When Tsunade leaves on a diplomatic mission to a neighboring village, she leaves the only shinobi who wasn't busy, in charge - Guy.
An encounter with the Sand siblings turns ugly when Temari insults Tenten, igniting the Leaf Shinobi's desire for a Chunin Exam rematch! Orochimaru starts longing to live a normal life after being barred from entering a family-friendly market.
Owing them all many thanks, Lee tries to bond with all of his comrade's Animal Summons. Later, with so many romantic holidays occurring in winter, Hinata aims to grow a little closer to Naruto.
When Naruto's favorite ramen stand, Ichiraku comes up against hard financial times, Lee tries to help the restaurant. Later, Tenten and Neji try to get their hard working teammate to actually use his vacation time to rest.
When Orochimaru's poison leaves Guy Sensei completely bald, it's up to Lee and the gang to find him the right wig. Later, our beloved narrator comes down with a bad cold.
Lee fakes being sick so that Sakura will be his nurse, only to find that his rival in love is using the same tactic. Later, Sasuke won the last popularity contest, while Lee wasn't even on the board!
Gaara, the Kazekage of the Hidden Sand Village, is coming to visit the Leaf Village. Later, an impostor of Rock Lee appears and starts causing trouble in the village. Lee's team attempts to catch him using a cross-dressing Neji as bait.
Teams Guy and Kakashi head to the beach. Lee wants to scope out Sakura's "amazing" new bathing suit, but Guy Sensei makes him train instead. Later, Lee wants to have fun by splitting watermelons.
The Leaf Village is holding a fireworks show, which includes a contest to see which ninja can make the biggest boom! Later, Tenten starts acting strange after the fireworks show.
Lee and Tenten grab the latest issue of Jump to get the scoop on the new Naruto movie! Later, The new Naruto movie is almost here, and Tsunade's worried it's lacking something, preventing it from being a must-see movie.
Lee and the gang are out camping, but it's not easy to cook in the great outdoors. When Shikamaru comes up with a plan to pit the girls against each other in a cook-off. Later, Guy-sensei is in charge of running the morning exercise.
It's summertime in the Leaf Village, but the pool's empty! Lee and the gang set out enjoy it, but could they be playing into Orochimaru's hands?! Later, Lee wants to take Sakura on a date.
Fewer children in the Hidden Leaf Village are choosing to become ninja. Lee goes to talk to Guy Sensei about the issue. Later, on his way to visit Guy Sensei in the hospital, Lee overhears Tsunade saying he "doesn't have much time left."
The ninja of the Hidden Leaf are being tested on their combat skills. Later, Neji and Tenten succeed using their special attacks, but how will Lee stand up to Guy Sensei's Asakujaku?
Fed up with their pupils using their ninja skills for the simplest tasks, Guy and Kakashi set out to teach them a lesson. Later, Lee is training in the rain without an umbrella, when he sees Sakura getting soaked as well.
Lee and Naruto are both vying to be on Sakura's team for a research trip to the old capital city. Later, evening falls and Lee wants to slip away from all the Sensei to go hang out with the girls.
After seeing Shikamaru and Choji in action, Lee attempts to strengthen his friendship with Neji. Later, the Leaf ninja are scheduled to take an IQ test, but on the way to the exam, Lee's team discovers Guy Sensei collapsed on the ground!
Neji's cousin Hinata is trying to get some training in, but it's not easy with Lee constantly getting in the way. Later, Lee and several others don a familiar orange outfit.
Lee's team is pulling bodyguard duty for the Fifth Hokage Tsunade while she's off on a gambling binge. Later, Orochimaru summons Manda to swallow Tsunade, Naruto, and even Guy-sensei whole!
Ami invites Taiki to come and watch the Wataru's Comet pass by Earth with their science teacher Amanogawa, only to be rejected.