Giving a first strike for stealing the last potato chip, Jiroubou was knocked onto his back. Pinning him down in a reversal of the previous situation, Chouji then told him that calling him fat was a big mistake… but calling his friends trash was unforgivable. Delivering a final punch to the body, Jiroubou lay flat, eyes and mouth wide open as the cursed seal receded. Jiroubou had made a fatal mistake and paid.

However, the stress of the match and the expenditure of physical energy had caused exhaustion in Chouji, forcing him to collapse. As he lost his balance and his feet gave out, he slumped against a tree and saw one final sign - an arrow indicating the direction his friends went and their faith that he wouldwin the fight. It was the last thing he saw before collapsing silently. Luckily, Chouji was saved from death by a combination of Tsunade’s genius medical knowledge and the Nara clan’s refinement of the pills, for he would surely have died without help. The mission did little to change his appetite, however, with his old "big boned" figure returning soon after as he began to bulk up again, both to everyone’s relief and dismay. This would mark Chouji’s last appearance in part 1 of the manga.

In the anime-exclusive episodes, Chouji was instrumental in physically restraining two hugely strong criminals that had escaped from a correctional facility. With amazing strength, he enlarged the size of both his hands to the point that he could squeeze one of them in