1 00:00:21,170 --> 00:00:22,880 This time, I'll reach the other side for sure. 2 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,080 Just aim it a little higher than you'd expect. 3 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:34,660 That's the trick. 4 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,910 I don't need you to tell me that. 5 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,080 It will reach the other side if I put my all into it! 6 00:00:40,890 --> 00:00:42,140 Who the hell are you anyway? 7 00:00:43,980 --> 00:00:47,680 Right now, I'm just your rival at stone skipping. 8 00:00:48,230 --> 00:00:49,390 Though mine has already reached the other side. 9 00:00:51,430 --> 00:00:56,140 That was the first time I encountered Madara Uchiha. 10 00:02:27,640 --> 00:02:31,770 Hashirama and Madara 11 00:02:31,890 --> 00:02:33,850 I asked you who you are! 12 00:02:34,140 --> 00:02:35,600 It's Hashirama. 13 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:37,680 I can't tell you my last name due to reasons... 14 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:39,810 Hashirama, eh? 15 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:42,930 Well, just watch. I'm gonna make it this time. 16 00:02:46,390 --> 00:02:47,770 The way he throws… 17 00:02:47,930 --> 00:02:50,520 I'm sure… It's the shuriken jutsu! 18 00:02:57,770 --> 00:03:02,060 Hey! You stood behind me on purpose to distract me! 19 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:07,140 I'm the type that can't even pee when someone's standing behind me! 20 00:03:11,310 --> 00:03:12,100 S-Sorry! 21 00:03:14,230 --> 00:03:17,180 Hey… Don't take it so seriously… 22 00:03:19,270 --> 00:03:21,430 Sorry, I was just making excuses… 23 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,310 I…I didn't know… 24 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:28,270 That you had such an obnoxious self-diagnosed neurosis... 25 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,560 I can't tell if you're a nice guy or a nasty guy! 26 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:36,310 One thing for sure! I'm better than you at stone skipping! 27 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,060 Want me to skip you instead? 28 00:03:40,390 --> 00:03:43,520 S-Sorry… I didn't mean to upset you. 29 00:03:44,230 --> 00:03:48,310 To make amends, I'll let you throw me into the river. 30 00:03:49,060 --> 00:03:50,100 Go ahead, throw me. 31 00:03:50,180 --> 00:03:54,140 Do you even notice your own obnoxious neurosis? 32 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:58,560 I just...hope I reach the opposite shore... 33 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,140 You're a real eyesore! Get lost! 34 00:04:02,140 --> 00:04:03,230 Well then... 35 00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:05,020 Wait a second! 36 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:08,310 Which is it? Why don't you be more clear? 37 00:04:08,390 --> 00:04:10,270 Th-That's… 38 00:04:15,230 --> 00:04:15,930 That's…! 39 00:04:22,310 --> 00:04:24,810 Are you…a shinobi? 40 00:04:27,980 --> 00:04:31,180 This location will become a battlefield soon. Go home. 41 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,730 This is a Hagoromo Clan crest… 42 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:37,390 Sorry, but I've got to go… 43 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:40,770 So long… 44 00:04:41,230 --> 00:04:42,140 Uh… 45 00:04:42,730 --> 00:04:43,890 It's Madara. 46 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:46,180 Madara… 47 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,100 Not proffering one's family name to a stranger... 48 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:51,680 is shinobi law. 49 00:04:53,980 --> 00:04:55,140 I knew it… 50 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:57,020 You're a shinobi too. 51 00:05:01,060 --> 00:05:03,060 Our personalities differed, 52 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:06,930 and yet I sensed a mysterious kinship with him. 53 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,230 I felt I knew why he'd come down to the river too. 54 00:05:32,100 --> 00:05:33,100 Kawarama... 55 00:05:34,810 --> 00:05:36,140 Shinobi do not cry! 56 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:39,640 Shinobi are born into this world to fight and die in battle. 57 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,100 Be grateful that we have even a piece of his corpse! 58 00:05:45,230 --> 00:05:47,270 For our enemy this time includes 59 00:05:47,350 --> 00:05:50,140 the Uchiha Clan in addition to the Hagoromo Clan! 60 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:53,770 They are particularly merciless! 