NARUTO Chapters 686 and 687 Reviews : Obito's death (+ bonus bitching)

Written by FrillyPhoenix

Okay, this week's review is gonna be a little different than usual,

and since I was too upset to write one last week,

I'm going to make up for that by doing a double review which I'll call...

OBITO'S DEATH SPECIAL REPORT !

I'll also be bitching about some other stuff, but you'll see.

Yes, I am one week too late to post this picture and I feel no shame.

Chapter 686 :

This will be a short sum-up, 'cause nothing extraordinary happened in it (besides Obito's death flag being triggered).

Chapter starts with the dead Hokages discussing with Hagoromo. He's about to give them orders for some sealing performance.
Then we get several pages of Naruto fighting with Kaguya (bo~ring). And then comes the annoying part : Kakashi whining about his own uselessness (well, that's what happens, bitch, when for years, you've done nothing but relying on a power that wasn't yours... when you can't use it anymore, you're screwed).

Kakashi obviously has no idea I have to review those chapters, otherwise,

 he wouldn't have poorly cut panels for his flashbacks... unless he knows I'm bitching on him...

Then, Obito, Sakura and Sasuke come back from Kaguya's dimension, which causes Kaguya to worry because now that Sasuke and Naruto are reunited, they're going to be able to seal her. In order to prevent that, she takes everybody in a new dimension in which the gravity is so strong it pins everyone on the ground, including Kaguya herself. She throws bones at Naruto and Sasuke, but because of the gravity, she misses them, but thanks to this, she's able to fix the precision of her next shots.

This allows Kakashi to understand how he is going to be useful. Now, quick question for you kids : when a character in NARUTO has reached the rock bottom of uselessness, what does Kishimoto make them do ?
That's right, he makes them "sacrifice" themselves for the sake of the hero, by becoming meat shields (but it fails, and instead, the useful character ends up dying instead... yes Hyuugas, I'm talking about you).
And that's exactly what happens here again, Kakashi and Obito try to protect Naruto and Sasuke, guided by Rin's ghost/will, but... only Obito takes the blow as he Kamuis (yes, this is a verb) the bone that Kakashi was supposed to take...

Overall + opinion : Boring chapter, it gets a 1.5/5.
Just one tiny problem : how the hell was Obito able to perform Kamui TWICE in this chapter, when he was at the limit of exhaustion in the previous chapter WITH Sakura's help **sigh** ?
Kakashi was being veeery annoying. I mean, I used to think that Kakashi was an OK character (despite the fandom worshipping him) and hate Obito (during his "bad guy" days), but with all that happened lately, I have grown attached to Obito. And I was hoping (I still am) that Kishi would find a suitable role for Kakashi (even without his Sharingan) to do in this last battle, not simply reduce him to what a secondary character (Hinata) did twice in the past. Hopefully Obito's death will wake Kakashi up and he'll be able to do something great. I don't want to believe that for all this years, his only strength was the use of the Sharingan and that now he doesn't have it anymore, he's going to be nothing. I still have faith in you Hatake Kakashi, you better not disappoint me.

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Chapter 687 :

This chapter is all about Obito's death (and Kaguya conveniently letting him make his little dying speech instead of attacking them, which would be a better strategic choice...).

Silly Kakashi, since when exactly do the useless characters die instead of the useful ones in NARUTO  ?

It's been the same for FIFTEEN years, get with the program already, dude.

Naruto does try to "heal" Obito with his new power, but since Black Zetsu isn't as stupid nice as Kaguya, he tells Naruto that saving Obito would be of no use : he has no place to return, no friends, and since he has betrayed both sides, none would want to deal with him again (meaning : he's just a piece of trash that should die). Obito knows it's the death he deserves, but Naruto's anger is escalating...

While they're talking, Sasuke, whose eye power has returned, attacks Kaguya, but Kaguya (who has the same power) takes them all to the "core dimension", the one from which Sasuke was just rescued.

He uses his winged Susanoo to be the decoy for Kaguya, and asks Naruto to leave Obito as he's going to die anyway, but of course, Naruto doesn't, so Sasuke goes ahead and distracts Kaguya.

Obito gives his last, dying speech and advice to Naruto, followed by *oh surprise !* a flashback with Rin, and lastly, tells Naruto to become Hokage at all costs (poor Sasuke, no one supports you).
We can now add Obito to the (long) list of heroic characters who died with a smile on their face in the series (seriously, it gets old Kishi). Obito then becomes confetti turns to ashes, leaving a teary Naruto behind.

"...So I don't end up having regrets for dying a virgin"

While Sasuke is fighting, BZ rejoices about Obito's death and keeps insulting him and this causes Naruto to react... and attack Kaguya and her son (funny how Sakura's reaction is exactly the same as Tenten's for Lee when Neji died : no words for the deceased himself even though they were "close" but only for the sad friend).

Lastly, we see Rin and Obito "on the other side". She was waiting for him and they are now going to leave together. Second funny thing : note how Kishimoto made Obito a young boy again to be reunited with Rin instead of the grown man he is, so it avoids making Obito awkwardly look like a pedo Lolicon.

Overall + opinion : This chapter gets a 2.5/5. I was a little touched by Obito's death, but I didn't feel THE FEELS. If you want my opinion, MY take on Obito's last speech was better **shameless self-promotion**. I was surprised Sakura didn't have the feels since she teamed up with Obito twice... I guess the crack ship named ObiSaku has officially sunk...

Now, that Obito isn't there, Kakashi has a chance to redeem himself, I hope he's going to use it well.

OT bitching :

• Two weeks ago, we were told to get ready for a ~big announcement~. As most of the community has guessed, it was about the next NARUTO movie (and the teaser came out today and you can watch it HERE). Now, that should make me happy, right ? WELL. I. AM. NOT. Would you please look at that :

If you can't be bothered to grow up as a hot guy, please don't grow up at all Naruto.

I swear to God if Naruto is going to look this ugly as a grown-up, Hinata can have him for all I care (ugly people should end up together anyway).

. . .

JK obviously, but please Kishi... do something, fix him, I don't know. Plastic surgery must exist, even in Konoha, right ?

• Also, Kishimoto please... if you could stop fueling the shipping wars, me and my Tumblr thread would be very grateful.

What a difficult choice : the guy who loved her for 15 years or the one who tried to kill her three times..?

Hmmm... I'm torn.

• Last but not least, Sasuke is apparently getting his own series (source). Now, if I'm not mistaken, this is called "milking the (dying) cow", right ? The main series is about to end and... oh well. I guess we, Sasuke fans, should simply take the gift and be thankful.

That's it for today ! Thanks for reading (and sorry for skipping a review, I will ~try~ not to skip any in the future) !

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