Hit the gas!
There's no need to finagle, oh yeah!
We'll go all through the night.
I'll complain at the end,
the balance is zero, oh yeah!
We'll whittle the days away...
When you open your heart a little,
and pull someone close to you,
Your feelings will surely reach them deeper, yeah...
Hurry it up! Wring it out!
Though my legs are all tangled, they will surely take me far...
Even if I steal it and manage to grasp it,
If it isn't you, then what's the point?
So I'll go far into the distance...
What?!
That's...
A shell made of sand?
Hot-blooded dropout!
Finally unleashed, the forbidden master move!
Hot-blooded dropout! Finally unleashed, the forbidden master move!
When did he switch...? That can't be!
When you were closing your eyes and praying.
Lee briefly paused from the pain.
That's when...
Gaara...
That's...
No doubt about it... Those eyes are...
"It" has awakened...
The monster within him.
Run!
The bobbed hair guy can barely move now.
Gaara is just playing with him.
Why? Why isn't Lee-san dodging them?
With Lee-san's speed he should be able to dodge those attacks easily.
It's not that he's not dodging them, but that he can't dodge them.
What do you mean?
That move he used, the Renge, is a double-edged sword.
What do you mean?
Why do you think the Renge is considered a forbidden jutsu?
Because...
Renge is not a Ninjutsu or Genjutsu.
It's just a Taijutsu move that requires the user to move at a high rate of speed.
The amount of strain it causes on a body is unimaginable.
His body hurts all over right now, so he can't move around.
Right?
Gai.
Oh, no.
He can't use any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu...
And his only hope, Taijutsu, is inferior even by normal standards.
He can't win.
At this rate, he's going to...
Lee...
Come on, do your best, guys!
I'm going to add an additional 200 laps!
Stupid!
You can't become a ninja!
I can!
A guy who can't use Ninjutsu can't become a ninja.
I can!
Actually, it makes no sense why a guy like you is in this ninja academy...
...when you can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu and possess below average Taijutsu skills.
Do you know what you're called around here?
Hot-blooded!
Hot-blooded drop...!
Hey, Lee, get in line!
Hey, Lee!
Is that the rumored hot-blooded dropout?
He resembles someone, doesn't he?
Especially his eyebrows...
Rock Lee...
A guy who can only use below average Taijutsu, eh?
But you practiced that below average Taijutsu a lot.
396, 397, 398, 399, 400.
401, 402, 403...
If I can't finish kicking this log 500 times...
I'll have to do 1000 squats!
413, 414, 415, 416...
417, 418, 419, 420...
Someone was here before me.
421, 422, 423, 424...
425, 426, 427...
I guess I'll come back later.
1000 squats!
If I can't do them, I'll have to do 2000 punches!
795, 796, 797, 798...
He's still at it?
2000 punches!
If I can't do them, I'll have to jump rope 2000 times!
You frantically practiced Taijutsu, and finally...
Okay, you three are now promoted to Genins today.
I want to hear what your goals are.
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
Okay, Tenten.
I want to become a really strong ninja like Tsunade-sama, the legendary female ninja.
What about you, Neji?
I don't want to answer.
Me! Me!
Even if I can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu...
I want to prove that I can still become an excellent ninja!
That's everything to me!
He has nice eyes.
What's so funny, you!
I'm serious!
Even if I can only use Taijutsu, I will carry out my job as a ninja!
He should just give up already.
At this rate, Gaara will just toy with him before he kills him.
Fuzzy eyebrows...
Lee...
Not yet... I'm not done yet...
Lee...
You really don't learn, do you? You can't beat him.
Neji is a genius, unlike you.
A genius?
What is a genius?
Even if I have no talent, I will surpass a genius with hard work!
That's everything to me!
That is my way of the ninja!
It's useless, Lee.
No matter how much you try, you can't defeat me.
This has already been decided.
That's not true!
That's not...
But you never gave up.
So useless...
The bobbed hair had bad luck, matching up with Gaara.
No, Lee is not a guy who will surrender to something like this.
What?
That is because Lee is...
That is because you kept working hard, Lee.
If I can't jump rope 1200 times in a row, I'll have to kick a log 2000 times.
1116, 1117, 1118...
Lee, are you taking a break already?
Gai-sensei, what do you want?
If you want to talk to me about my failure in the last mission...
I have apologized to you already.
Lee, it is true that you are different than Neji.
You cannot use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, nor are you a genius in Taijutsu.
But, Lee...
You are a genius that has the power and potential to exceed Neji.
If you're trying to make me feel better out of pity, please stop.
No, I'm not saying this out of pity at all.
