8.0/103 votes#1 - Assault on the Leaf Village!
Season 8 Episode 157 - Aired 4/22/2010
The Akatsuki Leader, Pain, begins his invasion of the Hidden Leaf Village. The Leaf ninja assemble to protect Naruto's whereabouts, but when Pain targets Iruka, Kakashi must face off against him.
Director: Hideyuki Yoshida
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
6.0/101 votes#2 - Removing Toxins and Stains
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2007
On physical examination day, many of the girls are feeling stress about their weight, measurements and fitness. Nozumu distracts them by deciding to judge the "social worth" of students so that they will know whether they are living "above their station." Kitsu seizes on this idea, scolding everyone who possesses any luxuries, appalling Nozumu to the point where he decides to go on a hedonistic binge before killing himself. In the second half he encounters some of his students at a hot spring and is frightened to learn the spring has the power to remove their "toxicity" giving them well-adjusted personalities.
Director: Hideyuki Yoshida
Writer: Katsuhiko Takayama
4.0/101 votes#3 - The Evening Primroses on Fuji are Wrong
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/1/2007
Nozomu notices a few members of the class playing a "spot the differences" game. Nozomu tells them that it is important to spot mistakes and he instructs the class in how life is filled with mistakes. He asks the class to identify mistakes in their lives after pointing out several of his own. After Nozomu contradicts himself, saying that a mistake was the correct action, Kafuka reasons that if a mistake comes to light, it is correct, resulting in many people approaching her, confessing their mistakes, making them correct. In the end of the first part, a boy approaches Nozomu, calling him "Dad." The second part of the episode reveals that he is actually Nozomu's brother's child, Majiru. Nozomu asks him to prove that he is indeed his nephew, and then asks all of his students to prove that they are the real one. When Majiru asks Nozomu to prove he is genuine, Nozomu is unable to come up with a response, and runs off. The episode ends with a sequence that deals with Majiru's hair fetish.
Director: Hideyuki Yoshida
Writer: Kenichi Kanemaki
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"Assault on the Leaf Village!" is the best rated episode directed by Hideyuki Yoshida. It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Masahiro Hikokubo. It aired on 4/22/2010 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Removing Toxins and Stains".