Battles between women are climactic clashes of pride.
The Warring Chef Triad
But let's go back a few hours first.
Boy, camping's a blast!
Nothing like spending a summer roughing it!
Hey, this is supposed to be part of our survival training.
Don't get complacent!
We're being complacent?
What makes you say that?
Your entire existence!
And save the sunscreen for the beach!
Camping's so troublesome.
Especially cooking for yourself.
It's certainly going to be difficult to cook for this many of us.
If we don't catch any fish, we don't get to eat tonight, right?
Finally, I got one!
The girls are in the mountains looking for food,
if we can't catch enough for everyone...
...they'll rip us a new one.
Do girls even rip them?
Everyone rips them.
Put a cork in it, you two!
He said rip us a new one, not rip one!
Delivering all the punchlines by myself...
...is making me appreciate the girls more and more.
Appreciate the girls...
Oh, right!
We should ask the women to handle preparing the food!
No, first we have to catch enough fish for everyone.
We can't make them do everything.
Don't make us do all the work just because we're girls!
Yeah, really!
That's exactly what'll happen.
The three of them are very proud girls, it'll be difficult.
Ah ha, pride...
You just gave me an idea.
They're still gone?
Maybe they didn't catch any fish?
Give me a break!
I'm telling you you're wrong!
What is it?!
We're deciding who's going to cook the fish we caught.
Everyone's biased for their own teammate,
and things are getting a bit heated.
No one cooks like Sakura, she's the best there is!
She's the best there is...
No way! Tenten's definitely better!
Tenten's definitely better...
Hey, what about me?!
Oh, you guys, cut it out.
I appreciate the compliment, but there's no need to fight.
I bet Tenten can only make Chinese food!
Sakura's too clumsy. She'll only be able to do a roast!
Come on, guys, stop.
Fighting won't help.
You're wrong!
Tenten can make more than Chinese food.
Making cup ramen has nothing to do with cooking!
Sakura can do more with fish than roast it whole!
That's not even edible yet!
Does it really matter?
Against Ino, you'd be comparing garbage to sewage.
Against Ino...
Hey, that's all I get?!
All right, I'm not letting that one slide!
Me neither!
Lee...
Naruto...
Who's the garbage and who's the sewage?
The garbage is technically better!
You're not objecting?
As long as it's edible, I don't care if it's a little grody.
Choji!
Let's pause, okay?
What're you saying exactly?
It sounds like none of you think we can cook for squat.
Oh, we don't think, we're sure of it.
Sai!
All right.
We'll show you how well we can cook.
And who's the best at it, too.
Then let's do it like this:
Make us something from the food you gathered in the mountains.
Whoever's dish gets the most votes wins.
Sound good?
Agreed!
And thus, the three girls go to war!
Mind-Body Switch jutsu.
Who knew Shikamaru's plan would work so perfectly?
They're very prideful girls,
take advantage of that and they're like puppets on a string.
We're sort of tricking them though...
I feel a bit guilty.
I hear ya...
But this way we get to eat Sakura's home cooking.
Hooray for Sakura's cooking!
Hooray, hooray!
Hooray for Shikamaru's plan!
Hooray, hooray!
Hooray for Sakura's apron!
Hooray, hooray, hooray, hooray!
Those two are so positive they could live through Armageddon.
Yeah.
The competition between the girls shall be one sixty minute round.
Begin!
It's an all-female cooking showdown.
How do you see it playing out, color commentator Nejiyama?
Nejiyama?!
Their skills are more or less equal.
The competition is going to come down to who found the best ingredients.
Well put.
Much like how no amount of makeup can make...
...an ugly woman look better than a natural beauty.
That made no sense.
It's hard to be a woman.
Reporting from the kitchen!
Sakura appears to be making a fish curry at her station.
Sounds quite delicious.
Reporting from the kitchen.
Our station's prepping a beef curry.
Another curry dish... The competition is heating up.
Reporting from the kitchen!
The fruit is very tart and very sweet!
Who said you could taste test?!
It seems all three chefs are making curry.
The ingredients will have a huge impact on the outcome.
Whoa, reporting from the kitchen!
Sakura's taking it to the next level and adding lobster!
I thought the rule was to only use ingredients found on the mountain.
It just happened to be swimming up a waterfall.
Reporting.
