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E388 - My First Friend

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    My First Friend
    
    
    
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    He would never give up
    on his dreams, or on reality.
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    That's the kind of guy he is.
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    And the way he forges ahead
    draws others towards him.
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    He makes you want to reach out
    when he's about to stumble.
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    And the greater
    the support behind you,
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    the closer you can get
    to your goal.
[02:08] ---
    Naruto's path…
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    Take this!
[02:13] ---
    Massive Rasen Shuriken!
[02:19] ---
    If comrades that you trust,
    gather around you…
[02:21] ---
    Hope can take physical form
    and become visible.
[02:25] ---
    That's what I believe, Obito.
[02:29] ---
    Perhaps…
[02:32] ---
    That Wood Dragon will absorb
    your chakra!
[02:40] ---
    Your chakra-stealing ninjutsu
    has now been nullified!
[02:44] ---
    In other words, you can't move
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    nor will you be able to extract chakra
    with your next ninjutsu!
[02:50] ---
    Good timing, son of the Fourth!
[02:53] ---
    Let's get him with this
    and seal him away!
[03:02] ---
    Naruto aimed his attack over there,
    so that's where Madara is!
[03:07] ---
    Naruto, this way!
[03:09] ---
    Let's go!
[03:10] ---
    Thanks, Sai!
[03:12] ---
    Don't waste any time!
[03:13] ---
    Now's our chance to seal him!
[03:15] ---
    We won't let Naruto's attack
    go to waste!
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    Right!
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    Without any orders…
    without a single word…
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    Everyone is galvanized into action…
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    Naruto…
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    And I'm one of them…
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    Shukaku…
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    I'd like to borrow the power of
    your Sand to seal Madara.
[03:40] ---
    You mean,
    the Grand Sand Mausoleum?
[03:42] ---
    That's right… A giant one too.
[03:48] ---
    I'm not bound to a Jinchuriki anymore.
[03:52] ---
    What makes you think I'd listen
    to you after all this time?
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    I'm not ordering you.
    I'm asking you.
[04:00] ---
    If you refuse, fine.
[04:02] ---
    I'll just ask one of the others.
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    Naruto Uzumaki, huh?
[04:10] ---
    Seems you've become friends
    with that Fox Demon's brat, Gaara…
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    If you're not going to help,
    let's talk later.
[04:19] ---
    I'm going.
[04:22] ---
    That tone you're using ticks me off!
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    As they say, if a fox has
    seven tricks, a tanuki has eight!
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    And I, the Demon Tanuki,
    will not lose to a stupid fox!
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    I'm not doing this
    because you asked!
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    I'm doing this because I want to!
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    Lead the way.
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    It's this way.
[04:45] ---
    Now then…
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    Wait up.
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    Huh?
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    We'll help too.
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    That's why I want
    to help you too…
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    Don't worry.
    We're not doing this on a whim.
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    We want to help Naruto.
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    I'm grateful.
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    Sand Shinobi human,
    are you a friend of Naruto too?
[05:20] ---
    It's a monster!
[05:22] ---
    Stay away!
[05:24] ---
    Use the buildings as a shield!
[05:26] ---
    But do not go inside!
[05:28] ---
    If they collapse,
    you'll be buried alive!
[05:52] ---
    Are you all right?
[05:54] ---
    Yeah…
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    That's my kid brother?
[06:03] ---
    H-He's just a—!
[06:25] ---
    Hello!
[06:30] ---
    Hello!
[06:36] ---
    Hello…
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    Run!
[06:57] ---
    W-Wait…!
[06:59] ---
    Help!
[07:01] ---
    Don't leave me by myself!
[07:06] ---
    I hate it… I hate it!
[07:10] ---
    People hurt others and
    others hurt them…
[07:14] ---
    That's how they learn to survive.
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    But it's not that easy for
    one person to hate another…
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    It's not bleeding, but…
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    it really hurts right around here.
[07:41] ---
    That is a wound of the heart.
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    It's a troublesome wound that
    only the love from another can cure.
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    Love?
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    Love is a feeling
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    that desires to serve a precious person
    who is close to oneself,
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    to love and watch over
    that person…
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    Die!
[08:02] ---
    Don't get involved with him.
[08:06] ---
    Stupid!
[08:08] ---
    Don't look.
[08:09] ---
    Get lost!
[08:12] ---
    Your name is Gaara…
[08:15] ---
    A demon that loves only itself.
[08:17] ---
    One that loves only itself
    and fights only for itself.
