The very fact that Naruto kicked one of Madara's black balls away is astounding. I squealed like a little girl when he did that! To be able to deflect possibly the most powerful substance in ninja history by kicking it with no chakra cloak or susannoo is impressive.
Since that is the only attack we have seen from Sage Madara, and Minato transported most of the balls away, Naruto theoretically has an automatic win. We dont even know what sasuke is capable of.
Sasuke did not go all out against Madara. Maybe he ran out of chakra or something, but we have not even seen the EMS susannoo since he used it on the weak little zetsus. Sasuke just recieved a power up IN ADDITION TO unknown pools of power granted by EMS.
But the start of this chapter is Gai-Sensei. He destroys Madara with the night elephant, and seals the deal with his last attack. I'm going with mangastream and calling it night gai. It pierces Madara, ripping his face and half of his body apart. Unfortunately, his insane healing abilities rendered Gai's attack as not very effective. But he still has not recovered fully, so hopefully there is at least some lasting damage from Gai's attack.
Most controversal, Naruto saves Gai. Now I have mixed feelings like most of the community. But Gai's leg is gone. Shattered bones and disintegrated. So he maybe wheelchair bound forever, which is appropriate because no one wants him to die, but opening the eight gates can not come without consequence. So I am happy Naruto did this.
The biju/sage eyes are back! Can't wait to see Madara, Sasuke, and Naruto going all out. Sasuke is still shrouded in mystery. Maybe thats why he is one of my favorite characters. Although I've been feeling a lot of love from Naruto lately.
See you next time (whenever that is)!
