When Does Sasuke Join the Leaf Again
The Sasuke Recovery Mission (サスケ奪回任務, Sasuke Dakkai Ninmu), known equally the Sasuke Uchiha Recovery (うちはサスケ奪回, Uchiha Sasuke Dakkai) and the Valley of the End (終末の谷, Shūmatsu no Tani) in the anime, is an arc from Part I of the serial. This arc sees the effort to stop Sasuke Uchiha from defecting to Orochimaru. It spans through volumes twenty-27,[i] or more specifically, covers chapters 172 to 238 of the manga and episodes 107 to 135 of the Naruto anime. In the manga, this arc is preceded by the Search for Tsunade and followed past Kakashi Gaiden. In the anime, it is preceded by the Land of Tea Escort Mission and is followed by the Land of Rice Fields Investigation Mission.
Contents
- 1 Summary
- 1.1 Lust for Ability
- 1.2 Chōji vs. Jirōbō
- 1.3 Neji vs. Kidōmaru
- 1.4 Kiba and Akamaru vs. Sakon and Ukon/Shikamaru vs. Tayuya
- 1.5 The Sand Arrives
- 1.half-dozen Rock Lee and Gaara vs. Kimimaro
- i.7 Naruto vs. Sasuke
- i.8 Mission Failure
- 2 Chapters
- iii Episodes
- four References
Summary
Lust for Ability
Naruto'due south influence on Sasuke, though profound, was powerless to prevent Sasuke from leaving his hamlet and friends to receive training from Orochimaru. Sasuke's determination to exit was the result of a chain of events that rekindled his hatred for his brother and desire to avenge his clan. To do so, he must claim a smashing amount of power, which became the heart of his unabridged life. Humiliated by Itachi's declaration that he was disappointingly weak, and enlightened of the fact that Naruto might be his superior, Sasuke challenged Naruto to a fight after Naruto returned to Konoha. They engaged in a heated duel on the rooftop of the hospital, where Naruto told Sasuke that he had never considered himself inferior to Sasuke. Kakashi Hatake leapt in to terminate the fight just when Naruto and Sasuke were almost to utilize their Rasengan and Chidori on each other, deflecting both their attacks into adjacent water towers. While Sasuke'south Chidori fabricated a larger dent on the front of the tower than Naruto's Rasengan, Sasuke was shocked to find that the dorsum of Naruto's water tank had been completely blown out by the ability of his Rasengan. Sasuke realised he might take lost the fight and received major injuries if Kakashi hadn't stopped the fight. This only fabricated Sasuke fifty-fifty angrier that Naruto was getting stronger by the day, and could actually be able to defeat him in battle.
Always since the Chūnin Exams and the fight against Gaara of the Sand Waterfall, Sasuke had felt that Naruto had been improving immensely. Naruto only wanted recognition from Sasuke, recognition that he actually had got stronger. However, Sasuke would never recognise Naruto, because, by doing so, he would too accept to admit that he was weaker than him. Despite a lecture from Kakashi about the pointlessness of revenge, the appearance of Orochimaru's Audio Four, with an offer of greater powers, and still some other humiliating pummelling, tipped Sasuke over the edge. Sasuke went to get out the village that night, but was disrupted by Sakura, who and so tried to convince him to non leave Konoha.
During this conversation, a crying and desperate Sakura confessed her love to Sasuke, and begged him not to go out the village, but he rejected her. Once she realised that he was going to get out either way, she offered to go with him to assistance him enact his revenge, which he refused. As a last resort, Sakura threatened to scream and alarm the village guards if Sasuke left, and finally, having hit a nerve, Sasuke moved from several anxiety in front end of Sakura to directly behind her in a wink of speed. He sincerely thanks her for everything she had done for him thus far, before knocking her unconscious and laying her on a nearby demote, and then leaving the village.
