Volume 55The Great War BeginsChapter 521: The Main Regiment in Battle!!https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/274143504#Previous thread:>>288408183
>>288426009>Zabuza had shark teeth too
>>288426025Of course he's lying. The actual hand signs are something else.
>>288426018You can see Kabuto hexing himself from 1000 miles away.
>>288426070>You can see Kabuto hexing himself from 1000 miles away.Nobody except the biggest Itachitards in the universe such as myself could have and did predict what was going to happen to him.
>>288426009>already jobs
>>288426095IT'S RAINING MEN! HALLELUJAH!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E
>>288426025>time to find a hiding place fit for one of my intelligence level
>>288426120Throwing needles has the same effect as punching someone now?>>288426129>except mepunished Zabuza
B&W
>>288426179anko bros, my dik hard
>>288426129>except meKek
>>288426179>says he left the consciousness intact for emotional damage>turns them off as soon as Haku and Zabuza start using their consciousness to talk with the enemy>Sai's brother and Sasori had their Edo cancelled because they were still conscious
>>288426025In this moment, Kabuto is euphoric.
>>288426009>'MEMBER PART WAN!?
>>288426297Kabuto has always been pretty bad at emotionally manipulating people.
>>288426058This implies Chiyo saw this move being used first hand.
>>288426154Why are all those guys suddenly there and not doing anything?
Done!
>>288426058>under groundByakuganbros...
First for anal sex with Tsunade.
>>288426095AIEEEEEE MY WRISTS
>>288426429based
>>288426101>Everyone using named moves and the Samurai uses a basic Slash while yelling "Smash"
>>288426101Btw, this is the only time Neji does Air Wall he can't even do it without assistance like Hiashi.The side branch has fallen.
>>288426429You really want that big futa dick all up in your guts huh? More power to you I guess.
>>288426120Haku could NOT do that in part 1.
>>288426129What's Gari's kekkei genkai?
>>288426659NO I want my big dick in her guts!
>>288426696Tsunade has no guts. She literally didn't even fight when her village was invaded.
>>288426672Yes he could, he made a mirror next to Kakashi so he could pop out and take the Raikiri aimed at Zabuza. His ice sphere last chapter is new.
>>288426164Lee by himself should be able to solo them.
>>288426164>he defeated usI mean... he didn't?
>>288426192>>288426390>>288426407>>288426179Arigatou, OP!
>>288423770somewhat. at least then it would be nice to look at. as is, it's an eyesore WITH stupid plot developments.
>>288426095>I am! I am!Get the fucking trampoline.
>>288426726>Yes he could, he made a mirror next to Kakashi so he could pop outThis didn't happen.
>A chapter well-read keeps Sakon away from their bedBased blessed Naruto™! After yesterday, we know we we need this daily lol
>>288426018Did anyone else find these 2 talking in the past few chapters to be a little clunky and awkward?
>>288426043>'that' jutsu
>>288426726That doesn't mean he was able to make those mirrors all the way up in the air.
>>288426891All the dialogue is awful.
Boruto really said"Age is just a number"
>>288426246>that other jutsuhe cant be speaking about that jutsu...
>>288426095lmao this is so goofy
>>288426407thanks op.
>>288426114>so... this is war, huh...
>>288426095What is this attack trying to accomplish?
>>288426043>kabuto's hood looks like a chibi snake facewhy's he so cute?
>>288426405Because if they run in carelessly they'll just get in the way and force Kakashi and the other actual good shinobi to shield them... I guess.
Samui.
>>288427128Should've just stayed at home...
>>288427143She will dominate this war.
>>288426164No, Lee! Don't fall for it like Naruto did! She may be cuter than the girl you had a crush on, but even so..!
>>288426164Said it before and I'll say it again; bringing back the dead is a cheap gimmick in media but fuck it I really do like seeing Haku / Zabuza again, especially their reactions to Sakura and Naruto growing up
>>288426095Why the fuck would you erupt the enemy all over the place instead of just opening a hole in the ground and flooding it with fire/lava?
>>288427425It's funnier.
>>288426025Is there any point in lying about the handsigns? With a genjutsu you can just compell Kabuto into doing what he KNOWS are the signs to undo the jutsu. Itachi didn't need to do anything else after he won.
>>288427243I think the gimmick isn't that bad, but I understand people thinking it's cheap fanservice, but it just works.
