I don't know why, but the idea of Universal balance has always appealed to me. You do something negative and get a negative reaction. You do something positive and get a positive reaction. Kind of like taking loans and paying them off later. I borrow five dollars from a friend and then I pay the same amount later on.
In this manga as we all know all of the character have at some have had to, as I always say, pay the Devil his Due. The biggest example to me would be Naruto. Naruto use the Rasengan on Sasuke before Sasuke pulled out the chidori. Even though this story is very magical, and historically Ninjas don't adhere to many martial arts guidelines, this story follows some martial art principles. Naruto should only use ninjutsu skills to defend himself or to defend the ones he cares about, period. Naruto could have actually killed Sasuke right there on the rooftop. Naruto disgraced himself and his Sensei. After using the rasengan, Naruto couldn't even look Jman in the eye due to his shame. Do you think Jman taught him the rasengan, so Naruto could use to settle some petty dispute? Naruto is punished for it, because Sasuke became jealous of his power. Sasuke saw the power of the rasengan and it played a role in him deciding to leave. Had Naruto not shown off like an idiot, may be Sasuke wouldn't have become so jealous. Naruto is punished because of his pettiness and fails to retrieve Sasuke. Heck at VOTE, he even tells Sasuke he didn't want the fight, but he knows in his heart that messed up big. He paid his due and guess what he is still paying it. He blames himself for Sasuke leaving and for Sakura's suffering, so he tries to make things right. Problem is he doesn't realize that he has paid enough and Sasuke should pay his own bills.
Sakura has been shallow, disrespectful and downright vain. When Sasuke told her about what true isolation was like, do you think she learned to better appreciate her parents and friends. Quite the opposite, Sakura stated that if Sasuke were gone, then it wouldn't even matter that she had parents or friends, she would still be alone. She was even willing to abandon her friends and village for the sake of Sasuke. As a child Sakura was ridiculed for the size of her forehead. One would think that after such a situation, she would be more sympathetic to Lee and only saw the giant eyebrows. The beatings she got from the Sound 3 and Sasuke breaking her heart, well Sakura did it to herself. She pays, but personally I don't think she has paid enough.
Shikamaru, had he not been so lazy might have become a Jounin. Rather than watching clouds, he should have been taking responsibility as a shinobi. Maybe if he had trained more often, Asuma wouldn't have be six feet underground and Kurenai's baby wouldn't be fatherless. Oh yeah, Shikamaru paid his due for laziness.
Neji frikken mauled Hinata. He overkilled her. She tried to reach out to him and he tried to kill her. He tried to humiliate her and he tried to humiliate Naruto. He ridiculed Lee to no end. He psychologically tormented his foes. He was brutal and degraded other people. He could have beaten Naruto, but he preferred to humiliate the boy instead and believe me he paid for it. He than pays even more when he battles Kidomaru.
Itachi has lost his eyesight, that was part of his due.
Now we get to Sasuke. His case is not the same. He grew up in a very traumatizing background, so he has been exempt from paying some of his due. I mean the dude lost everything. He has been manipulated by Orochimaru and Itachi his entire life, obviously he needs to be cut some slack. However he did use a katon on Naruto, regardless of Katon jokes and story excitement, this was a deadly jutsu on the same rank as Gatsuga and meat tank, just check out Aoba as an example of this. He used Chidori after Naruto pulled out Rasengan knowing perfectly well that Chidori is a deadly jutsu. However this was after he was mentally raped by Itachi, so I guess we can exempt him again.
Then comes the Sound 4 and Sasuke decides to go with them. Now he can't really be exempt from this now, because Kakashi gave him the Talk. He decides taking out a loan from a person that is no doubt a loan shark, but he doesn't care anyway. He just goes along with them. Had Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Chouji and Kiba not chased him down guess what would happened, well Sasuke would have had to pay his due early and have his body taken right then and there by Orochimaru. He would have to pay up front and in full. However thanks to the sacrifices of Chouji, Akamaru, Naruto and Neji, who almost died, Sasuke was able to dodge the bill again. Chouji, Neji, Naruto and Akamaru paid Sasuke's debt for him. Neji was able to pay his own bills as well as Sasuke.
Sasuke tried to kill Naruto at VOTE with his bare hands, though he maybe partially exempt, because he might have been under the influence of CS. Much of his behavior remains a mystery.
Now underneath Orochimaru's tutelage, Sasuke just keeps taking out loan after loan. He signed the contract with the snakes, a very unscrupulous bunch if Manda is their representative. He knowingly stays with Orochimaru, despite prior knowledge that Oro has plans on taking his body, however this may have been just a farce. However Yamato sensed the Killer Intent.
Then comes the encounter with Team 7. Sasuke literally pointed his sword at Sakura and had Yamato not been there, she would have been left with only a single breast. There is the possibility he may have even used Kirin on them, but decided not to do it because Orochimaru was there.
He then kills Oro, but more than that. He not only kills Oro, he talks down to Oro very arrogantly, despite the fact that it was Orochimaru that taught all of his many jutsus. Heck without Orochimaru, there may not even be a Kirin for all we know. Not that Oro didn't deserve it after all he had done, Oro's debt is probably even bigger than Sasuke's.