Chōji vs. Jirōbō
A five-man squad was gathered by Shikamaru, including himself, Kiba, Naruto, Chōji, and Neji. Naruto too recommended Shino, withal Shino was on a special mission with his father at the time. Sakura arrives just before they're leaving and explains to while crying that she failed to stop Sasuke, and asks Naruto, who she believes to be the only one capable of doing so, to do it as a in one case in a lifetime asking. Naruto makes her a lifetime hope to her to bring Sasuke dorsum to the hamlet. They easily defenseless up to the Sound Four, who were escorting Sasuke to Orochimaru. Strategies were not used; rather, the team carve up upward. The aforementioned happened on the role of the Sound Four: they dropped people ane past one, and Chōji ended upward fighting Jirōbō by himself. Using two of the secret pills of the Akimichi clan, Chōji was able to increase his chakra enough to keep from beingness defeated. In the end, he had to consume the red pepper pill, which increased his chakra a hundredfold but left him in an extremely critical status, unremarkably resulting in death. Taking the pill slimmed down his body, as the excess calories were converted into butterfly wings of chakra. Later getting his revenge on Jirōbō for eating the last chip and for calling him fat, Chōji put all his chakra and power into his fist, and killed Jirōbō for insulting his all-time friend, Shikamaru.
Neji vs. Kidōmaru
Next, Neji ended upwardly fighting Kidōmaru. Kidōmaru had trouble at brusk-range, since Neji's Byakugan and Gentle Fist were too powerful to penetrate. Kidōmaru ended up fighting from long-range, but the boxing was locked in a stalemate, until Kidōmaru discovered a weakness of the Byakugan: it has a blind spot behind Neji's offset thoracic vertebrae. Knowing that he would be hit in this area, Neji intentionally allowed Kidōmaru hit him with a powerful arrow, to which Kidōmaru had affixed a chakra cord to ensure accuracy. Yet, Neji used the chakra cord to use his Gentle Fist to damage Kidōmaru'due south internal organs. Neji then caught up with Kidōmaru, and used his 8 Trigrams to close Kidōmaru's tenketsu (chakra points); Kidōmaru died before long subsequently. Neji was left in a critical state subsequently the fight.
Kiba and Akamaru vs. Sakon and Ukon/Shikamaru vs. Tayuya
Shikamaru was matched upward with Tayuya, while Kiba and Akamaru were with Sakon and Ukon. Kiba and Akamaru did an amazing tag team on Sakon, but Sakon split up with Ukon right before Kiba and Akamaru could lay a devastating blow. Sakon and Ukon activated their Cursed Seal to Level 2, which made them far too powerful for Kiba and Akamaru to cope with. Meanwhile, Shikamaru, despite all his prowess at forming strategies, simply couldn't impale Tayuya because of her sheer forcefulness. He managed to use his Shadow Fake Technique on her three summons, only she quickly dispelled them both. Then he defenseless her in his Shadow Imitation Technique, so his Shadow–Cervix Binding Technique, while, at the same time, Akamaru had got injured, with Kiba refusing to get out him. Without Akamaru to do their combination attacks, even so, Kiba and Akamaru were forced to retreat (Kiba was forced to stab himself in lodge to escape), and Shikamaru, for the first time, couldn't come up with any ideas to defeat Tayuya, and was forced to continue his Shadow–Neck Binding Technique on her. Finally, Shikamaru and Kiba were ready to accept their deaths. However, earlier the finishing strikes could be executed, the Sand ninja arrived to aid.
The Sand Arrives
Right before Shikamaru and Kiba were about to dice, they were aided by Temari and Kankurō respectively, who had been ordered to help the Konoha ninja. Kankurō's puppets were unaffected by Sakon and Ukon'due south ability to fuse with cells. When Sakon arrived, he attempted to do the same thing he had well-nigh washed with Kiba, but Kankurō turned out to be his new puppet, Kuroari, to injure Sakon, forcing them to fuse back and Ukon to accept over. Kankurō so trapped Sakon and Ukon within his puppet Kuroari. Kankurō and then used Karasu to stab them through holes in Kuroari, and used Karasu and Kuroari to practise a devastating and mortiferous combo, Black Hole-and-corner Technique Automobile One Shot, thus killing the brothers. Meanwhile, since Tayuya used sound to attack, Temari'southward wind was a natural enemy. Temari used her Sickle Weasel Technique, which blew away Tayuya and cut her flute in one-half. Shikamaru used this time to tell Temari virtually Tayuya'south strategies. Later on a while, Tayuya fixed her flute, and was gear up to kill Shikamaru and Temari, but Temari used her Summoning Technique and used the Summoning: Quick Beheading Trip the light fantastic, which was able to kill Tayuya by destroying an entire tract of the forest, in which the sliced droppings crushed the latter.
