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E400 - As a Taijutsu User

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    As a Taijutsu User
    
    
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    Shira has almost no skill for
    ninjutsu or genjutsu…
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    Shira and I are alike…
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    We're shinobi who
    can only perform taijutsu.
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    So you knew.
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    I realized it yesterday
    when we exchanged punches.
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    Those who are skilled in ninjutsu
    and genjutsu may not notice
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    that slight, yet unique difference.
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    I sensed that he was like me.
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    Since you know that much,
    let me explain.
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    In Hidden Sand Village,
    not even the previous Kazekage
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    would allow people like Shira
    to become shinobi.
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    But that's—! Even a great taijutsu user
    like Shira?!
[02:26] ---
    That's right. That's why until just recently…
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    SHINOBI ACADEMY
    
    
    Shira wasn't allowed to attend the Academy
    and was treated like an outsider.
[02:39] ---
    Hey! What're you staring at?
    You can't even use ninjutsu!
[02:45] ---
    Go away! Your uselessness is contagious!
[02:58] ---
    But Shira refused to give up
    and believed in himself.
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    He kept training all by himself
    and honed his taijutsu.
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    Then, the times changed…
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    The seat was empty for a while
[03:33] ---
    after the Fourth Kazekage
    passed away…
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    but eventually Lord Gaara
    became the Fifth Kazekage.
[03:39] ---
    Those who knew
    Lord Gaara's past
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    spread rumors that
    our village was doomed,
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    but that wasn't the case.
[03:50] ---
    Lord Gaara was receptive
    to other people's opinions…
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    and one by one, he did away with
    the previous Kazekage's practices
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    and instituted reforms.
[04:02] ---
    That's Lord Gaara?
[04:04] ---
    Yeah. He's the younger brother
    of Temari,
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    the girl we used to play with
    when we were kids.
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    What happened to the huge boulder
    that was used to prevent sand erosion?
[04:22] ---
    Well…
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    Bring me the one
    who destroyed this.
[04:43] ---
    Are you Shira?
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    You knew that boulder
    was placed there
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    to protect Hidden Sand Village.
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    Why did you destroy it?
[04:50] ---
    I am very sorry.
[04:52] ---
    I had no intention of
    destroying it.
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    To me, that boulder was
    an invaluable training partner.
[05:00] ---
    Are you saying you destroyed it
    during training?
[05:02] ---
    I was told you are not
    a student at the Academy.
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    No.
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    I don't have any skills in
    ninjutsu or genjutsu.
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    According to the village rules,
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    someone like me is unfit
    to be a shinobi.
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    So you trained all by yourself?
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    Interesting…
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    I want to see which
    is more valuable…
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    That boulder or you!
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    Your fist is splendid!
[06:08] ---
    Please forgive me!
[06:10] ---
    I can't begin to imagine
    the effort it took for you,
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    banned from the Academy, to hone
    your skills to this level.
[06:18] ---
    I hereby abolish the rule established
    by my predecessor.
