There are no much chapters left, but things look far from over. The plot continues: Sakura isn't able to destroy the Rinnegan in time, and when Madara appears in the dimension and sees what she is about to do, throws the black steel to kill her. Obito uses Kamui right in time to send her back to the real dimension. Sakura is surprised to see Sasuke and the wounded Kakashi. She inmediatly goes to heal his bleeding left socket after Madara took the Sharingan (how horrible outcome). He updates Sasuke on where she was, and then asks her what happened there. She remembers what Obito told her: to destroy the Rinnegan as he couldn't contain Black Zetsu's power anymore, and if he obtained the Rinnegan for Madara, something terrible would happen. When she asked how more terrible could be the situation than now, Obito said that he couldn't implant the two Rinnegans given the amount of power, those eyes don't belong to him, he almost got lost, and with just one he could do what he did. If Madara obtains both Rinnegans, he'll be unstoppable, the eyes work at their maximum when they are together. For some reason, only now she realizes the danger they are, because Madara is alone with Obito in the other dimension. About this brief part, I wouldn't be harsh on Sakura for two reasons. First, she's a medical ninja and is used to heal persons, help to cure an eye, not crushing it or stabbing the eye of someone else like a serial killer. She is the opposite of a cold blooded person, so is not her fault. Two, how was she supposed to know that Madara would steal Kakashi's Sharingan and use it instantly to go the other dimension? That was one of the most unexpected unbelievable unrealistic moves of the whole storyline. Awful idea. Besides to keep Madara busy was Naruto and Sasuke's job, they have huge powers now, so it's their fault first. Then, Obito's revelation to why he couldn't use the two Rinnegans was interesting. One hole less in the story.
What happens in the other dimension, is brilliant: Madara asks Obito how he removed the cursed seal on his heart (big news), and he says that made Kakashi destroy it when he stabbed him with the chidori (the hole in his heart). He admits that he could have died, but didn't want to follow his orders, and needed the seal out to become the jinchuriki of the Juubi. Madara simply smiles and says that the cursed seal would have paralyzed him if he tried to take it, also preventing them to commit suicide, after all they were important pawns for him. And here comes the saddening revelation, Obito asks about "them", and Madara reveals that Rin had that same curse seal in her heart, and got rid of it in the same way than Obito. He tells that the idea to turn Rin into the jinchuriki of the Sanbi was his idea, not Kirigakure's. The fact that she chose to die by Kakashi's hand, was also part of his plan, to turn Obito into the dark side. He took the chance when Minato was on another mission, manipulated the ninjas from Kiri to capture Rin, and leave Kakashi alone. The arrival in time from White Zetsu to warn Obito was no coincidence, was all staged. And even if Kakashi didn't kill Rin, Madara would have made the Kiri ninjas kill her. He also wanted to test Obito's power. Madara says he taught him that to control people you must use the darkness in their hearts, and if not, create that darkness. Obito asks "Why me?", Madara answers because he was kind with everyone from the bottom of his heart, and helped the elder people. He had strong feelings for Rin, his fellows, the Hokage, the village, and a fall would convert that in deep hatred to the world. He needed just a push. Now, Madara proceeds to obtain the left Rinnegan. Wow. This dramatic part was the best of the episode. This truth should have been revealed sooner, like the moment after the Bijuus were extracted from Obito. Is a stunning revelation. One could have expected that Madara planned Rin's death, after all, the white Zetsus have the ability to make perfect clones from a person, and so to infiltrate Kirigakure is an easy task. Looks like Madara was part of everything from the shadows, that's how he was certain that Obito would return the day he left to reach Rin. And something that was left in question was that if Obito thought world was a black hell, why he didn't commit suicide. Now I know that he couldn't. He may have tried after Madara died, but the cursed seal stopped him somehow. And so he realized, if Zetsu told him. Madara is without doubt the biggest villain of the story, the most cruel. Obito was manipulated because he was just a boy, and could not guess Madara's intentions in that moment. Considering his personality back then, he could have never imagined that a person would be so evil. The bad part, is that he became just like him, to be able to cause all what happened in the Kyuubi incident, and later. And is sad. I suggest anyone to rewatch those episodes, when Madara found Obito, and the next one, the sensations are new. It's a tragedy. Madara ruined thousands of innocent lives, and considering Onoki's memories, looks like he was even responsible for the first great ninja war. If he was Indra's reincarnation, the guy is a demon, possesed by power and evil.
