Changes: Confession (episode)

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This article is about episode 166 of Naruto: Shippūden. For chapter 437 of the manga, see Confession.

"Confession" (告白, Kokuhaku) is episode 166 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Team Guy, who were out on a mission, make their way back to Konoha when Neji spots the wounded Gamabunta, recognising the toad as Jiraiya's personal summon. In the village, Hinata is able to spot the pinned Naruto with her Byakugan and recalls memories of first encountering Naruto when she was younger. Her guardian, Kō, had told her to stay away from him as she heard the villagers gossip about the Nine-Tails. However, after a group of thugs pushed her around, Naruto came to her defence. Remembering how Naruto had protected her, Hinata leaps into the battlefield in order to protect Naruto for once.

Naruto asks why she would enter the fray and attempts to convince her to leave, telling her that this is his battle. Hinata then proceeds to confess her love for Naruto and pulls out one of the black receivers that Pain has embedded inside Naruto. Using his Shinra Tensei, Pain's Deva Path pushes Hinata away. Hinata manages to stands up and activates her Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists, and proceeds to run towards and engage in combat with Pain, who tracks the movement with his Rinnegan and is able to evade being struck. However, when Nagato begins to cough blood, he loses his concentration for a brief second, allowing Hinata to land a blow. Seeing the dazed Pain, Hinata pulls out another receiver, and is pushed even further away, this time through the air.

As Hinata lands across the crater, she begins to bleed from her head. Naruto cries out for her safety, as Hinata crawls her way back towards Naruto, remembering how Naruto cheered for her during her battle with Neji, and how he had told her that he liked people like her. As she makes her way to Naruto, Pain asks her why she would attempt to fight him or try to save Naruto if she knew she would die as a result, and Hinata claims that she would never give up, as it is her nindo, stunning Naruto. Pain then uses his Shinra Tensei to send Hinata upwards through the air and pulls her back down. As her falling impact cracks the ground, he proceeds to take his blade and stabs her, killing Hinata. As Naruto sees the blood seeping out of her, Pain merely remarks that this is the same way his parents died, being murdered by shinobi from Konoha. Enraged at Pain's callous murder of Hinata, Naruto unleashes the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox and enters into his Version 2 form.

Trivia

This episode heavily expands the scene from the manga. In the manga, Hinata only initiated the Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists technique, but Pain stopped her from using her technique while she was running towards him. In the anime, she battles him for quite some time: as a result, the extended battle demonstrates that the Six Paths of Pain are effectively dolls who become completely vulnerable if the caster is distracted for any reason. She also made no attempt to remove the black receivers in the manga unlike in the anime, instead choosing a more direct approach in opting to try and force Pain away from the pinned Naruto and buy him some time.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi	竹内順子	Takeuchi Junko	Maile Flanagan
Hinata Hyūga	Nana Mizuki	水樹奈々	Mizuki Nana	Stephanie Sheh
Sakura Haruno	Chie Nakamura	中村千絵	Nakamura Chie	Kate Higgins
Katsuyu	Mamiko Noto	能登麻美子	Noto Mamiko	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Shima	Hikari Yono	よのひかり	Yono Hikari	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Shikamaru Nara	Shotaro Morikubo	森久保祥太郎	Morikubo Shōtarō	Tom Gibis
Neji Hyūga	Koichi Tochika	遠近孝一	Tōchika Kōichi	Steve Staley
Might Guy	Masashi Ebara	江原正士	Ebara Masashi	Skip Stellrecht
Shikaku Nara	Hiroshi Yanaka	家中宏	Yanaka Hiroshi	Jonathan Fahn
Inoichi Yamanaka	Daiki Nakamura	中村大樹	Nakamura Daiki	Kyle Hebert
Kō Hyūga	Yoji Ueda	上田燿司	Ueda Yōji	Sam Riegel
Pain	Kenyu Horiuchi	堀内賢雄	Horiuchi Ken'yū	Troy Baker
Konan	Atsuko Tanaka	田中敦子	Tanaka Atsuko	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Nagato	Junpei Morita	森田順平	Morita Junpei	Vic Mignogna
Hanabi Hyūga	Kiyomi Asai	浅井清己	Asai Kiyomi	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Boy	Kimiko Saito	斉藤貴美子	Saitō Kimiko	Debi Mae West