Rock Lee and Gaara vs. Kimimaro
Concluding, Kimimaro, who was stronger than all of the Sound Four combined, came to aid the escort mission. At kickoff, he was faced with Naruto, but fifty-fifty Naruto's massive amounts of shadow clones proved to exist no match for Kimimaro, whose taijutsu skills were more than a match for Naruto'south superior numbers. Naruto even used the Nine-Tailed Demon Trick's chakra, but was nevertheless losing. During the fight, Sasuke emerged from the coffin, which acquired Naruto to return to normal and begin wondering why Sasuke was with the Sound Iv. Naruto began urging Sasuke to render home with him, stating how everyone was worried about Sasuke. Unfortunately, Sasuke, who had fallen deeper into darkness, responded by cackling madly earlier fleeing with Naruto calling Sasuke'southward name. Kimimaro attempted to kill Naruto, but was stopped by Rock Lee, allowing Naruto to hunt after Sasuke while Lee fought Kimimaro.
Both Lee and Kimimaro were taijutsu experts, only, since Lee had but recently recovered from his surgery, he was not in top shape. Lee drank some sake that he thought was medicine and became intoxicated, and began fighting with the Drunken Fist style. With this added unpredictability, Lee gained an upper hand against Kimimaro. Notwithstanding, he clearly had no idea what he was doing, who he was fighting, and why he felt so drunk. Later a while, Kimimaro was forced to exercise his Dance of the Camellia, only Rock Lee then appeared to exist near invincible, and laid a devastating blow to Kimimaro. Seeing that there was no chance of him defeating Lee in his present state, Kimimaro used his Cursed Seal Level Ane and overpowered Lee, manifesting his horrific ability to manipulate his basic at volition. Not only this, but Lee began to sober up. Lee would have been killed if Gaara had not arrived in time and used his sand to protect Lee.
For obvious reasons, Kimimaro was at a disadvantage, since Gaara was capable of blocking all physical attacks, and Kimimaro could simply use physical attacks. Nonetheless, like the Sound Four, Kimimaro was able to go by Gaara'southward defence and offence by sheer force. Kimimaro'due south basic were so tough that they merely forced their mode through Gaara's sand. Even Sand Waterfall Funeral and other burdensome forces couldn't bring down Kimimaro, as he created a movie of bone below his skin to protect himself. Kimimaro would have defeated and killed Gaara with his last attack, but, simply before Kimimaro could finish Gaara, his terminal disease ended his life.
Naruto vs. Sasuke
Naruto caught upwards with Sasuke and they began battling. Sasuke'south Cursed Seal of Heaven, which had been powered upwardly past a pill given to him by the Sound Four (this was why he was in the coffin), gave Sasuke inhuman strength, which he used to reduce Naruto to nearly rag-doll levels. Meanwhile, Sasuke recalled his experiences with Itachi and his parents up to the point of the Uchiha Clan Downfall. It was in these memories that the Mangekyō Sharingan, and how Itachi obtained it (by killing his all-time friend, Shisui Uchiha) was revealed; it was also revealed that Itachi had encouraged Sasuke to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan, which he claimed to exist the simply way he could verbal revenge on Itachi, past any means necessary, and this became Sasuke's motivation for killing Naruto, who he claimed to be his best friend.
Back in Konoha, Kakashi Hatake, brought upward to speed on the situation, summoned his ninken, including Pakkun, to rail down Naruto and Sasuke. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke unleashed the Rasengan and Chidori respectively, causing each other to fly backwards. Activating his Cursed Seal, Sasuke used his enhanced speed and force to overcome Naruto and strike him with a Chidori. Naruto managed to block the attack, but Sasuke, still intent on killing Naruto, tried to strangle Naruto, just to have himself thrown aside past a Nine-Tails-powered opponent.
