Changes: Title (episode)

Latest revision as of 01:15, 4 June 2023

This article is about episode 53 of Naruto: Shippūden. For chapter 310, see Title.

"Title" (題名, Taitoru) is episode 53 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Naruto asks Sasuke why he stays with Orochimaru when the Sannin simply wants his body. Sasuke tells Naruto that both he and Orochimaru were unable to defeat Itachi on their own, but if he could gain the power to kill Itachi and exact his vengeance in exchange for giving his body to Orochimaru, then that would be a price he would be willing to pay. Yamato tells Naruto and Sakura that out of consideration for them, he did not attempt to seriously attack Sasuke, but that he would now resort to those methods in order to bring Sasuke back to Konoha. Sasuke scoffs at the idea of returning to the village, telling the group that he is done with them. He drops his sword, inserting it into the ground, and performs hand signs to kill them all. As he activates chakra on his body, Orochimaru grabs his hand and tells him not to use that technique. Sasuke rudely tells him to let go of his hand, and Kabuto reprimands him for doing so. Kabuto tells Sasuke that Team Kakashi is to be spared so that they may continue to kill off Akatsuki members, and in doing so, may allow Sasuke a chance to take out Itachi. Sasuke relents, and the three disappear in flames.

Naruto berates himself for being weak and unable to stop Sasuke again and begins to cry. Sakura, who is also tearing up, tells Naruto not to cry as crying would not save Sasuke, and that the two of them together will continue on. Sai offers to help, citing that three people would be better than two, much to Yamato's satisfaction. With their mission officially completed, the team heads back to Konoha, where they report to Tsunade. When Naruto tells her that his determination to save Sasuke is non-wavering, Tsunade tells the trio to return home and stay there until she assigns them a new mission. As they walk home, Naruto asks Sakura out on a date, but is rebuffed by her when she tells him that Tsunade said to go home. Sai is observing their bond from the back and attempts to create his own with them by waving goodbye, but the two disappear before he can do so.

At the Konoha Hospital, Kakashi is surprised that the team fought Sasuke. Jiraiya recaps the events of the Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission, including Naruto's ascension to his four-tailed form, his fight with Orochimaru and the team's encounter against Sasuke. After finding out that Sasuke has significantly increased in power, Kakashi sighs as he realises that Naruto will now relentlessly demand training in order to keep up. In Tsunade's office, Yamato tells her that she was right about Sai, concerning him being sent by Danzō on a secret mission of his own. He tells her that Danzō sent Sai to kill Sasuke in order to rob Orochimaru of a host body. While Tsunade claims that Danzō's actions, while crafty and hardlined, were done for the benefit of the village, Yamato gives her the envelope that Danzō had instructed Sai to give to Orochimaru, which contained the personnel files of all the Anbu members assigned to the Hokage Guard Platoon. Tsunade is outraged and orders Shizune to tighten up security while seething at the idea of Danzō's coup. Meanwhile, Sai returns to the Root headquarters and reports his mission failure to Danzō, who is surprised as Sai had never failed a mission before. Sai requests to keep his name and retain his position on Team Kakashi; as Tsunade had requested the same thing, Danzō reluctantly allows it, but not before noticing Sai's smile and reminding Sai that emotions need to be repressed as they lead only to anger and hatred. Sai remembers Sasuke's bitter emotions of hatred towards him and Itachi, but also remember Naruto's happy emotions regarding his brotherly bond with Sasuke. Sai decides to go with the latter, and returns home to paint a picture. However, before he can begin, Naruto calls him from outside his window. Sai looks out and sees the rest of the team there, ready to depart on another mission.

