Episode 80: Last Words
For the last moments of Asuma (yeah, sorry, he’s really dead folks), this is a surprisingly slow moving episode. Asuma, as we know, is mortally wounded. Just like the sun coming out as you leave the beach, backup shows up just in time to watch the Akatsuki members be called away. Asuma, now lying with no hope of surviving, uses his last moments to say some last words to his team. He speaks with Shikamaru last and tells him that he finally understands who the “king” is that Ninjas must protect. It’s whispered so that we cannot hear, but Shikamaru act shocked at the news. Asuma smokes one last cigarrette and dies.
As a personal side note, it’s refreshing to have a series where important characters are killed off. I realize that sounds rather cruel, but work with me here: If everyone always survived, it would diminish the fights. It’s like the Superman syndrome. After a while, Superman was just too invincible and the stories started losing their edge. So they had to kill him off (not really, but you get the idea) to make the story more interesting. Here, we have seen two major characters die in their service, with no miracle saves, coming back to life, none of the cheesy stuff. They died. Now the door is open to kill just about anyone off. Fights aren’t the same anymore.
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