Changes: The Night Before the Second Exam

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"The Night Before the Second Exam" (二次試験、前夜, Niji Shiken, Zen'ya) is episode 398 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Summary

At night in Sunagakure, a masked individual breaks into the Kazekage's office building. Kankurō confronts him, and questions his identity, which he claims to be one of the extremists seeking reform in the Land of Wind. As the assassin makes his escape, Kankurō pursues him. Seemingly cornered, he attempts to commit a suicidal attack, but Temari arrives in the nick of time to save Kankurō. The next morning, Kankurō and Temari alert Gaara that his rebels are stepping up their efforts against him, but the Kazekage refuses to cave in under pressure. Elsewhere, the main teams of the Konoha 11 all arrive safely to the Demon Desert checkpoint to secure their qualification, while those that arrive late are eliminated and are instructed to return to their respective villages. During dinnertime, a fight breaks out between the genin after the Konoha shinobi accidentally ruined the food. As Fū arrives and is seemingly hoping to make friends, the other genin leave the cafeteria, much to her dismay. Back in Konohagakure, Kakashi reports to Tsunade of his failure to infiltrate Amegakure, suspecting the state of things after having not met Hanzō in person. Meanwhile, Chōji sneaks out to the building where the jōnin are, hoping to get food. Sakura and Ino follow him, and they are all attacked by a giant scorpion. Fortunately, Fū arrives to their rescue. Arriving to the scene, Gaara notices the similarity between Fū and Naruto due to her unique charisma. The next day, the second phase begins, and, as in the previous Chūnin Exams, half of the teams are given the Scroll of Earth, while the other half are given the Scroll of Heaven, meaning each team must retrieve the counterpart scroll to pass the exam.

Trivia

Even though it takes three days to travel to Suna from Konoha, no matter the route, Kankurō and Temari were able to reach the village in two days.
A kunoichi from Suna in one frame was shown to have failed the exam as she didn't make it to the Demon Desert in time and in the other frame was shown sitting with her fellow Suna genin, albeit with a slightly different colouring palette. Whether this was on purpose or an accident is unknown.

Credits

Role			Seiyū
English	Japanese	Rōmaji	English	Japanese	Rōmaji
Sakura Haruno	春野サクラ	Haruno Sakura	Chie Nakamura	中村千絵	Nakamura Chie
Chōji Akimichi	秋道チョウジ	Akimichi Chōji	Kentarō Itō	伊藤健太郎	Itō Kentarō
Ino Yamanaka	山中いの	Yamanaka Ino	Ryōka Yuzuki	柚木涼香	Yuzuki Ryōka
Kiba Inuzuka	犬塚キバ	Inuzuka Kiba	Kōsuke Toriumi	鳥海浩輔	Toriumi Kōsuke
Neji Hyūga	日向ネジ	Hyūga Neji	Kōichi Tōchika	遠近孝一	Tōchika Kōichi
Tenten	テンテン	Tenten	Yukari Tamura	田村ゆかり	Tamura Yukari
Rock Lee	ロック・リー	Rokku Rī	Yōichi Masukawa	増川洋一	Masukawa Yōichi
Might Guy	マイト・ガイ	Maito Gai	Masashi Ebara	江原正士	Ebara Masashi
Kakashi Hatake	はたけカカシ	Hatake Kakashi	Kazuhiko Inoue	井上和彦	Inoue Kazuhiko
Fifth Kazekage: Gaara	五代目風影・我愛羅	Godaime Kazekage: Gaara	Akira Ishida	石田彰	Ishida Akira
Kankurō	カンクロウ	Kankurō	Yasuyuki Kase	加瀬康之	Kase Yasuyuki
Temari	テマリ	Temari	Romi Park	朴璐美	Paku Romi
Fifth Hokage: Tsunade	五代目火影・綱手	Godaime Hokage: Tsunade	Masako Katsuki	勝生真沙子	Katsuki Masako
Asuma Sarutobi	猿飛アスマ	Sarutobi Asuma	Jūrōta Kosugi	小杉十郎太	Kosugi Jūrōta
Kurenai Yūhi	夕日紅	Yūhi Kurenai	Rumi Ochiai	落合るみ	Ochiai Rumi
Fū	フウ	Fū	Ryōko Shiraishi	白石涼子	Shiraishi Ryōko
Totchi	トッチ	Totchi	Daisuke Nakamura	中村太亮	Nakamura Daisuke
Kun	クン	Kun	Shō Okumura	奥村翔	Okumura Shō
Matsuri	マツリ	Matsuri	Maaya Sakamoto	坂本真綾	Sakamoto Maaya
Yukata	ユカタ	Yukata	Tomomi Nakatsuka	中塚智実	Nakatsuka Tomomi
Mikoshi	ミコシ	Mikoshi	Kengo Kawanishi	河西健吾	Kawanishi Kengo
Shibire	シビレ	Shibire	Daiki Hamano	濱野大輝	Hamano Daiki
Kazami	カザミ	Kazami	Hiromichi Tezuka	手塚ヒロミチ	Tezuka Hiromichi
Muyami	ムヤミ	Muyami	Takuya Iwahana	岩端卓也	Iwahana Takuya
Burami	ブラミ	Burami	Kōsuke Gotō	後藤光祐	Gotō Kōsuke
Shira	シラ	Shira	Yūhei Takagi	高木裕平	Takagi Yūhei
Ameno	アメノ	Ameno	Arisa Shida	志田有彩	Shida Arisa

