The following contains spoilers forNaruto: Sasuke’s Story - The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust Chapter 5, by Masashi Kishimoto and Jun Esaka, translated by Mr. Underhill available in English fromViz Media.
Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5 dropped recently and after a two-week break, the manga once again delivered what could be considered a very solid chapter. The majority of this week’s chapter saw the story being built up right from where it left off, withSasuke and Sakura figuring out more cluesabout the Ultra Particles through the Map of the Heavens. In it, they found certain constellations, and within the constellations lay the truth about the Ulta Particles.
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While Sakura promised to solve the mystery in two days, it wasSasuke who got to the bottom of thisin this week’s chapter. As expected, the two then went on to explore the mystery in Redaku further, which made the chapter even more interesting. With Meno and even Zansul being thrown into the mix, Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5 was certainly one that fans thoroughly enjoyed and it sets up even more intense things for the plot moving forward.
Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5: Meno And The Prisoners
As always, the story gave fans quite a good look at Meno and the prisoners in this chapter. In fact, Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5 began with them. While in the prison, Jiji noticed that Meno likes the scent of the Almond tree, which is why he tried to tame the beast with a branch and pet. However, while trying to pet it, his foot left the cell premises and caused Meno to attack them. In doing so, Meno burnt himself with the flame lighting up the cell and knocked it over. Sasuke explained why the beast attacked the group, showing that he is as sharp as ever.
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Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5: Sasuke Figures Out The Clue
Inthe previous chapter of Sasuke Retsuden, fans saw Sasuke Uchiha and his wife, Sakura Haruno get to the bottom of the mystery related to the Map of the Heavens. There, the two found certain constellations, which had hints about the Ultra Particles within them. While Sasuke didn’t have much idea about how to deal with them at first, he was able to figure out the secret behind them rather easily in this week’s chapter. Although it took a bit of time, Sasuke eventually figured out the truth about the constellations. He came to the conclusion that they were linked directly to the Tailed Beasts.
As seen as he made this observation, he sought out his wife ad then went on to uncover the mystery behind the Tailed Beasts and the constellations. Sakura then went on to tell Sasuke about the curious bit of information that she found out. According to her, the Prime Minister from Redaku was sending someone to Zansul to enquire about the progress of something that the two are planning together. To get to the bottom of this, Sasuke and Sakura decide to join forces once again on a very risky mission that sees them Infiltrate the meeting and figure out what’s actually going on in Redaku.
Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5: The Meeting Infiltration
Themost important part of Sasuke Retsuden Chapter 5came towards the end when Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno decided to infiltrate the meeting between the man sent from Redaku and Zansul. Once again, this was down to Sakura Haruno, who has been playing a key role in this spin-off manga. In this chapter, she continued that by coming up with this plan and also finding out the bits of information about this meeting. Sakura decided to play the role of an official meant to receive the guy from Redaku and guide him to Zansul’s office. However, leading him to an unknown location, she proceeded to knock him out and use the cloning technique to take his form. Meanwhile, Sasuke also followed them and decided to turn into his staff.
Immediately after, the two showed immense teamwork and managed to enter the office of Zansul, where Sakura attempted to get bits of information from him. Meanwhile, Sasuke was busy trying to sneak around and get his hands on the secrets within the observatory. While the two were almost caught, Sasuke somehow managed to sneak inside and found a room full of chickens. What exactly this room and its existence imply isn’t known just yet. However, fans will most likely find out sooner rather than later as Zansul was seen following Sasuke there shortly after, leaving Sakura’s fate up in the air. Undoubtedly, Sasuke Retsuden is only heating up from here onwards.