61 00:05:55,350 --> 00:05:57,230 Kawarama was just seven years old! 62 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,140 How long…will this kind of fighting continue?! 63 00:06:01,180 --> 00:06:04,060 Until the very last foe has been vanquished. 64 00:06:04,140 --> 00:06:08,230 The path to a battle-free world is not easily made! 65 00:06:09,270 --> 00:06:12,060 And children must be sacrificed? 66 00:06:16,890 --> 00:06:19,140 I will not allow Kawarama to be disrespected! 67 00:06:19,730 --> 00:06:23,310 He fought and died as a full-fledged shinobi! 68 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:24,860 He was not a child! 69 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,980 Older brother Hashirama, are you okay? 70 00:06:35,390 --> 00:06:39,270 You know what happens when we defy Father. 71 00:06:42,350 --> 00:06:43,460 I…don't want… 72 00:06:44,430 --> 00:06:47,890 either of you, Itama or Tobirama… 73 00:06:48,770 --> 00:06:51,600 to die in vain! 74 00:06:53,150 --> 00:06:55,940 The Senju, the clan of love? As if! 75 00:06:56,030 --> 00:06:57,940 A full-fledged shinobi, my butt! 76 00:06:57,980 --> 00:07:02,230 All of this is just grown-ups driving kids to their deaths! 77 00:07:02,730 --> 00:07:06,270 We're doing exactly the same thing as the Uchiha! 78 00:07:06,980 --> 00:07:08,770 That's how we honor our opponents. 79 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,350 Even an infant wielding a weapon is deemed an enemy. 80 00:07:13,770 --> 00:07:18,310 And to raise one's child to become full-fledged is a parent's love! 81 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,430 So in order to become full-fledged, you have to die?! 82 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,390 We kill and are killed so much, 83 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:26,230 you can't even keep track of all the grudges! 84 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,180 And it's too risky to even divulge our family names! 85 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,890 There's something totally wrong about a ninja world like this! 86 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:36,140 Children like you are called brats! 87 00:07:36,230 --> 00:07:37,270 Father… 88 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,060 Older Brother's feeling depressed today… 89 00:07:40,230 --> 00:07:41,770 So please forgive him. 90 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:51,890 Hashirama, go and cool your head. 91 00:07:58,930 --> 00:08:00,600 Grown-ups are stupid. 92 00:08:01,140 --> 00:08:06,100 If they want to stop the fighting, they should make a pact… 93 00:08:06,230 --> 00:08:09,430 But…what about avenging our parents and brothers… 94 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,350 and all our friends who were killed? 95 00:08:11,890 --> 00:08:14,730 Keeping saying stuff like that and you'll end up dead too. 96 00:08:15,310 --> 00:08:17,350 You and the adults are both hotheaded. 97 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:18,600 Sorry… 98 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:21,520 Forthcoming shinobi must suppress their emotions, 99 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,230 create suitable rules that they then follow 100 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:26,180 and avoid extraneous conflict. 101 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,230 Can't a true pact... 102 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,890 an alliance be achieved? 103 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:41,180 What's a true pact? 104 00:08:46,430 --> 00:08:48,100 During the Era of Warring States, 105 00:08:48,180 --> 00:08:50,980 the average life expectance of both shinobi and citizens 106 00:08:51,060 --> 00:08:52,770 was around 30 years old. 107 00:09:00,310 --> 00:09:03,520 And the reason the average was so low was... 108 00:09:18,310 --> 00:09:19,270 Itama! 109 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,180 The deaths of many young children. 110 00:09:23,270 --> 00:09:24,270 Itama! 111 00:09:52,140 --> 00:09:54,270 Hey, long time no see! 112 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:56,560 Umm… 113 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,480 It's Hashirama. 114 00:09:59,180 --> 00:10:03,140 So, Hashirama… You seem awfully down. 115 00:10:03,890 --> 00:10:04,930 What happened? 116 00:10:05,430 --> 00:10:06,770 What's with you! 117 00:10:07,230 --> 00:10:08,230 I'm fine! 118 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:12,230 Liar… You can talk to me, you know. 119 00:10:13,310 --> 00:10:13,930 It's nothing… 120 00:10:14,140 --> 00:10:15,810 Come on, tell me. 121 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,680 I said it's nothing. 