E216 - The Targeted Shukaku

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    Summoning Jutsu!
[00:19] ---
    Oh, long time no see.
[00:21] ---
    We don’t have much time
    to get nostalgic.
[00:24] ---
    We’ve got a mission.
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    That I see over there
    is the Village of Artisans, isn’t it?
[00:32] ---
    Yeah. It’s a village of professionals
    who develop Ninja tools.
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    The exceptional Ninja tools
    they develop are also
[00:39] ---
    supplied to us
    in the Five Great Nations…
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    But there’s been
    a strange rumor recently.
[00:45] ---
    A strange rumor?
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    Something about them developing
    the ultimate weapon
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    and attempting to antagonize
    the Five Great Nations.
[00:54] ---
    In other words, we should
    search the village and…
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    verify whether or not
    there is that ultimate weapon, right?
[01:01] ---
    That’s about the size of it.
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    Piece of cake.
[01:28] ---
    Fly into the wavy and twisted sky,
    into your hands
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    The distance created between us
    became too big,
[02:00] ---
    because we were always together
[02:07] ---
    Your honest reply, “See you…”
[02:12] ---
    coming from that brash mouth
    makes it sadder.
[02:18] ---
    If you are in an unfamiliar town, crying
[02:24] ---
    Then I want to deliver you a smile,
    even if I’m not by your side
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    Fly into the wavy and twisted sky,
    into your hands
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    I can feel it so close,
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    Our two hearts
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    Hey! Something strange is going on.
[03:17] ---
    What is it?!
[03:19] ---
    There’s not a soul in the village!
[03:21] ---
    I also found something terrible
    on top of that.
[03:24] ---
    What?!
[03:32] ---
    It’s that.
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    The coffin of Seimei, the founder of
    the Village of Artisans.
[03:38] ---
    Even his body is…
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    This is serious.
[03:43] ---
    The artisans abandoned their village.
    Where in the world did they go?
[03:48] ---
    The Targeted Shukaku
[04:01] ---
    I’m hungry, I’m hungry!
[04:03] ---
    Maybe I’ll treat myself and have
    two eggs in my ramen today.
[04:12] ---
    Huh?
[04:19] ---
    What’s going on there?!
[04:21] ---
    Did I keep you waiting by any chance?
[04:23] ---
    Not really. I just got here a bit before.
[04:27] ---
    That’s good… Then, here.
[04:30] ---
    I made sure to hand it to you.
[04:32] ---
    Yeah, yeah. What a pain.
[04:36] ---
    Just a minute!
[04:38] ---
    What’re you guys doing…
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    all in secret in a place like this
    without even asking me?!
[04:43] ---
    –Naruto? –Huh?
[04:45] ---
    You’re terrible, just terrible, Sakura!
[04:48] ---
    Here you won’t even go out
    on a date with me at all!
[04:51] ---
    Why're you talking gibberish
    all of a sudden?
[04:54] ---
    Ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch…
[04:58] ---
    An errand for the Old Lady?
[05:00] ---
    Yes. It seems a new poison
    was discovered or something.
[05:04] ---
    I delivered a list of
    research medicinal substance
[05:06] ---
    for Shikamaru’s father to prepare.
[05:09] ---
    Oh, that’s it?!
[05:10] ---
    Jeez, you jump to conclusions.
[05:13] ---
    Oh, come to think of it,
[05:15] ---
    an update report from Temari
    has been delivered to Lady Tsunade.
[05:19] ---
    An update report?
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    So? What exactly?
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    I heard that the Village Hidden in
    the Sand started Ninja education,
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    imitating the curriculum program
    of the Leaf’s.
[05:30] ---
    It seems that Temari and her brothers
    are working as instructors.
[05:34] ---
    Instructors?!
[05:35] ---
    Is that harsh woman fit to be
    something like an instructor…?
[05:39] ---
    Really? That Gaara, huh…?
[05:53] ---
    This is hands-on training.
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    Choose from among these
    a Ninja tool that suits you.
[05:59] ---
    What is it?
[06:01] ---
    Do we absolutely have to choose?!
[06:07] ---
    What do you mean?
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    We’ll end up hurting the other person
    if we use a weapon.