Because you are...
A genius of hard work.
Is that really true?
I have come to this point believing that...
If I train two or three times more than Neji, I can become stronger.
But recently I started to think that maybe I can't match up with a real genius...
Wondering if hard work really pays off...
I wanted to find out, and I challenged Neji to a fight many times, but the outcome has always been the same.
I am no match for him at all!
Even during missions... my legs still shake.
I think that no matter how much I try, I can't become any stronger.
I'm scared of that...
What should I do...?
There is no point in working hard if you do not believe in yourself.
Lee, you are very similar to me.
The eyebrows?
No, it's not only the eyebrows.
To be honest, I was a dropout when I was young, too.
You?
But now, I am in the lead in my matches against the elite genius, Kakashi.
It's because I worked hard.
Even if you can't use Ninjutsu and Genjutsu,
you want to prove that you can still become an excellent ninja. right?
That's what your way of the ninja is.
It's a good goal.
It's a good goal worth working hard for.
So all you have to do is believe in your path, and run through it.
Become a strong man so that I can smile proudly when I watch you.
Got that, Lee?
Yes, sir!
Thank you...
Gai-sensei.
No, Lee-san! If you fight anymore, you'll die!
Fuzzy eyebrows...
What?
Lee's movement...
... is back to normal!
Sensei is smiling for me.
That alone can revive me and make me stronger.
Stronger... Far stronger!
Lee-san is laughing, even when he's cornered.
No, we will corner him now.
What?
The lotus in Konoha blooms twice.
Blooms twice?
Lee-san said that, too.
The lotus in Konoha blooms twice.
When we meet next time, I promise that I will be a stronger man.
Gai, you didn't...!
It's just as you suspect.
So that boy, a Genin...
is capable of opening inner gates of the Eight Gates?
And using Ura Renge?
Ura Renge?
That's correct.
What a disaster...
Gai.
How many gates is that boy capable of opening?
Five.
What is this Eight Gates and Ura Renge thing?
The Eight Gates manipulation is a preparation of taking limiters off to use Ura Renge.
Taking limiters off?
That's correct.
In the chakra circulatory system...
there are gates in each part of the body. From the top, they are...
Open Gate
Open Gate.
Energy Gate
Energy Gate.
Life Gate
Life Gate.
Wound Gate
Wound Gate.
Forest Gate
Forest Gate.
View Gate
View Gate.
Insanity Gate
Insanity Gate.
Death Gate
And Death Gate.
Those are the eight places in the body where chakra holes are concentrated at.
These are known as the Eight Gates.
Life Gate
These eight gates constantly control the chakra that flows in your body.
But Renge unfastens those controls with force...
Forest Gate
And grants the user more than ten times more power. That is its power source.
Omote Renge is a move that opens the first gate, the Open Gate...
It unfastens the control of the brain, and enables a person to use his muscles at their limits.
The, what about Ura Renge?
It opens the second gate, the Energy Gate, and increases one's strength forcefully.
And after opening the third gate, the Life Gate, the Ura Renge is carried out.
But, Omote Renge alone wears out his body.
If he tries to do something more straining than that...
Yes.
By opening all 8 gates, you're able to gain temporary powers greater than a Hokage. But that person will surely...
Die.
I have no intention of prying into what that boy is to you.
and I won't tell you to leave personal affairs out of this...
But there's such a thing as a limit.
I've lost faith in you, Gai.
What do you...
know about him?
He has something important that he must protect and prove to everyone, even if it means his own death.
Even if I can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu...
I want to prove that I can still become an excellent ninja!
That's everything to me!
That is why I wanted to make him into a man who could hold to those words.
That is all.
Lee, I will now teach you a new move.
All right!
It is a move that will be your ace.
Yeah!
Yeah! All right!
Lee! Listen to what I'm saying seriously!
Yes, sir.
Let me warn you.
This move is more forbidden than Renge.
And it will be your most special move.
Special?
But to use this move, there is one strict condition.
That is...
What?
I don't know what you're trying to do, but you're going to be finished here.
Yes.
Either way, the next move will end everything.
Neji.
Sasuke-kun.
And...
I cannot be the only one who loses here!
Gai-sensei, please acknowledge this...
Now is the time...
To abide by and protect my way of the ninja!
Third... Life Gate, release!
Can you hear me?
The sky is limitless and blue,
The sea is endlessly large
to you, please keep your smile or else I'll cry.
you don't have to look around now
because everyone are in these hands
wanting to cry
wanting to run
if you forget happiness then sing
light was born and dark was born
the two is together
feeling harmonia, telepathy
Can you hear me?