It's the middle of autumn,
but it's hard to tell when you live in the Hidden Sand Village.
See you when I get back.
Take care.
Say hi to the Leaf guys for us.
Oh.
Any souvenirs you'd like me to pick up?
Souvenirs?
If I had to pick something, it'd be one of their local snacks.
Oh yeah, how about some saury fish?
You can't get saury in the Sand Village.
Saury?
We're Here to Welcome Gaara!
Gaara's here?!
Yup, we're having a quick meeting between the two villages.
He arrived this afternoon.
That's wonderful!
I haven't seen him in a while.
Dosukoi, dosukoi!
I request a match!
Why does it have to be sumo?!
As our bodies collide in combat,
we'll grow closer as friends!
You didn't collide. You gave him the slip!
And you ended up pushing Gaara away instead!
Enough about that.
I want you all to show the Kazekage some Leaf hospitality.
I'm counting on you.
Yes, sir!
Meet Gaara with hospitality, huh?
What're you thinking?
Actually, I think sticking with standard hospitality is the best course.
Standard hospitality?
Pretty much anyone on earth can enjoy a game of Mariko Kart.
Yeah, anyone on earth who's still in elementary school.
Wait, what the heck is Mariko Kart?!
Of course, I don't want to leave anyone out,
so for people like Satou who prefer to read quietly,
I'll prepare a good collection of manga, as well.
I understand there are kids like that,
but who in the world is Satou?!
And I'll have Mom whip up some snacks that everyone can enjoy!
What would you kids like to eat?
Curry!
Anyone would be terrified of a mom who looked like that!
I guarantee Gaara would have a good time!
It's true that we don't know if Gaara...
...would like something extravagant or uncommon.
Maybe normal is the best way after all.
Okay, let's go buy a game!
Hold it!
Guy Sensei?
Lee.
I agree that anyone would have a good time,
were they met with such hospitality.
Right, so let's get ready—
Idiot!
That deserved a punch?!
Lee!
What did Lady Tsunade say?!
I want you all to show the Kazekage some Leaf hospitality.
Playing Mariko Kart, reading manga, eating dinner.
Do you consider that real hospitality?
Is true hospitality not more like this?
Demonstrating your sense of culture as much as possible,
so that your guest really feels how intelligent and refined you are.
You can't feel or sense anything when you're going completely numb.
A contest of wills between the host and the guest,
that is true hospitality!
Those who experience such battles can feel it in their hearts!
That's because their hearts are the only places with any blood left!
Gaara won't enjoy something that anyone off the street could do.
You need to use everything you've cultivated in your life,
and hit him with the kind of hospitality that only you can provide!
That's the first step to becoming a true host!
Everything I've cultivated...
Hospitality only I can provide...
Okay, I'll do my best!
But what can I do that no one else can?
There's my back story of trying to become an elite ninja,
despite not being able to use ninjutsu,
but beyond that I've got no special traits.
Lee, you have so many it's absurd.
You need a little more self-awareness.
Guy Sensei said, "Everything you've cultivated."
I'd interpret that as...
...drawing on your experience, but not trying to overachieve.
I see. Experience.
Use the experience points gained from hours and hours wasted grinding,
Last Boss's Castle
Attack | Dance Run | Quit
all so I can finally beat the last boss.
Tenten draws near
Not the experience you use to gain levels in RPGs!
Maybe the experience of those fleeting, bittersweet days,
spent with the girl you met over summer vacation.
You don't get to make up fake summer romances!
It's like your brain just downloads random memories from space!
Hm, this isn't going smoothly...
That's because all this so-called experience is made up.
I bet you'd come up with something if you were a little more realistic.
Realistic?
Yeah, that's it!
And now it's time to entertain Gaara.
Been a while.
It has indeed, Gaara!
Today, I will show you my own personal brand of hospitality,
cultivated from all my life's experience thus far!
I look forward to it.
I wonder if this'll work.
To start us off, I've set up Mariko Kart.
All he could come up with that was realistic was Mariko Kart again?
So without further ado, let's do it!
Kart racing?!
Yes.
I took your advice and went with something realistic.
I didn't mean real karts!
And this isn't cultivated from your experiences!
What do you mean?
Think back to all the previous episodes.
All the things we've experienced in this series...
All the different types of genjutsu.
They're not genjutsu, they're skits!
Let's race, Gaara!
My hot-blooded passion will fuel my victory!
It's actually fueling him! He's flying!
I see. It makes no sense,
but this is simply Leaf hospitality.
