The Infinite Tsukuyomi is on. Team 7 is safe under the protective Susanoo that deflects the light of the moon, hence they didn't fall under genjutsu. Sakura asks Sasuke what's going on outside, but he brushely says what for, there's nothing she can do. Naruto gets angry given the way he answered. Kakashi tells he and Naruto also want to know, and Sakura may think about something, yet Sasuke remains firm, and tells him that he is like Sakura, so shut up. He is in charge. Naruto protests and tells him that they are a team, but Kakashi accepts now he is not useful, and agrees that Sasuke should lead. Naruto disagrees, doesn't think that Sasuke could get a better idea than Kakashi or Sakura, only than him. Sasuke says that anyway, Madara started the genjutsu, everyone outside has fallen under, and the four of them may be the only safe. Outside, everyone is dreaming. Sakura (Naruto, in the manga) asks when they can get out, Sasuke says that the moon is shining now, but then will slowly decrease. In the meantime, Tobirama tries to rescue some of the asleep, including Karin, but the Shinju recovers them inmediatly. Minato remains at Konoha, after being teleported there, and watches in shock how the villagers are trapped as well under the Tsukuyomi. At the other villages, the situation is the same. It's an apocaliptic world in some ways. A mysterious ancient powerful tree has risen, all the people is sleeping but trapped. There's a sort of parallelism with Matrix. Curiously, only four survivors, and four revived Hokages with plenty of time to play around. What an experience. The conversation had certain direction, shows that some things never change. Sasuke was the one who activated Susanoo and realized first of the Tsukuyomi, so he feels like on a superior position to talk the other the way he wants, and be the ruthless leader. But looks like he didn't save Kakashi and Sakura because he wants them, he did it casually because he wanted to save Naruto, who had previously told them to stay close to him. For Sasuke, in this situation, Kakashi and Sakura are not useful, they are a burden because they don't stand a chance against Madara. If Naruto wasn't Ashura's reincarnation, and didn't have the powers of Hagoromo, he'd be a burden too. Sasuke is who he is, rude, blunt, cold minded, seeing people as useful or not. He has been like this during all Shippuden, and if Itachi couldn't change him, no one can. This was a mistake on the character development, Itachi wasn't like this, and Sasuke himself was different during the first part of Naruto. Right now, it's hard to see the redemption. Then, I want to remark Naruto's attitude. He gets angry by the way Sasuke treats Sakura and Kakashi. He defends them, he values what they can do despite not having the same powers. Naruto knows that life is much more than power. And for this, I didn't like Kakashi bringing himself down before Sasuke. The ways and manners are important. The leader must respect and care the lives of his subordinates, something Sasuke doesn't.
Then, there are the dreams. For some reason, the first one showed was Hinata's. Sitting on a bench with Naruto, while Neji and Hanabi (little sister) spy from behind. What a cute picture someone might say. But love is more than that, and a couple must be able to talk, have dates, do things together, share experiences, meet other people, discuss, reconcile, forgive (what can be forgiven), live together, and a lot more. Superficial dream. The good part is that she dreamed Neji was alive. Kiba is shown as the Hokage, with Akamaru. He is acclaimed by a crowd from Konoha, and orders to have a feast day of the dog, and everyone to get a dog. This on a lightful tone, people happily agreeing. The dream is superficial but funny. Shino is shown finding a new species of beetle, but a huge beetle. He is happy flying on the back from the insect. Funny, simply funny.
As for team 10, Choji's dream is be able to eat all what he likes, and have a nice girl adoring him for that. Choza is present and glad because his son could find a girl. This was a little unrealistic, a little superficial, and funny. But is was genuine in same way because Choji really wishes a girl who can accept him despite his love for food. What wasn't showed was the worth of his kindness, and strength as shinobi. Then, Shikamaru dreams to see his father alive and arguing with his mother for casual things like usual, Asuma alive and Kurenai with their baby. He is next to Temari and says that getting married is too troublesome, to which she agrees. This dream was genuine. Tells that Shikamaru wishes to see his father alive, sharing the life with his mother, despite the discussions. He also wished to see Asuma, Kurenai and their baby as a happy family. And well, he sees Temari as his future wife, but the dream implies he's not ready for marriage yet, obviously. I remember very well Shikamaru's dream from Naruto manga chapter 119, anime ep 70 (Excellent by the way, no comparison to some eps from the war arc for instance), he just wished to live a normal life, being a normal shinobi, marry a woman, have two kids, grow old, retire, play shogi, and die before his wife. His current dream is not far off from that. The only difference is time. And for wishing Asuma to be alive next to Kurenai and their baby, Shikamaru's dream is not so selfish after all. Meantime, Ino's dream is simple: she wishes to see Sai and Sasuke arguing to win her over. And to see her father alive. Superficial indeed, selfish. Was good to see Inoichi though. I think that a more honest dream would be being acknowledged by her talent with mind jutsu. She wants to be useful, like at the end of the war.
