E48 - Gaara vs. Rock Lee: The Power of Youth Explodes!

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    Press down hard on the gas
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    That’s right, there’s no compromise
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    We'll slip through the night
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    At the final moment push hard
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    That's right, all the way to zero,
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    Until we wipe away the days
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    Gently open your heart
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    If you pull it close to you
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    It will reach you, without a doubt
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    It will come, closer
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    Now
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    We’re speeding through life,
    squeezing it for all of its worth
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    Our feet are tied
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    But we still keep going farther
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    Even if I take it back, and grasp it
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    If you’re not the one
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    There will be no meaning
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    And so we’ll go far off into the distance.
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    Hey you, failure.
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    I have two pieces
    of advice for you.
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    First, if you intend to call
    yourself a Shinobi,
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    stop that revolting cheering of yours.
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    And second...
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    a failure will
    always be a failure.
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    There's no changing that!
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    Do you want to see about that?
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    You!
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    Naruto, I get where you're
    coming from, believe me.
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    But all fighting must be done
    officially in a match!
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    The failure beats the gifted genius
    through sheer effort…
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    Wouldn't that make for
    an exciting main battle?
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    I promise you.
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    I will win no matter what!
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    Gaara vs. Rock Lee:
    The Power of Youth Explodes!
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    Hey, Choji!
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    You're in trouble.
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    Only the strong ones are left.
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    Probably the strongest of Hidden Sound
    must be that bloke.
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    And Lee is apparently strong
    enough to take on Sasuke!
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    And particularly that Sand guy!
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    He's probably
    the most dangerous one!
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    I-I don't care!
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    I plan to forfeit right away
    if that happens…
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    So that means…
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    Huh?
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    ...you plan to forego
    all-you-can-eat BBQ, too, then.
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    What? Come on!
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    Don’t worry.
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    If things start getting ugly,
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    I'll step in and stop the fight,
    like I did for Hinata. Okay?
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    Prime beef tongue, short ribs...
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    – You can eat what you want.
    – Don't dangle food in front of him!
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    – Besides he didn't step in...
    – You can eat whatever you want...
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    – and stop the fight for Hinata.
    – and all you want.
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    B-B-Q! All right, B-B-Q!
    All you can eat!
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    He doesn't look good.
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    Watching the previous fight…
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    Did it get stirred up?
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    His inner demon!
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    I’m curious about that guy, Neji, too…
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    Here's a plan.
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    Kankuro?
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    Just a little
    information-gathering mission.
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    Hey!
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    Huh?
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    What are you doing here
    all by yourself?
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    Shouldn't you be with your friends?
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    I-It's none of your business, is it?!
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    Hmmm. Well, well…
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    That guy... Neji Hyuga, right?
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    Well, it seems to me that
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    he didn't reveal the true extent
    of his power in that last match.
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    What's he about?
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    I'm going to crush him!
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    Err, that's not what
    I was asking.
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    Besides, this guy’s way out of his league...
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    You seem like a fun guy.
    I quite like you.
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    You're dull.
    And I don't like you at all!
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    I'm going to waste this guy!
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    We will now resume the battle.
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    Okay!
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    You'll be up this time for sure.
    Go for it, Lee!
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    No!
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    – Huh? – What?
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    Seeing as I've come this far,
    I rather be the last!
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    Is Lee sulking?
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    Hurry up and get down here…
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    Safe!
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    – Hey!
    – Don't do anything misleading, idiot!
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    Gaara vs. Rock Lee
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    Oh! Lee!
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    It worked!
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    If you say you want to go last,
    then you won't be last.
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    It's an application of the same law
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    that says a stone thrown to hit
    a telephone pole will miss,
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    and a stone thrown to miss
    will be a direct hit!
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    Right! That's my student!
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    I absolutely did not
    want to go last!
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    I threw them a beauty of a curve!
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    Threw whom a curve?
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    Okay, so let me give you
    a little piece of “nice” advice.
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    Right!
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    Probably no one has noticed yet, but…
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    That gourd is suspicious!
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    I see!
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    Quit with the notes!
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    You're not going to have time to
    read them during the match! Fool!
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    I see!
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    He didn't realize that?
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    Wow, is Lee going to be all right?
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    All right! Go! Lee!
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    Yeah!
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    I am very happy to be squaring
    off with you so early in the match.
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    I don't know what kind of moves
    that bowl-cut guy has,
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    but he will never take Gaara.
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    Never!
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    He's fast, to be sure,
    but his kick is not all that great.
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    No…
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    He's... strong!
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    Please don't be in such a hurry.
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    Lee…
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    Be careful, Lee.
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    Now then… The 9th match...
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    Begin!
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    Leaf Hurricane!
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    Is that…?
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    Sand?
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    What an unusual Jutsu…
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    There's sand in his gourd!
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    That's…
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    That's it?
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    Desert Coffin!
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    Desert Burial!
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    Not another horror story like that…
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    A sand-manipulating Jutsu, eh?
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    Sounds like trouble.
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    But let's give it a go!
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    Even that Lee’s fast strikes…
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    have no effect at all!
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    What's the deal?!
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    No physical strike is going to
    have any effect on him.
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    What?
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    The Sand shields and protects Gaara
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    on its own accord, independently
    of any intent on Gaara's part.
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    That's why... no one has been able
    to do it so far....
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    Injure Gaara, that is.
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    Curses! He's not moving
    a muscle and still...!
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    Is that it?
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    Entertain me a bit more…
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    There's not enough yet!
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    Blood!
