SHIPPUDEN Episodes 209-211 (Early Uncut Access)

Good riddance.

Itz A Dolphin

He's not Tobi anymore, he is Madara

Drew Priest

The moment my pacifist, not-a-death-advocate nature goes out the window : when Itachi's name is in Danzo's mouth and the smug bastard keeps going on about "greater good" BS😑 I am alllll for vengeance at that point!

Maria Adela🇦🇷

I agree with you about Karin, she was done dirty

Elizabeth Foust

Such a manly episode. Shed real tears.

Ryan D

A lot of people miss that detail of the scene with the ying/yang and the purpose of the last scene of Konoha, Danzo was the darkness, like a mafia mob using shitty methods and fucked up decisions but the whole purpose was to defend Konoha with Hiruzen being the light... both of them combined is what made konoha see peace for a long time. I don't feel bad for danzo but I understand him. He is a human who did a lot of mistakes and the result of that he didn't achieve his dream but made the right choice in the end hoping to kill the two threads of Konoha.

RadicalMehdi

bruh i swear for a second i thougth you were going to cry at the end of the episode and you just danced your emotions away 😂

hoobity

I like how people forgotten that danzo is responsible for most of the problems that happened in the whole show lol he doesn't deserve sympathy.

Alex

Calling me "insufferable" makes you looks pathetic bro. 😂 You are genuinely hurt by someone or some reason. Please make yourself positive before you reply to anyone 😂. Your point makes no sense. Comparing a game with an anime which has many grey moments obviously is childish. Considering just games where the characters "emotion" play any role makes no sense. You are simply comparing the roles characters play and none of their "emotions" or "mental state". Literally, madara could not have done a single thing without obito. Obito can't have done anything without Akatsuki. But both of them were ready to sacrifice their entire squad to accomplish their goals. Both Madara and obito were ready to use nagato as a scapegoat to revive Madara. All of the uchiha villains driven by rage (after MS or EMS) were almost only concerned about themselves and their goals. This was the case even among themselves. They both despite having something in common, never trusted each other completely. They both knew that the other would someday or some way betray the other. I don't know whether you watched a different show or something. Both obito and Madara when they awakened their MS and EMS respectively, slaughtered the entire squad of enemies without any thinking, even though Madara failed. He lost track of his primary goal after izuna's passing, and was only focused on seeking revenge. Even during battle his power was driven by his goal to avenge izuna. Obito literally could have questioned just one of the hidden mist ninja to find what exactly happened, but he never did. He blindly trusted Zetsu and just slaughtered everyone ninja there. It was hinted at many places that uchihas rage makes them lose their rational ability to think. The only exception was Itachi, who would have ended up in a similar way if not for shisui's last words which kept him at a normal state. The other was Madara who was influenced by hashirama. Sasuke had not a single person who he can trust completely. Sasuke did the same thing. He literally is seeing the guy who was the main reason for the extinction of his entire family and clan, and the reason for Itachi's passing who was the only person who loved Sasuke the most. That literally is his top priority. So, he did not give a shit about Karin. Obito was ready to unalive a newborn baby and both his parental figures for the sake of his goals. They all made bad decisions but they all were driven by hatred and rage. Better rethink what you say, and make some valid comparison before scouting something childish.

Abinamikaze

💯✅

Dilanjana Wijewardena

Danzo'story is so sad, he existed as the black ops for the leaf you might not like it but they needed to exist

Edward Lee

Danzo is Donezo.

Mune Yotsuki

"Can Sasuke win this one please?" - Flexie. Incredibly true. Sasuke's fights: - Sasuke killed Orochimaru, who was so sick that it hurt even to sit on the bed. - Sasuke vs Deidara -> Sasuke had the advantage, because his lightning was literally the weakness of Deidara's abilities, but it didn't kill him anyway. Deidara killed himself with an explosion. - Sasuke vs Killer Bee -> Killer Bee treated him like nothing and if it weren't for the others, Sasuke would be dead. - Sasuke vs Raikage -> Gaara saved him. Yes, Raikage would probably die too because of the black flames, but he would take Sasuke with him. - Sasuke vs Mizukage and Tsukikage -> Tobi had to save him in the last seconds and send Karin to his dimension to heal him. Sasuke vs Danzo -> Tobi was the first to take care of Danzo's security. If they had fought alongside Danzo against Sasuke, the outcome of the fight would probably be clear. Then Karin had to warn him when Danzo attacked Sasuke from behind (if it weren't for Karin, he'd be dead). Then Karin had to heal him. Danzo was saving the eye ability from Shisue (manipulation/control) for Madara. If he hadn't been there and had only fought Sasuke, he could have used it and it would have been taken care of. And when Danzo turned himself into a bomb at the end, Sasuke didn't know what was happening and Madara had to tell him to get away from him. If you take it fight by fight, Sasuke didn't really do much. Either the others saved him or the hero twist/plot twist or simply the plot arranges so that the character doesn't die/lose.