[06:13] ---
    We might kill them.
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    A weapon is…
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    No, never mind…
[06:37] ---
    A mission isn’t a game.
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    If you were to enter a field of battle
    with that frame of mind, you'd die.
[06:42] ---
    I-I’m sorry.
[06:44] ---
    You got Gaara angry because
    you ask stupid questions.
[06:48] ---
    You are in trouble.
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    The three of us will conduct
    hands-on training.
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    Gather in the respective class
    of your choice.
[07:02] ---
    Gaara, put a smile on!
[07:04] ---
    They'll get scared and nobody will
    choose you with that sulky look.
[07:09] ---
    My dad said that Gaara
    was the Sand’s ultimate weapon.
[07:14] ---
    Yeah. He's so powerful that the village
    would be destroyed, if he got mad.
[07:18] ---
    He’s scary, so let’s not bother.
[07:21] ---
    All right, I’m with Temari.
[07:23] ---
    I’ll be with Kankuro!
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    – Me too! – Me too!
[07:27] ---
    – Me too! – Me too!
[07:30] ---
    Please be my teacher.
[07:38] ---
    Earlier, he was trying to
    teach me something…
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    Excuse me… Please be my teacher.
[07:53] ---
    Are you okay with me?
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    Please teach me!
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    This is cool.
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    That’s too big!
[08:05] ---
    I’ll take this.
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    What’s your name?
[08:24] ---
    I’m Matsuri.
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    Matsuri, choose a weapon.
[08:52] ---
    What’s the matter?
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    Come at me with that weapon
    with the intent to kill me.
[09:03] ---
    Yes, sir…
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    They say an ogre with Iron Club
    is invincible. But you are no ogre.
[09:12] ---
    Yes, sir. Please tell me
    what I should choose.
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    The weapon called the Rope Javelin.
[09:25] ---
    Rope Javelin…
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    The sharp blade on the end of the rope
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    is to keep an enemy out of one's reach,
    rather than for attack.
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    And you seal off an enemy’s movement
    with the rope.
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    Practice until you can control it
    as a part of your body.
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    Yes, sir!
[10:20] ---
    Damn. Who are you guys?!
[10:27] ---
    Is this all
    the Sand Village Shinobi have?
[10:32] ---
    Wait.
[10:33] ---
    Leave this guy alive.
    We can use him to draw that one out.
[10:45] ---
    Hang in there! What is it?!
    What happened?
[10:48] ---
    Take me to Gaara… Quickly.
[11:23] ---
    What’s the matter?
[11:24] ---
    My mother and father were hit with
    countless weapons right in front of me.
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    So I…
[11:34] ---
    For what purpose
    do you hold a weapon?
[11:38] ---
    He…
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    What are…
[11:44] ---
    …these two to you?!
[11:48] ---
    Th-These guys are…
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    …my friends!
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    Try laying so much as
    another finger on them!
[11:57] ---
    I’ll clobber you!
[12:00] ---
    He said that to me.
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    That’s what we’re after: Gaara.
[12:20] ---
    Gaara, we were
    just coming to get you.
[12:24] ---
    The patrol Ninja was
    attacked by somebody.
[12:26] ---
    Guys calling themselves
    The Four Celestials
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    brandishing strange weapons,
    said to tell Gaara that…
[12:35] ---
    "We declare a challenge to you,
    the ultimate weapon.
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    "If you don’t accept the challenge,
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    "we will take away one person
    close to you every day…
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    "and they shall
    pay the price for you."
[12:59] ---
    You there.
[13:01] ---
    Are you Gaara’s student?
[13:06] ---
    You shall be the first sacrifice.
[13:28] ---
    What’s this Rope Javelin?!
[13:29] ---
    Wait!
[13:35] ---
    The enemy went northeast…
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    Matsuri has become a first sacrifice…
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    But the real target of the guys who
    call themselves the Four Celestials is…
[13:42] ---
    you, Gaara.
[13:44] ---
    Yeah…
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    This must be brought to
    a Jonin Council at once…
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    In the northeastern direction
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    where the ones who call themselves
    the Four Celestials left,
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    there is the Village Hidden in the Leaves
    of the Land of Fire,
[14:04] ---
    with the Land of Rivers
    sandwiched between.
