"My Friend" (友よ, Tomo yo) is episode 71 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Summary
The struggle between Naruto and Sora continues. Asuma and Kazuma fight. Sai arrives, having snuck out of hospital, and binds Kazuma with an ink snake. Kazuma breaks out of Sai's technique and charges Asuma, but is killed. Naruto eventually reaches Sora, who manages to release the Nine-Tails' chakra. However the Nine-Tails' chakra that is released begins to become a miniature Nine-Tails. This provokes Tsunade to head out to engage the beast. It soon became clear that the miniature Nine-Tails could not form without a human host so it dissipated. Sora leaves the village to travel the world. Asuma and Shikamaru play shōgi and discuss who the king of Konoha is. Elsewhere, two Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu, appear chasing the Two-Tails' jinchūriki.
Credits
Role | Seiyū | English Voice Actor | ||
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English | Japanese | Rōmaji | ||
Naruto Uzumaki | Junko Takeuchi | 竹内 順子 | Takeuchi Junko | Malie Flannigan |
Sakura Haruno | Chie Nakamura | 中村 千絵 | Nakamura Chie | Kate Higgins |
Sai | Satoshi Hino | 日野 聡 | Hino Satoshi | Ben Diskin |
Yamato | Rikiya Koyama | 小山 力也 | Koyama Rikiya | Troy Baker |
Sora | Daisuke Hirakawa | 平川 大輔 | Hirakawa Daisuke | Michael Sinterniklaas |
Asuma Sarutobi | Jurota Kosugi | 小杉 十郎太 | Kosugi Jūrōta | Doug Erholtz |
Furido | Kazuya Nakai | 中井 和哉 | Nakai Kazuya | Pete Sepenuk |
Hidan | Masaki Terasoma | てらそま まさき | Terasoma Masaki | Chris Edgerly |
Kakuzu | Takaya Hashi | 土師 孝也 | Hashi Takaya | Fred Tatasciore |
Yugito Nii | Mie Sonozaki | 園崎 未恵 | Sonozaki Mie | Wendee Lee |
Shizune | Keiko Nemoto | 根本 圭子 | Nemoto Keiko | Megan Hollingshead |
Fifth Hokage: Tsunade | Masako Katsuki | 勝生 真沙子 | Katsuki Masako | Debi Mae West |
Shikamaru Nara | Shotaro Morikubo | 森久保 祥太郎 | Morikubo Shōtarō | Tom Gibis |
Ino Yamanaka | Ryoka Yuzuki | 柚木 涼香 | Yuzuki Ryōka | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
Chōji Akimichi | Kentaro Ito | 伊藤 健太郎 | Itō Kentarō | Robbie Rist |
Kiba Inuzuka | Kosuke Toriumi | 鳥海 浩輔 | Toriumi Kōsuke | Kyle Hebert |
Rock Lee | Yoichi Masukawa | 増川 洋一 | Masukawa Yōichi | Brian Donovan |