No, it's not!
You're just completely misinterpreting it, Gaara!
Nice driving, Gaara.
A contest of wills between the host and the guest...
This is true hospitality!
The "contest of wills" was a metaphor!
Atta boy, Lee!
Hit Gaara with something only you can do!
Right, Guy Sensei!
He literally hit him!
Aw, even with the craziness, at least he was enjoying himself.
Don't fret, Tenten.
I set up a Satou-style area for just such an occasion.
You set this up in real life, too?!
Neji, would you say something?!
Hey, Lee!
Where's my Fist of the Mole volume 4?!
Why are you actually reading manga?!
It makes no sense, but reading manga...
...in your host's home is Leaf hospitality, is it?
And, Gaara, stop accepting everything at face value!
Atta boy, Lee!
Gaara's sure to feel such hospitality deep in his heart.
That's assuming this madness hasn't numbed his brain!
Then again, all that's left now is to bring Gaara something good to eat.
But that's a tricky task.
Asking a deadpan individual like Gaara...
...what he'd like to eat is very difficult.
I think we can just ask like normal people would.
It's all good!
I'm drawing on my wealth of experience!
A coed party?
I see.
At the start of coed parties,
everyone's nervous and it's hard to start a conversation.
Talking about your favorite foods is the perfect icebreaker.
A party...
A contest of wills between the boys and the girls!
Enough contests of wills!
Why is Gaara one of the girls?
I'm utilizing the full depth of my experience using Neji in my genjutsu.
You're utilizing the full depth of your stupidity!
Nejie baby, what can I get you?
I'll have a bagna càuda!
This again...
And you, Gaako?
Um...
Oh yeah, how about some saury fish?
You can't get saury in the Sand Village.
Saury?
All set, Gaara.
Please, enjoy.
Delicious.
We did it! We did it!
Thank you for today.
I enjoyed trying something new.
I'm so glad we were able to show you a good time!
Me, too. I wasn't sure what was gonna happen for a minute.
I wasn't worried for a second.
By goofing around together, you strengthen your relationships.
Nothing else could make that saury taste so good.
This is the greatest form of hospitality there is.
Excellent job, Lee.
Guy Sensei!
Lee!
Do that later, jeez!
See you later.
Thus, Gaara returned home happy after experiencing some unusual hospitality.
This is Leaf saury.
Gaara...
Going to the Leaf's really dangerous nowadays...
No one could comprehend the experiences he brought back.
Perhaps this is why you can only get saury in the Leaf?
Autumn is chock full of seasonal treats.
Is anyone else out there partaking a bit too much?
Huh?
Why is this so tight?
Oh no...
The Ultimate Autumn Diet!
You called for me, Lady Tsunade?
Ah, you're here.
It's about our kunoichi.
Those who've been participating in your recent special training sessions...
...have found them a bit overwhelming.
Can you try to find something more appropriate?
Huh? What do they mean by "overwhelming," exactly?
Um... Overwhelming, you know... too harsh.
I can't tell him it's his personality that's more overwhelming than the exercise.
I must remain true to my convictions.
I absolutely will not change my methods!
If they endure my harsh training...
...they'll be able to do stuff like this!
This is what I'm talking about!
Only being harsh is the wrong way to go.
Sometimes women need a little simple kindness!
Simple kindness, is it?
Everyone ready to order?
I'll just have an iced tea.
Me, too. My stomach's so full.
I'm... not hungry.
Neither am I...
My chest's so full already.
That doesn't seem right...
Hey.
Is everyone on a diet?
So obvious.
Between the sushi, the matsutake mushrooms, and the saury,
we've had a lot of food-related episodes lately.
The writers must be hungry or something.
You think that's the problem?
Everything's so delicious that you can't help but overeat.
I heard that.
And I've gained **** kilos.
Please, you're fine.
I'm up **** kilos.
**** kilos.
What about you, Hinata?
**** **** kilos!
This is bad.
The boys have no tact. If they found out—
Emergency!
Sakura put on **** kilos!
To think Tenten's gained **** kilos!
We can't let anyone find out about this!
I swear to protect the girls' secret!
We'd be doomed. We can't let them know!
Not a single one of them.
Especially Naruto!
That settles it. We've gotta lose weight quick.
But how?
We'll just have to be harsh, brutal even.
Harsh... That's it!
We just need to do some of Guy Sensei's special training!
Guy Sensei, huh?
He's a little too intense for me...
But remember what Kakashi Sensei said about his radio calisthenics?
You'd burn off a whole day's worth of...
