The Broken Seal
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| Premiere date: | 23 January 2003 |
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| Episode Length: | 24.5 minutes |
| Episode Code: | 016 |
| Episode Airdate: |  23 January 2003 10 October 2006 |
| Manga Arc: | Land of Waves |
The Broken Seal (Japanese: 解放された封印 - Kaihō sareta fūin) is episode 16 of the anime series Naruto. The episode's storyline is from the Land of Waves manga arc.
[edit] Plot
Sasuke temporarily manages to hold off Haku, an impressive feat in itself, given the fact that Haku is an extremely formidable opponent at Sasuke's current level. He even awakens his Sharingan. Naruto, hardheaded as usual, refuses to accept that Haku is too strong for him, thus, he repeatedly picks himself up and continues hopelessly fighting. Haku throws needles at Naruto and in a split-second decision, Sasuke, fearing the needles to be fatal, jumps in front of Naruto and is struck with them instead. After Naruto witnesses this selfless act by his fellow teammate, believes Sasuke has been killed. As he cries over his fallen comrade, he is blinded by immense anger and frustruation and allows his inner demon to partly overtake him. After this, Haku is severely wounded by an enraged Naruto, who does not seem to be affected by the needles he throws at him. This being due to Kyubi's chakra merely shunning them aside as if they were nothing. Haku, in disbelief, admits that "This isn't good", before getting punched out of his Ice Mirrors.
[edit] Trivia
- Although edited out in the dub of Episode #3: Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?, the scene of Naruto accidentally kissing Sasuke is shown in the flashback sequence of the dub of this episode.
- This is the first time Sasuke mentions his older brother, Itachi (although he doesn't say his name).
[edit] Manga Chapters
This is a list of chapters from the manga this episode is from
- Number 26-Sharingan Devastation!!
- Number 27-Awakenings
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