Naruto Shippūden - Season 11 - Eps 236: Friends You Can Count On
While talking with his students, Shino talks about how he and his team got together and became more close as friends and teammates. The story switches to Shino's flashback during the first part of Naruto. They are on a mission assigned by Kurenai in which a Jonin assassin from a neighboring village. Shino gets defeated because of weak taijutsu and descends into depression. He even reveals he was going to abandon the team that helped him because he didn't think he was useful to them. But after his friends get in trouble with the rouge Shino comes back and defeats the rouge.
About Naruto Shippūden

Title: Naruto Shippūden
First Air Date: 2007-02-15
Last Air Date: 2017-03-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.536/10 (from 8309 votes)
Language: JA
Seasons: 21
Total Episodes: 500
Network: TV Tokyo
Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: TV Tokyo, Pierrot, Sound Box, Rakuonsha, Aniplex
Synopsis
After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work. It will not be easy though as he has amassed a few more dangerous enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.
Cast

Junko Takeuchi
Naruto Uzumaki (voice)

Noriaki Sugiyama
Sasuke Uchiha (voice)

Chie Nakamura
Sakura Haruno (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue
Kakashi Hatake (voice)

Showtaro Morikubo
Shikamaru Nara (voice)

Satoshi Hino
Sai (voice)

Akira Ishida
Gaara (voice)

Hideo Ishikawa
Itachi Uchiha (voice)

Koichi Tochika
Neji Hyuga (voice)

Keiko Nemoto
Shizune (voice)