>>288427243Zabuza and Haku don't even get to see Naruto
>>288427243at least he had common sense (i.e. editors saying don't fucking do that) to go any further and bring back Jiraiya/the still warm corpses of Kisame/Konan.
any character interactions or scenes you wish we got? it doesn't have to be limited to gaara. anything is fine.i've been thinking, why exactly did gaara want kakashi to be hokage? he barely interacted with him. is it just because he talked to him once in the chuunin exams when he was telling him he wanted a death match with sasuke?elaboration on this or more scenes with gaara/kakashi would help explain this.or should i just headcanon that one filler story in part 2 where they flashback to part 1 and team 7 helped gaara on a mission as canon?the obvious thing would be wanting to see more gaara/naruto scenes before part 2 when he was good to better explain naruto's behavior in part 1. naruto just kinda throws a fit over a guy dying that was trying to kill him and his friends last he saw him.but i've accepted that the story is "they became unspoken friends after their battle since they understood each other's pain." that's literally what gaara iterates in his speech. no extra interactions needed. just they're friends because of their shared trauma.but maybe a scene where naruto at least acknowledges that gaara saved lee would've been nice too.more scenes of the family together would've been nice too. seeing how they slowly accepted gaara after he apologized would've been nice.and they should've done more stuff together in the war.maybe a scene where guy sees gaara again after he goes back to konoha after helping lee would've been interesting. would guy even remember gaara?would he think "huh, he's different now." or would he just go on with his usual over-exuberant behavior and thank him for saving lee without even remembering him?tsunade/gaara scenes in part 2 with them going over suna/konoha relation business might've been interesting.plus they both had blood trauma... they have some shared trauma they could've gone over and become friends, clearly...
>>288426179SoooooooooWhy didn't Kabuto just force Deidara into becoming a walking nuke?
>>288427200How come Haku is hotter than most girls? I'd go wild for him if I was in Lee's shoes
>>288427633Edo Jiraiya vs NarutoKishi was too pussy to make this a thing
>>288427708yeah, would've been interesting.
>>288427243Edo tense itself isn't a bad idea and giving the story a chance to have the current generation fight against famous characters we have heard of prior like Hanzo, the other seven swordsman of the mist and the previous Kage. The issue is that all of the fights feel rushed and have these shitty emotional moments that also feel rushed. Specific characters are obviously chosen just because they are related to the main cast like Sai's brother and Haku which make it feel unrealistic. Kakashi's dad would have been a much better opponent for him instead of Zabuza again and would have given more character development opportunities.
>>288427633Yugito teaching Naruto to slowly control his biju instead of it being an instant powerup would've been kino.Alternatively at least SOME kind of interaction between Bee and Yugito either in his backstory or at least him getting emotional when her corpse is used by Tobi.
If more characters we like died before the war arc we could have had more heart gripping interractions. Kabuto boasts about emotional impact but really who got brought back for that?Asuma?
>>288427774
>>288426399Or learned from someone elseDespite being ninja, everyone knows everyone's techniquesBut I guess that can also be a type of mental warfare
>>288427633Sasuke and Anko felt like a given, but then it just... didn't happen. Feels insulting the ONLY time they were together on-screen after the exams is when she is unconscious and used as a plot device to bring Orochimaru back. Needless to say she also should have been the one to go to the bridge mission instead of inventing Yamato and Hashiroids.
>>288427734>The issue is that all of the fights feel rushed and have these shitty emotional moments that also feel rushed. Specific characters are obviously chosen just because they are related to the main cast like Sai's brother and Haku which make it feel unrealistic.yeah.Kakashi's dad would have been a much better opponent for him instead of Zabuza again and would have given more character development opportunities.could've been interesting. but he already does get closure with him when he temporarily died in the pain arc. and i just have a feeling if kishi let them interact in the war arc it probably would've had the same rushed problems as most other edo tensei interactions and it would've been cheesy.>>288427774yeah, why doesn't he get emotional if all it takes is shared trauma? he should've had the same reaction he had when he saw gaara's corpse being disrespected.and agreed on the overall point that ot should've taken longer to tame bijuu.>>288427836yeah. but kishi doesn't do much with his female characters in general.
>>288426164No, Lee! It's a trap!