Dominik.acham

If Danzo hadn't killed himself, Tobi (Madara) would have taken Shisui's eye, whose sharingan has the power to manipulate people like Danzo did at the 5 Kage meeting. Can you imagine what someone like Madara would have done with that?

Dominik.acham

To be clear Flexie, I was very much joking about the panic attack (I just love pointing out anything that fits in with my NaruSasu headcanon lol), I totally agree it’s a really accurate depiction of a panic attack and really appreciate you sharing your own story as well!

Daniel Lee

I think it's so sad how many react to Karin. Sure, she's annoying but so are many characters in Anime. Karin is visually shown wearing SO MANY SCARS and the only one she wants to use her ability for is Sasuke, and she lets us know that a lot. For me when I saw the series so many years ago she felt, sad... Broken and used, her trauma turned into something as she felt "joy" from being useful to Sasuke. Kishimoto is in my eyes one of those that wanted to "fix" something that we view as bad or sad. Showing beauty in friends when you have no one else. Showing that even if I have a curse I'm not worthy of my own peace, such things and I don't think he created Karin to just be the one thing we see, we have to dig deeper just as with any of the other characters. (Just found out that her backstory's a filler arc.) That's at least how I look at it and I don't want to come here with disrespect to anyone else's feelings!

Bumbibullen

You almost cry for danzo and you know it 😂, I think he took the wrong path but maybe he really love the village and his friend, Sarutobi

Alfredo Santos

Y this shit got deleted 🤣 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRBURzde45z6mMQ0VBGx54KK_Pt_AOi1ZwnbOHUF2_6pGFZAUvFyqMrfrY&s=10 Legendary meme I’ve been seeing for 10+ yrs

Gyt

Danzo existence is due to Hiruzen failure and incompetence. I don't why people like Hiruzen so much

Saif

I felt every bit of hatred for Danzo the first time watching shippuden. And yea I agree fuck them for trying to make me care about him.

