Yeah i think something was mentioned when Sasuke battled Itachi and Suigetsu and Kisame waited outside. Remember Suigetsu wanted to battle Kisame. And then after Madara had convinced Sasuke of Itachis past and his love for his little brother, and Kisame and Madara stood in the way, Suigetsu pointed a sword at Kisame and said something like Kisame was his target.

I'm also surprised no one remembers. Mostly because it was mentioned in last weeks episode of Naruto Shippuuden. Infact it's the exact same thing that Abdula linked to that was brought up. Am i one of the few that started to watch Shippuuden again after the fillers where over(yeah yeah, i know it was a bit of filler in the episode to stretch the chapter out)?

And as for what Anko could find out about Danzo and Oro, Danzo ordered Sai to deliver that report on the ANBU operatives identitys (or whatever it was) which he did right after Naruto in Kubi-mode had weaken Oro enough for Sai to approach him. I think that would be the damaging information he was talking about. Kabuto probably knows all about it. He was Oro's right hand man. And even if Oro kept it a secret from his pet, can Danzo really take that chance? Also i would bet it would be alot harder to get the information on how the restore his arm and eye if Anko captured him, instead of Danzo's ANBU pets doing it and keeping it a secret so they can get whatever they want from him. Might even offer his freedom or something else in trade. Something i bet he could never do if he was officially captured. How would he explain that he let a key figure in Oro's organization free just for his own personal gain.

Personally i hope this isn't the beginning of the end. Maybe it ties up all the plots right now, but i hope that only mark the halfway, and after this we get to see Naruto's quest to stop the chain of hatred and his road to Hokage (still can't believe he can become Hokage at his age, but rather be in the same age that the 4th became one (i know Gaara became one, but they seemed to suffer from weakling Kage's to begin with, something Konoha have not)). Or maybe some new threat rise up in the horizon that will keep it going. And Nruto has not learned to control Kubi yet either. All the other seem to have almost full control over their tailed beasts, and Killerbee even constantly conversed with his beast, like they where true partners. I would like for Naruto to get to that stage before it ends. Or maybe that will be the next big threat. Akatsuki gets destroyed and Madara loose all control over the tailed beasts and they become the new threat, or Madara escapes and somehow managed to unseal Kubi to try and control it with his Sharingan to extract his revenge. And then we have Danzo and Kabuto left in the equation that could be the next big thing to delve deeper into. I think there are alot of things that we haven't even gotten in to yet and there are plenty of things to keep the manga going even after Akasuki is done for, and possibly even after they retrieve Sasuke.

Even though it can be some painful and boring parts where the author gets accused of not having an imagination, i still find the manga highly enjoyable and i still think there are not to many other that could run for this long and still have the potential to get great. I don't think we all sit here right now at 450+ chapter and continue to read it because it sucks. It might not be at the same level as it was when it started out, but it's still good/great with the potential for awesomeness.