Ep. 351: Kakashi menyelidiki sel Hashirama dan mengungkap rahasia Kinoe sementara Hiruzen menghadapi rencana pembunuhan.

Still plagued by his nightmares of Rin's death, Kakashi becomes curious on Kinoe's ability to use the Wood Style and infiltrates the archives office where he reads of Hashirama Senju before finding a top secret note. However, knowing of Kakashi presence, Hiruzen arrives and reveals Kinoe to be the survivor of a failed experiment where Leaf ninjas were injected with Hashirama's cells to harness the First Hokage's Wood Style. The next day, while en route to meet with the Lord of the Land of Fire to make his return as Third Hokage legitimate, Hiruzen is ambushed by Root operatives led by Kinoe on orders from Danzo to quietly assassinate the Third Hokage. However, "Hiruzen" is revealed to be Kakashi in disguise as a decoy to keep Kinoe at bay while the real Third Hokage confronts Danzo. Soon after, as Hiruzen is once more appointed as Third Hokage, Danzo converses with Orochimaru that they should no longer meet for the time being as Kakashi seemingly betrayed him. (Source: Wikipedia) Kakashi's Anbu Arc: The Shinobi That Lives in the Darkness: (3/13)
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- Ep. 347 · Akatsuki menghadapi tipu daya Hidden Stone sementara Jiraiya memuji kemajuan murid-muridnya di Rain Village.
- Ep. 348 · Nagato mengambil alih kepemimpinan Akatsuki setelah kematian Yahiko dan penghancuran pasukan musuh.
- Ep. 349 · Kakashi berjuang dengan trauma setelah kematian Rin sementara Minato menjadi Hokage dan Kakashi bergabung dengan ANBU
- Ep. 350 · Kakashi menjaga Kushina saat melahirkan sementara Obito melepaskan Ekor-Sembilan, yang berujung pada kematian Minato.
- Ep. 351 · Kakashi menyelidiki sel Hashirama dan mengungkap rahasia Kinoe sementara Hiruzen menghadapi rencana pembunuhan.
- Ep. 352 · Orochimaru melarikan diri setelah lolos dari Hiruzen dan mengalahkan Kakashi sebelum terluka oleh bom ular.
- Ep. 353 · Kakashi bertemu dengan klan Iburi dan pemimpin mereka, Kinoe, yang menggunakan Gaya Kayu untuk mengikatnya guna diinterogasi mengenai Orochimaru.
- Ep. 354 · Kakashi dan Kinoe menghadapi Orochimaru sementara Yukimi menentukan nasib klan-nya
- Ep. 355 · Danzo mengirim agen untuk mencuri Sharingan Kakashi yang rusak sementara ia menyelidiki tempat persembunyian Orochimaru