 of the highway was increased in 1973 when the eastern end was moved back to Howard City . M @-@ 46 was rerouted to follow the US 131 freeway south of Howard City to Cedar Springs , and replaced M @-@ 57 between Cedar Springs and Casnovia . This freed up the Newaygo to Howard City highway for a return to the M @-@ 82 designation . The last change came in 1978 when the concurrency with M @-@ 120 was eliminated in favor of M @-@ 120 . The M @-@ 82 designation was truncated at this time to the junction west of Fremont , resulting in the current highway routing .   = = Major intersections = =   = Shikamaru Nara =   Shikamaru Nara ( 奈良 シカマル , Nara Shikamaru ) is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto . In the anime and manga , Shikamaru is a ninja affiliated with the village of Konohagakure . He is a member of Team 10 , a group of ninja consisting of himself , Choji Akimichi , Ino Yamanaka , and team leader Asuma Sarutobi . Shikamaru is portrayed as a lazy character , unwilling to apply his prodigious intelligence ; Kishimoto has noted that he likes Shikamaru due to his easygoing nature . Outside of the Naruto anime and manga , Shikamaru has appeared in four of the feature films in the series , as well as several other media relating to the series , including video games and original video animations .   Numerous anime and manga publications have commented on Shikamaru 's character . Many reviewers commented on his laziness and intelligence , and noted his transformation into a leader ; Anime News Network celebrated Shikamaru 's emergence as " an unlikely hero " in the Naruto storyline . Shikamaru has also been highly popular with the Naruto reader base , placing high in several popularity polls . Merchandise based on Shikamaru has been released , including action figures , key chains , and patches .   = = Creation and conception = =   Masashi Kishimoto has noted that he likes Shikamaru due to his easygoing nature despite being a genius , and contrasted him against Sasuke Uchiha 's intelligent but abrasive personality . Kishimoto also comically remarked that he would marry Shikamaru if he were a girl , noting that Shikamaru would likely be successful in life . When designing Shikamaru 's Part II appearance , Kishimoto wanted to give Shikamaru a unique appearance despite drawing him with a vest that several other ninja wear in the series . As a result , he drew his forehead protector on his arm in order to not obscure his hair .   = = Appearances = =   = = = In Naruto = = =   Shikamaru first major appearance in the series is during the Chunin Exams , bi @-@ yearly exams for ninja who wish to advance in rank . He is part of Team 10 alongside Choji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka . He is a highly unenthusiastic person , and he attempts to go through life with minimum effort . Contrary to his lazy tendencies , Shikamaru is extremely intelligent ; his teacher , Asuma Sarutobi , determined that Shikamaru 's IQ was over 200 . Shikamaru 's abilities are based on the Shadow Imitation Technique ( 影真似の術 , Kagemane no Jutsu , English TV : " Shadow Possession Jutsu " ) , the signature technique of his clan , with which he merges his shadow with an opponent 's shadow , making them immobilized and forced to mimic Shikamaru 's movements . As the series progresses , Shikamaru becomes able to manipulate his shadow in new ways . By Part II of the series , Shikamaru is capable of utilizing multiple shadow @-@ based techniques at once and can lift his shadow from the ground in order to interact with physical objects ; for instance , he can pierce enemies with the shadow tendrils or use them to throw weapons .   