Alex Ramgoonai

Could you stop with the childish😂smileys? It doesn't make your arguments any better, you only seem like an insufferable person due to this. Yes, the comparison with video games is correct in this case because it is accurate. You can't run a dungeon without your healer. Similarly, Sasuke couldn't have done anything without his healer. He couldn't have fought the 8-Tails without Karin. In this case the 8-Tails is the raid boss and without Karin it would've been impossible for Sasuke to win. It is exactly the same thing. What is there to laugh about? How about attacking the argument directly instead of being childishly pedantic? Gaara went rampage because that basically was his mission. He was ordered to do so and a ninja fulfills his mission. Seek the blame with the people who gave him said mission. Also, Gaara during OG Naruto literally was a child while Sasuke is roughly 16 years old during this arc. Not comparable in the slightest. But it's funny how Sasuke tells Gaara that his darkness is far greater in comparison to Gaaras darkness without even knowing anything about what Gaara went through in his childhood. "I had the worst childhood! All of you couldn't even compare!" So egotistical... Naruto during his fight with Pain *LITERALLY* lost control of himself. That's not even something which could potentially happen to Sasuke. He was in full control of his body & actions which is proven by him taunting Karin after attempting to kill her. It wasn't Naruto who fought Pain in that form. It was the Ninetails himself...or rather, herself, I guess. "They both never gave a shit about their allies or surroundings in that form." I mean, kinda true, but the comparison really lacks in the details. Especially once you consider that Gaara grew up afterwards while Sasuke still behaves like a child. It actually makes Sasuke look even worse. And again, your comparison to Naruto is just incredibly dishonest and deep down you know this. Ninetails Naruto above 3 tails isn't Naruto taking action and even with 3 tails it *barely* is Naruto. It's the Ninetails herself. "Its a similar case for Sasuke even though it's not upto the extreme as Naruto 4 tails or Gaara in OG Naruto." Gaara literally gave up control over his body for his *mission*. Sure, he did so willingly, but he *literally* wasn't in control anymore the more he let Shikaku take control. This is what he was ordered to do. Sasuke wasn't ordered by anyone to do this. In fact, this goes against what Itachi wanted which is to preserve peace. Your arguments actually make Sasuke look worse by comparison. Sasuke learns that Itachis did everything he could to maintain peace and his reaction is to...basically try to destroy his brothers life goal. Yep, this is totally comparable to Gaara acting out his mission. 4 Tails Naruto LITERALLY *WASN'T* Naruto. It was the Ninetails controlling Narutos body. Your equation makes no sense in that regard. Sasuke is in full control of his body during all of the actions he performs during this arc. Your defense of Sasuke actually makes him look like an egotistical child very similar to Danzo. You do a pretty poor job at that but hey. At least you put up arguments against Sasuke which I myself haven't even realized up until now.👌🏻 "That does mean they are unlikable." To Sasuke haters (which funnily enough I am generally not included within) Sasuke being an idiot is what makes him unlikable during this arc. Him being coldhearted is actually not the reason because that evolution is understandable to most people. Him being idiotic is because it's hard for people to sympathize with dumbasses of this magnitude. "Looks like you just hate him, and pointing out some silly reasons" I hate him during this arc, because he objectively speaking is an idiot with no reason as to why. He was acting rationally up until this point in the story, even in states in which he was highly emotional. Even previously during the 8-Tails fight he showcased a lot of care for his team and he knew that he wouldn't have survived this without Karin. If he learned nothing from that fight why does it even exist? Just to make him more irredeemable? At that point it almost becomes a canon filler fight...at least a very entertaining one. Well, contrary to what you think, I like Sasuke outside of this arc. But this arc should've been written differently while keeping the outcomes the same. And I am far from the only one who thinks this, there are tons of people online who voice their particular displeasure with this arc and it's probably the main reason why people think Naruto dropped of in quality after the Pain arc. I mean...this and all the filler garbage we will get to during the infamous 3-letter-arc...

Lighto San

Aye, especially after Sasuke tried to kill the 8-Tails. That guy is an objectively big danger at this point and it's why Narutos mindset just doesn't work. It's a nice fictional mindset to escape reality but realistically speaking letting Sasuke live is an insanely big danger to every person in this world. It's why we don't let criminals in reality roam the streets even through their actions probably have root in sympathetic circumstances.

Lighto San

Danzo gets more hate than he deserves. While he’s extreme, Hiruzen's passivity meant he needed someone like Danzo to take action

JMAC

Danzo was unlikeable but let’s be fair, the leaf village as it is, stands because of him. He implemented safety measures. He was able to find and manipulate a young uchiha ( itachi) and plant him as a spy to keep tabs on the most powerful clan in the village, in case of potential threats. A clan who could have been behind the Nine-tails incident because of their ability to be able control the nine tails with sharingan. Hiruzen found out about the coup, tried diplomacy but in madara’s own words “ time was running out .” Zo Danzo stepped in and did the dirty work. Had he not, countless of civilians would have died, invaders and potentially a new ninja war would have occurred. Hiruzen’s soft heart just wasn’t enough. Him letting orochimaru live, just for him to come back to destroy the village is proof of that. He folded and sacrificed neji’s father for a peace treaty the cloud village broke. Then Tsunade was chosen as Hokage with the same ideals. She lets Naruto (the biggest military asset) roam free outside the village risking him getting captured by the akatsuki and weakening the leaf’s power. She doesn’t dispatch ninja to take care of her rogue ninja (Sasuke) like Danzo tried with sai, because of favouritism. Which led to sasuke abducting and almost killing another village’s jinchuriki. Which could have caused another conflict. Can you really blame Danzo for disliking them and using crude methods to ensure the safety of the leaf?

datbroda

Hiruzen's inability to make the difficult dark decisions during his stint as hokage is what made Danzo and the root necessary. Danzo was forced to bear all of the villages darkness while Hiruzen never bore any of it. Hiruzen was never able to make the difficult choices to protect the village like when he let Orochimaru go and we saw how that came to bring so much harm back to the leaf village. I think there's a lot of nuance between the relationship of Danze and Hiruzen, they were both two sides of the same coin. All the hidden villages have these dark sides that commit pretty terrible things for the sake of the village. Hiruzen was completely aware of what Danzo did and never did anything about it because deep down while he maybe didn't like it he felt that it was neccesary to protect the leaf.

