The Ninja of Benisu

{{Infobox/Naruto/Episode
|image=Ninjaofbenisu.png
|english=The Ninja of Benisu
|kanji=紅州の商忍
|romaji=Benisu no Shōnin
|episode=224
|shippuden=Yes
|boruto anime=No
|watchonlinelink=580902
|arc=Paradise Life on a Boat
|boruto=No
|opening song=Lovers
|ending song=Shout Out Your Desires!!!
|japanese airdate=August 11, 2011
|english airdate=January 11, 2014
}}
== Summary ==
During their voyage, [[Naruto]], [[Yamato]], [[Guy]], and [[Aoba]] stop at an [[Nanakusa Island|island]] to recover from severe seasickness. There, they unexpectedly meet up with [[Sakura]], [[Ino]], and [[Chōji]] who are on an assignment to gather medical herbs under instruction of [[Tsunade]] for the upcoming war. Ninja from [[Benisu Island]] are also collecting medical herbs and have taken almost all of the herbs on the island, which they intend to sell on for money to fund their village. After an encounter in a cave on the island where Naruto saves the Benisu ninja and offers them the service for free, they decide to give [[Konoha]] half of the herbs they collected in gratitude.

== Trivia ==
* The Japanese title of this episode, {{translation|"Benisu no Shōnin"|lit meaning=Merchant of Benisu}}, may be a reference to [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]'s [[Wikipedia:Merchant of Venice|Merchant of Venice]].
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== Credits ==
{{CreditsTable|
Naruto Uzumaki
 JA: Junko Takeuchi
 EN: Maile Flanagan

Yamato
 JA: Rikiya Koyama
 EN: Troy Baker

Aoba Yamashiro
 JA: Kenjiro Tsuda
 EN: Wally Wingert

Might Guy
 JA: Masashi Ebara
 EN: Skip Stellrecht

Tsunade [Fifth Hokage: Tsunade]
 JA: Masako Katsuki
 EN: Debi Mae West

Sakura Haruno
 JA: Chie Nakamura
 EN: Kate Higgins

Ino Yamanaka
 JA: Ryoka Yuzuki
 EN: Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Chōji Akimichi
 JA: Kentaro Ito
 EN: Robbie Rist

Bandō
 JA: Nobuyuki Hiyama
 EN: Todd Haberkorn

[Kiji/Sada]
 JA: Nobuaki Kanemitsu
 EN: Kyle Hebert
 EN: Patrick Seitz
}}