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Part I · Chūnin Exam finals, a month after the preliminaries

Konoha Crush, Vols. 13–16

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The exam finals turn into an attack on the Leaf; collects chapters 116–138

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Quick recap

During Sasuke and Gaara's fight, Chidori wounds Gaara, and that's the signal for Sand and Sound to invade Konoha. Orochimaru, posing as the Kazekage, traps the Third Hokage in a barrier and summons the first two Hokage to fight his own teacher. Meanwhile Gaara turns into Shukaku, and Naruto, helped by the giant toad Gamabunta, beats a rival whose past mirrors his own. The Third uses a seal that costs him his life and takes away the use of Orochimaru's arms, forcing him to retreat. The invasion is stopped, but Konoha loses its Hokage and says goodbye at a funeral in the rain.

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Trivia

  1. ReferenceHokage vs. Hokage

    VIZ's volume 14 is called Hokage vs. Hokage!!, after the Third Hokage's fight with his former student at the heart of this arc.

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  2. ReferenceStraight out of folklore

    Orochimaru, Jiraiya and Tsunade come from the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari. His Kusanagi sword ties him to the myth of the serpent Yamata no Orochi.

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  3. Behind the scenesSickly on purpose

    Kishimoto wanted Orochimaru's face pale and sickly. He dropped the highlights from his eyes and blanked out the backgrounds in his panels to make him creepier.

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  4. Behind the scenesChidori was a stand-in

    Kishimoto forgot the name he'd planned for Sasuke's technique and had to come up with another. That's how Chidori was born.

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