Just when peace has finally settled over the village word comes that Orochimaru’s hideout has been found....

Pakkun finds the hideout of the Akatsuki. Team Kakashi and Temari prepare to set out to get Gaara back, but...

Naruto loses all reason to anger and is gradually taken over by the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit. Having been...

Gaara and his rescuers make a triumphant return to the Hidden Sand Village. After paying their respects at...

Relying on Naruto's power, Granny Chiyo performs the Transmigration Jutsu on Gaara. Sakura is saddened when...

Sakura hurries to get to Naruto with Granny Chiyo, who is suffering from the poison. The members of Team Guy...

Granny Chiyo and Sakura manage to expose Sasori, who amazingly looks no older than he did twenty years...

Sakura is caught by Sasori’s tactic and surrounded by a poison cloud. But she uses a Paper Bomb to blow...

Sakura counters the Iron Sand attack of the Third Kazekage puppet with superhuman strength. She learned from...

Sakura and Granny Chiyo are engaged in a fierce battle with Sasori, who is able turn himself into a human...

Chiyo and Sakura take cover, and Sasori wastes no time unleashing a ruthless attack. Chiyo fights back to...

Team Guy senses the result of the Sakura and Granny Chiyo’s desperate struggle while still in battle with his...

Although stung with poison herself, Granny Chiyo uses the last of the antidote on Sakura. Mocking the tender...

Sakura destroys the Third Kazekage puppet thanks to a secret antidote she had taken. Sakuro explains to a...

Teams Kakashi and Guy reach the Akatsuki hideout. They hurry to infiltrate but are thwarted by a five-seal...

Chiyo and Kakashi realize that the attack was just a diversion, and that the Akatsuki have already begun the...

Teams Kakashi and Guy take a short rest. Granny Chiyo watches Naruto dozing off and is reminded of Sasori as a...

Breaking the five-seal barrier set off a trap, which now has Team Guy battling amazingly accurate copies of...

Sakura treats a critically ill Kankuro. After extensive training she’s now a full-fledged Medic Ninja, and...

Granny Chiyo and Sakura rescue Naruto from Itachi’s genjutsu. Without a moment’s delay, Kakashi begins a...

Team Kakashi encounter Itachi Uchiha, who had dealt them a bitter defeat in the past. Kakashi warns everyone...

Guy prepares to use a forbidden secret jutsu. Meanwhile, Naruto falls under Itachi’s genjutsu, and all the...

The Sand ninja fight against time to treat Kankuro. Even the Sand’s poison expert, Granny Chiyo, is baffled....

An urgent message from the Sand Village detailing the Akatsuki’s kidnapping of the Kazekage reaches the Hidden...

Gaara transforms into Shukaku the Sand Spirit, and wins an impressive victory. After the battle, some...

Sasuke loses his left eye to Itachi, but it turns out to be a genjutsu created by the Mangekyo Sharingan....

Following their fierce genjutsu battle with the Sharingan, Itachi explains the secret behind the most powerful...

While Itachi waits for Sasuke in the Uchiha hideout, he recalls the past incident that led to his defection...

Sasuke arrives at one of the Akatsuki hideouts, having followed in Itachi’s footsteps. When Sasuke is about to...

Having lost his arm, Jiraiya is outmatched by the six Pains now appearing before him. Of the six, the one...

Jiraiya completes his Sage Mode transformation to battle the three Pains.

Jiraiya battles to defeat his former student Pain, who is now driven by his twisted ideals as an Akatsuki...

Jiraiya successfully infiltrates the Hidden Rain Village by hiding inside the toad Gamagoro. He sets out to...

Foreseeing a possible battle, Jiraiya takes precautionary measures by storage releasing the scroll toad that...

Jiraiya’s journey to seek out a student is postponed due to the outbreak of the Third Great Ninja War. Jiraiya...

During the reign of the Second Hokage, the young Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade are assigned to Hiruzen...

Leaf ninja, she notifies the others and the Hebi members quickly leave the inn. To allow Sasuke to focus on...

Sasuke goes missing after being caught by Deidara’s suicidal bombing. Sensing his disappearance, Jugo, Karin,...

Determined to destroy the Sharingan to rid himself of the taste of defeat he received from Itachi, Deidara...

Upon encountering one another, Sasuke and Deidara engage in battle. After exchanging a few blows to test...

Under Kakashi’s command, the Leaf ninja set off to find Itachi. Using Kakashi’s ninja hounds, they gather as...

