Finally we get to meet Naruto’s mother! At first Naruto thought that she was the true form of Nine Tails, but then he figured that he looked a lot like his mom. After being saved by his Father a few chapters back, now it is Naruto’s mother that saved her from the Kyuubi. Another chapter of great revelations, and note that this is just the beginning of a lot more important revelations.

The long awaited battle between the Jinchuuriki (host) and the Biju (tailed beast) is finally here! Naruto confronts his inner nemesis, the Kyuubi (nine-tails) that was trapped inside his body by his father – the 5th Hokage – on the day he was born. The battle was fierce, and it would seem that Naruto has won, until the Kyuubi starts pulling up his Chakra. Don’t despair though because a new character was introduced to assist Naruto in subduing the Kyuubi – his “mother”!

It’s been a while since I reviewed the Naruto Manga series, so here is hoping I will be able to keep up. For this particular chapter, Naruto is about to confront the Nine Tails to finally take control of it’s power. The Manga hints on a lot of long time questions being answered in the coming chapters. Woo hoo!

Finally, Naruto was able to defeat his alter ego. With the help of Killer Bee, he finally understood what is needed for him to beat his dark side.  And he did it by accepting and hugging (ugh) the bad guy version of himself.  It’s quite bleh – but oh well it was expected.   At least it was better than watching Naruto do a stroll on a treadmill, so hopefully the boring part is over. Next chapter will be a fight between Naruto and the Kyuubi. That will be awesome. The Kyuubi will probably reveal a few more secrets to Naruto – which is one of the most awesome aspects of this Anime. For now, at least Naruto has a good teacher – with an Akatsuki as his sword…

Earlier Z and myself watched the latest subbed episode of our favorite anime – Naruto!  On this particular episode – Naruto Shippuuden 161 – we have quite a twist from all the rampage.  This was a fun episode for Z, because Konohamaru fought with Pain.  The first part of the episode showed Pain as someone really powerful, and you can see in Z’s face that he was quite intimidated by Pain.  I was “narrating” as we were watching so Z felt the excitement as Pain charged to attack Konohamaru. And to his surprise – Konahamaru defeated Pain and using Z’s favorite ninjutsu – the “Rasengan”.  He was so ecstatic that we had to replay the scene a couple more times before he said we could finish it. Hehe, that’s Z for you.

Chapter 494 has been subbed!  The title is Naruto Chapter 494: Killer Bee and Motoi.  This shows the back story of Motoi and Killer Bee.  It’s the usual style of Naruto – giving full details of the story for even the least of the characters.  If you put that in a movie – it’s like giving the side story of a killed drone!  Oh well we can’t complain – at least now we know how awesome Killer Bee is – besides from his aweful “rap” and “hiphop” antics, he is shown as a kind and compassionate individual.  Can’t wait for the next chapter.

Here we have it Naruto Chapter 493 – Dark Naruto.  After all the excitement from the previous chapters – we are back to boring arcs.  This chapter just shows how Naruto has to beat “himself” before he can fully control the Kyuubi.  Fighting with yourself or a clone is one of the most rundown arc in animes or sentai shows.  Unless we’re in for a big twist – like Dark Naruto taking over Naruto – we all know where this is headed for.  And the sad little Naruto story has been used and abused for so long now, time for them to move on and think of something else.  At least we get some more information about Killer Bee… Another so-so chapter.