>>288427849shit. sorry.>Kakashi's dad would have been a much better opponent for him instead of Zabuza again and would have given more character development opportunities.could've been interesting. but he already does get closure with him when he temporarily died in the pain arc. and i just have a feeling if kishi let them interact in the war arc it probably would've had the same rushed problems as most other edo tensei interactions and it would've been cheesy.
>>288427734>Edo tense itself isn't a bad idea and giving the story a chance to have the current generation fight against famous characters we have heard of prior like Hanzo, the other seven swordsman of the mist and the previous KageIt's already extremely indulgent in concept. Basically wanting to have your cake and eat it too.
>>288426814everyone gets credit for defeating zabuza except kakashi lol
>>288427805this. why was kishi so pussy about killing characters? and the dead characters that would've been cool to see in the war arc like jiraiya he's still too pussy to use.
>>288426129>ohhh woe is me we're not in control of our actions don't blame me for attacking it's not personallol what a gaslighter. They're in control of their thoughts and speech, and here >>288426069 he speaks out crucial tactical information and verbally volunteered to attack.
>>288427836>Hashiroidsone of the worst plot developments
>>288426814he did. with his tnj.
Hiashi won.
>>288427849>yeah, why doesn't he get emotional if all it takes is shared trauma? he should've had the same reaction he had when he saw gaara's corpse being disrespected.I was thinking of Bee. Supposedly he looked up to her, but when he see's her as a zombie after she was tortured to death the only thing he thinks about is her boobs.
>>288426859Basedo. StP got absolutely btfo'd yesterday. Much like Deidara.
>>288426429>This anal sex with tsunade since she is a hag.>Creampie shizune because she can bare children and is wife material >eating sakuras asshole because she has a big ass.>sucking hinatas titties because well obvious reasons
>>288428112oh yeah, sorry. i half misread your post. but i still agree with you. most the edo tensei interactions just kinda suck.it doesn't really feel like b cared that much about her...
>>288427836Please understand, She's a woman, and Kishi has a kink for Sasuke to only interact with those if they are used as tools or for abusive purposes.
>>288428122What about Haku?
>>288428351i assume it would have to be anal sex or just keeping him around as a femboy maid or something.
>>288428351We frott with him and do everything
>>288427633they should've edo tensei'd best Hokage (Danzo) he'd have regained his bullshit arm (maybe)
>>288426018Nobody will be able to beat him. Not Uchiha Madara, not even Kuroki Gensai
Thank you to our heroes daily ramen and Sakon for making sure /a/ continues to love Naruto
>>288428351Suck his dick, duh.
>>288426101If they had something like a big nuke. Some sort of gigantic beast.
>>288428478Could Lolong take him?
>>288428122>sex with tsunade since she is a haghttps://files.catbox.moe/srhagv.jpeg
>>288428717God I would drown her in semen.
>Creampie shizune because she can bare children and is wife materialhttps://files.catbox.moe/p2bkq4.jpeg
>>288426120>Sasori =< Deidara < Sai < HakuThis is getting out of hand
>eating sakuras asshole because she has a big ass.https://files.catbox.moe/7gw3lj.jpeg
>>288427944Yea it's fucking weird.
>>288428750>>288428766>>288428812Its crazy how all the famels in naruto somehow manage to turn me on.
thread really died down
>>288428825Same
>>288428812Neji sees this every day
>>288428873Neji is dead.
>>288428907And your mum sucks me off
>>288428873All the byakugan users see all the females naked every day. The byakugan can look under clothes. Neji probably copped a peek at some of the females in the village while jacking off.
>>288426101>Special technique: smash He’s doing his best.
>>288426129>except me
>>288426814He punched the shit out of girlboy here and made zabuza cry so I guess he did even tho the very last arc they credited Sasuke for beating them when he didn’t
Kabuto is so fucking bad at managing his troops. He absolutely wasted Deidara and Sasori.If he paired Gengetsu with the 7 mist swordsmen, Kakashi's team would be toast
>>288426407Thanks, OP!
Wait... so the previous chapters were all the Deidara we'll ever get? The guy who detonated a nuke and gave Sasuke a beating just gets trapped in a puppet and that's it?
>>288426891Eh, they're awkward characters after all.
>>288429545I think in the anime he escaped for a bit or something.
>>288426043>"that jutsu"Is he talking about...
>>288426101>Smash!Aww he's contributing
>>288426009ARIGATO, OUR LEADER!
>>288426129Reminder Sunagakure let Pakura die.
>>288429682qrd?
She ain't feeling too good..
