Naruto 621 – Hashirama and Madara
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Creating a humanoid, Hashirama grabs the Tailed Beast Ball, initially thrown at him, and slams it unto Madara’s Susanoo creating an explosion. As the smoke clears, Madara reveals a Susanoo-armoured Nine-Tails ready to attack Hashirama’s shield. With Hashirama praising Madara, he quickly grabs the ethereal beast’s blade and counters by creating wooden hands to suppress the beast only for the tailed beast to destroy with its other blade. Noting his disadvantage, Hashirama quickly retreats to the coastline prompting Madara to charge a sword-enhanced Tailed Beast Ball. Trying to defend himself, Hashirama summons a set of barriers which was enough to at least redirect the attack. Before continuing, Hashirama and Madara exchange different opinions with Hashirama wanting to stop the battle and Madara wanting to best Hashirama. Knowing that Madara can no longer be persuaded, Hashirama enters Sage Mode and summons a gigantic wooden construct which clashed with the Nine-Tails causing another huge explosion. As the battle progresses, Hashirama remembers the first time when he and Madara crossed paths.
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According to this year’s 13th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump magazine, the Hunter x Hunter anime will continue into the Chimera Ant story arc, starting April 21st.
The arc starts after Gon and Killua finishes the Greed Island, and was brought to Kite, instead of his mentor and Gon’s father, Ging Freecss. Rough designs for the Queen, Meleoron, the thousand-fisted ant, Yunju, and the mosquito-type ant were also revealed in the magazine.
Hunter x Hunter manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/hunter_x_hunter/
Bleach 527 – Eliminate from Heaven
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Zaraki stabs Unohana but screams for Unohana not to die because he hasn’t fought enough yet. Unohana dies happy having brought out Zaraki’s true power, and Zaraki then hears the voice of his zanpukto calling out to him.
Meanwhile back at Nimaiya’s shack, Renji has stands bloodied but triumphant but Ichigo seems to have flunked Nimaiya’s test. Ichigo wants to continue but Nimaiya states that the asauchi didn’t choose Ichigo which means he’s not a real shinigami and therefore Nimaiya is not going to fix his zanpukto. Nimaiya tells Mela to remove Ichigo and send him home. Ichigo breaks free, but Nimaiya sends Ichigo away with some teleport technique.
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According to the April issue of Takarajima’s Smart magazine, the third Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie, Gekijō-ban Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica Shinpen: Hangyaku no Monogatari (Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: The Rebellion Story) will be premiering in Japan this summer.
Unlike the first and second movies, which are a condensed re-telling of the original TV anime series, the third one will be based on a completely new script and it will be a direct sequel to the series.
[Staff]
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Yukihiro Miyamoto
Screenplay: Gen Urobuchi
Original Character Design: Ume Aoki
Producer: Atsuhiro Iwakami
Animation Production: SHAFT
Madoka Magica manga:
http://www.mangahere.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_madoka_magica/
One Piece 699 – Morning Paper
Summary:
Kuzan is attempting to freeze Doflamingo to stop him from killing Smoker. However, Doflamingo survives the attack but refuses to fight the former admiral. He then leaves with Buffalo and Baby 5 while asking “what Kuzan really is”. Smoker is then treated by the G-5 Marines who ask whether Kuzan is now a boss of the underworld.
Meanwhile on the Thousand Sunny, Usopp and Chopper are paranoid about an attack from Doflamingo, and are dressed in armor created by Kin’emon’s powers. Kin’emon is angry with Zoro because he believes that Zoro has defiled the famous samurai Ryuma’s grave to obtain Shuusui. Meanwhile, Momonosuke, who is playing cute gets a lot of attention from Robin and Nami, making Brook, Kin’emon and Sanji jealous of him.
