A New Chapter Begins: The Chunin Exam

Season 1, Episode 20, Aired
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With their latest mission complete, it's time once again for the group to go back to mediocre missions. After all are done, Konohamaru and his friends pay a visit to Naruto. All which result in being chased by Sakura. Everyone is soon over though, as two mysterious ninja block their way, and one of them isn't too happy with Konohamaru. Sasuke arrives to save the day, but the leader of the group shows up, with stealth skills that surprise even Sasuke. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage announces that it's time once again for the Chuunin selection exams.moreless
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  • the first episode of a long arc

    9.5
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    By Breaker94, Jul 16, 2008 Report Abuse
    we are back at the village hidden in the leaves. after their first A rank mission, naruto still complains about his team's d rank missions. also, some strangers came to visit konoha. its people from the village hidden in the sand. sasuke comes to save the day and naruto gets jealous. there was 3 people from sunagakure. their names are kankuro, temari, and gaara. kankuro has a huge thing in his back that has bandage all over and has hair on top. gaara has a huge gourd on his back and temari has a huge metal stick on her back. lolmoreless

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  • Naruto and company return the village to train more.

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    By stitch069917, May 16, 2008 Report Abuse
    As Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are waiting on the bridge for Kakshi sensei to give them assignments, the rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke begins to worsen. Naruto wants to prove that he is better than Sasuke and Sasuke looks down on Naruto. Kakashi realizes that he really has his work cut out for him. Kakashi leaves to turn in his report on their last mission. Sakura asks Sasuke to train with her and he refuses. Naruto offers to train with Sakura, but he gets hit by Sakura after Konohamaru calls her his girlfriend. After a short spat, they run from Sakura and run into some strange genin...moreless

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  • It Begins.

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    By TheBunnySage, Jan 30, 2008 Report Abuse
    Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and kakashi return to the leaf village after completing their mission in the land of waves. Back to mediocre missions. Soon after a handful of missions, kakashi enlists them to participate in the chuunin exams, which is held twice a year. sasuke goes back home and naruto and sakura are left to themselves. naruto's advances on her are halted when konohamaru arrives to bug him.but they soon run into trouble when they meet ninja from the sand village. they start trouble when konohamaru accidentally runs into him. sasuke comes out of nowhere and saves konohamau. suddenly, a new figure appears on to the scene.moreless

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  • perfect beginning

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    By kur4lvl4, Nov 16, 2007 Report Abuse
    This new arc is after the Zabuza arc it is so much better like 100x better. And the this episode starts it off well. Naruto and Konohamaru come with some friends and then 2 sand ninja appear and Konohamaru gets the first one Konkaro mad at he goes of on him then Sasuke comes and stops him with a pebble. And then a another Sand ninja appears Gaara and he says sorry to Sasuke and then Kankoro says they where bugging him and then Gaara's be quite or he will KILL HIM!!!! Then it goes to Naruto and co with Kakashi tell them about the chuinn exams. And they are really pumped.Also that is why the Sand ninja where there.moreless

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  • Naruto meets Konohamaru's 2 friends. Konohamaru insults Sakura runs for his life because Sakura got mad. They meet, Gaara, Teamri and Kankuro from the sand village who are there to take the chunin exams. Sasuke starts tomoreless

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    By glostlover, Nov 10, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode is the start of a new arc. The arc is Chunin Exam arc: Phase One. In this episode Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke are back at the village, doing small missions. Sakura feels angry because Sasuke called her annoying and under Naruto's level. I didn't really care if Sasuke told Sakura but he was right, Sakura was weak, even weaker then Naruto and defiantly annoying. Konohamaru insulted Sakura and Sakura got so mad that he tried to run for his life. Konohamaru bumped into Kankuro and so Kankuro was about to beat him up and later Naruto because he was annoying him too. Sasuke saved Konohamaru's life by pelting a rock at Kankuro. Kankuro is ready to make a fight when Garra comes and tells Kankuro to stop and that he is a disgrace to the sand village. Sasuke said that Garra was as quiet as Kakashi because he had been on the other side of the tree and he had not noticed it. At this moment I knew that this was going to be a great arc. This was a good episode.moreless

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    • Poland Airdate: March 9, 2007 Edit
    • It has been said that when Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon used gunpowder to come out of the box, Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the series, threw a fit over it. The use of gunpowder conflicted with the fact that guns don't exist in the Naruto universe, therefore messing with his original intentions for the series. Edit
    • This the first appearance of Konohamaru's friends, Moegi and Udon. Edit

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    • Sasuke: (Talking about Gaara) How did he get there? He didn't make a sound...Only Jounin at Kakashi's level are that smooth. Edit
    • Konohamaru: (Talking about Sakura) I don't even think she's human! Did you see how wide her forehead is? Edit
    • Sasuke: What a loser. Sakura: Uh! Of course, he just has to choose the biggest dog. Edit

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