...calories if you ran into Guy first thing in the morning.
Remember?
True...
We might even lose a little extra.
Right? So c'mon!
I'll do it.
Hinata!
I'll do whatever it takes to lose the weight!
Then I'm in, too! I wanna get slimmer!
Okay, count me in!
That settles it. Let's burn the butter, girls!
Fight!
Really?
You want to train with me?
Yes!
We all talked about it and came to ask you together!
We want the harshest training you can imagine!
Please!
What's going on?
This isn't what Lady Tsunade said.
Wait a sec!
Quit slacking!
You'll never beat the boys with that attitude!
I see. So he showed no sign of changing his attitude.
I can't trust our youth to such an inflexible man.
Kakashi Might Guy Yamato
Might Guy, minus 3 points!
This may be her way of evaluating me.
Very well, I'll follow Lady Tsunade's order and try things her way.
Understood!
I'll be happy to train you.
Sir!
I will lose this flab!
Before the boys know anything!
Gotta lose **** kilos!
I don't want Naruto to be grossed out!
Okay, for our first exercise...
Let's see...
Ten push-ups.
Ten push-ups?!
Wh-What?
Guy Sensei, are you making fun of us?!
If that was a joke, it wasn't funny!
We wouldn't have come to you if we wanted something easy!
Make it harsher!
Wow, they're a little too into this.
O-Okay, in that case...
Try and keep up with me!
That's what he calls harsh?!
They're doing it!
Next, try this!
Why on earth should we do that?!
Don't tell me you can't do it.
No normal person can do that!
What?! You guys just jumped right in?!
Only being harsh is the wrong way to go.
Sometimes women need a little simple kindness!
Simple kindness, right.
Okay.
Great job.
You've earned a break. Help yourselves to a treat.
A carrot and stick policy should be just right.
What's the matter? Don't you want any?
N-No thank you.
Just continue the training, please.
Something tougher!
Wh-What is this?!
Here's the next exercise. Try and keep up!
No way. We're not doing the Thousand Years of Death.
We are?!
Perhaps they felt too much pressure to not accept the carrot part.
I should ask Lee for help.
Great work, girls!
We heard you've been training hard...
So we bought you a little treat!
Go ahead, dig in.
Later on they'll say...
Wait, you did that, Guy Sensei?
You're much sweeter than you look!
How manly of you.
An indirect carrot and direct stick policy.
There's no way this will fail.
W-We're okay...
We're just here to train...
I appreciate the thought, but you can take this all back.
What?!
Hold on. Am I just overthinking things?
Do they really and truly...
...just want to train under me with no ulterior motive?
That aura... It's like they're burning!
Now we're talking. I'll take them as far as they can go!
Much too slow!
Hit it back no matter where it comes from!
If you can't handle this, you'll never take the gold!
Hinata!
Don't help her!
Stand up on your own.
I know you can do it, Hinata!
Yes. One more round, please!
Please!
Girls...
We're just starting.
Follow me!
We sprint all the way to the ocean!
Yes!
I'm so happy!
They finally understand my hot-blooded passion for training!
That's what Guy Sensei thought.
I will shed this fat!
I don't understand the point of any of this...
And he's way too intense, but...
It's all to get in shape...
We won't quit!
The results...
I made it!
It was all worth it!
Yes, we did a great job!
We should all be proud!
Yes, indeed you should!
You all endured a lot.
Right now, I'm...
I'm bursting with joy!
Guy Sensei!
You fools! What're you crying for?
Now then...
Everyone eat their fill!
Consider it your reward for a job well done.
It's good, it's so good!
Thanks for letting us tag along!
Lady Hinata, please, have some!
The hunger meter's approaching max!
Batten down the hatches on the port side!
The third line's been breached!
The fourth line won't hold!
It's over! We can't hold out anymore!
No...
At this rate...
And so, they instantly rebounded,
and the ultimate autumn diet ended in failure.
Guy Sensei will never understand the fickle hearts of young women.
Next week is "Autumn Shinobi Safety Lessons!"
Autumn Shinobi Safety Lessons! Deidara's Art is Always a Blast!
and "Deidara's Art is Always a Blast!"
Let's meet it with youth and vigor!
I'm done with vigor. I'll just rebound again!
And explosions are dangerous, we'll just get hurt!
A blast is just what we need!
Come with me, and we'll blast them with the flames of our youth!
That again?
I'm done being youthful with you crazy-intense people!
It doesn't matter what you say,
Guy Sensei's mind is always exploding with something!