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Naruto Manga chapter 373 - The Student-and-Teacher Era

October 5th, 2007 · 255 Comments

Post Author: Bob

Another awesome chapter loaded with revelations about Nagato’s eyes and even the history of ninjutsu itself. Continuing where last chapter left off, Jiraiya recognizes Nagato’s bloodline limit eye ability as the Rinnegan. Apparently Rinnegan translates as “metempsychosis eyes” and I think we all know what “metempsychosis” means, right? No? Well, here read up. If you’re too lazy, the quick answer is: “metempsychosis” refers to soul transmigration or reincarnation. That sounds pretty much in-line with Pein’s body switching abilities right? So it’s not so surprising when it was revealed that Pein is Nagato.

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Jiraiya decides to train the kids in ninjutsu; maybe it’s because he wanted to teach the kids to protect themselves or maybe he wanted to lead Nagato down the right track knowing he would become powerful someday. Jiraiya ends up staying three years to train them. All of this apparently happened between the last frame of page 10 and the first page of page 11, how’s that for a time skip? What I don’t get is how Jiraiya could take three years off to be with the children. Wasn’t he on a mission with Tsunade and Orochimaru? Isn’t there a huge ninja war going on? Well whatever. The three kids become proficient enough to defeat Jiriaya’s shadow clone. Yahiko learns Water element jutsu, Konan uses paper (what element or element combo is that anyways?), and Nagato learns Wind jutsu making him a good partner for Konan’s paper techniques. Satisfied with their progress, Jiraiya ditches the kids and tells them to defend for themselves; but before he leaves he tells Konan to come find him when she’s 18. Always looking out to the future, eh Jiraya. Well, the current Konan is probably 18 or older, but she attacks him on sight so I guess Jiraiya didn’t leave that good of an impression on her, lol. At the end of the chapter, Pein (Nagato) arrives and seems to be a little bitter about Jiraiya abandoning them all those years ago, though he won‘t comment on what happened in those years.

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This chapter also shines some light on the history of the Rinnegan, and in doing so, also reveals a little bit about the origin of ninjutsu itself. According to Jiraiya, the Rinnegan is considered to be the most revered and powerful of the three great eye techniques. Although the other two eye techniques aren’t mentioned, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Jiraiya is referring to the Byakugan and the Sharingan. If you think about it, it’s no wonder Konoha was such a powerful military force - they were home to clans that possessed two of the greatest eye techniques in the world. The Rinnegan were called a tool of god that could either bring salvation to the world or be a weapon to bring destruction to everything. With such a powerful bloodline limit ability at his disposal, it’s no wonder Pein became a “god” to the people of Amegakure. But it’s hard to believe that Pein could have beaten Hanzou with just his body switching ability alone. No, we haven’t seen the true power of the Rinnegan yet, and I’m afraid that it’s probably something very sinister, something even Jiraiya won’t be able to handle.

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The Rinnegan has quite an interesting history. They were said to have been possessed by the Sage of the Six Paths, the founder of the ninja world and who pretty much invented ninjutsu. You could say he was the granddaddy of all ninja. Now, only a silhouette of the Sage is shown, but you can make out some distinctive features other than his eyes. The necklace he wears is made from six magatama (ie. “the Six Paths”). Magatama are a type of symbolic jewellery originating from Japan. They can symbolize different things, but in this case I think their link to gods and deities is most appropriate. You probably noticed already, but the tomoes of the Sharingan are based on the magatama shape. Now this may be a stretch, but a set of fully mature Sharingans contains six tomes in total (three each eye) - could there be a link between the Sharingan and the six magatama? Is it possible that the Rinnegan bloodline branched off into the Byakugan and Sharingan? The other thing to notice are those two protrusions on the Sage’s head. Either this guy’s got some crazy hair style or those things are animal ears. Remembering back to chapter 354 (remember Granny Cat?), we know that anthropomorphic beings do exist in the Naruto universe. Could this Sage guy be a mix between man and beast (he’s a Furry! lmao)? And when I think about the last idea, the tailed beasts keep popping into my head - is there a link between the Sage and the Bijuu??

