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"Iruka's Ordeal" (イルカの試練, Iruka no Shiren) is episode 177 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Iruka's Ordeal (イルカの試練, Iruka no Shiren) is episode 177 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

After being denied a chance to join four of his classmates on a "Test of Courage" that will take place later that night, Naruto decides to pull a prank on them. Reprimanded by Iruka Umino who was nearby, Naruto declares that he would never return to the Academy because he realised that Iruka is looking at him in the same manner that the other villagers did. Iruka speaks with Kakashi Hatake for an advice. While Naruto is walking around the village, he runs into the same group of boys whom he had scared in the cemetery. Their leader, Hibachi, tricks Naruto by offering him a chance to join their group, telling him that a patrol unit had fought some enemy ninja in the back hills the day before, if he could bring back something from the battle site. Later in class, Shikamaru, who finds about the trick as well as Chōji, exposes the trick that the boys played on Naruto. While Naruto is running through the forest, excited at the prospect of having friends, he is followed by unseen ninja.

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