483, again.

[cynchick]

Well now that Ive read it, it wasn't as bad as the spoilers made it seem. I still think Sakura should have fought Sasuke for a bit before Kakashi showed up, and she shouldn't have let Sasuke get the jump on her. But I like that she doesn't look at him with any sort of bewilderment or longing in her expression. She knows what he's become, and she's made up her mind about him.

And of course you know I loved the moments between Kakashi and Sakura. XD I thought it was really well executed, which is rare for Kishi.

I've felt for a while that Sasuke is completely irredeemable, and this chapter seals it. Throwing Karin away like garbage, fatally wounding her after all the times she saved his life (seriously, he would have died 5 times over), and now genuinely attempting to kill Sakura... He has to die. There is no saving his character. I think killing him will be Naruto's final trial on the path to leadership and adulthood. He has to understand that not everyone can be saved, sometimes you have to let go.

Comments

[firebomb.livejournal.com]

*claps to this* I agree with everything you've said. It's a sad thing to say but I really hope Sasuke does die. Maybe he'll have an enlightened moment in the very end but honestly his character just needs to go.

lee

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

I really hope he dies, because the alternative is that he's forgiven for everything and suffers no consequences, and THAT would be the biggest storytelling fail since Twilight.

[firebomb.livejournal.com]

THIS.

I lol'd at that. XD

lee