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AIRED: 5/14/11

Just as Leaf Village reinforcements arrive, a call from the Akatsuki leader forces Hidan and Kakuzu to fall back. In the wake of the aftermath, however, not everyone makes it back to the Leaf Village alive.

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TRIVIA (4)
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- Naruto, once again, does not appear in this episode.
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- Special Report: None.
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- This episode marks the first time that the Akatsuki Leader is shown outside of hologram form, though his full appearance is not shown.
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- Asuma dies in this episode.
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QUOTES (5)
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- (Flashback to a younger Team 10 being treated to lunch by Asuma)
  Choji: More rice! Also bring four more servings of kalbi!
  Waiter: Thanks for waiting!
  (Choji is chowing down on his food)
  Asuma: Choji, have you ever heard of the word restraint?!
  Shikamaru: The bill went up to at least 3,000 ryo.
  Asuma: I'm saying this not because I'm stingy. I'm just worried about you. If you keep eating like this, eventually you're gonna be fa--! (Shikamaru covers his mouth)
  Shikamaru: (whispers) That word is taboo!
  
  ~Japanese version
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- (Flashback to when Team 10 meets Asuma for the first him and he accidentally blows cigarette smoke on them)
  Asuma: Oh! Sorry about that. I'm Asuma Sarutobi, and I'll be leading Team Ten from today. It's not going to be easy, so I hope you're all ready! (sees they are tearing up and wiping their eyes) Oh, please don't cry! All I said was that I'm going to be strict!
  Shikamaru: The smoke is getting in our eyes!
  
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- (flashback to the past with a game of Shogi between Shikamaru and Asuma)
  Asuma: If you were liken the Leaf Shinobi to a Shogi piece, Shikamaru. In the end, you would be a knight.
  Shikamaru: Then what would you be, Sensei?!
  Asuma: I'm nothing. I'm just...
  (Asuma turns his piece over)
  Shikamaru: A sacrificial piece...huh?!
  Asuma: Then...do you know who the king is?!
  Shikamaru: Huh? The Hokage, right?!
  Asuma: That's what I thought until just recently, but it's not like that.
  Shikamaru: Then who is it?
  Asuma: You'll understand when the time comes.
  
  ~Japanese version
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- Asuma: (laying mortally wounded) I have some last words I'd like to say to Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru...
  Choji: Sensei, you shouldn't talk anymore!
  Shikamaru: Choji! Ino, you too. These are Asuma Sensei's last words. Listen carefully.
  
  ~Japanese version
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- Kakuzu: Let's go, Hidan.
  Hidan: Damn that pigheaded leader... I'll curse him next time!
  
  ~Japanese version
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- Original Japan Air Date: October 16, 2008
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- In the manga, Shikamaru lights one of Asuma's cigarettes and the smoke gets in his eyes. In the anime, however, he doesn't light a cigarette and the smoke from Asuma's last cigarette gets in his eyes.
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