Well folks, this is the endgame. The part where you're waiting in your seat for the only so slightly held back letters to be plastered over your screen in one big 'GAME OVER'.
First though, let me introduce you to a new friend of mine.
I call him Anti-Naruto. You might think I went into Photoshop and took a picture from a previous post just so I could invert the colors and put him here, but this is not true. Anti-Naruto is here for a reason, because we're going to need to get used to him for a while.
! So last we left off, the Hokage died, and everyone was hunky in the hood. Until two mysterious strangers appear, with red-clouded robes and funny hats! They are irrelevant to this topic. However, what they are looking for is, in fact, Naruto. That makes them notable, yes?
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! It sort of does. In this case, for the fact they refer to Naruto as the 'Fourth's Legacy'. This isn't the first time it's been mentioned either, but to say it means that the Fourth acted as Naruto's father was still an assumption at the time. Why is this important? Because I don't give a fuck about internet speak in my scans.
! By the way, you anime guys can shove right off. This here's manga country - we don't take kindly to you coloreds.
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! And here we are, Naruto finding the reason behind Sasuke's revenge quest. It's important to note that the previous page had Kisame noting that the entire Uchiha clan was wiped out, and only here did it reveal who did it. Every moment where Sasuke hinted at a goal or person made him question his motives, and never understand where he came from. His previous prick attitude becomes easier to understand at this one moment, and Naruto is able to emphasize with Sasuke's motives. It's an important thing to remember that it's Sasuke's motives have become clear. Beforehand, the two could relate on the grounds that both grew up alone, for the most part. Much like Gaara in a sense; in another, completely and totally different.
! So a fight happens, Sasuke gets is shit messed, 'moar hatred', and it's time for Tsunade! Also:
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! Become stronger, eh? What could he mean? Does Naruto mean become mighty and powerful? Or is it that there's more to it than that?
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! Tsunade stuff happens, Naruto gets pissed 'cuz she's a bitch, and
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! There is no limit to how much this has been shown, but later arcs in part 1 really laid it heavy with Naruto becoming Hokage. It's his mission statement, his primary directive after all the load of friendship. He is absolutely hellbent on proving that he can become, change into the figurehead of Konoha, and have his face chiseled into that mountaintop, once and for all proving his worth as a shinobi.
! And nothin's ever gonna stop him, gaiz.
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! I can smile motherfucker!
! Let's skip over a little bit, shall we? Right about the time where two boys want to have a dick-measuring contest, and Sasuke turns into the beast to forever be known as Fuckup. Better names are open for suggestion.
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! At times it's hard to remember that these two weren't really the best of friends. Really hard.
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! I'll only put it in a little.
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! Just a little.
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! You know that weird, inorganic taste you sometimes get in your mouth? The really tinny one? I'm getting that too, for some reason. It's unexplainable.
! This leads to Fuckup being butthurt and leaving with the Sound ninjas. No matter, because you know what that means?!
! Rescue Arc! Which I shall be skipping over because of all the unrelated.
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! I always objected to the notion that Kishimoto drew this from Jackson's Fellowship of the Rings. He's a busy man, drawing manga that features grand scenery and characters with dialogue, all while trying to come up with a cohesive story.
! I may have to rethink this stance.
! What follows is Fuckup being a one-hundred percent farm-grown cunt, despite the amount of growth from his character from the Chunin Exams arc and all that came before. Where did the reluctant bonding from the Wave arc go? Where did the acceptance of his teammates go from the Exam arc? Where did simple uptight, asshole behavior all go?
! Right here, my friends.
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! Right here.
! And of course:
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! After Itachi did the big evil nasty, mind you. Proceeding on, we finish the battle with an enormous black bubble. Cracks begin to appear, and…
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! the two of them…
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! Yes.
! Absolutely. Fuckup… then saunters off to get some nice R&R with the man who has the longest, slimiest tongue in the world. Ain't talking about no toads, here. Then, antidrama in the form of Chouji and Neji coming out alive.
! Eventually we get around to Naruto waking up:
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! Saying the worst thing possible.
! This happens too:
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! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh you.
Jiraiya pays Naruto a visit while he's in the hospital. A wise sage such as this, demented though he is, has lived a long life, and surely has good words to impart on your supple young-
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! You're taking the 'stupid Shonen protagonist' way too far, bitch.
! There's… this, too.
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! I don't think there's a better image to end this with.
! Except this:
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! It's the last you'll see of him.
There's not enough respect for rapists in today's society.