Ian Duran

Damn Flexie, harsh on our boy Danzo lol Sasuke is just as much of a PoS as he is lol

Christopher Velasquez

Danzo stuck to the old ways a bit too much and protected the leaf from the shadows along with Hiruzen who you can say protected from the light. There was balance there, Danzo I would say is more akin to an actual Ninja. He indeed in his own way to protect he hidden Leaf went too far, and eventually needed to be taken out, but I wish it wasn't by Sasuke and I wish Danzo could have finished him here tbh lol. I liked Danzo's character as a bad guy but down deep his intentions were good

Christopher Velasquez

I agree, Danzo did some messed up stuff but he was akin to a real ninja working from the shadows and beyond secretive

Christopher Velasquez

I will miss Danzo, he def did some bad things, but he cared for the village and protected it from the shadows, which is actually more ninja like than anything lol. I was actually routing for Danzo in this fight.

Christopher Velasquez

100% that is why I said this is probably one of the few times I am actually with Danzo on this.

Christopher Velasquez

Not gonna lie this is probably the only time i was Routing for Danzo lol

Christopher Velasquez

You’re not wrong! I forget about the first arc a lot lol. It’s my least favorite in shipuuden, watching with you was the first time in years that I even rewatched it lol. I think what I dislike with him is his use of the curse mark however. Not to mention he only survived due to that reverse summoning and sacrificing Orochimarus pet. I think had he had the curse mark during the Killer Bee fight that would have also went a lot different too. But Naruto gets help with his spirit fox so, it’s only fair at the end of the day.

YokoShima

Hmm, didn’t he win against Deidarra? Tobi was there but didn’t do anything to help. Am I remembering correctly?

Jessica McCann

** and sure he would have died so many times without the help of several people. Madara and zetsu literally coming in clutch lol but for own personal gain. Sasukes being used without realizing it. And yeah if they weren’t there then goodbye Sasuke. That’s the choice he made and he would have had to live and die with it. it’s wild how he charged into that room with all those Kage’s. But I can understand being so vengeful, and blind with 1 goal, and that goal being at your finger tips. A lot of times in those moments of desperation there is a sense of over confidence- blood thirst, and wild abandonment. My favorite part? “One down, brother”

Jessica McCann

Well, I use these words because I think that's how most people who hate on Sasuke view him during this arc. Because after this arc released the Sasuke hate group certainly grew by a lot. Also, it is how he is acting during this arc. His decisions are stupid and would've gotten him killed multiple times without Karin healing him or without the 5 Kage being dumb for no reason. The ironic thing is that if Sasukes "Karin, you are a burden"-moment came during the 8-Tails fight Sasuke would've been dead by this point. That's why most people who hate him view him this way. Personally, I only hate him during this arc and I think Kishimoto went way to overboard with it. And I think it's again, one of the reasons why many people think Naruto dropped off after the Pain arc.

Lighto San

You use words like “idiotic” and “stupid” when thinking about how far he went here. But I would say…. “Vengeance”, “anger”, “blind with self righteousness” and perhaps even “blatant disregard” :) this arc hasn’t changed my feelings towards him and during a rewatch for a lot of people, I hope they gain something from it or are able to look at it from a different perspective. Or at least try to understand others perspectives on it

Jessica McCann

Rolling on something? Hopefully Danzo’s body.

