# E233 - Naruto’s Imposter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYZXQ4WM6/narutos-imposter)
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It's been so long
since we traveled on land.
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Solid ground under
our feet feels great.
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No doubt about it,
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this hot blood of mine
is bonded to land.
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Well, this is only until
we reach the next harbor.
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About that,
can't we change plans
**[00:21] ---**
and go to the Land of
Lightning by land?
**[00:25] ---**
I doubt it.
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We are presently in the territory
of the Land of Water.
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The Land of Water is made up
of large and small islands.
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So they are not connected
to the Land of Lightning.
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Well…
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Just the thought of
getting on a boat again…
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So are we still far away from
the Land of Lightning?
**[00:46] ---**
Yes. We have a quarter
of a ways to go.
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By the way, I overheard this
back at the harbor,
**[00:56] ---**
but it seems some imposters
may show up.
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An imposter?
What kind of imposter?
**[01:08] ---**
Hey, hey, hey!
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I have nothing against you.
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Just call it a twist of fate.
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I'm taking everything you own.
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Who are you?
**[01:21] ---**
That headband?
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That's right!
**[01:25] ---**
The great ninja who
kicked the Akatsuki out
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of the Hidden Leaf Village!
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Naruto Uzumaki, that's me!
**[01:41] ---**
Seems he just appeared.
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Then that imposter
you mentioned…
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That's right.
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He's supposed to be Naruto?
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He's the spitting image of you.
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As if!
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Hey, hey, hey!
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How dare you ignore me!
What's so funny?
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Damn it!
**[02:04] ---**
Hey, if you're Naruto Uzumaki
of the Hidden Leaf,
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then who the hell
am I supposed to be?
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Don't you know
your own name?
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How come you have
Hidden Leaf headbands too?
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Don't tell me…
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I'm the real Naruto Uzumaki!
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– No way!
– It's true!
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Imagine that,
an imposter of Naruto.
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I guess that's the price
you pay for fame.
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And... Just who are you?
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I'm…
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*Hold it now.*
*If I can beat him here…*
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All right then.
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Let's fight, right here and now,
to see who is the real Naruto!
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Quit talking nonsense!
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Naruto, do your best.
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If you lose, we'll make him
the real Naruto.
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I guess I have no choice.
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*Naruto's Imposter*
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You're all talk!
**[04:49] ---**
That didn't even count
as a warm-up!
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We'll be confiscating what you have.
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But what'll we do with him?
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We're in a hurry.
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A guy like him…
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Let's just toss him over there.
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Are you sure about that?
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If he gets away and
starts stirring up trouble again,
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your reputation will take a hit.
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That is a problem.
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Hey wait, wait!
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And who're you?
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My name's Iggy and
I've been after this thief.
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Him?
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Yeah.
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The only ones brave enough
to stand up to this guy are myself
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and probably you.
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This guy is the notorious thief
everyone is afraid of!
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Naruto Uzumaki!
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No! He is not Naruto Uzumaki!
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How would you know
a thing like that?
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Because I'm the real
Naruto Uzumaki!
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What? You're the real one?
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Damn it! What a jerk!
Using my name and robbing people!
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If you're chasing the thief,
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does that make you
an officer of the law?
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W-Well, I guess you could say that.
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Then let's leave
the rest in his hands.
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We should be on our way.
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Sounds good.
**[06:10] ---**
Hey buddy, can you manage him?
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You don't look that strong.
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What are you saying?
I may not look it, but…
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I am the master ninja Iggy!
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No kidding? Are you that strong?
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Looks sure can be deceiving.
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Well then,
please take care of things here.
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Okay, let's go!
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Damn it.
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Sorry, partner.
**[06:43] ---**
You idiot!
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What if you were killed?
Are you stupid?
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I was going to beat him up.
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But you heard, didn't you?
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He was the real Naruto Uzumaki.
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Yeah. Of all places,
I never expected to encounter
**[07:00] ---**
the real guy here.