[14:06] ---
    Therefore, we will be requesting
    the assistance of the Leaf…
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    Temari, Kankuro, Gaara.
[14:14] ---
    Form a unit and prepare for
    pursuit immediately.
[14:19] ---
    Hold it.
[14:20] ---
    The enemy is after Gaara.
[14:22] ---
    That would be like walking
    right into a trap they laid.
[14:26] ---
    That’s right.
    Why won’t you send a party?!
[14:30] ---
    It might be a diversionary tactic
    by the enemy.
[14:33] ---
    The village will become shorthanded
    if we send out pursuers.
[14:36] ---
    Then you at least could
    come with us, right, Baki?!
[14:44] ---
    Most likely, the enemy is
    after Shukaku.
[14:47] ---
    Gaara is the Sand’s ultimate weapon.
[14:50] ---
    If we know that…
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    But it's also a dangerous
    double-edged sword to the village.
[14:57] ---
    If they would do us the favor
    facing each other and perishing…
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    Then at least
    I should go with them.
[15:07] ---
    No. You have a different mission.
[15:10] ---
    Just send those three!
[15:19] ---
    Hey, how about it?!
[15:21] ---
    I’ve been given
    a different mission, you see…
[15:25] ---
    Go. She’s your student, right?
[15:32] ---
    Let’s go, Kankuro.
[15:47] ---
    Will it be okay with her?!
[15:49] ---
    She’s just a kid.
[15:51] ---
    Will he come?!
[15:53] ---
    If he doesn’t come, we’ll just sacrifice
    those close to him one after another.
[16:03] ---
    That is…?
[16:13] ---
    It’s a message from the Sand Village!
[16:16] ---
    Gaara? Why?
[16:19] ---
    Who knows?
    The goal is a challenge to Gaara.
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    The hostage is a Ninja school student.
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    The enemy is escaping in the direction of
    the Land of Fire from the Land of Rivers.
[16:30] ---
    Gaara, Temari and Kankuro are
    chasing after them.
[16:34] ---
    At this point, that’s all we know.
[16:37] ---
    You want me to set up an operation
    to stop the overconfident jerks
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    who challenged Gaara
    just with that information?
[16:44] ---
    Yeah. We’re on friendly terms
    with the Sand Village, so.
[16:48] ---
    Just a minute.
[16:50] ---
    They came during the Sasuke incident
    with much less information than now.
[16:55] ---
    Things are more bothersome
    than that time!
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    Our range would widen significantly
    if we ambushed them
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    instead of pursuing them.
[17:02] ---
    There’s also the incident in question
    in the Village of Artisans,
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    and the Jonin and Chunin
    are all away…
[17:07] ---
    – Shizune… – Yes, ma’am!
[17:11] ---
    Those are the only Genin
    we can use now.
[17:14] ---
    Take the Genin you want to use
[17:16] ---
    and leave the village
    within thirty minutes!
[17:19] ---
    Sakura’s name isn’t on here.
[17:23] ---
    Yeah. She’s doing
    Medical Ninjutsu training now, so.
[17:26] ---
    I’ll accept the mission.
    But I have one condition.
[17:32] ---
    Please let me borrow Sakura.
[17:35] ---
    Sakura?
[17:44] ---
    It’s almost time!
    ls this everyone, Shikamaru?!
[17:48] ---
    One person still hasn’t come.
[17:50] ---
    Could that be…?
[17:53] ---
    Sorry to keep you waiting!
[17:56] ---
    I can’t do a mission hungry.
    So I stopped by Ichiraku for a bit.
[18:00] ---
    What?! That's not fair just you
    getting to eat! I'll also…
[18:03] ---
    All right! Now we’ve got
    all our members together! We’re off!
[18:08] ---
    Huh? What? This is it?!
[18:11] ---
    I'd heard this was an operation
    with a mobilization
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    of the Genin
    remaining in the village!
[18:15] ---
    This is everyone, I tell you!
[18:17] ---
    That’s messed up!
[18:18] ---
    Setting aside Sakura who’s training,
[18:20] ---
    there should still be
    Shino, Neji and Hinata!