Trivia

This is the last episode of the anime to be animated in 4:3 standard definition picture format. Every episode onwards is animated in the current modern television picture format, 16:9 high definition.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi	竹内順子	Takeuchi Junko	Maile Flanagan
Sakura Haruno	Chie Nakamura	中村千絵	Nakamura Chie	Kate Higgins
Sai	Satoshi Hino	日野聡	Hino Satoshi	Benjamin Diskin
Yamato	Rikiya Koyama	小山力也	Koyama Rikiya	Troy Baker
Orochimaru	Kujira	くじら	Kujira	Steve Blum
Kabuto Yakushi	Nobutoshi Kanna	神奈延年	Kanna Nobutoshi	Henry Dittman
Sasuke Uchiha	Noriaki Sugiyama	杉山紀彰	Sugiyama Noriaki	Yuri Lowenthal
Kakashi Hatake	Kazuhiko Inoue	井上和彦	Inoue Kazuhiko	Dave Wittenberg
Shizune	Keiko Nemoto	根本圭子	Nemoto Keiko	Megan Hollingshead
Homura Mitokado	Hikaru Miyata	宮田光	Miyata Hikaru	Beau Billingslea
Koharu Utatane	Junko Midori	翠準子	Midori Junko	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Danzō	Hiroshi Ito	糸博	Ito Hiroshi	William Knight
Fifth Hokage: Tsunade	Masako Katsuki	勝生真沙子	Katsuki Masako	Debi Mae West
Jiraiya	Hochu Otsuka	大塚芳忠	Ōtsuka Hōchū	David Lodge

