Original subtitles

Fumikomu de asero kakehiki warai tatsudai yo

Yoru mo nukeru Nejikomu

tatago ni sashihiki zero Tatsudai yo hibi wo

kizuru Kokoro wo sotto

hirai te gutto

Thank you for watching!

I don't care.

hidden strength.

Forbidden secret jutsu.

But how?

When did he do it? It was when you closed your eyes to pray.

Huh?

At that moment, Lee closed his eyes too.

Because of the pain.

That's when he did it.

Oh, no. No,

it happened. Just as I thought.

That look in his eyes.

It could only mean the demon inside him has been awakened.

No.

No.

No.

Help us. He doesn't have anything left.

Gar is just toying with him now.

I don't get it.

What's Lee doing just standing there?

With his speed, he should easily be able to get out of the way of those blasts.

Why doesn't he dodge them?

For a very simple reason.

He can't dodge them.

Huh? Why is that?

The Lotus is what you might call a double -edged sword.

What does that mean?

You know that it's a forbidden technique.

Why do you think that is?

Well... The lotus isn't ninjutsu or genjutsu. It's taijutsu, requiring

physical effort. The strain it puts on the body is unimaginable.

No one can sustain it for long.

Right now, Lee is in so much pain he can hardly move at all.

Isn't that right, guy?

Or Genjutsu.

All he's got is Taijutsu.

And not much of that.

There's no way you can win them.

Win? You'll be lucky to survive.

Lee.

All right, you guys, keep it moving.

You want to run 200 more laps?

Tony, why bother?

You'll never be a ninja.

Will do.

There's no way a kid who can't even do ninjutsu can ever be a ninja. Yes, I

Whatever. I don't get why you're even at this ninja academy when you can't do

ninjutsu or genjutsu and you're even worse than average at taijutsu. It's

idiotic. Hey, you know what everyone here is calling you, don't you?

So that's the no -talent overachiever I've heard so much about.

Yeah, he kind of reminds me of someone.

Especially around the eyebrows.

Rock Lee. The dork with nothing going for him but a little lousy Thai jiu

-jitsu.

But you kept at it, didn't you?

You kept practicing your little lousy Taijutsu.

394! 395!

396! 397!

398! 399!

400! If I can't do 500 kicks, then it's 2 ,000 squats!

404!

405!

406! 407!

408! 409!

410!

Someone else is here.

413, 414, 415, 416,

417, 418.

If I cannot do a thousand squats, then it is a thousand punches.

795, 796, 797, 798, 799.

You still want it.

If I cannot do 2 ,000 punches, then I have to do 2 ,000 jump ropes.

You focused everything on your Taijutsu, training

relentlessly, until... As of today, you are all getting...

So now tell me, why have you done it? What are your goals?

Oh, Mimi -sensei, me!

Yes, Ten -ten. I want to be a great and powerful ninja to walk in the footsteps

of the legendary Kunoichi Tsunade.

I see.

And you, Neji.

I'd rather not say.

How about me, sensei?

I want to show I can be a splendid ninja as well.

Even if I do not have ninjutsu or genjutsu, I want to prove it to the

world! There's that look in his eye.

What? What is so funny? You think I am joking? I mean it. I will be a splendid

ninja just by using taijutsu and nothing else.

It's painful to watch. Why doesn't he give up?

He should quit while he can.

It was just bad luck he got Gaara as an opponent.

Huh?

Come on, bushy brow.

Leave.

Not yet. Leave.

Stupid. Why do you keep on doing it to yourself?

Come on. You're never going to win against Neji because he's... Well, he's

genius.

A genius, huh?

What does that mean, genius?

So I was not born with a whole lot of natural talent. Not gifted like Neji.

I work hard and I never give up. That is my gift. That is my ninja way. It

doesn't change a thing.

The sad fact is you'll never beat me.

No matter how hard you work.

No matter how many times you try.

That is not true and you know it.

It is not true.

True

or not,

you didn't listen to them.

You, you never gave up.

What good do you think that'll do?

I pity the kid. Gaara will just toy with him till he begs for mercy.

Well then, Gaara's in for a long match because that will never happen.

Huh?

Lee doesn't know how to give up.

Lee will struggle on long after the point where anyone else would have quit.

If I cannot do 1 ,200 without a mistake, then it is 2 ,000 kicks.

1 ,117, 1 ,118, 1 ,119, 1 ,100.

Taking a break already?

What is it, Gai -sensei?

If it is about my messing up on the last assignment, I said I was sorry.

Lei, it's true you're different from Neji and the others. You have no gift

Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, and your Taijutsu needs work.

But then again, you have a gift that Ninji doesn't have.

Not as flashy, but perhaps even more important.

You do not have to make me feel better.

You idiot.

You think I'd waste my time with that?

No, all I'm saying is that you have the gift of perseverance.

And that's what makes you a genius, too.

