Hi Fandomers! Sorry I am a little late on this weeks review… blame my 3 jobs ;( Anyway, I am Loving this spread! <3

You can see the family together eating breakfast. This is a good spread as it shows us what life would be like if Naruto had both of his parents around. ;_; I <3 Kushina’s hair! The style indicates that the Kyuubi is still sealed within her. ^.^ Minato looks like he would let his son get away with many things that Kushina wouldn’t tolerate, lol. Cute. +1 for this spread x)

I had to keep reading page 3 and 4 over, but did Madaras hand and/or arm get cut off? T__T I could be looking at things wrong, but it looks like something happened to part of his arm or hand. >_>

Minato’s rasengan strikes! Minato, in the quickness, manages to mark his seal on Madara which allowed him to instantly teleport to him. Madara quickly notices what Minato has done, but not quick enough! Minato states that he has already released his control over the Kyuubi. This is extremely impressive. This makes Hashirama and Minato two people who have been able to successfully land an attack on Madara.

Wow, so after all this time we finally get to see Iruka-sensei and what happened to his family on that dreadful day. I love flashbacks ;_; It really makes you appreciate Iruka and his relationship with Naruto when you see what what Iruka had to experience when he was younger.

Hey, look! It’s the Senju along with the Third Hokage, Torifu Akimichi, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado! We last remember seeing those three on in Danzo’s flashback on the cover of Chapter 481. Where is Uchiha Kagami?._.

#POW! Minato was able to wound Madara and free the Kyuubi from his control in one move. Wow.. in only one move. Just that quickly he was able to make Madara retreat. Now that makes me wonder if it was actually Minato whopresent day Madara was so afraid of when Kabuto summoned that 6th casket!

Then we switch to a younger Kakashi, Gai, and Kurenai. This very interesting. The eyes oof Kurenai’s father look extremely piercing in black and white . *.* like a mini rinnegan or something xD Anyway, I am sure he would be so proud of his daughter now if he were alive. =)

Minato arrives back in Konoha and with the help of Gammabunta, holds down the Kyuubi and quickly teleports it to Kushina’s location with baby Naruto. Kushina’s stregnth has to be noted at this point. She *is* superwoman. Kushina, at her lowest and almost completely drained of all her chakra, is able to bring out those chains yet again to suppress the Kyuubi. Kushina is one of the strongest Jinchuuriki we have seen to date. She has had the Kyuubi ripped out of her and survived. Then after having the Kyuubi ripped out of her, she could still suppress it and drag it away allowing it to die within her. Notice that she says it will keep the Kyuubi from returning for “a while” meaning that even if she died, the Kyuubi would eventually return. This really sets the bar for just how strong the Kyuubi actually is compared to the other bijuu. But more than anything, shows us how much of a superwoman Kushina is and how far she will go to protect her husband and her child.

Well that’s new. We learn that the Dead Demon Seal is a seal that only non-jinchuuriki can use, according to Minato. Prior to this chapter, the last time we saw some of that was during Orochimaru vs the Third Hokage. Another thing thats important to note is that Minato states he will only be able to seal half of the fox’s power… which is what we have heard before.. but what is interesting is that Minato says that its “physically and conceptually” impossible to completely seal all of the foxes power. This, again, sets the bar for the Kyuubi in comparioson to the other bijuu.

Minato says that his son, Naruto, will be the one to stop Madara. I wonder if in the distant future present day Naruto will hit Madara (or Sasuke rather?) with a seal similar to the one his father landed on Madara in 503/05? But whats interesting is that Minato says “.. Naruto will be the one to stop him” referring to Naruto being the one who will stop Madara in the future when he returns. And with that, Minato begins the sealing process that explains how his mother is able to see him now on that dreadful day.

Thoughts?