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"Sasori's Real Face" (サソリの素顔, Sasori no Sugao) is episode 21 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

With his puppet destroyed, Sasori reveals himself to Chiyo and Sakura, looking no older than when he left his village over twenty years ago. Chiyo and Sakura are both unable to believe that Sasori has not aged in two decades. Meanwhile, Temari's team, along with Kankurō and Ebizō, decide to make their way towards the Land of Rivers, in order to support the Kazekage Rescue Team. Kankurō tells Temari to take a break, which Temari protests, until Kankurō points out the members of her team are exhausted and unable to continue. Although Temari is able to persuade them to push themselves past their limits in order to save their Kazekage, Ebizō tells the others to take notice of where they have stopped. Looking around, the team realise that they are standing on the same battlefield where Team Kakashi fought Itachi. Ebizō claims that since they are in Akatsuki territory, blindly rushing in, and to do so exhausted, would result in swift and sudden annihilation. While the team decides to rest, Ebizō tells them the tale of the strongest ninja in Sunagakure's history, the Third Kazekage, and how one day he was mysteriously kidnapped. He tells the Suna ninja that the village searched for him for years, with the Anbu even searching in secret. However, they were unable to find his corpse or even how he was kidnapped. Ebizō states that during the time that Suna searched for the Third Kazekage, the village entered into a state of panic that allowed enemy ninja from a rival village to invade Suna and cause a war. Believing that such bloodshed could have been avoided had Suna dealt with the crisis in a calm fashion, Ebizō tells the team not to repeat Suna's mistakes from the days of the Third Kazekage.

Back in the Akatsuki hideout, Sasori uses Hiruko's head to launch another round of poison-tipped senbon, only for Sakura to dodge them all once more. However, this time he realises that it is Chiyo who is pulling the strings, using Sakura as her own human puppet. He then summons a new puppet to battle with, revealed to be none other than the Third Kazekage. Chiyo realises that it is Sasori who kidnapped and killed the Third around a decade ago, and is appalled to learn that he transformed the Third into a human puppet. While she finds his association with Akatsuki regrettable, she finds his betrayal to his village the most despicable, holding him responsible for the murders of the last three Kazekage - the Third, the fourth, and Gaara, the Fifth, despite Orochimaru killing the Fourth. Sasori claims that it was one of his spies that was complicit in the murder of the Fourth, but admits that the Akatsuki and Orochimaru have some shared history. Wanting some answers, Sakura tells Sasori that he will tell her what she wants to know. Not wanting to drag out their fight, as he needs to aid Deidara outside capture Naruto, Sasori uses the Third Kazekage puppet to launch more poison senbon towards Sakura; Chiyo manages to have Sakura evade the attack successfully. Using the Third Kazekage's poison blades, Sasori tries to stab Sakura, but the attack is blocked by Hiruko's tail, which Chiyo controls with her chakra threads. However, the blades are powerful enough to break Hiruko's already powerful tail. Having no other method to protect Sakura, Chiyo is unable to block Sasori's Thousand Hands Manipulation Force. However, she is able to masterfully control Sakura to avoid any damage and pull her out of harm's way. Sasori counters by releasing poison gas, knowing that despite Chiyo controlling Sakura, there is no way she could prevent Sakura from inhaling the fumes.

