"720 episodes," he whispered, holding the final reel of Naruto: Shippuden in his hands. The label read: "The Last: Closing the Loop."
Naruto nearly dropped the reel. Shikamaru leaned against the doorframe, pipe unlit, shadows pooling under his tired eyes. naruto how many episodes
Naruto stared at the reel. "It's not fear. It's... if I watch the last one, then it's really over. The story. The thing we were ." "720 episodes," he whispered, holding the final reel
He slotted the reel into the old projector. The wall flickered to life: a younger Naruto, bruised and grinning, standing next to a scowling Sasuke and a tearful Sakura. The final scene—the one where Naruto, as Hokage, waved to the crowd, and the camera pulled back to show every face he'd ever touched. Naruto stared at the reel
He remembered the first episode. A loudmouth kid in an orange jumpsuit, painting the Hokage monument with cheap yellow paint. Iruka-sensei's tearful confession over a stolen headband. The way his stomach had growled during the ramen scene, even though he'd just eaten.
Now that kid was him . And he had two kids of his own who thought "Believe it!" was an embarrassing catchphrase.
He wasn't supposed to be here. It was 2 AM.