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You idiot! That's enough
of your excuses, Banna!
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According to our plan,
you're the troublemaker
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and I'm going to beat you up
and build up my reputation.
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War's about to break out.
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I have to do something like this
to build myself up!
**[07:17] ---**
By beating Naruto Uzumaki,
I'll make a name for myself!
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I know that.
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But isn't it time we stopped
dangerous stuff like this?
**[07:33] ---**
You jerk!
**[07:34] ---**
Did you forget what you owe me?
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If it weren't for me,
you'd still be all alone,
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crying your eyes out.
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Isn't that right?
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I-I'm sorry.
**[07:44] ---**
Iggy, you're my one and only friend.
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Next time, let's find someone weaker
that even we can beat.
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Why you!
**[07:56] ---**
"That even we can beat"?!
**[07:59] ---**
A Naruto Uzumaki or two would
be a piece of cake for me!
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Forgive me, Iggy.
**[08:11] ---**
As long as you understand,
it's okay.
**[08:17] ---**
Is it true that Naruto Uzumaki is
robbing people in these parts?
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Yeah, no doubt about it.
**[08:25] ---**
There have been
a number of victims.
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He's supposedly a giant
with a reddish face.
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But why would Naruto Uzumaki
stoop to robbery here?
**[08:34] ---**
Isn't he a hero who saved
his village?
**[08:38] ---**
I don't know the details,
but there are also rumors
**[08:41] ---**
that Naruto Uzumaki was
considered a nuisance.
**[08:45] ---**
Maybe he became a Rogue Ninja?
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If he's a deserter,
**[08:49] ---**
then the Hidden Leaf
must be after him too.
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If we capture him,
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the Hidden Leaf will
pay us handsomely.
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But can we do it?
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After all, he's Naruto Uzumaki.
**[08:59] ---**
Don't panic.
From what I hear,
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Naruto Uzumaki didn't even
pass the Chunin Exam.
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The legend of him being a hero
is probably a big exaggeration.
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I get it.
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For Mercenary Ninja like us,
he means money, right?
**[09:14] ---**
Exactly.
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Well, considering my strength,
**[09:22] ---**
I actually don't need to
resort to this stuff.
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Come one, come all!
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I preserve the peace for
the people and the world!
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The great Iggy, that's me!
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You're so cool, Iggy!
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When you're serious,
you're really strong, Iggy!
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You could fight in the war anytime!
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Damned right I can!
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Forget farming.
I'm going to be a war hero!
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Here, put this on.
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Then you'll be
Naruto Uzumaki again.
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Hey look, Banna…
I mean, Naruto.
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Here come our victims.
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There's no way you can lose
to peddlers like them.
**[10:13] ---**
Nope.
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All right! Here I go!
**[10:24] ---**
Hey, hey, hey!
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I have nothing against you.
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Just call it a twist of fate.
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I, Naruto Uzumaki,
will be taking all your belongings.
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Did you say Naruto Uzumaki?
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Uh yeah…that's right.
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So just put everything down and leave.
**[10:49] ---**
W-What the hell?
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Aren't they peddlers?
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This is perfect!
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Naruto Uzumaki, eh?
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Imagine, you coming to us.
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W-What'd you say?
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Capture him!
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No way!
**[11:12] ---**
W-Wait! He's not Naruto Uzumaki!
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He's just a petty thief named Banna.
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What?
**[11:19] ---**
But he looks just like
how rumors describe him.
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And he's wearing
a Hidden Leaf headband.
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Well, that's because I…
**[11:27] ---**
Who are you?
Are you his partner?
**[11:30] ---**
Interfere and we'll get rid of you too.
**[11:33] ---**
No, I…
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He's wrong!
**[11:36] ---**
I'm Naruto Uzumaki!
He's not my partner!
**[11:40] ---**
He's just a low-class farmer
from a mountain village!
