Zero Motivation: The Guy with Cloud Envy!
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| Zero Motivation: The Guy with Cloud Envy! | |
| Premiere date: | 24 December 2003 |
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| Episode Length: | 24.5 minutes |
| Episode Code: | 064 |
| Episode Airdate: |  24 December 2003 26 March 2007 |
| Manga Arc: | Chūnin Exam |
Zero Motivation: The Guy with Cloud Envy! (Japanese: 雲はいいなあ…やる気ゼロの男 - Kumo wa ii naa... yaru ki zero no otoko) is episode 64 of the anime series Naruto. The episode's storyline is from the Chuunin Exam manga arc. It details the fight between Shikamaru and Temari.
[edit] Plot
Shikamaru did not want to fight Temari, but Naruto pushed Shikamaru into the stadium. The crowd begins to boo and throw garbage at Shikamaru, and it is clear that they are not at all into this battle: they are here for Sasuke Uchiha.
Temari gets impatient, and decides that if Shikamaru will not attack, she will. She attacks with her fan, but Shikamaru gets out of the way. Shikamaru then states that he must fight, because a man cannot lose to a woman. This enrages Temari, who swings again, but Shikamaru hides in the nearby trees. Shikamaru thinks that he isn't supposed to hit a woman either.
Temari decides that because of Shikamaru's Kagemanu no Jutsu, she must attack from long distance. Shikamaru realizes that she is serious when she sends huge gusts of wind against him, and assumes a thinking position. This is just a habit of Shikamaru's, and it allows him to think clearly.
Shikamaru is ready, and uses Kagemanu no Jutsu. Temari easily dodges it, but noticed that the shadow got extended. This is because the sun is setting, which allows Shikamaru to have a larger portion of the stadium at his disposal. Shikamaru then launches his jacket attached to a kunai into the air, using the shadow of the make-shift parachute to extend his own shadow. Temari sees through the trick, and dodges the curving shadow. Temari realizes that she must end this quickly, or Shikamaru will have too much of an advantage. She decides to use a replication (illusion clone) to fake Shikamaru out.
Shikamaru's shadow receeds, and Temari decides to execute her plan. However, before she could complete it, she is trapped in Shikamaru's shadow. She is surprised, since she calculated that he could not extend it all the way to her present location. Shikamaru allows her to look behind her, and she sees that Shikamaru actually used his previous shadow attacks to get her in a position so that he can use the tunnel Naruto made, attacking her from behind.
Shikamaru and Temari walk toward each other. As the crowd is caught in the battle, waiting for Shikamaru to win, he suddenly gives up. He says that he ran out of chakra, and one battle is enough for him. Temari is the winner, but the examiners are impressed with Shikamaru's strategies, and he possesses the qualities needed for a Chūnin.
[edit] Trivia
- Alternate title: "The Clouds Are Nice...The Guy With No Interest".
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