After hunting down the Four Tails, Itachi and Kisame are summoned by the leader of Akatsuki. The leader...

Over ten years ago, the Five Great Nations’ were in the midst of the Third Great Ninja War. Future Fourth...

Obito ignores Kakashi’s order to continue with the mission and leaves to save Rin, who was kidnapped by the...

Slipping past the riot, Sasuke arrives at Jugo’s cell. But Jugo refuses to be released, even going as far as...

Sasuke and his team head for the northern hideout to recruit their next member, Jugo. A ninja with abnormal...

Sasuke and Suigetsu visit the southern hideout to recruit their next member, Karin. Suigetsu's surprised at...

Kabuto plans on breaking the Leaf’s The Four-Corner Sealing Barrier from the inside by using Yuukimaru’s power...

Sasuke has defeated Orochimaru. He then frees Suigetsu, a man trapped inside a water tank, and tells the man...

Orochimaru sheds his old body and transforms into a white serpent. As he attacks Sasuke to obtain his body,...

Orochimaru agonizes in pain at his hideout, now requiring level-ten medications just to sustain his body. Even...

The Leaf ninja fall back and tend to their wounds. The battle has left everyone with serious injuries. Shizune...

Kabuto finally appears before Naruto. Learning that Orochimaru used Guren’s and Yuukimaru’s feelings for his...

Kabuto plots to have Three Tails crush the Leaf ninja by sacrificing Yuukimaru’s power and life. Controlled by...

Despite the Leaf ninja rescue attempt, Naruto and Guren do not return. Frustration builds among the group, but...

The Leaf ninja learn that Naruto is inside the Three-Tailed beast. With no other alternative but to trust...

To protect Yuukimaru, Naruto and Guren fight alongside each other against the Three-Tailed beast and are...

To protect Guren from the raging Three Tails, Yuukimaru exerts powers beyond his limits. Moved by his action,...

To protect the The Four-Corner Sealing Barrier necessary to seal the Three-Tailed Beast, Kakashi and Naruto...

The Leaf Ninja wish to seal the Three-Tailed Beast, and Guren’s team wishes to stop them at any cost....

Reinforcements arrive from Leaf Village. The new mission from Tsunade: seal the Three-Tailed Beast so it won’t...

Naruto enters the mist to seek out Yuukimaru. Guren stays alert to protect Yuukimaru, whose current situation...

Inside the heavy mist, the Leaf ninja manage to rendezvous with Naruto. The team tightens their guard when...

Naruto and Team Kakashi arrive just in time to assist Team Asuma. Sakura and Sai are ordered by Kakashi to aid...

Ino and Choji are amazed at Naruto’s new jutsu, and Kakuzu senses the danger that it poses. But when released,...

The Leaf ninja use The Bat to pursue Guren. Akamaru and Kiba detect a high level of chakra present at their...

Asuma is mortally wounded by Hidan’s jutsu, and the Akatsuki have the rest of the Hidden Leaf in a bind.

In a faraway land, the Akatsuki reveal their true aim of world conquest. And back at Hidden Leaf Village,...

Shikamaru unravels the secret of Hidan’s jutsu just in time, and Asuma attacks with all his being.

Hidan releases a baffling jutsu, and Asuma bears the brunt of the attack. The jutsu is a special trick which...

Naruto is learning the elements of Wind Style Jutsu, and Kakashi lectures him on the difficulties of...

Asuma and his team finally confront Hidan, and a battle ensues. They fight with all their strength but are...

Asuma’s funeral is held in Hidden Leaf Village amid deep sadness. Shikamaru is the lone absentee, unable to...

Shikamaru and his comrades desperately counter the Fire Jutsu offensive. But continuously using his Rasengan...

Shikamaru battles Hidan alone, deep in the forest, and after depleting his chakra, sustains a deep wound....

Kakashi and Team 10 set out to stop the Akatsuki. Tsunade considers Naruto’s Team 7 to be the ideal back-up...

Shikamaru and Choji deliver the first blows in the battle, but they are thwarted by Kakuzu’s power. Kakashi...

The lone surviving priest is carried into Hidden Leaf Village where he reports the destruction of the Fire...

Shattering the force field with his newly mastered collaboration jutsu with the toads, Naruto and the...

From the results of the analysis of the crystallized Parasitic insects, the enemies currently fighting...

In order to capture the Akatsuki, the Hidden Leaf cast a net that even an ant could not crawl through. Still,...

Naruto and Asuma catch up to Sora, only to find him shrouded in ominous chakra and undergoing a change.

