"The Message" 祝いの言葉, Iwai no Kotoba is episode 500 of the Naruto Shippūden anime. Synopsis[] Iruka dreams back to when Naruto stole the Scroll of Seals. Konohamaru wants to record another message from Iruka, finding the previous one to be uninspired. Iruka still doesn't know what to say. He scolds Tsukune, Mibuna, and Sansho for vandalising the Third Hokage's statue again. Sadoru asks Iruka if he'll be making a speech during the ceremony, but Iruka says Kakashi will do it. Ayame runs into Iruka, noting he hasn't been to Ramen Ichiraku in a while. Iruka explains he's still trying to figure out what to say. Naruto visits Iruka, asking him out for ramen. Iruka is trying to cook his own dinner, without much success. Naruto wants to have fun in his last days as a single man, and Iruka scolds him for it. Naruto wants to go out with him to tell him something. Iruka wonders why he struggled so much with his message. Naruto asks Iruka to attend the ceremony as his father, moving him. Iruka accepts. Iruka and Hinata talk about Naruto's request. Iruka records another message with Konohamaru, finally getting it right. The guests arrive for the reception and mingle. Hinata looks up to the sky thinking of Neji, while Naruto is looking at his father's face at the Hokage Rock. Hanabi and Hiashi inform them that the ceremony is about to begin, and while Hanabi comments on her sister's beautiful appearance, Hiashi is overwhelmed with emotion about his daughter getting married. Hinata holds Naruto's hand, who then asks if she is ready, and the two prepare to get married. Trivia[] The final eyecatcher shows Naruto passing on his forehead protector to his son Boruto, signifying the end of the Shippūden series and that of Naruto's generation and the beginning of Boruto Naruto Next Generations, focusing on Boruto's generation. Credits[] RoleSeiyūEnglish Voice ActorEnglishJapaneseRōmajiNaruto UzumakiJunko Takeuchi竹内 順子Takeuchi JunkoMaile FlanaganHinata HyūgaNana Mizuki水樹 奈々Mizuki NanaStephanie ShehSakura HarunoChie Nakamura中村 千絵Nakamura ChieKate HigginsShikamaru NaraShotaro Morikubo森久保 祥太郎Morikubo ShōtarōTom GibisChōji AkimichiKentaro Ito伊藤 健太郎Itō KentarōRobbie RistIno YamanakaRyoka Yuzuki柚木 涼香Yuzuki RyōkaColleen O'ShaughnesseySaiSatoshi Hino日野 聡Hino SatoshiBenjamin DiskinKiba InuzukaKosuke Toriumi鳥海 浩輔Toriumi KōsukeKyle HebertShino AburameShinji Kawada川田 紳司Kawada ShinjiDerek Stephen PrinceTentenYukari Tamura田村 ゆかりTamura YukariDanielle JudovitsKakashi HatakeKazuhiko Inoue井上 和彦Inoue KazuhikoDave WittenbergIruka UminoToshihiko Seki関 俊彦Seki ToshihikoKyle McCarleyKonohamaruIkue Otani大谷 育江Ōtani IkueColleen O'ShaughnesseyEbisuNobuo Tobita飛田 展男Tobita NobuoCrispin FreemanMight GuyMasashi Ebara江原 正士Ebara MasashiSkip StellrechtRock LeeYoichi Masukawa増川 洋一Masukawa YōichiBrian DonovanShizuneKeiko Nemoto根本 圭子Nemoto KeikoMegan HollingsheadKurenaiRumi Ochiai落合 るみOchiai RumiMary Elizabeth McGlynnMiraiEri Goda合田 絵利Gōda EriKate HigginsHanabi HyūgaKiyomi Asai浅井 清己Asai KiyomiColleen O'ShaughnesseyTeuchiEisuke Asakura朝倉 栄介Asakura EisukeLex LangAyameMasayo Hosono細野 雅世Hosono MasayoDanielle JudovitsGaaraAkira Ishida石田 彰Ishida AkiraLiam O'BrienKankurōYasuyuki Kase加瀬 康之Kase YasuyukiDoug ErholtzTemariRomi Park朴 璐美Paku RomiTara PlattAHideaki Tezuka手塚 秀彰Tezuka HideakiBeau BillingsleaKiller BHisao Egawa江川 央生Egawa HisaoCatero ColbertSadoruAsami Yoshida吉田 麻実Yoshida AsamiErika HarlacherTsukuneAoi Inaseいなせ あおいInase AoiSarah WilliamsSanshoMariko Higashiuchi東内 マリ子Higashiuchi MarikoTara SandsOrochimaruKujiraくじらKujiraSteve BlumMizukiShinichiro Miki三木 眞一郎Miki Shin'ichirōMick WingertHiruzen SarutobiHidekatsu Shibata柴田 秀勝Shibata HidekatsuSteve Kramer