After a quiet but anxious night, the party receives the morning newspaper which reads that Doflamingo has indeed quit his position as a Shichibukai. It is also reported that the Heart Pirates and the Straw Hat Pirates have formed an alliance, and so have the On Air, Kid and Hawkins Pirates. All three news are declared as huge threats to the world. The chapter is ended with Doflamingo at Dressrosa receiving a call from Law via a Den Den Mushi.
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Fairy Tail 320 – Violent Thunder
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The chaos outside the Grand Magic Games continues as Natsu and his team battle their way out of Mercurius and Arcadios, Hisui and Jellal ponder over the coming apocalypse they have been told about. In the Games, Minerva moves to confront the weakened and bloodied Erza, utilizing her Magic to pick her up and throw her around. As she smashes her through a nearby pillar, Minerva gleefully states that she will deliver Erza’s public execution.
Also beginning to battle it out are the tag teams of Lyon and Chelia, Gray and Juvia, Lyon quickly casting an array of Ice-Make spells, and Gray responding with his own. However, Gray soon gets a slight advantage, as Juvia, from the river below the bridge the battle is taking place on, sends water upward for Gray to instantly freeze and use. Seeing this, Lyon tries some more powerful attacks, however Chelia soon demands that he attack Juvia as well. Lyon refuses though, stating that Chelia has to attack Juvia, albeit not harm her. As Chelia begins to argue at this, Gray notices that their teamwork is off, believing this will give himself and Juvia a chance at taking the battle.
Meanwhile, in another part of Crocus, Laxus, Orga and Jura stand in their own three-way confrontation. Orga is the first to speak, facing Jura and stating that he wants to see the Wizard Saint go all out, moreover, he wants to see if Jura has the guts to block one of his attacks head on. As the Lamia Scale Mage agrees, Laxus notes that Jura seems to be creating a trap, though Orga, oblivious to this, immediately attacks with Lightning God’s Atomic Bolt Cannon. However, Jura merely dodges the attack and grabs Orga in the forehead, smashing him straight into the ground with incredible force. As Laxus and the crowd stare on in sheer disbelief, the debris of the attack clears, showing Orga to be completely unconscious, whilst Jura states that he remembered the Sabertooth Mage’s fight from the first day, and wanted to end everything instantly too. With this win, Jura receives another point for Lamia Scale, turning to then face Laxus. From the stands, Ooba congratulates Jura and gloating states that Makarov stands no chance, as, during the seven years he was absent, Jura climbed in the rankings of the Ten Wizard Saints, now being considered the fifth strongest of the group. Beside her, Sherry points out that there are still four people stronger than Jura, though Ooba quickly defends him by stating that the four higher ranked members are as strong as gods, and should therefore not be considered human, calling Jura the strongest human Wizard Saint.
Back on the battlefield, Jura begins to state that he has always wanted to fight Laxus, however the Fairy Tail Mage quickly interrupts him, annoyed by Jura’s fancy use of titles. He states that formalities have no place in their fight, as, on the battlefield, they are no more than two men. With this being said, Laxus surges forward shrouded in lightning, though just before he can touch Jura, he is brutally hit on the back of the head and sent slamming into the ground. From the stands, the crowd and commentators begin to think that Jura has once again taken somebody down with a single blow, Jura too openly telling Laxus that there are always people in the world stronger than oneself. Laxus though, surprises the Lamia Scale Mage by suddenly jumping up and sharply upper-cutting him, replying that it’s good to look down too, as those stronger people may be just at your feet.
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Fairy Tail Manga // Fairy Tail 319 // Fairy Tail 321
Bleach 526 – The Battle
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Zaraki thinks he has beaten Unohana but he gets cut instead. The battle continues on Unohana goes bankai. Zaraki “awakens” and realizes this is the “fighting” he has been looking for. Silently, Unohana and Zaraki agree thtat they both live for fighting. Unohana has developed her healing techniques so that she can keep on fighting, while Zaraki limited himself so he can enjoy fighting. When Unohana fought Zaraki for the first time, she realized that Zaraki would take over the title of Kenpachi and that her job is to bring him to the next level. Back in the present, Unohana silently bids farewell as Zaraki stabs her with his sword.