henuhre

I also don't think someones opinions can be wrong, but the thing is that a justification for him acting stupid doesn't suddenly mean that he isn't acting stupid anymore. I think even Kishimoto himself wanted people to think of Sasuke as acting irrationally and idiotic due to his emotional backstory. The problem is just that he went overboard with it. Saying that Sasuke isn't acting idiotic during this arc is not really an opinion, it's basically just incorrect (and I don't mean that in an offensive way). Because again, the emotional justification doesn't mean that the actions are suddenly less idiotic. Throwing your healer away like that *is* stupid and most people instinctively know this. People can come up with justifications for this stuff but the justifications don't change the fact that his actions were constantly stupid during this arc. For example, if the 5 Kage didn't do the dumb thing in splitting up he would've been dead right there with all 5 of them fighting him at once. People can form opinions about that and think about why he did that and so on, but the fact of the matter is that he is only alive because he got insanely lucky and because his team supported him even through his stupid irrational decisions. And I personally think it's this arc which destroyed Sasuke for many many people (because he does have a lot of haters...not me included, funnily enough).

Lighto San

You are simply raging on him 😂. And you are comparing a video game as an analogy 😂. This is similar to how Gaara went rampage, or Naruto goes into rampage against pain. They both never gave a shit about their allies or surroundings in that form. It was because rage overtook them. Its a similar case for Sasuke even though it's not upto the extreme as Naruto 4 tails or Gaara in OG Naruto. That does mean they are unlikable. Looks like you just hate him, and pointing out some silly reasons😂

Abinamikaze

He was not rational or level headed anymore. His hatred literally made him into psychopath in this battle. So, saving none was his priority. His top priority was revenge, and he was not worried about losing her for the sake of it. This literally was also done by Madara. He was ready to go to any extreme to avenge his brother or cast IT.

Abinamikaze

Fair point flexie!

victoria t

I don’t think just because someone has a different opinion makes them wrong. It depends on how black and white we wanna talk about it. I feel like there’s a lot of grey area when it comes to characters like this and you have to take their entire life experiences into consideration and understand their motives before passing such harsh judgement. I think it’s a surprising thing to see him take this turn the same way I was surprised to see Naruto mastering sage mode and meditating lol I think that’s the point. As Naruto moves more into connecting with himself, his beast, and chakra control, Sasuke falls further into the dark. You see this a lot in media. Star Wars for example is an easy one to point out. BUT I love how with Sasuke you can literally see the line of events that led him here. If you go back to any point in Sasukes journey you can see how he would end up at this point. There was always a small opportunity for him to change and chose differently but he chose this sadly… it’s a great show of how our choices matter and If we have a Naruto, we need a Sasuke. 💔

Jessica McCann

I would agree but Kishimoto went completely overboard with it during this arc. Sasuke up until this point has been a smart character whom viewers could easily empathize with. But this is just to much stupidity during 1 arc. I am sorry, but throwing Karin away *RIGHT* after she healed you *AGAIN* is not realistic. Sure, he might be a highly emotional child but at the end of the day the reason doesn't really matter if it's *this* magnitude of stupidity. Again, Kishimoto went overboard with it during this arc and he should've shown some restrained. it's the reason why so many people dislike Sasuke and one of the reasons why many people think Naruto dropped off in quality after the Pain arc.

Lighto San

Also to be fair about the panic attack situation.. I’ve had a panic attack before during a heated, emotional argument where I felt like I wasn’t being understood and I had no idea how else to convey my side, and it was incredibly important for them to understand- and I suddenly couldn’t breath and was like hyperventilating and yeah, it was dramatic ☠️ and an intense panic … maybe his panic attack comes from all these different groups of friends coming to him, telling him all of this stuff, feeling the weight of it all, while trying to do what is right and not knowing or being able to find a good way this could end or solving the situation while also achieving his main goal of saving Sasuke. I think the pressure in that moment got to him. The whiplash from the Madara chat to Sakura, then to the Sai conversation right into Gaara. All extremely heavy and all compounding onto eachother .. he’s trying to process it all and can’t 😓 I think he’s also in shock too. Sometimes that happens to the body and mind when you’re overwhelmed and can’t process things properly. It might be one of my favorite MC moments in any anime. I appreciate how real this is.

Jessica McCann

But that is exactly why I disagree with that statement. Being rational is not a human reaction to a man who is fueled by hatred. He is letting his hatred lead him and he is not seeing the logical side of her healing being helpful. He sees her as a burden and even if he is skilled to risk just not shooting through her fatally to risk Danzo escaping, he is not thinking about her life or anyone else's. So ues you can call it idiotic, I call it very relatable and human. It's fine for the people who don't like him for that but there are many who appreciate his realistic mindset.

