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"Iruka's Decision" (イルカの決意, Iruka no Ketsui) is episode 178 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Iruka runs into the forest, recalling how he was told by a fellow teacher that there were still enemy spies in the area. He manages to find Naruto, and attempts to pressure him into returning to the Academy. Naruto tells Iruka that the latter could not possibly understand what his life is like, being isolated and treated like dirt and that he has to do this in order to finally have friends and be accepted. Iruka remains steadfast, prompting Naruto to use his Sexy Technique to distract Iruka as he escapes.

Naruto, hungry, decides to raid a bird's nest when he finds an enemy's kunai. Unaware that the kunai has a secret intel report tied to it, Naruto attempts to return to the village, only to be ambushed by three kunoichi, who demand that he turn over the kunai. Not willing to give it up, Naruto flees, triggering various traps to delay the kunoichi. As he trips and falls over a cliff, he is found by Iruka, who picks him up and attempts to flee. The duo are saved by the arrival of Kakashi, who had been tipped off by Shikamaru, and he defeats the kunoichi with ease using his Lightning Cutter.

Back in Konoha, the Third Hokage muses that the intel contained Konoha's patrol patterns and that by finding it, Naruto had inadvertently saved the village. Iruka thanks the Third for making him Naruto's teacher, claiming that he rediscovered his original passion for teaching and wishes to pass on the Will of Fire to students like Naruto. Outside the Academy, Iruka scolds Naruto for his reckless actions. When Iruka mentions that the Third Hokage is powerful and respected by all of the villagers, and that it was the Fourth Hokage who defended the village from the Nine-Tails, Naruto makes it his personal goal to become Hokage someday; hearing this, Iruka scratches a line into the tree with his kunai and tells Naruto that once he reaches that height, he might be able to become Hokage.

In the present day, Iruka smiles fondly at the mark as he realises that Naruto has reached that height. Yamato, who had been alerted that Naruto had entered into his eight-tailed form, rushes to the village and stares at its destruction. However, Shikaku tells him that it was Pain who had destroyed the village, and that Naruto single-handedly defeated him. Yamato is shocked that Naruto was able to do so, and is even more surprised when Shikaku tells him that Naruto was able to control his transformation on his own. At the same time, an Anbu member appears and tells Shikaku that there is an emergency council meeting being held and that his presence is requested.

Elsewhere, a resting Sasuke wonders where Suigetsu is. At that moment, Suigetsu show up through the door wielding his Kubikiribōchō, revealing that he had travelled all the way back to the Valley of Clouds and Lightning just to retrieve it. With Suigetsu's return, Sasuke mobilises Taka and notifies them that they are to head to Konoha right away. Meanwhile, Zetsu notifies Kisame and Tobi that Pain has been killed and that Konan has left as well. Tobi tasks Kisame with capturing the Eight-Tails while he, needing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to further their agenda, claims that he has something to attend to.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi	竹内順子	Takeuchi Junko	Maile Flanagan
Iruka Umino	Toshihiko Seki	関俊彦	Seki Toshihiko	Quinton Flynn
Kakashi Hatake	Kazuhiko Inoue	井上和彦	Inoue Kazuhiko	Dave Wittenberg
Shikamaru Nara	Shotaro Morikubo	森久保祥太郎	Morikubo Shōtarō	Tom Gibis
Chōji Akimichi	Kentaro Ito	伊藤健太郎	Itō Kentarō	Robbie Rist
Iruka (boyhood)	Taisuke Yamamoto	山本泰輔	Yamamoto Taisuke	Quinton Flynn
Third Hokage: Hiruzen Sarutobi	Hidekatsu Shibata	柴田秀勝	Shibata Hidekatsu	Steve Kramer
Yamato	Rikiya Koyama	小山力也	Koyama Rikiya	Troy Baker
Shikaku Nara	Hiroshi Yanaka	家中宏	Yanaka Hiroshi	Jonathan Fahn
Madara Uchiha	Naoya Uchida	内田直哉	Uchida Naoya	Neil Kaplan
Zetsu	Nobuo Tobita	飛田展男	Tobita Nobuo	Travis Willingham
Kisame Hoshigaki	Tomoyuki Dan	檀臣幸	Dan Tomoyuki	Kirk Thornton
Sasuke Uchiha	Noriaki Sugiyama	杉山紀彰	Sugiyama Noriaki	Yuri Lowenthal
Suigetsu	Takashi Kondo	近藤隆	Kondō Takashi	Grant George
Jūgo	Shuhei Sakaguchi	阪口周平	Sakaguchi Shūhei	Travis Willingham
Karin	Kanako Tojo	東條加那子	Tōjō Kanako	Ali Hillis
Suzume	Chie Nakamura	中村千絵	Nakamura Chie	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Kunoichi	Kimiko Saito	斉藤貴美子	Saitō Kimiko	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Konoha Anbu	Kozo Dozaka	堂坂晃三	Dōzaka Kōzō	Jonathan Fahn