122 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:22,310 Hey, stop dragging this out! I promise I'll listen! 123 00:10:23,140 --> 00:10:24,560 It's really nothing… 124 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:26,560 Nothing at all. 125 00:10:26,850 --> 00:10:28,640 Out with it! 126 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:32,850 What's the matter? 127 00:10:36,270 --> 00:10:38,730 My little brother…died. 128 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,680 I come to the river 129 00:10:44,770 --> 00:10:48,140 because I feel like all the haziness in my heart 130 00:10:48,140 --> 00:10:50,350 gets washed away as I stare at the water. 131 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:53,230 So that's what happened... 132 00:10:55,100 --> 00:10:56,770 Your name's Madara, right…? 133 00:10:57,890 --> 00:10:59,640 I wonder if you're like me… 134 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:05,020 Do you have siblings? 135 00:11:05,730 --> 00:11:07,480 I'm one of five. 136 00:11:08,730 --> 00:11:10,020 Well, there used to be five of us. 137 00:11:23,150 --> 00:11:24,210 Used to? 138 00:11:24,940 --> 00:11:26,440 We're shinobi. 139 00:11:26,910 --> 00:11:28,780 We never know when we're going to die. 140 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,860 If there were a way where neither side had to die... 141 00:11:32,570 --> 00:11:34,780 It would be where both sides revealed their insides, 142 00:11:34,780 --> 00:11:36,490 and hid nothing from each other... 143 00:11:36,820 --> 00:11:39,490 And poured each other drinks and drank together like brothers. 144 00:11:40,910 --> 00:11:42,740 But that's impossible... 145 00:11:43,490 --> 00:11:48,200 Because one can't look deep into another's insides down to their guts. 146 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:53,530 In reality, they could be as mad as hell. 147 00:11:56,030 --> 00:11:57,360 Isn't it possible… 148 00:11:57,740 --> 00:12:00,070 to really show how you feel without showing your guts? 149 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:02,530 I don't know… 150 00:12:02,780 --> 00:12:04,780 But every time I come here, 151 00:12:04,780 --> 00:12:07,450 I pray for some way to make it happen. 152 00:12:12,780 --> 00:12:16,860 I finally got it to go in the right direction. 153 00:12:17,490 --> 00:12:18,990 You're not the only one… 154 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:20,530 Me too… 155 00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:22,530 It reached. 156 00:12:26,100 --> 00:12:28,010 In all honesty, I was shocked… 157 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,510 That one person understood how I felt 158 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,640 despite all the people that didn't. 159 00:12:34,470 --> 00:12:39,810 So there was another foolish kid, who thought as I did, 160 00:12:39,890 --> 00:12:41,470 to try to change this war-torn era. 161 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,720 Maybe shocked isn't the right word… 162 00:12:46,100 --> 00:12:49,430 To me, Madara was a gift from the divine. 163 00:12:50,350 --> 00:12:54,680 In your case…I can tell without looking into your insides that... 164 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:55,680 What? 165 00:12:56,010 --> 00:12:59,350 That your hairdo and outfit are totally lame! 166 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,640 Not that we thought alike in every respect... 167 00:13:08,310 --> 00:13:10,890 After that, we started meeting up every now and then, 168 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,100 still without knowing each other's family names... 169 00:13:14,930 --> 00:13:17,470 We'd spar and compare our shinobi moves 170 00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:20,930 or talk about the future… 171 00:13:22,870 --> 00:13:24,200 Taijutsu and kumite. 172 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:27,990 Nice job pulling a draw against me! 173 00:13:28,330 --> 00:13:30,330 It's not a draw... 174 00:13:30,700 --> 00:13:32,080 I'm still standing. 175 00:13:32,210 --> 00:13:33,210 Huh? 176 00:13:33,910 --> 00:13:34,960 Ouch! 177 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,120 What were you saying? How's this not a draw? 178 00:13:41,410 --> 00:13:42,540 When did you…? 179 00:13:44,710 --> 00:13:46,910 I threw it the instant you blew me away. 180 00:13:47,330 --> 00:13:49,750 I'm not gonna be beaten that easily. 181 00:13:54,290 --> 00:13:55,790 But the question is, 182 00:13:55,870 --> 00:13:57,620 how do we change things concretely? 183 00:13:58,410 --> 00:14:00,120 We've got to have a vision for the future. 