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Akatsuki members attack Fire Temple while Naruto trains to stop waterfall flow
Aug 28, 2008Zetsu departs with Yugito as Hidan and Kakuzu travel to the Fire Temple, where they slaughter the resident monks. Kakuzu identifies Chiriku as part of the Shinobi Guardian Twelve and seeks the bounty on his head. Chiriku fights valiantly but is ultimately killed by Hidan. Despite Hidan's complaints, Kakuzu pauses to collect the bounty before continuing their mission. Meanwhile, Naruto advances to the next phase of his training, which involves cutting the flow of a waterfall. This event occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically episode 2 of 17.
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Naruto completes wind chakra training while Akatsuki suppression teams deploy
Sep 4, 2008Tsunade dispatches the Niju Shotai, consisting of twenty four-ninjas teams, to eliminate Akatsuki members. Shikamaru joins Asuma, Izumo, and Kotetsu, while Ino and Choji accompany Raido and Aoba. Meanwhile, Sakura Haruno weeps over a photograph of Team 7. Naruto observes a shooting star and successfully finishes the second phase of his wind chakra nature training. However, he immediately collapses due to severe hunger and exhaustion. This event occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically noted as part 3 out of 17 in the series chronology.
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Team Asuma mourns Chiriku while Hidan and Kakuzu travel and Kakashi prepares Naruto for Rasengan completion.
Sep 11, 2008Asuma's team reaches the Fire Temple to grieve for Chiriku. Izumo deduces that the Akatsuki are pursuing the bounty on his head. Meanwhile, Hidan and Kakuzu proceed toward the exchange location, arguing about their conflicting beliefs. At Ichiraku Ramen, Kakashi hints to Naruto that he has a surprise in store. Later, at the training ground, Kakashi reveals that the actual goal of Naruto's final training is to master the Rasengan. This segment is part of the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically episode 4 of 17.
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Kakashi explains Rasengan limitations while Naruto struggles with Nine-Tails stress and Akatsuki moves.
Sep 25, 2008Kakashi reveals the Rasengan is incomplete because he cannot combine his elemental chakra affinity, just as the Fourth Hokage could not, and presumes Naruto might be the first to succeed. Naruto’s intense training raises his stress levels until the Nine-Tails nearly manifests, requiring Yamato to suppress it completely. Meanwhile, Asuma informs other teams of the Akatsuki’s location and continues his journey. Kakuzu arrives at the checkpoint and exchanges Chiriku’s corpse, telling a worried collector that there is a specific reason why he and Hidan are partners. This segment is part of the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, episode 5 of 17.
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Asuma's Team Ambushes the Immortal Hidan at the Bounty Station
Sep 25, 2008Asuma’s squad ambushes Hidan at the bounty station, but Izumo and Kotetsu fail to kill him despite stabbing vital organs due to his immortality. Asuma warns that retreating endangers Konoha, prompting Shikamaru to realize Asuma plans to sacrifice himself. Asuma engages Hidan directly while Shikamaru distracts the enemy using Shadow Sewing Jutsu. Hidan slashes Asuma’s cheek, drinking the blood to draw a ritual circle on the ground. As Hidan steps into the circle, Asuma unleashes a Fire Style Jutsu, engulfing him in flames that alter his skin pigment. This event occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc.
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Asuma's fire jutsu backfires as Hidan reveals his immortality ritual
Oct 2, 2008Asuma's fire technique strikes Hidan, but the shinobi is burned alongside his target. Hidan explains that swallowing blood creates an empathic link, meaning any injury he sustains is shared. When Hidan stabs his own leg, Asuma collapses from the pain. Shikamaru deduces that the ritual requires Hidan to remain within a specific circle. He uses his Shadow Possession Jutsu to drag Hidan out of the designated area. With the ritual broken, Asuma recovers enough strength to use his chakra knife and decapitate Hidan. This confrontation occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically serving as the seventh installment of the seventeen-part sequence.
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Kakuzu reattaches Hidan's head while restraining Izumo and Kotetsu to complete the ritual against Asuma.
