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00:00Now then, we'll continue the competition.
00:03This time you'll be picked, I just know it!
00:05I have been waiting so long, I do not care.
00:09I might as well go last.
00:21Safe again!
00:23Stop that!
00:25It worked like a charm.
00:26I knew if I said I want to be last, I would be next.
00:29Hoo-ah! That's my student.
00:32Now then, listen carefully.
00:35You see that gourd that Gaara is wearing?
00:38Watch out, there's something weird about it.
00:41He just figured that out about the gourd?
00:44I hope Lee will be alright.
00:49I knew that sooner or later we would have to meet, and I'm glad it is sooner.
00:53You know, it kind of moves that guy with the dumb haircut his gut.
00:57But he'll never take Gaara down.
00:59Wrong!
00:59What?
01:00Lee's stronger than you think!
01:02You have no idea!
01:04Why are you in such a hurry?
01:06Be careful.
01:08Stay on your toes, Lee.
01:11If you are both ready, begin!
01:14Leap hurricane!
01:15It's sand!
01:23That's an unusual jutsu.
01:29Sand coffin!
01:33Sand burial!
01:37That nightmare.
01:40Not again.
01:40Whoa!
01:41The sand!
01:54He's using it as a shield!
01:55He's not doing it.
01:57It'll come to Gaara's defense without his doing anything.
02:00No one's ever even been able to touch him.
02:03Ah!
02:04How is he doing it?
02:05I hope you haven't finished entertaining me.
02:09Blood.
02:16I don't get it.
02:18Why doesn't he get some distance?
02:20And use ninjutsu?
02:22Lee has no ninjutsu or genjutsu skills at all.
02:27You're kidding.
02:28Really?
02:29It's over.
02:40A ninja who can do neither ninjutsu or genjutsu is certainly a rarity.
02:45Some might consider that a disadvantage.
02:48All right, Lee.
02:49Take him off.
02:50You said that was only as a last resort.
02:52But this is an exception.
02:54Really?
02:54Basic training equipment.
02:59Now I will be able to move freely.
03:13So close!
03:16So fast.
03:17Amazing.
03:18Amazing.
03:18Now he doesn't need those other things.
03:25World's greatest.
03:26Taijutsu specialist.
03:33Gaara's been hurt.
03:35And I thought he was quick on his feet before.
03:37He's been that fast all this time?
03:43Over here.
03:44No, here.
03:45That's incredible.
03:51I've never seen anyone that fast.
03:56Uh-oh.
03:58Yeah, uh-oh is right.
04:00Your friend with the eye makeup is getting the stuffing beaten out of him.
04:04That isn't what I was talking about, kid.
04:09What's going on with this guy?
04:11His face is falling off.
04:12That is so weird.
04:14He encased himself in sand, huh?
04:17Things must be bad.
04:19I haven't seen that look on his face for a long time.
04:25I don't get it.
04:26Is he made of sand or what?
04:28It's like he's wearing a suit of armor.
04:30Of what?
04:31Gaara can also wear the sand like armor.
04:34Does he have any weak spots?
04:36Actually, that armor is one big weak spot.
04:39The enormous amount of chakra that Gaara has to use to keep it in place.
04:42That takes its toll.
04:44This Lee is good, no doubt about it.
04:47But the outcome's a given.
04:49Well, is that all?
04:51Ah, my speed will not be enough.
04:53If I can get him up off the ground and away from the sand, then hit him hard from above with the Lotus.
04:59Okay, you ask for it.
05:12Primary Lotus!
05:30It is over. I got him.
05:43Amazing. He really did it.
05:45No, I don't believe it.
05:58What?
06:00What the?
06:02An empty shell!
06:05When did he do it?
06:07It was when you closed your eyes to pray.
06:11Huh?
06:11That's when he did it.
06:18Oh no, it's...
06:24The demon inside him has been awakened.
06:26Brodly!
06:36Brodly!
06:37Brodly!
06:43Gara's just toying with him now.
06:45With his speed, he should easily be able to get out of the way of those blasts.
06:49Why doesn't he dodge them?
06:50For a very simple reason. He can't dodge them.
06:54The Lotus isn't ninjutsu or genjutsu. It's taijutsu. Right now, Lee is in so much pain, he can hardly move at all.
07:02There's no way he can win this.
07:19Win? He'll be lucky to survive.
07:21Dummy, why bother? You'll never be a ninja.
