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Friends You Can Count On
While talking with his students, Shino talks about how he and his team got together and became more close as friends and teammates. The story switches to Shino's flashback during the first part of Naruto. They are on a mission assigned by Kurenai in which a Jonin assassin from a neighboring village. Shino gets defeated because of weak taijutsu and descends into depression. He even reveals he was going to abandon the team that helped him because he didn't think he was useful to them. But after his friends get in trouble with the rouge Shino comes back and defeats the rouge.
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Other episodes for this season
![The Five Kage's Decision](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/Ej4Ej5Y60mQTuBm2R5BYNmycuC.jpg)
![The Young Man and the Sea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/2ogU6uxZardUqnK1ERQzSixIOkz.jpg)
![The Ninja of Benisu](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/s4ns8U0MBUt1WmkJlPX4sSxZjiq.jpg)
![The Cursed Ghost Ship](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/x1fwh9H6nHNTyIuaZKSSyJGrzh.jpg)
![Battleship Island](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/s5nvna0W2Ox2qEFEOG3f4nrhznG.jpg)
![The Forgotten Island](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/m3Cylm8RsUdvZ5a7DVVszpovX8p.jpg)
![Fight! Rock Lee!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/r3WEVJj8vzRSDBlpUajk4uO9ZJW.jpg)
![Eat or Die! Mushrooms from Hell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/bbqPGaNwumTDaWsXvno71Y1Teo9.jpg)
![Revenge of the Shadow Clones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/5k1xDzSZSwCVPZlQfgy92UnG6p2.jpg)
![The Closed Route](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/oeyGCX605wxbRuntEFNDWYTQ3wI.jpg)
![The Girls' Get-Together](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/Amalzet732jv2AmTkOyNqaz4g8T.jpg)
![Naruto's Imposter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/meXZCjShKv1AL5xb8UNpS0vlfyC.jpg)
![Naruto's Favorite Pupil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/wHQtjPKrDzxuBV9uEWn7ujhnpFb.jpg)
![The Kunoichi Of Nadeshiko Village](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/psavh90EW1nw8i8yhLOm04VHUgu.jpg)
![Friends You Can Count On](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/1L5GNZd9BfU5bzybah5otdJ7udA.jpg)
![Ah, My Hero Lady Tsunade!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/xxhh36LrDZCGchw55EK1Lmdg1lz.jpg)
![Sai's Day Off](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/6gCOYUksAWGk45ICdjcx4hpqo33.jpg)
![The Legendary Ino-Shika-Cho](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/sJJljtuVY0LrrGZb3aXYYPIBJYD.jpg)
![Kiba's Determination](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/mwcxYOpl6VkAuhwixURvRzM6qBL.jpg)
![Kakashi, My Eternal Rival!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/hJmhVoZhPAYU4qanohbkq8IEzjJ.jpg)
![Naruto's Vow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/xVtDy2h7sxfFmaG3gTlw8yk7mtA.jpg)