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Phew, I think I ranted more than I wanted again. I hope I didn’t overload anybody with some of these crazy theories o’mine. Some questions which might make good discussion topics are:

If the Rinnegan is supposedly more powerful than the Sharingan, why is Pein taking orders from Tobi/Madara?

Now that we know Nagato is Pein, what happened to Yahiko?

What do you think the “Six Paths” in the Sage’s name are referring to?

Tags: Naruto manga · Naruto theories

255 responses so far ↓

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    cursed seal chidori (Newbie)

    // Oct 5, 2007 at 11:10 pm

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    wow i cant believe we got this far now!!! ITS TUNIN OUT TO BE THA BEST!!!!!

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    cursed seal chidori (Newbie)

    // Oct 5, 2007 at 11:10 pm

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    BOOYA IM FIRST!

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    Tel (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 12:34 am

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    hey man, i check your site pretty much all the time, just thought i’d let you know what a great job you’re doing, the manga is so amazing at the moment don’t you think.

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:44 am

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    The six elements may be refering to the 5 elements and the spiritual world (the reincarnation of the soul).

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:45 am

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    The six paths may be refering to the 5 elements and the spiritual world (the reincarnation of the soul).

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:46 am

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    sry about that the first one was a bug

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:54 am

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    “If the Rinnegan is supposedly more powerful than the Sharingan, why is Pein taking orders from Tobi/Madara?” It wasn’t exactly like he was taking orders. Maybe Tobi/Madara was just reminding him.

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:57 am

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    Or maybe Pain used his Rinnegan to revive Madara (or something like that) in return for Madara’s great power and now Madara thinks he’s Pain’s boss.

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:04 am

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    “is there a link between the Sage and the Bijuu??” “Is it possible that the Rinnegan bloodline branched off into the Byakugan and Sharingan?” Let’s not forget that they did say the founder of the Uchiha clan was a demon (perhaps the Sage himself
    )

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    somersault clouds (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:34 am

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    I think the six paths could be the six elemental attacks in the series namely…Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning and Wood…:) …or are there other elemental attacks? :)

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:50 am

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    yes that’s exactly what I ment too.

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    Rassengan+Wind (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 4:31 am

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    i think that there could be more elemental attacks that only the Fuuma clan possesses

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    Sakamura Mikado (Genin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:50 am

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    Good stuff…I think I am to tired to say anything…

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    Sakamura Mikado (Genin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:52 am

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    Also it does look like ears but I think it just might be a forehead protecter with horns on the front…

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    Sakamura Mikado (Genin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:56 am

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    But one thing I have to say is these time lines make no sinse. I mean everybody seems like they are older than they really are but in truth younger. After this does he train Minato?!?!?!! After that when does Minato become the Forth and at what age does he have Naruto?!?!?!! Was it in his teens? Or late twenties…maybe early 20’s but still wouldn’t these guys be older or younger or same age as him if they are they have to be in there 30’s! And if they are than Jugo can’t be that kid or he would be at least in his mid 20’s but he’s only 18!!!!! So when is all this happening…that’s the only fault I find in this series…but maybe I am just wrong…

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    ANBU Hatake Kashe (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 6:03 am

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    This is an excellent site. I think Jiraiya is a little in over his head, but I don’t think he’ll be killed off. Maybe the Rinnegan is powerful, but its hard to believe the Byakugan or Sharingan can’t detect its weaknesses. Where are the other Rinnegan users?

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 6:05 am

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    Perhaps they’re all dead and Pein is the last whit that power

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    Nine (Caption Contest Winner)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 7:32 am

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    WOW we have gone so far! I hope Jiraiya dosent get killed though!

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    yourshoe (Chunin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 9:17 am

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    perhaps rinnengan only happens to one person and its not even a bloodline and its only bestowed on one special person(also wood is a combination of 2 elements)

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 9:34 am

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    I doubt that. More likely it’s a power that’s passed from grandfather to grandson or even a bigger difference in generations and that’s why no one else has it.

