Save Gaara Arc

[Izanami]

Spoilers

Gaara is targeted by Akatsuki, who seek the demon within him. Though Gaara is able to fend off one of their agents, Deidara, rather effectively (actually crushing one of Deidara's arms during the battle), Deidara manages to capture Gaara by launching a high-powered clay bomb to destroy the village. Gaara is able to protect his village, but at the expense of much of his chakra, leaving him severely weakened. This allows Deidara to mix a clay bomb with Gaara's sand without the latter noticing, knocking Gaara unconscious once it goes off and allowing Gaara to easily be taken to the Akatsuki hideout.

Although Team Kakashi does their best to save Gaara, they do not arrive in time to stop Akatsuki's extraction of Shukaku, resulting in Gaara's death. However, Chiyo resurrects Gaara with her life-restoring technique in the hopes that it will make up for her sealing of the Shukaku into Gaara years earlier, bringing Gaara back to life at the cost of her own. Gaara is awoken by Naruto, and as he wakes he realizes that he is surrounded by people concerned for him. This is the first time Gaara truly feels loved and not so alone. He also shows his first true smile since he was six, rather than the bloodthirsty grin he often gives.

Before Naruto goes back home, he tries to say goodbye, but admits that it's not something he's good at. Gaara uses some sand to encourage and guide Naruto's hand, and the two shake hands, symbolizing Gaara and Naruto's friendship and Gaara's new characteristics. Additionally, while the precise effect on Gaara from the Shukaku's loss is still unknown, this scene shows that he has retained the ability to manipulate sand.

Discuss.

[Mirokula]

Well, I am a big fan of Gaara and it was good to see him in the spotlight for awhile, but I was truly saddened when his death occurred but I felt when he was revived it was very emotion, and one of the few scenes I will remember most out of all the manga issues and anime episodes.

[Paraiba Ocean]

Gaara seriously confuses me right now...but my brother is slowly, yet surely explaining to me about him so...lol. Anyway, I don't really favor him right now, but maybe later I will like him more. Back on topic:

I'm still catching up with Shippuuden, but I'm liking how it's going to so far...I'm trying not to entirely spoil myself by reading what you posted, Eston...but lol...I hope I do like the ending. xD

[katie Uzumaki]

Poor Gaara....tis sad.....hes even turing brown
And he is finally in the hot outfit and looking all nice too....

[Chibi Chan]

In the anime, how far are they in sealing Shukaku?

[katie Uzumaki]

Most of the eyes are opening...none are all the way open, but like 2 are almost all the way...I think...

[Chibi Chan]

Soooo.... I guess they're halfway? A quarter of the way?

[katie Uzumaki]

I guess a quarter....but they are progressing...

[syarafire]

Yeah, they're not that far in extracting in the anime. I honestly wish they'd hurry it up for once because I'm losing interest in the extraction by now. That's probably just because I've already read the manga, though.

(...What? If you tell me it has Sakura in it, I'll watch pretty much anything. Even twelve episodes of subbed Shippuden and the third movie. Downloaded. Illegally.)

[Chibi Chan]

That's what I don't like about any anime. Everything goes so slowly.

Plus, I'm impatient. ^_^

(Syara, you're pirating stuff?)

[syarafire]

Uh.

Totally not. I don't upload torrents of the new Shippuden episodes. Nosrsly.

...The subs on YouTube were really bad quality. >_>

[Chibi Chan]

YouTube wasn't that bad until they started deleting the episodes. Now they don't have any kind of quality.

[katie Uzumaki]

Yes. Now I go here,

www.veoh.com/browse/videos.html

Its clear and they dont have them deleted.

[Chibi Chan]

I go here.

videonaruto.blogspot.com/

[outcastprincess]

I...haven't gone anywhere recently. I really need to catch up.