# Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru! (2011)

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**Original title**: *炎の中忍試験！ナルトvs木ノ葉丸！！*
**Runtime**: 14 min
**Genres**: Animation, Action
**Directed by**: Hayato Date
**Written by**: Masashi Kishimoto
**Starring**: Junko Takeuchi, Ikue Otani, Kazuhiko Inoue, Akira Ishida, Showtaro Morikubo, Chie Nakamura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You climb through the Forest of Death during the Chunin exams while every shadow could be a rival. A scroll in your hand means survival. The arena rules bend to let a student challenge his sensei.

Hayato Date’s 2011 short keeps anime’s kinetic rush inside a single bout.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, playful, uplifting

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