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"Laughing Shino" (笑うシノ, Warau Shino) is episode 186 of the original Naruto anime.

Synopsis

Naruto and Shino were sent on a mission to Motoyoshi Village to help Fūta Kagetsu inherit his wealth before his greedy sister Tsukiko, by standing in at their father's funeral, so the man won't be tempted to laugh and lose his inheritance. On their way, they encounter an old woman who is leaving town who gives them a suspicious warning. While guarding the man and trying to prevent him from laughing, Shino eats dinner first to prevent any poison from entering their host because his insects will neutralise the poison. He ends up laughing, and the insects can't neutralise the poison. Naruto was forced to stand in for Shino. At the funeral, the other guests tried every way to make Naruto laugh, but all in vain with the help of Shino's bugs. In the end it is revealed that the old lady Shino and Naruto met earlier was the deceased father Tōbei, and he had faked his own death and the ridiculous will to make the family laugh again. Shino later threatens Naruto not to ever tell anyone that he made a joke.

Trivia

  • The episode is also known as the Funeral Proxy Mission.

Credits

RoleSeiyūEnglish Voice Actor
EnglishJapaneseRōmaji
Naruto UzumakiJunko Takeuchi竹内 順子Takeuchi JunkoMaile Flanagan
Shino AburameShinji Kawada川田 紳司Kawada ShinjiDerek Stephen Prince
Fifth Hokage: TsunadeMasako Katsuki勝生 真沙子Katsuki MasakoDebi Mae West
ShizuneKeiko Nemoto根本 圭子Nemoto KeikoMegan Hollingshead
Tōbei KagetsuNaoki Bando坂東 尚樹Bandō NaokiTerrence Stone
Yōichi KagetsuShuhei Sakaguchi阪口 周平Sakaguchi ShūheiNeil Kaplan
Tsukiko KagetsuMisa Watanabe渡辺 美佐Watanabe MisaMari Devon
Fūta KagetsuTomoyuki Dan檀 臣幸Dan TomoyukiR. Martin Klein
Mai KagetsuKyoko Hikami氷上 恭子Hikami KyōkoDorothy Elias-Fahn
JiraiyaHochu Otsuka大塚 芳忠Ōtsuka HōchūDavid Lodge
MonkKazuki Ogawa小川 一樹Ogawa KazukiSteve Blum
Fūta (boyhood)Yoshimasa Hosoya細谷 佳正Hosoya YoshimasaR. Martin Klein
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