Ino's got Black Wagyu beef that costs 1500 yen per gram.
It just happened to be out rock climbing.
Yeah, right! Besides, the price tag's still on!
Reporting from the kitchen!
I'm taking it to the next level, too!
Suppress your appetite for once!
It appears Chef Tenten hasn't brought in any new ingredients.
Unless she's got something to counter lobster and premium beef,
she doesn't stand a chance.
Chef Tenten has just tossed in a large number of habanero peppers!
I bought them at the grocery store at the foot of the mountain.
Don't be so honest! At least come up with an excuse!
Lee likes spicy food.
Um... I can only stand so much spice...
What the heck are you doing, Sakura?!
I hate spicy foods.
That's not what I meant...
Shoot, I'm gonna lose!
No way, you're winning by a mile after all that.
I'll just have to triple...
...my secret ingredient to three tablespoons of chakra!
What does that even taste like?
I'll show you, I'll add four tablespoons!
I'll add a whole bowl!
This is madness!
I'll make chakra soup!
I'll make chakra stew!
Chakra combo platter, beat that!
Bon appétit!
I wonder what it'll taste like...
It looks so gross.
Eat up.
It's delicious!
Delicious Wish
It's out of this world!
Big Fish!!
I don't believe it.
Glad you like it.
You fools.
We put a ton of chakra in, after all.
Bet you thought you had us dancing in the palm of your hands.
"Hooray" for what, again?
Hooray for Sakura's cooking!
Hooray, hooray!
You're going to eat every last bite of curry.
In today's competition, the men lost big!
Early to bed, early to rise and all that,
are you an early bird, too?
Today, Rock Lee is...
Off to radio calisthenics!
It's too early to be so energetic.
You're too high strung, Lee.
Of course I am.
Radio calisthenics are a hallmark of summer,
like going to the mountains and the ocean!
It's that big a deal?
No, there's more.
This year Guy Sensei is in charge of the exercises!
Oh, that again.
Lee, I came up with a new method of radio calisthenics.
Look forward to it!
Yes, sir!
Guy Sensei, you're really excited, huh?
Yeah! I'll show everyone what being a hot-blooded youth is all about!
You're too hot to handle, Guy Sensei!
Let's swim to the opposite shore!
I won't lose!
This will not end well.
How can you say that, Tenten?
We're his pupils, we have to support him!
Raise both arms high in the air!
Oh, it's already started.
Let's hurry!
It's already started.
And one, two, three, four...
One...
One, two, three, four...
Time to Tone Down Guy Sensei!
It's hot enough this summer,
and you want me to exercise with Guy Sensei?
Just thinking about it makes me sweaty.
Sorry, he's a little... intense.
I hate getting up early.
You'd burn a whole day's worth of calories...
...if you ran into Guy first thing in the morning.
Too troublesome, don't wanna go.
Sorry, I'm trying to think.
Beef over rice or rice over beef?
Well, they've all got their reasons,
but it looks like no one wants to go to radio calisthenics.
A lot of the reasons seem to be related to Guy Sensei's personality.
Well, if no one's going to come,
Guy Sensei probably won't bother either.
Raise your arms over your head as we stretch out the chakra.
And one, two, three, four...
Guy Sensei?
What? Why am I still doing the radio calisthenics class?
Yes.
It just seems pointless for you to keep going alone if no one shows up.
Yeah... It's true no one wants to come exercise with me.
Plus, it is almost August.
August is when everyone either goes back to their hometowns,
or leaves for their dream vacation.
No, this isn't a dream!
It's gonna give me nightmares!
Everyone's probably forgotten I'm even out here,
doing calisthenics every morning.
Please, help me forget what I just saw.
And yet, someone may still chance upon this spot.
Maybe even tomorrow.
As long as there's a chance that even one person will show up,
my radio and I will be right here.
So that's why?
I understand.
Leave everything to us!
We'll think of a way to get people to come to your classes.
And we'll repair this fragile, nearly broken calisthenics class!
Lee...
I've... I've got such wonderful students!
Guy Sensei...
Guy Sensei!
For God's sakes, it's hot enough out here, stop this craziness!
Let's start by looking deeper at the answers we got.
Yeah, their responses should help us think.
We'll start with her.
It's hot enough this summer,
and you want me to exercise with Guy Sensei?
