Blue skies!
White clouds!
Summertime is all about...
Okinawa
...swimming!
The beach?
Yeah, let's hit the beach for our vacation!
It's summer, after all.
This is no time to be fixated on relaxing.
Summer is the time to redouble our training efforts!
What kind of training is that supposed to be?!
Fine.
Hey, Sakura!
Lee doesn't want to come to the beach.
Oh, I thought we'd manage to get everyone to come...
Everyone?
By the way, are you gonna buy that swimsuit we saw the other day?
Not sure yet...
That was one sexy swimsuit, huh?
One sexy swimsuit...
Sexy Swimsuit!!
Sexy swimsuit...
S-S-Sexy swimsuit...
See you at the store!
Okay.
Tenten!
I can train at the beach.
You're not dressed for training!
I want to see...
...Sakura's new swimsuit!
He's overheating!
Summer Means Seashell Styles!
Ow, ow, ow!
Expansion Jutsu!
Bushy-Brows?
Why so glum?
What's the matter, Bushy-Brows?!
Your face is all strained!
I'm... a little dizzy...
Car sick?
Should we get some medicine?
No, I don't want to have to stop.
My love will ride the southern wind of youth,
and run gaily across the sands!
You're not sick. You're drunk off your own fantasies!
Because...
Sakura bought a sexy swimsuit!
My fantasy soars through the azure winds of my heart,
and runs smoothly over the ocean,
all the way to the distant islands!
No, no!
Jet pack swimsuits don't exist!
It's an awesome idea,
but she's flying, not running!
You're out of control!
I can't settle down knowing her swimsuit will be so incredible.
Naruto, Konohamaru, you know where I'm coming from, right?
I won't say I do, but I won't say I don't.
swimsuits are just synthetic fibers.
Synthetic fibers? Maybe so.
Those are natural materials!
Wait, why the heck are you wearing that?!
I felt shells were standard summer fare.
There's nothing standard about that!
Only supermodels wear shells,
and even that was a long time ago!
Hey, Lee, what a coincidence!
You're here, too?!
We match!
Guy Sensei!
Lee!
Whoo!
Why are you both changing on the bus?!
Hey, Lee, how do I look?
Wh-What?
Nothing at all.
Where's Sakura?
Lee-san!
Sakura's sexy swimsuit...
...is underwater!
Why...?
Oh! I see we're training already.
What are you, a busty swimsuit model?
How many outfits did you bring, anyway?!
I heard everything, Lee.
I can train at the beach.
As your teacher, I'm thrilled to see such dedication!
As your student, I wish you'd wear a normal swimsuit!
I'm going to make things tough on you today, Lee.
5,000 laps around the beach, on your hands!
That's going beyond sexy and becoming a test of sheer will!
Follow me, Lee!
Y-Yes sir!
You came all the way to the beach for this?
Shoot.
We just started training...
I've gotta find a way to check out Sakura's swimsuit－
Lee! Don't zone out!
At this pace, the sun will set before we do our 5,000 laps!
R-Right...
I want to see Sakura's swimsuit so badly,
but I can't let Guy Sensei down.
I...
I just have to finish training fast,
so I have time to see what she's wearing!
This looks good.
Sakura's sexy swimsuit!
This is a crazy pace, Lee!
After this, we'll jump right into our next training!
Faster!
Ride the south wind to success!
Sakura's sexy swimsuit!
Much too slow!
You'll never fry 5,000 servings of noodles in one day like that!
Sakura's sexy swimsuit!
Hot! Hot!
Bushy-Brows really wants to check out Sakura's outfit, huh?
What's so great about swimsuits, anyway?
I don't get why he's that worked up about it, myself.
Still...
I kinda feel bad for him, you know?
I wish we could help Mr. Bushy-Brows out somehow.
Let's do what we can!
Next is 30,000 sideways jumps!
Sakura's sexy swim－
Guy Sensei, what's that?
Naruto, are you sure this'll work?
Definitely!
If a hot-blooded man like Guy Sensei
sees two sea turtles crying as they give birth...
Please be quiet
Giving birth
Sea turtles giving birth!
There's no way I can train after seeing such a moving display of nature!
We're done for the day!
Okay!
Sakura's sexy swimsuit!
And that's it!
Wow, cool!
Wait, he caught us!
Look everyone! Snapping turtle soup for dinner tonight!
Sea turtles, not snapping turtles!
Plan B.
If a hot-blooded man like Guy Sensei sees a mother and baby crab...
Retreat!