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He hates working the fields,
so he pretends to be a ninja!
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He thinks my capture will
be his ticket to fame!
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That's why he's hanging around!
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*Banna…*
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Sheesh, a ninja wannabe.
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Well then, stay out of the way.
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Or we'll take care of you too!
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Let's go!
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*What do I do?*
**[12:20] ---**
*What do I do?!*
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Finally, I'm not hungry anymore!
**[12:32] ---**
Well, we'd better hurry.
**[12:33] ---**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[12:34] ---**
Please wait up!
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Thank goodness I found you.
**[12:43] ---**
What's the matter?
**[12:45] ---**
Well, I hate to say this,
**[12:47] ---**
but some other thieves took
the thief you left in my custody.
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What?!
**[12:53] ---**
I have to ask you a favor.
Please get that thief back.
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I thought you were a master ninja.
**[12:59] ---**
Can't you get him back yourself?
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A-Actually, I'm out of shape right now.
**[13:07] ---**
A ninja's always supposed
to be in shape.
**[13:09] ---**
Sorry, but we have
urgent business to attend to.
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And besides, aren't you
an officer of the law?
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Why don't you go back
to your headquarters
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and get backup?
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Well, that's…
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So the thieves catch a thief.
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I'd say they're birds of a feather.
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You reap what you sow.
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No, it's not like that!
**[13:31] ---**
He may've done wrong,
but he really wasn't that bad.
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Because of his looks and size,
people didn't like him.
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They were scared of him.
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He was always such
a weakling and kind-hearted.
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He's good at taking care of people.
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You sure know a lot about him.
**[13:53] ---**
Well…
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Are you really an officer?
**[13:57] ---**
I had my suspicions about you
from the very beginning.
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All right. I'll be honest with you.
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I'll tell you everything.
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And that's it.
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What were you doing?
**[14:17] ---**
How could you think of
something so stupid?
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Please help me!
**[14:20] ---**
You're the hero who saved
the Hidden Leaf Village, right?
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Hey, if you were his friend,
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how could you let him
do such a thing?
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If you were his friend,
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why didn't you seriously think
about his well-being?!
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Friend?
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G-Give me a break.
He's not a friend.
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He's stupid.
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It was just convenient.
That's why we stayed together.
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He's not a friend.
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"Not a friend"?
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What's the big idea?!
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Then just what is he to you?!
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You might have come this far
thinking he was just an idiot.
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But haven't you two been
together since you were kids?
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You've survived together!
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Wouldn't you consider
that being friends?!
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Naruto.
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This is an order.
**[15:31] ---**
Okay, I got it.
**[15:33] ---**
If we had time,
we would want to help you.
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But that's just not possible right now.
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Right now, we cannot afford to have
**[15:41] ---**
our identities and
whereabouts known.
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You must forget
you met us here too.
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Let's go!
**[15:52] ---**
Wait!
**[15:53] ---**
Please! I can't do it by myself!
**[15:56] ---**
You heard us.
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We can't help you.
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That's…
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Then what am I supposed to do?
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It's your problem.
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You figure it out yourself.
**[16:14] ---**
He's my friend?
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Paper Bombs!
**[16:37] ---**
Who is it?!
**[16:42] ---**
Iggy? Why are you doing this?
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You… I knew it.
**[16:49] ---**
You're his partner?
**[16:50] ---**
I'm not his partner.
He's not my friend either.
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He's…
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my best friend!
**[16:58] ---**
Iggy…
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Why you!
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Damn it!
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They got away!
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After them!
**[17:16] ---**
Banna, are you all right?
**[17:18] ---**
Why?
**[17:20] ---**
Damn it! You're hopeless!
**[17:23] ---**
If I didn't save you,
what'll happen to our next strategy?
**[17:26] ---**
Iggy…
**[17:30] ---**
All these years,
I've done nothing but use you.
**[17:34] ---**
That isn't true. Everyone hated me
and looked at me
**[17:37] ---**
like I was the devil himself.
