Along the way, he encounters and converses with Hinata Hyuga.

On the day of the finals, Naruto makes his way to the arena. Transcription: ' Mō retsu Mō Tsui Mō Dasshu Hansen kaishi dattebayo' ( Japanese: モー烈モー追モーダッシュ本選開始だってばよ) 'The Final Rounds: Rush to the Battle Arena!' Gaara prepares to kill Naruto and Shikamaru as well, but is stopped by the arrival of Might Guy, Lee's sensei, and leaves. Gaara explains that his reason for existing is to kill everyone, and reveals that he, like Naruto, was alone for much of his childhood, hated and feared by others for being a host of a tailed beast. The two locate Gaara elsewhere in the hospital and halt his attempt to assassinate Rock Lee. When Naruto awakens, he finds Shikamaru Nara sitting by his bed, bringing him a basket of fruit. Transcription: ' Shinobiyoru ma no te! Nerawareta Byōshitsu' ( Japanese: しのび寄る魔の手!狙われた病室) 'Hospital Besieged: The Evil Hand Revealed!' The opening theme for the English airing is 'Haruka Kanata' by Asian Kung-Fu Generation, which is used until episode 80, and is then replaced by 'GO!!!' in the same way as the Japanese version, while the closing theme is 'Rise' by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus, which is used in all episodes. Meteor) by TiA (used for episodes 90 to 100). Many Times Before) by The Mass Missile (used for episodes 77 to 89), and 'Ryūsei' ( 流星, lit. The four closing themes are 'Viva Rock' by Orange Range (used until episode 63), 'Alive' by Raico (used for episodes 64 to 76), 'Ima Made Nando Mo' ( 今まで何度も, lit. Sadness into Kindness) by Little By Little, which is used until episode 80, and ' GO!!!' by Flow, used for episodes 81 to 100. The first opening theme is 'Kanashimi Wo Yasashisa Ni' ( 悲しみをやさしさに, lit. Six pieces of theme music are used for the episodes in Japanese version two opening themes and four closing themes. Episodes from this season were released on by Viz Media between the ninth and twenty-first DVD volumes from the series, while several uncut DVD boxes have also been released. Sony Pictures Entertainment collected the episodes in a total of twelve DVD volumes under the name '2nd Stage', between January and December 1, 2004. The English dub aired on both Cartoon Network's Toonami and YTV's Bionix programming blocks from Novemto August 19, 2007. The second season aired from Novemto Septemon TV Tokyo. Based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga series, the season follows Naruto Uzumaki succeeding the Chūnin Exams only to discover the invasion of the Leaf Village. The second season from the anime series Naruto is directed by Hayato Date, and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo.

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