This chapter was just brilliant, it's been a while since I have been able to say that, but as always Madara makes his appearance count and makes Naruto become interesting and exciting once again. What with the way the chapter started, I thought this was just going to wrap up Sasuke and Itachi, but instead it went off course pretty quickly in to the chapter. While I am on the subject of Itachi and Sasuke, I just want to quickly go over it.
Now before anyone accuses me of bashing Itachi or being one of his haters, I should say that Itachi has been in my top 3 characters in the series ever since his debut, but of late he is beginning to get on my nerves.
The way he just basically refuses to try and help Sasuke and instead says he will leave it to Naruto is just such a dick move on his part. I understand he probably thinks that since he should have never come back from the dead, he should try and leave things as they were, but come on, he has seen how Sasuke has turned out, and yet he won't do a thing about it himself.
For all the things Sasuke has done and been criticised for (right back to when he first alligned himself with Orochimaru), people often forget that it was down to Itachi (and Danzo of course who forced through the whole thing) why he became so dark and his mind so twisted and filled with rage. I was actually glad Sasuke called Itachi out on it in this chapter, because he is right with what he is saying, and to me it just seems like Itachi knows he did wrong, but refuses to try and put anything right, instead just leaving it up to Naruto to do the work for him.
I also disliked how he said a couple of times about how he had no bonds or ties to the world anymore. I mean come on, really? You're just going to stand there and say that in front of your little brother who idolises you and who would probably do anything for you? That was a huge dick move on Itachi's part too, it was such a cold and heartless thing to say. And despite his claims, I think that Itachi would definitely be able to help / change Sasuke, and that he wouldn't need Naruto at all. While of course Naruto now has been all but confirmed to be the one to change him, I see no reason why the person Sasuke loves and respects more than anyone else in the world wouldn't be able to, and I just see it as Itachi trying to dodge his responsibility.
Anyway, enough of my mini rant about Itachi.
The Madara stuff in this chapter was just epic. I was surprised the Kage were able to deal with the clones, but damn, Madara has become serious at long last and now things are about to get interesting. A perfect form of Susanoo? Yes please! I don't know what makes it perfect (and by essence makes the others imperfect), but I honestly can't wait to see just what it's capable of, and how on earth anyone is going to be able to stop a serious and pissed off Madara Uchiha.
That's what I like about Madara, his strength is just off the charts insane and he is not afraid to show off that power. Whenever he is involved, the chapter becomes amazing. Of course the 5 Kage deserve credit too because they have been pulling off some awesome moves as well and have kept things interesting, but the other thing I like about the Madara chapters is the unpredictable nature of them. Nobody would have guessed about there being a perfect Susanoo, and who could have guessed that it would end up being Onoki giving Madara the most trouble, and even being the person Madara has singled out as the person he needs to take out first?
I can't see anyone being unhappy about this chapter, the 5 Kage vs Madara fight continues to get better and better and is a welcome change of pace from the recent Itachi, Sasuke and Kabuto stuff, and we have almost seen the end of the Itachi and Sasuke business (although it wouldn't surprise me if Sasuke ended up attacking Itachi so that he can't stop Edo Tensei, but that's a different matter). Overall a fantastic chapter that more than makes up for the lack of quality of the past few, and has left me once again desperately wanting to see what happens next.
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