Why I Love The Five Kage Summit Arc

What's your favorite moment from the Five Kage Summit Arc?

This is honestly news to me that people don’t like this arc, I love this arc

I love the summit because it kind of exposed how hypocritical everyone in the world is. Sasuke is an irredeemable criminal because he wants to kill the shitty old man responsible for his families genocide? Well everyone treats Gaara like he’s an exemplary moral figure despite him having been a literal serial killer who killed hundreds more people than Sasuke ever did and all his crimes are wiped away because he’s a Kage. The Raikage is furious that Sasuke kidnapped his brother as a means to an end but is totally fine with kidnapping peoples toddler aged children and ripping their eyes out.

This was peak shippuden for so many reasons. The biggest reason the arc is so impactful is due to the truth of itachi getting revealed. Obito’s speech to Naruto about sasukes ninja way still gives me goosebumps to this day. All while sasuke is literally wreaking havoc at the summit. A good hearted kid turned into a unrecognizable monster because the place he called home was responsible for the death of his family. It’s this character development that takes sasukes character from great, to legendary. Kishimoto created such a masterpiece with him.

I personally loved the arc because it felt like the naruto world was actually alive. Like it wasn’t just naruto and the leaf now. Now it’s the whole world and it all feels just so much better.

Anytime sasuke takes center stage in an arc, his fans just eat it up. We only got to see a truely bloodthirsty sasuke a handful of times in the whole series so seeing Sasuke just storm the summit, killing samurai easily, and facing kages with little to no fear It’s just peak for a Sasuke fan in my opinion

If this arc never existed there wouldnt be any worldbuilding in Naruto world at all lol

And you just have to admit that the bodyguards of the kages dashing out to protect their masters just looks sooooooo badass

I like how the Five Kage summit arc was focused more on drama than action and the arc had the characters( besides naruto) all wanting to kill sasuke instead of rescue him like other arcs,the anime version was very boring however.

Good catch about Sasuke's perception of Kakashi as someone who's abusing his clan's power by using it for the Leaf village. Especially after seeing Danzo's right arm full of stolen sharingan.

It's also where Sasuke was at his best. I would have liked to see Jugo's and Suigetsu's reaction to him sacrificing Karin. Would they have attacked him?

Naruto’s breakdown is so painful. It’s him realizing all his friends and comrades have turned against his decision, and that entire world have wants Sasuke dead. It’s him realizing how low Sasuke’s stooped and the darkness he’s going through. It’s Naruto realizing Sasuke might actually die.

For me peak naruto shippuden is between the start of the itachi pursuit arc till the end of the 5 kage summit. We had only great figths, world building, amazing character arcs in that period for naruto, sasuke, jiraya, itachi and pain but even for minor interesting characters like deidara, danzo, the kages, kisame, bee, taka members who shine aswell. The start of the war was slow but it became peak again with madara's introduction up until juubidara vs naruto and sasuke but it get ruined with kaguya and black zestu.

Also, how the Mizukages jutsu also melts Susano, obviously not the complete one but it still brings more Kage level mystery.😮

Honestly, when I look at Sasuke in this arc, I see someone being driven nuts by betrayal after betrayal. The first betrayal being what Konoha did to his family, clan, and brother. That betrayal would have been painful enough, but another betrayal that happens in the Five Kage Summit was when Zetsu exposed his presence, forcing him to alter his plans. The final betrayal being when Sakura came to kill him despite claiming to want to defect. It was by this point Sasuke deemed he couldn't trust anyone anymore, even if they were his former teammates. This isn't "Lol, I'm edgy and evil!" and more "Everyone has betrayed me! And so, I will stand alone!" This part would drive him to go with the procedure to implant Itachi's eyes, and escape from Tobi when he deemed the time was right. Also, Sasuke left a pretty big impact overall. Danzo would be remembered for the snake he is....or rather...was, and his attack on the Five Kage pretty much shows that the Five Kage are not untouchable, that when facing an Uchiha's wrath, there is no place to run or hide. While he only killed Danzo, he just removed everyone's sense of safety, because in a single day, one man attacked the Leaders of the Five Great Ninja Villages, and survived. Susanoo's visage would be burned into the Five Kage's psyche. Not even Tobi's declaration of war could overshadow that.

Sasuke is my FAVOURITE character of all time. The only reason why I watch Naruto.

one of my fav scenes is when gaara relates to sauske and crys for him

Bro Five Kage Summit is PEAK Naruto!!! Who doesn’t like this arc!?? Great video 😆😆😆!!!

I speak with mixed feelings about the Five Kage Summit. Sasuke had every right to go after the folks who ordered his big brother to wipe out his entire clan. And I get what's going on here; he just found out that Itachi was protecting him the whole time, and Danzo (Hiruzen's right-hand man) was the guy who caused the Uchiha Clan Massacre to happen in the first place by taking Shisui's eye. He's obviously taking this personally! Plus, Sasuke vs Danzo was one of the best technical fights in the anime and manga. But this was also the start of Sasuke's heel face turn when he pierced straight through Karin with a Chidori Sharp Spear just to get to Danzo. And then he called her a burden for being taken hostage. Karin should've smacked him across the face for that. XD

The only thing I didn’t like about this arc was Naruto’s behavior. All the simping he did for Sasuke was sickening.