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 10:34 am

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    “Also it does look like ears but I think it just might be a forehead protecter with horns on the front…”
    Yup, that’s definitely another possibility, demons are a reoccurring theme in this series.

    “Let’s not forget that they did say the founder of the Uchiha clan was a demon”
    I remember that too (you remember what chapter/episode?) but since Madara was the founder of the Uchiha clan, I thought they were just calling him a devil because of his evil intentions.

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 10:46 am

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    Actually it said Madara’s father was a demon and his mother- a human. Maybe the sage is Mdara’s father???

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 10:47 am

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    “I think the six paths could be the six elemental attacks in the series namely…Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning and Wood…:) …or are there other elemental attacks?”

    yourshoe is right, wood is a combo of earth and water, similar to how Haku’s ice element was wind and water combo. If we’re talking about six chakra elements, then I think the sixth element is “Void”. Rather, it’s the lack of any elements or in other words: Nothing. It may also have to do with all these dimensional rift/teleportation jutsus we hear about. Also, Pein’s ring has the symbol for “nothing” or “zero” written on it - connection?

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 10:50 am

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    “hey man, i check your site pretty much all the time, just thought i’d let you know what a great job you’re doing”

    Thanks dude, at least I’m doing something right. Did you know this site is nearly one year old?

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 10:55 am

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    Really? When’s it’s birthday?

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 10:58 am

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    officially, this site was founded on November 28, 2006

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 11:04 am

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    Great! Save me a slice of cake :)

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    Nameless (Chunin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 11:53 am

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    Jiraiya said that the Rinnegan was the most powerful of the three eye techniques, but he said that probably not knowing about the Mangekyou Sharingan. Remember when Itachi used the Amaterasu and he didn’t know what the hell that black flame was? His image of the sharingan is probably the three tomoe sharingan. Also, remember what Tobi said about “the true power of the Sharingan.” Pein probably needs this power for his ultimate ideal. Either that or this true power even surpasses the Rinnegan.
    Anyone notice that Nagato looks almost identical to Konan when Jiraiya left them? It’s possible that the two are siblings.

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 12:13 pm

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    Hmmm… Does anyone
    think Konan’s paper powers are kekke genkai?

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    zepwolfx (Father of SHANNARO FanFics)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 12:25 pm

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    might be.

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    subrosanaruto (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 12:34 pm

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    I think this eye technique is kind of a cop out by the artists I mean the bykugan and sharigan are so cool and this one kind of sucks.

    I’m calling it again there is a connection between the sharigan and the heaven seal on sasuke’s back/neck

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 12:49 pm

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    i can’t wait to what iTACHI NEEDS TO TALK TO Sasuke about.

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 12:54 pm

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    I like the whole Itachi being good idea. That will be an interesting twist.

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 1:12 pm

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    FUCK YEAH!! Finally my avatar worked.

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 1:18 pm

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    well, see you guys later.

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    Bobbi (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 1:49 pm

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    Lets remember that the sharingan its a mutation of the byakugan, so madara’s father or mother, should be a branch member of the byakugan clan.

    Now, why 2 of the GReat eye techniques are from the leaf??

    And if 2 of the eye techniques are part of the leaf, then why jiraiya got so surprised when he saw the third?? He lives in a place were there are 2 eye thecniques.

    Another thing, theres a girl in konoha she was the teacher of shyno, kiiba and hinata.
    Her eyes were kind of like pain’s

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 1:56 pm

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    Kurenai?
    http://www.itudia.com/naruto/images/yuhi_kurenai_01.jpg
    Nah, her pupils are red; they look a bit weird in the manga since there is no color but I don’t think there’s any link to Rinnegan.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:03 pm

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    Jiraiya was probably shocked by simply finding the third eye technique, since it seems to be so rare. And you’re right, Kurenai does have similar eyes, but they don’t seem to do much! ^_^;;
    Perhaps the sharangan is the result of mixing the byakugan and the rinnegan! The byakugan has more taijutsu affiliated abilities, whereas the rinnegan has more of a jutsu-based affect, so mixing them together could make an eye ability as versatile as the sharingan!

