Shikamaru pretending to be out-thought, using a lit cigarette lighter and a suspended wall cord to stretch his shadow in broad daylight. Pure, lazy-genius battle IQ on full display. 🔥

Now who's hearing bells😭

"Bro my team is USELESS"

Early Naruto was so damn dramatic. 😂

Mind you, Kin got packed up by Shikamaru AND sacrificed by Orochimaru all on her birthday.

“You’re cooked little man”

Shikamaru’s theme so tuff😭🔥

The sound village was so creative wish they would’ve kept on with moves like this

That’s my 8th hokage goat 🤧

I loved every moment he had in part 1, he’s one of my favorite characters 🔥

This fight was spoiled for me in Clash of Ninja 2 which funnily enough doesn’t feature the sound ninja as a playable character but Shikamaru’s ultimate jutsu is still this animation

This is literally the second lamest fight in the Chunin exams, the 1st Choji vs Dosu, the way Kin is magically close to the wall after jumping to the side once & getting knocked out from a slow head tilt. Shikamaru should've felt it too. Shiakamru's plot armor is crazy

We love to see it 🔥

It makes absolutely no sense to risk your life by throwing the shuriken when you could’ve made she hit her head against the wall anyway. It was an unnecessary show.

There was no reason to throw the star

That was a lame way to win

Do ninja just have the same equipment on the same side? Like not everyone has alil pouch with a shrunken to throw at eachother

Shikamaru is the worst fuckin Naruto character in the entire show

Its like playing basketball and letting her score like she might win 😭

Funny that she said Shikamaru would end up looking like a hedgehog when her VA went on to voice Zeena from Sonic Lost World.

The sound ninjas had some of the most creative jutsu pre Shippuden

Non shippuden Naruto is so horrible

maybe rip the bells off the damn wall?! I know he still won but the fact didn't do that pisses me off

Knocked her right tf out I’m 😭😭

Only one to pass this round of chunin exams btw

Is that Tenten’s voice actress?

You never hear this song again I think

This rly made me realize how bs early naruto could be u wish I didn't see this

Back before Naruto was a SciFi show 😂 I genuinely believe the creators completely changed their vision for the show about halfway through

Nostalgic

In an alternate world, she would've become his wife

BREHHH I CACKLED SOOO HARD WHEN I HEARD DINK AND SAW THIS🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What “genius” goes around telling what happened in his own fight 💀💀💀

I love shikamaru and this ep but the fact he won with her just hitting her head on the wall was anticlimactic