Now let's practice our Leaf Whirlwinds, Lee!
Wh-Wh-What's this new exercise?
Th-Thought I was gonna drown...
Training's all well and good, but I wanna go see Sakura!
Looks like even Lee can only take so much...
Look... Guy Sensei, Lee, watch out!
Shark!
Please, you think I'm scared of a shark?
I'll blow it away with a Leaf Whirlwind!
You're bringing it closer!
Shoot, do I need to spin the other way?
Now you're sucking yourself in, too!
Time for my secret trick...
Playing dead?!
That's pointless!
Guy Sensei, the shark won't fall for that,
you need to be more realistic!
I am dead!
Why did you bloody your own nose?!
That's going to send it into a frenzy!
Go away, go away, go away!
You're a genius, Naruto.
Now Bushy-Brows can finally check out Sakura's swimsuit, too.
Go away...
Leave it to me, I'll fend it off!
Leaf Huge Ocean Current!
A new move?!
Hey, is that Naruto and Konohamaru?
Lee... you've grown so much...
This is no time to be moved by your pupil's progress!
Wait, you got hit, too?!
I think I managed to chase off the shark.
Huh?
Where'd it go?
Sakura's looking for something.
This is my big chance to get close to her!
C-C-C-C-Could it be?!
I-If these are over here...
S-Sakura's got a big problem!
Sakura!
Sakura, I found the ball!
Lee, did you see my swimsuit around here?
It came off during the waterspout.
Hell no!
I see...
So you were both trying to help.
Wish we could've actually done something for you.
I guess you won't get to see Sakura's amazing swimsuit, Mr. Bushy-Brows.
Oh, that suit in the store was too wild for me,
so I just went with a normal one.
I don't blame Lee for being disappointed.
Sakura's swimsuit!
This still counts as success!
Yes, yes.
It didn't even matter in the end?!
I think I'm starting to get it, Bushy-Brows!
The allure of the mundane!
What're you idiots rambling about?!
For the men, summer's only just begun.
Lee and the gang are at the beach,
and no beach game is more fun than...
...watermelon splitting!
Watermelon splitting... Yes...
A poetic summer showdown between master swordsmen,
who pace carefully around a single piece of fruit,
putting all their pride on a single strike!
That's so melodramatic!
And since when are you all swordsmen?
I've put myself through grueling training, all for this day!
Oh, no.
I'm not even touching that one.
I'm psyched!
That's too bad, 'cause I'm gonna win!
As long as I get a piece of watermelon
it's all the same to me.
It's troublesome, but I'll play.
Okay, everyone, let's do it!
Yeah!
Hold it!
Watermelon Wars!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
For ninjas,
a plain old game of watermelon splitting is so easy,
it's meaningless!
And what's the meaning of that thing on your head, Guy Sensei?
But if we don't play the game, we'd just cut it up like normal.
Where's the fun in that?
Who said you should cut it up like normal?
I just said an ordinary game would be boring.
So...
That means what, exactly?
You still don't get it, Lee?
Guy's Greens
What is a watermelon splitting contest?
Concentration.
Judgment.
Decisiveness.
In this game lies potential to hone these skills and many more.
Which melon is the sweetest?
All this looks like is how to pick the best fruit!
I found the melon for me!
I declare...
...today will be the first ever all-out Watermelon Splitting Survival Race!
All-out Watermelon Splitting Survival Race...
Sounds kinda cool.
I'm so in!
One could call it the perfect training exercise.
Yes, suddenly I'm really pumped!
By the way,
the winner gets that whole melon for themselves!
The whole thing, what a prize!
The heck?
I think it'd be better to cut it up like normal people.
If you're not confident, I won't force you to play.
I was worried this would be too hard for the girls－
Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!
We won't stand for you insulting us!
We're in!
Hooray, then it's settled!
The rules are simple.
Everyone starts in a different spot,
and everyone must wear a watermelon balloon on their head.
If your balloon gets popped, you're out!
Pop your enemy's balloon and survive till the end!
The first person to split the watermelon
on the goal podium wins it all!
Helper
Referee
Tenten and I will be the referees.
Why me?
You're in charge of the punchlines.
This again...
Helper
Referee
Let the race begin!
Time to get my revenge for the sports meet, Bushy-Brows!
I won't lose!
Lady Hinata!
You know, Sensei,
all of them are highly trained ninjas,
I don't think this watermelon survival race will be that difficult－
Think again, Tenten.
Huh?
The beach is littered with traps unique to the summer.
Summer traps?