Sasuke than frees a few prisoners and shows some mercy, obviously he has some memory of bonds and family, and Suigetsu even calls him such a leaf ninja.
Sasuke just happens to run into Deidara later on. He tries to capture, but was unable to. Then comes the death of Manda. Now I know Manda is a snake, and a cruel murderer, but he is still a living being and Sasuke sacrificed him to save his own hide. No matter what the circumstance, allowing someone to take the fall, there is always a consequence for that. Manda was boss snake and the snakes may decide to abandon Sasuke. He will become completely snakeless.
Then something happens in the forest. Sasuke destroys a Kage Bunshin of Naruto. It could have been the real Naruto, but he didn't care. We found out that all those earlier scenes, Sasuke really would have done it. No excuse, no exemption. He destroyed that KB and just didn't give a damn whether or not that was the real Naruto. His debts can now be seen clearly and man are the bills huge. After that he abandons Hebi. He gathered them only for the sole sake of keeping anyone from bothering his match with Itachi. If he wins, he will just leave them, doesn't care about them one grain. That is just selfish, he talked down to Oro for using people, well he just Hebi.
During this battle with Itachi, Sasuke has been the one at the lead and he doesn't seem to be suffering any consequences. Then he allows Oro out and guess what happens, it seems like finally there are going to be some payment for going to Orochimaru. However this is not the case. Sasuke was able to weasel out of his debt once again thanks to the hands of Itachi Uchiha. Sasuke need no longer fear being taken over by Orochimaru. Sasuke was once again saved from paying his debt.
Now Itachi is coming for Sasuke's eyes. I see two possibilities, Sasuke pays up with an eyeball or someone comes in gets killed and pays the Devil his Due.
Too long has Sasuke gone sacrificing and using others, displaying arrogance, looking down on others, being selfish and etc..
The time has come, the Devil is at his door and he wants interest.
Devil: Sasuke, come on out, time to pay your due.
Sasuke: Not now, I'll pay it later.
Devil: What do you mean not now, you've owed it, since the beginning of Part 2
Sasuke: I said I'll pay it later.
Devil: You do realize that your overdue and that you owe INTEREST!
Sasuke: I don't care, I'll pay the got dang interest.
Devil: I'm begging you Sasuke, you don't how much your going to have to pay. Even your debts have debts.
Sasuke: Yeah, yeah, whatever.
So what do you guys think? Will Sasuke finally have to pay the Devil his Due? Will he weasel himself out of paying the debts completely? Will someone else pay his bills for him?
In this manga as we all know all of the character have at some have had to, as I always say, pay the Devil his Due. The biggest example to me would be Naruto. Naruto use the Rasengan on Sasuke before Sasuke pulled out the chidori. Even though this story is very magical, and historically Ninjas don't adhere to many martial arts guidelines, this story follows some martial art principles. Naruto should only use ninjutsu skills to defend himself or to defend the ones he cares about, period. Naruto could have actually killed Sasuke right there on the rooftop. Naruto disgraced himself and his Sensei. After using the rasengan, Naruto couldn't even look Jman in the eye due to his shame. Do you think Jman taught him the rasengan, so Naruto could use to settle some petty dispute? Naruto is punished for it, because Sasuke became jealous of his power. Sasuke saw the power of the rasengan and it played a role in him deciding to leave. Had Naruto not shown off like an idiot, may be Sasuke wouldn't have become so jealous. Naruto is punished because of his pettiness and fails to retrieve Sasuke. Heck at VOTE, he even tells Sasuke he didn't want the fight, but he knows in his heart that messed up big. He paid his due and guess what he is still paying it. He blames himself for Sasuke leaving and for Sakura's suffering, so he tries to make things right. Problem is he doesn't realize that he has paid enough and Sasuke should pay his own bills.
Sakura has been shallow, disrespectful and downright vain. When Sasuke told her about what true isolation was like, do you think she learned to better appreciate her parents and friends. Quite the opposite, Sakura stated that if Sasuke were gone, then it wouldn't even matter that she had parents or friends, she would still be alone. She was even willing to abandon her friends and village for the sake of Sasuke. As a child Sakura was ridiculed for the size of her forehead. One would think that after such a situation, she would be more sympathetic to Lee and only saw the giant eyebrows. The beatings she got from the Sound 3 and Sasuke breaking her heart, well Sakura did it to herself. She pays, but personally I don't think she has paid enough.
Shikamaru, had he not been so lazy might have become a Jounin. Rather than watching clouds, he should have been taking responsibility as a shinobi. Maybe if he had trained more often, Asuma wouldn't have be six feet underground and Kurenai's baby wouldn't be fatherless. Oh yeah, Shikamaru paid his due for laziness.
Neji frikken mauled Hinata. He overkilled her. She tried to reach out to him and he tried to kill her. He tried to humiliate her and he tried to humiliate Naruto. He ridiculed Lee to no end. He psychologically tormented his foes. He was brutal and degraded other people. He could have beaten Naruto, but he preferred to humiliate the boy instead and believe me he paid for it. He than pays even more when he battles Kidomaru.
