Naruto Chapter 362: Masterpiece

Summary: Deidara and Sasuke are both too exhausted to fight. Deidara doesn't answer Sasuke's demand to know the whereabouts of Itachi; instead he yells that he can't stand the Uchiha brothers for their indifference to his art and, in a final attempt to defeat Sasuke, Deidara turns himself into a bomb and creates a gigantic explosion.

SnowyOwl Says:

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Ooookaaaaay....In at attempt to keep this blog PG-13, I'll refrain from--*ahemcough* well...

Alright, what's up with these freaky Akatsuki?!? Where does Deidara keep his other organs? What's with the Jack-o-lantern black mass of Doom? Before, Naruto and Gaara were set apart as jinchuuriki by transforming bodily in some form. That's why they were frightening. So now everyone's a monster? Next to Zetzu the Plant, Kakuzu the Tentacle, Hidan the Headless, and Deidara the Bomb, Itachi and Kisame seem really normal.

One reason the series is so captivating is because the characters have amazing abilities despite being human. Somehow, having Deidara transforming into something like Naruto in 4-tail Kyuubi form undermines Naruto and the other jinchuuriki somewhat. And if the Akatsuki can subdue full-on biju anyway, why do they even need to capture them? They can just sic different Akatsuki members on defenseless countries and hire the rest of the team out to 'control' the crazy. (Hidan, I choose you!)

But, I am glad that Deidara went out with a bang. I've been waiting for it for the past few chapters now; there was really no other way for him to go that wouldn't disrespect him as a character. He went on his own terms, in the form that he admired most.

I was struck by his last words though. His beef with the Uchihas is they look down on him and what he holds dear, with indifference, without acknowledgment. This trait seem to extrapolate to everything else (as another explosive blond found). They're arrogant, they take things for granted, as if the world owes them something; things desirable are not earned but deserved, and that which they don't desire is beneath them, and thus the world holds no wonder for them. The tragedy of the Uchiha is that they are gifted with the most amazing eyes that refuses to see.

Witherwing writes:

Ummmm..... O_o I have no words. What do you think Deidara's mom was thinking when her son was born with three extra mouths? Ew! Was the reason he had to keep it his last mouth sewn up because it would have eaten his shirt otherwise?

I don't see why they don't try to take over other countries just by themselves. I mean, they've already captured the Kazekage. The other ones should be a piece of cake. But I guess they just want more power.

Those eyes again. It's not enough that the Uchihas are messing up their own lives but they have to take everyone down with them. I feel that Deidara thinks that the Uchihas are looking down on him because he, in fact, feels inferior. I mean, Sasuke knows this was a tough battle, he just learned not to show his emotions since he was really small. I don't know, I didn't feel that there was any arrogance when he was looking he was just stoic. Cause when you lose your cool, you just might blow up.