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    Shira, you will be a shinobi.
[06:28] ---
    I once met someone just
    like you in Hidden Leaf Village.
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    Over here!
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    Through sheer perseverance,
    he has become a fine shinobi.
[06:52] ---
    Shira, I predict you will become
    as good a shinobi as he.
[07:02] ---
    That's how Shira finally
    became a shinobi.
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    Not only that…
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    Lord Gaara recognized
    Shira's character and
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    chose him to be
    his personal taijutsu coach.
[07:12] ---
    To be named the Kazekage's
    taijutsu coach is a huge advancement!
[07:16] ---
    But this displeased many.
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    When someone who until just recently
    was below your rank
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    attains great success,
    people become jealous…
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    I understand now.
[07:31] ---
    Changing people's perceptions
    takes time.
[07:34] ---
    I see, so that's why Shira
    said that to me…
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    I don't know what it is you sensed,
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    but dwelling on the misfortunes
    of birth is meaningless.
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    Because, for all one's flaws
    and suffering, we have just one life.
[07:50] ---
    Shira, you persevered
    so much, and yet…
[07:55] ---
    I'll never forgive the ones
    who did this to you!
[08:00] ---
    Lee!
[08:01] ---
    That idiot… Don't tell me he's going to…
[08:08] ---
    I wasn't good at using
    my chakra…
[08:10] ---
    so everyone belittled me…
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    Stupid! There's no way
    you'll become a ninja!
[08:18] ---
    There's no way a chump
    who can't even use ninjutsu
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    can become a ninja!
[08:22] ---
    Yes, I will!
[08:23] ---
    Whatever…
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    The fact that you're even in
    the academy is nonsense.
[08:27] ---
    You don’t have ninjutsu
    or genjutsu skills,
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    and your taijutsu is below average!
[08:32] ---
    Do you know what
    everyone calls you here?
[08:40] ---
    All right, as of today,
    you're all genin.
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    So I'd like to know what it is
    you're all aiming for!
[08:47] ---
    I don't want to answer…
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    Sensei!
[08:50] ---
    I'd like to prove that I can
    become a respectable shinobi
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    even though I can't use
    ninjutsu or genjutsu!
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    That would mean everything to me!
[08:59] ---
    Hey! What's so funny?!
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    If you can't use ninjutsu
    or genjutsu,
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    you're already out as a ninja.
[09:09] ---
    Lee, you just won't learn
    your lesson, will you?
[09:13] ---
    There's no way you can win.
[09:14] ---
    Unlike you, Neji is…
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    …a genius.
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    It’s useless, Lee…
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    No matter how much effort
    you make,
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    there's no way you can
    take me down.
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    That’s just fact.
[09:32] ---
    Yes! Yes! Yes!
[09:35] ---
    If I can't do 500 push-ups,
[09:37] ---
    I'll jump rope
    and do 1200 double unders!
[09:43] ---
    If I can't do that,
    I'll log kick 2000 times!
[09:46] ---
    1116…1117…
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    Lee! Are you taking
    a break already?
[10:07] ---
    What is it, Guy Sensei?
[10:10] ---
    If it's about my blunder during
    the recent mission,
[10:13] ---
    I believe I have already apologized!
[10:19] ---
    Lee, it's true you're different
    from Neji.
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    You have no ninjutsu
    or genjutsu skills,
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    and you're no taijutsu expert either…
[10:27] ---
    But Lee…
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    You have powers
    that can exceed Neji's…
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    You're a genius with
    hidden potential.
[10:36] ---
    If you're trying to
    make me feel better, please stop.
[10:39] ---