Erwin Smith

Like…….. why are they SO CLOSE in this OP. it’s kinda crazy lol. At that point.. just have them kiss 😂 again…

Jessica McCann

I ALMOST actually went and grabbed a bottle from my kitchen to celebrate on stream 😂

Jessica McCann

"because many as well don't view Sasuke as an idiot." Okay, many are wrong in that case. Because that part can't really be argued with, even if his circumstances make people understand him. People can form opinions about his actions, but the actions in itself were idiotic. It is objectively speaking stupid to throw your healer away. Without her he would've been dead at least 5 times already. At *least*. From his viewpoint if he wants to achieve his goals he *needs* her. Calling the person who has kept him alive up until this point a burden *is* idiotic and it's why many people do not like Sasuke. Because he is an idiot during this arc. It's like running a Dungeon in any cooperative MMO without an healer. You don't have to like your healers personality in order to acknowledge that it would basically be impossible to run dungeons without him/her. "Sasuke has very understandable reactions" I am not talking about his emotional reactions but about his rational thinking skills which are completely lacking during this arc. And I know many people agree with me on that because this is not the first time I voiced this opinion online. During this arc he *is* an idiot and I think it's why many people from here on out don't like him anymore. It was easy to sympathize with him until this point. It's hard to sympathize with stupidity of this magnitude. Because basically everything he has done throughout this arc was insanely idiotic...like for another example, infiltrating the 5 Kage summit when all Kage were still present not even considering the option to wait for Danzo to leave and catch him on his way back to Konoha. He is like an impatient child during this arc and most rationally minded people will notice this. And no, he didn't need to sacrifice Karin to kill Danzo. His precision with the Chidori is insane even showcased as early as him still training in Orochimarus hideout. He could've aimed for the head or something like that. Sasuke by this point is insanely strong and smart. Throwing her away was a deliberate choice and he made that clear right afterwards. He didn't value her healing traits, which *is* idiotic. Again, try running a dungeon or raid in FF14 without a healer. It's basically impossible. "Up until this point we have seen why he has become a villain like Gaara and Nagato did." That's not really the point of why Sasuke acts like an idiot during this arc. Him being a villain is not why he is an irrational idiot.

Lighto San

While Danzo did many bad things, he really did love the village.

MegaTronDM

one of the best fight in the series for me

Joaquín EC

I would say this is an opinion because many as well don't view Sasuke as an idiot. In fact imo Sasuke has very understandable reactions. Sasuke childhood was formed out of hatred and if it took sacrificing Karin to make sure Danzo died I understand his choice. Up until this point we have seen why he has become a villain like Gaara and Nagato did. So I like many others do sympathize with him.

Erwin Smith

It's also that he throws her away for no reason. Without her he would've been dead multiple times already. Even during this arc, without her he wouldn't have been ready to fight Danzo this quickly. Imagine playing a cooperative MMORPG like, Final Fantasy 14 for example. And you just randomly throw your healer away during your raid battles or something like that. You don't have to like your healers personality to acknowledge that he is healing you. It's insanely idiotic. 16:54 She literally saved him there. And he just throws her away. This idiocy is what makes him unlikable to most people. Such a dumb character.

