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Naruto Shippūden S10E201 — Painful Decision
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Naruto Shippūden•Season 10•Episode 201

Painful Decision

8.2/10 · 6 votesMar 3, 201123 min

Ranked #3 of 25 in Season 10•+0.5 vs season avg

Discussion

As chaos breaks out at the Five Kage Summit regarding Mifune's proposal to make Danzo leader of the alliance, Ao discovers something unsettling about the new Hokage. Meanwhile, Shikamaru goes to Sakura and asks permission to take decisive action against Sasuke. How will Sakura react,

Directed byMaki Kodaira
Written byYasuyuki Suzuki
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Cast18

Junko Takeuchi

Junko Takeuchi

Naruto Uzumaki (voice)

Noriaki Sugiyama

Noriaki Sugiyama

Sasuke Uchiha (voice)

Chie Nakamura

Chie Nakamura

Sakura Haruno (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kakashi Hatake (voice)

Showtaro Morikubo

Showtaro Morikubo

Shikamaru Nara (voice)

Satoshi Hino

Satoshi Hino

Sai (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Gaara (voice)

Hideo Ishikawa

Hideo Ishikawa

Itachi Uchiha (voice)

Koichi Tochika

Koichi Tochika

Neji Hyuga (voice)

Keiko Nemoto

Keiko Nemoto

Shizune (voice)

Kujira

Kujira

Orochimaru (voice)

Masako Katsuki

Masako Katsuki

Tsunade (voice)

Crew12

Y

Yasuyuki Suzuki

Writer

Y

Yumenosuke Tokuda

Supervising Animation Director

H

Hong Beom-seok

Animation Director

T

Tatsuki Takemoto

Animation Director

S

Shinji Satoh

Storyboard Artist

M

Maki Kodaira

Director

K

Ken'ichi Hirata

Key Animation

K

Koji Furuya

Key Animation

T

Tatsuki Takemoto

Key Animation

T

Takuma Funau

Key Animation

H

Haruka Yamashita

Key Animation

T

Tsuyoshi Kando

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Painful Decision" is episode 201 of Naruto Shippūden season 10. It scored 8.2/10 from 6 votes, ranking #3 of 25 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Maki Kodaira and written by Yasuyuki Suzuki, it aired on March 3, 2011.

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