10.0/101 votes#1 - Sai's Day Off
Season 11 Episode 238 - Aired 12/1/2011
Given the day off, Sai spends it strolling the village and drawing. He initially encounters three children that he at first finds it difficult to interact with but later realises that two of them remind him of his team-mates Naruto and Sakura. He has several flashbacks of their time together and the bonds they share. In the end he uses the doors of a destroyed house and paints a mural of Team 7 along with Sasuke holding hands.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/102 votes#2 - The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!
Season 12 Episode 248 - Aired 2/9/2012
Minato is forced to use his Flying Raijin jutsu and leave his wife Kushina behind to save their newborn son, Naruto, from a masked assailant.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#3 - User of the Scorch Style: Pakura of the Sand!
Season 13 Episode 285 - Aired 10/25/2012
A group of Allied Shinobi, including Omoi and Maki of the Sand, battle against several reanimated enemies. Maki recognizes one of them as Pakura, her former master who was a Sand Village hero.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#4 - Power - Episode 2
Season 13 Episode 291 - Aired 11/29/2012
The reborn Team Kakashi continues to investigate the recent attack by Kabuto and the reincarnated shinobi when Naruto gets swallowed by a giant snake, but manages to escape using shadow clones, and accidentally ingests snakes that were present in the pond which Kabuto uses to summon Hidan.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Toshiyuki Tsuru
10.0/102 votes#5 - The Secret of the Transportation Technique
Season 15 Episode 342 - Aired 12/12/2013
Having absorbed the chakras of all nine Tailed Beasts, the Gedo Statue begins its transformation into Ten Tails. Naruto, Killer Bee, Kakashi, and Guy try to destroy the Gedo Statue but are stopped by the masked man.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/101 votes#6 - Orochimaru's Test Subject
Season 16 Episode 353 - Aired 3/6/2014
While pursuing Orochimaru, Kakashi wanders into a village inhabited by the Iburi Clan, a group of people with the unique ability to turn into smoke. Kakashi is soon captured and learns that the villagers all serve under Orochimaru.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/102 votes#7 - The Ties That Bind
Season 17 Episode 364 - Aired 6/5/2014
The Allied Shinobi Forces begin their onslaught against Obito and Madara. But Ten Tails suddenly transforms and hurls powerful Tailed Beast Bombs toward distant towns.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Shin Yoshida
9.5/102 votes#8 - Something to Fill the Hole
Season 17 Episode 372 - Aired 8/14/2014
Ten Tails is on the brink of its final transformation and begins to form a massive Tailed Beast Bomb.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
9.2/104 votes#9 - The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant
Season 6 Episode 133 - Aired 10/29/2009
Jiraiya realizes that the six Pains are all ninja he's met before. Putting various pieces of information together, Jiraiya figures out Pain's true identity, but Pain doesn't intend to allow Jiraiya to leave with that information alive. Elsewhere, the fated meeting between Itachi and Sasuke arrives, and Sasuke foresees Itachi's death.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
9.0/102 votes#10 - War Begins
Season 12 Episode 262 - Aired 5/10/2012
Kankuro’s commando unit enters enemy territory to set up a stronghold for the Allied Shinobi Forces. They are immediately ambushed by the Akatsuki’s own commando unit comprised of the reanimated Deidara and Sasori.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Shin Yoshida
9.0/102 votes#11 - A Will of Stone
Season 15 Episode 332 - Aired 9/26/2013
The Five Kage are outmatched by the real Madara Uchiha’s devastating attacks. Just when Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki is about to give up, he remembers the words of the previous Tsuchikage.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
9.0/102 votes#12 - Pursuing Hope
Season 18 Episode 383 - Aired 10/23/2014
Naruto's past, thoughts, and feelings flow into the consciousness of every shinobi, unifying their hearts.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
9.0/103 votes#13 - Madara Uchiha Arises
Season 18 Episode 391 - Aired 12/11/2014
Naruto and the Allied Shinobi Forces successfully extract the Tailed Beasts from Obito. Only Madara remains, and Naruto heads out to tackle this foe.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
9.0/102 votes#14 - Connecting Thoughts
Season 20 Episode 470 - Aired 8/4/2016
Before Naruto and Sasuke can attempt to seal Kaguya away, she transports Sasuke into a different Time-Space. Obito realizes that Kaguya’s ability to travel through Time-Space is similar to Kakashi’s and his own Visual Prowess. Obito and Sakura team up and begin the search for Sasuke.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
8.5/102 votes#15 - The Unbreakable Mask and the Shattered Bubble
Season 15 Episode 324 - Aired 8/8/2013
Naruto and Killer Bee face off against the masked man originally thought to be Madara Uchiha, in addition to the reanimated Jinchuriki. Naruto is shocked when he recognizes one of the Jinchuriki.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
8.3/103 votes#16 - Pain to the World
Season 8 Episode 162 - Aired 5/27/2010
Pain confronts Tsunade and questions her about Naruto's whereabouts. Tsunade argues with Pain about his motives, but Pain soon gets the info he needs from another source. Before preparing to depart, Pain unleashes a devastating attack on the village! Meanwhile, Naruto prepares to return to the Leaf Village, but he may be too late.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Shin Yoshida
8.2/106 votes#17 - Three Minutes Between Life and Death
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 8/16/2007
Sakura destroys the Third Kazekage puppet thanks to a secret antidote she had taken.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Satoru Nishizono
8.0/106 votes#18 - The Death of Gaara!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/7/2007
Teams Kakashi and Guy take a short rest. Granny Chiyo watches Naruto dozing off and is reminded of Sasori as a child. The pursuit resumes, and when Chiyo wonders why Naruto puts such effort into...
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Satoru Nishizono
8.0/102 votes#19 - The Wanderer
Season 7 Episode 144 - Aired 1/21/2010
After failing to bring back Sasuke, the Leaf ninja start heading back to the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade, however, sends Katsuyu to inform them that the barrier of Mount Katsunagi of the Tsuchigumo Clan, which holds a powerful forbidden jutsu, is broken. While Kakashi and Team 8 head back to the Leaf Village, Team 7, lead by Yamato, must check out what events are taking place.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
8.0/101 votes#20 - Things that Go Bang in the Night
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 1/1/1991
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#21 - Moomin Builds a House
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 2/14/1991
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: N/A
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8.0/101 votes#25 - Adventures of Moominpappa: Part 3
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 8/1/1991
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: N/A
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"Sai's Day Off" is the best rated episode directed by Masaaki Kumagai. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Yasuyuki Suzuki. It aired on 12/1/2011 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!".