On the outside, Deidara flies away with Gaara's corpse, prompting Naruto to follow him. Since Team Guy is occupied and Deidara was strong enough to beat Gaara, Kakashi decides to follow Naruto, leaving Sakura and Chiyo to defeat Sasori on their own.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi	竹内順子	Takeuchi Junko	Maile Flanagan
Sakura Haruno	Chie Nakamura	中村千絵	Nakamura Chie	Kate Higgins
Kakashi Hatake	Kazuhiko Inoue	井上和彦	Inoue Kazuhiko	Dave Wittenberg
Chiyo	Ikuko Tani	谷育子	Tani Ikuko	Barbara Goodson
Might Guy	Masashi Ebara	江原正士	Ebara Masashi	Skip Stellrecht
Rock Lee	Yoichi Masukawa	増川洋一	Masukawa Yōichi	Brian Donovan
Neji Hyūga	Koichi Tochika	遠近孝一	Tōchika Kōichi	Steve Staley
Tenten	Yukari Tamura	田村ゆかり	Tamura Yukari	Danielle Judovits
Temari	Romi Park	朴璐美	Paku Romi	Tara Platt
Kankurō	Yasuyuki Kase	加瀬康之	Kase Yasuyuki	Michael Lindsay
Ebizō	Ken Shiroyama	城山堅	Shiroyama Ken	Kyle Hebert
Sasori	Takahiro Sakurai	櫻井孝宏	Sakurai Takahiro	Johnny Yong Bosch
Deidara	Katsuhiko Kawamoto	川本克彦	Kawamoto Katsuhiko	Roger Craig Smith
Matsuri	Maya Sakamoto	坂本真綾	Sakamoto Māya	Lara Jill Miller
Suna shinobi	Kanako Tojo Masato Funaki Hideo Watanabe	東條加那子船木真人渡辺英雄	Tōjō Kanako Funaki Masato Watanabe Hideo	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

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-{{translation|'''Sasori's Real Face'''|サソリの素顔|Sasori no sugao}} is episode 21 of the ''Naruto: Shippūden'' anime.
 == Synopsis ==
-With his puppet destroyed, [[Sasori]] reveals himself to [[Chiyo]] and [[Sakura]], looking no older than when he left his village over twenty years ago. Meanwhile, [[Temari]]'s team, along with [[Kankurō]] and [[Ebizō]], continue to make their way towards the [[Land of Rivers]], where Ebizō tells the others of the strongest ninja in [[Sunagakure]]'s history, the [[Third Kazekage]], and his mysterious disappearance. Back in the [[Akatsuki]] lair, Sasori [[Generic Sealing Technique|summons]] the Third Kazekage [[puppet]], whom he had kidnapped and turned into a [[Human Puppet]] many years ago. Using its weapons, which are even more dangerous than [[Hiruko]]'s, Sasori is able to catch Sakura in a cloud of [[poison]] gas.
+With [[Hiruko|his puppet]] destroyed, [[Sasori]] reveals himself to [[Chiyo]] and [[Sakura]], looking no older than when he left his village over twenty years ago. Chiyo and Sakura are both unable to believe that Sasori has not aged in two decades. Meanwhile, [[Temari]]'s team, along with [[Kankurō]] and [[Ebizō]], decide to make their way towards the [[Land of Rivers]], in order to support the [[Kazekage Rescue Team]]. Kankurō tells Temari to take a break, which Temari protests, until Kankurō points out the members of her team are exhausted and unable to continue. Although Temari is able to persuade them to push themselves past their limits in order to save their [[Kazekage]], Ebizō tells the others to take notice of where they have stopped. Looking around, the team realise that they are standing on the same battlefield where [[Team Kakashi]] fought [[Itachi]]. Ebizō claims that since they are in [[Akatsuki]] territory, blindly rushing in, and to do so exhausted, would result in swift and sudden annihilation. While the team decides to rest, Ebizō tells them the tale of the strongest ninja in [[Sunagakure]]'s history, the [[Third Kazekage]], and how one day he was mysteriously kidnapped. He tells the Suna ninja that the village searched for him for years, with the [[Anbu]] even searching in secret. However, they were unable to find his corpse or even how he was kidnapped. Ebizō states that during the time that Suna searched for the Third Kazekage, the village entered into a state of panic that allowed enemy ninja from a rival village to invade Suna and cause a war. Believing that such bloodshed could have been avoided had Suna dealt with the crisis in a calm fashion, Ebizō tells the team not to repeat Suna's mistakes from the days of the Third Kazekage.
