The Battle Over the Barrier

"The Battle Over the Barrier"edit
結界攻防戦­ (Kekkai Kōbōsen)
Episode data
Previous	"Breaking the Crystal Release"
Episode	Naruto: Shippūden #105 (Watch Online)
Next	"Red Camellia"
Arc	Three-Tails' Appearance
Music
Opening	"Light of a Firefly"
Ending	"Deep Breath"
Air dates
Japanese	April 16, 2009
English	January 24, 2012
Debut
Jutsu
Crystal Armour Water Release: Great Water Mass Bullet

"The Battle Over the Barrier" (結界攻防戦, Kekkai Kōbōsen) is episode 105 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Guren and Kabuto return to the lake where the latter attempts to feed Yūkimaru many pills. Knowing that the pills would come at the cost of Yūkimaru's life, Guren offers to deal with the tailed beast without Yūkimaru's involvement. Kabuto relents, but only if she follows his orders, and sends Rinji to relay his orders when the time comes. As she waits by the clifftop for Rinji, Kabuto brings Yūkimaru to an adjacent clifftop, with a view of the Konoha shinobi attempting their Four-Corner Sealing Barrier. He reminds Yūkimaru that Guren is willing to tackle a tailed beast all on her own just to save him, and that she may die from the effort.

Rinji approaches Guren and notifies her that the two people guarding the fūinjutsu team is a weapons-user and a taijutsu expert. Knowing her chakra is limited, Guren offers herself as bait to draw the attention of the two guardians while Rinji is to take out the sealing barrier. Lee and Tenten are surprised to see the Crystal Release user in front of them, as they had believed that Kakashi's team had dealt with her. Using her jade crystal blades on her forearms along with her Crystal Armour, she proves to be a formidable opponent for the two. She manages to distract the two while Rinji heads towards the sealing team, who are defenseless, only to be repelled by Naruto and Gamatatsu's Wind Release: Toad Gun. Lee is overjoyed to see Naruto, who had summoned Gamatatsu and Gamakichi. Shino is present as well, who attempts to use his bugs against Guren's crystal, only for it to fail against Guren's Crystal Release: Tearing Crystal Falling Dragon.

However, the tide of their bout turns when the Three-Tails manages to break out of its barrier. Guren tells Rinji to retreat, as their job of breaking the barrier has been successful. As they attempt to flee, the Three-Tailed Turtle uses his Water Release: Great Water Mass Bullet to destroy Guren's crystal dragon and sent her to shore on an island; Naruto and Shino are sent underwater while Gamakichi and Gamatatsu dispel themselves; Lee manages to save Ino as he reaches land. Yamato and Kiba meet up with Kakashi and Sai, with the latter team revealing that they had failed to defeat Guren. However, all four of them hear the cries of the tailed beast and realise that trouble is in the air. Meanwhile, Yūkimaru spots the Three-Tails about to harm a winded-out Guren and taps into his Three-Tails Chakra: Release to control the beast and prevent Guren's death. As Rinji spots Yūkimaru, it turns out that this was Orochimaru's plan all along - he knew that Yūkimaru would not unleash his true power while being forced to do so, and would only do it to protect a loved one, hence why he tasked Guren to his protection, knowing a bond would form between them. In the meantime, Tobi of the Akatsuki moves fleetingly around the perimeter as he observes the Three-Tails, gleeful that he has truly located it after all.

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
Sai	Satoshi Hino	日野 聡	Hino Satoshi	Benjamin Diskin
Shizune	Keiko Nemoto	根本 圭子	Nemoto Keiko	Megan Hollingshead
Hinata Hyūga	Nana Mizuki	水樹 奈々	Mizuki Nana	Stephanie Sheh
Shino Aburame	Shinji Kawada	川田 紳司	Kawada Shinji	Derek Stephen Prince
Rock Lee	Yoichi Masukawa	増川 洋一	Masukawa Yōichi	Brian Donovan
Tenten	Yukari Tamura	田村 ゆかり	Tamura Yukari	Danielle Judovits
Ino Yamanaka	Ryoka Yuzuki	柚木 涼香	Yuzuki Ryōka	Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Gamakichi	Yoji Ueda	上田 燿司	Ueda Yōji	Dave Wittenberg
Gamatatsu	Tomo Shigematsu	重松 朋	Shigematsu Tomo	Dave Wittenberg
Orochimaru	Kujira	くじら	Kujira	Steve Blum
Kabuto Yakushi	Nobutoshi Kanna	神奈 延年	Kanna Nobutoshi	Henry Dittman
Guren	Eri Miyajima	宮島 依里	Miyajima Eri	Erin Fitzgerald
Yūkimaru	Mika Kanai	かない みか	Kanai Mika	Laura Bailey
Rinji	Yuya Uchida	内田 夕夜	Uchida Yūya	Sam Riegel
Kigiri	Yoshimasa Hosoya	細谷 佳正	Hosoya Yoshimasa	Steve Blum
Kihō	Kenichiro Matsuda	松田 健一郎	Matsuda Ken'ichirō	Troy Baker
Nurari	Kentaro Tone	利根 健太朗	Tone Kentarō	Ezra Weisz
Tobi	Wataru Takagi	高木 渉	Takagi Wataru	Michael Yurchak