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:10 pm

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    I’d still go with Bob’s idea that the sharringan and byakugan decended from the rinnegan. After all if the Sage was the one who created ninjutsu that means sharringan and byakugan didn’t exist before that because it takes a jutsu to activate them.

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    anon. (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:13 pm

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    yahiko obviously went to ruronie kenshin :P
    jkjk
    good job
    this is awesome

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:15 pm

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    Excelent point, I totally forgot! XD
    But what does it take to activate the Rinnegan’s ability? O_o;; Emotional stress? Since we haven’t seen Pein in serious action, it makes one wonder. And the only time we’ve seen the resultis of the rinnegan is in the flashback and that didn’t tell us a whole lot! So how do you think you activate the thing without a seal? Does he just tell himself he hates the world and things just explode around him?

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:37 pm

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    I guess we’ll find out soon

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 2:50 pm

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    You need to be totally Emo to activate the Rinnegan. Note Nagato’s black hair and bangs. I bet he has a Slipknot t-shirt under his robes!

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:05 pm

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    Or a My Chemical Romance t-shirt! XD Omigawd… It explains all of the peircings!

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    scrubby (Team Shannaro!!)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:14 pm

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    I think that after Jiraiya left Pein and the others they went to Hanzou and was trained by him until he couldn’t teach them anymore and he was killed just as when Sasuke killed Orochimaru. Madara maybe helping Pein to become stronger by sealing the power of a buuji inside him, since Madara do have the ability to summon buuji it would make sense he can seal them inside a person.

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    Derek (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:32 pm

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    It seems to me that yahiko is the guy with sasuke who has blonde hair and the curse mark that is dangerous. He looks a lot like him to me

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    Nameless (Chunin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:46 pm

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    The sage of six path can be both the founder of the ninja world and the father of Uchiha Madara. Even though the time frame is completely different. But If the Sage was a demon his life span would be a lot longer than a normal human. He could have founded the ninja world and then later eloped with a woman from the Hyuuga clan.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 3:54 pm

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    Evil demon sage: Human Metamorphosis of the Kyuubi?
    Makes it possible for Madara to personally know the Kyuubi, and why the Kyuubi has all nine tails!

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    JB (Newbie)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:16 pm

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    So does this mean Pein and the Uchiha and Hyuga clan are somehow relatives.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:28 pm

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    It’s possible, since their abillities are so similar, they could have just branched out from one or the other.

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    yourshoe (Chunin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:53 pm

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    man i just saw the craziest thing while on youtube when typing uchiha madara saying that his dad was some weird demon guy named sojobo (konoha tengu) who had a long nose and white hair with a pair of black wings on his back. if u wanna read the whole crazy thing heres the website u dont have to watch the video but u can read on the side. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QcdmJZd3eww

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    yourshoe (Chunin)

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 5:55 pm

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    i didnt rly beleive it when i first saw it but after reading 373 anything is possible

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    zep ()

    // Oct 6, 2007 at 6:16 pm

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    yeah, i read that to in a forum a while back. The guy who wrote it atmited that it was just theory of his. So it might not be true. He did have some interesting evidence to back up his thoughts though.

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    jeff (Newbie)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 2:37 am

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    hey!!can i join??im also a naruto fan..^_^

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    Rhalahina (Newbie)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 5:06 am

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    Well … it’s pretty cool :P
    Masashi Kishimoto-sensei got a wonderful emagination. He’s my main-idol and favorite mangaka.

    PS: He is all my inspiration for my manga: Jewel Hunters.

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    scrubby (Team Shannaro!!)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 7:24 am

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    Do anyone besides me think that Sasuke will be sealed with the Eight tail snake demon call Oroch by Madara/Tobi to try to killed Naruto and the 9 tail fox?

