Needless to say, the following will enrage and anger many of our readers… Blame Pazuzu for crushing our hopes and dreams. 😉
Episode 176: Dash, Stray, Zigzag Run! Chase, Chased, Mistaken
Naruto’s group, searching for the buried treasure, has been ensnared in the Kedouin clan’s trap. The Kedouin clan pose as Naruto’s group and infiltrate Konoha. Naruto’s group hurry after them, and it turns into a pursuit battle between real and fakes.
Episode 177: OH?! Please Mr Postman
Naruto, on the way back from a mission, stops in at a hot spring village and finds Jiraiya. Naruto gets angry that since Jiraiya has free time he should be training Naruto, but Jiraiya is on a deadline for his manuscript. He says that if it gets done soon, he’ll make time for training. Naruto waits, but starts to lose his temper when there’s no sign of it finishing. Naruto decides to imitate Jiraiya and make his own manuscript, entrusting it to a courier ninja, who is a professional postman.
Episode 178: Encounter, The Boy with the Name of Hoshi (Star)
A bodyguard request for a “star” comes from the Hidden Star Village in Bear Country. It seems that the star is a meteorite that fell 200 years ago and has a mysterious power. Naruto and Neji’s team are sent as bodyguards, and meet the client, a boy ninja named Sumaru, at the valley border. Naruto empathises with Sumaru, who says he is aiming to be Hoshikage in the future.
Episode 179: Natsuhiboshi (Summer day’s star), Remembered Lullaby
The user of Kujaku Myouhou, a special ninja art passed down in the Star Village, has taken the star. Naruto’s group begin an investigation based on the fact that the thief must be related to the village. During this, Naruto unexpectedly finds out about Sumaru’s dark past.
Name Notes: Sumaru is another word for Subaru, which is the star cluster Pleiades in Japanese. Kujaku Myouhou literally means “peacock mystery”, but it is a wordplay on “Kujaku Myouou”, which is the Buddhist Mayuri Vidya-raja, or “holder of the mantras”.
Our thanks to Pazuzu for the information. “Hidden Star Village” our first new hidden village in awhile. “Star” brings to mind “Moon,” that weird headband symbol seen on a Genin taking the Chuunin Exam’s first test. Any relation, or does the celestial relation at least give more weight to the possibility of Hidden Moon? “Hoshikage” is retarded though, hopefully if they dare use the “Kage” title one of the Five Kage’s will royally beat them down.