Liked this volume.
Loved the developments it showed .
So many tricks up the sleeves.
Don't really hate Danzou after this , I think he has put his ideology out in the open .
Raikage is surprising me .
Loved the chats between Tobi and Naruto. ( )

A very wordy volume, tempered by some flashy fight scenes and a good deal of plot turns and revelations. The bulk of the story is focused on the politics and action going on around the Gokage Summit, but there's enough scenes of Naruto and Sasuke in their respective storylines to keep the focus where it should be. Volume 50 should be interesting, since it has THAT CHAPTER that as a Sakura/Naruto shipper makes me rage a bit. ( )

This volume is a setup for the next great chapter in Naruto, deepening the meaning behind Naruto's promise to bring Sasuke back and attempting to bring peace to the ninja world. The summit of the Kages seems impressive but little seems to come of it except Sasuke's crashing the party and making himself into the number one rogue of the world. ( )

Again, yay, the story is moving forward (at a crawl, but whatever). I was glad that Danzo's tricks didn't work, because, ugh, I really dislike him. However, the Kage meeting was pretty dull. Also, this is the volume when it struck me that I don't like Sasuke anymore. Naruto's blind defense of him no longer moves me. To my mind, Sasuke's last chance to reverse his path was when Itachi told him why he massacred the entire Uchiha clan. He's gone from being a character who I could feel sympathy for and who I believed could be saved to...nothing. He's just a big, boring blob of ice cold hatred that serves no purpose other than to be Naruto's tragic enemy.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )