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Orochimaru reminisces about the memories of his past, how he became interested in reanimation and the Sharingan. Orochimaru begins the ritual to take over Sasuke’s body. Later on, Kabuto arrives to see Sasuke standing over Orochimaru’s snake corpse, and from the Sharingan, he finds out what happened: Orochimaru had failed in possessing Sasuke’s body, as Sasuke manages to reverse Orochimaru’s Jutsu and absorbs Orochimaru into his body.
“The Great Snake’s Pupil”
“Orochi no dōkō” (大蛇の瞳孔)
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The time for the Reanimation jutsu is coming close and Orochimaru’s body is reaching its limit. Kabuto and Orochimaru discuss about Sasuke’s growth during the Chunin Exams. After practicing his ninja techniques, Sasuke makes a sudden attack on Orochimaru, having nothing else to learn from him. Orochimaru reveals his true form, a giant white snake and makes his attempt to take Sasuke’s body. Sasuke uses his Cursed Seal to counter it. Meanwhile, Tsunade discovers the Three-Tails is taken by Akatsuki.
“The Place to Return To”
“Kaerubeki basho” (帰るべき場所)
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Gozu rescues Guren at the bottom of the lake and Yukimaru, who has lost his ability to control the Three-Tails, leaves with Guren and Gozu. Tsunade orders the teams to return to the village to regroup because of their wounds and sends ANBU to keep watch of the lake. Tobi and Deidara, meanwhile, return to the lake. After Deidara kills the ANBU members, the two Akatsuki members lure out the Three Tails, capturing it easily.
“The Broken Promise”
“Kudakareta yakusoku” (砕かれた約束)
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Kabuto explains that he killed Rinji, and that Orochimaru wants the Three-Tails for an upcoming war. He summons Rinji’s corpse to attack Guren. Guren manages to fight back by crystalizing herself along with Rinji. The huge crystal, with Guren and Rinji inside, drops into the lake, causing Yūkimaru to believe that Guren is dead. His grief causes the Three-Tails to fly into a rage. Naruto uses his Collaboration Jutsu to assail the Three-Tails, forcing it underwater. Naruto goes to Yūkimaru, and tells him they will go home together.
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The Sealing Team continues to seal the Three-Tails with Katsuyu’s help while Kakashi, Yamato and Shino defeat Rinji’s men and prepare to find Yūkimaru. Meanwhile, Naruto and Guren find Rinji with Yūkimaru, and Rinji reveals to him that Guren was the one who killed his mother. Yūkimaru forgives Guren, however Rinji tries to attack her but is stopped by Naruto. Rinji is then revealed to be Kabuto in disguise, who threatens to kill Naruto if he gets in his way.
“Counterattack of the Curse Mark”
“Juin no gyakushū” (呪印の逆襲)
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The Sealing Team prepared to start sealing the Three-Tails and tell Sai to take Yūkimaru somewhere safe, but he gets attacked by Kabuto’s men. Kabuto meanwhile prepares his plans while Lee, Tenten, and Kiba are also attacked. Rinji finds his men and converts them back to his side, ordering them to attack the Sealing Team; they’re stopped by Kakashi, Yamato and Shino. Rinji then makes Yūkimaru eat the pills to control the Three-Tails, which Naruto and Guren learn about.
“Guidepost of the Camellia”
“Tsubaki no michishirube” (椿の道標)
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Naruto and Guren help each other from the hungry mini Three-Tails as Rinji’s men attack Lee’s group. Yūkimaru and Kakashi devise a plan to track the Three-Tails with the boy’s power and get Naruto and Guren out. After Naruto and Guren escape from an illusion making fog, Naruto begins to realize Guren’s good intentions. Yūkimaru then plays the song his mother taught him right above where the Three-Tails is submerged and Kakashi makes a crack in the beast’s barrier; Naruto and Guren hear the tune and blast their way out.
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Guren tries to attack Naruto within the Three-Tails, but passes out instead. Meanwhile, Sakura and Ino heal Yūkimaru while Kakashi, Shizune, Kiba, Sai, and Hinata search for Naruto. Naruto and Guren soon encounter a horde of mini Three-Tails that try to attack them, but they evade them and begin to argue about Yūkimaru. While Yūkimaru awakens, Naruto summons numerous Shadow Clones to look for a way out of the beast’s stomach. Elsewhere, Kabuto gives Curse Marks to Rinji’s men, ordering them to capture Yūkimaru.
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Yūkimaru falters and the Three-Tails attacks Guren. Yūkimaru uses his power to restrain the Three-Tails, but he runs out of chakra and is unable to do so. Guren leaves her position and protects Yūkimaru with a Crystal Style shield. Naruto goes out to find Yūkimaru, but ends up fighting the Three-Tails with Guren. Despite their efforts to defeat it, the beast overpowers the two of them, and then proceeds to swallow them. Meanwhile, Kakashi, Shino, and Sai find Yūkimaru unconscious and flee with him, leaving Kabuto frustrated.
“The Battle Over the Barrier”
“Kekkai kōbōsen” (結界攻防戦)
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Guren heads back to the lake with Yūkimaru and Kabuto to stop the sealing. With Rinji’s help, she manages to disrupt the jutsu, and the beast begins attacking the ninja on the lake. As the beast tries to attack Guren, Yūkimaru uses his power to make it stop, and Orochimaru’s plan is revealed to have been to manipulate Yūkimaru to love Guren and willingly use his power for her. Tobi, noticing the beast, goes to bring Deidara to it.
“The Four-Corner Sealing Barrier”
“Kekkai Shihō Fūjin” (結界四方封陣)
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The teams set off. Naruto introduces Sai and Shino to each other. The sealing team prepares a search and barrier jutsu to seal the Three-Tailed Beast. Kakashi’s fighting team is suddenly attacked by Gozu and Guren while the guarding team begins fighting as well. Lee, Tenten and Kiba finish off Rinji’s subordinates with ease. Meanwhile, Naruto angers Guren saying it’s his fault Yūkimaru went over to ‘her side’ and that he won’t allow her using him as a tool.
“Everyone’s Feelings”
“Sorezore no Omoi” (それぞれの思い)
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Naruto runs into Guren while trying to find Yūkimaru, and battles her. Yamato and Kakashi find Naruto and bring him back to the group. Kabuto tells Guren that Yūkimaru is only a tool to control the Three-Tails, which upsets her. Meanwhile, Shizune, Ino, Tenten and Lee meet up with the ninjas to tell them of their new mission to seal the Three-Tails before Orochimaru’s group can capture it. They are also to rescue Yūkimaru and bring him back to the village.
Naruto and his teammates meet Shizune, Ino, Tenten and Lee. The ninjas are spilt into three teams by Kakashi. The Sealing team is made up of Shizune, Sakura, Ino and Hinata. Kakashi, Naruto, Sai and Shino form the Fighting team and the Guarding team comprises of Yamato, Lee, Tenten and Kiba. Tenten passes Naruto a scroll for the mission that the Fifth Hokage gave to her. In a new development, Rinji turns out to be Kabuto’s spy on Guren.
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Guren is rendered unconscious and relives her past as Naruto is caught in an illusion about Sasuke. After Kakashi finds him, Teams Kakashi and Kurenai conclude the mist around them causes Genjutsu courtesy of the Three-Tails. After Guren wakes up, Yūkimaru suffers another fever and passes out. Tsunade hears of the Three-Tails and assembles Shizune, Ino, Tenten and Lee to go and seal it before the Akatsuki do. Naruto and Sakura talk about the home that people should return to before Naruto heads off to find Yūkimaru.
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Yūkimaru summons the Three-Tails and immobilizes it while Guren tries to capture it, but it manages to break free and attack. Kakashi tells Naruto to investigate the lake, while they find Rinji and the others. Rinji and his men prepare an ambush, but Hinata, Sakura, and Sai arrive to avert it. Naruto summons Gamakichi and Gamatatsu and approaches the Three-Tails, where they see Yūkimaru and learn of his allegiance to Guren. Trying to save Guren, Yūkimaru tries to suppress the Three-Tails once more, before managing to escape with her.
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Team Kakashi arrives to help Team Kurenai and manage to retrieve Hinata. Guren decides to retreat and rendezvous with her men at their base. After Hinata is broken free, Kakashi tells Sakura and Sai to stay with her until she’s better, as the others chase after their enemies. At Guren’s base, Kabuto arrives and takes everyone to the lake from before. He straps Yūkimaru to his machine and Guren creates five Crystal Pillars around them. As the machine amplifies Yūkimaru’s chakra, the Three-Tailed Beast begins to surface.
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In Konoha, Tsunade discovers they have an enemy using Crystal Style. While on his mission with Team Kakashi, Naruto meets Yūkimaru once again and talks to him. Guren puts a gigantic Crystal Prison over the forest trapping Team Kurenai inside. Guren then prepares six Crystal Clones and attacks Team Kurenai with them. Hinata defeats one clone but is locked up in a Crystal Prison by another. Team Kakashi reaches the borders of the giant prison and Naruto uses his new Jutsu with Gamatatsu to bust a way in.
“The Labyrinth of Distorted Reflection”
“Ranhansha no meikyū” (乱反射の迷宮)
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In the woods, Team Kurenai fights Guren’s men. Hinata and Kiba get stuck in a smoke screen prepared by Kigiri and Hinata is seriously injured by Nurari’s attacks. Kakashi is stuck battling Gozu, and isn’t able to finish him off because Gozu has the upper hand in speed and force. Just as Rinji and his team are about to kill Hinata, Kiba, and Akamaru, they are forced to retreat by Shino and his insects. Meanwhile, Yūkimaru remembers his mother.
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Guren and Yūkimaru arrive back at their base. Team Kakashi moves out but Shino stays behind to try and breed more insects immune to the Crystal Style jutsu. Guren heads back out and Yūkimaru gives her a memento of his mother, as Gamatatsu finally learns how to use Water Style. Naruto runs into Sai and learns about his mission with Team Kakashi; Naruto talks Tsunade into letting him join. Team 8, led by Kakashi, prepares to attack Guren’s men as Naruto tries to master a new jutsu before heading out on his mission.
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Kabuto entrusts Yūkimaru to Guren. Naruto tries to teach Gamakichi and Gamatatsu how to use Water Style ninjutsu, as Kiba discovers that the enemy may be using bats. Tsunade decides to send out Yamato, Sai and Sakura to assist Kakashi. Yūkimaru falls ill and Guren and him are forced to spend the night in a cabin. In the morning, Guren finds Yūkimaru playing an instrument that his mother gave him. After giving him a crystalized camellia that will never die as long as Guren lives, Guren and Yūkimaru head back out.
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Naruto continues his training with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu until Jiraiya leaves to research the Akatsuki more. Naruto heads back to Konoha to continue training. Tsunade receives one of Shino’s insects, which has been crystalized due to Guren’s technique, and sends it to the forensics department. Rinji, the one in charge of Guren’s men, learns about the presence of Kakashi’s team through a bat that he sent out. Back in Konoha, Naruto learns that neither Gamakichi nor Gamatatsu can use Water Style ninjutsu.
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Kabuto and Yūkimaru travel to a lake, where Kabuto attempts to draw out a mysterious creature. Guren branches off from her men to find Orochimaru, who has Sasuke fight an army of Sound Ninja as training. Sasuke defeats them all, but declares that he wants to kill Itachi more than them. Naruto continues his training by summoning Gamakichi and Gamatatsu, but still doesn’t understand the concept of connecting to another person’s heart. Kabuto and Yūkimaru arrive at the Hot Springs Village where Naruto and Jiraiya are.
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Guren takes twenty-one survivors from the hideout and leaves to meet with Orochimaru. Team Kurenai and Kakashi arrive at Orochimaru’s hideout, only to discover that it has already been abandoned. Guren uses her Crystal Style jutsu to kill sixteen of her charges when they try to revolt. The other five align themselves with Guren. Meanwhile, Naruto tries to find a ranged attack to use, and Jiraiya wants to train him in synchronizing jutsu. Unfortunately, Naruto does not get along well with Gamariki, with whom he is supposed to synchronize.
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An ANBU sends a message to Konoha moments before he dies, having discovered what may be Orochimaru’s current hideout. Meanwhile, Orochimaru has Guren initiate a battle among a large number of experimental specimens with the survivors being used for a future operation. Naruto is warned not to use Rasen Shuriken due to its extreme risk, and Sasuke meets a boy called Yūkimaru. Kakashi is ordered to go on a reconnaissance mission with Shino, Kiba and Hinata. Naruto is reunited with Jiraiya, who offers to train with him again.
“A Shinobi’s Determination”
“Shinobi no ketsui” (忍びの決意)
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Kakashi finishes off Kakuzu, and they return home. At Asuma’s grave, Shikamaru tells Kurenai he will protect her unborn child. He plays Shogi with Shikaku and reveals what Asuma told him: the “king” that Konoha must protect is the next generation. After studying Kakuzu’s corpse, Tsunade tells Kakashi not to let Naruto use Rasen Shuriken again because it will permanently destroy his ability to manipulate chakra. Meanwhile, Orochimaru learns of Konoha’s latest victory and sends Kabuto to meet with a woman named Guren.
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Naruto attacks Kakuzu with Rasen Shuriken, but his attack dissipates before he can land a hit. Meanwhile, with Hidan’s dismembered remains in the trap hole, Shikamaru uses another explosive tag to fill in the hole to finally bury Hidan. He is joined by Sakura and Sai, and they head back to the others. Naruto once again creates a Rasen Shuriken, and Kakuzu switches to a long-range mode to counter his attack. As Naruto, with his shadow clones, rush towards Kakuzu, the latter flies over and nails the original Naruto. But this is revealed to be a shadow clone, and the real Naruto manages to lands a direct hit with the second Rasen Shuriken, destroying both of Kakuzu’s replacement hearts and tearing his body apart.
“When You Curse Someone, You Dig Your Own Grave”
“Hito o norowaba ana futatsu” (人を呪わば穴二つ)
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Sakura and Sai leave to help Shikamaru. Hidan attempts to break out of Shikamaru’s weakened Shadow Possession Jutsu on him, but Shikamaru pulls the explosive tags onto Hidan’s body. Shikamaru then opens a trap hole that he had prepared, and reveals his plan to bury Hidan beneath the Nara family woods. He has a vision of Asuma entrusting his “will of fire” to him, and then throws his lighter to ignite the tags on Hidan, which explode and dismember the latter. Meanwhile, Naruto prepares the new Jutsu that he had been developing, Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken.
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Hidan stabs himself in the chest, but instead of mortally wounding Shikamaru, he accidentally destroys another one of Kakuzu’s hearts. When demanded an explanation from Hidan about why he still was alive, Shikamaru reveals to have poured Kakazu’s blood (that Kakashi had retrieved earlier in a capsule) on Hidan’s spear, and so he had killed one of Kakuzu’s hearts. He also traps Hidan with his Shadow Possession Jutsu. Being temporarily incapacitated, Kakuzu’s remaining three hearts return to his body, with one sacrificing itself to become his heart. Just as Kakuzu is about to finish them off with another Fire-Wind Jutsu, Team 7 arrives just in time to stop the attack with Naruto and Yamato’s Wind-Water Jutsu combo.
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Shikamaru realizes Kakuzu has five hearts, each of which must be killed to defeat him. He also reasons that separating Kakuzu from Hidan is the only way to defeat them, and, so he uses Shadow Possession Jutsu to lead Hidan into a dense forest. Kakuzu combines two of his hearts into a single entity and prepares to face Kakashi, Ino and Choji to get a replacement heart. At the same time, in the forest, amidst numerous explosive tags that Shikamaru had set up for the Akatsuki duo, Hidan strikes Shikamaru with his spear, drawing his blood and ingests it. He then prepares to use his curse ritual to kill Shikamaru.