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    yourshoe (Chunin)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 8:22 am

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    not rly i mean i dun think they care much about sasuke or naruto they just want all the bijuu. although they do know that sasuke and naruto are getting very strong and are starting to interfere but i think theyll just try to kill them not have sasuke and naruto kill eachother

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    yourshoe (Chunin)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 9:01 am

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    hmm i dun know if this was brought up but i think nagato and konan are brother and sister becauz they have same hair and nagato said that yahiko saved konan and him so it probably meant both were together

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 9:46 am

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    I noticed that thay look alike but they act more like lovers not siblings

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    Nine (Caption Contest Winner)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 10:44 am

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    I know this has nothing to do with this but did anyone see the the new trailer for Naruto Movie 4! Its a part from the movie! I thought the scream at the end of the trailers were sakura but it was the gil with the blond hair who screames.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa14bmTrFsk&mode=related&search=

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    zep ()

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 10:49 am

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    crap, can’t access youtube from work. i’ll just check it out later.

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 10:50 am

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    Lol! Awsome!!

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    zep ()

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 4:34 pm

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    i know this is out of topic, but just thinking about LadyP’s pairing blog. and i’m wondering, how will that work. i mean if Japan is a “mashista country”, as we say in my culture, will the girls have to change their last names, according to the clans they marry/join to? i.e. NejiTen; will tenten be named, Tenten Hyuga, and dose she have to live with the hyuga? Just wondering, and can’t keep this thought out of my head. Can’t wait for LadyP’s blog, have so many questions.

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    nine tailed hokage (Chunin Squad Leader)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 4:56 pm

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    naruto shippuuden coming in america march 2008.and halo 3 is asome

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 5:42 pm

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    Yeah this is all great and stuff i think the nine paths are fire,wind,water,earth,lightning, and i think the 6th is just like pure chakra cuz ice is water and wood is a combo of 2 elements and like the 1st hokagae and some other guy i cant remember can use it so yeah KITTY EARS just saying >.> and umm yeah i think he is the father of the byakugan wich turns into the sharingan because of some blood line thing look for it on youtube.com umm the dark secret of the sharingan there r 3 parts showing a good theory on the sharingan and stuff makes good sense and Madara tryed to seal his or the sharingans father by useing all 3 sharingan forms and the 3 most power full uchiha blood line jutsus you’ll find it on the thing on youtube and seals him in like a statue he cheats and uses kyuubi’s chakra but yeah look it up great page =D

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 5:44 pm

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    umm hold on ppl i dont think its the dark secret of the sharingan but yeah its something about the secert of the uchiha clan or something dark secret well u try to find it =P k just wanted to warn u =P

