Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4437326-20140826133208/@comment-24529455-20140904200647

Listing basically every scene in Naruto which threw me for a loop: ''And finally..."
 * Sasuke's "Death": I couldn't believe that a main character would die so early, and I had a hard time believing Sasuke could be dead. Luckily, he wasn't, so that added a bit of levity.
 * Haku throwing himself in front of Zabuza: This probably wouldn't have affected me as much if there weren't so much blood. I guess I souldn't blame Kishi for trying to be realistic though.
 * Sasuke vs. Gaara: I have to say Gaara doesn't really scare me as much as some people, but when Sasuke chidoried his sand shield and pulled out blood, then Gaara began transforming, I was legitimately creeped out. Also Gaara showing up at Lee's room with ful intent to kill was pretty scary.
 * Jiraiya and Tsunade vs. Orochimaru: Tsunade gets stabbed through the midsection! Yay! Bloodshed galore, plus animals attacking each other!
 * Neji vs. Kidomaru and Kiba vs. Sakon: Neji getting repeatedly stabbed and Kiba having to stab himself were pretty chilling.
 * Death of Gaara: It just awed me how quickly he was killed off, and how the shinobi never had a chance. Like Sasuke, though, he returns, which adds levity.
 * Itachi taking Sasuke's eyes: I had thought the Sasuke vs. Itachi battle was relatively boring at first, but this was an eye-opener for me. Even if it was only genjutsu, it genuinely scared me.
 * Eight-Tails Naruto: Just its appearance creeped me out, and the fact that it managed to break out of a PLANET made it only the more terrifying. Thank goodness daddy showed up to take the monster away :P
 * Killer B vs. Kisame: I didn't really think much about this battle until I started to realize that Killer B had no chance against this man. Kisame didn't have to do much other than stand around. When I first saw Killer B and his fight against Sasuke, I thought of him as an unstoppable powerhouse, but this was a real eye-opener for me.
 * Akatsuki raid Turtle Island: This island, said by A to be totally safe, was raided by two Akatsuki members who gained intel and a prisoner. Not feeling very secure at the moment.
 * Tsunade bisected: Seriously. I was not expecting Madara or Kishi to go that far. I don't even know how she stayed alive, it was that serious.
 * Sasuke stabbed and Nine Tails extracted: When we began to realize that Naruto's Uzumaki heritage wasn't enough to survive nine tails being extracted, and when we realized that Madara stabbing Sasuke was not a genjutsu, it was all very shocking. I have to say I genuinely feared for the two characters, when it seemed no medical attention could cure them. It took a visit from a god and a former villain to heal them.