“The Terrifying Secret”
“Osorubeki himitsu” (恐るべき秘密)
You can watch this episode on 20/21 November, 2008
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Choji’s spiked cannonball attack proves ineffective against Kakuzu’s special ability, which enables him to harden his skin. In Konoha, Naruto learns more about the five elemental chakra natures and their strengths and weaknesses in relation to each other. Kakuzu gets struck by Kakashi’s Lightning Blade right through his heart, but survives and produces four masked entities from his back, one of which dies, as it had been struck by Kakashi. Kakuzu then uses the masks to attack Team 10 with powerful Wind, Lightning and Fire Jutsus.
You can watch this episode on November 13/14, 2008
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Tsunade tells Sakura that Team 7 will be Team 10′s backup, but only if Naruto finishes his training within 24 hours. Elsewhere, Shikamaru quickly adjusts the team’s strategy to include Kakashi. After Hidan and Kakuzu are found, Shikamaru pins their shadows with Asuma’s chakra knives imbued with his chakra. Using his Shadow Possession Jutsu, he forces Hidan to attack Kakuzu, but Kakuzu dodges the attempt, after revealing that he had secretly detached his arm during Shikamaru’s previous attack to remove the chakra knife pinning his shadow. With Kakuzu cornered, Choji then attacks Kakuzu from above.
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A funeral is held for Asuma, but Shikamaru does not attend it, choosing instead to sulk at home. After a careful prodding by his father during a game of Shogi, Shikamaru works through his emotions, and comes up with a strategy to defeat Asuma’s killers, Hidan and Kakuzu. Team 10 visits Asuma’s grave before setting out for revenge, but Tsunade stops them, telling them that they need a four-man squad and backup for the mission. But Kakashi volunteers as the leader of the team, when it becomes clear Team 10 has no intention of backing down.
Original Air Date: October 30, 2008
You can watch this episode subbed on October 31, 2008
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Naruto struggles to combine the shape and elemental manipulation in the Rasengan. Elsewhere, the Akatsuki begin sealing the two-tailed beast, and the Akatsuki “leader” reveals Akatsuki plans to use the tailed beasts to cause conflict in the ninja nations, serving as mercenaries at a lower cost than the ninja of the hidden villages, replacing them, having monopoly on war and eventually taking over the world. Meanwhile, news of Asuma’s death reaches Konoha just as Naruto realizes the solution is to use two shadow clones instead of one.
Original Air Date: October 23, 2008
You can watch this episode subbed on October 24, 2008
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Asuma is mortally wounded and collapses. Shortly thereafter, Ino, Choji, Aoba and Raido appear as the team’s backup. Hidan and Kakuzu prove to be a match for them too, but they’re ordered back to the hideout by their “leader” to seal the Two Tails. They retreat, warning the group that they will return. Ino tries to treat Asuma with her medical jutsu, but fails, as Hidan’s attacks had damaged his vital organs. Asuma leaves advice for his students, and whispers to Shikamaru the identity of the “king” that Konoha must protect. As he smokes a final cigarette, he dies.
Original Air Date: October 16, 2008
You can watch this episode on October 16/17, 2008 at Dig Naruto
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Hidan’s immortality enables him to stay alive even with his head cut off, although he cannot move his body. Seeing this, Kakuzu sews Hidan’s head back on his body with threads that sprout from his body. Izumo and Kotetsu try to attack Kakuzu, but he manages to grab them both by using his body threads, restraining them and suffocating them as well. Hidan, now able to move again, returns to the circle and stabs himself with the blades of his scythe, and he finishes the ritual by stabbing himself in the chest with another spike, fatally wounding Asuma.
Original Air Date: October 2, 2008
You can watch it on October 2/3 , 2008 at Dig Naruto
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Asuma’s Fire Jutsu strikes Hidan, but, to his team’s surprise, Asuma gets burnt as well. Hidan then reveals his ability to link his body to his opponent’s after ingesting their blood. Asuma rushes at Hidan, but collapses after Hidan stabs himself in the leg, thereby injuring Asuma. Shikamaru realizes Hidan needs to be in the circle for his curse ritual to take effect, and so, uses his Shadow Possession Jutsu to force Hidan to step out of it. As he does so, Asuma gets to strike a finishing blow on Hidan. As Hidan screams, Asuma decapitates Hidan with his chakra knife.