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-{{translation|'''Iruka's Decision'''|イルカの試練|Iruka no Ketsui}} is episode 178 of the ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' anime.
 == Synopsis ==
+<section begin=summary />[[Iruka]] runs into the forest, recalling how he was told by a fellow teacher that there were still enemy spies in the area. He manages to find [[Naruto]], and attempts to pressure him into returning to the [[Academy]]. Naruto tells Iruka that the latter could not possibly understand what his life is like, being isolated and treated like dirt and that he has to do this in order to finally have friends and be accepted. Iruka remains steadfast, prompting Naruto to use his [[Sexy Technique]] to distract Iruka as he escapes.<section end=summary />
-[[Iruka]] runs into the hills and finds [[Naruto]], trying to convince him to return to [[Konoha]]. Naruto makes a quick getaway by performing the [[Sexy Technique]] on Iruka. Naruto runs into a [[Taki Kunoichi|group of kunoichi]] from [[Takigakure]] who want the paper containing the intel of Konoha's border patrol that Naruto found. Naruto tries to get away from them and runs into Iruka again. The two try to escape the kunoichi and are saved by [[Kakashi]] who easily defeats the kunoichi. Afterwards, Iruka thanks the [[Third Hokage]] for making him Naruto's teacher. Iruka tells Naruto that from now on he will be strict with him and Iruka's flashback ends. Meanwhile, with [[Sasuke]]'s wounds healed, [[Taka]] heads out to Konoha and [[Zetsu]] tells [[Tobi]] of the events that happened. Tobi then orders [[Kisame]] to go after [[Killer B]] while he has other plans to attend to. [[Yamato]] arrives at Konoha, seeing the village in ruins. [[Shikaku]] tells him of [[Pain]]'s invasion and defeat by Naruto. Shikaku is suddenly approached by an [[ANBU]] informing him of a meeting.
+Naruto, hungry, decides to raid a bird's nest when he finds an enemy's kunai. Unaware that the kunai has a secret intel report tied to it, Naruto attempts to return to the village, only to be ambushed by [[Taki Kunoichi|three kunoichi]], who demand that he turn over the kunai. Not willing to give it up, Naruto flees, triggering various traps to delay the [[kunoichi]]. As he trips and falls over a cliff, he is found by Iruka, who picks him up and attempts to flee. The duo are saved by the arrival of [[Kakashi]], who had been tipped off by [[Shikamaru]], and he defeats the kunoichi with ease using his [[Lightning Cutter]].
+Back in [[Konoha]], the [[Third Hokage]] muses that the intel contained Konoha's patrol patterns and that by finding it, Naruto had inadvertently saved the village. Iruka thanks the Third for making him Naruto's teacher, claiming that he rediscovered his original passion for teaching and wishes to pass on the [[Will of Fire]] to students like Naruto. Outside the Academy, Iruka scolds Naruto for his reckless actions. When Iruka mentions that the Third Hokage is powerful and respected by all of the villagers, and that it was the [[Fourth Hokage]] who defended the village from the [[Nine-Tails]], Naruto makes it his personal goal to become [[Hokage]] someday; hearing this, Iruka scratches a line into the tree with his [[kunai]] and tells Naruto that once he reaches that height, he might be able to become Hokage.
+In the present day, Iruka smiles fondly at the mark as he realises that Naruto has reached that height. [[Yamato]], who had been alerted that Naruto had entered into his [[Version 2|eight-tailed]] form, rushes to the village and stares at its destruction. However, [[Shikaku]] tells him that it was [[Pain]] who had destroyed the village, and that Naruto single-handedly defeated him. Yamato is shocked that Naruto was able to do so, and is even more surprised when Shikaku tells him that Naruto was able to control his transformation on his own. At the same time, an [[Anbu]] member appears and tells Shikaku that there is an emergency council meeting being held and that his presence is requested.
+Elsewhere, a resting [[Sasuke]] wonders where [[Suigetsu]] is. At that moment, Suigetsu show up through the door wielding his [[Kubikiribōchō]], revealing that he had travelled all the way back to the [[Valley of Clouds and Lightning]] just to retrieve it. With Suigetsu's return, Sasuke mobilises [[Taka]] and notifies them that they are to head to Konoha right away. Meanwhile, [[Zetsu]] notifies [[Kisame]] and [[Tobi]] that Pain has been killed and that [[Konan]] has left as well. Tobi tasks Kisame with capturing the [[Eight-Tails]] while he, needing the [[Demonic Statue of the Outer Path]] to further their agenda, claims that he has something to attend to.
+{{-}}
+== Credits ==
+{{CreditsTable|
+Naruto Uzumaki
+ JA: Junko Takeuchi
+ EN: Maile Flanagan
+Iruka Umino
+ JA: Toshihiko Seki
+ EN: Quinton Flynn
+Kakashi Hatake
+ JA: Kazuhiko Inoue
+ EN: Dave Wittenberg
+Shikamaru Nara
+ JA: Shotaro Morikubo
+ EN: Tom Gibis
+Chōji Akimichi
+ JA: Kentaro Ito
+ EN: Robbie Rist
+Iruka Umino [Iruka (boyhood)]
+ JA: Taisuke Yamamoto
+ EN: Quinton Flynn
+Hiruzen Sarutobi [Third Hokage: Hiruzen Sarutobi]
+ JA: Hidekatsu Shibata
+ EN: Steve Kramer
+Yamato
+ JA: Rikiya Koyama
+ EN: Troy Baker
+Shikaku Nara
+ JA: Hiroshi Yanaka
+ EN: Jonathan Fahn
+Obito Uchiha [Madara Uchiha]
+ JA: Naoya Uchida
+ EN: Neil Kaplan
+Zetsu
+ JA: Nobuo Tobita
+ EN: Travis Willingham
+Kisame Hoshigaki
+ JA: Tomoyuki Dan
+ EN: Kirk Thornton
+Sasuke Uchiha
+ JA: Noriaki Sugiyama
+ EN: Yuri Lowenthal
+Suigetsu
+ JA: Takashi Kondo
+ EN: Grant George
+Jūgo
+ JA: Shuhei Sakaguchi
+ EN: Travis Willingham
+Karin
+ JA: Kanako Tojo
+ EN: Ali Hillis
+Suzume
+ JA: Chie Nakamura
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
+Taki Kunoichi [Kunoichi]
+ JA: Kimiko Saito
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
+[Konoha Anbu]
+ JA: Kozo Dozaka
+ EN: Jonathan Fahn
+}}
+[[es:La determinación de Iruka]]