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 5:58 pm

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    Hyuuga clan is one of the oldest clans in Konoha. They have been there ever since the establishment of the hidden village. Many years ago there was a girl from Hyuuga clan who fell in love with an outsider. She decided to marry herself to the young man despite the strong protests from her own clan. But this man was no ordinary human. In fact, this man was not a human at all. His name was Sojobo. He was the King of Tengu.
    There are two types of tengus, Karasu tengu (a crow-like creature with beak and wings) and Konoha tengu (also known as Yamabushi tengu). Sojobo was a Konoha tengu. He had long nose and white hair with a pair of black wings on his back. As the King of Tengu, Sojobo possessed some very mystical powers. He carried a fan made of Fatsia leaf that could create a storm (therefore people sometimes call this type of leaf as Tengu no Uchiwa or Tengu’s fan). He could teleport himself or any other things from one place to another. He could also communicate with people telepathically or even invade their minds and drive them to madness. Besides, Sojobo was also known for his shapeshifting ability. He sometimes transformed himself into human to interact with people.
    Anyway, this girl from Hyuuga was in love with Sojobo taking the human form without knowing his true identity. She married him shortly after they met each other. A year or two later, she was pregnant and gave birth to their first son. Sojobo named this son Uchiha, Uchiha Madara, after Uchiwa which means fan. And of course as we know, fan also later became the symbol of this new clan.
    Everything was good. Uchiha Madara soon grew up to become a very powerful shinobi. He not only inherited the Kekkei Genkai from his mother but with the Tengu blood inside him the Byakugan had evolved into an even more dreadful form—the Sharingan! This new bloodline had 2 levels: Normal Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan. Like his tengu father, Madara possessed some incredible magical powers. He was able to use telepathy to invade people’s minds, or even teleport himself across a short distance. When he turned on the Mangekyou Sharingan (he had the normal Sharingan on 24/7 just like his Hyuuga kin), the eyes would further intensify his powers and bring him even closer to a tengu form. He had developed 3 jutsus under this state, namely Tsukiyomi (to control people’s minds and drive them insane), Amaterasu (to teleport objects into another dimension).But good things do not last long. As Madara was about to reach his adulthood, Sojobo began to reveal his true intention. Sojobo didn’t marry the girl from Hyuuga out of love. He was only looking for a perfect body, a container (probably to achieve greater powers), and he figured the best way was to create one with his own blood. He was planning on taking over Madara’s body once he reached his adulthood. It didn’t take Uchiha Madara long to find out this appalling truth. He felt a mixture of shock and anger. He felt he was being used but he wasn’t going to give in such easily, at least not without a fight. But Madara knew only too well that no matter how strong he was he stood no chance against the King of Tengu. Out of desperation he sought for the legendary Bijuu—Kyuubi (the God of Fire).Kyuubi was very impressed by Madara’s abilities. A secret pact was made and Kyuubi agreed to lend his power and chakra to Uchiha Madara. Soon Madara mastered the katon and he could even cast a dark fire that would burn for 7 days and 7 nights after performing the Amaterasu. But even with these newly gained powers and a huge supply of chakra from the Kyuubi, Uchiha Madara was only able to beat his demon father by a hair’s breadth. He couldn’t finish him once and for all but only managed to seal him up. However, the seal he used was a very special one. To break the seal it requires the Kyuubi’s chakra and also not one but 3 Uchiha members who can wield the Mangekyou Sharingan. Each MS user has to cast a different MS jutsu at the same time and when the 3 jutsus–Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu and Susanoo–combine, the great evil will be unleashed. It’s a tall order and Madara thought it would be enough to seal up the demon for eternity.
    when the first hokage fouund out wut happend he was mad at madara since thy were best friends he taught madara wanted the kyuubi power for greed so he faught wit madara in the VALLEY OF THE END.(where naruto and sasuke faught).

    story line:
    20 years ago . a new uhciha was born. a very powerfull one his name was itachi uchiha. he knew the truth and he wanted to free the tengo king and sacrifies his body to him. so he knew his clan wont accept this and he needs 3 MS users so he found another UCHIHA MADARA. . he needed another one. so he creted the path of avenger for his lil brother. wen sasuke gets it . his plan would have worked parfectly.

    CLUE:
    Tengus are said to be crow-spirits. When Itachi used a genjutsu on Naruto, Naruto saw him turned into a flock of crows
    CLUE:
    [neji always talk about how he fails to see the last srow] Neji failing to see the last crow was a hint on how that Hyuuga woman failed to see through the King of Tengu, thus allowing the possibility of the Uchiha clan being born?

    CLUE
    Karasu tengu can make a sound like thunder clapping when they fly overhead.
    Maybe this why whenever tobi comes out it starts raining and thuders come out
    even itachi cried on how madara power was

    CLUE:
    names in naruto means something to the person . like uzumaki means spiral
    and thats naruto symbol.. kakashi means scarescrow.. whos is the scarscrow kakashi itachi or sasuke u decide

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 6:03 pm

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    “Can’t wait for LadyP’s blog, have so many questions.”

    Where has that crazy fangirl gone? Sounded like she was buried in work and not getting enough sleep :(

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    yourshoe (Chunin)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 6:09 pm

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    ya its like the dark secret of the uchiha clan. i have the site addres earlier in the blog.

