Naruto Anime Analysis (Season 5)

Season 5: Episode 212

Source: Wikipedia

"To Each His Own Path"

"Naruto, Todoroki, and Gantetsu enter the Ninja Dropout mansion, leaving Sakura to care for the children and Lee to fight off the Ninja Dropout members outside. While Gantetsu and Todoroki go to rescue Akio, Naruto fights the Ninja Dropout leader and defeats him. The mansion catches fire in the fight, and Gantetsu saves Akio before escaping with him and Todoroki. Todoroki is still unable to forgive Gantetsu but allows him to stay with the children by falsely reporting that he had died in the fire."

Analysis

To conclude the Ninja Dropouts storyline, this episode showed how they were destroyed. It also showed a resolution when Todoroki finally reunited with his younger brother, Akio. Therefore, when Akio is kidnapped, it is a rising action where a crisis leads to a climax. Other details will be revealed in the analysis.

Naruto versus Monju.

The episode starts by playing edgy music in the background when Naruto arrives, jumps on top of the mesh cage, and then Todoroki arrives. When he saw his younger brother trapped in the cage, he couldn't believe it. Moreover, Monju was also in disbelief that they had escaped his net, so Naruto tried to chew his mesh cage. However, it didn't work because it caused some of his teeth to fall out. As a result, Monju shoots the net from the palm of his hand to trap Naruto in his net. He went further to tighten his net, only to realize he was just a shadow clone. Therefore, the real Naruto was underground, jumped in the air, turned in Monju's direction, and punched him in the face.

However, after getting punched, Monju shoots his net from the palm of his hand to the two trees on opposite sides and then comes forward to hit Naruto. So, Naruto activated his Multi-Shadow Clones, and they ran in opposite directions, where his net was wrapped around the two trees. To finalise the attack, the real Naruto and the two shadow clones jumped in the air and then kicked him on the head when they landed on the ground. As a result, Monju passed out. Naruto is a dynamic character who continues to grow as a ninja to help him towards his goal of becoming Hokage.

The leader of the Ninja Dropouts, Shura, kidnaps Akio

After Naruto defeated Monju, Shura glided in the air with his umbrella. While he was about to land on the ground, Monju told him in a loud voice that the kid, Akio, who was trapped in the net, knew where their treasure was located. Akio was still unconscious, and when Rock Lee heard what Monju said to Shura, he came close to him and knocked him out with his kick. As a result, Monju passed out.

Meanwhile, Shura came close to the ground, took Akio, who was unconscious, and went upwards with his umbrella, gliding in the air. He was laughing wickedly. Thereafter, Gantetsu calls out his name, and at that moment, Todoroki realises that indeed it was his younger brother who was taken by Shura. As a result, he is almost teary-eyed, while the other kids are worried about Akio. Shura messed up the reunion of the brothers, and he will pay for his crimes.

Gantetsu revealed how he saved Akio around five years ago.

After Akio was kidnapped, Naruto removed the mesh Gantetsu was trapped in using his teeth. Afterwards, a dialogue took place among them when he revealed how he saved Akio's life.

Todoroki: Gantetsu, did I hear you right? Did you call him Akio? The boy who was taken?

Gantetsu: You heard right; that is his name; that boy is yours; he is your younger brother.