The next part shows team 7 final last reunion (forget about seeing the four together after the upcoming arc, it won't happen again). Sasuke is watching in case Madara appears. Naruto finally immobilizes Madara's shadow, leaves a clone on guard, and returns. Sakura sees her partner back, and he greets her with the usual Sakura-chan. He asks her to let him prove something with Kakashi, placing a hand in her shoulder. Then, he places his right hand (with the sun), on Kakashi's left socket, and restores his eye. Sakura is stunned to see what Naruto did, such medical miracle, and asks how he did it. He tries to explain, but Sasuke orders him not to let his guard down. Naruto complains, Sakura says there's no time to discuss but also wants to know what he did with the eye later, while Sasuke remains concerned about Madara. While seeing this, Kakashi remembers when they were young and presented themselves. He thinks that Naruto has surpassed the Hokage, and is finally recognized by everyone, the dream is still alive. He sees that Sakura's feelings for Sasuke has changed since then, and even if she still wants him is different (realistically No). But contradicting the reality, he also says that she still has feelings for someone who tried to kill her, no matter what happens she can't forget the one she liked and thinks it's her duty to save him from darkness (really??? He said what!?!). She is kind. Kakashi ponders that Sasuke's dream was to kill Itachi, and with him dead, which is his goal now. Despite being his sensei he could never understand him, so he asks. Sakura also mentions what he said about becoming Hokage, and asks him what it means. Naruto listens carefully, but there's no answer. Kakashi says it's fine, and as Madara appears, he reminds them of teamwork, they're team 7 anyway. When they see Obito, Naruto calls him, but Black Zetsu responds there's no Obito, he wanted to make up for all his mistakes, and trusted Naruto would solve everything, just like a kid. While seeing Madara with both Rinnegan, Sakura retreats apparently in fear, but then she activates the regeneration jutsu and moves towards Madara to create a distraction. The other are surprised, Naruto tells her to wait, and then Madara stabs her. Still, she is able to attack given the Hyakugou that heals her instantly (like Tsunade), but is stopped by an "invisible wall". Sasuke strikes Madara's shadow, while Naruto rescues Sakura from the steel. Back on the ground, she tells him not to worry, and sees Sasuke not caring about anything. The Uchiha warns Naruto about the six shadows, and Sakura realizes he has a Rinnegan. Madara then uses the Chibaku Tensei to throw a rain of small asteroids. Gaara, and Lee fly away. Naruto and Sasuke deal with everything, surprising Sakura and Kakashi. Madara ascends closer to the sky and while looking at the moon, activates the third eye, the Sharingan for the Tsukuyomi. This last part was merely acceptable. Naruto and Sasuke's powers are exaggerated only because Madara's level is huge. I knew that constant power ups were not good. The team's reunion was a nice moment, but the distance with Sasuke is the same than before, or worst. Nobody has a clue of what he wants. I liked how Naruto and Sakura could talk so naturally and comfortably about the restored eye, she wanted to keep talking later. Kakashi's observations were good, but what he said about Sakura was confusing. The reality is that she doesn't love Sasuke, she may want him to return to good, or still think he's handsome, she may care about him a little, but there's a limit. In any case, Kakashi, who seemingly never really loved a woman, won't know much about feelings. The true love for Sakura is shared with Naruto. On this chapter, he was more warm towards her, like he used to. He forgot about Madara, unlike Sasuke, and his eyes were only looking at Sakura all the time she was close to danger. All he could think about was her safety. The way he catched her, his face of worry, implies that here, Naruto is somehow treating her like his girlfriend. And well, Sakura answered to his worries first. Only then turned to Sasuke, realizing that he didn't care. She knows that he tried to kill her, but looks like after he returned, fought along them, she hoped he'd have changed back. It's unclear whether she hoped him to care, to see just a good attitude or to get his attention. I prefer to think the first one, given that she has been prioritizing her partner for a long time. In any case, regarding Sasuke, Naruto is naïve as well. The Uchiha is a lonely soul, like Madara and Indra.
What happens in the other dimension, is brilliant: Madara asks Obito how he removed the cursed seal on his heart (big news), and he says that made Kakashi destroy it when he stabbed him with the chidori (the hole in his heart). He admits that he could have died, but didn't want to follow his orders, and needed the seal out to become the jinchuriki of the Juubi. Madara simply smiles and says that the cursed seal would have paralyzed him if he tried to take it, also preventing them to commit suicide, after all they were important pawns for him. And here comes the saddening revelation, Obito asks about "them", and Madara reveals that Rin had that same curse seal in her heart, and got rid of it in the same way than Obito. He tells that the idea to turn Rin into the jinchuriki of the Sanbi was his idea, not Kirigakure's. The fact that she chose to die by Kakashi's hand, was also part of his plan, to turn Obito into the dark side. He took the chance when Minato was on another mission, manipulated the ninjas from Kiri to capture Rin, and leave Kakashi alone. The arrival in time from White Zetsu to warn Obito was no coincidence, was all staged. And even if Kakashi didn't kill Rin, Madara would have made the Kiri ninjas kill her. He also wanted to test Obito's power. Madara says he taught him that to control people you must use the darkness in their hearts, and if not, create that darkness. Obito asks "Why me?", Madara answers because he was kind with everyone from the bottom of his heart, and helped the elder people. He had strong feelings for Rin, his fellows, the Hokage, the village, and a fall would convert that in deep hatred to the world. He needed just a push. Now, Madara proceeds to obtain the left Rinnegan. Wow. This dramatic part was the best of the episode. This truth should have been revealed sooner, like the moment after the Bijuus were extracted from Obito. Is a stunning revelation. One could have expected that Madara planned Rin's death, after all, the white Zetsus have the ability to make perfect clones from a person, and so to infiltrate Kirigakure is an easy task. Looks like Madara was part of everything from the shadows, that's how he was certain that Obito would return the day he left to reach Rin. And something that was left in question was that if Obito thought world was a black hell, why he didn't commit suicide. Now I know that he couldn't. He may have tried after Madara died, but the cursed seal stopped him somehow. And so he realized, if Zetsu told him. Madara is without doubt the biggest villain of the story, the most cruel. Obito was manipulated because he was just a boy, and could not guess Madara's intentions in that moment. Considering his personality back then, he could have never imagined that a person would be so evil. The bad part, is that he became just like him, to be able to cause all what happened in the Kyuubi incident, and later. And is sad. I suggest anyone to rewatch those episodes, when Madara found Obito, and the next one, the sensations are new. It's a tragedy. Madara ruined thousands of innocent lives, and considering Onoki's memories, looks like he was even responsible for the first great ninja war. If he was Indra's reincarnation, the guy is a demon, possesed by power and evil.
