: Kankuro controls his puppet, Crow, to execute various hidden weapon strikes. Production Details
: This episode adapts content from Chapters 125 and 126 of the original manga. Kankuro fight? Astonishing Truth! Gaara's Identity Emerges! - Narutopedia Naruto (Dub) Episode 74
: Leaving Sasuke to chase Gaara, Shino stays behind to confront Kankuro. Kankuro uses his puppet, Crow, to launch hidden weapon attacks and poison gas bombs. Shino utilizes his Destruction Bugs (Kikaichu) to dodge and counter-attack. While Shino eventually defeats Kankuro by having his bugs consume the puppet master's chakra, he also collapses due to inhaling Kankuro's poison gas. : Kankuro controls his puppet, Crow, to execute
The episode follows three main threads as the invasion of Konoha continues: Astonishing Truth
: "Astonishing Truth! Gaara's Identity Emerges!"
: Shino creates a copy of himself using his bugs to deceive Kankuro.
: Sasuke successfully catches up with the Sand Siblings. During this encounter, a partially transformed and unstable Gaara lashes out, even knocking his sister Temari away.
