Recognizing that Naruto needs more power to face Pain, Fukasaku invites him to Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Mode . Naruto accepts, driven by his desire to honor his late master and protect the village. Trivia and Production Notes
The Konoha Cryptanalysis Team, led by Shikamaru, struggles to decipher the numbers Jiraiya wrote on Fukasaku's back. Naruto realizes that the first "9" is actually the Katakana character "ta" (タ) , a handwriting quirk he recognized from Jiraiya's "Icha Icha" (Makeout) novels. Naruto Shippuden Episode 154
By using page numbers from the first book of the Icha Icha Tactics series, Kakashi is forced to read specific excerpts aloud, much to his embarrassment. The deciphered message reads: "The real one is not among them" . Recognizing that Naruto needs more power to face
Recognizing that Naruto needs more power to face Pain, Fukasaku invites him to Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Mode . Naruto accepts, driven by his desire to honor his late master and protect the village. Trivia and Production Notes
The Konoha Cryptanalysis Team, led by Shikamaru, struggles to decipher the numbers Jiraiya wrote on Fukasaku's back. Naruto realizes that the first "9" is actually the Katakana character "ta" (タ) , a handwriting quirk he recognized from Jiraiya's "Icha Icha" (Makeout) novels.
By using page numbers from the first book of the Icha Icha Tactics series, Kakashi is forced to read specific excerpts aloud, much to his embarrassment. The deciphered message reads: "The real one is not among them" .