This collection takes us through most of the preliminary battles. While it doesn't finish off the Gaara/Rock Lee match, and it doesn't show Choji's brief fight, it plows through all of the others. Sasuke's battle leaves him victorious, but also badly wounded while Kakashi and Orochimaru will go head to head over his hurt body.
The fight between Ino and Sakura shows the pair to be evenly matched (even though both thought Ino was always the stronger) and their long-term rivalry might finally be over as they once again become friends. Naruto's prelim-battle forces him to not only face Kiba, but his familiar as well. As the battle wages, Naruto leans about food pellets and how they can help a ninja, as well as exactly what kind of team his opponents are.
The last pair of battles, the one between the Hyugas and the one between Rock Lee and Gaara, are all about an underdog facing an opponent with natural and powerful talent. In Byakugan Battle, Negi faces off with his cousin, Hinata, who, while a member of the "main branch" of the Hygua clan, has less raw talent. But Hinata isn't determined to just keel over and give up. In a valiant effort, she proves that she isn't just a shy little girl.
It all leads up to the final major match in the preliminaries. In this fight, we finally get to see some of Gaara's powers and even though Rock Lee's Taijutsu is greater and makes him faster than Gaara's Sand Shield and Sand Armor, it might be enough.
Naruto: Uncut Box Set 4 is chock full of ninja action. With tons of fights of different styles, this is definitely a collection that any Naruto fan would like to own. If you already have these episodes in their individual volumes, then the only thing that might make you want this boxed set is the accompanying storyboard booklet of Episode 46, Byakugan Battle: Hinata Grows Bold!.
