Killer Kunoichi and a Shaky Shikamaru

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Killer Kunoichi and a Shaky Shikamaru
Premiere date:	30 July 2003
Episode Length:	24.5 minutes
Episode Code:	043
Episode Airdate:	30 July 2003 17 November 2006
Manga Arc:	Chūnin Exam

Killer Kunoichi and a Shaky Shikamaru (Japanese: シカマルタジタジ!?くの一達の熱き戦い, - Shikamaru tajitaji!? Kunoichi-tachi no atsuki tatakai) is episode 43 of the anime series Naruto. The episode's storyline is from the Chūnin Exam manga arc. It details two fights, Temari vs. Tenten and Shikamaru vs. Tsuchi Kin

[edit] Plot

The first battle is between Temari and Tenten. Temari taunts Tenten, especially since all Tenten could do was launch weapons. Temari, being a controller of wind, could easily defeat Tenten, because Temari's wind not only attacks Tenten, but could also blow Tenten's weapons away. Tenten uses everything, even her best jutsu Soushouryu (Twin Dragons Rising), but they are useless against Temari's wind. Finally, Temari uses Kamaitachi, a whirlwind attack with chakra embedded in the wind, knocking Tenten unconscious. Temari positions her iron fan so that Tenten's back fell on it, and then Temari throws Tenten away like a piece of garbage.

This enrages Lee, who wants to start a fight immediately, but Guy stops any fighting.

The next match is Shikamaru vs. Tsuchi Kin. Being a Sound ninja, Shikamaru could guess that she uses sound, but he was not prepared for Kin's genjutsu. Kin attacks with needles and bells, each time throwing two, one with a bell and one without. The bell not only distracts the enemy from the silent needle, but it also disrupts the enemy's equilibrium and casts a genjutsu. Shikamaru loses balance, and sees many Kins.

Shikamaru is still one step ahead, letting Kin attack him with a needle. Since the needle is attached to a string, Shikamaru was able to extend his shadow along the shadow cast by the string, and catch Kin in his Kagemane (Shadow Imitation Technique). This forces Kin to do whatever Shikamaru does. Shikamaru then throws a shuriken at her, causing her to do the same. He bends over backward to dodge her shuriken, which causes Kin to do the same, smacking into the wall directly behind her and lose consciousness, while Shikamaru, standing nowhere near the wall, does not.

[edit] Trivia

• The battle between Temari and Tenten is not drawn in the manga. In fact, none of Tenten's battles are ever drawn in the manga.

• It is unknown why Shikamaru threw a shuriken at Kin when he had her in his Kagemane. He could have just jumped back, without throwing Shuriken. He states that it was meant as a distraction, but, seeing as how Kin was unable to break free from the Kagemane, this makes little sense. It could be that Shikamaru believed that if were Kin to resist, his plan may fail, and so used the shuriken to prevent her from resisting the jutsu.

• If you look back, you will constantly see that when they pan to show both Shikamaru and Kin before Shikamaru knocks her out, the wall is several feet behind her. Judging from height and distance, she would have enough to lay down and barely touch the wall, let alone bang her head against it hard enough to knock her out. It wasn't until she had already hit her head when her body was seen close to the wall.

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