The next part shows team 7 final last reunion (forget about seeing the four together after the upcoming arc, it won't happen again). Sasuke is watching in case Madara appears. Naruto finally immobilizes Madara's shadow, leaves a clone on guard, and returns. Sakura sees her partner back, and he greets her with the usual Sakura-chan. He asks her to let him prove something with Kakashi, placing a hand in her shoulder. Then, he places his right hand (with the sun), on Kakashi's left socket, and restores his eye. Sakura is stunned to see what Naruto did, such medical miracle, and asks how he did it. He tries to explain, but Sasuke orders him not to let his guard down. Naruto complains, Sakura says there's no time to discuss but also wants to know what he did with the eye later, while Sasuke remains concerned about Madara. While seeing this, Kakashi remembers when they were young and presented themselves. He thinks that Naruto has surpassed the Hokage, and is finally recognized by everyone, the dream is still alive. He sees that Sakura's feelings for Sasuke has changed since then, and even if she still wants him is different (realistically No). But contradicting the reality, he also says that she still has feelings for someone who tried to kill her, no matter what happens she can't forget the one she liked and thinks it's her duty to save him from darkness (really??? He said what!?!). She is kind. Kakashi ponders that Sasuke's dream was to kill Itachi, and with him dead, which is his goal now. Despite being his sensei he could never understand him, so he asks. Sakura also mentions what he said about becoming Hokage, and asks him what it means. Naruto listens carefully, but there's no answer. Kakashi says it's fine, and as Madara appears, he reminds them of teamwork, they're team 7 anyway. When they see Obito, Naruto calls him, but Black Zetsu responds there's no Obito, he wanted to make up for all his mistakes, and trusted Naruto would solve everything, just like a kid. While seeing Madara with both Rinnegan, Sakura retreats apparently in fear, but then she activates the regeneration jutsu and moves towards Madara to create a distraction. The other are surprised, Naruto tells her to wait, and then Madara stabs her. Still, she is able to attack given the Hyakugou that heals her instantly (like Tsunade), but is stopped by an "invisible wall". Sasuke strikes Madara's shadow, while Naruto rescues Sakura from the steel. Back on the ground, she tells him not to worry, and sees Sasuke not caring about anything. The Uchiha warns Naruto about the six shadows, and Sakura realizes he has a Rinnegan. Madara then uses the Chibaku Tensei to throw a rain of small asteroids. Gaara, and Lee fly away. Naruto and Sasuke deal with everything, surprising Sakura and Kakashi. Madara ascends closer to the sky and while looking at the moon, activates the third eye, the Sharingan for the Tsukuyomi. This last part was merely acceptable. Naruto and Sasuke's powers are exaggerated only because Madara's level is huge. I knew that constant power ups were not good. The team's reunion was a nice moment, but the distance with Sasuke is the same than before, or worst. Nobody has a clue of what he wants. I liked how Naruto and Sakura could talk so naturally and comfortably about the restored eye, she wanted to keep talking later. Kakashi's observations were good, but what he said about Sakura was confusing. The reality is that she doesn't love Sasuke, she may want him to return to good, or still think he's handsome, she may care about him a little, but there's a limit. In any case, Kakashi, who seemingly never really loved a woman, won't know much about feelings. The true love for Sakura is shared with Naruto. On this chapter, he was more warm towards her, like he used to. He forgot about Madara, unlike Sasuke, and his eyes were only looking at Sakura all the time she was close to danger. All he could think about was her safety. The way he catched her, his face of worry, implies that here, Naruto is somehow treating her like his girlfriend. And well, Sakura answered to his worries first. Only then turned to Sasuke, realizing that he didn't care. She knows that he tried to kill her, but looks like after he returned, fought along them, she hoped he'd have changed back. It's unclear whether she hoped him to care, to see just a good attitude or to get his attention. I prefer to think the first one, given that she has been prioritizing her partner for a long time. In any case, regarding Sasuke, Naruto is naïve as well. The Uchiha is a lonely soul, like Madara and Indra.