184 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,830 The first steps are for us to not give up on our ideals 185 00:14:03,830 --> 00:14:05,960 and to get a lot stronger. 186 00:14:06,940 --> 00:14:09,360 Weak pups barking won't change a thing. 187 00:14:09,770 --> 00:14:14,770 Right. If we master all sorts of jutsu and get stronger, 188 00:14:14,860 --> 00:14:18,440 the adults won't be able to ignore our words anymore. 189 00:14:19,730 --> 00:14:22,650 We gotta master many jutsu and cover any weaknesses. 190 00:14:25,230 --> 00:14:29,940 Well… I am stronger than most adults around me already. 191 00:14:30,110 --> 00:14:32,360 No kidding? I'm impressed. 192 00:14:43,650 --> 00:14:45,060 You really can't, eh…? 193 00:14:45,310 --> 00:14:47,770 Stop standing behind me! 194 00:14:47,860 --> 00:14:49,230 I found your weakness… 195 00:14:49,310 --> 00:14:52,230 I'm gonna throw you into the exact spot I pissed in! 196 00:14:53,730 --> 00:14:55,810 Take this! It's my Water Style! 197 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,650 Disgusting! Don't whip it around! 198 00:14:59,810 --> 00:15:02,770 Each time we met, we became closer friends. 199 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,400 Madara… 200 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,440 I came up with an amazing jutsu! 201 00:15:12,770 --> 00:15:14,480 Let's master it together! 202 00:15:15,310 --> 00:15:17,560 Really? Show me. 203 00:15:17,730 --> 00:15:18,940 A Secret Taijutsu Technique, 204 00:15:19,020 --> 00:15:22,360 a Super Fire Style Genjutsu Slice Giant Shuriken Two-Step Drop Jutsu! 205 00:15:22,770 --> 00:15:24,730 Nope… I can't visualize it at all. 206 00:15:25,230 --> 00:15:28,810 I mean, which is it? Taijutsu or genjutsu? 207 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,020 In the first place, the name is too long! 208 00:15:32,730 --> 00:15:33,980 Who can remember such a long name? 209 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,150 Well, let me explain it... 210 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:37,480 Never mind! 211 00:15:37,690 --> 00:15:39,860 Today, I'm challenging you to cliff climbing! 212 00:15:42,730 --> 00:15:44,060 Quit getting depressed all the time! 213 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,020 That's your weakness. 214 00:15:47,110 --> 00:15:50,060 And your weakness is to judge too quickly… 215 00:15:51,420 --> 00:15:56,090 I'm just psyching you out… before cliff climbing! 216 00:15:56,170 --> 00:15:57,510 Huh? Hey you! 217 00:15:58,840 --> 00:15:59,840 See you later! 218 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,710 You were just pretending, huh?! 219 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,340 I win… 220 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,210 That's to be expected… You started before me! 221 00:16:20,420 --> 00:16:22,590 What a sweeping view of the forest! 222 00:16:23,060 --> 00:16:25,520 Yeah, you can see really far! 223 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,900 I know my eyesight's just as good as yours. 224 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:30,360 Want to challenge me? 225 00:16:30,860 --> 00:16:32,270 What makes you say that all of a sudden? 226 00:16:32,940 --> 00:16:34,690 You sound really proud of your eyes. 227 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:37,730 Well sure! I have Sha… 228 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:43,360 What's the matter? 229 00:16:43,810 --> 00:16:47,110 No…never mind. I guess it's not all that. 230 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,810 What is it? You're being awful candid for once. 231 00:16:52,020 --> 00:16:54,020 If I were better, my siblings wouldn't be dead. 232 00:16:55,270 --> 00:16:57,270 I couldn't even protect them. 233 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,650 So I shouldn't...shouldn't... 234 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:04,900 Madara… 235 00:17:12,940 --> 00:17:13,940 Sorry… 236 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:17,440 I brought back some memories for you too, huh. 237 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:22,510 So…you don't have any more siblings? 238 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,090 No… I have one younger brother left. 239 00:17:28,710 --> 00:17:32,130 And I'll protect him, no matter what! 240 00:17:34,590 --> 00:17:35,840 What about you? 241 00:17:36,460 --> 00:17:37,960 I have one brother left too. 242 00:17:38,670 --> 00:17:41,420 And I intend to protect him too, no matter what. 243 00:17:43,810 --> 00:17:47,940 I've decided! Let's build our settlement here! 244 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:48,980 Huh? 245 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:52,940 And make it so kids won't have to kill each other! 