+Back in the Akatsuki hideout, Sasori uses Hiruko's head to launch another round of [[poison]]-tipped [[senbon]], only for Sakura to dodge them all once more. However, this time he realises that it is Chiyo who is pulling the strings, [[Puppet Performance: Skilful Achievement with a Human Body|using Sakura as her own human puppet]]. He then [[Unsealing Technique|summons]] a new puppet to battle with, revealed to be none other than the [[Third Kazekage (puppet)|Third Kazekage]]. Chiyo realises that it is Sasori who kidnapped and killed the Third around a decade ago, and is appalled to learn that he transformed the Third into a [[human puppet]]. While she finds his association with Akatsuki regrettable, she finds his betrayal to his village the most despicable, holding him responsible for the murders of the last three Kazekage - the Third, the [[Fourth Kazekage|fourth]], and [[Gaara]], the Fifth, despite [[Orochimaru]] killing the Fourth. Sasori claims that it was [[Kabuto|one of his spies]] that was complicit in the murder of the Fourth, but admits that the Akatsuki and Orochimaru have some shared history. Wanting some answers, Sakura tells Sasori that he will tell her what she wants to know. Not wanting to drag out their fight, as he needs to aid [[Deidara]] outside capture [[Naruto]], Sasori uses the Third Kazekage puppet to launch more poison senbon towards Sakura; Chiyo manages to have Sakura evade the attack successfully. Using the Third Kazekage's poison blades, Sasori tries to stab Sakura, but the attack is blocked by Hiruko's tail, which Chiyo controls with her [[chakra threads]]. However, the blades are powerful enough to break Hiruko's already powerful tail. Having no other method to protect Sakura, Chiyo is unable to block Sasori's [[Thousand Hands Manipulation Force]]. However, she is able to masterfully control Sakura to avoid any damage and pull her out of harm's way. Sasori counters by releasing poison gas, knowing that despite Chiyo controlling Sakura, there is no way she could prevent Sakura from inhaling the fumes.
+On the outside, Deidara flies away with Gaara's corpse, prompting Naruto to follow him. Since [[Team Guy]] is occupied and Deidara was strong enough to beat Gaara, [[Kakashi]] decides to follow Naruto, leaving Sakura and Chiyo to defeat Sasori on their own.
+{{-}}
+== Credits ==
+{{CreditsTable|
+Naruto Uzumaki
+ JA: Junko Takeuchi
+ EN: Maile Flanagan
+Sakura Haruno
+ JA: Chie Nakamura
+ EN: Kate Higgins
+Kakashi Hatake
+ JA: Kazuhiko Inoue
+ EN: Dave Wittenberg
+Chiyo
+ JA: Ikuko Tani
+ EN: Barbara Goodson
+Might Guy
+ JA: Masashi Ebara
+ EN: Skip Stellrecht
+Rock Lee
+ JA: Yoichi Masukawa
+ EN: Brian Donovan
+Neji Hyūga
+ JA: Koichi Tochika
+ EN: Steve Staley
+Tenten
+ JA: Yukari Tamura
+ EN: Danielle Judovits
+Temari
+ JA: Romi Park
+ EN: Tara Platt
+Kankurō
+ JA: Yasuyuki Kase
+ EN: Michael Lindsay
+Ebizō
+ JA: Ken Shiroyama
+ EN: Kyle Hebert
+Sasori
+ JA: Takahiro Sakurai
+ EN: Johnny Yong Bosch
+Deidara
+ JA: Katsuhiko Kawamoto
+ EN: Roger Craig Smith
+Matsuri
+ JA: Maya Sakamoto
+ EN: Lara Jill Miller
+[Suna shinobi]
+ JA: Kanako Tojo
+ EN: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
+ JA: Masato Funaki
+ JA: Hideo Watanabe
+}}
+[[es:La verdadera cara de Sasori]]
+[[pl:Prawdziwa twarz Sasoriego]]