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Transcript

  • Episode begins with Sasuke and Naruto kneeling on the ground while surrounded by Haku’s ice mirrors*

Sasuke (Thinking): That was Sakura’s voice! Did something happen? What’s that Kakashi doing?

  • Naruto lays on the ground struggling to move*

Naruto: Sa…kura… Sasuke (Thinking): Damn it…I must do something… Naruto: *laughs*

  • Naruto stands to his feet*

Naruto: I’ll do something about it… Sasuke (Thinking): T…This guy… Naruto: Here I go… Haku: It’s pointless to struggle. Naruto: Ahh!

  • Naruto places his hand together, creating a current of blue Chakra around himself. Naruto charges towards Haku’s mirror, leaving a trail of blue Chakra behind his step. Haku’s image appears in the mirror Naruto was running towards. Naruto backflips away from the mirror, before running towards a different mirror, as Haku’s image runs parallel to him, running from mirror to mirror, despite them not being physically connected*

Sasuke: …! Naruto, behind you!

  • Haku’s image appears in the mirror behind Naruto, as he throws several senbon towards him. Naruto is launched backward as the senbon pierce his torso*

Naruto: Augh! Sasuke: Naruto! Haku: It’s impossible for you to get out of here. I mean it.

  • Sasuke runs to Naruto’s side*

Sasuke: Can you stand up, Naruto? Naruto: Y…Yeah… Sasuke: From now on, don’t waste your Chakra! You’re playing right into his hands. Naruto: I know.

  • Naruto collapses to the ground*

Sasuke (Thinking): Damn it! If things continue like this, it’s going to be really bad. I…I have to do something. Strangely, my eyes have adjusted… Haku: It’s about time I put and end to this for you…

  • Haku’s image appears in the mirror in front of Sasuke. Haku’s image transfers to the mirror to his immediate left, before he throws several senbon at Sasuke. Sasuke picks up a senbon off the ground, using it to knock away all of senbon Haku launched toward him*

Haku (Thinking): What?!

  • Sasuke falls to his knees*

Sasuke: Stand up, you idiot!

  • Naruto struggles to get up*

Haku (Thinking): I’m aiming for a vital spot…but he’s parrying all of them.

  • Naruto sits up*

Naruto: I know…you’re so persistent!

  • Haku’s image appears in all of the ice mirrors in front of Sasuke and Naruto, as he launches dozens of senbon toward Sasuke. Sasuke avoids many of the senbon while deflecting many of them with the senbon in his hand*

Haku (Thinking): A coincidence…No, that’s not it.

  • Haku’s image travels from mirror to mirror*

Haku (Thinking): On the contrary, he’s fighting while covering for his friend.

  • Haku throw several senbon towards the groggy Naruto. Sasuke jumps into Naruto with his shoulder, knocking him out of the way, before jumping into the air to avoid the senbon. Sasuke winces in pain as he lands, and notices two senbon embedded in his right thigh*

Haku (Thinking): Surely, my movements…That boy…he can see something. What in the world…? Okay, in that case…

  • Haku’s image vanishes from the mirror in front of Sasuke*

Sasuke: He disappeared. Where, where did he disappear to?! Naruto! Don’t faint! I can’t take care of you any more than I am now! Naruto: Who asked you to take care of me…

  • Naruto faints*

Sasuke: …! Haku: It seems that kid has reached his limits.

  • Sasuke looks up to see Haku’s image in the mirror directly above him*

Haku: *laughs*

  • Sasuke throws a senbon towards Haku. Haku’s image vanishes as the senbon bounces off the mirror*

Sasuke: Tch… Haku: Amazing…That’s an amazing move.

  • Sasuke turns around to find Haku’s image in the mirror behind him*

Haku: You move well…

  • Haku throws several senbon towards Sasuke, before his image vanishes from the mirror*

Sasuke: Wha?!

  • Sasuke jumps to the right, avoiding the senbon*

Haku: But I’ll stop you with the next one.

  • Haku’s image appears in the mirror in front of Sasuke*

Haku: Motor function…

  • Haku’s image transfers to the mirror to his immediate left*

Haku: Reflexes…

  • Haku’s image transfers to the mirror to his immediate left*

Haku: Ability to judge a situation…All of these things…should be at their limits! Sasuke (Thinking): He’s coming! Calm down…

  • Haku’s image travels from mirror to mirror*

Sasuke (Thinking): Focus! And…See everything!