>>288429707better to let the females die and keep the males around for important things.
>>288429545kankuro leveled up to get revenge. please understand. now he btfos both deidara and sasori. he'll always be there for gaara from now on.
>>288429707She was basically used as a bargaining chip by Rasa to negotiate with Kirigakure.
>>288426025Kishimoto thinks intelligence is a number and changes everything you do. You don't eat sandwiches you eat intelligent sandwiches
>>288426891aren't they just two mid 20s antisocial chuunis trying to be edgy? if anything, their dialogue is way too accurate
>>288426043>THAT jutsufor fuck's sake faggot you're speaking to yourself!
>>288426058I fucking hate compliments
>>288430094Obito is pushing 30.
>>288426164so which is it? people think naruto did it or sasuke did it? no one thinks the legendary kakashi who was also there did it?
>>288426069Wait Haku goes "errrrrmmm these birds only hunt during winter (??????)" before going "also they're casting giant red clouds for beacons"?????
>>288426891this.
>>288430257meant for >>288430094
>>288426101Karui's Front Slice is doing all the damage here btw, no Konoha 11 can beat her.
Incredibly odd and autistic sense of humor. This is just weird in the true sense of the word.
Why is NS so kino
bros????
>>288430153You're pushing 30
>>288426018>>288426025>yes, that's the ONLY weakness>except in the case that anyone with any social leverage at all can talk them into ascending to death no matter what>but all MY guys are too old for that, some of them have gotta be dead like two years max!
>>288430511It isn’t that looks neither like Sakura nor Naruto
>>288430146you look so nice today fag
>>288426399>>288427811she's old enough to have fought toby rama personally, maybe she fought corpses of her friends
>>288430747lol I wish
>>288430789>Blonde boy with blue eyes and whiskers >Pink hair girl with green eyes and a diamond on her forehead.>anon >looks neither like Sakura nor Naruto
>>288429626>>288428989>>288426547wowee these samurai are trained real good, i can see why they're they the neutral state with their martial reliability
>>288426114>cold air...?that usually goes along with the snow sai, yeah
>>288426154>why are they all talking not killing each other?>they did that before, it seems>well let's all just stand around like idiots until our leader tells us to do something!
>>288428054>daughter he hates married most powerful man in the village>daughter he likes becomes head of clan after him>greatest threat to his clan authority and remainder of his guilt and cruelty nephew died in war, so he just has to tolerate a war honored tombstone>granddaughter is a byakugan holder>grandson is some sort of alien host war prodigyyeah hiashi got away with everything just like orochimaru
>>288426002Already vol 55? Still remember when threads were at Tsunade arc
>>288430153Obito is 33
>>288426213Kabuto should've impregnated her there
>>288426101what's the difference between a "cloud style front slice" and a samurai "slash"is the latter stronger because the swing is depicted as larger
>>288432460If he really has 'become' Orochimaru after grafting his skin on himself or whatever he did then she'll need to be wearing a Sasuke wig and outfit for him to get hard (many such cases, such as with Naruto's first time with Hinata)
>>288432460Kabuto don't have seeds or sex drive. Why else do you think he's how he is
>>288426164Did they help Naruto discover his Shinobi way? Naruto always wanted to be Hokage, then saving Sasuke came after, and finally became all about peace after defeating Pain. Naruto's decision to kill Haku never amounted to anything nor was mentioned again.
>>288432521It's not even a Slash, bro is using the back of the sword to hit the opponent.
Is there a reason why Obito doesn't let Kabuto at least try to bring Shisui back?The eye was destroyed, but there' still enough of his blood that he could be revived, why is it such a big deal to not bring back the guy with the most powerful Sharingan in history?
>>288433253Jobsui is a shitter who wouldn't be able to pull off his ability
>>288432815>if someone saved you from your loneliness, wouldn't you want to do anything for them?blame haku for naruto's sasuke obsession.
this is the real reason naruto and gaara became friends.
can we appreciate how good exam arcs like the chuunin exams are for introducing characters?
>>288432460Kabuto turned himself into a snake.
Here's to another 179 days! We've still got roughly six months to go! Half a year of Naruto dailies! assuming we'll stop at 700
>>288434203It's very odd to imagine that the Daily proper will end around the holidays. It's fitting, I suppose.
>>288434203>>288434203>assuming we'll stop at 700naruto only goes to 699
>>288428523>pedo>hero...