    I'm not trying to make you feel better
    or anything!
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    The reason is that you are…
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    a genius of hard work!
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    There's no point in
    working hard
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    if you don't believe in yourself!
[10:52] ---
    I hung in there because
    I believe in myself.
[10:56] ---
    Shira… You're just like me!
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    In fact, since you weren't able
    to attend the Academy,
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    you must have trained
    much harder than me!
[11:06] ---
    I won't forgive the ones who
    were contemptuous of your efforts!
[11:29] ---
    This is—!
[11:44] ---
    Damn it…
[11:45] ---
    If you guys hadn't run off,
    we could've obtained a scroll.
[11:49] ---
    That team with the Byakugan user
    is the one Shira warned us about.
[11:53] ---
    Better safe than sorry.
[11:57] ---
    By the way, they're not coming
    after us, are they?
[12:00] ---
    I used all those Paper Bombs,
[12:03] ---
    and that area has a lot
    of underground caverns…
[12:07] ---
    The explosions created
    a steeper cliff than I expected.
[12:09] ---
    It'll take them a while
    to make their way across.
[12:12] ---
    I wouldn't be so sure about that.
[12:14] ---
    Who's there?!
[12:19] ---
    The handsome blue beast of
    the Hidden Leaf, Rock Lee!
[12:23] ---
    You're that guy from earlier!
[12:25] ---
    What you did to Shira
    is unforgivable!
[12:28] ---
    Please apologize to Shira!
[12:30] ---
    Apologize to Shira?
[12:32] ---
    This guy's from the Hidden Leaf and
    he's siding with Shira?!
[12:36] ---
    When you believe
    in hard work and perseverance,
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    it doesn't matter whether
    you're a friend or foe!
[12:40] ---
    That’s beside the point!
    How’d you get across that chasm?!
[12:43] ---
    I have invisible wings known
    as perseverance!
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    Sometimes, perseverance…
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    will turn into infinite wings that
    make the impossible possible!
[13:08] ---
    Until you apologize to Shira,
    my rage will not subside!
[13:12] ---
    Like hell we will!
[13:14] ---
    We know your weakness!
[13:17] ---
    Wind Style!
[13:18] ---
    Sandstorm Hurricane!
[13:34] ---
    This is genjutsu!
[13:35] ---
    Like Shira, you only specialize
    in taijutsu.
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    So we'll just capitalize
    on your weaknesses!
[13:40] ---
    That's cowardly!
[13:41] ---
    Please fight me fair and square!
[13:48] ---
    What's cowardly?!
[13:49] ---
    It's your fault for not knowing ninjutsu!
[13:53] ---
    Inside the Sandstorm Hurricane,
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    countless sand particles
    collide against each other
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    and create powerful
    electro-magnetic waves.
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    Because of that,
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    anyone caught inside it will continue
    to experience genjutsu.
[14:05] ---
    It's about time to finish this!
[14:09] ---
    What?!
[14:16] ---
    Neji!
[14:17] ---
    Jeez! Are you crazy
    taking on six by yourself?
[14:20] ---
    Tenten! You two made it
    across too!
[14:24] ---
    If you made it, isn't it obvious
    we would too?!
[14:30] ---
    Damn it…
[14:32] ---
    We're a team!
    Don't go off on your own!
[14:37] ---
    I'm sorry! I just couldn't stand it…
[14:40] ---
    Well, we have no choice now.
[14:42] ---
    Let's go, Tenten!
[14:44] ---
    That's more like it!
[14:45] ---
    8 Trigrams…64 Palms!
[15:00] ---
    What’s their deal?
[15:01] ---
    They’re ridiculously strong!
[15:03] ---
    I would like some payback as well!
[15:07] ---
    Great Leaf Whirlwind!
[15:09] ---
    Wait, Lee!
[15:12] ---
    Please forgive them.
[15:14] ---
    Shira…!
[15:16] ---
    Why?
[15:17] ---
    Why would you defend them?!
[15:19] ---
    They betrayed you and
    put you through hell!
[15:22] ---
    Maybe they did.
    But it doesn't matter.
[15:25] ---
    How can you say
    it doesn't matter?!
[15:28] ---
    If they won't acknowledge me,
    I have only myself to blame.
[15:32] ---
    That's all.
[15:37] ---
    I already told you.
[15:39] ---
    Whatever my flaws
    and misfortunes,
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    this is the life I was born into.
[15:43] ---
    I'm not bitter, and I bear no grudge.
[15:48] ---
    Good or bad, this is my life.
[15:51] ---
    I have only myself to blame
    for the bad
[15:54] ---
    because I didn't work hard enough.
[15:56] ---
    I don't want to blame anyone
