Naruto 617: Ninja alliance renewed

Recap of Naruto chapter 617: Whirling and Enduring 2

The battlefield: Rock Lee is shown reminiscing about Neji, how they were supposed to be rivals till they fight each other all out. Naruto then goes past him and gives Lee some of his Kyubi chakra. Lee then closes dead Neji's eyes.

At the same time Kakashi is noting how Kyubi's chakra is stronger than before. It's also mentioned at this point that Kyubi's chakra is 3 times more powerful.

Then Kurama explains us about the logic behind Naruto's chakra spreading. It seems that Naruto is the only one who can actually even do that, since he has Kushina's blood and has been Jinchuuriki for many years. Naruto has become so skilled that he's able to transform the chakra to meet each person's type when he transmits it to them. Minato also usen to pass his own chakra to Naruto.

Kurama mentions that Naruto has already surpassed his parents, Kushina and Minato.

The battlefield is 'renewed', the alliance has gotten at least some of it's power back. Madara thinks whether he should also give some power too. The alliance fights together, using several skills: Iseen, Biduu-Dama, Fuuton ookakeami, Hakke Kuuhekishou, repelling Juubi's hands.

Obito mentions of curse of shinobi, which originates from main and branch families of Hyuuga.

Naruto leads a mass of shinobi forming "a bird" or maybe like a raasen shuriken which first cuts one of the Juubi's hands and then proceeds to go straight against Obito and Madara. They manage to at least cut the tubes that support the Juubi, but can't damage either Obito nor Madara.

At the end of chapter 617 Sasuke arrives somewhere with Orochimaru and his "underlings", we can only guess what that place is.

Comments and Predictions

A decent chapter, the war proceeds well. Kakashi mentioned his Kamui in this chapter and he will most likely be able to take down Obito with some coordination with other ninjas. As for Madara, can't really say what could keep him down since doesn't rely on the jutsu that Kabuto did.

Not much to say, but the Sasuke plot development seems a bit interesting: where has he arrived and what is he planning to do?