Chapter 325 *spoilers*

[Denisa]

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:eww: They just cut his head off. Shikamaru moved him out of the circle with his new shadow technique and Asuma went chop. When did Shika get so badass with his plans? ^_^

Even if Hidan is alive, they still owned him amd made him useless in this fight. Hidan is cursing and yelling to quickly get his body and Kakuzu just looks amused. Another spoiler had him betraying Hidan, so we will have to see.

"Best owning of an Akatsuki award" goes to Shikamaru and Asuma.

We have to wait for the RAW tomorrow to figure out what in the hell happened.

[final flash]

cool, I cant wait until the anime gets this far

[Nomnomnom]

^ I don't think they actually care.

Sounds pretty good, theres no quick raw surfacing right now though.

[abomination]

That has got to be the first decapitation in Naruto, and even then he's still talking ? Kakuzu wasn't wrong when he said you couldn't kill him.

Not only would that be the best owning of an Akatsuki member, that would have to be the best owning in Naruto....period! And to think, this fight only really has went on for just a handful of minutes in their time span.

[Alice Catherine]

^The best owning in Naruto was Kankuro's Chuunin exam owning of the one guy...
Took. 6. Seconds.
Gotta love our resident puppet man. ^_^
Also, anything Shino did in the Chuunin exams was pure ownage.
And Sasori's complete owning of Gaara.

[Denisa]

The only other decapitation was when Zabuza cut Gato's(the mob boss) head off in the manga. But they changed it in the anime to something less gruesome. It looked a lot cooler in the manga. They might do the same thing here. We won't see the actual cut, but the aftermath of Hidan's head rolling around.

Dosu beating Choji in about 15 seconds during the chuunin exams was also a major own. But this is the biggest and best own in Naruto so far since it was a S-ranked criminal using his justu and it only took about a minute.

The Akatsuki should stay away from the Rookie 9. Hidan would have easily won if Shikamaru weren't there and who knows how different the Sasori fight would have been without Sakura.

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

Whoa... O_O Hidan really did just get his head chopped off! Shikamaru, dude, when did you become so bad*** with your plans? You're one man I would not like to have as an enemy!

[abomination]

The only other decapitation was when Zabuza cut Gato's(the mob boss) head off in the manga. But they changed it in the anime to something less gruesome. It looked a lot cooler in the manga. They might do the same thing here. We won't see the actual cut, but the aftermath of Hidan's head rolling around.

Yeah, you're right. I totally had forgotten about that seeing as how I haven't read that part of the manga in ages. But Hidan's decapitation is really the first major character decpitation and it appears to be a major plot device. Gatou, in my book, would be considered a minor character and a minor villian.

But you are right, they will no doubt tone this part down when or if it gets animated, much like they have done in the past. He'll still be decapitated, they just won't show the actual beheading. It's a major plot device so they will have to find some way to do it.

[CyberNinja5]

Shikamaru and Asuma are the essence of ownage.

[Hara!]

Hey Hidan, Wheres your head at?

lol, asuma's dead.

[MightyDustLoop]

It seems like more of a comedic situation with Hidan missing his head, not so much the ownage. I'm looking forward to hearing what the deal is with this guy. Hope it's not lame. Hell, there's no way it couldn't be. They've turned him into something fairly ridiculous.

[Cow]

"Bring my body over here damnit!"

"your heads lighter"

lol

[Jinto117]

Holy fack! What a butchering! They better not try and mess with ma boy Shikamaru.

[CapnTylor]

i'm sorta confused. When Asuma threw his stuff at Hidan's ear to test Sikamaru's theory, I know it wouldn't cut ASUMA's ear, but wouldn't it still cut Sika's? Or did the way his shadows work change over the time skip? Or did it not work like that in the first place, and I'm just confused...? Also, and I'm sure that this is how his shadow work[s/ed], how was Sikamaru moving with without making the same movements him self.

aurgh

[likenewbie]

i'm not sure what your confused about, and shika wouldn't have been hurt in the least. if you read the chapter, you'd have known that in order for the jutsu to do its thing and hurt the attacker, hidan needed to be in the circle and to have tasted the blood of the attacker. once out of the circle, the jutsu was cancelled. so, add them up, he only tasted asuma's blood, and the jutsu would only effect him.

as for shika's shadow jutsu, it was his original move. lock it on and the person does the same thing shika does. if you looked closely enough, shika was moving, in a stillframe kind of way since its a manga. he stopped moving once hidan left the circle, and sorta kneeled down since he was low on chakra/power.

as for my comment on the chapter, was pretty funny. hidan's head will be stepped on by kakuzu, thats my prediction.

