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Aug 14, 2009 8:39 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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I'm glad Kimimaro has been defeated but his life and death were miserable. The stuff Gaara said toward the end of the first half really rang true. The bit with Naruto and Sasuke stood on those statues looked awesome. On to the next half.

Feb 5, 2011 7:05 PM
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Gaara. :D
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Apr 27, 2011 10:34 PM
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An awesome conclusion to the battle. Gara is amazing with his new sand storm abilities.
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Mar 22, 2012 8:42 PM
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Great fight
Sep 8, 2012 6:56 AM
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So Gaara won as expected but Kimimaro's trick at the end with all those bones was amazing
Aug 7, 2014 3:47 PM
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Awesome first half; when I saw Kimimaro's last move I was really surprised ('cause I didnt remember that happening at all), but then I was relieved wih his death. He lived a miserable life, though, and Orochimaru took advantage of his loneliness... He was just one more puppet in Orochimaru's hands...
Well, on to the next half
Aug 21, 2014 2:29 AM
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Combined episodes again~
Kimimaro is that powerful. It sucks that he was brainwashed by Orochimaru :/
I agree with Gaara, and it's nice to see that he is now a changed man. Thanks to Naruto again :D
Look at where Naruto and Sasuke are standing.

Sasuke and Itachi back then T^T
Naruto vs Sasuke!! Bring it on!!
I'll just eat first :3
Feb 17, 2015 5:19 AM
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Rewatching!

Was very sad how Kimimaro died like that, but it was going to happen anyway!
Apr 11, 2017 6:15 PM
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Great Fight, Bitter-Sweet ending, knowing that if Kimimaro had just been approached by someone else before Orochimaru his life could have been completely different...
“I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy
Sep 27, 2017 4:15 PM

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Lovely conclusion to this really intense fight! Really looking forwards to see what's next.
Jul 27, 2019 4:37 AM

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RIP Kimimaro, but wow Gaara so OP.. and he seems to have matured too, good for him.
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Dec 6, 2019 10:35 AM

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It's good that the fight did not get dragged on.He died when he should have and that's what I like.However his death was not meaningless.
Also,did I say I LOVE GAARA!?
Come on man,where is that Noragami season 3 masterpiece.We want it, Bones!

May 26, 2020 12:43 PM
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Gosh that's so sad. To just be thrown away like that by Orochimaru after you're no longer useful. "New boy".

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Jul 2, 2020 7:46 AM

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When I wanna kill myself, I remember Kimimaro's scene
y'all should watch haibane renmei
Feb 23, 2021 4:58 PM

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brainwashed people usually doesn't admit they are brainwashed o_o

and i don't know if to agree to gaara or not...

next time... :DDDDDDD
Apr 17, 2021 9:10 PM

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Damn Kimimaro wasn't giving up! But again that damn Orochimaru manipulated him from the start. Next up Naruto vs. Sasuke!!!
Dec 8, 2021 12:49 PM
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Look at Gaara's growth, getting all philosophical n stuff. These past few episodes kinda made me interested in a Rock Lee and Gaara buddy cop/ninja spinoff, they have good chemistry. Ah here we go, the amount of AMVs made from these next few eps were insane back in the day. I can't wait to relive it all.
Oct 10, 2022 9:34 AM

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It was not luck. It was skill.
May 1, 2023 4:41 AM
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Wait, I'm so confused. How Kimimaro die?
May 17, 2023 10:05 PM

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LucyLovesAnime15 said:
Wait, I'm so confused. How Kimimaro die?

His illness killed him right before he was about to kill Gaara.
Jul 2, 2023 8:14 AM

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Gaara use chonky-cat shield :3
Dec 29, 2023 2:36 PM

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The animation during some of the scenes at the beginning of the episode was god-awful. The scene where Kimimaro went through the sand shield and knocked Gaara aside looked so bad and worst of all, the animators made Gaara's real skin under the sand armor look like Curse Mark Level 2 Kimimaro's darker skin tone for some bizarre reason. Was quality control really that difficult back then?
Jun 15, 2024 12:13 PM

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saved by a hair's breadth.Kimimaro was no joke and so was his devotion towards someone who saved him from solitude
Oct 3, 2024 4:59 AM
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What a great episode. I feel bad for Kimimaro, he gave everything in his living for a guy like orochimaru, i wish he could have found the right person instead. RIP Kimimaro
Apr 12, 10:21 AM
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Re:W


Amazing, Gaara was near to lost, the lucky helped him!!!
Naruto and Sasuke face to face!!!
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