  • Haku throws several senbon at Sasuke, who kneels down and grabs the unconscious Naruto, before propelling himself into the air while leaving behind a ring of blue Chakra on the ground, avoiding the senbon*

Haku (Thinking): He saw through absolutely everything?! No way…

  • Sasuke is revealed to have awakened his Sharingan, his right eye featuring two tomoe around the pupil and his left featuring just one*

Haku (Thinking): Those eyes…It can’t be…

  • The image of Haku within his ice mirror is shown on the pupil of Sasuke’s left Sharingan*

Haku (Thinking): Sharingan…You are… Sasuke (Thinking): Only a little, but…I was able to see! Haku (Thinking): So, you also have the power of Kekkei Genkai…What a kid…It’s not perfect yet, but to think that in the middle of a battle he was able to rouse this power…If that’s the case, I can’t fight him too long…This Jutsu uses a lot of Chakra. There are also limits to retaining the teleportation speed. Besides, the longer the fight continues, the more my movements will enter into the range of his “reading.” In fact, his eyes have already captured me.

  • The image of Haku within his ice mirror is shown on the pupil of Sasuke’s left Sharingan*

Haku (Thinking): It would be foolish to aim straight at him. In that case…I’ll use that kid to lure him in!

  • Haku emerges from his mirror and propels himself towards Naruto*

Sasuke: What?!

  • Sasuke runs towards Naruto, with trails of blue Chakra emanating from his steps*

Sasuke: Let me make it in time!

  • Kakashi is revealed to have been slashed diagonally across the chest by Zabuza’s Kubikiribocho*

Sakura: K…Kakashi Sensei! Zabuza: You were late entering to guard, Kakashi. Your whole-hearted intent to help those kids has gone to your head, and it seems to have clouded your Sharingan with even heavier fog. Even though you have those impressive eyes, your ability to read your enemy’s movements is getting cloudy. *laughs* Amuse me more, Kakashi…I want to repay my debt in an amusing way. Don’t worry. Anytime now, Haku is going to defeat those kids. You better apologize to them in tears when you are in “the next world” for your lack of strength. *laughs*

  • Zabuza vanishes within the thick mist*

Kakashi: …! Sakura: Sasuke will be defeated…? That’s not true! Sasuke is… Sakura (Thinking): Cha! Sakura: Not by that guy! Sakura (Thinking): Cha! Sakura: He won’t be defeated! Sakura: (Thinking): Cha! Sakura: Naruto won’t either! Kakashi: That’s right. Sakura: Huh? Kakashi: I…believe in their strength. Naruto is the number one hyperactive, knucklehead ninja…And Sasuke is a member of the most excellent clan in Konoha! Zabuza: Huh? That can’t be! Kakashi: Yes…His name is Uchiha Sasuke…He bears within his body…the famous Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha clan! He’s a ninja genius. Zabuza: He’s the remaining survivor of that tragic clan?!

  • Flashback shows Sasuke kicking Haku in the face and knocking him several meters away, to Zabuza’s feet*

Zabuza: No wonder he grows so quickly. But…That’s the same as Haku. Nobody has ever beaten that secret Jutsu of Haku’s. Not one person in the past…Well then…It’s about time I settled this too, huh. Kakashi: Sakura, don’t move from here. Sakura: Eh…ah…okay!

  • Kakashi charges into the thick mist*

Kakashi (Thinking): No, I’m going to put an end to this!

  • Naruto wakes up to find Haku laying on the ground*

Sasuke: For God’s sake, you…just won’t quit…dragging my feet, will you? Naruto: You did it! Sasuke…!

  • Naruto looks up to find Sasuke standing over him, with numerous senbon piercing his body from all over, as a puddle of blood forms at his feet. Sasuke turns his head to look at Naruto*

Sasuke: W…What kind of expression is that…You…idiot…! Naruto: W…Why?! You protected me…?! Sasuke: How the hell…should I know?

  • Sasuke imagines all of the moments he shared with Naruto up until this point*

Sasuke: Hmph! You…I hated you… Naruto: Why? Why…? Why…me…?

  • Naruto clenches his fists*

Naruto: I didn’t ask for your help! Sasuke: I don’t know…My body moved…of it’s own accord…Fool!

  • Sasuke falls backward. Naruto catches him before he hits the ground*

Naruto: Sasuke! Sasuke: That man…Until I defeated…my brother…

  • Sasuke imagines the glare of Itachi’s Sharingan*

Sasuke: I absolutely refused to die…That’s what I decided, but…You, don’t die…

  • Sasuke seemingly dies within Naruto’s arms, as tears begin to well in Naruto’s eyes*

Haku: He…

  • Flashback shows Haku hurtling towards Naruto’s unconscious body, as Sasuke throws a senbon towards him. Haku stops in mid-air, dodging the senbon, before throwing several senbon into Sasuke’s chest while continuing to fly towards him. Sasuke grabs Haku’s arms as he reaches him and swings him around, launching him into one of his ice mirrors, and knocking him to the ground*

Haku: To protect someone dear to him…he would plunge in knowing it was a trap…He’s a shinobi worthy of respect. Is this the first time you faced a friend’s death? This is the way of the shinobi…

  • Haku enters into one of his mirrors*

Naruto: Shut up! Naruto (Thinking): Even though I…hated you too…

  • Steam begins to emanate from around Naruto, filling up the air within Haku’s ice mirrors*

Naruto: I won’t forgive you…

  • A spiral of orange-red Chakra forms around Naruto’s body and into the air above him. The Chakra moves along the ground, cutting into it and causing it to crack. Naruto looks up at Haku, his eyes crimson red and his canine teeth more pronounced*

Naruto: I’m going to kill you! Haku: Huh?! Haku (Thinking): What is this Chakra?!

