Byakugan Battle: Hinata Grows Bold!
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| Byakugan Battle: Hinata Grows Bold! | |
| Premiere date: | 20 August 2003 |
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| Episode Length: | 24.5 minutes |
| Episode Code: | 046 |
| Episode Airdate: |  20 August 2003 22 November 2006 |
| Manga Arc: | Chūnin Exam |
Byakugan Battle: Hinata Grows Bold! (Japanese: 白眼開眼!!内気なヒナタの大胆決意！ - Byakugan kaigen!! Uchiki na Hinata no daitan ketsui!) is the 46th episode of the Naruto anime series. The episode's storyline is from the Chūnin Exam manga arc.
[edit] Summary
After Naruto's win versus Kiba, they move to the next match, between Hinata Hyuga and her cousin Neji.
Although both Hinata and Neji have the Byakugan, Neji belongs to a branch house of the clan, which is not well-respected by the Main house. For this reason, Neji despises the Main House, of which Hinata is a member. Before the match begins, Neji informs Hinata that she has no chance of winning because she is weak, and uses his own fatalistic beliefs to support his claim, stating that, because talent is determined at birth, Hinata will never be able to defeat him. His tirade almost brings Hinata to the point of mental breakdown.
However, Naruto doesn't believe anything at all about Neji's fatalistic speech, since it implies that drop-outs remain drop-outs, and Naruto was a dropout. Naruto cheers Hinata on, which immediately changes her attitude.
It is soon apparent that Hinata's match-up with Neji was one of the worst things that could have happened for her; because they share the same fighting styles, and Hinata was less talented than Neji, Neji knew her fighting style even better than she did. Because the Hyuga Clan's "gentle fist" fighting style uses the Byakugan in combat, they can see the opponent's Chakra Circulatory System and disrupt it, which can be fatal if aimed at the vital organs.
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