    for the life I have.
[16:02] ---
    Shira…
[16:03] ---
    How can you say
    you didn't work hard enough?
[16:11] ---
    Shira! You are a man among men!
[16:14] ---
    The shinobi among shinobi!
[16:16] ---
    I've never been so moved
    in my life!
[16:19] ---
    Other than Guy Sensei,
    I've never met anyone so amazing!
[16:23] ---
    You get so carried away.
[16:25] ---
    It was really touching,
    until you ruined the mood.
[16:34] ---
    Take this.
[16:35] ---
    This way, at least one of
    our teams will pass.
[16:40] ---
    Damn it… Must you be so kind?
[16:43] ---
    Put yourself in our shoes, will you?
[16:46] ---
    Sorry.
[16:47] ---
    Why are you apologizing?
[16:50] ---
    You're right.
[16:52] ---
    But if you take this,
    what about you guys…?
[16:55] ---
    We'll figure something out.
[16:59] ---
    Why would you go so far?
[17:01] ---
    Is it all for Lord Gaara?
[17:04] ---
    Until recently, he was
    a brutal shinobi who'd kill anyone.
[17:08] ---
    People don't change so easily!
[17:10] ---
    I realize that.
[17:13] ---
    But Lord Gaara and I
    are the same…
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    That's what I believe.
[17:19] ---
    I can tell from training with him.
[17:21] ---
    Lord Gaara bitterly regrets
    his past actions.
[17:25] ---
    And he knows that atonement
    won't come easy.
[17:31] ---
    And yet, Lord Gaara keeps
    pushing forward.
[17:36] ---
    Because despite what
    people think of him…
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    he believes that persevering
    is the best thing to do right now.
[17:44] ---
    I don't care about
    who I am right now…
[17:47] ---
    As long as I'm not ashamed of
    the man I am in the future.
[17:52] ---
    Oh, the words that come out
    of your mouth!
[17:55] ---
    You're absolutely right!
[17:56] ---
    What counts is the man
    that you are in the future!
[17:59] ---
    Okay, okay…
    We heard you, pipe down!
[18:03] ---
    We…can't accept that.
[18:07] ---
    Hey, give him your scroll.
[18:17] ---
    Why?!
[18:19] ---
    We have our pride too.
[18:22] ---
    We lost this battle.
[18:24] ---
    So we're handing you our scroll.
[18:30] ---
    But we're not about
    to give up just yet.
[18:33] ---
    We’ll prove it by obtaining the scrolls
    from the other teams.
[18:36] ---
    Let's go!
[18:40] ---
    Why did they...?
[18:42] ---
    They realized that they don’t want to
    be ashamed of themselves in the future.
[18:52] ---
    Shira!
[18:56] ---
    Um…
[18:58] ---
    Thank you.
[19:00] ---
    Thanks to you, it looks like Shira will
    have a place in the Hidden Sand.
[19:06] ---
    We didn't do anything.
[19:08] ---
    Shira did it with his own strength and
    a little help from our taijutsu-idiot.
[19:13] ---
    He’s very honest…
    He might be a little like our Shira.
[19:17] ---
    Uh, I don't think so.
[19:18] ---
    His weird clothes, his hair,
    or his eyebrows…
[19:22] ---
    They're not alike at all!
[19:25] ---
    That’s true... He’s right up there
    with Naruto in stupidity.
[19:28] ---
    Naruto?
[19:29] ---
    A shinobi from our village.
    He’s on a journey right now.
[19:33] ---
    We’ve heard of him.
[19:36] ---
    Lord Gaara speaks of a shinobi
    who changed him.
[19:39] ---
    I'm sure the name was Naruto.
[19:43] ---
    I wonder what he's up to now?
[20:01] ---
    Neji… Tenten…
[20:02] ---
    This has nothing to do
    with the Second Exam…
[20:06] ---
    But I have a favor to ask.
[20:07] ---
    Uh-oh… Here we go…
[20:13] ---
    I never want to go through
    something like last time!
[20:19] ---
    Sasuke beat Gaara of the Sand
    against whom I was no match…
[20:24] ---
    And Naruto beat Neji
    whom I longed to defeat…
[20:30] ---
    Why? Why does it always
    turn out like this?
[20:33] ---
    You wouldn't have listened to us
    even if we tried to stop you, right?
[20:37] ---
    Right!
[20:38] ---
    Shira! I want to fight you!
[20:42] ---
    Because we both seek
    to master taijutsu, please fight me!
[20:47] ---
    If I can face you in battle,
[20:48] ---
    I'll have no regrets from
    these Chunin Exams!
[20:52] ---
    Fine with me, Lee.
[20:54] ---
    To be honest,
    I've wanted to fight you!
[22:38] ---
    Shira! I will show you
    how serious I am!
    
    
[22:40] ---
    This is my last fight.
    
    
[22:43] ---
    Last?
    
    
[22:44] ---
    Lee, it’s all because of you,
    that I can be a shinobi.
    
    
[22:48] ---
    I’m grateful to you.
    
    
[22:50] ---
    It might have been your fists
    that changed Lord Gaara.
    
    
[22:54] ---
    Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
    "The Ultimate"
    
    
[22:59] ---
    Let me express my gratitude
    to you with my seriousness!
    
    
    
[23:02] ---
    IN NARUTO'S FOOTSTEPS
    ~ The PATH TRAVELED
    THE ULTIMATE
    
    
    
[23:05] ---
    Tune in again!