  • Rocks and debris from the cracked ground levitate around Naruto*

Haku (Thinking): It can’t be…For Chakra to be tangible like that…A…And…What a ghastly Chakra that is…

  • The orange-red Chakra forms the shape of a fox’s head above Naruto, as the senbon embedded in Naruto’s body are suddenly pushed out and the cuts on his hand and arm begin to close. Naruto’s fingernails are shown to have become longer and much sharper, like claws*

Haku (Thinking): The wound on his hand…It’s healing instantly…This boy…Who in the hell is he…?

  • Naruto turns toward Haku, glaring at him with his crimson eyes*

Haku: Huh?! Kakashi: …! Zabuza: …! Kakashi (Thinking): Is it Zabuza…? No! This sinister Chakra was once…It can’t be! Zabuza (Thinking): What is…this Chakra? It feels foul…Kakashi? No, it’s too big to be Kakashi’s…Who is it? Kakashi (Thinking): Naruto!

  • Flashback shows Kurama rampaging through the forest of Konoha*

Kakashi (Thinking): Oh no…At the time like this…The seal has broken…? I have to hurry!

  • The orange-red Chakra around Naruto dissipates, as his hair grows spikier, and his canines become more pronounced*

Naruto: Ahh!

  • Naruto looks up at Haku*

Haku: …! He’s coming!

  • Naruto charges towards Haku while on all fours*
  • Episode ends*

Episode Rating

Story & Pacing (9.8/10) – Every Second Is Heavy With Emotion

  • The episode is perfectly structured, transitioning seamlessly between battle, emotional moments, and major revelations.
  • Sasuke’s Sharingan awakening is a monumental moment for the series, and it’s handled flawlessly.
  • Naruto’s first taste of Kurama’s power is terrifying and game-changing.
  • The stakes have never felt higher—the fights are no longer just training exercises, they’re a brutal, kill-or-be-killed reality.
  • Zabuza vs. Kakashi continues to intensify, showing how Zabuza is pushing Kakashi to his limits.
  • The ending cliffhanger is pure hype—Naruto, now fully enraged, rushes at Haku with his newfound terrifying power.

Character Development (9.9/10) – This Episode Changes Everything

  • Uchiha Sasuke – His Most Defining Moment Yet
    • Sasuke awakening the Sharingan is one of the most pivotal moments in his character arc.
    • His ability to read and react to Haku’s movements is symbolic—he is genuinely growing stronger.
    • His self-sacrifice for Naruto is monumental and completely contradicts his usual lone-wolf attitude.
    • His final moments (or what seem to be) are beautifully tragic, emphasizing how he never got to achieve his goal of defeating Itachi.
    • The flashbacks of his time with Naruto are heart-wrenching, showing how much their rivalry evolved into something deeper.
    • "I don't know… my body moved on its own" is one of the most iconic lines in Naruto, showing that despite his words, he cares deeply for Naruto.
    • Even though he’s been critically injured, his sacrifice sets off one of Naruto’s most legendary moments.
  • Naruto Uzumaki – The Awakening of the Demon Fox
    • Naruto witnessing Sasuke’s apparent death is the biggest turning point in his character so far.
    • His fury is raw, emotional, and terrifying. Unlike his usual goofy self, this is a Naruto that’s ready to kill.
    • His chakra visibly changes the battlefield—cracking the ground, levitating debris, and distorting the air.
    • Kurama’s influence is visually represented for the first time, showing that there is something far more powerful inside Naruto.
    • His transformation is not just about strength, but about grief, rage, and uncontainable emotions.
    • The way the show presents his hatred-fueled power-up perfectly foreshadows the internal struggle he will have with Kurama later in the series.
    • The contrast between the Naruto that laughs at his failures and the Naruto who vows to "kill" is chilling.
  • Haku – The "Shinobi Without a Heart" Sees True Bonds
    • Haku realizes that Sasuke’s movement has become different—showing how Sasuke is learning mid-battle.
    • For the first time, he sees Naruto and Sasuke’s bond in action.
    • Haku recognizes and respects Sasuke’s self-sacrifice, but that doesn’t stop him from continuing his mission.
    • His reaction to Naruto’s demonic chakra is one of shock—he is visibly shaken for the first time.
    • Haku is an incredible fighter, but this is the first moment where he seems uncertain about his victory.
  • Zabuza Momochi – The Silent Killing Machine
    • Zabuza's psychological warfare continues—his words about "real shinobi" show just how ruthless he is.
    • His breakdown of Kakashi’s Sharingan tactics is genius, showing how he is one of the few who isn’t easily fooled by it.
    • The mist thickening to the point where even Kakashi is struggling shows that Zabuza is completely in control of his battlefield.
    • Even he is unsettled by Naruto’s demonic chakra, proving that what’s happening is not normal.
  • Kakashi Hatake – The Mentor Forced to Watch
    • Kakashi is frustrated because he can’t directly intervene in Naruto and Sasuke’s fight.
    • His decision to trust them shows how much he respects their growth.
    • His growing panic when he senses Naruto’s chakra shows that even he doesn’t know what’s about to happen.
    • His Sharingan is being countered, forcing him to think of new strategies to fight Zabuza.
    • His internal monologue mirrors the audience’s shock as Naruto transforms.
  • Sakura Haruno – The Helpless Observer
    • Sakura doesn’t fight this episode, but her presence is still impactful.
    • Her repeated "Cha!" as she cheers for Sasuke and Naruto is one of her best emotional moments.
    • She fully believes in their strength, and this is the first time we see her genuinely emotional over Sasuke’s well-being.
    • Her terror at the possibility of Sasuke losing is very real.
    • Even though she isn’t fighting, her belief in her team is critical.