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Bleach Manga // Bleach 525 // Bleach 527
One Piece 698 – Doflamingo Arrives
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The Straw Hat Pirates, along with their allies and prisoner are heading out to Dressrosa on the Thousand Sunny where they are informed of Luffy’s goal to defeat all of the Yonko and the plan by Trafalgar Law to reduce Kaido’s power in the New World by destroying Doflamingo’s SMILE factory. Regardless of the dangers involving an army of SMILE users and a potential encounter with Kaido himself, Kin’emon along with his son Momonosuke are coming along with the Straw Hats as one of Kin’emon’s comrades is being held prisoner in Dressrosa.
Back on Punk Hazard, Smoker allows the G-5 Marines and Brownbeard to retrieve their comrades from their petrified states. One of Smoker’s men questions if they should arrest the headless bodies of Doflamingo’s subordinates. However, the heads suddenly come flying back to their bodies and the men are viciously attacked by Doflamingo himself. Doflamingo stands in front of Smoker and demands the location of the Straw Hats, but Smoker tells him he has no idea where they are going and call him by his alias “Joker”. Seeing that his alias is exposed, Doflamingo strike a blow to Smoker’s face severely injuring him. He then attempts to deliver the killing blow but is interrupted by the arrival of Kuzan, the former Admiral.
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In the March issue of Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shounen Magazine, the three leading voice actors of the TV anime adaptation of Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil) manga have been revealed. The anime will be premiering this April.
Shinichiroh Ueda, a newbie who was a finalist in the 24th Junon Super Boy Contest, will voice the main character, Takao Kasuga.
Sawa Nakamura, the main heroine will be voiced by Mariya Ise, a veteran voice actor who voiced Ringo in Air Gear and voiced Killua in Hunter x Hunter.
Nanako Saeki will be voiced by Yoko Hikasa.
Aku no Hana is a school romance manga series by Shuuzou Oshimi. It began serialization in the inaugural issue of Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in 2009.
Aku no Hana manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/aku_no_hana/
Naruto 620 – Hashirama Senju
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As Sasuke boldly declares that Hashirama’s response would decide whether or not he should take revenge on Konohagakure, Tobirama, who had become angered at this sentiment, notes that he would not allow such a thing to happen. In a fierce exchange of silent wills, which sends those around them into near-frenzied panic and begins to destroy the Naka Shrine, Tobirama finally adheres to his brother’s command and lowers his fingers from around the bands on his arms. Reverting almost immediately to his jovial, carefree self as Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief and Minato marvelled, Hashirama praises Itachi, telling Sasuke that Itachi was a better shinobi than himself, and that he will happily tell the lengthy answer to the question he had posed to him. Telling him to make it as short as possible as they were strapped for time with a war going on, Hiruzen tells Orochimaru that if it were a case where Madara was currently on the battlefield then they needed to head out as well. With Minato and Tobirama sensing the situation on the battlefield and confirming it to be true, Minato is glad that his son was able to achieve what he had wanted him to do when he sealed the beast into him. Tobirama, however, discards Orochimaru’s threat to bind them entirely and declares that he was going to the battlefield. However, thanks to now acquiring Hashirama’s genetic material, the binding of the Impure World Reincarnation had become more powerful as Hashirama noted, telling his brother that he had grown dull. Easily breaking free of the additional restraint as Orochimaru noted, Hashirama allays the Sannin’s fears, telling him that first he would free Sasuke of the darkness that surrounded him before he became another Madara and casually takes a seat on the ground and begins the retelling of the story of his confrontation with Madara at the Valley of the End and the history of the Senju and Uchiha.