But is that true, Sensei?

I wonder.

I used to think so.

I used to believe that if I just trained harder than Neji, two or three times

harder, I would make myself strong enough.

But now, I am not so sure.

I do not know if I will ever be able to work hard enough to beat real talent.

That is why I'm always taking on Neji.

I keep thinking all of my efforts will pay off, but it is always the same.

I am no match for him at all.

Every time we have a ninja mission, my legs begin shaking.

I do not know if I can take it. Sometimes it seems like the whole thing

pointless. Like I am a loser and I will always be a loser.

I do not know what to do.

You're right. All the effort is pointless.

If you don't believe in yourself.

You know, Lee, we're a lot alike, you and I.

You mean the eyebrows?

No, I don't mean our eyebrows. You see, I was a loser too once.

What? You were a loser?

Oh, yes, indeed.

But I made myself the equal of any ninja, even Kakashi.

And I did it through effort.

You say you want to show the world you can be a splendid ninja, even if you

don't have all the gifts that others are blessed with.

That's your nindo, your ninja way, right?

Well, I think that's a fine goal.

As fine a goal as I've ever heard, and one worth sticking to.

Don't let anything steer you off the path you've drawn for yourself.

Forge ahead to the end.

Stick to it, Lee. Make me proud.

Be everything you can be.

Will you do that for me, Lee?

Yes, sir!

Gai -sensei, thank you!

Pushy brow.

What? He's still able to move like that?

I will make you proud, Sensei.

I will forge ahead, follow my path to the end, and become the ninja I know I

be.

Lee, smiling.

Running for his life, but he's still smiling.

Yes, but now it's Gaara's turn to run.

The Leaf Village lotus bloomed twice.

I've heard that somewhere before.

Yeah, Lee told me that.

Sarah, the lotus of the Leaf Village blooms twice.

When we meet again, I will have become a stronger ninja.

I promise.

But no.

Guy, you didn't.

Yes, Gekashi, I did.

So that genie, that boy, is able to open the eight inner gates and use the

hidden lotus?

Hidden lotus?

That's correct.

Well, if that isn't the most... Okay, so then

how many of the inner gates is he able to open now?

Five gates.

Okay, what exactly are these eight inner gates you're talking about?

And the hidden lotus?

The eight gates are like valve, or chakra limiters that must be opened if

to release the hidden lotus.

I'm still not following.

There are gates along the chakra network, located at those points in the

where the chakra is most heavily concentrated.

Starting at the head, they are the gate of opening, the gate of rest.

of life, of pain, of closing, of joy, of shock, and the gate of death.

These are what are called the eight inner gates.

Their purpose is to limit the flow of chakra through the body, but the lotus

exerts tremendous pressure on these limiters, eventually forcing the gates

This releases the restraints on the chakra, the result being that a person's

strength can be increased tenfold.

Or more.

The primary lotus opens only the first gate.

The gate of opening.

Releasing the brain's restraints on the muscles.

Freeing a person to bring forth its body's strength to its full extent.

And the hidden lotus?

At the second gate, the gate of breath.

One's strength is increased further.

And at the third gate, the gate of life.

One enters the hidden lotus.

Wait a minute. Just the primary lotus almost destroyed him. He could barely

move. What's going to happen to him if he takes it farther?

Exactly.

By opening all eight gates, you could attain power beyond even the Hokage's.

The only drawback is... You die.

I don't know what this boy means to you, Guy, but I shouldn't have to tell you

that we never bring our personal feelings into play.

I wouldn't have thought you were capable of this.

You have no right. You know nothing about him.

Nothing at all.

That boy has something important to prove, and he's determined to prove it,

at the cost of his life.

I want to show I can be as fun a ninja as well, even if I do not have ninjutsu

or genjutsu.

I want to prove it to the whole world.

And I am determined to help him reach his goal.

Not for his sake, but because that goal is worth reaching.

All right, Lee. I'm going to be teaching you a new technique, so pay attention

now.

Okay, okay, enough of that.

A new technique, a new technique, a new technique, a new technique.

Please, I said pay attention!

Right,

pay attention, yes sir.

Let me first just say one thing. This technique is even more forbidden than

primary loaded.

It is not without danger, but it will be your trump card.

It will?

But listen.

You can only use this forbidden technique on one condition. One very

condition. And that is... And that

is...

What is... I don't know what you think

you're planning right now, but that match is over for you.

You are right!

It is over.

One way or another.

I

am

not going to be the only one to lose here.

Gai -sensei, please let this work. It is now or never!

To protect and maintain one's own ninja way!

The third gate, gate of life, open!

Thank you.

Thank you

for

watching!

Hard work pays off. I would not have gotten this far if it did not.

Neji, Sasuke, Naruto, if you can win, so can I.

You did not think I had a chance, did you? But you did not know I had an ace

the hole. I have been saving it until just the right time. And that time is...