246 00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:57,650 We'll create a school where kids can train and grow up stronger! 247 00:17:58,190 --> 00:17:59,360 Assign missions that fit 248 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,730 an individual's abilities and strengths! 249 00:18:02,270 --> 00:18:06,230 Have superiors who can properly assign ranks to commissions! 250 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:08,520 It will be a place where kids 251 00:18:08,610 --> 00:18:10,480 don't have to be sent into harsh battlefronts. 252 00:18:11,900 --> 00:18:14,980 You're pretty much the only one spouting nonsense. 253 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,020 Well then, what about you? 254 00:18:18,550 --> 00:18:19,760 It doesn't sound bad at all. 255 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:21,460 Then it's decided! 256 00:18:21,540 --> 00:18:24,370 Yeah… If that settlement gets built here, 257 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:26,270 then I could watch over my little brother, 258 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,610 and protect him in this place where you can see to no end! 259 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,670 That was where the Leaf Village would eventually stand. 260 00:18:41,340 --> 00:18:43,760 I made a resolution that day. 261 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:47,920 To endure for the sake of my vision. 262 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,010 We both made it. 263 00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:58,900 That stone… is perfect for rock skipping. 264 00:18:59,730 --> 00:19:02,230 Hang on to it until we meet next time! 265 00:19:18,860 --> 00:19:20,060 What is it, Tobirama? 266 00:19:20,980 --> 00:19:23,310 Older Brother… Come with me. 267 00:19:30,630 --> 00:19:34,050 Hashirama, this boy you've been meeting up with... 268 00:19:35,110 --> 00:19:36,310 How did you…? 269 00:19:36,610 --> 00:19:39,980 Father ordered me to tail you… 270 00:19:40,110 --> 00:19:41,110 You? 271 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,980 I have better sensory skills than you. 272 00:19:45,110 --> 00:19:48,150 You've been going out quite often lately, 273 00:19:48,670 --> 00:19:50,800 so I knew something was up. 274 00:19:52,130 --> 00:19:54,590 I checked up on that boy. 275 00:19:55,130 --> 00:19:57,760 He belongs to the Uchiha Clan. 276 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:02,670 He has killed adults from our clan. 277 00:20:03,260 --> 00:20:06,710 It seems he was born with inherent shinobi talent. 278 00:20:08,770 --> 00:20:10,480 So I was right… 279 00:20:11,770 --> 00:20:14,730 Given your lack of surprise... 280 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:17,650 Don't tell me the two of you already 281 00:20:17,730 --> 00:20:19,520 knew each other's clan names. 282 00:20:19,610 --> 00:20:21,150 No… I didn't know. 283 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:23,190 He probably doesn't know mine either. 284 00:20:23,730 --> 00:20:24,730 Hashirama. 285 00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:27,650 Do you know what this means? 286 00:20:30,190 --> 00:20:33,690 The Senju and Uchiha Clans are bitter enemies. 287 00:20:34,770 --> 00:20:37,150 I haven't told anyone in our clan yet… 288 00:20:37,730 --> 00:20:42,150 If we're not careful, you could be branded a traitor. 289 00:20:43,190 --> 00:20:45,360 If you don't want to be accused of being an enemy spy… 290 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,080 after you see that boy next time, follow him. 291 00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:52,840 And bring back intel about the Uchiha Clan. 292 00:20:53,380 --> 00:20:54,710 This is a mission. 293 00:20:55,630 --> 00:20:57,550 If he should notice you... 294 00:20:59,340 --> 00:21:00,340 kill him! 295 00:21:00,340 --> 00:21:02,340 296 00:22:37,100 --> 00:22:42,720 Maybe it just isn't possible for us to reach that pipe dream of ours. 297 00:22:43,370 --> 00:22:45,120 Madara...you... 298 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:47,640 It may have been brief, but it was fun. 299 00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:51,560 Our next meeting will likely be on the battlefield. 300 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:56,310 Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "The Era of Warring States" 301 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,850 I truly wish it wasn't so... 302 00:22:59,850 --> 00:23:04,810 THE ERA OF WARRING STATES 303 00:23:04,810 --> 00:23:09,930 Tune in again!