Chapter 399

[SeraphMazrakiel]

At long last, the next chapter is FINALLY out. AFTER WEEKS OF WAITING.

...does anyone else get the feeling that Madara's lying? That all this backstory is just Kishimoto babbling on... that someone else will contradict all of this information some time in the next 50 chapters? That this is, for want of an argument, a throwaway chapter, full of false backstory in an attempt to keep us interested?

Maybe it's just my lack of faith, given the last two chapters. This one's an okay chapter, but I just... couldn't believe most of it actually. XD

[Sorien]

Hmm. I can agree with it actually. He seemed pretty sincere. And it seems to meld with most things.

As for the chapter. The quality is pretty crap again (drawing wise), but I'll let it go for the sake of the decency of the chapter content.

[strangevisitor]

It was...interesting. The 'backstory', true or false...I don't like it.

I mean, it's deep and all, and highly plausible but..

Let's face it, Itachi does NOT deserve to be herofied for all the crap he's done. "Oh, he wasn't a bad guy, he was just a pawn!"

No. Do Not Want.

[SeraphMazrakiel]

I agree. I'd say to do so would detract from one of the greatest points of Part II.

I'm one to say that the chapter you discover Itachi's motives behind letting Sasuke live (to steal his eyes and claim immortality) was one of the defining chapters of Part II. The look on Itachi's face saying "I SO CRUEL", and the sudden realisation that his motives are so... moving, so powerful and yet so... in-character was just pure class.

Now to say that... "Konoha told him to, Itachi is GOOD."

Beh.

Summon Kyuubi to BLOW A HOLE IN YOUR FALSE WORLD.

[Sorien]

You've got good points there. I liked it as much as you did, like you said about Sasuke being let live. And I would be pretty gutted if Itachi is a good guy. A servant of Konoha. Betrayer of the Uchiha