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    Because you were never loved.
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    He's just a monster!
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    D-Don't you feel anything?
[09:25] ---
    Kankuro…
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    They were our friends!
[09:33] ---
    You killed…friends from our village…
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    Don't you feel anything…
[09:38] ---
    right here?!
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    Doesn't your heart hurt?!
[09:43] ---
    If you don't shut up, I'll kill you.
[09:49] ---
    I was a killing machine
    from the time I was born…
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    An uncontrollable monster…
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    My mother died giving birth to me…
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    The village ignored me…
    my siblings avoided me…
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    I was made a target for
    assassination by my father…
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    I was alone…
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    And a solitary weapon
    didn't need a heart.
[10:14] ---
    Then I was sent as a weapon
    to destroy Hidden Leaf Village…
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    where I met him.
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    Let's go.
[10:41] ---
    Hey, you there…
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    What's your name?
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    Gaara of the Sand.
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    I'm curious about you too.
[10:53] ---
    What's your name?
[10:56] ---
    Sasuke Uchiha.
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    Hey! Hey! And what about me?
[11:05] ---
    I'm not interested.
[11:07] ---
    Naruto Uzumaki…
[11:09] ---
    My first encounter
    with him was uninteresting.
[11:15] ---
    However…
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    I'm definitely going to win!
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    But with every little incident,
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    his words and actions
    towards his friends
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    began to send ripples
    through my heart.
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    Why you!
[11:34] ---
    What were you trying to do
    to Bushy Brows!
[11:37] ---
    I was trying to kill him.
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    If you get in my way,
    I'll kill you too.
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    As if someone like you
    can kill me!
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    I keep telling you to cut it out!
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    This guy has monster-like strength.
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    I have a real monster inside me.
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    I wouldn't lose to a guy like him!
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    Furthermore, he started to
    have an effect on me…
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    He wasn't like the others
    who merely aroused hatred in me.
[12:08] ---
    Just what are they to you?
[12:12] ---
    He's my friend!
[12:15] ---
    If you even attempt to hurt him,
    I'll pummel you!
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    A friend?!
[12:21] ---
    Don't make me laugh…
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    I only fight…
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    for myself!
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    Because he resembles me…
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    Because he has gone through life
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    with the same loneliness
    and sadness as I have…
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    That guy who continued to fight
    in solitude for himself,
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    I thought he was strong.
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    But that's not the meaning
    of true strength…
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    If one fights just for oneself
    in solitude,
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    one can't become truly strong…
[13:06] ---
    Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!
[13:09] ---
    Na-Ru-To! 2K Uzumaki…
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    Barrage!
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    There's no way…
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    I can lose…
    to a guy like him!
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    The more I drove him into a corner,
    the harder he fought back…
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    Summoning Jutsu!
[13:47] ---
    Transformation Jutsu!
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    Get up, you jerk!
[14:00] ---
    Time and time again…
[14:04] ---
    after hitting rock bottom…
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    Die!
[14:11] ---
    You bastard!
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    Why…?
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    What kind of strength
    does he possess?
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    Why?
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    Why do you go so far for others?
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    Because they are my precious friends
    who saved me from that hell,
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    of being alone, and who acknowledged
    my existence.
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    Love…
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    Is that why he is so strong?
[15:05] ---
    This day would come to
    *hold special meaning for me…
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    I learned that he grew up
    under the same circumstances as me,
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    yet he chose
    a different way to live…