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    somersault clouds (Newbie)

    // Oct 7, 2007 at 7:14 pm

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    wow…so many messages, so little time…:P Mr/s. yourshoe & J-sama, I think konan and pein are siblings…but…if they are, why doesn’t konan have the rinnengan? :)

    Mr..o sorry…Ms. Nefarious :P,i also think rinnengan is a mix of byakugan & sharingan….maybe sharingan & byakugan are the originals and rinnengan was a result of “intermarriage”…thus i would think rinnengan got the best of both worlds…maybe…

    If I’m not mistaken, the fox is a famous legendary animal in Japanese mythology….and it is part of the legend that the fox spirit has nine tails….it was also portrayed in a chinese fantasy movie,I forgot the title,hehehe,but it stars Jimmy Lin & Jacky Cheung who played the nine-tailed fox spirit…and interestingly,if the tails are cut-off,his “s****l” prowess decreases..haha. :) just a thought. :)

    “yourshoe is right, wood is a combo of earth and water, similar to how Haku’s ice element was wind and water combo. If we’re talking about six chakra elements, then I think the sixth element is “Void”.” - I see, ok. :)

    “hey man, i check your site pretty much all the time, just thought i’d let you know what a great job you’re doing” - I second the motion. Keep it up! :)

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 9:03 am

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    Using a school computer to comment right now. XD

    Okay. Note to Manga’s Rock: You have an insanley detailed theory and It’d be awesome if you could get into more detail outside the comments box. If you wish, you could type up the whole thing, including other theories you might have and you could probably have it posted on the site! ^-^ Bob would probably be willing to help you out with it!

    Also, we should do something for the site’s birthday! 8D Some sort of celebration!

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    J-sama (Primera Espada)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 9:14 am

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    Yes! I already suggested cake.

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 10:00 am

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    LOL the site has a B-Day >..

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 10:01 am

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    yeah i cant see what i wrote but if its there than read it if it’s not than tell me and i guess ill write it agian D=

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    zep ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 10:04 am

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    actually that thery was posted in a narutofan forum, so unless that’s the same person, that theory belongs to someone else. If you don’t beleive me Google Madara Uchiha, and in should be one that says something about the dark secret of the uchiha.

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 10:18 am

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    hmmm oh yeah i didnt say it was mine only the one about the eyes was mine so yeah =D

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 10:21 am

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    go on youtube and look for the dark history of uchiha madara thats it that tells you the same as the dark secret but better it has 3 parts its not mine jusy saying so i wount have some sorta conflict with zep =P

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    pimped shoe (Newbie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 12:26 pm

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    (jus trying another name) i could barely watch the madara thing tho, i can tell it to ppl but i cant stand it. so long and the voice dude was some wierd dude, also the theorys were ok but so strange at the same time with some tengu guy and sojobo and aaaaaah omg…. to much information for my brain

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 12:45 pm

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    We ARE kinda’ dumping a ton of info in the comments box and following everything at once IS kinda’ tough to follow. The best solution is to have people request to be blog contributors, since Bob needs some.
    Also, how could we celebrate the sites B-day with a cake? People here are from totally different corners of the world! @_@ Unless somebody could be the one to bake a cake and take a picture, but that’s seems kinda’ weird…

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    zep ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 12:55 pm

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    No conflict Manga Rock. just liike giving credit were credit is do. My bad if i came off offencive.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 12:56 pm

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    ^__^ No worries, Zep. You’re about as offensive as a Monk!

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    zep ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 1:15 pm

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    THAT’S NOT FUCKING TRUE, AND I CAN FUCKING PROVE IT. GODDAMN, I’M NOT DOING MY FUCKING JOB THEN!!! lol.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 1:23 pm

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    XD Fine. You’re about as offensive as a monk that swears like a trucker! ;D But you ARE from Cali. THAT’S you’re true transgression! Lol.

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 1:37 pm

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    LOl iight kwel zep if anyone saw the dark history of uchiha madara yeah tht kid is kinda anoying and it takes awhile to understand >.

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 1:37 pm

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    it keeps not showing up D= WTF but if u can see it then kwel =D

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 1:38 pm

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    if you cant see it then man leave your aim and ill IM u my theory if u want =P O_o

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    Tel (Newbie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 2:06 pm

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    Has anyone posted any news on the new naruto shippuden accel 2 game?