Lee dreams to have a victorious fight against Neji and Naruto, and win Sakura over. Superficial, I thought he wished to be recognized like Gai sensei. Mei wishes to get married with a handsome man, and have the other four Kages, Chojuro, Ao as wedding guests. Simple. Tenten's dream was shown on past episodes. I liked it, she was finally recognized as a valuable member for her talent with weapons in the world of Road to Ninja. On last episode, Tsunade dreamed to be with Dan as the Hokage, while Jiraiya was showing books to Nawaki, both being alive. Simple, genuine and nice. Yet I wonder why Orochimaru was there as well. The most beautiful dream is from Gaara. He enjoys a happy childhood with his parents, and his siblings Kankuro and Temari. And then, his uncle Yashamaru tells him that his friend came to play, the kid Naruto. They happily go outside, and Rasa kindly tells him to not return late. That was the best dream without doubt. Now Gaara is on the right path surely, but the wish of having that happy childhood, with his mother alive, his father as a gentle man, his good siblings, and also, with a good friend as Naruto, is the depiction of the past he wanted. There's a scar on his heart for all his past suffering, so his dream would be not to have such scar. It's simply beautiful, and honestly, even tearful. He was even thinking about Naruto, because he had a lonely childhood as well. I can't call that selfish or superficial.
There are some dreams that clearly couldn't be showed. But I can imagine if they were under the genjutsu. Naruto would dream to have his parents alive, grow up as the 4th Hokage's son, as if the Kyuubi incident never happened (hence, the Uchihas would be all alive, and Sasuke wouldn't be dark). Road to Ninja shows such dream partially. Sakura, has changed during the years, so her dream would not be the same than Ino. Plus, she can't dream with a guy who tried to kill her, there's a distance, a trauma. She'd probably dream to be in charge of the Hospital at Konoha, and take care of people as a medic. Her role during Pain's attack proves this. Is her way to be useful, to feel worthy, needed, recognized. If she has her parents, Tsunade, Naruto, Kakashi Ino, and the others at Konoha, she needs nothing else. And at last, Sasuke would dream that the Uchiha massacre never happened. He'd wish to keep living a normal life with Itachi, his parents, his family, the clan. With all this, Madara's idea doesn't seem so bad. The Tsukuyomi makes someone live an event repeatedly, so the dreams will repeat without no one ever knowing. The problem is time, hence, reality. Life goes on, time passes, people live, events occur. The persons sleeping will die eventually. Is that a true goal for the villain?
The second part of the episode is filler, but shows some interesting moments of Itachi's life. As a kid, he witnessed part of the third great ninja war. His father showed him the aftermath of a battle. During the funeral after the war, the Uchihas talked about Hiruzen's dimission as Hokage, and hoped Fugaku would be named the 4th. They also talked about Obito's death, and the Sharingan in Kakashi. Fugaku respected Obito's decision, and wanted to avoid getting in external affairs to his clan. Itachi met Orochimaru, and wandered alone wondering about life and death. He even jumped off a cliff, but held on to the wall, and fell safely. There he found several crows, and got a likening to them (resemblance to Batman). He was a lonely skilled kid, followed his mother's pregnancy, he wanted a little brother. The day Sasuke was born, Fugaku said he asked permission to the 3rd to name his son after his father. They all were happy in the family. The day of the Kyuubi incident, Fugaku was working at the police station, while Mikoto left Itachi with Sasuke. This part was nice, filled some holes on the story. Itachi was great.
Then, there are the dreams. For some reason, the first one showed was Hinata's. Sitting on a bench with Naruto, while Neji and Hanabi (little sister) spy from behind. What a cute picture someone might say. But love is more than that, and a couple must be able to talk, have dates, do things together, share experiences, meet other people, discuss, reconcile, forgive (what can be forgiven), live together, and a lot more. Superficial dream. The good part is that she dreamed Neji was alive. Kiba is shown as the Hokage, with Akamaru. He is acclaimed by a crowd from Konoha, and orders to have a feast day of the dog, and everyone to get a dog. This on a lightful tone, people happily agreeing. The dream is superficial but funny. Shino is shown finding a new species of beetle, but a huge beetle. He is happy flying on the back from the insect. Funny, simply funny.