**[17:39] ---**
But you became my friend.
**[17:42] ---**
You idiot.
**[17:44] ---**
Back then, the others bullied me too.
**[17:48] ---**
They told me that if I teased you,
they wouldn't bully me.
**[17:52] ---**
I know that. But…
**[17:55] ---**
Iggy, you became my best friend!
**[18:01] ---**
Come on out, Naruto Uzumaki!
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We won't let you get away again.
**[18:06] ---**
Let's show them
our willpower once last time!
**[18:10] ---**
Yeah!
**[18:11] ---**
Wherever you go,
I'll follow you, Iggy!
**[18:14] ---**
Let's do it!
**[18:15] ---**
Right!
**[18:20] ---**
You novice.
**[18:22] ---**
You think you can beat us
with that skill level?
**[18:25] ---**
Take Naruto Uzumaki alive!
Kill the other one.
**[18:29] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[18:30] ---**
If I were strong like Naruto,
I could've protected you.
**[18:34] ---**
Banna…
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Run!
**[18:38] ---**
Banna!
**[18:40] ---**
Thanks for calling me
your best friend.
**[18:47] ---**
Die!
**[18:48] ---**
Banna!
**[18:53] ---**
What?!
**[18:54] ---**
Damn it.
**[18:56] ---**
You two are something else!
**[18:59] ---**
Y-You guys…
**[19:00] ---**
Sorry, but we didn't
believe you back there.
**[19:06] ---**
So we decided to test you.
**[19:09] ---**
Test me?
**[19:11] ---**
Right now, I am totally moved!
**[19:14] ---**
You didn't abandon your friend!
**[19:17] ---**
You put your faith in friendship!
**[19:20] ---**
Hey, hey, hey!
**[19:21] ---**
Just who do you think
this person is?
**[19:23] ---**
This here is the hero who
saved Hidden Leaf Village,
**[19:27] ---**
the one and only Naruto Uzumaki!
**[19:31] ---**
Shape up!
You are Naruto Uzumaki.
**[19:34] ---**
Naruto…
**[19:35] ---**
That's right.
**[19:36] ---**
You're the hero of justice!
Naruto Uzumaki!
**[19:42] ---**
Naruto Uzumaki is going to
go on a rampage of a lifetime!
**[19:54] ---**
You can have your name back,
Naruto Uzumaki.
**[19:57] ---**
The weight of it is too heavy to bear.
**[20:00] ---**
Thank you, Naruto.
**[20:02] ---**
Don't mention it.
**[20:04] ---**
But what'll you do from now?
**[20:07] ---**
Do you really intend
to become ninja?
**[20:09] ---**
Nah, I'm going to forget about it.
**[20:13] ---**
If this is how scary it is,
it's not for me.
**[20:16] ---**
I'm going back to the country
and make an honest living.
**[20:19] ---**
I'll go wherever Iggy goes.
**[20:22] ---**
I see.
**[20:25] ---**
Stay best friends forever, guys!
**[20:36] ---**
– Naruto!
– Naruto!
**[20:39] ---**
Thank you!
**[20:40] ---**
Take care!
**[20:42] ---**
Those guys sure can yell.
**[20:47] ---**
Take good care of yourselves!
**[20:51] ---**
Best friends are the greatest.
**[20:55] ---**
*We'll be like them too, someday.*
**[22:37] ---**
Sand Jonin Temari,
you will accept my challenge!
**[22:41] ---**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[22:43] ---**
My name is Konohamaru Sarutobi.
**[22:45] ---**
Grandson of the Third Hokage,
Naruto's favorite student!
**[22:49] ---**
Naruto's…?
**[22:51] ---**
Running away from this challenge
will mean that you fear me!
**[22:56] ---**
Next on Naruto Shippuden:
"Naruto's Favorite Student"
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This should be fun.
I'll indulge you for a little bit.
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Tune in again!