Original Air Date: October 2, 2008
You can watch it on October 2/3 , 2008 at Dig Naruto
It will be part of a 1 hour special and will be aired on 25th Sep 2008 in Japan.
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Asuma’s team reaches the bounty station and ambushes Hidan. Izumo and Kotetsu attack, but are unable to kill him despite stabbing vital organs due to Hidan’s immortality. Asuma says that if they retreat, Konoha will be endangered. Shikamaru realizes that Asuma is considering sacrificing himself to help defeat the enemy. Asuma begins fighting Hidan, while Shikamaru distracts him by forcing him to dodge his Shadow Sewing Jutsu. Hidan cuts Asuma on the cheek with his scythe, draws a circle of blood on the ground and steps in it, as Asuma uses a Fire Style Jutsu to engulf Hidan in flame.
You can watch this episode subbed at DigNaruto.com on 26th Sep 2008
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Kakashi reveals that the Rasengan is an incomplete jutsu as he is not able to combine his own elemental chakra affinity into it, just as it’s creator, the Fourth Hokage couldn’t do. He then presumes that Naruto might be the first one to be able to do so. Meanwhile, Asuma sends word to the other teams about the Akatsuki’s location and proceeds on. Kakuzu then exchanges Chiriku’s corpse. Naruto’s training increases his stress to the point that the Nine-Tailed Fox tries to break free, but Yamato manages to suppress it entirely.
“The Next Step”
“Tsuginaru Suteppu” (次なる段階)
It will be part of a 1 hour special and will be aired on 25th Sep 2008 in Japan.
You can watch this episode subbed at DigNaruto.com on 26th Sep 2008
Episode Guide: [via Wikipedia]
Asuma mourns Chiriku’s death while Hidan and Kakuzu take Chiriku in for their payment. Meanwhile, Kakashi shows Naruto what the true goal of his training will be. It is also revealed that Kakashi can perform the Rasengan.
“The Old Monk’s Prayer”
“Rōsō no inori” (老僧の祈り)
Original Air Date: September 11, 2008
You can watch this episode at Dig Naruto on September 12, 2008
The second stage of Naruto’s training continues, with Sakura doing what she can to help, Yamato continuing to suppress the Nine Tailed Fox’s chakra despite the strain on him, and Kakashi watching over the training. Tsunade sends out twenty teams composed of four ninja each to deal with the Akatsuki members in the Fire Country. Shikamaru leaves with Asuma, who is troubled by the news of Chiriku’s falling to the Akatsuki, as well as Izumo and Kotetsu, while Ino and Choji leave with Raido and Aoba. After considerable effort, Naruto clears the second stage of his training by cutting the waterfall with the thought of being behind Sasuke, but almost immediately afterward, collapses from hunger and exhaustion.
“Under the Starry Sky”
“Hoshizora no moto de” (星空の下で)
Air Date: September 4, 2008
You can watch this episode at DigNaruto on September 5, 2008
Naruto proceeds to the next step of his training, the cutting of a waterfall. Hidan and Kakuzu reach the Fire Temple and fight Chiriku, so as to obtain the bounty on his head. After defeating him, they move out to claim the bounty and thereafter target the Nine Tails Jinchūriki Naruto.
“Akatsuki Invasion”
“Akatsuki shinkō” (暁侵攻)
Original Air Date: August 28, 2008
You can view this episode subbed on August 29, 2008 at DigNaruto.com
Asuma apologizes at the grave of the Third Hokage for not understanding his advice concerning what the “king” of the Fire Country is. At the hospital, Naruto and Sai recover, despite Naruto’s desire to resume his training. Tsunade receives a report from Kakashi that Akatsuki is on the move. Elsewhere, Yugito Nii, the Two Tails Jinchūriki, struggles against Hidan and Kakuzu and unleashes the Nībi, but is defeated and captured. Hidan and Kakuzu then turn their attention to the Fire Country for their next target.