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 <section begin=summary />At night in [[Sunagakure]], a masked individual breaks into the [[Kazekage's Office|Kazekage's office]] building. [[Kankurō]] confronts him, and questions his identity, which he claims to be one of the extremists seeking reform in the [[Land of Wind]]. As the assassin makes his escape, Kankurō pursues him. Seemingly cornered, he attempts to commit a [[Heavenly Punishment|suicidal attack]], but [[Temari]] arrives in the nick of time to save Kankurō. The next morning, Kankurō and Temari alert [[Gaara]] that his rebels are stepping up their efforts against him, but the [[Kazekage]] refuses to cave in under pressure.<section end=summary /> Elsewhere, the main teams of the [[Konoha 11]] all arrive safely to the [[Demon Desert]] checkpoint to secure their qualification, while those that arrive late are eliminated and are instructed to return to their respective villages. During dinnertime, a fight breaks out between the [[genin]] after the [[Konoha]] shinobi accidentally ruined the food. As [[Fū]] arrives and is seemingly hoping to make friends, the other genin leave the cafeteria, much to her dismay. Back in Konohagakure, [[Kakashi]] reports to [[Tsunade]] of his failure to infiltrate [[Amegakure]], suspecting the state of things after having not met [[Hanzō]] in person. Meanwhile, [[Chōji]] sneaks out to the building where the [[jōnin]] are, hoping to get food. [[Sakura]] and [[Ino]] follow him, and they are all attacked by a giant scorpion. Fortunately, Fū arrives to their [[Takigakure Whirlwind|rescue]]. Arriving to the scene, Gaara notices the similarity between Fū and [[Naruto]] due to her unique charisma. The next day, the second phase begins, and, as in the previous [[Chūnin Exams]], half of the teams are given the [[Scroll]] of Earth, while the other half are given the Scroll of Heaven, meaning each team must retrieve the counterpart scroll to pass the exam.
 == Trivia ==
 * Even though it takes three days to travel to Suna from Konoha, no matter the route, Kankurō and Temari were able to reach the village in two days.
 * A kunoichi from [[Suna]] in one frame was shown to have failed the exam as she didn't make it to the [[Demon Desert]] in time and in the other frame was shown sitting with her fellow Suna [[genin]], albeit with a slightly different colouring palette. Whether this was on purpose or an accident is unknown.