Oct 2, 2008After Asuma beheads Hidan, the immortal ninja remains conscious but paralyzed. Kakuzu utilizes his body threads to reattach Hidan’s severed head to his torso. When Izumo and Kotetsu attempt to intervene, Kakuzu ensnares both shinobi with his threads, restraining and suffocating them to prevent interference. Now mobile, Hidan rejoins the ritual circle and impales himself with his scythe blades. He then drives a spike into his own chest, transferring the fatal wound to Asuma through their shared curse link, thereby completing the sacrificial ritual.
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Asuma's fatal injuries lead to his death after Akatsuki retreat to seal the Two-Tails.
Oct 16, 2008Asuma collapses from mortal wounds as Ino, Choji, Aoba, and Raido arrive as backup. Hidan and Kakuzu defeat the reinforcements but are ordered by their leader to retreat and seal the Two-Tails. They warn the group they will return. Ino attempts to heal Asuma with medical jutsu but fails because his vital organs are destroyed. Before dying, Asuma gives advice to his students and whispers the identity of the king Konoha must protect. He smokes one last cigarette and passes away. This event occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically episode 9 of 17.
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Naruto masters wind chakra Rasengan as Akatsuki targets Two-Tails for world domination
Oct 23, 2008Naruto faces difficulties merging shape and elemental transformation within the Rasengan technique. Concurrently, the Akatsuki initiate the sealing of the Two-Tails, with their leader outlining plans to secure all nine Tailed Beasts to monopolize war and achieve global domination. Back in Konoha, the village receives news of Asuma’s death. Simultaneously, Naruto discovers the solution to his training problem involves using two shadow clones rather than one to stabilize the jutsu and successfully infuse wind nature chakra into the Rasengan.
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Shikamaru devises a strategy to defeat Hidan and Kakuzu after Asuma's funeral.
Oct 30, 2008Shikamaru avoids Asuma's funeral to brood at home, but his father's Shogi game helps him process his grief. He formulates a plan to defeat Hidan and Kakuzu. Team 10 visits Asuma's grave before departing for revenge. Tsunade halts them, insisting on a four-man squad with backup. Kakashi volunteers to lead the team once he realizes Team 10 will not retreat. The group prepares to pursue the Akatsuki members responsible for Asuma's death, driven by their determination to avenge their fallen sensei despite the initial logistical objections from the Hokage.
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Tsunade sets a 24-hour deadline for Naruto's training while Shikamaru counters Hidan and Kakuzu
Nov 6, 2008Tsunade informs Sakura that Team 7 will support Team 10 only if Naruto completes his training within 24 hours. Meanwhile, Yugito succumbs after the Two-Tails is extracted and sealed into the Gedo Statue. Shikamaru adapts the team's strategy to incorporate Kakashi. Hidan and Kakuzu continue hunting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki until Shikamaru uses Asuma's chakra-infused knives to pin their shadows. He forces Hidan to attack Kakuzu, but Kakuzu evades the blow by secretly detaching his arm to remove the chakra knife. Cornered, Kakuzu faces an aerial assault from Choji.
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Kakuzu's unique skin-hardening ability thwarts Choji while he battles Team 10 using multiple masks.
Nov 13, 2008Choji's spiked cannonball attack fails to penetrate Kakuzu's skin-hardening technique. Meanwhile, in Konoha, Naruto studies the five elemental chakra natures and their respective strengths and weaknesses. Kakashi strikes Kakuzu's heart with his Lightning Blade, but the enemy survives by deploying four masked entities from his back. One mask perishes after being hit by Kakashi. Kakuzu then utilizes the remaining masks to assault Team 10 with powerful Wind, Lightning, and Fire Jutsus. This event occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically episode 13 out of 17.
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Shikamaru separates Hidan while Kakuzu seeks a new heart from allies.
Nov 20, 2008Shikamaru deduces that Kakuzu possesses five hearts, requiring each to be destroyed for victory, and determines that separating him from Hidan is essential. He employs Shadow Possession Jutsu to guide Hidan into a dense forest. Meanwhile, Kakuzu merges two hearts to form a single entity and prepares to confront Kakashi, Ino, and Choji to obtain a replacement heart. In the forest, Shikamaru has placed Hidan among numerous explosive tags. The jutsu is canceled when Hidan appears to strike Shikamaru with his spear. Believing Shikamaru is injured, Hidan drinks the spilled blood and prepares to perform a curse ritual to kill him. This event occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically episode 14 of 17.