With his enhanced abilities, Naruto was able to easily overwhelm Sasuke all the while trying to reason with him, simply to take Sasuke ultimately reject his efforts. Despite this, Sasuke finally admitted they were fighting as equals. In this moment, Sasuke's Sharingan finally matured, enabling him to predict Naruto's movements and one time again turn the tables. Upset by Naruto's persistence, Sasuke knocked him unconscious with Peregrine Falcon Driblet. The Nine-Tails, probably to salvage itself, gave Naruto fifty-fifty more of its chakra, creating, for the first time, Naruto'due south one-tailed transformation, complete with the demon fox cloak that surrounds him. With one arm of the cloak, Naruto unleashed powerful brusk and long-range attacks, which Sasuke, even with his Sharingan, was unable to continue up with.
Feeling he had no pick, Sasuke increased his Cursed Seal of Sky to Level Two, once over again evening the playing field. Both Sasuke and Naruto realised the cost of their corresponding abilities at that signal, just both decided that they had no other choice. Sasuke revealed that the location of their fight was the Valley of the End, and, determined to cease the boxing, forced the employ of a 3rd Chidori. Naruto created, using one hand, and the demon trick cloak'south chakra as a vanquish, the Demon Trick Rasengan. Sasuke'south Chidori, after a moment, warped into the Flapping Chidori. The two ninja collided their attacks; Sasuke, planning to punch Naruto in the middle, deliberately missed, and targeted the gut instead, while Naruto, referring to ane of Sasuke's insults, scratched his forehead protector. A black dome of free energy formed around them, which eventually dissipated, revealing the two ninja as their current forms, and and then as their younger selves, who held hands and smiled at each other. When the dust settled, Sasuke was revealed to be victorious.
Sasuke pondered whether or not to kill an unconscious Naruto, but decided to leave him alive in the end. Kakashi and Pakkun arrived; disappointed they were too late, Kakashi took Naruto back to Konoha. At the same time, Sasuke decided to proceeds the power to impale Itachi his own style, through Orochimaru, as he walked off to Otogakure. It was then revealed that Akatsuki fellow member, Zetsu, had been watching the fight the whole fourth dimension.
Mission Failure
As Kakashi took Naruto back to Konoha, several medical-nin appeared to update him on the situation, and to take care of Naruto "and Sasuke", which Kakashi accounted unnecessary for obvious reasons in both cases. Neji and Chōji both underwent intensive medical treatment; both were successfully healed thanks to the Nara clan'southward medical tome, Tsunade's medical prowess and Shizune and a team of medical-nin. Kiba and Akamaru were also healed from their moderate injuries, under the intendance of Hana Inuzuka, his elderberry sister. Shikamaru, with merely his finger injured, decided to end his ninja career, as he put his team'due south life in danger, and his mission failed regardless, merely Shikaku convinced him to persevere. Sasuke was shown walking with Orochimaru and Kabuto in one of Orochimaru's lairs.
Shikamaru paid Naruto a visit in his room, while Sakura decided to visit Naruto "and Sasuke", simply to be severely disappointed by Naruto'southward failure to bring Sasuke back, as she overheard Naruto and Shikamaru'southward chat. Naruto, yet, alleged his promise to go along to his original promise, to which Sakura gratefully responded. After her visit to Naruto, Sakura, realising how useless she had been in keeping Sasuke in Konoha, requested for Tsunade to take her on as her apprentice, to which Tsunade consented. Naruto's side by side visitor was Jiraiya, who revealed that Orochimaru had already taken a body before Sasuke arrived (so he had to wait some other three years to have some other body) and tried to convince Naruto to give upward on Sasuke, based on his similar feel with Orochimaru. Naruto, however, refused to quit his efforts. Jiraiya, who figured it pointless to change Naruto's mind, decided to train Naruto for two and a one-half years, to set Naruto for the Akatsuki, which Naruto readily accepted. Akatsuki convenes and make up one's mind to hasten their plans.
In the anime, Naruto was forced to remain in Konoha for a few months before setting out with Jiraiya. In the manga, he left every bit presently equally he got out of the hospital. Sakura as well asked to get Tsunade's apprentice at the time of Naruto'southward deviation in the manga, while in the anime it was after a mission with Naruto and Jiraiya that happened shortly afterwards Sasuke'due south deviation.
