Byakugan vs. Shadow Clone Jutsu!
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| Byakugan vs. Shadow Clone Jutsu! | |
| Premiere date: | 26 November 2003 |
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| Episode Length: | 24.5 minutes |
| Episode Code: | 060 |
| Episode Airdate: |  26 November 2003 19 March 2007 |
| Manga Arc: | Chūnin Exam |
Byakugan vs. Shadow Clone Jutsu! (Japanese: 白眼ＶＳ影分身！オレはゼってー勝つ!! - Byakugan bāsasu Kage Bunshin! Ore wa zettē katsu!!) is episode 60 of the anime series Naruto. The episode's storyline is from the Chūnin Exam manga arc. It details the first part of the Neji vs. Naruto fight.
[edit] Plot
Naruto arrives at the Chūnin Exam stadium, where various dignitaries, including the Hokage and Kazekage, are watching the Genins fight. While being presented to the crowd, it is noted that Sasuke Uchiha and Dosu Kinuta have not arrived. Since Hayate has been killed, a new examiner, Genma, was used to proctor the exam. Genma explains that although the battlefield is different, the rules are the same: the battle only ends when somebody is unable to fight or gives up.
The first match is Naruto Uzumaki vs. Neji Hyuga. Naruto still remembers Hinata's loss, and promises her that he will win. Naruto starts by attacking Neji directly, which is a mistake, as Naruto cannot land a hit on Neji. Neji tries to close a tenketsu on Naruto's shoulder, but misses. Though Neji missed hitting Naruto's tenketsu, his Jūken still hurts, and Naruto realizes that he cannot win with head-on hand-to-hand combat. Naruto uses shadow clones, which disperses his chakra evenly so Neji cannot tell which one is the real Naruto.
Even though there are many clones, Neji is easily able to destroy them all, since his Byakugan gives him 359 degree vision. Neji also tells Naruto that Naruto is chasing after useless dreams. Like with Hinata, Neji tells Naruto that fate is unchanging, including becoming Hokage. Naruto gets a bit shaken when Neji tells Naruto that those who become Hokage are preordained, and you cannot become Hokage simply through hard work and dreams.
However, Naruto shakes that off, and attacks Neji again.
[edit] Trivia
- It is implied that the examiners do not know what happened to Dosu. This is pretty common, since they didn't seem to know where any of the participants were during the month long training session.
- Naruto attacking head on is actually an anime exclusive, in the manga he roughly figures out close combat would be a bad idea and quickly uses his shadow clones while in the anime he did it to test Neji's skills before resorting to his clones.
- The fight between Naruto and Neji is suspiciously similar to a fight between Spike Spiegel and Vincent Volaju's fight on the railway in the Cowboy Bebop movie.
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