Action & Combat (9.7/10) – The Fight Completely Evolves

  • Sasuke dodging Haku’s attacks while protecting Naruto is one of his best moments.
  • Sasuke deflecting the senbon attacks is a great display of his improving reflexes.
  • Naruto’s reckless attacks continue to fail, but this is necessary to highlight his eventual transformation.
  • Sasuke predicting and reacting to Haku’s attacks proves that his Sharingan has awakened properly.
  • Zabuza completely neutralizing Kakashi’s Sharingan in the mist is brilliant.
  • The final sequence where Haku goes for Naruto, only for Sasuke to jump in and protect him, is one of the most emotional action moments in early Naruto.
  • The first glimpse of Naruto’s true power is visually stunning—with the red chakra spiraling into the air, cracks forming in the ground, and even Haku being visibly shaken.
  • Naruto’s transformation into the enraged, Kurama-powered fighter is one of the most impactful moments in the series—visually and narratively.

Villains & Stakes (9.6/10) – The Tension Has Never Been Higher

  • Haku is still an overwhelming force, but for the first time, he is not completely in control of the fight.
  • Zabuza continues proving why he is feared in the Hidden Mist.
  • Naruto’s transformation completely flips the battle on its head.
  • Zabuza and Kakashi both realize that something horrifying is about to happen.
  • This episode cements the Land of Waves arc as the first truly deadly fight in the series.

Themes & Symbolism (9.8/10) – The Shinobi Way, Sacrifice, and the Awakening of Power

  • The "Shinobi Way" is tested here.
    • Sasuke, despite saying he’s a lone avenger, chooses to protect Naruto.
    • Haku, despite claiming to be a tool, hesitates when he sees Naruto’s true rage.
  • Sacrifice is a major theme.
    • Sasuke literally throws himself in harm’s way to protect Naruto.
    • Naruto sacrifices his own sense of restraint, letting something more sinister take over.
  • The awakening of power comes at an emotional cost.
    • Sasuke’s Sharingan emerges not out of a desire for power, but out of necessity.
    • Naruto taps into Kurama’s chakra out of sheer rage and grief.
  • The contrast between Sasuke’s calm Sharingan and Naruto’s uncontrollable demonic power is incredible storytelling.

Final Verdict: 9.7/10 – One of the Best Episodes in Early Naruto

  • ✔ Strengths:
    • Unforgettable emotional moments—Sasuke’s sacrifice, Naruto’s rage, and the first signs of Kurama’s power.
    • Flawless pacing, keeping the tension high throughout.
    • Sasuke’s Sharingan awakening is a top-tier moment in the series.
    • Naruto’s first true Kurama transformation is visually stunning and narratively powerful.
    • Zabuza vs. Kakashi continues to be a thrilling tactical battle.
    • Haku remains an incredible, layered antagonist.
    • A cliffhanger that leaves viewers desperate for the next episode.
  • ❌ Weaknesses:
    • Sakura is still sidelined, though her emotional reactions are meaningful.
    • The first half of the fight might feel slightly repetitive before the big twists happen.

This episode is one of the most defining moments in the Naruto series and elevates the Land of Waves arc to legendary status.