Lighto San

The ironic thing about Danzo VS Sasuke is that Danzo during this fight is actually rationally speaking the good guy we should be rooting for. Not because he is such a good individual but because Sasuke is an objective danger to the whole world by this point. He basically tried killing the Raikage & Gaara just because they got in his way and he didn't stop at trying to murder innocent Samurai. Not to mention him throwing all his teammates away who were *INSANELY* supportive towards him throughout everything. Danzo, for all his flaws which he *certainly* does have...is fighting to protect the village at the end of the day. His ways are totally misguided and his personality is rotten to the core but at the end of the day, rationally speaking...during Sasuke VS Danzo Sasuke should be the one viewed as the villain. That's also why Danzo is portrayed so pathetically & suffering during this fight. Because he, objectively speaking, is the good guy during this exchange. The only reason why we want him to lose is because we know of his past misdeeds and we know how rotten his personality is. But that's the emotional mind being in conflict with the rational mind. At 18:20 Like it or not, he is spitting facts here. At least considering *this* version of Sasuke. Let's be real here, Sasuke is clearly presented as the villain here. And honestly, it's for no reason at all. Why does he show no care towards Karin? I can understand why he views her as worthless due to her personality, but let's be real here: without her he would've been dead multiple times already. Without her help he wouldn't even have recovered fast enough from his fight against Deidara to fight Itachi afterwards. The problem with this decision to throw Karin away is not that it's coldhearted. The problem is that it's extremely stupid. And everyone who watches this instinctively knows this which is why this arc established Sasuke as an irredeemable idiot to most people. It's not *just* that he is coldhearted. He is also an idiot and it's hard to empathize with this amount of stupidity. Kishimoto went so overboard during this arc in making Sasuke completely idiotic and irredeemable that it ruins a large part of the story. Sakura still being in love with this lunatic borders on idiocy by this point. And Naruto being obsessed with him to this extent is insanely unbelievable to most normal viewers. It's why the whole "Sasuke & Naruto are friends" part is probably the most commonly disliked part of this show. If you ask people about their favorite moments of the manga or show rarely will people mention anything regarding Sasuke. Most of the time it's about characters like Obito, Madara, Nagato/Pain or even Shikamaru, Gaara etc. Sasuke rarely comes up in that regard and I think the main reason for this is that people have lost all sympathy for him after this arc. Real people who view the show have a tough time adapting to Narutos insane fantasy mindset because real people know that the consequences of letting a lunatic like Sasuke walk around could potentially be catastrophic. Because real people can't just switch their rational brains of like Naruto does.

Lighto San

Oh the animators 1000% shipped them too, it’s so obvious 🤣

Daniel Lee

The funniest thing is the openings and endings that make them seem like a romantic couple, with romantic lyrics..

victoria t

I’m just saying, I’ve never had a full blown panic attack because I was worried for just a “friend.” We all know this is a canon relationship 😅

Daniel Lee

You finally got your wish! Danzo died completely uselessly the way he deserved, and we will not miss him 😌

Daniel Lee

Severely Unpopular Opinion: Danzo is one of my favorite characters; not really him personally cause hes a POS, but because of what he represents in the shinobi world. It goes back to the first major arc of og Naruto about humanity in shinobis and how they were trained to be tools. I think Danzo is a good example of a normal person living in a world of walking gods; trading humanity and morals for power to protect the village does not end well.

John

I think the correct response here would be “sorry” and then deleting the spoilers. Please try to contribute in a positive way to the community, be kind, and help me stay spoiler free.

Jessica McCann

Unpopular opinion: I don't like Danzo at all. He's a horrible person, by all means, but it's nice to see that he was a somewhat 'normal' person at some point. And the fact that any 'normal' person can be twisted by regret and self-pity is somewhat sad... Guy was a total jerkoff though.

itsBjørn

Danzo out here with the secret cat jutsu.

Thomas Yang

Naruto's boyfriend is on a killing spree

Klizer

Karin is just a odd character, I never understood the attachment to sauske that she had but it's still a sad fate to be used and cast aside.

Ben

cry harder

RA9 DEV

You should delete these seeing how you sent her the two games she cant play till almost the 400s and then when she finishes the series. Just clicking on those links drop huge spoilers for upcoming things in the show just from their cover art. Let alone you scroll at all and it shows a bunch of spoilers almost immediately

KyleForged

Rip Bozo we smokin on that Danzo pack 🤣🍻

ToDDDD

My biggest problem is that Kishimoto just won’t let Sasuke kill villains that deserve to die but he’ll have Sasuke kill some fodder samurai and almost Karin.

