Naruto

[DM was on fire!]

What I've been wondering for a while is where the dub anime is at. Last I saw we were in the fillers at around 150, but that's been a few weeks. Maybe Shippuuden will be dubbed in the fall. I admit, I'm curious to see if they can pull it off.

Tv.com says they're on episode 186.
So, with about 40 episodes left, at two episodes a week, it'll take about twenty weeks to get to Shippuuden.

That doesn't sound right.

My math's pretty lousy, but that sounds about right. o.o

[Kitten Medli]

So.. around January? What teh buggar!!!

[DM was on fire!]

Aw man! D;
I really should've started watching Shipp. online. It would've been easier than waiting 'til the dub. XD

EDIT - New chapter's up. Took them long enough.

DAMMIT KARIN.
COULDN'T OF LET SASUKE DIE, COULD YOU? NOOO.

[thetrueoogabooga]

413

At this rate Sasuke is going to live to be 300... ;_; Also when he saw the chakra is like the first time he's thought of Naruto since he's seen him. That's not... creepy...

[Siniri]

Sasuke has to survive so he can have his final showdown with Naruto, and then Naruto will save him through the whole crying-lonely-little-boys-calling-out-to-one-another-and-finally-finding-a-friend mind-trick that Naruto's used on every other emo character so far...

except maybe it will be some Naruto-Itachi brotherly love-hybrid thing -- you got to wonder when Itachi's powers will kick on in Naruto, and which powers those are.

DM, I hate to break it to you, but

I think Kakashi-sensei will die before Sasuke... I hope not, but he's kinda in the way of Naruto becoming Hokage.

[Kitten Medli]

Actually.. him dying would hardly surprise me.

[DM was on fire!]

It wouldn't surprise me either, but I'd loom into a state of depression that only comissioning artwork of him and my Naruto fancharacter would cure. XD

EDIT -

Reading 416.
Sasuke said he wanted to kill the entire village.
THANKS A LOT SINIRI, YOU'VE JINXED IT. XD THERE WAS A *TIIINNNYYY* BIT OF HOPE, BUT NO MORE. D;

[Byakuya San]

New stuff from the 3rd Databook:

Hidan was from the Hidden Village of Hot Springs
Deidara was 19.
O____________________________________________O

[Christopher]

The Thunder country = The Stereotypical Black country.

[thetrueoogabooga]

Have there been like no chapters since 413 or did everyone else leave this at the same time I did? Or really take a temporary break... Is it worth reading anyways?

[Siniri]

I've been reading...

mostly, it's just been Naruto becoming a frogman

but today's should be pretty exciting... I'm not sure DM should read much longer.

[thetrueoogabooga]

Did we beat the black guy yet? Y'know team parrot?

[Siniri]

Just read episode 423: Kakashi vs. Pain. Wow, that was actually a decent chapter.

In the middle there, I thought, "Holy crap, I was right -- poor DM" but I felt like it was a bit soon to off Kakashi. But if Pain can see everything else, why didn't he see Kakashi's handsigns to make his clone?

There was nothing about last week's cliffhanger -- why doesn't Tsunade just throw Danzu in jail already? I'm sure they'll figure out a way to communicate with Naruto eventually -- after the battle's over.

[thetrueoogabooga]

In order to have an idea of what is going on, what should I read? I kinda don't wanna read em all.

[Siniri]

In order to have an idea of what is going on, what should I read? I kinda don't wanna read em all.

It's kind of hard for me to remember what happened in each without going back and re-reading them all myself... Here are some Cliffs Notes:

Sasuke and his gang thought they got their beast's host, but it was some kind of clone (formed from the beast sacrificing part of himself) -- they all survived the battle (of course). The beast's brother, the Raikage, is out for revenge now -- I think that was left hanging for now.

Naruto's learning sage techniques (and mastered them after several boring chapters). {Does anyone else think that sage * kage bunshin will make Naruto ridiculously strong vs. everyone else?}

Meanwhile, Pain's descended on Konoha and is raising holy hell. This probably started in 419 or so... and is still ongoing. This would be a good place to start reading.

Meanwhile, Danzu killed the frog (I think -- you know how much the art sucks) right when he was going to call Naruto back from Frog Mountain to join in the battle against Pain (422).

And, well, just read 423 for yourself -- it was good compared to a lot of recent chapters.

That's what I remember -- I could have some details wrong.