Shikamaru approaches the exams with a sense of apathy ; when he battles the Sunagakure ninja Temari , he defeats her but forfeits his match to her , due to his chakra being low . Despite this loss , he is the only ninja among his peers to be promoted to the rank of Chunin , as the overseers of the exams were impressed by the insight and intelligence he demonstrated against Temari . As a Chunin , Shikamaru is appointed the leader of a team to prevent Sasuke Uchiha from defecting to the village of Otogakure . Although Shikamaru 's team manages to defeat the Otogakure ninja barring their way , Sasuke manages to escape .   In Part II of the series , Shikamaru is assigned the task of locating two members of
Ġof Ġthe Ġhighway Ġwas Ġincreased Ġin Ġ1973 Ġwhen Ġthe Ġeastern Ġend Ġwas Ġmoved Ġback Ġto ĠHoward ĠCity Ġ. ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ46 Ġwas Ġre r outed Ġto Ġfollow Ġthe ĠUS Ġ131 Ġfreeway Ġsouth Ġof ĠHoward ĠCity Ġto ĠCedar ĠSprings Ġ, Ġand Ġreplaced ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ57 Ġbetween ĠCedar ĠSprings Ġand ĠCas nov ia Ġ. ĠThis Ġfreed Ġup Ġthe ĠNew ay go Ġto ĠHoward ĠCity Ġhighway Ġfor Ġa Ġreturn Ġto Ġthe ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ82 Ġdesignation Ġ. ĠThe Ġlast Ġchange Ġcame Ġin Ġ1978 Ġwhen Ġthe Ġconc urrency Ġwith ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ120 Ġwas Ġeliminated Ġin Ġfavor Ġof ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ120 Ġ. ĠThe ĠM Ġ@ - @ Ġ82 Ġdesignation Ġwas Ġtrunc ated Ġat Ġthis Ġtime Ġto Ġthe Ġjunction Ġwest Ġof ĠFrem ont Ġ, Ġresulting Ġin Ġthe Ġcurrent Ġhighway Ġrouting Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠMajor Ġintersections Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠSh ik amaru ĠN ara Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠSh ik amaru ĠN ara Ġ( Ġå ¥ Īè ī ¯ Ġ ãĤ· ãĤ« ãĥŀ ãĥ« Ġ, ĠN ara ĠSh ik amaru Ġ) Ġis Ġa Ġfictional Ġcharacter Ġin Ġthe ĠNaruto Ġmanga Ġand Ġanime Ġseries Ġcreated Ġby ĠMas ashi ĠK ish imoto Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġanime Ġand Ġmanga Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġis Ġa Ġninja Ġaffiliated Ġwith Ġthe Ġvillage Ġof ĠKon oh ag ak ure Ġ. ĠHe Ġis Ġa Ġmember Ġof ĠTeam Ġ10 Ġ, Ġa Ġgroup Ġof Ġninja Ġconsisting Ġof Ġhimself Ġ, ĠCho ji ĠAk im ichi Ġ, ĠIn o ĠY aman aka Ġ, Ġand Ġteam Ġleader ĠAs uma ĠSar ut obi Ġ. ĠSh ik amaru Ġis Ġportrayed Ġas Ġa Ġlazy Ġcharacter Ġ, Ġunwilling Ġto Ġapply Ġhis Ġprod igious Ġintelligence Ġ; ĠK ish imoto Ġhas Ġnoted Ġthat Ġhe Ġlikes ĠSh ik amaru Ġdue Ġto Ġhis Ġeasy going Ġnature Ġ. ĠOutside Ġof Ġthe ĠNaruto Ġanime Ġand Ġmanga Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġhas Ġappeared Ġin Ġfour Ġof Ġthe Ġfeature Ġfilms Ġin Ġthe Ġseries Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġseveral Ġother Ġmedia Ġrelating Ġto Ġthe Ġseries Ġ, Ġincluding Ġvideo Ġgames Ġand Ġoriginal Ġvideo Ġanimations Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠNumerous Ġanime Ġand Ġmanga Ġpublications Ġhave Ġcommented Ġon ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s Ġcharacter Ġ. ĠMany Ġreviewers Ġcommented Ġon Ġhis Ġlaz iness Ġand Ġintelligence Ġ, Ġand Ġnoted Ġhis Ġtransformation Ġinto Ġa Ġleader Ġ; ĠAnime ĠNews ĠNetwork Ġcelebrated ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s Ġemergence Ġas Ġ" Ġan Ġunlikely Ġhero Ġ" Ġin Ġthe ĠNaruto Ġstoryline Ġ. ĠSh ik amaru Ġhas Ġalso Ġbeen Ġhighly Ġpopular Ġwith Ġthe ĠNaruto Ġreader Ġbase Ġ, Ġplacing Ġhigh Ġin Ġseveral Ġpopularity Ġpolls Ġ. ĠMerch andise Ġbased Ġon ĠSh ik amaru Ġhas Ġbeen Ġreleased Ġ, Ġincluding Ġaction Ġfigures Ġ, Ġkey Ġchains Ġ, Ġand Ġpatches Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠCreation Ġand