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    And that my strength was
    directly connected to this.
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    I just have to work hard and
    carve out a future for myself.
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    And I must not run away
    from my path of solitude.
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    If I do that, someday…
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    I can be like him.
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    So as a shinobi
    who belongs to the Sand,
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    I will aim to become the Kazekage.
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    In order to connect with
    this village and live in it.
[15:45] ---
    Gaara…
[15:48] ---
    Watching Naruto Uzumaki
    makes me feel this way.
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    A connection with others…
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    Until now, that only meant hatred
    and a desire to kill.
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    So just what is this connection
    that he keeps talking about?
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    After all this time, I understand
    a little bit about something…
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    Suffering and sadness…
    even happiness…
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    can be shared with someone.
[16:19] ---
    Naruto Uzumaki…
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    He has known
    the same suffering I have…
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    And he has taught me
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    that it is possible to
    change one's path in life…
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    I, too, want to become the kind of man
    that everyone looks up to…
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    Instead of just being
    a weapon to be fearful of.
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    As the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand.
[16:43] ---
    I was able to take a step forward,
    away from my pessimistic life.
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    And I became the Kazekage.
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    I have gained more friends,
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    and I continue to strive to be
    someone who is needed by others.
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    And with my head held high,
    I stood as his equal,
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    and step by step,
[17:05] ---
    I aimed for the day when
    I could be acknowledged as his friend.
[17:10] ---
    However…
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    Whose…hand is this?
[17:31] ---
    Oh…it's my hand.
[17:38] ---
    Have I become someone
    who is needed by somebody?
[17:45] ---
    Huh?
[17:46] ---
    What is this?
[17:50] ---
    It's me?
[17:57] ---
    That's me…
[17:59] ---
    I really wanted to be needed…
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    Why? Why did I desire that?
[18:09] ---
    Why am I someone
    who desires that?
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    Those eyes…
    that nose, that mouth…
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    Why?
[18:23] ---
    Why is that Gaara?
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    I was inside that…
[18:30] ---
    No… Actually just what am I?
[18:36] ---
    That's what I feel I am…
[18:39] ---
    But actually…what am I?
[18:44] ---
    Just a small feeling?
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    Gaara… Gaara!
[18:52] ---
    Who is that?
[18:53] ---
    Who are you calling?
[18:58] ---
    Who is it?
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    Who's hand is this?
[19:03] ---
    Oh… It's just my hand again…
[19:09] ---
    My hand…
[19:13] ---
    Me?
[19:16] ---
    Who am I?
[19:19] ---
    I…
[19:25] ---
    I am…
[19:35] ---
    When the Akatsuki extracted
    the Tailed Beast from me…
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    I died, but was revived…
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    thanks to Granny Chiyo
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    who used a Forbidden Jutsu
    to exchange her life for mine,
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    and Naruto's chakra.
[19:52] ---
    So long.
[19:53] ---
    Right!
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    Normally, people shake hands
    when they part.
[20:05] ---
    But I'm not so good with
    stuff like that…
[20:08] ---
    So…
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    I thought I've been doing my best
[20:13] ---
    in order to be accepted
    by you as a friend.
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    I thought I had to become someone
    who was essential to others…
[20:21] ---
    someone people looked up to…
[20:25] ---
    But…
[20:32] ---
    But on that day, we…
[20:34] ---
    came to understand,
    and accept each other…
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    We were already friends.
[20:43] ---
    What's wrong?
[20:44] ---
    I asked if you are Naruto's friend?
[20:48] ---
    Yeah…
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    He's my first friend.
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    Is that right?
[20:57] ---
    All right, let's hurry.
[22:38] ---
    I'm curious about what happens
    next with Gaara…
    
    
[22:40] ---
    But the next episode is
    a little extra feature.
    
    
[22:42] ---
    In the Hyuga Clan, Hinata and
    Hanabi were very close sisters!
    
    
[22:47] ---
    But the destiny of hatred
    within the Hyuga
    
    
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    caused their feelings
    to pass each other by.
    
    
[22:54] ---
    Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
    "The Adored Elder Sister."
    
    
[22:59] ---
    Can't destiny be changed?
    
    
    
[23:01] ---
    THE ADORED ELDER SISTER
    
    
    
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    Tune in again!