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The Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 12

Every episode of Naruto Shippūden Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 12!

The Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 12

After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work. It will not...

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  1. 10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Forbidden Words

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    S12:E269

    Atsui, Samui, and Darui face off against Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the legendary brothers from the Hidden Cloud, feared even by the Raikage.

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  2. 9.5/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Thank You

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    S12:E249

    The Nine Tails, having been released from Madara's control, continues to wreck havoc in the city. The Third Hokage summons the Monkey King Enma and drives the Nine Tails away from the city. Minato then returns to the city and with the help of the toad Gamabunta is able to restrain the Nine Tails long enough for him to teleport it along with his family to the outskirts of the village. Kushina binds the Nine Tails and as Minato prepares to do the Reaper Death Seal to seal away half of the Nine Tails Chakra and seal the rest inside Naruto using the Eight Trigrams Seal. He also seals a bit of Kushina's chakra to help Naruto tame the Nine Tails. All of this is witnessed by the Third Hokage and a few other ninja.

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  3. 9.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - The Orange Spark

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    S12:E246

    Inside his mind, Naruto continues his battle against Nine Tails to take control of its immense power.

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  4. 9.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!

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    S12:E248

    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.

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  5. 9.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - For My Friend

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    S12:E261

    The Allied Shinobi Forces are on standby, ready to confront Madara’s army of reanimated shinobi and 100,000 White Zetsu. But distrust still exists among the Allied Shinobi Forces, who were once sworn enemies until recently.

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  6. 9.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - The Bridge to Peace

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    S12:E253

    Konan encloses Tobi in an chasm with a large amount of explosive tags that detonates in a wide area. Tobi manages to survive with his Izanagi techique, sacrificing one eye, and pierces Konan behind. Tobi explains his technique to Konan. Konan refuses to give up and continues to fight Tobi. Tobi manages to subdue her and places Konan inside a genjutsu to force her to reveal the location of the Rinnegan. Tobi travels to the location and retrieves Nagato's corpse and then takes his leave. A bloodied piece of paper is blown of Konan's body by the wind and travels to her childhood hideout. As it travels, more of the Ame Orphans past with Jiraiya is revealed, as well as some of their time as the original Akatsuki. Meanwhile, Tobi, with a new outfit, is told by Zetsu that they have received intel on the Nine-Tails wherabouts from Kisame. He declares that it's time to capture the Nine-Tails.

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  8. 9.0/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Assemble! Allied Shinobi Forces!

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    S12:E256

    Fourth Great Ninja War is about to begin, ninjas are going through their formations, medical supplies are being checked and restocked. The title of this Naruto Episode is "Assemble Allied Shinobi Forces". The headbands are done. Let's go! Tsuchinage saves Nine Tails and Eight Tails, but Yamato gets captured.

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  9. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Meeting

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    S12:E257

    Part One of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - A look back into the early years when Naruto and Sasuke first met.

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  10. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Rivals

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    S12:E258

    Part Two of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - During the Chunin Exam, Sasuke witnesses Naruto’s growth as a shinobi.

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  11. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Rift

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    S12:E259

    Part Three of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - Sasuke’s defeat to Gaara, and later Itachi, forces him to realize that he is not strong enough to get revenge against his older brother.

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  12. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Parting

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    S12:E260

    Part Four of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - Naruto is determined to save Sasuke, who has deserted the Hidden Leaf.

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  13. 9.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Golden Bonds

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    S12:E270

    Darui manages to seal away Ginkaku. Fueled by the rage of losing his brother, Kinkaku transforms into a monster that resembles a jinchuriki’s Tailed Beast State.

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  14. 8.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Secrets of the Reanimation Jutsu

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    S12:E264

    Under the guidance of Killer Bee, Naruto enters the final stage of training to master the Tailed Beast Bomb, a Jinchuriki’s most powerful technique.

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  15. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Target: Nine Tails

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    S12:E247

    Sixteen years ago, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina are expecting their first child, much to the delight of the young couple.

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  16. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - War Begins

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    S12:E262

    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.

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  17. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Sai and Shin

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    S12:E263

    The Allied Shinobi Forces’ commando unit engages with the Akatsuki in the first wave of battle.

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  18. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The First and Last Opponent

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    S12:E266

    Kakashi and his unit devise a strategy to take on the Kekkei Genkai shinobi, but it’s foiled by Kabuto, who uses the Reanimation Jutsu to summon the most powerful members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

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  19. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #18 - A Message from the Heart

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    S12:E275

    While training in Chakra Mode, Naruto senses the presence of the Nine Tails’ chakra seeping from Kinkaku outside. Curious to find out what’s happening, Naruto tries to leave the training room when Iruka suddenly steps in to stop him.

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  20. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Artist Returns

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    S12:E255

    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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  21. 8.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Battleground!

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    S12:E268

    As Darui and his First Company engage an army of White Zetsu, the remaining forces must deal with reanimated shinobi.

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  22. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Killer Bee and Motoi

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    S12:E244

    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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  23. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - The Man Named Kisame

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    S12:E251

    The after-effects of Guy's Daytime Tiger are felt throughout the island. Kisame is defeated, and Guy explains his technique. Yamato restrains him so Aoba can gather intel. When he's about to learn Tobi's identity, Kisame forces himself awake by biting off his own tongue. Kisame breaks free of his restraints and creates a water dome around himself. He recalls Itachi's words about learning what kind of person one is when they die. Knowing he's too weak to resist, and to prevent his enemies from gathering intel, Kisame summons sharks and allows himself to be eaten. The others are impressed by Kisame's resolution. When they open the scroll Kisame intended to deliver, it turns out to be a trap, leaving them stuck inside water prisons, while a summoned shark takes the scroll with the intel away.

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  24. 8.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - The Angelic Herald of Death

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    S12:E252

    Tobi heads to Hidden Rain Village to retrieve Nagato's Rinnegan. Konan, now a former member of Akatsuki, recollects her past until Tobi arrives. Tobi asks Konan where is Nagato's Rinnegan and Konan replies that it is not located in the village. Their battle started and Tobi tells Konan that he encouraged Yahiko to form Akatsuki and he gave the Rinnegan to Nagato. Konan transforms into thousands of pieces of paper to self-destruct against Tobi, yet it fails and both survives. Konan unleashes a powerful paper technique that looks like a sea of paper beneath their feet.

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  25. 8.0/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Battle in Paradise! Odd Beast vs. The Monster!

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    S12:E250

    Guy arrives at the Waterfall of Truth to help Naruto with his training. Instead he encounters Kisame, who has infiltrated the island to locate Naruto and Killer Bee.

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  26. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - The Super Secret S-Rank Mission

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    S12:E254

    Zetsu reports on new intel from Kisame and Madara learns about Naruto hideout. Tsunade, Gaara, Lord Raikage, and others must figure out how to get Naruto out of the secret island of Land of Lighting and all without telling him about the war. New mission is introduced.

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Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Forbidden Words" is the best rated episode of "Naruto Shippūden" season 12. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Katsumi Ono and written by Masahiro Hikokubo, it aired on 7/5/2012. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Thank You".