Naruto stops being a shonen manga about ninja destiny for eleven minutes and becomes a comedy about a kid whose only real enemy is his own digestive system. The animation stays crisp, the pacing never drags, and every joke lands exactly where it's aimed, at people who find toilet humor hilarious rather than beneath them. This is the show that admits it has nothing to prove except that watching Naruto desperately search for a bathroom while his team loses a relay race is genuinely funny.

The genin of Konoha gather for their annual sports festival, where every ninja squad competes in races, obstacle courses and a relay for the top prize: a full week of paid leave. Naruto Uzumaki is eager to win alongside his teammates Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, but sudden stomach trouble leaves him in a real bind. Torn between the contest and his urgent personal crisis, he runs into one hurdle after another while scrambling for a way out, in a comedic one-episode special.