[MightyDustLoop]

From my understanding, the shadow jutsu has become solely movement based. Their is no connection of feeling, as shown on even the early one on one fight with the Sound Nin who bashed her head in the wall.

Moreover, there's nothing to suggest that Shika isn't making the same movements. If you look at the way his legs are positioned, it does indeed look like he's making the movements as well. After all, it's only a few feet. But he sure is struggling.

The fact that Kakuzu is pretty much amused and Hidan is more annoyed than concerned is making Asuma's death look more and more likely.

[MightyDustLoop]

as for my comment on the chapter, was pretty funny. hidan's head will be stepped on by kakuzu, thats my prediction.

No way. That's how he collects his bounties. And you'd better believe he'd find a way to cash in even on Hidan. I wonder if Kakuzu's abilities have something to do with head attaching though. Maybe his body isn't even his own. We haven't seen a lot of his actions, so it'll be interesting to see how he responds.

[Hara!]

Asuma will die. That's my prediction.

[abomination]

Well , Kakuzu is in a very interesting position: he can either take Hidan's head and cash in on it since they still are at the bounty station, or he could flee with his head and body ( just his head will be more amusing ). I'd be more inclined to think he would do the former rather than the latter, but the story is probably going to have him doing the latter.

I don't see why that body wouldn't be his own. This may not be the first time he has had his head lopped off, but I get the feeling it is the first time. It may be able to be reattached, in fact, it probably will be if Kakuzu fetches his body. I can't see Hidan being a cocky, disembodied head for very long.

[appletini]

dumbest niggssh eva!!!

cool chapter, hidan should have died everything would haved been much better that way. there are never deaths in this manga
characters who should be dead
chouji
neji
hidan
fillers

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

Leave it to Shikamaru to decipher every minute detail of his opponent's battle tactic. While it was kind of obvious that the ritual circle was part of Hidan's "curse," it hadn't occurred to me that the other half of "curse" involved using the blood of his opponent...although now that it's been pointed out, it does make sense.

It would have been much nicer if Hidan had actually died - although the looks on everyone's faces when Hidan's head started talking made me snort with laughter - but this is the Akatsuki we're dealing with. It doesn't surprise me all that much that it will take more than chopping off Hidan's head to permanently defeat him.

I've begun to wonder, What exactly were Kakuzu's motives for joining the Akatsuki? It can't be just for the money; after all, he doesn't need to be part of the Akatsuki in order to make it big as a bounty hunter.

[max_powers]

it hadn't occurred to me that the other half of "curse" involved using the blood of his opponent...although now that it's been pointed out, it does make sense.

Yay. That was one of my predictions that came true! I was so sad when Kakashi didn't go Hyperbolic Time Chamber on Naruto. Oh well, a man can dream...

[ffl]

That was a nice chapter.^_^ We thought it would be ending soon, but I guess the fight's just about to get heated now that Kakuzu has fully stepped in. Kishimoto totally got me with Hidan still being alive after his head was chopped off. I thought that the "immortal" part was because of his jutsu, once it was revealed, but now... I guess it's not.

Now... who will be part of the reinforcements...? This would be a good time to showcase Aoba, Genma, and Raidou's abilities. Having Yuugao offer a hand would be interesting too. Right now seems like a good time to have the lesser known shinobi show off their abilities.

Hehe, it would be interesting if Kakuzu ends up attaching Hidan's head to his body, not Hidan's body. It would be somewhat silly.:)

[Nomnomnom]

Well , Kakuzu is in a very interesting position: he can either take Hidan's head and cash in on it since they still are at the bounty station, or he could flee with his head and body ( just his head will be more amusing ). I'd be more inclined to think he would do the former rather than the latter, but the story is probably going to have him doing the latter.

I don't see why that body wouldn't be his own. This may not be the first time he has had his head lopped off, but I get the feeling it is the first time. It may be able to be reattached, in fact, it probably will be if Kakuzu fetches his body. I can't see Hidan being a cocky, disembodied head for very long.
I don't think its going to be that simple, Kazaku dosn't strike me as the type to flee from anything. If he reattaches hidan's head back to his body then we'll have not one but two akatsuki to be dealing with once again, what if by placing hidan's head within the circle, it causes the body that was attached to be effected by physical damage again, that would mean asuma's dead.

[Jinto117]

After seeing so many of the Akatsuki's strange abilities from psychopathic torturing to decapitated talking heads it makes you wonder what the hell the Akatsuki leader holds over them all. Perhaps he is a demon?