Just thinking about it makes me sweaty.
It's true.
The three of us are used to it,
but to a normal person,
Guy Sensei's hot-bloodedness is overwhelming.
Are you okay, Guy Sensei?!
Y-Yeah...
Just got nailed with a verbal wind-style jutsu, that's all.,
You already look totally heartbroken...
So anyway, we need a way to cool Guy Sensei down.
I suggest...
A giant fan!
If we point this at him the temperature will drop right away!
You're talking about physical temperature?
Moving on to the next response.
Sorry, he's a little... intense.
The three of us are used to it,
but to a normal person, Guy Sensei's intensity is ridiculous.
Are you okay, Guy Sensei?!
Yeah...
Just got nailed with a verbal water-style jutsu, that's all.
You already look totally beaten!
So we need to lighten him up.
I suggest...
A sheer, free-flowing outfit!
They weren't talking about his clothing!
Then how about this?
Somehow that's even more intense!
And finally, there's this one.
You'd burn a whole day's worth of calories...
...if you ran into Guy first thing in the morning.
The three of us are used to it,
but to a normal person,
Guy Sensei's a lot to deal with in the morning.
Huh?
Guy Sensei!
So essentially, Kakashi Sensei was saying...
...that one should avoid Guy Sensei in the morning.
I suggest...
The class be at night!
He just looks like a tired old man.
Things are nice and cool this way, right?
So cool I've got the chills... from the creepiness.
I'm sorry, everyone.
It looks like I needed my students to save me for once.
No, we haven't saved you at all!
We've made your situation even shakier!
Look, we've done all we can.
Where does all that confidence come from?
It'll be fine,
we just need to wait for everyone to show up!
Yeah!
But, just as Tenten feared,
no one showed up to do calisthenics with Guy Sensei.
It's hard enough to get to sleep on summer nights,
and you want me to exercise with Guy Sensei?
Just thinking about it gives me insomnia.
Sorry, he's a little...intense.
I don't stay up late.
You'd double all the stress and...
...exhaustion of the day if you ran into Guy at night.
Too troublesome, don't wanna go.
Sorry, I'm trying to think.
Should I stuff the beef in the rice balls,
or wrap them with it?
I wonder what we're doing wrong.
Maybe we over-learned the lessons of history...
I guess this is what it means to be hoisted by your own petard.
Oh, we're hoisted all right.
We're hoisted, hosed, and hopeless.
The three of us should keep showing up, at least.
Wait, you've got it all wrong!
I don't think I do.
We received a report of a weird character in the area.
I'm just doing radio calisthenics!
Yeah, yeah, you can tell us down at the station.
Excessive force!
You stinkin' pigs!
I know your type. You're all cowards on the inside!
Might Guy
Leaf Police Department
You've done your time.
No more funny business, okay?
Yes, sir.
No one's waiting for you?
I...
Uh...
I have to go.
I have to...
Go where?
Radio calisthenics.
You guys...
I'm sorry, Guy Sensei.
I... I...
I should be apologizing to you.
You've all been waiting for me,
and I couldn't come run the calisthenics class.
Guy Sensei...
It wasn't just them.
The three of them have been running all over the village,
rounding up people to meet you when you got out.
I...
I have such wonderful pupils!
Well, you seem a lot more toned-down,
so I guess we can get through this without burning too many calories.
Okay, Guy Sensei!
Show us the new and improved calisthenics you created, Guy Sensei!
Okay, here we go!
Now, raise your hands high in the air,
and let's shake and wave our way to a good sweat!
And, up!
Now, grab a torch and keep to the rhythm,
and dance, dance, dance!
And up!
Huh?
They waited for Guy to get out of jail,
but skipped out before he finished his weird exercises.
Hang in there, Guy! Keep fighting, Guy!
Road to Guy! The Amazing True Story of the Leaf Village Film Festival!
Next week is "Road to Guy!"
and "The Amazing True Story of the Leaf Village Film Festival!"
Tell me, Tenten, what do you think of this?
Huh?
"I, Rock Lee, was grateful for the chance...
...to play a hero who protects Sakura from evildoers,
but even more so to be able to play her lover as well..."
What is this?
I'm preparing an acceptance speech just in case.
You don't need an acceptance speech,
there's no movie like that!