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    Why is Lee only using Taijutsu?
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    He'll never be able to get close
    enough for that!
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    Why doesn't he step back a bit and
    use Ninjutsu or something?
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    It’s not that he doesn't use it.
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    He can’t use it.
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    Huh?
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    Lee has almost no Ninjutsu
    or Genjutsu skills.
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    N-No way!
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    When I first met Lee,
    he was completely inept.
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    He had no talent whatsoever.
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    What? I can't believe that!
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    Hey hey!
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    Certainly…
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    A ninja who can’t do Ninjutsu
    and Genjutsu is a rarity.
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    That’s why, the only path open to Lee
    as a Ninja was Taijutsu.
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    But! That's precisely what
    makes him a winner!
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    Huh?
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    Lee, take them off!
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    B-But Guy Sensei...!
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    You told me only to do that
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    to protect a large group
    of very important people!
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    That’s quite all right!
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    I give you permission!
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    Are those…?
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    Weights?
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    That's some cliché training…
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    I see!
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    Ridiculous!
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    All right, now I can
    move easily!
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    Humph! Does he think
    removing some measly little weights
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    is going to enable him to
    outmaneuver Gaara's sand…?
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    A bit extreme, I'd say, Guy.
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    Go, Lee!
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    Right!
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    Go!
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    Very close!
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    Fast!
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    Amazing…!
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    Because he can't use
    Ninjutsu or Genjutsu...
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    Therefore, he channeled all
    of his time,
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    all of his energy and...
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    all of his being into Taijutsu.
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    Though he can’t do any other Jutsu…
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    He won't lose to anyone…
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    He is a Taijutsu specialist!
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    I can't believe it!
    Gaara's been injured!
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    No way...!
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    Bushy-Brows is even
    faster than before!
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    Was he this strong?!
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    Youth is... explosion!
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    Right!
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    Over here!
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    Good!
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    I got him good!
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    A-Amazing, he's so fast!
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    The Sand Shield can't keep
    up with him!
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    A direct hit!
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    A-Amazing.
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    His strikes are lightning fast…!
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    I can't even track him
    with my eyes!
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    Uh oh…
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    Uh oh is right!
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    That black-circles-under-the-eye
    guy is taking some serious blows!
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    That's not what I meant.
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    Huh?
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    W-What the…?!
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    His face is crumbling right off…!
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    His whole body is covered
    with sand….
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    There's not a scratch on him!
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    W-What’s with this guy?!
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    Sure enough, he was
    encased in sand, eh.
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    But, it's been a long time since
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    I've seen that expression
    on Gaara's face.
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    I felt that he was becoming
    more and more unstable
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    as the Chunin Exam progressed…
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    So Gaara's other self has
    been awakened, eh?
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    Hey! What is that?
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    That protected him
    against Bushy-Brow's strikes?
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    Yes… It's Sand Armor.
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    Armor?
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    Ordinarily, the Sand Shield
    functions to protect him automatically,
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    but, if by chance,
    the Shield is penetrated,
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    the Sand Armor functions as a second
    layer of protection against strikes…
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    That's Gaara's…absolute defense!
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    Well then, there's no way
    to get him!
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    He doesn't have any weak points.
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    No. That’s not entirely true…
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    The Sand Armor is actually
    riddled with weak points.
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    First of all, because it's not automatic,
    it uses up a lot of Chakra.
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    It's also less effective
    than the Sand Shield,
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    and it takes an enormous amount
    of physical energy
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    to keep the sand clinging
    to the body like that.
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    Gaara's having to use the armor...
    is proof that he's under pressure.
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    That Lee is really good…
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    But, the outcome of the match
    is already a given.
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    He will never beat Gaara!
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    Is that all?
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    But what an incredible
    defense he has...
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    no amount of speed is going
    to let me get a strike through.
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    I'll have to do major damage
    from above the sand guard.
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    That will be Lotus!
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    Yes.
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    Be ready!
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    A thin sand guard like that
    will be inconsequential
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    in the face of Lee's high-speed
    Lotus slamming down from above.
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    Hurry up and bring it on!
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    You asked for it!
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    He didn’t float.
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    Not just yet!
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    What an amazing series of kicks!
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    Even an ordinary Lotus has
    a tremendous strain on the body…!
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    Lee, let this be the finishing blow!
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    Take this!
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    Primary Lotus!
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    I got him...
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    good!
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    Right on!
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    I-It's over!
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    W-What? This can’t be!
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    He did it! Lee’s won!
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    Hey, he isn't dead, is he?
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    Wha--?!
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    Huh?!
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    What?!
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    Hey, can you hear it?
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    The clear, blue sky goes on and on
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    The ocean spans limitlessly
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    Please keep that smile on your face forever
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    Or else I’ll cry
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    You won't have to search around you
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    It’s all ok now.
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    Everyone is inside
    this hand
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    when you want to cry,
    and you want to run away
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    When you forget what happiness is
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    Just sing.
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    Light is born, and darkness was born
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    The two are one
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    Harmonia, feel the telepathy
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    Hey, can you hear it?
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    Hey, what happened, Bushy-Brows?!
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    All of your strength seems
    to have disappeared!
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    You're going to be destroyed
    at this rate!
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    But, hey, Bushy-Brows is smiling!
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    How can he continue to keep up
    a fighting stance
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    when he's being routed like this?!
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    Next episode: "Lee’s Hidden Strength:
    Forbidden Secret Jutsu!"
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    The expression in Bushy-Brows’ eyes
    has changed!