[MightyDustLoop]

Well , Kakuzu is in a very interesting position: he can either take Hidan's head and cash in on it since they still are at the bounty station, or he could flee with his head and body ( just his head will be more amusing ). I'd be more inclined to think he would do the former rather than the latter, but the story is probably going to have him doing the latter.

I don't see why that body wouldn't be his own. This may not be the first time he has had his head lopped off, but I get the feeling it is the first time. It may be able to be reattached, in fact, it probably will be if Kakuzu fetches his body. I can't see Hidan being a cocky, disembodied head for very long.

I was talking Kakazu's body. Call me crazy, but if you took the bodies of those who were stronger, that would explain why you got into bounty collecting turning in heads. And of course why you're never good with partners ;) And why the mofo keeps himself so covered up.

But yeah, that's crazy talk. And that'd be some crazy stuff if he plopped his own head right on Hidan's body.

[abomination]

Oh. I thought you were referring to Hidan in all of that and that Kakuzu might know an ability to reattach Hidan's head and that Hidan's body might not be his own. Didn't think you were actually referring to Kakuzu. But, yeah, that does seem like that is a left field idea.

After seeing so many of the Akatsuki's strange abilities from psychopathic torturing to decapitated talking heads it makes you wonder what the hell the Akatsuki leader holds over them all. Perhaps he is a demon?

The Leader is no doubt going to be the worst of them all.....that's why he's the leader. Seriously, he's menacing enough to make Itachi spill information about Gai and the others with just a few words and a glare. That is impressive.

But , yes, after all of the freaky abilities and personalities of the Akatsuki members presented to us so far, the Akatsuki leader is going to have to be larger than life in those aspects. If he's not, and after all of the hype about him, it will be a major let down.

[DarkNataku]

anyone see a game of keep away? lol i would be laughing so hard if it turns into this. i think they just might to rips hidan's body apart. i wonder if hidan gets put back together will he use the same jutsu again or does he have some other techniques.

edit:i also wonder what would happen if Hidan had a taste of own blood. would that cancel him being immortal?

[Naster]

akatsuki should be renamed to Handicaped Heros

Itachi is going blind
Tobi has no face
Hidan now has no body from the neck down
Deidara is missing an arm
Kisame ate too much fish as a child and turned into one as a result
Zetsu is a plant with multiple personalities.. enough said.
Oro had no arms at one point

[Nomnomnom]

I was just rereading the chapter and noticed somethint about kazaku, if you look at his right arm he has what appear to be tatoo's located on it, and then at the base of the elbo, a bracelet with stones in it. Hidan's necklace appears to have the same stones. Could the reason Hidan can't die even after being beheaded is becuase his soul is bound to Kazaku, maybe Ochimaru's doing?

[Mikadzuki Tatsu]

Could the reason Hidan can't die even after being beheaded is becuase his soul is bound to Kazaku, maybe Ochimaru's doing?
Even if Hidan's soul is bound to Kakuzu, why would it be Orochimaru's doing?

[Nomnomnom]

Ochimaru's good with the whole soul binding complex, it was just a thought that he may have something to do with it as well.

[crow-kun]

Ochimaru's good with the whole soul binding complex, it was just a thought that he may have something to do with it as well.
I doubt it form the talk Kazuka had with the bounty man they just recently became partners.

[ffl]

It's also possible that Kakuzu's right arm could be a graft from the corpse of a formerly strong ninja. Either that or it plays a role in his super strength or some giant transformation. Given that Kakuzu's tried to kill Hidan before, extrapolation based upon what he said, it wouldn't make much sense for them to be bound together in order for that to happen... although it could be possible, but then the immortality would apply to Kakuzu too.

[Denisa]

Kakuzu would then be like the Frankenstein monster. And Hidan is a zombie/vampire.

Naruto is turning into a horror show.

[Nomnomnom]

I'm liking the darker aspect of the anime, the darker it gets the better I will feel, it needs more of an adult nature and main character deaths. Its something you rarely see.

[DarkNataku]

well we are approaching halloween. well why wouldnt kakuzu keep something from the ppl the he has turn over for cash.

[Jinto117]

I agree. Naruto having more violence just feels to good. And with the month of October here, things feel just right. Of course I can't wait till they show the back stories of Kakuzu and Hidan, along with the rest of the Akatsuki cast.

[DarkNataku]

hate to make compare series but isnt Hidan a lil like Piccolo. i think i remember piccolo saying something like as long as his head is intact then he can regenerate from any damage. and bring on the violence it is a ninja series, just hope it doesnt stop after october

[Jinto117]

Of course it'll stop after October. During Novermber they'll ear turkey and during December they'll eat cake cause that's what they do.