07:29I don't get why you're even at this ninja academy when you can't do ninjutsu or genjutsu, and you're even worse than average at taijutsu. It's idiotic.
07:37Hey, Lee! Where you going?
07:39So that's the no-talent overachiever I've heard so much about.
07:42The dork with nothing going for him but a little lousy taijutsu.
07:47But you kept at it, didn't you?
07:49You kept practicing your little lousy taijutsu.
07:53Four hundred...
07:54If I can't do five hundred kicks, then it's two thousand squats!
07:59Eight...
07:59Four hundred and nine...
08:01Four hundred and ten...
08:02Someone else is here.
08:06Four hundred and eighteen...
08:07If I cannot do a thousand squats, then it is a thousand punches!
08:13You still want it.
08:15If I cannot do two thousand punches, then I have to do two thousand jump ropes!
08:20You focused everything on your taijutsu.
08:23As of today, you are all geni.
08:26What are your goals?
08:27I want to be a great and powerful ninja
08:30to walk in the footsteps of the legendary Kunoichi Tsunade.
08:34I want to show I can be a Splendid Ninja as well,
08:37even if I do not have ninjutsu or genjutsu.
08:40You think I am joking?
08:41I mean it.
08:42I will be a Splendid Ninja just by using Taijutsu and nothing else.
08:47Lee.
08:56This is stupid.
08:58Why do you keep on doing it to yourself?
09:00Come on.
09:01So I was not born with a whole lot of natural talent,
09:03not gifted like Neji.
09:05The sad fact is you'll never beat me.
09:08That is not true and you know it.
09:10It is not true.
09:17True or not, you didn't listen to them.
09:27What good do you think that'll do?
09:30Lee doesn't know how to give up.
09:371,200 without a mistake?
09:40Then it is 2,000 kicks!
09:41That was one of it!
09:42What is it, Gai-sensei?
09:55What is it, Gai-sensei?
09:56Lee, it's true you're different from Neji and the others.
10:00But then again, you have a gift that Neji doesn't have.
10:04Not as flashy, but perhaps even more important.
10:08You have the gift of perseverance, and that's what makes you a genius too.
10:13I wonder.
10:16I used to believe that if I just trained harder than Neji, two or three times harder, I would make myself strong enough.
10:23I keep thinking all of my efforts will pay off, but it is always the same.
10:29I am no match for him at all.
10:31Sometimes it seems like the whole thing is pointless.
10:33You're right, all the effort is pointless.
10:38If you don't believe in yourself, we're a lot alike, you and I.
10:42I was a loser too once, but I made myself the equal of any ninja, even Kakashi.
10:49And I did it through effort.
10:51That's your Nindo, your ninja way, right?
10:54Well, I think that's a fine goal.
10:57Stick to it, Lee.
10:58Make me proud.
10:59Be everything you can be.
11:02Will you do that for me, Lee?
11:04Yes, sir!
11:06Gai-sensei, thank you!
11:10He can't go on!
11:11Make him quit before he gets himself killed!
11:18I will make you proud, sensei.
11:21I will forge ahead!
11:23Lee's smiling!
11:24Yes, but now it's Gaara's turn to run.
11:29The Leek Village Lotus blooms twice.
11:33No, Gai, you didn't.
11:35Is able to open the eight inner gates and use the Hidden Lotus?
11:39Hidden Lotus?
11:40So then how many of the inner gates is he able to open now?
11:45Five gates.
11:48There are gates along the chakra network, located at those points in the body where the chakra is most heavily concentrated.
11:55Their purpose is to limit the flow of chakra through the body.
11:58But the Lotus exerts tremendous pressure on these limiters.
12:02The result being that a person's strength can be increased tenfold.
12:06Facing the brain's strength on the muscles, freeing a person to bring forth its body's strength to its full extent.
12:13The second gate, the gate of rest, one's strength has increased further.
12:17The primary Lotus almost destroyed him.
12:19He could barely move.
12:21By opening all eight gates, you could attain power beyond even the Hokages.
12:25Guys, I don't know what this boy means to you, Gai, but I shouldn't have to tell you that we never bring our personal feelings into play.
12:33That boy has something important to prove, and he's determined to prove it, even at the cost of his life.
12:40And I am determined to help him reach his goal.
12:42I'm going to be teaching you a new technique, so pay attention now.
12:46I said pay attention!
12:51This technique is even more forbidden than the primary Lotus.
12:54It is not without danger, but it will be your trump card.
