Episode
Naruto Shippūden: Gaara's Bond
Overview
After hearing the news about Akatsuki's attack on the Hidden Leaf Village, Gaara worries about Naruto's well-being. He remembers a time in the past where Team 7 was assigned to help him out with a problem, and how nobody, especially Naruto, was eager to trust him. Yet, when his life was put in danger by people he had wronged, Naruto was the first to come to his rescue.
Details
- Series
- Naruto Shippūden
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 182
- Air date
- 2010-10-21
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Gaara's Bond is Episode 182 in S9 • Past Arc: The Locus of the Leaf of Naruto Shippūden. It aired on 2010-10-21. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 181: Naruto's School of Revenge
In a flashback of Naruto and Sakura's, Team 7 is on a mission to take an ostrich called Mr. Ostrich to his home. They arrive at a village where they see a swordsman named Tsukado who has a vendetta to carry on a man named Katazu who killed his distant relative Shikazo. Tsukado fails to defeat him so Naruto decides to teach him unusual revenge lessons. Katazu has then took his brother's identity and attracted Shikazo's pursuers while Kageki and his family went into hiding. Tsukado decides not to kill him and ends their years of fighting though Kanabun wants them to keep fighting. The swordsmen, Team 7 and Mr. Ostrich chase the Kanabun Gang out of town.
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