As for team 10, Choji's dream is be able to eat all what he likes, and have a nice girl adoring him for that. Choza is present and glad because his son could find a girl. This was a little unrealistic, a little superficial, and funny. But is was genuine in same way because Choji really wishes a girl who can accept him despite his love for food. What wasn't showed was the worth of his kindness, and strength as shinobi. Then, Shikamaru dreams to see his father alive and arguing with his mother for casual things like usual, Asuma alive and Kurenai with their baby. He is next to Temari and says that getting married is too troublesome, to which she agrees. This dream was genuine. Tells that Shikamaru wishes to see his father alive, sharing the life with his mother, despite the discussions. He also wished to see Asuma, Kurenai and their baby as a happy family. And well, he sees Temari as his future wife, but the dream implies he's not ready for marriage yet, obviously. I remember very well Shikamaru's dream from Naruto manga chapter 119, anime ep 70 (Excellent by the way, no comparison to some eps from the war arc for instance), he just wished to live a normal life, being a normal shinobi, marry a woman, have two kids, grow old, retire, play shogi, and die before his wife. His current dream is not far off from that. The only difference is time. And for wishing Asuma to be alive next to Kurenai and their baby, Shikamaru's dream is not so selfish after all. Meantime, Ino's dream is simple: she wishes to see Sai and Sasuke arguing to win her over. And to see her father alive. Superficial indeed, selfish. Was good to see Inoichi though. I think that a more honest dream would be being acknowledged by her talent with mind jutsu. She wants to be useful, like at the end of the war.
Lee dreams to have a victorious fight against Neji and Naruto, and win Sakura over. Superficial, I thought he wished to be recognized like Gai sensei. Mei wishes to get married with a handsome man, and have the other four Kages, Chojuro, Ao as wedding guests. Simple. Tenten's dream was shown on past episodes. I liked it, she was finally recognized as a valuable member for her talent with weapons in the world of Road to Ninja. On last episode, Tsunade dreamed to be with Dan as the Hokage, while Jiraiya was showing books to Nawaki, both being alive. Simple, genuine and nice. Yet I wonder why Orochimaru was there as well. The most beautiful dream is from Gaara. He enjoys a happy childhood with his parents, and his siblings Kankuro and Temari. And then, his uncle Yashamaru tells him that his friend came to play, the kid Naruto. They happily go outside, and Rasa kindly tells him to not return late. That was the best dream without doubt. Now Gaara is on the right path surely, but the wish of having that happy childhood, with his mother alive, his father as a gentle man, his good siblings, and also, with a good friend as Naruto, is the depiction of the past he wanted. There's a scar on his heart for all his past suffering, so his dream would be not to have such scar. It's simply beautiful, and honestly, even tearful. He was even thinking about Naruto, because he had a lonely childhood as well. I can't call that selfish or superficial.
There are some dreams that clearly couldn't be showed. But I can imagine if they were under the genjutsu. Naruto would dream to have his parents alive, grow up as the 4th Hokage's son, as if the Kyuubi incident never happened (hence, the Uchihas would be all alive, and Sasuke wouldn't be dark). Road to Ninja shows such dream partially. Sakura, has changed during the years, so her dream would not be the same than Ino. Plus, she can't dream with a guy who tried to kill her, there's a distance, a trauma. She'd probably dream to be in charge of the Hospital at Konoha, and take care of people as a medic. Her role during Pain's attack proves this. Is her way to be useful, to feel worthy, needed, recognized. If she has her parents, Tsunade, Naruto, Kakashi Ino, and the others at Konoha, she needs nothing else. And at last, Sasuke would dream that the Uchiha massacre never happened. He'd wish to keep living a normal life with Itachi, his parents, his family, the clan. With all this, Madara's idea doesn't seem so bad. The Tsukuyomi makes someone live an event repeatedly, so the dreams will repeat without no one ever knowing. The problem is time, hence, reality. Life goes on, time passes, people live, events occur. The persons sleeping will die eventually. Is that a true goal for the villain?
The second part of the episode is filler, but shows some interesting moments of Itachi's life. As a kid, he witnessed part of the third great ninja war. His father showed him the aftermath of a battle. During the funeral after the war, the Uchihas talked about Hiruzen's dimission as Hokage, and hoped Fugaku would be named the 4th. They also talked about Obito's death, and the Sharingan in Kakashi. Fugaku respected Obito's decision, and wanted to avoid getting in external affairs to his clan. Itachi met Orochimaru, and wandered alone wondering about life and death. He even jumped off a cliff, but held on to the wall, and fell safely. There he found several crows, and got a likening to them (resemblance to Batman). He was a lonely skilled kid, followed his mother's pregnancy, he wanted a little brother. The day Sasuke was born, Fugaku said he asked permission to the 3rd to name his son after his father. They all were happy in the family. The day of the Kyuubi incident, Fugaku was working at the police station, while Mikoto left Itachi with Sasuke. This part was nice, filled some holes on the story. Itachi was great.
