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Chunin Challenge: Rock Lee vs. Sasuke
The episode starts with a recap of last episode. Neji asked Sasuke what
his name is but Sasuke didn't reply. After that, Sasuke, Sakura, and
Naruto leaves. Neji and Tenten decides to leave aswell but Lee says
that he will catch up to them later.
Sasuke seems to have attracted the attention of Rock Lee, who
challenges him to a fight. Rock Lee is not only interested in seeing
how his skills match up against a descendent of the Uchiha clan, but he
also has a mad crush on Sakura, much to her dismay. Feeling neglected
in his teammates’ shadows, Naruto offers to fight in Sasuke’s place.
Without wasting time, he charges, but is easily stopped by Rock Lee.
Rock Lee explains that they cannot beat him because he is the strongest
of the Konoha Genins right now. Now interested, Sasuke accepts his
challenge.
Sasuke attacks and is met by the Konoha Whirlwind and knocked
backwards. As he gets back up, he prepares to use his Sharingan moves
to figure out Rock Lee’s technique. He again charges Rock Lee, but
again, Rock Lee is able to hit him. Rock Lee explains that his moves
are neither ninja or illusory - just straight hand to hand fighting.
Unfortunately, with hand to hand fighting, Sasuke’s Sharingan isn’t
helpful because even if he can see the techniques, his body can’t move
fast enough to react. Rock Lee does Shadow Dance to finish off Sasuke,
but a large turtle stops his attack before it hits.
The turtle reprimands Rock Lee for using his forbidden technique. Gai
then appears on top of the turtle and punches Rock Lee hard in the face
as punishment. The two then cry and make up. As Kakashi’s three ninjas
stare at this ridiculous scene in complete shock, Gai asks how his
eternal rival, Kakashi, is doing. He’s ahead in the match record, which
stands at 50 wins and 49 losses. Gai also says that he is much faster
and stronger than Kakashi.
When Gai left, Rock Lee then confesses that he is not the strongest
gennin - Neji Hyuuga is. Naruto comments to Sasuke that Rock Lee must
have been training until he dropped and that Lee trains harder than
Sasuke. In the end, they all agreed that the Chuunin exam will be
interesting.