10 Second Anime - Naruto Shippuuden - Episode 397

Naruto Shippuuden - Episode 397



Neji's logical leadership helps many teams pass the written exam, but a race to the next test will whittle the teams down even more.

Heh.

Nice thinking, Neji. Not only did his solution to the logic puzzle account for spoilers, but he also played the proctor by making him confirm those chakra strikes were signals to the other classrooms instead of some other commotion. Yup, Neji's going to make jounin in one shot.

 

The second part of the written exam always makes the teams put their whole team first. Don't these chuunin candidates get this by now? What a way to make those teams with sensory skills turn their advantage to a disadvantage.

 

Thanks to Neji, too many teams passed, so Temari announces a race to the Sand Village. Only the first 10 teams get to take the next part of the chuunin exams. There's not supposed to be any fighting to eliminate teams along the way, which is allowed during the second part of the exam anyway, but ninjas excel at cheating.

 

Hmm.

Danzo reenters the story just to say that Hanzo the Salamander may not be in control of the Rain Village. How convenient that Danzo was Hanzo's pen pal and we only found out about it at this key point in the story. I think the story element here is that those chuunin candidates are going to discover Fuu is a jinchuuriki so that Akatsuki can find her village when they go after 7-tailed beast.

 

Next time, death race for the kids and Gaara sets his trap for the rebels. Maybe we'll get to see Naruto take a deadly swipe at Jiraiya too. This filler arc is so nostalgic. I'm actually enjoying it!