>>288435626Jiraiyabros...
>>288435011i'd be fine with that. and just show naruto as hokage in the last panel.
>>288435735At least Jiraiya was straight.
>>288426025Very strange interaction here. I guess it's fine if you Madara is Obito. Madara would've never said any of this nonsense.
>>288426025Strange Kabuto upscale. Kabuto could wreck Obito pretty good if you think about it. He has two jutsu in particular (tayuyas sound genjutsu and Sage art White Rage) could give Kabuto an edge in this fight. Then there is the fact he is "invulnerable" to ocular jutsu
>>288426399I would think Edo tensei would've been a very talked about jutsu and that the old people of the world would've heard about it and initially become fearful
>>288426095This looks disgusting
>>288426851That's how he made it in time
what is the exact panel that naruto jumped the shark?
>>288426129I was a pakura fan back in the day
>>288429066I defend the Sasuke part due to the nature of how rumors spread and become distorted
>>288430190>Entirely different people cannot think different things
>>288426025>You can just use your bullshit ocular jutsu or something, why are you even asking me this?
>>288426069Hakubros... We're so BACK.
>>288435756>and just show naruto as hokage>naruto and sasuke are perfectly evenly matched after the final fight>naruto is hokage.someone explain this to me.
>>288436412wdym? i'm saying i'd be fine with 699 being the last chapter but the last page needs a timeskip with hokage naruto and only hokage naruto.
>>288436412Hokage isn't a power level. If Madara had stayed, Tobirama would've still been elected over him.
>>288433934>chuunin exams introduce a bunch of characters in an entertaining way>most of them become irrelevant in the story shortly afterwardswhat's even the point?
>>288436483>Hokage isn't a power level.yes it is. but that's not even important. naruto literally has no reason to actually be declared hokage for any reason at that point. no reason.>but the last page needs a timeskip that's the most profoundly retarded thing i have ever read. yes naruto could at some point in the future become hokage. but why THE FUCK would that be after a time skip and not explained in excruciatingly detail. being the fucking point of the entire fucking manga.
>>288436523that's a different anon than me, the one saying i'd be fine with 699 being the last chapter. the timeskip would just be to show naruto accomplished his goal of becoming hokage.
>>288436492Flesh out the plot for the arc and the world building I guess. I think SRA gave the audience the impression they would be reoccurring characters.I think the only characters who needed more time were the Hyugas, since they gave some plot into clan politics and would have given Nardo another aim as Hokage besides respect and world peace. Also Nardo and Hinata plots.
>>288436523Where was it stated it was a power level? Is buggy yonko tier? Even if it was a power level, what does it matter if Sasuke was equal or even stronger? Furthermore, he could be declared Hokage similarly to how George Washington was unanimously decided to be president. Naruto is the hero to the leaf and was visually the most active and impressive during the war. He is THE war hero bar none.
kakashi was hokage too and he's weaker than both sauce and naruto at the end.hokage really isn't a power level.
>>288435780...and?
>>288436677It's about aura
>>288434203...Boruto daily?
Konohamaru is hot sometimes.
>>288436412the people of konoha wanted their savior to be their leader instead of the war criminal who was starting shit with other villages and tried to kill his fellow konoha ninjas, probably
>>288436677>than both sauce and naruto at the end.you mean double sharingan kakashi while both sasuke and naruto that lost their fucking arms?>>288436591completely retarded nonsense. >>288436551>the timeskip would just be to show naruto accomplished his goal of becoming hokage.but that's practically what boruto does and it's a bad idea. if naruto becomes hokage in the future that should be explained in detail not a timeskip. chapter 700 is a glorified omake. and it's not about being a boruto hater. coping with magic mechanical arms and naruto asspulled into a hokage is just silly. sasuke and naruto left each other incapacitated in a perfect stalemate. neither of those conditions should be ignored.
>>288436911kakashi doesn't have any sharingan after the war and even if he did naruto and sasuke could beat his ass
>>288436884> instead of the war criminalif you think about it that's even more retarded. it's like the uchiha completely losing their status in the village. it makes no sense. if the villagers don't acknowledge that sasuke helped seal kaguya, he might as well literally leave the village and start his own. naruto is no more a hero than he is.im sorry but chapter 699 says that naruto and sasuke are evenly matched and they are both missing an arm. that's the real story i want to see continued. technology conveniently becoming magic to give them cyborg arms is just trash writing. >>288436982>kakashi doesn't have any sharingan after the warhe didn't before the war lol. obito gave him his own eyes from beyond the grave. >he did naruto and sasuke could beat his asshow are they going to cast seal with no fucking arms?
