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I'm rewatching the Naruto Chuunin exams, and in the Crunchyroll subs in
episode 40, when it's being explained by Zaku's arms blew out, the explanation
mentions gun barrels. However, [as per this
answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8326/what-is-the-technology-
level-in-the-naruto-universe/8327#8327), there are no guns in Naruto. I don't
remember the Japanese word for gun or gun barrel, and my listening isn't good
enough to tell what they're saying in this particular part. Is this simply a
subtitling error, or do they actually use a gun analogy in this case? If they
do use a gun analogy in the anime, do they use the same analogy in the
Japanese manga--that is, do they canonically explain the result using a gun
analogy despite the lack of guns in Naruto?

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Is the gun mention a subtitling error?


I think the subtitles are okay. The Naruto manga does use a similar gun
analogy. In chapter 70:

> ...Like a gun barrel when the path of a bullet is blocked, Zaku blew his arm
> off.

In the anime, I believe that the word that Dosu is using is
[砲身](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%A0%B2%E8%BA%AB) (ほうしん), which translates to
"gun barrel". For context, in that sentence, Dosu was saying something along
the lines of:

> 砲身【ほうしん】であるザクの腕【うで】は暴発【ぼうはつ】し使【つか】い物【もの】になるなくなる


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Actually in the wave arc wean sakura gose to the store with the bridge builder
theres a gun behind the counter. Or at least in the manga there is.


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