12:58And that is...
13:00I don't know what you think you're planning right now.
13:09Neji, and Sasuke, and...
13:14Gai-sensei, please let this work!
13:18It is now or never!
13:23The third gate! Gate of life, open!
13:30This whole body's changing!
13:34What's it mean? What's happening?
13:36He's opened the third gate, the gate of life. Now he'll attack.
13:41The fourth gate! Gate of pain! Open!
13:46Incredible. No one can do that through sheer effort alone.
13:53He's faster than ever.
13:57Up there!
13:58Sand can't move fast enough to protect him.
14:07Hiding behind that sand armor again, eh?
14:09My armor...
14:16You are a tough one!
14:21Try this!
14:22Is that really Lee?
14:25But when?
14:26One more and we are finished!
14:29The fifth gate!
14:30Impossible to defend myself!
14:34Whoa!
14:35Whoa!
14:39The Hidden Lotus.
14:41A Taijutsu combination of such blinding speed.
14:44Now to finish it!
14:46The Hidden Lotus!
14:47He did Lotus!
14:51So fast, I couldn't see a thing!
14:57Gourd is turning into sand.
15:02Unbelievable! He did it!
15:04Ga-ra!
15:07Huh?
15:07He cushioned his fall by turning that gourd into sand!
15:22I know what's coming now.
15:24Sand coffin!
15:25Gourd!
15:27Ha-ah!
15:35AAAAAHH!
15:36Sand coffin!
15:39AAAAAHH!
15:43I have...
15:43my own...
15:45ninja...
15:45way!
15:49Aaaahhh!
15:49Now you die!
15:50Die!
16:07He failed. Why save him?
16:13The tuning exam! I am going to make you proud, Gai-sensei!
16:17Because he's... he's my student. And also because he is precious to me.
16:25He's precious to him? A student?
16:31I quit.
16:32He quits?
16:33But it's too late for Li. He lost the match the minute Gai intervened.
16:38Huh?
16:46It can't be.
16:51After all that, he shouldn't be able to move.
16:54It's alright. Anyway, you're in no condition to...
16:59Oh Li...
17:02What have I done?
17:04Not even conscious.
17:06And still determined to show the world what you can do.
17:12Li...
17:14You've already proven it.
17:16You are splendid, ninja.
17:24The winner... is Gaara.
17:27Li!
17:28Sakura...
17:30There are times when sympathetic words only make things worse.
17:34Hmph.
17:39I knew he couldn't beat Gaara.
17:47Naruto...
17:49I can't believe it!
17:51Li lost to him?!
17:55Hurry. This boy needs attention.
17:59Li...
18:00You're his teacher, aren't you?
18:10Will you... come with me?
18:13Careful with him.
18:15That's right, easy.
18:19The boy's breathing is faint, but steady.
18:23There are bone fractures and muscle tears throughout his body.
18:27That's not the worst of it.
18:29His left arm and leg in particular have suffered massive damage.
18:34I'm sorry, I know how much it means to you both.
18:38But he'll never fight again.
18:40His days as a shinobi are over.
18:44He's wrong, it can't be true.
18:46What are you doing?!
18:48Naruto, I get where you are coming from.
18:50The looser beating the gifted genius through sheer willpower.
18:53Now would not that make for an exciting match?
18:56Li...
18:58Oh, forgive me.
18:59I wanted you to achieve your goal.
19:02To prove that your ninja way was the right way.
19:06It was all my fault.
19:08I should have stopped it.
19:10Oh, forgive me.
19:12Li!
19:14Failure!
19:15I thought you were gonna show how a failure can...
19:18It was all a lie, wasn't it?
19:21That's enough, Naruto.
19:23He was so fixated on that goal that he sacrificed his body, his future, to attain it.
19:29It wasn't just Sasuke and Neji he was thinking of.
19:35It was you, too.
19:37Remember that.
19:39Be worthy of his sacrifice.
19:41Li...
19:43I wonder if he'll be alright.
19:46You didn't understand.
19:48Fate will never smile on the fortunes of a ninja who seeks victory by falling on his own sword.
19:54Or demanding that others fall on theirs.
19:56Good to have you back.
19:57Gotta.
19:58Guy.
19:59Huh?
20:01Good to have you back.
20:02Gotta.
20:08Guy.
20:09Huh?
20:10I realize now...
20:12That if I'd been in your shoes...
20:14I probably couldn't have stopped him either.
20:19Right.