# E49 - Lee's Hidden Strength: Forbidden Secret Jutsu!
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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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What?!
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O-Oh!
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T-That’s…
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It's the empty shell of sand!
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Lee's Hidden Strength:
Forbidden Secret Jutsu!
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When did that…?!
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That’s not possible!
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While you had your eyes closed
and were praying.
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What?
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For a moment, Lee stopped moving
because of the pain in his body.
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At that moment…that’s when!
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Gaara!
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That's...!
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There’s no doubt about it – his eyes…
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He’s completely awake…
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The demon…inside him.
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Run away!
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That Bowl-Cut’s totally worn down…
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Gaara is toying with him.
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W-Why doesn’t Lee dodge?
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With Lee’s speed, he should easily be
able to dodge that level of attack.
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It’s not that he doesn’t dodge,
it’s that he can’t dodge.
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What?!
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What do you mean?
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The Lotus is a double-edged sword.
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What do you mean double-edged sword?
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Why do you think the Lotus is
a forbidden technique?
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Well…
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The Lotus isn’t a Ninjutsu or a Genjutsu.
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It’s a Taijutsu, with that much
high-speed movement.
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The load it puts on a person’s body
is beyond imagination.
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So Lee’s entire body is in
so much pain right now
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that even moving is out of the question.
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Isn’t that so…
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Guy?
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But that’s…!
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He has no Ninjutsu, not even
one Genjutsu …
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Moreover, the Taijutsu he depends on,
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it’s now even less than
an average person’s …
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There’s no way he can win!
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He’s had it if this goes on…
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Lee…
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Hey, get a move on all of you.
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I’ll add another 200 laps!
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Stupid! There’s no way
you’ll become a Ninja.
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Yes, I will.
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There’s no way a chump who can’t
even use Ninjutsu can become a Ninja!
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Yes, I will!
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Whatever, but the fact that a guy like
you without Ninjutsu or Genjutsu
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and with less Taijutsu than
an average person
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is in this Ninja academy is nonsense.
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Do you know what you’re called here?
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Hot-Blooded!
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Hot-Blooded!
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Hot-Blooded lose-
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Hey, get in line, Lee!
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Hey Lee!
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So that’s the hot-blooded loser
everyone’s talking about.
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Doesn’t he look like
someone we know?
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Huh?
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In particular…his eyebrows.
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Hmm…
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Rock Lee…
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The chump who can only perform
less than average Taijutsu…
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But you...
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You practiced your less
than average Taijutsu …
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You practiced it over and
over again like crazy…
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396…397…398…399…
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400…401…402…403…
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If I can’t do a log kick 500 times,
then it’s 1,000 squats!
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413... 414...
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415... 416... 417... 418...!
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419... 420…
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So someone’s here before me…
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422… 423... 424...
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425... 426...
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I suppose I’ll come back…
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If I can’t do 1,000 squats,
then it’s 2,000 punches!
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795… 796… 797… 798…
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He’s still at it…!
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2,000 punches!
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If I can’t, it’s 2,000 jump ropes!
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You recklessly practiced only
Taijutsu and eventually…
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All right, you’ve all become
Genin as of today,
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so I’d like to know what
it is you’re all aiming for!
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Yes, yes, yes, yes!
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Tenten.
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I’d like to become a powerful Ninja
like the legendary Kunoichi Tsunade!
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Hmm...
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And, how about you, Neji?
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I don’t want to answer…
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I…!
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I’d like to prove that I could
become a respectable Ninja
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even though I can’t use
Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!
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That would be the ultimate for me!
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Those are good serious eyes…
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Humph!
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You!
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What’s so funny?!
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I’m serious!
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I will become a respectable Ninja
even only with Taijutsu!
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He should give up already…
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At this rate…
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He will simply die with Gaara
just toying with him…
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Bushy Brows…!
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Lee…
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Not yet… Not yet!
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Lee, you just won’t learn
your lesson, will you?
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There’s no way you can win…
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Unlike you, Neji is a genius.
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A genius…?
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What is a genius?!
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Even though I may not have talent,
I’ll exceed genius with my efforts.
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That is my entire being!
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That is my Way of the Ninja!
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You’ll get nowhere, 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 simply a fact.
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That's not true!
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That’s not…
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But you…refused to give up, not ever!
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Such meaningless actions…
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The Bowl-Cut was unlucky to
have Gaara as his opponent!
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No…
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Lee’s not one to give up
with this much.
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– What? – Huh?
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The reason is that Lee…
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The reason is that Lee…
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You…continued to make effort.
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If I can’t jump rope 1,200 times,
I’ll log kick 2,000 times!
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1,116... 1,117...!
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1,118... 1,11--!
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Huh?!
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Lee!
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Are you taking a break already?
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Guy Sensei…
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What is it that you want?
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If it’s about my blunder with
the recent assignment,
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I believe I’ve apologized.
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Lee… It’s true you’re different from Neji.
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You have no Ninjutsu or Genjutsu skills,
and you’re not a Taijutsu genius either…
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But Lee...
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you have powers
that exceed Neji…
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you’re a genius with hidden potential.
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If you’re trying to make me feel better,
please stop!
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Idiot!
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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 effort!
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I wonder if…
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If that’s true…?
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I've…I’ve believed that to be true…
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That if I trained harder than Neji…
2 or 3 times as much…
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that I’d surely become stronger.
