NARUTO EPISODE FIFTY-NINE: The Final Rounds, Rush to the Battle Arena!
The only thing I remember about this episode is that it sucks compared to the last one! Naruto is standing outside of the battle arena the night before. Goes to have ramen...alone. The old man gives his the ultra deluxe Ramen for free! Ino-Shika-Cho's dad's are out drinking! Series should be about them. Dad's have it rough. Shikamaru came to drag his deadbeat dad home. His dad calls him a drag. The festival is a drag. Drag is said about seven times. Best part of the episode. Naruto still has no friends. Kankuro is working on his puppets. Temari is polishing her fan, no, that's not a euphemism. Gaara notes that tomorrow is a full moon. Naruto has his awesome sleeping cap on.
Neiji and Ten-Ten, YES MY GIRL TWENTY, were practicing ALL. NIGHT. LONG. Shino was training with Hinata...and Naruto didn't sleep a wink. He's got Neiji to fight. Lee thinks Neiji is the toughest ninja in the competition and wanted to fight him. Lots of nobles in oxen drawn carriages arrive. Naruto is walking to the competition...alone. Some randos talk about Neiji in the first round. Naruto finally runs into someone who knows/likes him...It's Hinata! He came to the training field from Kakashi's test. They talk about her cousin.
She thinks he can win!
She now can like herself a little after getting cheered on by Naruto during the prelims. All thanks to your main characterness. Naruto may look strong to her, but he thinks he is a colossal fuck up. She thinks he's more of a proud failure. She's got it bad for him...and he's legit shook by her words. He's one hundred percent better now. Naruto always thought something about Hinata. She wants to know. She NEEDS to know. Gloomy, timid, always terrified and basically completely weird. But you know what? He likes people like you!
She is beyond legit shook. The shookest. Kiba shows up and has no idea why she is so shook. Konohamaru is going to show Naruto a shortcut to the battle arena. It's been covered up. He's got another way.
Excitement!
Naruto you can just ninja across roof tops. Konohamaru wants him to take a video game sewer level instead. Sewer levels are never short. The slide takes him to the hot spring in the nearby resort town. They're going to steal a bull instead. What symbol is on Naruto's back? A red spiral? Oh my.
No bull.
Hijinks ensue. The bull bucks him off, chases him, gets his friends and stampedes him. Sasuke and Naruto are LATE. Naruto is doing a one man running of the bulls. Shadow Clones changes those odds. They scatter...but then all meet up...with more bulls. He's made it...but gets stuck in the door. Shikamaru helps his buddy up. Doesn't believe Naruto about the bulls though because they didn't come in. Dozu and Sasuke are missing. New proctor too, it's JYB!
Let the battle begin!
