"A Father's Hope, A Mother's Love" (父の想い, 母の愛, Chichi no Omoi, Haha no Ai) is episode 297 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Summary
As the opposing sides converse, the Fourth Kazekage is shocked to learn that Gaara was no longer the host of the One-Tail, and even more so that he had friends and had become the Kazekage. Intent on testing his son's mettle, the two begin battling while Ōnoki signalled the troops to move in before confronting Mū. As the battle waged on, the Fourth Kazekage is shocked to find himself trapped in Gaara's attack alongside the Second Mizukage and the Third Raikage. Seeing the sand manifest in the form of his late wife after protecting Gaara from one of his attacks, the former Kazekage realises that Karura had been protecting Gaara his whole life. Remorsefully, the Fourth tells his son the truth of his mother's love for him and apologised that all he had done for Gaara was rob him of happiness, now realising that he had actually been unable to judge the true value of things in the end. Shocked to hear the truth of his mother's love for him and that Yashamaru had been forced to lie to Gaara, the young Kazekage breaks down crying before telling his father that while his mother was truly amazing, it was his father who had finally given him medicine to heal his wounded heart. With Gaara forgiving him for his past mistakes, the Fourth smiles on as he is sealed away by his son, entrusting the village and the future to his son.
Trivia
- When Gaara remembered how Shukaku was taken from him, Pain's Rinnegan eyes were depicted as in the manga, without the darker purple inner circle.
Credits
Role | Seiyū | ||||
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English | Japanese | Rōmaji | English | Japanese | Rōmaji |
Naruto Uzumaki | うずまきナルト | Uzumaki Naruto | Junko Takeuchi | 竹内 順子 | Takeuchi Junko |
Fifth Kazekage: Gaara | 五代目風影・我愛羅 | Godaime Kazekage: Gaara | Akira Ishida | 石田 彰 | Ishida Akira |
Temari | テマリ | Temari | Romi Park | 朴 璐美 | Paku Romi |
Third Tsuchikage: Ōnoki | 三代目土影・オオノキ | Sandaime Tsuchikage: Ōnoki | Tomomichi Nishimura | 西村 知道 | Nishimura Tomomichi |
Fourth Kazekage | 四代目風影 | Yondaime Kazekage | Masahiko Tanaka | 田中 正彦 | Tanaka Masahiko |
Yashamaru | 夜叉丸 | Yashamaru | Sōichirō Hoshi | 保志総一朗 | Hoshi Sōichirō |
Chiyo | チヨ | Chiyo | Ikuko Tani | 谷 育子 | Tani Ikuko |
Karura | 加瑠羅 | Karura | Yukari Oribe | 織部ゆかり | Oribe Yukari |
Pain | ペイン | Pein | Ken'yū Horiuchi | 堀内 賢雄 | Horiuchi Ken'yū |
Second Mizukage | 二代目水影 | Nidaime Mizukage | Hideyuki Umezu | 梅津 秀行 | Umezu Hideyuki |
Second Tsuchikage: Mū | 二代目土影・無 | Nidaime Tsuchikage: Mū | Osamu Mukai | 向井 修 | Mukai Osamu |
Third Raikage | 三代目雷影 | Sandaime Raikage | Naoki Tamanoi | 玉野井直樹 | Tamanoi Naoki |
Medical Ninja | 医療忍者 | Iryō ninja | Ryūichi Kijima | 木島 隆一 | Kijima Ryūichi |
Sunagakure's Shinobi | 砂隠れの忍 | Sunagakure no Shinobi | Shinobu Matsumoto | 松本 忍 | Matsumoto Shinobu |
Taira Kikumoto | 菊本 平 | Kikumoto Taira |