Kishimoto Masashi - Naruto, ch. 330-344
Tue, Mar. 6th, 2007 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterNaruto! I was a little bored of late, but thankfully interesting things are happening again!
So, I didn't care all that much about Asuma, just because we didn't know that much about him. And I was sort of sad when he died, but not really. And then Kishimoto had Team 10 reminiscing, and there were moments like Asuma's funeral, the images of his face and the dead Sandaime's, and Kurenai standing there, silently, hand on her belly. (By the way, did we know she was pregnant before? Was this something I just completely forgot, as I am wont to do?)
Kishimoto's so good with the visual imagery and symbolism, from Shikamaru taking up Asuma's cigarettes to the craggy profiles of the Sarutobi men.
I love watching Shikamaru in action; there were quite a few "Eeee! So cool!" gasps from me when I was reading, starting from the many reveals about Shikamaru's shadow distractions to the vessel of blood (so cool!) to the final revelation that he had lured Insane Sadistic Guy out into his own family's forest, just so they could keep an eye on him. And then the cigarette slowly falling from his fingers as he buried the guy alive...
So very good.
And despite the endless power-ups that Naruto is getting, I still love him finally getting to impress Kakashi with his special whirlywhig thingy of DOOM. Awww! Kakashi is proud of him! And I love that even now, when people are advising Naruto as to how his water element can defeat Sasuke's fire element, Naruto is happy that his wind element will help Sasuke's fire.
Then... EEEEE! Sasuke goes after Orochimaru! Die, Orochimaru! Die! May your confusing face-shifting boring evil cackling slimy self never show up again to massively confuse those of us who already have a hard time keeping all the characters straight even without throwing in villains who can look like anyone!
Very excited to see what's going to happen next, although this does feel like the start of the final or penultimate Naruto arc.
So, I didn't care all that much about Asuma, just because we didn't know that much about him. And I was sort of sad when he died, but not really. And then Kishimoto had Team 10 reminiscing, and there were moments like Asuma's funeral, the images of his face and the dead Sandaime's, and Kurenai standing there, silently, hand on her belly. (By the way, did we know she was pregnant before? Was this something I just completely forgot, as I am wont to do?)
Kishimoto's so good with the visual imagery and symbolism, from Shikamaru taking up Asuma's cigarettes to the craggy profiles of the Sarutobi men.
I love watching Shikamaru in action; there were quite a few "Eeee! So cool!" gasps from me when I was reading, starting from the many reveals about Shikamaru's shadow distractions to the vessel of blood (so cool!) to the final revelation that he had lured Insane Sadistic Guy out into his own family's forest, just so they could keep an eye on him. And then the cigarette slowly falling from his fingers as he buried the guy alive...
So very good.
And despite the endless power-ups that Naruto is getting, I still love him finally getting to impress Kakashi with his special whirlywhig thingy of DOOM. Awww! Kakashi is proud of him! And I love that even now, when people are advising Naruto as to how his water element can defeat Sasuke's fire element, Naruto is happy that his wind element will help Sasuke's fire.
Then... EEEEE! Sasuke goes after Orochimaru! Die, Orochimaru! Die! May your confusing face-shifting boring evil cackling slimy self never show up again to massively confuse those of us who already have a hard time keeping all the characters straight even without throwing in villains who can look like anyone!
Very excited to see what's going to happen next, although this does feel like the start of the final or penultimate Naruto arc.
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Thu, Mar. 8th, 2007 03:06 am (UTC)The only thing that could have made more special Sasuke funnier was color, like in the anime. Hee.
Overall, it's just nice to feel like the story is going somewhere. :)
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Thu, Mar. 8th, 2007 07:23 pm (UTC)It is very good to feel like things are finally happening! Also, I'm glad that the extremely irritating villains who could not die have finally died. Or were buried alive, but, you know...