>>288437011That was only while Obito was possessing himKakashi's eyes returned to normal after he left for the afterlife to enjoy Rin's cunny
>>288437011>naruto is no more a hero than he is.he clearly is due to not committing the aforementioned crimes, and even after his heroic sealing of kaguya he still wanted to assassinate the kages and naruto had to stop himsure, naruto doesn't care about all the shit sasuke pulled, but the average joe would
>>288437034obito died. and came back and then died again. there's more to be explained there. >>288437083>but the average joe wouldyou are forgetting that the world of naruto is the ninja world. they are not civilians but military villages. it's beyond retarded to start pretending that a borderline living deity that was touched by god and sealed the devil into the moon would be put to trial.saving the world > else.
>>288436019Headcanon.
naruto becoming hokage in a rushed time skip final chapter was pretty much kishi saying "oh yeah i totally forgot about this. there he is hokage don't bother me anymore. "
>>288436819...not Hinabi, Sasuke's wife
>>288436911No argument, many such cases.
>>288432460>Kabuto>interested in women
>>288436911Naruto has Kurama. Even if we accept him and sauce can't use jutsu anymore due to arm loss, Naruto still has the strength to protect the village.
>>288437933Very Fagsuke-minded.
>>288437159Then why did kakashi outright state Sasuke would've been executed or imprisoned under normal circumstances? The in universe acknowledges that Sasuke is seen differently than the reader sees him. Your generalizations would be fine if outright canon didn't show Naruto being cheered for as a hero and Sasuke being outright told he would never be accepted as Hokage
>>288437495naruto became worthy of the hokage title after the pain arc when everyone accepted him.naruto became worthy of being hokage in his own eyes when he saved sasuke.it's like naruto became "hokage" before actually becoming hokage.
>>288436492I think the success of Itachi triggers more Sasuke development and Kishi blew his load too early with Sasuke chimping out and then part 2 was the only way. Maybe they could've spent some arcs without Sasuke in part one but the sales forced the writing to take another direction. Thus comes the cheap time skip and by that point the only plot points Kishi had were Akatsuki and Sasuke. Honestly either more arcs should've came before the chunin exams OR a few arcs before Kisame and Itachi. It's really when Akatsuki enters the village that a ball starts to roll that sets the course for the entire series.If Sasuke had died in the land of the waves then you likely would get your development of all the other characters.
>>288437011Uchihas started this mess. The average citizen would dislike uchihas for decades to come. That's how it would be in the real world.
>>288438287i would've liked more arcs after chuunin exams but before sra. make sasuke chimp out later on. maybe itachi appears later or naruto fully eclipses him in strength.opinions?
>>288437495It's because Kishi couldn't develop Naruto to be somewhat intelligent throughout the series. Shonen authors are so scared to take a risk. Isayama is not a shonen writer and his manga had some flaws but at least he TRIED to make ragetard Eren into an intelligent man that considered the fate of the world. If Naruto is one day supposed to become Hokage then idk Kishi write some chapters where he has to handle things a Hokage would but in a microcosm. Like how kakashi and Obito debated on the ethics of saving rin. Or how sakumi was betrayed by his village. Or how Hashirama had to accept he needed to put down Madara. >I WILL CHANGE HYUGAOkay but how? And he never did? No attempt. Naruto literally just gets to TnJ and have the author clean up after him. Nagato asks him how will he change the world and Naruto cannot give him nor the reader an acceptable answer. Why write yourself into a corner there Kishi? Why use TnJ as cope? Tl:dr kakashi is mature enough to be Hokage and Naruto can only gain maturity after a cheap time skip like in p1 -> p2
>>288438317I think the next move after the chunin exams is to examine how the leaf will handle their new relationship with the sand. Reparations? A sort of hearing between the villages with another minor village as the mediator? Sand blames leaf for inciting them with Orochimaru and becomes stubborn? Elements in the Sand want to continue the battle but Gaara and some see a new path? Something involving the sand and could actually world build a bit earlier. That's what I'd do. Or the sound village I guess, they would most certainly have to be dismantled or heavily investigated.
thank you OPink for necrobumping the general