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    pimped shoe (Newbie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 3:28 pm

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    i wonder if that one annoying guy talking in the vid was like a spy and he like checked out kishi’s files and found all that info but there are some problems with that. 1) how would he get to those files. 2)why whould kishi come up with some crazy theory about tengu and sojobo and karasu(karasu is from another manga anyway. and ya thats it, oh and ive never heard of that game tel

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    manga's rock ()

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 3:36 pm

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    WHY DOESNT MY OTHER THINGS SHOW >:3 lol does anyone know when the new manga comes out?

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:04 pm

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    “Has anyone posted any news on the new naruto shippuden accel 2 game?”

    I don’t think anybody has. Do you know if they are going to bring any of the naruto shippuden accel game to the states?

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:13 pm

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    I think it’ll probably be based on how well Shippuuden is received over here. If anyone’s got some good info, by all means send it to me and we can make it an official post.

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:17 pm

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    “i wonder if that one annoying guy talking in the vid was like a spy and he like checked out kishi’s files and found all that info”

    Is the guy speaking Japanese or something? Got a link to the vid?

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:18 pm

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    Is that our queue to people to fish for spoilers and/or pre-release ratings and comments?

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:20 pm

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    “The best solution is to have people request to be blog contributors, since Bob needs some.”

    YES, BOB NEEDS SLAVES… I mean contributors for his nice little blog :)

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:21 pm

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    DON’T LISTEN TO HIM!!! HE BEATS US!

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:25 pm

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    SILENCE SLAVE, Back to the PIT!!! … I mean lounge room where we have complimentary biscuits and tea.

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:29 pm

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    Not any more I ate dose so called bisciuts, and the tea tasted like piss.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:30 pm

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    Hurray! Brittish consumables! In a PIT!!!

    Seriously… where is LadyP? She needs to contribute too! ;_; It’s so lonely in the pit….

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:34 pm

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    “Not any more I ate dose so called bisciuts, and the tea tasted like piss.”

    Shut-Up!! I paid good money for that piss flavored tea!!!!

    “where is LadyP?”

    Good question.
    Has she forsaken us?

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:34 pm

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    It’s not that bad, we have darkness to have fun with.

    Who touched my butt just now.

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:38 pm

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    At you have somebody to touch your butt…
    It’s lonely inside my igloo…

    Hey, that could make good song lyrics.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:39 pm

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    I don’t think Lady’s forsaken us, it’s just that she’s better about getting her homework done before she’s gets online! XD What a funny idea!

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:41 pm

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    Poor Bob, with nobody to share an igloo… Poor Zep for not knowing who the hell just tried to butt-grapple a cheek.

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    Bob (Malevolent Dictator)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:49 pm

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    alrighty folks, I need to say bye bye for awhile. May be back later t’nite if have time.

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    E.R.Nefarious (Sexy Sparkle Dust Artist)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 4:50 pm

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    Later Bob-o!
    Be sure to patch up your igloo! ^-^

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    zep hyuga (Rookie)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 5:09 pm

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    i’ll try to be back later too. Have to go to class.

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    LadyP (Mother Hen)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 6:32 pm

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    Though none of you are around to read this when I post this:
    ROFL, I’m so sorry dear comrades of the Shannaro Four. I haven’t forsaken you all (*hands out nice, warm chocolate chip cookies*). I’m just in that dark corner over there juggling hw in one hand and the time in the other. The blog well on it’s way though not close to being done.
    Bob…..igloo? What the?? I love your new avatar, zep. I’m happy a lot more people are using avatars. I’m so sorry, Bob, I sent you so many artists XD Yay, you’re doing Kakashi Gaiden! *huggles*
    And I have been checking in everynight but I can’t really participate in the convos lest I want to pull and all nighter. Till next time I can spend time in the Pit with my dear fellow Narutards.

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    LadyP (Mother Hen)

    // Oct 8, 2007 at 6:33 pm

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    And I’m so sorry you’re left to handle the estrogen side on your own for now, Nef. ;_; I’m coming soon!