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Infobox/Naruto/Episode
-|top={{Wikipedia|List of Naruto: Shippūden episodes (season 2)}}
+|top={{Looking for|episode 53 of Naruto: Shippūden|chapter 310|Title}}
+|image=Title (Ep).png
-{{Looking for|episode 53 of [[Naruto: Shippūden]]|chapter 310|Title (chapter)|Title}}
-|image=Body Flame Technique.jpg
 |english=Title
 |kanji=題名
@@ Line 9: / Line 8: @@
 |shippuden=Yes
 |watchonlinelink=509874
+|arc=Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission
-|arc=Sasuke and Sai Arc
 |chapters=309, 310
+|opening song=Distance
+|ending song=Awaken! Wild
 |japanese airdate=April 3, 2008
 |english airdate=October 27, 2010
 }}
-{{translation|'''Title '''|題名|Taitoru}} is episode 53 of the ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' anime.
 == Synopsis ==
+<section begin=summary />[[Naruto]] asks [[Sasuke]] why he stays with [[Orochimaru]] when the [[Sannin]] simply wants his body. Sasuke tells Naruto that both he and Orochimaru were unable to defeat [[Itachi]] on their own, but if he could gain the power to kill Itachi and exact his vengeance in exchange for giving his body to Orochimaru, then that would be a price he would be willing to pay. [[Yamato]] tells Naruto and [[Sakura]] that out of consideration for them, he did not attempt to seriously attack Sasuke, but that he would now resort to those methods in order to bring Sasuke back to [[Konoha]]. Sasuke scoffs at the idea of returning to the village, telling the group that he is done with them. He drops his [[Sword of Kusanagi (Sasuke Uchiha)|sword]], inserting it into the ground, and performs hand signs to kill them all. As he activates [[chakra]] on his body, Orochimaru grabs his hand and tells him not to use [[that technique]]. Sasuke rudely tells him to let go of his hand, and [[Kabuto]] reprimands him for doing so. Kabuto tells Sasuke that [[Team Kakashi]] is to be spared so that they may continue to kill off [[Akatsuki]] members, and in doing so, may allow Sasuke a chance to take out Itachi. Sasuke relents, and the three [[Body Flicker Technique|disappear in flames]].<section end=summary />
-[[Orochimaru]] and [[Kabuto]] convince [[Sasuke]] to withdraw with them and they disappear, leaving a weeping [[Naruto]], who confesses his failure to bring Sasuke back to [[Konoha]], but [[Sakura]] reassures him, saying that they will soon bring Sasuke back together. Back in Konoha, [[Yamato]]'s team reports to [[Tsunade]] about the results of the mission, and Tsunade is greatly angered over [[Danzō]]'s treachery of leaking classified information of Konoha [[ANBU]] to Orochimaru. In the ANBU [[Root]] base, [[Sai]] asks Danzō to allow him to remain longer with [[Team Kakashi]], and Danzō reluctantly agrees. Later, Sai goes on a mission with his team, having come to see them as his friends.
+Naruto berates himself for being weak and unable to stop Sasuke again and begins to cry. Sakura, who is also tearing up, tells Naruto not to cry as crying would not save Sasuke, and that the two of them together will continue on. [[Sai]] offers to help, citing that three people would be better than two, much to Yamato's satisfaction. With their mission officially completed, the team heads back to Konoha, where they report to [[Tsunade]]. When Naruto tells her that his determination to save Sasuke is non-wavering, Tsunade tells the trio to return home and stay there until she assigns them a new mission. As they walk home, Naruto asks Sakura out on a date, but is rebuffed by her when she tells him that Tsunade said to go home. Sai is observing their bond from the back and attempts to create his own with them by waving goodbye, but the two disappear before he can do so.
+At the [[Konoha Hospital]], [[Kakashi]] is surprised that the team fought Sasuke. [[Jiraiya]] recaps the events of the [[Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission]], including Naruto's ascension to his [[Version 2|four-tailed form]], his fight with Orochimaru and the team's encounter against Sasuke. After finding out that Sasuke has significantly increased in power, Kakashi sighs as he realises that Naruto will now relentlessly demand training in order to keep up. In Tsunade's office, Yamato tells her that she was right about Sai, concerning him being sent by [[Danzō]] on a secret mission of his own. He tells her that Danzō sent Sai to kill Sasuke in order to rob Orochimaru of a host body. While Tsunade claims that Danzō's actions, while crafty and hardlined, were done for the benefit of the village, Yamato gives her the envelope that Danzō had instructed Sai to give to Orochimaru, which contained the personnel files of all the [[Anbu]] members assigned to the [[Hokage Guard Platoon]]. Tsunade is outraged and orders [[Shizune]] to tighten up security while seething at the idea of Danzō's coup. Meanwhile, Sai returns to the [[Root]] headquarters and reports his mission failure to Danzō, who is surprised as Sai had never failed a mission before. Sai requests to keep his name and retain his position on Team Kakashi; as Tsunade had requested the same thing, Danzō reluctantly allows it, but not before noticing Sai's smile and reminding Sai that emotions need to be repressed as they lead only to anger and hatred. Sai remembers Sasuke's bitter emotions of hatred towards him and Itachi, but also remember Naruto's happy emotions regarding his brotherly bond with Sasuke. Sai decides to go with the latter, and returns home to paint a picture. However, before he can begin, Naruto calls him from outside his window. Sai looks out and sees the rest of the team there, ready to depart on another mission.
+== Trivia ==
+* This is the last episode of the anime to be animated in 4:3 standard definition picture format. Every episode onwards is animated in the current modern television picture format, 16:9 high definition.
+== Credits ==
+{{CreditsTable|
+Naruto Uzumaki
+ JA: Junko Takeuchi
+ EN: Maile Flanagan
+Sakura Haruno
+ JA: Chie Nakamura
+ EN: Kate Higgins
+Sai
+ JA: Satoshi Hino
+ EN: Benjamin Diskin
+Yamato
+ JA: Rikiya Koyama
+ EN: Troy Baker
+Orochimaru
+ JA: Kujira
+ EN: Steve Blum
+Kabuto Yakushi
+ JA: Nobutoshi Kanna
+ EN: Henry Dittman
+Sasuke Uchiha
+ JA: Noriaki Sugiyama
+ EN: Yuri Lowenthal
+Kakashi Hatake
+ JA: Kazuhiko Inoue
+ EN: Dave Wittenberg
+Shizune
+ JA: Keiko Nemoto
+ EN: Megan Hollingshead
+Homura Mitokado
+ JA: Hikaru Miyata
+ EN: Beau Billingslea
+Koharu Utatane
+ JA: Junko Midori
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
+Danzō
+ JA: Hiroshi Ito
+ EN: William Knight
+Tsunade [Fifth Hokage: Tsunade]
+ JA: Masako Katsuki
+ EN: Debi Mae West
+Jiraiya
+ JA: Hochu Otsuka
+ EN: David Lodge
+}}