Chapters
# | English language title | WSJ release appointment | Volume number |
---|---|---|---|
172 | "Homecoming" | 23 June 2003 | xx |
173 | "Those Suffering" | 30 June 2003 | 20 |
174 | "Feelings, Each One…!" | 7 July 2003 | 20 |
175 | "Naruto vs. Sasuke!!" | 14 July 2003 | 20 |
176 | "They Who are Called Rivals" | 21 July 2003 | 20 |
177 | "The Oto Four" | 28 July 2003 | 20 |
178 | "Oto's Invitation…!!" | iv Baronial 2003 | xx |
179 | "Don't Forget…!!" | 11 Baronial 2003 | 20 |
180 | "It's a Hope!!" | 18 August 2003 | 20 |
181 | "The Get-go of the Battle…!!" | 25 August 2003 | 21 |
182 | "Get together!!" | 8 September 2003 | 21 |
183 | "The Promise of a Lifetime" | 15 September 2003 | 21 |
184 | "Oto vs. Konoha!!" | 22 September 2003 | 21 |
185 | "Pursue Oto…!!" | 29 September 2003 | 21 |
186 | "The Strategy… Failed?!" | 6 October 2003 | 21 |
187 | "Begging for Ane's Life…!!" | 13 Oct 2003 | 21 |
188 | "The Shinobi of Konohagakure…!!" | 27 October 2003 | 21 |
189 | "The Ability of Faith…!!" | 3 Nov 2003 | 21 |
190 | "Unforgivable!!" | 10 Nov 2003 | 21 |
191 | "Comrades…!!" | 17 November 2003 | 22 |
192 | "The Plan…!!" | 24 November 2003 | 22 |
193 | "Game Over" | ane December 2003 | 22 |
194 | "Sounding Out" | eight December 2003 | 22 |
195 | "The Style to Capture…!!" | 1 January 2004 | 22 |
196 | "The Number One Strongest Enemy!!" | eight January 2004 | 22 |
197 | "Prepared to Die!!" | 15 January 2004 | 22 |
198 | "Reincarnation…!!" | 22 January 2004 | 22 |
199 | "Desire…!!" | 29 January 2004 | 22 |
200 | "Merely equally Planned…!!" | 2 February 2004 | 23 |
201 | "Not as Planned…!!" | 9 February 2004 | 23 |
202 | "Three Wishes!!" | xvi February 2004 | 23 |
203 | "Sakon'southward Underground" | 23 February 2004 | 23 |
204 | "Ukon's Ability" | ane March 2004 | 23 |
205 | "Kiba's Conclusion!!" | 8 March 2004 | 23 |
206 | "Problem…!!" | 15 March 2004 | 23 |
207 | "Playing Without Rook and Bishop" | 22 March 2004 | 23 |
208 | "The Get-go Move was a Fake-Out!!" | 29 March 2004 | 23 |
209 | "Supporter, Calling On!!" | 5 April 2004 | 24 |
210 | "Lee's Hugger-mugger!! " | 12 April 2004 | 24 |
211 | "Unorthodox…!!" | 19 Apr 2004 | 24 |
212 | "Crisis, Crisis, Crisis!!" | 26 April 2004 | 24 |
213 | "A Not bad Debt…!!" | 10 May 2004 | 24 |
214 | "Step Aside for a Moment…!!" | 24 May 2004 | 24 |
215 | "Gaara of the Sand Waterfall " | 31 May 2004 | 24 |
216 | "Spear and Shield…!!" | seven June 2004 | 24 |
217 | "For the Sake of Those Precious" | fourteen June 2004 | 24 |
218 | "Konoha Comrades!!" | 21 June 2004 | 25 |
219 | "Future and Past" | 28 June 2004 | 25 |
220 | "Itachi and Sasuke, Brothers " | five July 2004 | 25 |
221 | "The Too Distant Elderberry Brother" | 12 July 2004 | 25 |
222 | "Itachi'southward Doubt" | 19 July 2004 | 25 |
223 | "Sasuke and his Father" | 26 July 2004 | 25 |
224 | "That Day…!!" | 2 August 2004 | 25 |
225 | "Within Darkness…!!" | 16 Baronial 2004 | 25 |
226 | "Close Friend…!!" | 23 August 2004 | 25 |
227 | "Chidori vs. Rasengan!!" | 6 September 2004 | 26 |