Ġconception Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠMas ashi ĠK ish imoto Ġhas Ġnoted Ġthat Ġhe Ġlikes ĠSh ik amaru Ġdue Ġto Ġhis Ġeasy going Ġnature Ġdespite Ġbeing Ġa Ġgenius Ġ, Ġand Ġcontrasted Ġhim Ġagainst ĠSasuke ĠU chi ha Ġ' s Ġintelligent Ġbut Ġabras ive Ġpersonality Ġ. ĠK ish imoto Ġalso Ġcom ically Ġremarked Ġthat Ġhe Ġwould Ġmarry ĠSh ik amaru Ġif Ġhe Ġwere Ġa Ġgirl Ġ, Ġnoting Ġthat ĠSh ik amaru Ġwould Ġlikely Ġbe Ġsuccessful Ġin Ġlife Ġ. ĠWhen Ġdesigning ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s ĠPart ĠII Ġappearance Ġ, ĠK ish imoto Ġwanted Ġto Ġgive ĠSh ik amaru Ġa Ġunique Ġappearance Ġdespite Ġdrawing Ġhim Ġwith Ġa Ġvest Ġthat Ġseveral Ġother Ġninja Ġwear Ġin Ġthe Ġseries Ġ. ĠAs Ġa Ġresult Ġ, Ġhe Ġdrew Ġhis Ġforehead Ġprotector Ġon Ġhis Ġarm Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġnot Ġobscure Ġhis Ġhair Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠApp earances Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠIn ĠNaruto Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠSh ik amaru Ġfirst Ġmajor Ġappearance Ġin Ġthe Ġseries Ġis Ġduring Ġthe ĠCh unin ĠEx ams Ġ, Ġbi Ġ@ - @ Ġyearly Ġexams Ġfor Ġninja Ġwho Ġwish Ġto Ġadvance Ġin Ġrank Ġ. ĠHe Ġis Ġpart Ġof ĠTeam Ġ10 Ġalongside ĠCho ji ĠAk im ichi Ġand ĠIn o ĠY aman aka Ġ. ĠHe Ġis Ġa Ġhighly Ġun ent hus i astic Ġperson Ġ, Ġand Ġhe Ġattempts Ġto Ġgo Ġthrough Ġlife Ġwith Ġminimum Ġeffort Ġ. ĠContrary Ġto Ġhis Ġlazy Ġtendencies Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġis Ġextremely Ġintelligent Ġ; Ġhis Ġteacher Ġ, ĠAs uma ĠSar ut obi Ġ, Ġdetermined Ġthat ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s ĠIQ Ġwas Ġover Ġ200 Ġ. ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s Ġabilities Ġare Ġbased Ġon Ġthe ĠShadow ĠIm itation ĠTechnique Ġ( Ġå ½ ± çľ Ł ä¼ ¼ ãģ® è¡ ĵ Ġ, ĠKag em ane Ġno ĠJ utsu Ġ, ĠEnglish ĠTV Ġ: Ġ" ĠShadow ĠPoss ession ĠJ utsu Ġ" Ġ) Ġ, Ġthe Ġsignature Ġtechnique Ġof Ġhis Ġclan Ġ, Ġwith Ġwhich Ġhe Ġmer ges Ġhis Ġshadow Ġwith Ġan Ġopponent Ġ' s Ġshadow Ġ, Ġmaking Ġthem Ġimmobil ized Ġand Ġforced Ġto Ġmimic ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s Ġmovements Ġ. ĠAs Ġthe Ġseries Ġprogresses Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġbecomes Ġable Ġto Ġmanipulate Ġhis Ġshadow Ġin Ġnew Ġways Ġ. ĠBy ĠPart ĠII Ġof Ġthe Ġseries Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġis Ġcapable Ġof Ġutilizing Ġmultiple Ġshadow Ġ@ - @ Ġbased Ġtechniques Ġat Ġonce Ġand Ġcan Ġlift Ġhis Ġshadow Ġfrom Ġthe Ġground Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġinteract Ġwith Ġphysical Ġobjects Ġ; Ġfor Ġinstance Ġ, Ġhe Ġcan Ġp ierce Ġenemies Ġwith Ġthe Ġshadow Ġtend rils Ġor Ġuse Ġthem Ġto Ġthrow Ġweapons Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSh ik amaru Ġapproaches Ġthe Ġexams Ġwith Ġa Ġsense Ġof Ġap athy Ġ; Ġwhen Ġhe Ġbattles Ġthe ĠSun ag ak ure Ġninja ĠTem ari Ġ, Ġhe Ġdefeats Ġher Ġbut Ġforfe its Ġhis Ġmatch Ġto Ġher Ġ, Ġdue Ġto Ġhis Ġch akra Ġbeing Ġlow Ġ. ĠDespite Ġthis Ġloss Ġ, Ġhe Ġis Ġthe Ġonly Ġninja Ġamong Ġhis Ġpeers Ġto Ġbe Ġpromoted Ġto Ġthe Ġrank Ġof ĠCh unin Ġ, Ġas Ġthe Ġoverse ers Ġof Ġthe Ġexams Ġwere Ġimpressed Ġby Ġthe Ġinsight Ġand Ġintelligence Ġhe Ġdemonstrated Ġagainst ĠTem ari Ġ. ĠAs Ġa ĠCh unin Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġis Ġappointed Ġthe Ġleader Ġof Ġa Ġteam Ġto Ġprevent ĠSasuke ĠU chi ha Ġfrom Ġdefect ing Ġto Ġthe Ġvillage Ġof ĠOt og ak ure Ġ. ĠAlthough ĠSh ik amaru Ġ' s Ġteam Ġmanages Ġto Ġdefeat Ġthe ĠOt og ak ure Ġninja Ġbarring Ġtheir Ġway Ġ, ĠSasuke Ġmanages Ġto Ġescape Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠPart ĠII Ġof Ġthe Ġseries Ġ, ĠSh ik amaru Ġis Ġassigned Ġthe Ġtask Ġof Ġlocating Ġtwo Ġmembers Ġof