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-{{translation|'''Confessions'''|告白|Kokuhaku}} is episode 166 of the ''[[Naruto: Shippuden]]'' anime.
 == Synopsis ==
+[[Team Guy]], who were out on a mission, make their way back to [[Konoha]] when [[Neji]] spots the wounded [[Gamabunta]], recognising the toad as [[Jiraiya]]'s personal [[Summoning Technique|summon]]. In the village, [[Hinata]] is able to spot the pinned [[Naruto]] with her [[Byakugan]] and recalls memories of first encountering Naruto when she was younger. Her guardian, [[Kō]], had told her to stay away from him as she heard the villagers gossip about the [[Nine-Tails]]. However, after a group of thugs pushed her around, Naruto came to her defence. Remembering how Naruto had protected her, Hinata leaps into the battlefield in order to protect Naruto for once.
-[[Naruto]] is still being pinned down by the Deva Path and is ready to take him away when [[Hinata]] appears to aid him. Naruto is not pleased by this at all and tells her to run as she is no match for the Deva Path. She stays and tells him that he's always been her inspiration. Hinata tells Naruto that she's not afraid at all to die protecting him, because she loves him, leaving Naruto speechless. As Hinata tries to break Pain's hold over Naruto, [[Yahiko|Deva Path]] engages her in battle. Hinata attempts to break Naruto free but is repelled by [[Shinra Tensei]]. After struggling to reach Naruto over and over, she decides to stand and fight, only to be overpowered every time. As the battle continues, [[Konoha]] shinobi start the hunt for [[Nagato]]. Nagato is weakened for a second and coughs blood, while Deva Path is hit by her, she takes the opportunity to try freeing Naruto once more, but is once more brutally repelled into the air and falls. Hinata flashes back to her childhood, where she wanted to be a great ninja like her parents. She sees a young Naruto shouting at everybody that he will become [[Hokage]], and is told not to get involved with that boy for reasons unknown to her. She recalls running and knocking down some kid's ice cream, and the boy and his friends take her to the [[Ninja Academy]] to pick on her when she cries and attempts escape, but is caught. Naruto then arrives and tells them to stop but is punched by one of them. He rises and makes a failed attempt to make a clone. They laugh at him, and he attacks the boy and punches him. His friends pull him off and they jump him. Later, Hinata's guard arrives to chase them away, but against Hinata's will, they leave an unconscious Naruto on the ground. After the flashback, Hinata awakens to find Naruto calling her to see if she's alive, extremely frustrated. Then, she crawls towards Naruto with her remaining strength. Pain is puzzled by Hinata, who doggedly fought and protected Naruto despite her weaknesses, declaring it was her [[nindō]] as she just reaches Naruto. Through Shinra Tensei, she is hurled high up into the air and slammed hard into the ground, and is then stabbed and seemingly killed. Naruto is speechless and appears traumatised. Hinata's "death" triggered an explosion of the [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]]'s power of the enraged Naruto, creating a powerful stream of the Nine Tails' chakra into the newly formed clouds.
+Naruto asks why she would enter the fray and attempts to convince her to leave, telling her that this is his battle. Hinata then proceeds to confess her love for Naruto and pulls out one of the [[black receiver]]s that [[Pain]] has embedded inside Naruto. Using his [[Shinra Tensei]], Pain's [[Deva Path]] pushes Hinata away. Hinata manages to stands up and activates her [[Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists]], and proceeds to run towards and engage in combat with Pain, who tracks the movement with his [[Rinnegan]] and is able to evade being struck. However, when Nagato begins to cough blood, he loses his concentration for a brief second, allowing Hinata to land a blow. Seeing the dazed Pain, Hinata pulls out another receiver, and is pushed even further away, this time through the air.
+As Hinata lands across the crater, she begins to bleed from her head. Naruto cries out for her safety, as Hinata crawls her way back towards Naruto, remembering how Naruto [[A Failure Stands Tall!|cheered]] for her during her [[Byakugan Battle: Hinata Grows Bold!|battle with Neji]], and how he had [[The Final Rounds: Rush to the Battle Arena!|told her]] that he liked people like her. As she makes her way to Naruto, Pain asks her why she would attempt to fight him or try to save Naruto if she knew she would die as a result, and Hinata claims that she would never give up, as it is her [[nindo]], stunning Naruto. Pain then uses his Shinra Tensei to send Hinata upwards through the air and [[Banshō Ten'in|pulls]] her back down. As her falling impact cracks the ground, he proceeds to take his blade and stabs her, killing Hinata. As Naruto sees the blood seeping out of her, Pain merely remarks that this is the same way his parents died, being murdered by [[shinobi]] from Konoha. Enraged at Pain's callous murder of Hinata, Naruto unleashes the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox and enters into his [[Version 2]] form.
 == Trivia ==
-* This episode heavily expands the scene from the manga. In the manga, Hinata only initiated the Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists technique, but Pain stopped her from using her technique while she was running towards him. In the anime, she battles him for quite some time. She also made no attempt to remove the chakra receivers in the manga unlike in the anime. Instead, choosing a more direct approach in opting to try and force Pain away from the pinned Naruto and buy him some time.
+* This episode heavily expands the scene from the manga. In the manga, Hinata only initiated the Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists technique, but Pain stopped her from using her technique while she was running towards him. In the anime, she battles him for quite some time: as a result, the extended battle demonstrates that the Six Paths of Pain are effectively dolls who become completely vulnerable if the caster is distracted for any reason. She also made no attempt to remove the black receivers in the manga unlike in the anime, instead choosing a more direct approach in opting to try and force Pain away from the pinned Naruto and buy him some time.
+== Credits ==
+{{CreditsTable|
+Naruto Uzumaki
+ JA: Junko Takeuchi
+ EN: Maile Flanagan
+Hinata Hyūga
+ JA: Nana Mizuki
+ EN: Stephanie Sheh
+Sakura Haruno
+ JA: Chie Nakamura
+ EN: Kate Higgins
+Katsuyu
+ JA: Mamiko Noto
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
+Shima
+ JA: Hikari Yono
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
+Shikamaru Nara
+ JA: Shotaro Morikubo
+ EN: Tom Gibis
+Neji Hyūga
+ JA: Koichi Tochika
+ EN: Steve Staley
+Might Guy
+ JA: Masashi Ebara
+ EN: Skip Stellrecht
+Shikaku Nara
+ JA: Hiroshi Yanaka
+ EN: Jonathan Fahn
+Inoichi Yamanaka
+ JA: Daiki Nakamura
+ EN: Kyle Hebert
+Kō Hyūga
+ JA: Yoji Ueda
+ EN: Sam Riegel
+Pain
+ JA: Kenyu Horiuchi
+ EN: Troy Baker
+Konan
+ JA: Atsuko Tanaka
+ EN: Dorothy Elias-Fahn
+Nagato
+ JA: Junpei Morita
+ EN: Vic Mignogna
+Hanabi Hyūga
+ JA: Kiyomi Asai
+ EN: Colleen O'Shaughnessey
+[Boy]
+ JA: Kimiko Saito
+ EN: Debi Mae West
+}}
+[[es:Confesiones]]