The struggle between Naruto and Sora continues. Asuma and Kazuma fight. Sai arrives, having snuck out of hospital, and binds Kazuma with an ink snake. Kazuma breaks out of Sai’s jutsu and charges Asuma, but is killed. Naruto eventually reaches Sora, who manages to release the Kyuubi’s chakra. Sora then leaves the village to travel the world. Asuma and Shikamaru play shogi and discuss who the king of Konoha is. Elsewhere, two Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu, appear chasing the Two Tails Jinchūriki.
“Friend”
“Tomo yo” (友よ)
Original Air Date: August 14, 2008
You can view this episode on August 15, 2008 at DigNaruto.com
The chakra of the Nine-tails rages out of control within Sora, preventing Naruto and the others from subduing him. Asuma and Kazuma resume their old battle, while Kazuma justifies his actions with his duty as a pawn to the “King” of the Fire Country. Naruto is repeatedly knocked down in his attempts to restrain Sora, and the chakra seeps into him and transforms him as well. Yamato is unable to suppress the Nine-tails’ chakra in both Jinchūriki, being prevented by an unknown outside force. Sora’s fourth tail emerges, causing the Nine-tails’s Cloak to envelop his body. He temporarily gains his own consciousness when he witnesses Naruto stab himself in the leg and successfully prevent the original Nine-tails’ Cloak from emerging.
“Resonance”
“Kyōmei” (共鳴)
Original Air Date: August 7, 2008
You can watch this episode at Dig Naruto on August 8, 2008
Naruto deduces that Fuuka’s secret consists of switching bodies to use each corresponding element and that her hair preserves her youth and body. Naruto damages her hair and it takes a life of its own dispensing the body, but Naruto finally kills it with a Rasengan. Meanwhile, Asuma manages to break free of the electric barrier, catch up with Kitane and defeat him in a short fight. Realizing that Kitane is no more, and that his three other companions were killed, Furido causes the 3 other ninja guardians to disappear. But Furido has a back up plan, Sora.
Furido releases Sora’s seal, and tells him the truth: Sora is a pseudo-Jinchuuriki. The chakra that had leaked from the Nine Tailed Fox when it attacked Konoha 15 and a half years ago was harvested and implanted into Sora. Just then, Asuma arrives at the scene with Naruto. Asuma recognizes Furido and it is revealed that he is Kazuma, Sora’s father. Yamato, Sakura, Kiba, Lee, Ino, Choji and Shikamaru also turn up. Enraged, Sora wants to destroy everything, and turns into the Three-Tailed form of the Nine-tails. However, Yamato is unable to restrain him, because he does not have the First’s necklace on him.
Naruto Shippuden Episode 68 and 69, 1 hour special aired on 31th July 2008:
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Brief Episode Guide:[via Wikipedia]
Naruto deduces that Fuuka’s secret consists of switching bodies to use each corresponding element and that her hair preserves her youth and body. Naruto damages her hair and it takes a life of its own dispensing the body, but Naruto finally kills it with a Rasengan. Meanwhile, Asuma manages to break free of the electric barrier, catch up with Kitane and defeat him in a short fight. Realizing that Kitane is no more, and that his three other companions were killed, Furido causes the 3 other ninja guardians to disappear. But Furido has a back up plan, Sora.
Furido releases Sora’s seal, and tells him the truth: Sora is a pseudo-Jinchuuriki. The chakra that had leaked from the Nine Tailed Fox when it attacked Konoha 15 and a half years ago was harvested and implanted into Sora. Just then, Asuma arrives at the scene with Naruto. Asuma recognizes Furido and it is revealed that he is Kazuma, Sora’s father. Yamato, Sakura, Kiba, Lee, Ino, Choji and Shikamaru also turn up. Enraged, Sora wants to destroy everything, and turns into the Three-Tailed form of the Nine-tails. However, Yamato is unable to restrain him, because he does not have the First’s necklace on him.