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But...
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I’ve recently begun to think that…
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I can’t beat a real genius.
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Is effort really rewarded…?
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I’ve wanted to know this and
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so I’ve taken on Neji,
but it’s always been the same…!
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I’m no match for him at all!
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Even when I’m on a mission…
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My legs still tremble even now…
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I think that I’ll never become
stronger though I strive and strive…
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I am so afraid that I can’t bear it!
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What am I to do…?
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There’s no point in making the effort
if you don’t believe in yourself!
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Lee, you’re very similar to me.
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Do you mean our eyebrows?
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No, not just our eyebrows…
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I was actually a failure once too…
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You were, Sensei?
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But now, I can even win against
the genius elite Kakashi,
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because of my efforts…
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“I’d like to prove that I can become
a respectable Ninja
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even though I can’t use Ninjutsu
and Genjutsu” you said.
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That’s your Ninja way, right?
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That’s a fine goal…
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It’s a fine goal worth sticking to!
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That’s why you should believe in
your path and forge straight ahead!
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Become a man powerful enough
so that I can just watch you smiling!
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Understand, Lee?!
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Yes!
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Thank you…Guy Sensei…!
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Stop, Lee!
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If you fight any more, you’ll die!
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Bushy Brows…
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What?!
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Movement has...
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...returned to Lee!
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Sensei is smiling and watching me…
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And just because of that,
I can come back stronger!
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Stronger… stronger still!
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Lee’s smiling…even though
he’s been driven into corner.
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No.
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It’s his turn to do the driving.
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Huh?
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The Leaf’s Lotus blossoms twice.
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Blossoms twice…?
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Lee said that too!
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The Leaf’s Lotus blossoms twice.
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When we meet the next time,
I vow that I will be an even stronger man.
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No, Guy!
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You haven’t?!
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It’s exactly as you imagine.
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So that Genin…
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that boy can open the Eight Inner Gates
in his body and use the Hidden Lotus…
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The Hidden Lotus?
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That’s right …
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This is incredible…
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Guy…
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How many of the Eight Inner Gates
can that boy open now…?
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Five gates.
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What exactly is it?
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These Eight Inner Gates and
that Hidden Lotus?
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The Eight Inner Gates are
“Limiter Releases”
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used in preparations for
reaching the Hidden Lotus.
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A “Limiter Releases”?
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That’s right …
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In the Chakra Network
where chakra flows,
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there are eight places where the
chakra points are concentrated
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in each area of the body from the
head area down--
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the Gate of Opening, Gate of Rest,
Gate of Life, Gate of Pain,
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Gate of Closing, Gate of Joy,
Gate of Shock and Gate of Death.
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These are called the Eight Inner Gates.
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These eight gates
continually “limit”
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the amount of Chakra flowing
through the body…
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However, the Lotus’s essence is to force
the boundaries of these “limits” to open…
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and bring out several
tens of times the body’s strength.
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The Primary Lotus…
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opens only the first gate,
the Gate of Opening,
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and releases the brains restraints
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to bring forth a person’s muscles’ strength
to its fullest!
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That’s the kind of technique it is.
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So…what is the Hidden Lotus?
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After forcing the stamina to increase
at the second gate, the Gate of Rest…
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From the third gate, the Gate of Life,
one enters the Hidden Lotus!
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No way!
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Even after using just the Primary Lotus,
his body was in shambles.
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So if he uses a technique beyond that…
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That’s right.
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Huh?
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By opening all the 8 gates,
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one attains strength exceeding
even the Hokage, but in return…
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one dies!
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I don’t intend to pry into what that
boy means to you
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or to tell you not to bring
your personal feelings into play…
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But there is a limit!
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I’ve misjudged you…Guy!
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What do you know…about that boy?!
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There is something important which
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that boy wants to prove and
protect even if it costs him his life.
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I’d like to prove that I can become
a respectable Ninja
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even though I can’t use
Ninjutsu and Genjutsu!
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That would be the ultimate for me!
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That’s why I…
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wanted to make him a man
that could protect that thing.
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That’s all there is…
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Lee!
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I’m going to teach you
a new technique.
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Yippie, yeah!
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– One that will be your trump card.
– Yeah, that's great!
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Yippie, yeah! Yippie yeah!
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Lee, listen to my explanation
seriously, all right?!
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Y-Yes, Sensei!
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Let me first say that...
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this is more of a forbidden Jutsu
than the Primary Lotus!
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And it will become the
most special technique for you.
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Special...?
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However...
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there is one strict condition
for using this technique.
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That is...
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That is…
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What?
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I don’t know what
you’re planning to do…
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But this is the end for you.
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That’s true…
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In any case…
it will be the end with the next.
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Neji…
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Sasuke…and…
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There is no way that I alone
can lose in a place like this!
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Guy Sensei…please allow this…!
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It is now!
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The time to carry through and
protect one’s own Way of the Ninja!
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The Third Gate of Life…open!
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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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Effort is always rewarded.
My belief in this has brought me this far.
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Neji, Sasuke, and Naruto…
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There’s no way that I can lose
in a place like this!
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Even though this technique is
my ace in the hole,
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I’ll show it especially to you!
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This is my ultimate secret
Taijutsu technique!
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Next Episode: “The Fifth Gate:
A Splendid Ninja is Born”
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This is the end!