Each one's way
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| Each one's way | |
| Premiere date: | 7 December 2006 |
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| Episode Length: | 24.5 minutes |
| Episode Code: | 212 |
| Episode Airdate: |  7 December 2006 |
Each one's way (Japanese: それぞれの道 - Sorezore no michi) is the episode number 212 of the anime series Naruto, and the fourth episode of the 9th season.
[edit] Plot
Naruto makes a grand entrance and tries to bite through the net protecting Monju. He doesn’t make any progress, and is quickly captured. Just when it looks like he’s done for, another Naruto emerges from under the ground. The captured “Naruto” was just a shadow-clone, and the real Naruto delivers a powerful punch to Monju’s jaw.
Monju is knocked off his feet, but snags two trees with his wires and slinghots himself back at Naruto. Naruto makes two more shadow-clones, and they grab Monju’s wires, killing his momentum. Then the three Narutos leap high in the air and come down on Manju’s head with a three-man heel drop, driving him into the ground up to his waist and knocking him out.
Just as Naruto is savoring his victory, Shuura comes floating in, using his umbrella as a parachute. He grabs Akio and takes off (literally). Naruto frees Gantetsu, who admits that Akio is Todoroki’s brother. Todoroki is skeptical at first, and flashes back to the fire that killed his family. However, the other children back up Gantetsu’s claims, and Sakura observes that they (Gantetsu and the children of Shinobazu’s victims) acted like a family, with Akio as the older brother.
Todoroki is stunned by the revelation, and insists that Gantetsu lead him to the Shinobazu’s base. Naruto decides that Rock Lee and himself will go with Todoroki and Gantetsu to recover Akio, while Sakura stays behind to supervise the children.
At the Shinobazu’s base, Shuura brutally interrogates Akio, but gets nowhere. The rescue group, lead by Gantetsu, makes it to the base, which is Shuura’s mansion. Todoroki charges ahead of the rest and sets off an alarm. The rest of the Shinobazu gang emerge, and Todoroki, assisted by the rest of the group, manages to fight through them. Lee volunteers to take over for this area, and the other three hurry into the mansion. Gantetsu leads Todoroki and Naruto into the basement, where he believes that Akio is being tortured.
They quickly find Akio, but Gantetsu prevents Todoroki from going to him. Gantetsu trips the booby trap, and is trapped behind steel bars with Akio. Shuura appears, expressing disappointment that he wasn’t able to trap more of them. He uses a flamethrower-umbrella to set the basement on fire, then escapes.
Gantetsu urges Naruto to go after Shuura, and leave Akio and Todoroki to him. Naruto complies, and Gantetsu starts to bend the bars of his cage. He manages to make an opening big enough to escape through, but, because of falling debris, he needs Todoroki’s help. Unfortunately, Todoroki has frozen up because of the fire.
Meanwhile, Shuura tries to escape by gliding away on his umbrella, but Naruto uses his shadow-clones like stepping stones, leaping from one to another until he’s within range. Shuura uses the Sprinkling Needles jutsu, but only gets a few shadow-clones. The real Naruto powers up a Rasengan, which he uses on Shuura, sending the enemy ninja flying--without his umbrella. Naruto grabs Shuura’s umbrella and gently glides along with the wind.
Todoroki finally snaps out of his funk and back to reality, and easily cuts through the debris blocking Gantetsu and Akio’s way. The three of them escape, just before the ceiling collapses. They rejoin Rock Lee, and Todoroki declares that “with this, the Shinobazu are no more.” Lee asks about Naruto, who promptly returns (still gliding with the umbrella) and makes a rather ungraceful landing.
The next morning, Gantetsu surrenders himself to Todoroki, who makes a startling announcement. He declares that the Shinobazu have been destroyed, and that the prisoner Gantetsu died in the fire. He also allows his brother to stay with Gantetsu and the others. Everyone is happy, and the two groups go their separate ways--until Naruto belatedly realizes that they need Gantetsu to show them the way out of the forest! End of episode.
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