahahahahahaha!!!! hi there, old man! XD
Naruto should have more pride than he has now.. heck, he’s daddy’s the 4th!
Oh.. and stop it w/ the Persona 4…. If someone mentions it again i’m gonna kick his ass!
I just realized I have to kick my own ass… T_T
the guy ran out of ideas so he steal bleach’s idea rofl
Steal bleach’s idea? Battle with your inner-self? WHAT? That’s as cliche as it gets, battling your inner demons that is. As much as the never-ending crappy filler in the TV Show did ruin it for me, the manga has been more consistent than Bleach can claims to be.
I prefer bleach fillers than naruto fillers, at least bleach has a plot while naruto just do random jobs for people
Thanks for covering this….your the best Divine!!!!!! by the way what’s your real name?
I don’t get why these shonen heroes always have to get special training to control their innerselfs it just shows how weak they are. I would totally let my innerself go wild under a few simple conditions, like:
– don’t kill the family/loved ones
– you can kill about 5/10 people a week, weekends not incl.
– [insert condition in accordence with your life]
wanna bet bleach and naruto would have ended 200 chapters ago?
Usually I really like the training in Naruto. It works like a good kung-fu movie:
1- Here is a tedious or frustrating task requiring you to use skills you’re not very good with. You’ll fail, a lot.
2- Now that you’re comfortable with that basic task, here is a more complex version of the task you were performing earlier.
3- Now that you’ve mastered both of those, here is how you apply them into your New Ultimate Killer Move.
But this just isn’t clicking with me right now. Hopefully it improves.