Naruto Shippuuden

Let’s admit. We have all been die hard fans of Eugene, Alfred, Dennis and Vincent during their time. Ghost Fighter used to get me excited everyday, every episode. It was the most awaited anime on television during that time.

In the Philippines, Ghost Fighter is being aired again by a local television network (GMA). They think that it’s still hot and they are trying to compete with Naruto on the other channel (ABS-CBN).

Naruto and Ghost Fighter has a different concept. For me, Naruto is way way better than Ghost Fighter because it’s just about competition. In Naruto, Competition style is now obsolete. I only see competition in Naruto when they took the chunnin exam. In Ghost Fighter, it’s all competition from the start. Yes, they have missions to be accomplished but they have to pass competition after competition. Their opponents become stronger and stronger without ending. After they defeat the strongest, another strongest will appear.

I am in a hurry but I hope you get my point here. What’s your say now?

I’ve been out for several days already and I’m out of pace again. Can someone provide a guest post?

While Halloween parties are starting to spring on every corners, you’d probably have the best costume when you attend one. Here are some guides when choosing your costume.

• Make sure you like it. It should not be your most favorite costume but be sure that you’ll like it and be proud to wear it.
• Comfortability is important too. When your on your chosen costume, you have to make sure that it suits you well. It will add self confidence in you as you present it to the crowd.
• Choose what you think is best. Here is a list of costume ideas that can probably help you decide on choosing one.

My suggestioins:
For guys, you’ll surely stand out if you can look like Jiraiya.
For girls, nothing can be sexier than to look like Karin.

*The Team Jiraiya image was looted from wikipedia.org

Here’s another possiblity that Pein and Konan were Jiraiya’s students before together with Yondaime. The girl closely looks like Konan. Her hairstyle is definitely identical with Konan’s. However, the other guy doesn’t look similar to Pein. He looks like Choji a lot.

But I have a gut feel that they are Konan and Pein in the picture. I calculate Jiraiya’s familiarity with Konan and it results to “Konan is a former student of Jiraiya”. (more…)

Pein and Konan are two of the Akatsuki members which we have waited to be revealed for long. At first they hide their names and we tried to uncover it. After we know Pein’s, we tried to learn about who he was before he became the Akatsuki Leader. So far we’ve know him a bit with Jiraiya’s investigation. Then Konan’s name was revealed later on. And so far, we got no information about this lady, yet. It just proves that they haven’t been revealed yet at all.

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There’s a great chance that Naruto’s ‘transfiguration’ with the kyubii will happen once again. Jiraiya strongly believes that the Fourth Hokage purposely sealed it to his son Naruto, believing that Naruto will learn how to control and call it whenever he wants to. According to Jiraiya, Yondaime only sealed the light side of the demon and threw away the dark side. Evidently, it’s really for a good purpose.

But is Naruto prepared for this event? The first time we saw Naruto transmute with the kyubii was when he fought with Sasuke at the Valley of the End. Kyubii’s sensed Naruto’s ask for help and lent him his chakra. Naruto looked differently, showing fearful expressions on his face. He noticeably became stronger as well. He became faster and more accurate with his attacks.

The next I remember was when he fought with Orochimaru. Once again, he transmuted with the kyubii, with four tails out and he really transformed to an angry demon. He was totally out of control and did not know what he was doing. He also accidentally damaged Sakura that time. But it showed that possessing the kyubii requires extra mental strength, which Naruto lacks, to be able to control it. But definitely, he surprised all other ninjas around during the fight.

Now, if this happens again, possibly with five tails or more maybe, will Naruto be able to control it? Was he able to learn lessons from his previous transformation? Or will it turn out to be antoher Demon attack?

This is another theory that I sadly thought of one time. I based it from the last few chapters of the Manga and I believe that it might happen.

After Pein was announced as the Akatsuki Leader, Tsunade commanded Jiraiya to spy on the Rain Village and gather information about Pein. While he’s on his mission, Pein has awaken to hunt down the intruder which seems to be Jiraiya. This gave me hints that we will see Jiraiya fight for the first time. And this would probably be one of the greatest fights we’ll ever see in the series. However, if Jiraiya beats down Pein, there wouldn’t be too good of a story we’ll see. And this makes me sad to think that Pein could possibly kill Jiraiya, or paralyse him at least. When this happens, the story will be much better. There will be a good reason for Naruto to take revenge. Knowing Naruto’s will to give justice to little guys, he will definitely fight to his limit to kill Pein with his own hands.

Jiraiya has been a father to Naruto, much like he has been a father to Minato. It’s like they had same blood flowing on their veins and their chakras are similar as well. But it could be better if Jiraiya will stay alive in the series. It will give him time to witness more on Naruto and possibly see him grow as the Hokage of Konoha.

It is also possible somehow that there wouldn’t be any Jiraiya vs. Pein fight. Jiraiya can still escape from the Rein Village at this point and avoid to have an encounter with Pein. At least this will give him a chance to stay longer in the series.

We’ve first seen the Valley of the End during the Sasuke Retrieval Arc in Naruto Part 1. Naruto followed Sasuke and fought with him at this place. In the valley we noticed the statue and Kakashi gave a hint of its history.

While Sasuke and Naruto were fighting, Kakashi mentioned that it was the same place where two great warriors fought before. Seems like the two warriors were best friends and due to conflicting ideas, they battle to the end. The right statue was the First Hokage while the other is not mentioned or I just can’t remember who he was.

From the Manga chapter 370, Jiraiya mentioned about the fight between Uchiha Madara and the First Hokage. He said that the First Hokage defeated Madara but he doubts that Madara was killed totally. At the same chapter, Tobi was shown at the top of the left statue which gave me a hint that the second warrior was Uchiha Madara and Tobi is Madara. Uchiha Madara was shown as well in the said chapter and he looks like the statue.

[Naruto vs. Sasuke at the Valley of the End. After the jump.]
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