Naruto 481 is the conclusion between the epic battle between Sasuke and Danzo. It was revealed in the earlier issues that Danzo’s secret to multiple lives was in his right arm. He was using the Izanagi to manipulate time and space. However this skill had a time limit and he was slowly running out of Sharingan eyes to use it on. In the last issue, Danzo took Karin hostage in an attempt to slow down Sasuke’s onslaught. However, Sasuke did the unimaginable. Using a long range chidori, Sasuke impaled both Karin and Danzo.

In a last attempt to kill everyone with him, Danzo uses some sort of a self destruct technique which is really bloody. Apparently it’s a vacuum-based skill which sucked all opponents near to him which would force them to die together with him. Weird skill. Here’s a screenshot of the aftermath:

Fortunately though Sasuke and Madara were able to escape it. Now they plan to move on to attack Konoha.

In the other part of the issue, Sakura tries to leave her team and go after Sasuke herself. She tries to use a bomb of sorts to escape but Sai stops her and the groups tries to reason with her that they should go as a team. This girl is really weird and is in for a brutal death. I mean, Sasuke killed Karin. He can easily take down Sakura if he wanted to as well.

Personally this issue is a major milestone because it shows two things about Sasuke:

1. He is insanely powerful to the point that he can kill Danzo with his multiple Izanagis.
2. He is insanely evil because he does not hesitate to kill his friends and allies.

Can’t wait to see how Naruto will deal with his former best friend.