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Published: 2005-05-23 17:34:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1873; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 355
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Description Possible spoiler if you haven't seen ep. 134 of Naruto or are not up to date with the last completed arc in the manga series. Okay, how many of you saw ep. 134 and thought this was what was going to happen? Anybody???? ... Or maybe it's just me. XD I'm not a fan of the Naru/Sasu pairing (personally I think their relationship is strictly between very good friends and rivals--maybe not anymore, though), but the last shot of Sasuke kneeling over Naruto like that really got my imagination going. ~_^ That particular battle was dragging on so long it was starting to look a little DBZ-ish, but boy did it end with a bang! The fighting sequences in the Naruto anime is the best thing it has over the manga in my opinion.

I wanted to make it look like it was a screenshot but not really since it's an extrapolation of what I saw, so I ripped the color scheme from the actual scene and used a tiny bit of non-cel shading. I also went overboard with the rain and the shinyness--ah well. Well, I ended up liking the coloring and hating the lineart, which is ironic... Oh, and the subtitle! I've always wanted to do a subtitled anime screenshot-esque thing!! XD Man, I need to work on my backgrounds. T_T Also, I still don't like Sasuke. Poor Naruto. T_T Lines are in scraps as usual, even though I don't like them anymore. I kind of want to do them over again with a different angle--and I would if I hadn't spent so much time coloring this version. Argh. Maybe next year.
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Comments: 24

CrazyLeeChan [2008-04-15 13:05:16 +0000 UTC]

O___O amazing *O*

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Kage022 In reply to CrazyLeeChan [2008-04-19 17:47:32 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks!

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irrell [2008-01-13 18:31:59 +0000 UTC]

No! No way!

It just can't go down like that for naruto to die!

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NarutosXGirl [2007-09-25 02:05:17 +0000 UTC]

One word: AWWWWWWWWWW!!!! -dies from cuteness attack-

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HannahSakura [2007-08-03 06:29:15 +0000 UTC]

I love this part. Awesome work! ^-^

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ultimate-NARUTO-fans [2007-04-24 22:21:34 +0000 UTC]

i thought that it was gonna happen and I was so happy! ...but then it didnt and I got pissed.

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UntappedChaos [2007-03-03 16:46:07 +0000 UTC]

I don't do yaoi/shonen-ai, but my mind definately went this direction. Why was that? o.o;

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Phantomshadowdragon [2006-08-21 19:00:54 +0000 UTC]

That's one my fav eps.

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Doriane483 [2006-08-11 08:21:54 +0000 UTC]

This made me squeak. 3 times. xD Ah, I really do love thiiis. ;~;

Meh, but you're right. There are so many things Sasuke coulda done in this scene. >< But nooo. He just sat there. :/ Though it still remains to be one of my favorite scenes. Luff your version. <3

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PiratePrncess [2006-08-11 04:29:13 +0000 UTC]

wow. i reely reely reely like it

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Rykan- [2006-05-28 12:01:36 +0000 UTC]

I like your style.

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IshimaruK21 [2005-11-17 21:56:46 +0000 UTC]

That's such an amazing picture~~ the emotion is there..that's for sure~

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Kage022 In reply to IshimaruK21 [2005-11-19 19:35:05 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Thanks! <3 I think the stolen color palette helps a lot with the mood, though. *sigh* I wish I could come up with those things on my own.

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elieri [2005-06-17 13:20:36 +0000 UTC]

Great work. And this IS one of the best Naruto scenes. I loved the whole Valley of the end fight, it gave so much background info on the two and their relationship. And this scene I just had to make my own fanart of, just like you
I like your picture a lot, and it's a nice idea to add subtitles. The lineart looks great, especially on the hand, and it's a nice touch to take things a little further than in the manga /anime .

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Kage022 In reply to elieri [2005-06-17 22:56:10 +0000 UTC]

I reeeeally like your version of this scene! Gorgeous watercolouring and great mood there. Thanks for the comment and the fave!! ^^

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elieri In reply to Kage022 [2005-06-18 02:26:22 +0000 UTC]

anytime and thanks!

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KimbaBaggybum [2005-05-28 10:19:36 +0000 UTC]

Awwwww. O_O The rain is so well done, and faces have so much expression. Gah! And that hand and the profiles! So good. ^_^

Teheheh. DBZ fight scenes are so funny. XD

"Watch my fireball of doom! ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHH..."

*ten episodes later*

"...RRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH..."

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Kage022 In reply to KimbaBaggybum [2005-05-28 21:34:04 +0000 UTC]

I KNOW. It's ridiculous. "The planet's going to blow up in 5 minutes! Can Goku defeat Vegeta before then?!" (5 episodes later) "The planet's going to blow up in 5 minutes! Can Goku defeat..." -_-

Thanks, Kimba! *huuuugggg*

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velvetChiharu [2005-05-24 02:06:43 +0000 UTC]

i Like it. that coloring Is Superb. the background looks watercolorish. good for the rain i think. ^^ very cool. i wanna do the whole subtitles thing too. im going to do it in my manga tho. ; ah, ima loooser.
neways. again. very cool.

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Kage022 In reply to velvetChiharu [2005-05-25 16:47:17 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, subtitles in manga? That sounds really cool! Heheh. Thanks, Velvet!! ^^

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roxyravette [2005-05-23 18:19:17 +0000 UTC]

I think you did a very good job with it, especially with keeping with the color scheme. The rain doesn't look too bad, it just looks like it's coming down a lil too hard. I'm not a NaruSasu fan either but they way the animators did it, it looked like it could happen. Overall Great job! Gonna fave this one!

BTW, DA is doing the same thing to me in my gallery. The pic of Sasuke I did won't show up unless I have it as my featured deviation.

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Kage022 In reply to roxyravette [2005-05-24 01:29:58 +0000 UTC]

Grah, hope they fix it soon. Thanks for the comment!! ^^

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Volpe-di-Spirito [2005-05-23 17:52:02 +0000 UTC]

I saw it o-o Da is being weird, and won't show your own submissions in your own gallery for gawd forsaken reasons, but other people can see it ^-^;
but anyways, I never got that far, but I honestly don't care about reading a spoiler/seeing one XD This is an overly lovely picture. The profiles, the rain. Awesome job ^o^

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Kage022 In reply to Volpe-di-Spirito [2005-05-24 01:29:05 +0000 UTC]

You're always so nice, Volpe! ^^ Hope I didn't ruin Naruto for you...you should try picking it up again; it's easy to stop reading it, but once you start up again you just have to keep going. XD It's an addiction! I hope DA fixes their problem soon.

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