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Naruto Manga // Naruto 619 // Naruto 621
Fairy Tail 319 – Holy Knight
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With Gajeel having activated his Iron Shadow Dragon Mode, “Shadow” and the audience are all surprised by the turn of events, with “Shadow” noting that Gajeel now has two elemental types. Gajeel moves in for the attack, making himself disappear by turning into a shadow before hitting “Shadow” in the head from behind. “Shadow” takes on the form of a shadow as well and the two move around the area in said form until “Shadow” is grabbed by the shadow by Gajeel and pulled out before being promptly smashed into the surroundings. As he claims this is not the Gajeel he knows, Gajeel tosses him into the air and unleashes his Iron Shadow Dragon’s Roar, creating a devastating blast that engulfs the Shadow Dragon Slayer and shocks all the viewers.
Rogue crashes down to the ground from above, defeated. For his victory, Gajeel earns one point for Team Fairy Tail. Claiming it to be Rogue’s limit, “Shadow” leaves his body. Suddenly, Frosch appears in tears and asks Gajeel not to do anything else, lest Rogue die. Gajeel claims the fight is over and he won’t do anything else, resulting in Frosch going to his partner’s side and trying to wake him up. Rogue wakes up and asks Frosch what happened to him, signifying that he doesn’t remember being possessed. Mavis refers to it as an evil shadow whose Magic she’s never heard of.
Inside Mercurius, Natsu, Loke and Wendy continue to attack the guards who get in their way. As Lucy wonders how many there are, her future counterpart states they shouldn’t have come the way they did. Carla claims it doesn’t matter since they have Magic, to which Happy tells her to stay back so he can protect her. As Pantherlily moves in to attack, he is stopped by an acid attack from a member of the Garou Knights. Kamika appears as well, stating that they shouldn’t be underestimated and notes that Mirajane isn’t around either. Uosuke is carried in on a chair while the leader arrives as well, stating he won’t let them leave, much to Natsu’s chagrin.
Elsewhere in the castle, Arcadios dons a suit of white armor and the Fiore knights respond in shock given that he should’ve been removed from his post, but he simply asks where the princess is. Told that she is on the last floor, he heads to meet her. Arcadios states to himself that he has to make sure of what he knows, since the Lucy of the future wasn’t lying and that the liar was the princess.
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Back in 2012, A-1 Pictures produced the first anime ad for Takeshi Azuma’s Denpa Kyoushi manga and it started airing in October. The second ad has begun airing in Japan this month. Click here to watch.
The story revolves around a physics genius named Junichiro Kagami, who is obsessed with his anime blog and never wants to get a job after graduating college. Desperate to help him get his life together, Kagami’s sister gets him to work as a teacher at Icho Academy.
The manga, created by Takeshi Azuma, debuted in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in 2011.
Denpa Kyoushi manga: http://www.mangahere.com/manga/denpa_kyoushi/
Fairy Tail 317 – Frog
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After hearing about the 10,000 dragons that are said to be coming to attack Fiore, the rescue team stares in disbelief at the Lucy from the future. Similarly, Datong questions the assertion, with Princess Hisui stating that it’s hard to believe and that she not until she sees the results of the Grand Magic Games.
Meanwhile, an extremely shocked Natsu questions the revelation, with several others wondering about it as well. As Wendy asks whether it could be related to the events in the Dragon Graveyard, Natsu takes weaponry and suggests fighting the dragons, much to the surprise of the others. Lucy wonders whether anyone will really believe what is said to happen, though Natsu claims they will since it’s her who told them. Lucy talks to her future self, telling her not to be sad since she has her friends.
Carla recalls her vision and realizes Lucy wasn’t singing, but rather, crying and screaming as the castle came down. Quickly, Carla asks the Lucy of the future what happened to them in the castle, which is answered by silence, to everyone’s sadness. Stating that she didn’t know how many days passed after that, the future Lucy explains that she came to the past after waking up and using the Eclipse, despite not knowing how, and arrived on July 4th. When asked why she only came to the recent past, she states that the machine was damaged. The future Lucy then asks the group to meet Jellal, who she explained everything to and should be forming a strategy, claiming that she doesn’t have one.