Work continues in Hidden Leaf Village to erase the scars of battle. As he watches Konohamaru and the others...

With Kakashi’s return, Naruto resumes training for his new jutsu. Kakashi explains that the transformation...

Naruto desperately tries to suppress Nine Tails’ chakra and get through to Sora’s heart and soul.

Furido’s true form belongs to Kazuma, one of the Guardian Shinobi Twelve who had planned the coup d’état.

In order to stop the impending disaster, Asuma rushes toward the electric generator system. There he sees the...

Throughout the village, Kitane’s fellow Guardian Shinobi with the Lightning Jutsu set up Limelight.

Sora is speechless when he discovers that Furido not only intends to assassinate the Hokage but plans to...

Under cover of a giant power outage, Furido begins his assault on the Hidden Leaf. The village immediately...

Tsunade catches Danzo in a secret meeting with a ninja from the Hidden Rain Village. But the ninja turns out...

Yamato believes that the assailants were not grave robbers but were after Sora. He decides to appoint Sora to...

Sora confronts Furido, the mysterious figure who has broken into the hidden graves.

By chance, Naruto and Sora get Asuma to coach them. Under the guidance of Asuma’s iron fist, they immerse...

Team Kakashi is split up by the enemy's Earth Summoning Jutsu. They are forced to fight the attacking...

Word comes that the last of the hidden graves has been broken into. Naruto and the others go after the coffin,...

Team Kakashi is ordered to resolve the frequent vandalizing of graves at the Fire Temple.

At the Fire Temple, Chiriku explains to Team Kakashi that the hidden tombs hold the guards of the Land of...

Team Yamato heads out to provide backup for Team Kakashi. Right before his departure Naruto gets a hint to...

Learning that his chakra is of the "wind" type that is outstanding for fighting, Naruto puts more effort into...

At the Leaf Village Naruto is busy training with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu. But when he learns that Kakashi and...

Naruto begins to train with Kakashi. Kakashi finds it exhausting working with Naruto, who can’t understand...

Sasuke's desire for revenge remains firm, no matter how hard Naruto tries to talk him out of it. Yamato tries...

Naruto has a strange nightmare several days after their failure to bring Sasuke home. Even after he awakens...

Staying behind at the hideout, Rinji and Gozu become aware of a shinobi following their tracks. At the same...

Naruto is enraged when he discovers that Sai attacked him in order to test his strength. Sakura pulls them...

The new Team Kakashi heads for Tenchikyo. To Naruto, Sai is just temporarily filling in for Sasuke. When Sai...

In preparation for Tenchikyo, Yamato conducts a half-day simulation in order to get a grasp on the fighting...

Sakura comes across Sai working on an abstract painting. He tells her that he's unable to give it a title....

Believing Naruto’s new jutsu is almost completed, Jiraiya heads off to investigate new information on the...

Everyone has returned to the Hidden Leaf Village. Kakashi is hospitalized for a week due to the strain caused...

After attacking Naruto, Sai predicts that they will meet again soon, then vanishes. Tsunade meets with the...

Team Kakashi finally have their wish to be reunited with Sasuke granted. Although it has been three long...

Team Kakashi are stunned to learn that Sai's true mission is to kill Sasuke. Naruto wants to believe that the...

Sai shudders when he finally meets Sasuke face to face in Orochimaru's hideout. The list that Sai gave to...

Although he has changed almost completely into his animal form and has lost all awareness, Naruto refuses to...

Naruto and Sakura are shocked when they hear that Danzo's goal is to work with Orochimaru to once again...

With the release of his fourth tail, Naruto completely loses his awareness and is overtaken by destructive...

Naruto, while nursing his injuries caused by the release of the Nine-Tailed Fox, searches frantically for...

Kabuto carries out a surprise attack on Team Kakashi to take back Sai, but a change has come over Sai since...

When his third tail appears, all that Naruto can see is Orochimaru. He is blind even to his teammates.

Taking advantage of the confusion, Sai makes contact with Orochimaru. After reviewing the contents of the...

Team Kakashi is able to find Sai with Yamato guiding them. They immediately begin questioning Sai about...

The day for capturing the spy is finally here. Just as planned, Yamato takes on Sasori's likeness and waits...

Naruto is shocked to learn that he was the one responsible for the destruction around them and for Sakura's...

Faced with Orochimaru, his sworn enemy, Naruto suddenly releases the power of his Nine-Tailed Fox. When Yamato...