Naruto Anime Analysis

Season 1: Episode 28

Source: Wikipedia
"Eat or be Eaten: Panic in the Forest"

"A few minutes after entering the Forest of Death, Naruto leaves the team to relieve himself, but he is knocked out by a Genin from the Hidden Rain Village who mimics his appearance to infiltrate Team 7. Luckily, seeing through the disguise, Sasuke drives away the attacking Rain Genin. While he and his teammates go over a password to identify themselves in such a situation, Naruto is separated from the others by a powerful gust of wind before being swallowed by a giant snake. In the meantime, Sasuke and Sakura are disabled by a Grass ninja named Shiore. Before they even fight, Sasuke and Sakura have visions of their deaths upon looking into Shiore's eyes, paralyzing them with fear. Regaining his composure, Sasuke flees with Sakura as Shiore pursues. Luckily, having managed to kill the snake, Naruto arrives in time to save them both."

Analysis

Sasuke is very smart because he can see through the enemy's disguise. Therefore, Sasuke is shown to be intelligent when he comes up with the idea for Team 7 to avoid nasty surprises. He told his teammates that they should go over a password to identify themselves in such a situation; however, things get intense. When Naruto is separated from his team, he is swallowed by a snake😓😓. Thus, there is an intense atmosphere when things are about to get serious.

Meanwhile, in the episode, the grass ninja disguises himself as Naruto so that he can infiltrate Team 7. However, even though the enemy got the password right, Sasuke knew that the enemy wasn't Naruto because Naruto wouldn't have remembered the password, especially if it was too long. This shows that Sasuke knows Naruto better than anyone else, and he uses Naruto's weakness to avoid ninja attacks.

There is a threatening situation when the grass ninja has infiltrated Team 7. This is supported by the element of fear shown between Sakura and Sasuke. Both of them saw paralyzing visions of their deaths upon looking into Shiore's eyes, paralyzing them with fear. The scene makes the audience nervous about what is going to happen next, which makes this episode epic. Moreover, the enemy proves to be very scary and strong, to the extent that Sasuke is also scared. Lucky enough, he regained his composure and fled with Sakura as Shiore pursued them. 

The situation becomes less threatening when Naruto manages to kill the snake and arrives in time to save Sakura and Sasuke. At this moment, there is an unfolding of events, as we will see in the next episode when Naruto saves his teammates.  The situation makes the audience curious about what Naruto will do to save his teammates, hence the element of suspense. 

The lesson from this episode is that looks can be deceiving; not everything is what it seems. It also shows that sometimes we need friends to help us in difficult situations, whereas, in this episode, Naruto arrives just in time to save Sasuke and Sakura.