Arcadios recalls a previous conversation with the princess in which she stated that Eclipse had gathered Magic energy over the last seven years and was approaching the same level of power as Etherion. Claiming it could be used to defeat the dragons, the princess stated it would be Phase 2 of the Eclipse project. Arcadios states it was a lie when the future Lucy said that she came on July 4th and questions why she would lie to her friends. As the future Lucy states she just walked around town, she apologizes to the group. However, Natsu thanks her for the information and states that they’ll protect the future.
On the rocky cliffs, Ultear comments that they don’t know whether what Jellal heard was true, causing Meredy to ask the person he spoke to was lying. Thinking about the dragons, the Magic and Eclipse, Jellal states that something doesn’t feel right and that either what he was told was not true or that the Lucy he spoke to was a fake.
In Crocus, Gajeel, dominating Rogue in their fight, asks again what Rogue said about him being weaker than Natsu. As Frosch worries, Rogue he now understand why Gajeel joined Fairy Tail. Claiming that he admired Gajeel as a child and wanted to join Phantom Lord, he states he was surprised when Phantom Lord lost the guild war and Gajeel joined Fairy Tail. Stating that it didn’t make sense, he believes Gajeel stayed because of his friends.
Stating that it is a concept which doesn’t exist in Sabertooth, Rogue wonders what to fight for as Gajeel fights for his friends and thus, he can’t win. In response, Gajeel asks Rogue whether or not Frosch is his friend, which he admits that he is, to Frosch’s delight. Suddenly, Rogue hears a voice calling him weak, causing him to look around and ask who it is. Turning around, Rogue realizes his shadow is talking to him. Telling him to kill Gajeel, Rogue’s shadow offers him the strength to help him.
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Fairy Tail Manga // Fairy Tail 316 // Fairy Tail 318
One Piece 697 – Transaction
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In the flashback, Law is surprised by Luffy’s plan on taking down all of the Yonko, and warn him that he is heavily underestimating them, as they are powerful enough to challenge Whitebeard before his death. Law continues on saying that Kaido is said to be the strongest creature alive, and even with their alliance, the probability of succeeding in defeating Kaido is still only 30%. Nami says the chances are too low, and they should not agree to the alliance. Despite her protesting, Luffy agrees to the alliance.
Back to the present, Law tells Smoker that he is planning on heading to Green Bit with the Straw Hat Pirates, and remarks that he has his hands full with them. The children are getting ready to leave the island on the tanker with the G-5 Marines. The Marines then draw up a line and tell the Straw Hat Pirates not to cross the line, as they are pirates and therefore, a strain on humanity. The Marines continues to badmouth the pirates, but the pirates largely ignore this, and Nami tells Chopper that Vegapunk is going to help cure the side effects of the drugged candy. As the Marines keep badmouthing the pirates, the children want to thank the pirates for helping them, but cannot do so, as the Marines are trying to prevent the children from doing so. The children are upset since they are the ones who asked the pirates to rescue them but cannot thank them, let alone say goodbye to them. Tashigi stops the Marines, saying that it is disgraceful for them to prevent the children. The Marines explain why they are badmouthing the pirates; if they do not, then they will admire and respect the Straw Hat Pirates, despite the fact they are pirates. They then break down in tears, as Tashigi laughs and Smoker groans. The children thanks the pirates for rescuing them, and say that when they grow up, they will become pirates, to which the Marines protest at.
