Naruto Chapter 397: Itachi really wanted to protect Sasuke

jhay — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:21:02 +0000

Mind-boggling! This is what I would describe Chapter 397: The Man Who Knows the Truth of the Naruto manga series.

Tobi who is also no other than the third Sharingan user, Uchiha Madara has started to reveal to Sasuke the whole truth about his older brother, the legendary Uchiha Itachi. According to Madara, Itachi’s goals were never really to gain power for his own selfish ends, but for a nobler and higher cause: “the protection of the shinobi world, Leaf village and most of all, his little brother Sasuke.”

Unfortunately, the path towards such goals was the tragic demise of the entire Uchiha clan and much of Sasuke’s suffering and pain. Is this the price for the protection of all things dear to Itachi as Madara claims?

But protection from what or whom? From Uchiha Madara of course. My guess is that Itachi knew of Madara’s plans to come back and conquer the shinobi world using the demon spirits and that he would use his own Uchiha clan, the Sharingan in particular, to do this. Itachi would not allow it, so he set out on his own path to gain more power so that in the end, he would be able to stop Madara from fulfilling his evil plans.

Itachi, however, failed but has prepared for this: keeping Sasuke alive and making sure he becomes stronger and more powerful. He even went as far as transferring all of his eye techniques to Sasuke just to give him more powers. That’s the reason Itachi didn’t kill Sasuke even though he could very well do it.

This stunning twist in the Naruto story is surely one for the record books. I haven’t heard of any other character who has risked so much, done something so sick and twisted just to protect the things and persons he valued so much. Uchiha Itachi is just one bad-ass ninja, and a genius similar to the likes of Darth Sidious from the Star Wars universe.

But what is the real truth about Itachi? Why did he had to go through so much just to fulfill his goal of protecting Sasuke? We’ll have to wait for some time because unfortunately, there would be no chapter release next week. But until then, we are left in awe of Itachi’s character.

Naruto Chapter 364: The Three Uchihas

jhay — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:50:19 +0000

It’s been a long while since I last wrote something about the awesome Naruto Manga series. The latest release, Chapter 364 entitled “The Target” answers a lot of the questions involving Akatsuki and the Uchiha clan.

The famed leader of the Akatsuki was once mistaken to be either the reincarnation of the Fourth Hokage who possessed the Sharingan. This however were proven wrong by the makers of Naruto and was admitted to be the result of a mishap in the clean-up of the manga scans last year.

Still, theories and assumptions about the identity of the Akatskui leader remained a hotly debated issue. As I’ve said nearly all questions were answered in Chapter 364. The leader of the Akatsuki is not the Fourth Hokage, however he does indeed possess the legendary Sharigan. What’s even more shocking and legendary is the the leader is none other than Madara Uchiha.

Who is Madara Uchiha? Well, no one really knows but looking back into the previous chapters especially the opening sequence of Naruto Shippuuden Anime series, the Kyuubi or the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox seems to know a lot about Uchiha Madara and the rest of the Uchiha clan.

Remember what the Kyuubi said to Sasuke when they met each other inside Naruto during a preview sequence in the very first episode of the Shippuuden series?

Kyuubi: I see, an Uchiha is it? Your growth is impressive. You can even see me inside Naruto. Such would be the power of your Sharingan, that cursed clan’s power.

Sasuke: Seems this isn’t the first time you’ve seen the Sharingan. If so, then you are [the] Kyuubi.

Kyuubi: Eyes with such power and chakra more sinister than my own… Just as Uchiha Madara was.

[Sasuke grabs the Kyuubi and dispereses it.]

Sasuke: And you expect me to know that person?

You heard it from the Kyuubi itself. The Uchiha clan and their Sharingan could become more powerful than even the great demon spirits. Perhaps this is the reason why as Chapter 364 reveals, an Uchiha, Uchiha Madara is the leader of the Akatsuki. He’s among the very few in the Naruto world who can control or influence the great demon spirits, the Kyuubi amongst them.

In this chapter, it’s also been revealed that there are more than 9 Akatsuki as originally impressed by the early chapters of the manga series. Now that Deidara and Tobi (?) are dead two new Akatsuki members make full appearances. A rose-wearing girl and Pain who looks a lot like the Fourth Hokage if you ask me.

This is the reason why that assumption came up in the first place. In the shadows, Pain and the Fourth Hokage resembled each other in silhouette. The appearance of Pain’s iris also fooled us into thinking that he too has the Sharingan. Now, things are more clear.

On the other hand, a certain part of the assumptions about the Akatsuki leader is true. That he indeed has the Sharingan, so therefore he is an Uchiha, not just any ordinary Uchiha, but the Uchiha Madara. Though I’m a bit confused because Uchiha Madara wears the same one-eyed swirled face mask as Tobi wears. We didn’t really see Tobi in action and it was shown he was killed along with Deidara in the latter’s final explosion jutsu. Hmm….possibilities are still open.

Now there are three Uchihas in the Naruto world; Uchiha Sasuke, his older brother Uchiha Itachi and their long not-so-lost relative; Uchiha Madara.

The manga series continues to be more and more exciting with each chapter. In the following chapters we will see more action, this time from Naruto’s side as they are now the targets of Pain and his female Akatsuki partner. I just can’t wait! Lastly, you can give this chapter a download via this link.

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Naruto Chapter 397: Itachi really wanted to protect Sasuke

Naruto Chapter 364: The Three Uchihas