[18:23] ---
    No mistake. It’s weird Akamaru and I
    being the only Ninja
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    with search ability.
[18:29] ---
    So is this team
    a go-for-it super attack-type?
[18:33] ---
    Yeah. I name us
    Team Return the Favor.
[18:37] ---
    What lame naming!
[18:40] ---
    The guys from the Sand Village
    helped us during the Sasuke incident!
[18:45] ---
    In a manner, this operation will be
    returning the favor from that time!
[18:48] ---
    All right! Guys, let’s make sure to
    return the favor from that time.
[18:53] ---
    You’re not the leader!
[18:56] ---
    Shikamaru the Chunin is the leader
    of this platoon, right?!
[18:59] ---
    That’s right…
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    Jeez, then let’s settle on a strategy
    and get going as soon as possible.
[19:05] ---
    Are we going in one line
    as we did for the Sasuke incident?
[19:09] ---
    There’s no doubting the conditions
    are similar to the Sasuke incident.
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    However, the strategies for pursuit
    and ambush are completely different!
[19:17] ---
    We can’t follow them with Byakugan
    or by using Akamaru’s nose.
[19:21] ---
    No mistake about that.
[19:23] ---
    It’s unconventional, but since these are
    all the people we’ve got,
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    we’ll act in groups of two basis
    as Two-Man Cells.
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    Solo action is prohibited
    no matter what the case!
[19:32] ---
    We owe a debt to the Ninja in
    the Sand Village.
[19:35] ---
    However, although this is to repay a debt,
    no way will we produce casualties!
[19:40] ---
    Yeah, I got it.
[19:48] ---
    – Follow me, Ino. – Right!
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    Choji, you go with Kiba…
[19:53] ---
    I’m counting on you, Choji, Akamaru.
[19:55] ---
    Right…
[19:57] ---
    Lee, you’re with Naruto…
[19:58] ---
    Right. Please refrain
    from selfish actions.
[20:02] ---
    You don’t need to remind me like that.
[20:04] ---
    Also, the four people Naruto mentioned
    earlier have left before us.
[20:09] ---
    Four people, do you mean
    Shino, Neji, Hinata and Sakura?
[20:13] ---
    Yeah. The four will be
    going their separate ways
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    and won’t take part in future battles!
[20:18] ---
    Why not?!
[20:20] ---
    Isn’t that an incredible waste
    of battle strength?!
[20:23] ---
    In place of that, we get a wider range
    of search action…
[20:26] ---
    And we’ll have them focus on
    medical action in the case of battle starting.
[20:31] ---
    I have been entrusted with your lives
    and this is my strategy!
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    All right, just wait, Gaara!
[21:13] ---
    I’ll make sure to return the favor!
[21:19] ---
    The Key to the rusted heart’s door
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    Will always be smiling right near by
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    Even if rains of spears were to fall,
    I will run through it
[21:39] ---
    Because I want to find the joy
    without a shape
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    This big dream of mine that
    cannot be translated to words,
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    I will make it come true,
    even if it were to deepen my wounds
[21:54] ---
    We stand here today because of
    what we believed through,
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    That is why I will continue running forward,
    never looking away
[22:03] ---
    Even if I’m told that
    there is no bright future
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    I’ll change it right away,
    lighting it with all my feeling
[22:15] ---
    The wind is probably testing our hearts
[22:19] ---
    In my heart, I gently grasped my hands
[22:24] ---
    You are probably searching for
    the answer to your tears
[22:28] ---
    Your dream is always waiting near by,
    with the answers in its hands
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    The Key to the rusted heart’s door
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    Will always be smiling right near by
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    One of the enemies uses wind, huh?
    lnteresting. I will be her opponent!
[22:55] ---
    Then I’ll take on the guy who brandishes
    the sword that looks like a kid’s toy.
[23:00] ---
    We’ll take care of this.
    You go ahead, Gaara.
[23:02] ---
    But, will it be okay?
[23:04] ---
    We don’t need your help
    to deal with these chumps.
[23:08] ---
    You hurry, Gaara. That girl is
    your student, isn’t she?
[23:11] ---
    Next time: "Sand Alliance
    with The Leaf Shinobi"