Sasuke and Sakura

"Sasuke and Sakura"edit
SASUKE・SAKURA
Episode data
Previous	"Naruto and Hinata"
Episode	Naruto: Shippūden #481 (Watch Online)
Next	"Gaara and Shikamaru"
Arc	Childhood
Music
Opening	"Empty Heart"
Ending	"Departure Song"
Air dates
Japanese	October 27, 2016
English	March 26, 2019

"Sasuke and Sakura" (SASUKE・SAKURA) is episode 481 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

A young Sasuke asks Itachi to teach him shurikenjutsu. Itachi tells him he's busy, and suggests he asks their father. Sasuke takes Itachi's constant claims of business as proof he dislikes him. Itachi denies it, pokes him in the forehead, and tells Sasuke the next time their parents are off, he might have time to spend with Sasuke. At dinner, Sasuke asks them about it, and they confirm they'll be off visiting Mikoto's family. They offer to take Sasuke, and are surprised to learn Itachi said he'd teach Sasuke. The next day, Itachi trains Sasuke in throwing kunai. That night, Itachi makes them dinner. The two sleep outside. Fugaku and Mikoto arrive the next day, and find Sasuke sleeping outside alone, Itachi having left to do something.

A young Sakura runs through the forest. She reaches a hideout of sorts, where she keeps flowers and several hangings. She looks at herself in a mirror, and thinks about her hair. That night at dinner, her father suggests she have her bangs cut. Her mother says Sakura probably has reasons to keep her bangs. The next day, while picking flowers, she is approached by Ino. Ino gives her a ribbon to tie her hair with. Sakura is concerned about exposing her forehead, but Ino tells her people tease only because she tries hiding it. Sakura tells her parents she's made a friend. Sakura takes Ino to her hideout, where Ino rearranges her flowers. Sakura tells her about her crush on Sasuke, and the rumour he likes girls with long hair. Ino leaves abruptly. When speaking with other girls, Ino denies being Sakura's friend. Sakura tries talking to Sasuke, but is dismissed. Sakura begins training.

Trivia

• A minor inconsistency in this episode is that Ino found out about Sakura's crush on Sasuke when they were alone. In the manga and an earlier anime episode, it was established they were with their other friends, and instead of Sakura openly confessing it, one of the other girls figured it out.

Credits

Role	Seiyū			English Voice Actor
	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Sasuke Uchiha	Noriaki Sugiyama	杉山 紀彰	Sugiyama Noriaki	Yuri Lowenthal
Itachi Uchiha	Hideo Ishikawa	石川 英郎	Ishikawa Hideo	Crispin Freeman
Fugaku Uchiha	Kenji Hamada	浜田 賢二	Hamada Kenji	Doug Stone
Mikoto Uchiha	Emi Sagara	さがら えみ	Sagara Emi	Kari Wahlgren
Sakura Haruno	Chie Nakamura	中村 千絵	Nakamura Chie	Kate Higgins
Ino Yamanaka	Ryoka Yuzuki	柚木 涼香	Yuzuki Ryōka	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Mebuki Haruno	Kazue Ikura	伊倉 一恵	Ikura Kazue	Kate Higgins
Kizashi Haruno	Yasunori Matsumoto	松本 保典	Matsumoto Yasunori	Steve Blum
Naruto Uzumaki	Junko Takeuchi	竹内 順子	Takeuchi Junko	Maile Flanagan
Girls	Aya Saito Mariko Higashiuchi	齋藤 綾 東内 マリ子	Saitō Aya Higashiuchi Mariko	Kari Wahlgren Kate Higgins