Itachi has lost his eyesight, that was part of his due.
Now we get to Sasuke. His case is not the same. He grew up in a very traumatizing background, so he has been exempt from paying some of his due. I mean the dude lost everything. He has been manipulated by Orochimaru and Itachi his entire life, obviously he needs to be cut some slack. However he did use a katon on Naruto, regardless of Katon jokes and story excitement, this was a deadly jutsu on the same rank as Gatsuga and meat tank, just check out Aoba as an example of this. He used Chidori after Naruto pulled out Rasengan knowing perfectly well that Chidori is a deadly jutsu. However this was after he was mentally raped by Itachi, so I guess we can exempt him again.
Then comes the Sound 4 and Sasuke decides to go with them. Now he can't really be exempt from this now, because Kakashi gave him the Talk. He decides taking out a loan from a person that is no doubt a loan shark, but he doesn't care anyway. He just goes along with them. Had Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Chouji and Kiba not chased him down guess what would happened, well Sasuke would have had to pay his due early and have his body taken right then and there by Orochimaru. He would have to pay up front and in full. However thanks to the sacrifices of Chouji, Akamaru, Naruto and Neji, who almost died, Sasuke was able to dodge the bill again. Chouji, Neji, Naruto and Akamaru paid Sasuke's debt for him. Neji was able to pay his own bills as well as Sasuke.
Sasuke tried to kill Naruto at VOTE with his bare hands, though he maybe partially exempt, because he might have been under the influence of CS. Much of his behavior remains a mystery.
Now underneath Orochimaru's tutelage, Sasuke just keeps taking out loan after loan. He signed the contract with the snakes, a very unscrupulous bunch if Manda is their representative. He knowingly stays with Orochimaru, despite prior knowledge that Oro has plans on taking his body, however this may have been just a farce. However Yamato sensed the Killer Intent.
Then comes the encounter with Team 7. Sasuke literally pointed his sword at Sakura and had Yamato not been there, she would have been left with only a single breast. There is the possibility he may have even used Kirin on them, but decided not to do it because Orochimaru was there.
He then kills Oro, but more than that. He not only kills Oro, he talks down to Oro very arrogantly, despite the fact that it was Orochimaru that taught all of his many jutsus. Heck without Orochimaru, there may not even be a Kirin for all we know. Not that Oro didn't deserve it after all he had done, Oro's debt is probably even bigger than Sasuke's.
Sasuke than frees a few prisoners and shows some mercy, obviously he has some memory of bonds and family, and Suigetsu even calls him such a leaf ninja.
Sasuke just happens to run into Deidara later on. He tries to capture, but was unable to. Then comes the death of Manda. Now I know Manda is a snake, and a cruel murderer, but he is still a living being and Sasuke sacrificed him to save his own hide. No matter what the circumstance, allowing someone to take the fall, there is always a consequence for that. Manda was boss snake and the snakes may decide to abandon Sasuke. He will become completely snakeless.
Then something happens in the forest. Sasuke destroys a Kage Bunshin of Naruto. It could have been the real Naruto, but he didn't care. We found out that all those earlier scenes, Sasuke really would have done it. No excuse, no exemption. He destroyed that KB and just didn't give a damn whether or not that was the real Naruto. His debts can now be seen clearly and man are the bills huge. After that he abandons Hebi. He gathered them only for the sole sake of keeping anyone from bothering his match with Itachi. If he wins, he will just leave them, doesn't care about them one grain. That is just selfish, he talked down to Oro for using people, well he just Hebi.
During this battle with Itachi, Sasuke has been the one at the lead and he doesn't seem to be suffering any consequences. Then he allows Oro out and guess what happens, it seems like finally there are going to be some payment for going to Orochimaru. However this is not the case. Sasuke was able to weasel out of his debt once again thanks to the hands of Itachi Uchiha. Sasuke need no longer fear being taken over by Orochimaru. Sasuke was once again saved from paying his debt.
Now Itachi is coming for Sasuke's eyes. I see two possibilities, Sasuke pays up with an eyeball or someone comes in gets killed and pays the Devil his Due.
Too long has Sasuke gone sacrificing and using others, displaying arrogance, looking down on others, being selfish and etc..
The time has come, the Devil is at his door and he wants interest.
Devil: Sasuke, come on out, time to pay your due.
Sasuke: Not now, I'll pay it later.
Devil: What do you mean not now, you've owed it, since the beginning of Part 2
Sasuke: I said I'll pay it later.
Devil: You do realize that your overdue and that you owe INTEREST!
Sasuke: I don't care, I'll pay the got dang interest.
Devil: I'm begging you Sasuke, you don't how much your going to have to pay. Even your debts have debts.
Sasuke: Yeah, yeah, whatever.
So what do you guys think? Will Sasuke finally have to pay the Devil his Due? Will he weasel himself out of paying the debts completely? Will someone else pay his bills for him?
You can't pay your due for something in advance. That's why it is called paying your dues. You pay what is due. Sasuke's past does not excuse his actions one bit. It's like letting a murderer off because he was abused as a child.