228 | "Kakashi's Premonition" | 13 September 2004 | 26 |
229 | "The Bail…!!" | 20 September 2004 | 26 |
230 | "The Time of Awakening!!" | 27 September 2004 | 26 |
231 | "Special Powers!!" | 4 October 2004 | 26 |
232 | "The Valley of the Cease " | eleven October 2004 | 26 |
233 | "The Worst Ending…!!" | 18 Oct 2004 | 26 |
234 | "The Mean solar day of Departing…!!" | 25 October 2004 | 26 |
235 | "Mission Failed…!!" | 1 November 2004 | 26 |
236 | "The Promise that Couldn't be Kept" | 8 Nov 2004 | 27 |
237 | "Idiot…!!" | 15 November 2004 | 27 |
238 | "The 24-hour interval of Divergence!!" | 22 November 2004 | 27 |
Episodes
# | Episode Championship | Japanese Airdate | English Airdate |
---|---|---|---|
107 | "The Battle Begins: Naruto vs. Sasuke" | 3 November 2004 | 6 October 2007 |
108 | "Bitter Rivals and Broken Bonds" | ten November 2004 | 13 October 2007 |
109 | "Oto's Invitation" | 17 November 2004 | twenty Oct 2007 |
110 | "Formation! The Sasuke Recovery Squad" | 24 November 2004 | 27 October 2007 |
111 | "Audio vs. Leaf" | 24 November 2004 | 27 October 2007 |
112 | "Squad Mutiny: Everything Falls Autonomously!" | 1 December 2004 | iii November 2007 |
113 | "Full Throttle Power! Chōji, Ablaze!" | 8 Dec 2004 | 3 Nov 2007 |
114 | "Proficient-farewell Old Friend…! I'll Always Believe in You!" | 15 December 2004 | ten November 2007 |
115 | "Your Opponent is Me!" | 22 December 2004 | ten November 2007 |
116 | "360 Degrees of Vision: The Byakugan's Blind Spot" | 5 January 2005 | 24 November 2007 |
117 | "Losing is Not an Choice!" | v Jan 2005 | 24 Nov 2007 |
118 | "The Vessel Arrives Too Late" | 12 January 2005 | 1 December 2007 |
119 | "Miscalculation: A New Enemy Appears!" | nineteen Jan 2005 | ane December 2007 |
120 | "Roar and Howl! The Ultimate Tag-Team!" | 2 February 2005 | 8 December 2007 |
121 | "To Each His Own Boxing" | 9 February 2005 | 8 Dec 2007 |
122 | "Fakeout: Shikamaru's Comeback!" | 16 February 2005 | fifteen December 2007 |
123 | "The Leaf'south Handsome Devil!" | 23 February 2005 | fifteen December 2007 |
124 | "The Beast Within" | 2 March 2005 | 22 December 2007 |
125 | "The Sand Shinobi: Allies of the Leafage" | 9 March 2005 | 22 December 2007 |
126 | "Showdown: Gaara vs. Kimimaro" | 16 March 2005 | 29 Dec 2007 |
127 | "Vengeful Strike! The Bracken Dance!" | thirty March 2005 | 29 Dec 2007 |
128 | "A Cry on Deaf Ears" | 30 March 2005 | v January 2008 |
129 | "Brothers: Distance Amid the Uchiha" | six April 2005 | 5 January 2008 |
130 | "Father and Son, the Broken Crest" | 13 Apr 2005 | 12 Jan 2008 |
131 | "The Secrets of the Mangekyō Sharingan" | 20 April 2005 | 12 Jan 2008 |
132 | "For a Friend…" | 27 April 2005 | 19 January 2008 |
133 | "A Plea from a Friend" | 4 May 2005 | 19 January 2008 |
134 | "The End of Tears" | 11 May 2005 | 26 January 2008 |
135 | "The Promise That Could Non Be Kept" | 18 May 2005 | 26 January 2008 |
References
- ↑ Retsu no Sho, folio 71
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