Target: Locked On

"Target: Locked On"edit
標的捕捉­ (Tāgetto Rokkuon)
Episode data
Previous	"Team 10"
Episode	Naruto: Shippūden #83 (Watch Online)
Next	"Kakuzu's Abilities"
Arc	Akatsuki Suppression Mission
Manga	Naruto Chapter #331, Naruto Chapter #332, Naruto Chapter #333
Music
Opening	"Closer"
Ending	"Long Kiss Goodbye"
Air dates
Japanese	November 06, 2008
English	June 18, 2011
Debut
Jutsu
Shadow Gathering Technique Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique

"Target: Locked On" (標的捕捉, Tāgetto Rokkuon) is episode 83 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Sakura is notified by Tsunade that Kakashi has temporarily taken over as leader of Team Asuma while they attempt to apprehend the Akatsuki. Sakura offers Team 7 as the most suitable backup for Team 10, but is told that they will only be deployed if Naruto can master his Wind Release: Rasengan technique in the next 24 hours, lest she choose another squad as backup. Heading to the clearing, Sakura conveys Tsunade's message to Naruto and Yamato, and the former decides to begin right away.

Elsewhere, Shikamaru makes amends to his battle plan to accommodate Kakashi, who is impressed by Shikamaru's ability to quickly make revisions. Using her Mind Body Switch Technique, Ino takes over the body of a nearby bird and manages to locate Hidan and Kakuzu about ten minutes away from them. Kakuzu is able to sense that he is being spied and launches an attack towards the bird, prompting Ino to cancel the technique. Ino alerts them of the two Akatsuki member's position and they decide to begin their vengeance.

Using his Shadow Imitation Technique, Shikamaru attempts to sneak up from behind them to ensnare them. Hidan and Kakuzu manage to notice it and dodge at the exact time. As they evade the shadow, Shikamaru throws two kunai equipped with explosive tags at them. Hidan and Kakuzu are caught by the blast but manage to survive. As Hidan and Kakuzu move out of the path of the Shadow Imitation, Shikamaru throws Asuma's chakra blades at their shadows, freezing them in place. Hidan is unable to comprehend how they were trapped by their shadows when Shikamaru's shadow did not touch them. Shikamaru explains that he had imbued his chakra within Asuma's chakra blades and added explosive tags to them to throw Hidan and Kakuzu off their true nature. Since the blades carried Shikamaru's chakra, by extension they are given the abilities of Shikamaru's shadow techniques and thus by piercing their shadows, he was able to trap them in place.

Using his Shadow Gathering Technique, Shikamaru uses his shadows to remove the chakra blade piercing Hidan's shadow while connecting his own Shadow Imitation to it. Now in control of Hidan, Shikamaru has Hidan pick up his Triple-Bladed Scythe and rush towards Kakuzu, in an attempt to kill him. Kakuzu, who had an arm underground, manages to remove the chakra blade and thus is free to move around, evading Hidan's attack. Shikamaru admits that he was not prepared to Kakuzu to be able to operate his limbs independently but nonetheless tells Chōji, who is observing the fight from a tree along with Ino and Kakashi, to strike Kakuzu from above with his Spiked Human Bullet Tank technique.

Trivia

• This episode has one animation and one dubbing error:
  • When Shikamaru snares Hidan and Kakuzu in the trap, when it shows Kakuzu looking down, the crossed-out Takigakure symbol on his forehead protector isn't there.
  • In the English dub, while Shikamaru is discussing the plan to Team Asuma, he states Hidan and Kakuzu are going after "the jinchūriki within Naruto", instead of "the tailed beast within Naruto".

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
Yamato	Rikiya Koyama	小山 力也	Koyama Rikiya	Troy Baker
Fifth Hokage: Tsunade	Masako Katsuki	勝生 真沙子	Katsuki Masako	Debi Mae West
Shikamaru Nara	Shotaro Morikubo	森久保 祥太郎	Morikubo Shōtarō	Tom Gibis
Ino Yamanaka	Ryoka Yuzuki	柚木 涼香	Yuzuki Ryōka	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Chōji Akimichi	Kentaro Ito	伊藤 健太郎	Itō Kentarō	Robbie Rist
Asuma Sarutobi	Jurota Kosugi	小杉 十郎太	Kosugi Jūrōta	Doug Erholtz
Shizune	Keiko Nemoto	根本 圭子	Nemoto Keiko	Megan Hollingshead
Akatsuki leader	Kenyu Horiuchi	堀内 賢雄	Horiuchi Ken'yū	Troy Baker
Hidan	Masaki Terasoma	てらそま まさき	Terasoma Masaki	Chris Edgerly
Kakuzu	Takaya Hashi	土師 孝也	Hashi Takaya	Fred Tatasciore
Deidara	Katsuhiko Kawamoto	川本 克彦	Kawamoto Katsuhiko	Roger Craig Smith
Yugito	Mie Sonozaki	園崎 未恵	Sonozaki Mie	Wendee Lee
Ibiki Morino	Taiten Kusunoki	楠 大典	Kusunoki Taiten	Dan Woren
Bounty manager	Koji Fujiyoshi	藤吉 浩二	Fujiyoshi Kōji	Kirk Thornton