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Shikamaru's Genius
Dec 4, 2008Hidan accidentally destroys one of Kakuzu's hearts by stabbing himself, as Shikamaru had coated his spear in Kakashi's retrieved blood. Shikamaru traps Hidan with his Shadow Possession Jutsu, though the Akatsuki member slowly advances. Kakuzu temporarily regains function when his masked beasts return, with one sacrificing itself to serve as a new heart. Just as Kakuzu prepares to finish the group with a Fire-Wind Jutsu, Team Kakashi arrives to intervene. Naruto and Yamato use a Wind-Water Jutsu combo to stop the attack. Naruto apologizes for being late as the group prepares to battle Kakuzu.
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Shikamaru Traps and Defeats Hidan Using Prepared Forest Trap
Dec 4, 2008Sakura and Sai depart to assist Shikamaru, who reveals he feigned weakness during his Shadow Possession Jutsu against Hidan. Shikamaru redirects explosive tags onto the Akatsuki member and activates a pre-dug trap hole in a forest restricted to the Nara Clan. Aiming to avenge Asuma, Shikamaru envisions the deceased ninja entrusting his Will of Fire before igniting the tags with a lighter, destroying Hidan’s body. Concurrently, Naruto focuses on developing a new technique, the Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken. This sequence occurs during the Akatsuki Suppression Mission arc, specifically episode 16 out of 17.
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Naruto Launches Rasen Shuriken Against Kakuzu While Shikamaru Secures Hidan's Remains
Dec 11, 2008Naruto attacks Kakuzu with the Rasen Shuriken, but the technique dissipates before impact. Meanwhile, Shikamaru uses an explosive tag to seal the trap hole containing Hidan’s dismembered remains, avenging Asuma. Joined by Sakura and Sai, Shikamaru returns to the group. Naruto creates another Rasen Shuriken, prompting Kakuzu to switch to long-range mode. As Naruto and his shadow clones advance, Kakuzu strikes what appears to be the original Naruto. However, this is a clone, allowing the real Naruto to land a critical hit with a second Rasen Shuriken, destroying both of Kakuzu’s replacement hearts.
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Kakashi defeats Kakuzu while Shikamaru vows to protect Asuma's unborn child and Tsunade restricts Naruto's techniques.
Dec 18, 2008Following Kakashi Hatake's defeat of Kakuzu, he and Naruto Uzumaki return to their village. At Asuma Sarutobi's grave, Shikamaru Nara promises Kurenai Yuhi that he will safeguard her unborn child. He later plays Shogi with Shikaku Nara, recounting Asuma's final words that Konoha must protect its next generation. Meanwhile, Tsunade examines Kakuzu's body and warns Kakashi that Naruto must never use the Rasen Shuriken again, as it would permanently destroy his chakra manipulation abilities. In a separate development, Orochimaru learns of Konoha's recent victory and dispatches Kabuto Yakushi to meet a woman named Guren.
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Kakashi and Team Eight search for Orochimaru while Naruto trains with Jiraiya and Guren tests her subjects.
Dec 25, 2008An ANBU agent transmits a message to Konoha before dying, revealing Orochimaru’s potential location. Kakashi leads Shino, Kiba, and Hinata on a reconnaissance mission to locate the hideout. Meanwhile, Naruto struggles with restrictions on using the Rasen Shuriken due to its danger and reunites with Jiraiya for training. Simultaneously, Kabuto delivers a mission order to Guren, who forces her experimental subjects into a lethal battle to select survivors as subordinates. After reporting back to Orochimaru, Kabuto’s associate Sasuke Uchiha encounters a boy named Yuukimaru. This segment is part of the Three-Tails' Appearance arc, specifically episode two of twenty-four.
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Orochimaru's Hideout Discovered by Team Kurenai and Kakashi
Jan 8, 2009Guren leads twenty-one survivors from the hideout to meet Orochimaru, while Team Kurenai and Kakashi arrive minutes later to find barely alive subjects before escaping the self-destructing lair. Miles away, sixteen survivors refuse further experimentation and attack Guren. When the ninja team arrives, Shino’s insects have suffered the same fate, and Guren with five subjects has departed, leaving the rest crystallized. Meanwhile, Kabuto escorts Yukimaru to their destination. Naruto and Jiraiya reach a hot spring where Naruto seeks a ranged attack. Instead, Jiraiya trains Naruto in synchronizing jutsu, assigning him Gamariki as a partner despite their mutual dislike.
