Naruto Manga 407: Message Decoded!
July 7, 2008
Naruto Manga Chapter 407: To Naruto. As the decoding effort continues in the cryptography unit of the Hidden Leaf Village, Shikamaru is growing a little impatient with Naruto who has been looking at the coded message yet is saying nothing the whole time. It was then that he blurted out that it is because he is puzzled why, despite all the numbers, the message started with a katana “ta” character which everyone have mistaken for the number 9. Only Naruto managed to notice this from all those times Jiraiya made him read his handwritten drafts for the past three years. From this development, they figured that Jiraiya’s message could be in a line number, word markers, or pages of any of his written books.
With Kakashi’s suggestion, they looked in to the Come Come Tactics, the book Jiraiya was writing when he was training Naruto. From it, they manage to decode a message saying, “The real one isn’t with them.” They decided to consult it with Fukusaku-sama to see if it’ll make sense to him.
Elsewhere, the six-person Pain prepares to attack the leaf to capture the nine-tail beast.
Naruto Manga 405: Feeling The Grief
June 20, 2008
On Naruto Manga Chapter 405: Left Behind, Fukasaku-sama, without beating around the bush, broke the news to them that Jiraiya have died in battle and left a coded message etched behind his back. Naruto felt that it was wrong for Tsunade to send Jiraiya on that mission alone and walked out the room leaving Tsunade and the others wishing that Naruto is indeed the destined child.
Now Naruto walks through town reminiscing all the times he spent with Jiraiya. He spent the rest of the day inside his room and only left for the night to buy a popsicle stick which he shared with his sensei during his training. Sitting alone in the dark, he finally cried for his lost sensei.
Naruto Manga 404: Revelations
June 14, 2008
In Naruto Manga Chapter 404: Hawk and Akatsuki, Tobi unmasked himself before Kisame to reveal that he is Uchiha Madara (though his face was still not shown in the manga).
Meanwhile back at the Leaf, Naruto was summoned by the Fifth and was surprised to see Gamabunta with Gamakichi outside the Hokage’s office. Things even became more puzzling when he saw four more toads inside.
We learn now that the grampa frog who fought along side Jiraiya is a head hermit toad of Myouboku Mountain and is actually the one who taught Jiraiya the Hermit style ninjutsu. Fukasaku-sama, without beating around the bush, broke the news to them that Jiraiya have died in battle.
Naruto Manga 403: Thinking Back
June 7, 2008
Naruto Manga Chapter 403: Tears, opens up with Naruto thinking about his chance encounter with Uchiha Itachi. When Itachi asked him why is he so concerned with Sasuke who is now considered as a missing ninja, he answered that it is because he thinks of Sasuke as a brother more than Itachi ever did. But with the story Madara told, I think Itachi went through a lot of hell for his brother’s sake.
I guess the thing that really bothers Naruto is the question posed by Itachi:
“What would you do if Sasuke attacks Konoha? Would you be able to stop him even if it means killing him? Could you weigh Sasuke’s life against Konoha?”
Naruto Manga 402: The Gap Grows Wider
May 30, 2008
After Sasuke learned from Madara the apparent story behind Itachi’s life, and the conflict between the Leaf Village and that of the Uchihas, he dripped into past memories spent with his brother Itachi. He remembered when they used to play hide and seek, the times he practiced shuriken throws with him, when Itachi used to carry him behind his back, and that time when he told him that he is the ultimate obstacle the Sasuke himself must strive to overcome.
All these memories brought tears in Sasuke’s eyes. With those tears, the snake shed its last skin and rises to the sky as a new being. A hawk with an awakened Mangekyou and a single goal in mind - the complete and utter destruction of the Leaf.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
May 27, 2008
I wasn’t able to post a song last Friday for two reasons: One, I had an internet connection problem and two, I have no idea what to play that will fit the theme selected for May. So I decided to give Thank God It’s Friday a two week break and resume playing in June.
To make it up with you, I wanted to share this song from an artist who didn’t want to go to drug rehab – Amy Winehouse.
Some people might think that Amy is wasting her life with all the controversies she is in to including the drug addiction. But as a friend of mine commented, let’s just appreciate her craft and let her do what she wants to do with her life.
David Cook Wins American Idol Season 7
May 24, 2008
If the finals night of American Idol Season 7 was a real boxing match, I guess the ringside will be full of medical people ready with their disposable gloves because it was indeed one hell of a match. Both contestants came in strong in their own respective rights.
I have to admit that hands down, David Archuleta outperformed David Cook that night. Though I don’t think that it was a knockout match in favor of Archuleta as Simon Cowell thinks, I would have given rounds 2 and 3 to the young David.