ichigo

This gotta be sarcasm

Gyt

Danzo does not have the saddest backstory at all. He has always been a petty and jealous little man who cares more for the glory and spotlight than his fellow shinobi. He was willing to let everyone die during Pain’s assault on the village on the chance he would become hokage. He has never been able to overcome his jealousy of Hiruzen or look at himself in the mirror and recognize his faults. His flashback to the Second Hokage emphasizes this. Not only that, but Danzo literally created many of the leaf’s problems in the long run due to his short-sightedness. He essentially created Pain by instigating the Hanzo situation out of an incredibly misguided attempt to protect the leaf, when in reality, he has always just been chasing glory. He also played a part in creating Sasuke as he refused to let Shisui handle the Uchiha clan and STOLE HIS EYE FOR HIMSELF. Danzo is the epitome of a character who deserves his own downfall out of refusing to recognize his mistakes and character flaws, and has never grown bc of it. Even in death, he didn’t understand where he went wrong. If he had truly listed to the Second Hokage and took a hard look at himself to make an effort to grow as a person and shinobi, he wouldn’t have ended up like this. Instead of looking at himself, he blamed Hiruzen for never getting his glory and stayed jealous of him. Everything is his own fault.

victoria t

Sasuke gets help in literally every single battle lol. He’s strong but he should have died 3 different times already at this point. Especially against Killer Bee. He was literally no diffed. (And yes I know Naruto has team battles too plus his Fox bud helping him before anyone tries making a comparison lol)

YokoShima

Sasuke still can’t just win a match. Danzo felt nerfed here. This is a guy who is supposed to be very strong but he constantly allowed himself to be attacked just to waste an eye and he fought like he had both arms tied behind his back.

ichigo

Danzo has always been a petty and jealous little man

victoria t

Fun fact about the Sharingan's abilities names, they are taken from the Shinto Gods of Japan, Izanagi being the God of Creation, Amaterasu the Sun Goddess, Susanoo the God of Wind and so forth

Argent6

poor Naruto its really been way too much on him recently, he is still a kid :P seeing Danzo pop was pretty satisfying even if it wasnt him :D at least we got a pretty cool fight out of this :) my man Danzo has a literal health bar xD the bird Sasuke summoned is called Garuda, in both Hindu and Buddhist religions Garuda is a large mystical bird known as the King of the Birds as well as the first bird :) the Baku creature Danzo summoned is pretty accurate to the actual mythological creature, the design and that it eats dreams and nightmares :) now we got Izanagi, the next member of the family :D Izanagi is you could say a parent to Amaterasu, Susanoo and Tsukuyomi, one of the gods who shaped the Earth according to the mythology :) now Sasuke has truly joined the dark side :P Shimura is a fitting name for Danzo since its written with the kanji for will, intention and village, so to go with his philosophy :) Kato Danzo was a noted ninja master during the time of the Sengoku period of Japan :) as it seems Danzo was always a coward to a degree and just too obsessed with power, in the end he really wasnt good enough, at least he destroyed Shisui's eye :P was really cool to see the 2nd Hokage's team in that flashback, made up of Hiruzen, Danzo, the 2 elders Koharu and Homura, Kagami Uchiha, and Torifu Akimichi, wouldnt mind seeing these guys in action :) and we got to see Hiruzen being named the Hokage by the 2nd thats dope :) Danzo and Hiruzen really were like a Yin and Yang, the darkness and the light :)

Kisame

Damn, Danzo had such a sad backstory. Its the saddest backstory I've seen. This is why Danzo is my all time favorite character. F in the chat guys.

Ace The FireDragon

RA9 DEV

Loved this fight so much, seeing Danzo finally get what he deserves was so satisfying.

Sophie *-*

Time to drink some coffee, do some work and watch some Shippuden!

Gabriel Irizarry

This was a peak fight blood lusted sasuke is a problem

Nigel Kameri

why ostriches just unfinished horses?

Christian Clark

We love an early morning post!! Let’s go! Peak fight!! Naruto’s panic attack has some funniness to it on the small part of him.. you know, overreacting to most people. But what I LOVE about it is it shows how loving best boy Naruto is. He’s genuinely this fucking.. caring person who feels so strong for his friends. He didn’t even really know Gaara and we saw his reaction to him being sat on and taken by dei daddy. Also it’s rare to see a PANIC attack in anime as a whole, let alone by our MC in a shonen anime. It can seem a bit much but it just fucking works for Naruto. God I love this show. I do think Sasuke crushing Danzo would have been perfect though. I don’t think we needed more out of the fight. It’s not that I don’t like the rest of the fight. Gives us a lot of moments by continuing the fight. But boy would have it been fitting lol.

YokoShima