Meanwhile, Doflamingo is crossing the New World when he notices a raft. The raft holds the decapitated heads of Baby 5 and Buffalo as well as a Den Den Mushi. Baby 5 and Buffalo apologize for their failure in taking back Caesar Clown, but Doflamingo tells them to relax, as they were doing as he ordered. The Den Den Mushi then speaks up, revealing to be from Law. Law tells Doflamingo that he has Caesar, and wants to discuss business. Doflamingo laughs and tells him that he does not do business with kids, and warns Law not to screw with him. Law ignores that, and says that Kaido is Doflamingo’s principle trading partner. If Kaido learns that Doflamingo cannot produce any more Smiles, then he will have to suffer the consequences, terrifying him. Increasingly becoming frustrated, Doflamingo asks what does Law want in exchange for Caesar, to which Law tells him to step down from the Shichibukai, a status he worked over a decade to attain. As pointed out by Law, this resignation would also leave him open to the wrath of the admirals. If the next day’s newspapers has the news of Doflamingo’s resignment, Law shall contact him again, but if the newspapers do not have the news, then the deal is off and Doflamingo will have to deal with Kaido. He then drops the call, leaving Doflamingo infuriated.
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Bleach 525 – Edges
Summary:
While being hurled across the arena, Zaraki struggles to discover why he keeps suddenly losing consciousness in the middle of the fight. He feels nostalgic as it happened once before.
Meanwhile, Unohana thinks back to a time when she was on a mission in Rukongai. Her subordinate arrives at her presence and informs her that no matter how much he searched, he will be able to find a single person in Rukongai strong enough to satisfy her. Unohana remarks that he realized her real intentions. The subordinate states that the mission is to “subjugate the warriors on the outskirts of Rukongai to keep the peace in Seireitei”, and that if there wasn’t such a reason there would be no need to send someone like her. He further tells her that he considers that the size of the mountain of corpses beside them represents the amount of her displeasure. Then, a young Zaraki suddenly appears on top of the mountains. Zaraki and Unohana immediately face off, and Unohana states she never thought she’d find so much pleasure facing a child.
Back in the present, the two Kenpachis continue to battle. Zaraki realizes that he is now fighting by reflex, instead of reacting to the sword like before. He feels that every time he regains his consciousness, he feels like he’s been reborn. In her thoughts, Unohana remarks that Zaraki probably did not realize that he was restraining his fighting power to the extreme all along. She also notes that during their previous fight, they both enjoyed an experience they’ve never felt before and he found pleasure in fighting to the limit. She was weaker than him, and he had to restrain his power to make the fight longer, as he was afraid of losing the only opportunity to enjoy a fight. He got weaker because of her worthlessness. She noted that as Zaraki fought more fights to the verge of death, he was releasing his shackles and growing back to his normal self. As Unohana impales Zaraki with her sword, she thinks that she will kill Zaraki a hundred thousand times and heal him again and again, until he returns to his former self, even after he surpasses her. Engulfed with blood, Zaraki strikes Unohana down her entire body.
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Bleach Manga // Bleach 524 // Bleach 526
Naruto 618 – The Ones Who Know Everything
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Orochimaru brings Sasuke, Suigetsu and Jugo to the ruined Uzumaki Clan’s Mask Temple. Inside, Orochimaru searches for a particular mask, disturbing Suigetsu who found it strange that he knew exactly which one to choose. As they head back towards the village, Sasuke breaks away from the group to survey the village from a high point, which Orochimaru comments as something he needs to do as Konoha is still his birthplace. Arriving at the Uchiha clan’s destroyed compound, Sasuke unseals the passageway leading towards the secret room of the Naka Shrine, lamenting its current condition. There, Orochimaru dons the mask which invokes the Shinigami, and explaining as he went along, slashes the Shinigami’s stomach releasing the contents. These turn out to be the spirits of those the Shinigami had consumed, which returns Orochimaru’s hands to him, but has the negative effect of reflecting the wound on him as well. On Orochimaru’s instructions, Jugo uses natural energy to activate the spores Obito had Zetsu leave on Sasuke to monitor him: six in total. Sacrificing four of them while Jugo and Suigetsu held down the other two, Orochimaru uses the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation and then transfers his being into one of the restrained Zetsu while Jūgo absorbed the other. The screaming White Zetsu spore clones are silenced once shrouded in dirt and ash, turned into the vessels of the men who collectively possessed knowledge of Konoha’s history: the deceased First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage.
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Naruto Manga // Naruto 617 // Naruto 619
