The Unseeing Enemy

"The Unseeing Enemy"edit
見えざる敵­ (Miezaru Teki)
Episode data
Previous	"The Two Charms"
Episode	Naruto: Shippūden #96 (Watch Online)
Next	"The Labyrinth of Distorted Reflection"
Arc	Three-Tails' Appearance
Music
Opening	"Closer"
Ending	"Bacchikoi"
Air dates
Japanese	February 12, 2009
English	October 01, 2011
Debut
Characters
Yūkimaru's Mother
Jutsu
Body Alteration Destroying Smell Smoke Prison Mudshot Technique
Tools
Wrist Launcher

"The Unseeing Enemy" (見えざる敵, Miezaru Teki) is episode 96 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.

Synopsis

Naruto continues his training with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu but his session is cut short by the arrival of Sakura, who arrives to drag him away as Team Yamato was waiting for him so they could depart. In the forest, Hinata uses her Byakugan to locate four chakra signatures in front of her, and quickly notices one from behind them. She warns the others as Gozu attacks from behind, using a partial multi-size technique to slam a giant fist towards Kakashi, who manages to block it. As Kakashi and Gozu whisk throughout the trees continuing their battle, Hinata, Kiba and Akamaru are left to face the likes of Rinji, Kihō, Nurari and Kigiri. Not wanting to deal with Kigiri due to the mask on his face, Kiba has Akamaru transform into him as he attempts to hit Nurari with his Fang Passing Fang. Nurari is able to evade the technique as Kigiri uses his Destroying Smell Smoke Prison to create a thick smokescreen to rob Kiba and Akamaru of their sense of sight and smell.

Nurari attempts to finish the blinded Kiba off, but he is saved by Hinata, who tells Kiba to deal with the others as she deals with Nurari. Nurari is shocked when he realises that Hinata can see him, but is reassured when Hinata's Gentle Fist attacks are unable to harm him. In the meantime, Kakashi continues to fight against Gozu. Using a shadow clone to trick Gozu, Kakashi believes he has the upper hand, but Gozu is able to move at enhanced speed to elude the real Kakashi and proceeds to sneak up behind him and kick him with enough force to destroy a free. Pushed to his limit, Kakashi is forced to use his Sharingan and manages to evade one of Gozu's attacks. He prepares a Lightning Cutter but finds himself unable to pinpoint an opening.

Using his Slime Suit, Nurari is able to avoid being stuck directly by Hinata's Gentle Fist and he proceeds to attack her. Before she can be finished off, she is saved by Kiba and Akamaru, who uses their Fang Passing Fang through the air and trees to create a windstorm to dispel the smokescreen. With his sense of smell and sight restored, Kiba proudly exclaims that he would be able to handle Nurari before being struck by poison gas emitted from Kihō's Wrist Launcher. Kiba berates himself for being stupid enough to forget that there are other enemies, but before Team Guren can finish the three off, Rinji senses something surrounding them. Deeming it dangerous, he orders the group to retreat. Kiba's confusion over the matter is absolved when he is greeted by Shino, who explains that he was casting a trap around them before Rinji's acute senses picked up on it. Kakashi also stumbles in on them; Kiba asks whether he dealt with Gozu and Kakashi states that he was unable to, although he managed to use his Lightning Cutter to give Gozu a serious arm wound.

Kakashi tells them that their fight is far from over and that their enemies are still out there; unbeknownst to him, the entire battle was being watched by Guren via a crystal ball, who is surprised that Kakashi the Copy Ninja was sent to pursue her. Meanwhile, Yūkimaru reminisces on memories of his mother.

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
Kiba Inuzuka	Kosuke Toriumi	鳥海 浩輔	Toriumi Kōsuke	Kyle Hebert
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
Gamakichi	Yoji Ueda	上田 燿司	Ueda Yōji	Dave Wittenberg
Gamatatsu	Tomo Shigematsu	重松 朋	Shigematsu Tomo	Dave Wittenberg
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
Gozu	Atsushi Ono	斧 アツシ	Ono Atsushi	Patrick Seitz
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