The Best Episodes Directed By Hideki Takayama

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #1 - The Artist Returns

   S12:E2553/22/2012

   Kabuto and a reanimated Deidara attempt to grab hold of the jinchuriki, but are stopped by the Tsuchikage, who has come to protect Naruto.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Killer Bee and Motoi

   S12:E2441/12/2012

   Motoi confesses to Naruto and Yamato that he attempted to kill Bee during their childhood because of his father's death due to the sealing of the Eight Tails 30 years ago.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #3 - The Brilliant Military Advisor of the Hidden Leaf

   S12:E2676/21/2012

   The Akatsuki dispatch an army of powerful reanimated shinobi and White Zetsu across the war zone, causing chaos within the Allied Shinobi Forces’ chain of command.

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   7.6/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Attack of the Gedo Statue

   S13:E2768/23/2012

   The Allied Shinobi Forces are on the verge of winning the war when Madara Uchiha appears. Madara summons the giant Gedo Statue and unleashes its devastating power.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Absence

   S1:E119/17/2015

   Alex takes shelter in Handymen’s office with Loretta, she remembers her past little by little. Meanwhile, the enemies invade Paulklee Guild.

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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Childhood… Friends…

   S1:E75/18/2012

   Chihiro spends his Sunday helping out with the Saoji family’s restaurant. Ranko tells the tale of the first time she met Chihiro. The two young children develop an unusual friendship between themselves as more about Ranko’s family is revealed.

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   6.6/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Every failure is a step to success.

   S2:E58/1/2022

   Ayanokoji brings Kushida, whom he suspects of being a traitor, to observe the other classes alongside Horikita. When the day of the festival arrives, Team Red pulls into the lead with great performances by Horikita and Sudo, but Ayanokoji merely watches with disinterest...

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - The Festival Accompanying Chapter - Part 1 - Miyo

   S2:E1410/5/2007

   Takano's past is revealed in disjointed flashbacks, some of them showing her harsh childhood, while others to the time when she became involved with researchers of the Hinamizawa Syndrome.

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