Chapter 417 of Naruto is much more entertaining then it has been for a while. I gotta say, I love the Raikage. We even share the same opinion “why the hell did it take so long for the Hokage to deal with the Uchiha?!”. Seriously, I never did understand why they didn’t just force some common sense, or at least the rules, down Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi’s throats. Sasuke left, tried to kill a teammate, and joined with a known traitor. He’s a traitor, that’s all there is, just kill on sight. Done and done.

I’m probably the only female fan who never liked Sasuke to begin with though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if I was the only one sharing the sentiment.

Aside from the awesome Raikage and his advisors, we got a glimpse of some of their other nin, in particular three of his elites. Thus far, I’m thinking everyone in Kumo spends their time lifting weights. Seriously, they’re all ripped. Even the females look like they got some muscle on them, their kunoichi are definately not wimpy fangirls like Konoha. That’s not to say that all of the females in Konoha are wimpy, just that they’re, for the most part, kind of whiny. They’re more likely to pop Leptovox and antidepressants while Kumo’s females seem more likely to pop solider pills and keep kicking ass. Hehe, but I digress.

I think it is awesome though that the Raikage is doing something that the Hokage and Kazekage should have done a long time ago - summit of the five kages. Gaara is a young kage still, so him not putting these things into motion is understandable, I guess. But why the hell did Tsunade never do anything, besides creating the nijutai specifically to fight Akatsuki? Tsunade appears to be a truly lazy kage. It’s because the shinobi world is so fractured and none of the leaders are willing to share information with their allies that an organization like Akatsuki was even able to survive let alone thrive. I mean, for crying out loud, we now know Madara was at one point the Mizukage!

I’m glad that Naruto’s sage training is just about finished. I want to see him and Pein go head to head.

And of course I want to see Sasuke killed, but I know that’s probably just me. Everyone else seems to still want him redeemed. To me, the only Uchiha that was ever worth bringing back to Konoha was Itachi. Even before we knew the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre, a lot of fans had already guessed and worked out for themselves that there was more to Itachi than being a pyscho brother. Sasuke, well, he’s just a spoiled child who really doesn’t understand anything.

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