Take a look, shing!
Shing...
If I went straight through the water...
It'd be a shortcut to the watermelon.
But I'd be a sitting duck trying
to navigate through this crowd.
I'll have to move carefully.
You see now?!
Normal summer beach happenings become traps in a watermelon survival race!
You're right!
A ninja could easily hide himself in this big crowd of beach-goers.
They've gotta move carefully!
Oh ho, while we've been talking, someone's fallen into a trap!
Huh?! It's not Lee, is it－
You freak!
Choji looks like he's in pain,
what happened?!
I ate too much yakisoba and fried squid and hot dogs and...
...juice and snow cones and ice cream,
and now my stomach hurts!
Hurry up, hurry up!
You just overate?!
What's wrong with you?!
Hurry...
Gotcha, Choji!
That was a summer beach trap?
One must be careful,
overeat in the summer, get diarrhea.
That is the first of the beach's traps, shing!
I know you're trying to be cool, but it's not working.
We've got some movement in the snack hut.
Hey, you!
Take off the funny hat and get to work!
What?! I don't work here—
You kids today are such whiners!
No, I really don't－
So troublesome.
One must be careful, feeding the big summer crowd,
demands many hands!
Shing!
That's the restaurant's problem...
What's with this girl? She's been by herself the whole time.
She must be lonely, hanging at the beach all alone.
She must still be chasing an ex.
So sad, she's wasting a perfectly good summer day!
Hey, I'm not doing this because I enjoy it!
You're open!
Complacency is your enemy!
One must be careful.
The youth is greener on the other side, of the summer fence!
Shing!
That one wasn't a haiku. It didn't even make sense!
It's a warning, when you see other...
...couples being lovey-dovey at the beach,
it can make you so jealous that you'll run...
...straight into the arms of the first guy who'll have you.
Shing!
Shut up!
The watermelon's all mine!
I'm sorry－
Wow, she's gorgeous.
That was cold!
Nice job, Neji!
Every time... Why does it always have to be me...
Smart, Lee.
You and Neji teamed up, well done.
That must be their
"One must be careful, the alluring summer girls,
always break your heart" counter-strategy.
Counter-strategy?
None of this is remotely like real traps or survival!
Please, love is all about survival.
Shing!
Shing, shing, shing, shing, enough!
What now?
Right now we're in a stalemate.
The crowd is the problem.
Man, this ramen's good!
There's no telling where Naruto and Shikamaru will attack from.
I've got to clear a path...
Forgive me, Neji. I just had a great idea.
The survival race has entered its final stage.
It's down to Lee, Neji, Naruto and Shikamaru.
Oh no, over there!
Lee!
Hey, wake up!
What happened?!
I-I got in too deep...
Yes... she was beautiful.
She appeared before me as if out of a dream...
And said she wanted an emerald more beautiful than the ocean.
Wait, what?
I spent all my savings to buy her an emerald that...
...sparkled brighter than the seven seas.
What is this? I don't get it!
But then, she'd rather have a yellow diamond...
...that shone brighter than the sun,
and left me for another man.
I lost everything...
...when I lost her...
You fool, so you fell into the ocean?!
Were you trying to drown yourself?!
Wait, you said you fell!
You meant you fell in love?!
Everyone, let us though!
Please move!
This lovesick fool needs medical attention!
And here I am again!
Wow, it worked!
The crowd dispersed. It's a straight shot to the watermelon!
Finally!
Naruto...
You won't get past us!
Well played, Bushy-Brows.
But just because you made a shortcut to the goal,
doesn't mean you've beaten me－
You guys are really making me work. This is so troublesome!
Then the race is on!
Lee, you backstabber!
Shoot!
First one to the watermelon wins!
Goal!
It's a fake...
They're so naive.
But it was good training!
Looks like I won the watermelon today!
I see.
He just wanted the whole thing for himself.
One must be careful, not only of summer traps,
but of Sensei's smooth talk.
Goal!
One must be careful.
The revelry of summer, and the excitement.
I'm sorry...
Yikes!
Next week is "I want to be friends with Gaara!"
I want to be friends with Gaara! The Rock Lee Impostor Strikes!
and "The Rock Lee Impostor Strikes!"
Apparently someone's going around impersonating me!
Oh no!
What's he doing while dressed up like you?
Well,
he's pestering the other village ninjas to join his ridiculous training methods,
doing random skits at inappropriate times in inappropriate places,
and finally, confessing his love to Sakura and getting rejected!
It's awful, just awful!
How is he different from the real you?