"Guidepost of the Camellia" (椿の道標, Tsubaki no Dōhyō) is episode 108 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Synopsis
After Yūkimaru reveals to the Orochimaru Search Team that Naruto and Guren are trapped inside the Three-Tailed Turtle and that he knows how to find the tailed beast, Kakashi orders Lee, Tenten, Kiba and Akamaru to deal with Team Guren while the others try to locate the beast and rescue Naruto.
Inside the beast, Naruto's shadow clones are taken out by the Three-Tails mini clones. Naruto tells Guren to save herself while he attempts to fight off a big turtle clone, only for Guren to block an attack towards Naruto with her Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Blade. Finding a hole above them, Naruto picks up an embarrassed Guren and uses two shadow clones to propel them upwards. Guren asks Naruto why he saved her life and he retorts that he didn't have to, the same way that she didn't have to save him. Noticing her wound, he tells her to stay put as he attempts to find a way out, only to wander into an Illusionary Mist emitted by the Three-Tails. Within the mist, he sees an illusion of Sasuke, who proceeds to slash at him with his sword. As Naruto cries out for "Sasuke" to stop, Guren decides to interfere by jumping into the mist, where she confronts an illusion of Yūkimaru's mother, where she begs her for forgiveness and promises to atone for her sin by protecting Yūkimaru with her life. Having conquered her fear, the effect of the mist wears off on her as she locates Naruto and slaps him, undoing the genjutsu. Hearing him cry out Sasuke's name, she asks him if he is referring to Sasuke Uchiha; Naruto is surprised that she knows of him and she replies that she had seen him with Orochimaru many times. She is shocked when Naruto tells her that his goal is to rescue Sasuke from Orochimaru and begins to laugh as she recalls Sasuke's prowess and the idea of Naruto going up against him to rescue him.
Meanwhile, the cursed seal enhanced members of Team Guren engage against Lee, Tenten, Kiba and Akamaru. On the surface of the lake, Yūkimaru has Sai drop camellias into the lake while Kakashi and Yamato use their Lightning Cutter and Wood Release to puncture a hole into the Three-Tails' barrier. This creates a hole inside the turtle, where both Naruto and Guren see the camellias floating, realising that Yūkimaru is showing them a way out. Before they escape, Guren tells Naruto that it was she who killed Yūkimaru's mother, under Orochimaru's orders, and that she would die saving Naruto so that he may protect Yūkimaru. Knowing that Guren is a changed person, he picks up Guren and heads towards the hole, using his Rasengan to blast it open.
Credits
| Role | Seiyū | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sakura Haruno | 春野サクラ | Haruno Sakura | Chie Nakamura | 中村千絵 | Nakamura Chie |
| Kakashi Hatake | はたけカカシ | Hatake Kakashi | Kazuhiko Inoue | 井上和彦 | Inoue Kazuhiko |
| Yamato | ヤマト | Yamato | Rikiya Koyama | 小山力也 | Koyama Rikiya |
| Shizune | シズネ | Shizune | Keiko Nemoto | 根本圭子 | Nemoto Keiko |
| Kiba Inuzuka | 犬塚キバ | Inuzuka Kiba | Kōsuke Toriumi | 鳥海浩輔 | Toriumi Kōsuke |
| Hinata Hyūga | 日向ヒナタ | Hyūga Hinata | Nana Mizuki | 水樹奈々 | Mizuki Nana |
| Shino Aburame | 油女シノ | Aburame Shino | Shinji Kawada | 川田紳司 | Kawada Shinji |
| Rock Lee | ロック・リー | Rokku Rī | Yōichi Masukawa | 増川洋一 | Masakawa Yōichi |
| Tenten | テンテン | Tenten | Yukari Tamura | 田村ゆかり | Tamura Yukari |
| Ino Yamanaka | 山中いの | Yamanaka Ino | Ryōka Yuzuki | 柚木涼香 | Yuzuki Ryōka |
| Orochimaru | 大蛇丸 | Orochimaru | Kujira | くじら | Kujira |
| Kabuto Yakushi | 薬師カブト | Yakushi Kabuto | Nobutoshi Canna | 神奈延年 | Kanna Nobutoshi |
| Guren | 紅蓮 | Guren | Eri Miyajima | 宮島依里 | Miyajima Eri |
| Yūkimaru | 幽鬼丸 | Yūkimaru | Mika Kanai | かないみか | Kanai Mika |
| Kigiri | 鬼霧 | Kigiri | Yoshimasa Hosoya | 細谷佳正 | Hosoya Yoshimasa |
| Kihō | 鬼鳳 | Kihō | Ken'ichirō Matsuda | 松田健一郎 | Matsuda Ken'ichirō |
| Nurari | 濡羅吏 | Nurari | Kentarō Tone | 利根健太朗 | Tone Kentarō |