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Kabuto uses Yukimaru to summon a creature while Sasuke trains and Naruto meets Yukimaru
Jan 15, 2009Kabuto subjects Yukimaru to pain using pills and a chakra amplifying helmet at a lake to draw out a mysterious creature. Meanwhile, Guren separates from her group to meet Orochimaru, who has Sasuke fight an army of Sound Ninja as training. Sasuke defeats all opponents but spares them, as he intends to kill only Itachi. In the hot spring village, Naruto grows tired of working with Gamariki but continues training with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu, still struggling to understand connecting with another person's heart. Kabuto and Yukimaru eventually arrive at the Hot Springs Village where Naruto and Jiraiya are present, leading to an encounter between Naruto and Yukimaru. This segment is part of the Three-Tails' Appearance arc.
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Naruto trains with frogs while Jiraiya departs for Akatsuki intel.
Jan 22, 2009Naruto undergoes training with Gamakichi and Gamatatsu, but Jiraiya secretly departs after receiving information regarding the Akatsuki. Upon waking, Naruto discovers a letter from Jiraiya instructing him to return to the Hidden Leaf Village to resume his training. After arriving home, he learns that neither Gamakichi nor Gamatatsu can utilize Water Style ninjutsu. Meanwhile, Tsunade receives one of Shino's crystalized insects for analysis. In a separate development, Rinji, an operative of Guren, discovers the location of Kakashi's team through a bat he had previously released. This segment is part of the Three-Tails' Appearance arc, dated 5/24.
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Guren cares for sick Yukimaru while Naruto trains frogs and Tsunade deploys a support team.
Jan 29, 2009Kabuto assigns Yukimaru to Guren, warning that her performance determines if Orochimaru chooses her over Sasuke as a vessel. Yukimaru becomes ill during transit, forcing Guren to shelter with him in a cabin overnight. The next morning, Guren discovers Yukimaru playing a musical instrument left by his mother. She gifts him a perpetual crystalized camellia before they resume their journey. Concurrently, Naruto instructs Gamakichi and Gamatatsu in Water Style techniques. Kiba suspects the enemy utilizes bats, prompting Tsunade to dispatch Yamato, Sakura Haruno, and Sai to assist Kakashi and Team Kurenai. This narrative segment belongs to the Three-Tails' Appearance arc, specifically episode 6 of 24.
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Naruto and Guren's teams clash while Naruto masters a new jutsu with Gamatatsu
Feb 5, 2009Guren reunites with her group to pursue leaf ninja following Yukimaru's gift of his mother's memento. Kakashi, Hinata, and Kiba depart for the mission, leaving Shino behind to locate insects immune to crystallization for breeding. Kakashi and Team Kurenai members are soon attacked by Guren's forces. Meanwhile, after Gamatatsu learns Water Style, Naruto discovers the mission details and persuades Tsunade to allow his participation. Tsunade consents, giving Naruto time to perfect a collaboration jutsu with Gamatatsu. This segment is part of the Three-Tails' Appearance arc, specifically episode 7 of 24.
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Team Kurenai battles Guren's forces while Hinata suffers severe injuries in the woods.
Feb 12, 2009In the forest, Team Kurenai engages Guren's men. Hinata and Kiba become trapped in a smoke screen set by Kigiri, resulting in Hinata being seriously injured by Nurari. Kakashi fights Gozu but cannot defeat him due to the opponent's superior speed and strength. Just as Rinji and his team prepare to kill Hinata, Kiba and Akamaru return to rescue her. They are subsequently forced to retreat when Shino arrives with his insects. Meanwhile, Yuukimaru recalls memories of his mother. This segment is part of the Three-Tails' Appearance arc, specifically episode 8 of 24.
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- How many episodes does NARUTO: Shippuuden have?
- NARUTO: Shippuuden has 500 episodes.
- When did NARUTO: Shippuuden come out?
- NARUTO: Shippuuden came out in 2007.
- Which studio made NARUTO: Shippuuden?
- NARUTO: Shippuuden was produced by Studio Pierrot.
- Who directed NARUTO: Shippuuden?
- NARUTO: Shippuuden was directed by Yuuki Kinoshita.
- Is NARUTO: Shippuuden finished?
- Current status of NARUTO: Shippuuden: Finished.