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"Killer B and Motoi" (キラービーとモトイ, Kirābī to Motoi) is episode 244 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Killer B and Motoi (キラービーとモトイ, Kirābī to Motoi) is episode 244 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Summary
Struggling with the Falls of Truth and his darker side, Naruto requests help from Motoi, asking how Killer B overcame his dark side, who due to the seriousness of the situation and the effect on peace that Naruto gaining control of the Nine-Tails would have, agrees to, telling him and Yamato of B's past. After telling Naruto of his father's death at the hands of the Eight-Tails and B's shunning as the new Eight Tails jinchūriki, Motoi confides that he cannot personally request help from B, as he once made an attempt on his life in revenge for his father. Naruto leaves for a moment of solice, only for Motoi and Yamato to be attacked by the Giant Squid, with Motoi been captured. Restraining the squid, before Naruto who had initially refrained from attacking, believing the squid to be Killer B in his Eight-Tails form angrily attacking Motoi, only for the real Killer B to arrive and quickly defeat the squid. Motoi tells Killer B the truth of his attempt on his life, only for him to respond with a fist bump.
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 |
| Yamato | ヤマト | Yamato | Rikiya Koyama | 小山 力也 | Koyama Rikiya |
| Killer B | キラービー | Kirābī | Hisao Egawa | 江川 央生 | Egawa Hisao |
| Motoi | モトイ | Motoi | Daichi Endō | 遠藤 大智 | Endō Daichi |
| Fourth Raikage: A | 四代目雷影・エー | Yondaime Raikage: Ē | Hideaki Tezuka | 手塚 秀彰 | Tezuka Hideaki |
| Eight-Tails | 八尾 | Hachibi | Masaki Aizawa | 相沢まさき | Aizawa Masaki |
| Third Raikage | 三代目雷影 | Sandaime Raikage | Naoki Tamanoi | 玉野井直樹 | Tamanoi Naoki |
| Motoi's Father | モトイの父 | Motoi no Chichi | Shinobu Matsumoto | 松本 忍 | Matsumoto Shinobu |
| B (Child) | ビー (幼少) | Bī (Yōshō) | Mariko Tōnai | 東内マリ子 | Tōnai Mariko |
| Motoi (Child) | モトイ (幼少) | Motoi (Yōshō) | Yukari Oribe | 織部ゆかり | Oribe Yukari |
| Kumogakure Shinobi | 雲隠れの忍 | Kumogakure no Shinobi | Toshiharu Nakanishi | 中西としはる | Nakanishi Toshiharu |
| Kumogakure Villager | 雲隠れの住人 | Kumogakure no Jūnin | Ryūichi Kijima | 木島 隆一 | Kijima Ryūchi |
