The Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 17

The barrier is shattered, and Ten Tails appears! With unfathomable power in its attack, it sends shock waves through the air! Kurama takes the lead and tries to go on the offensive, but is helpless against Ten Tails' immense strength.

Director: Masaharu Watanabe

Writer: Hideto Tanaka

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, Yuka Miyata

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

Naruto is overcome with grief over Neji’s death, but Hinata's words restore his fighting spirit.

Director: Naoki Horiuchi

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

The Senju and Uchiha clans join together to build a shinobi village and fulfill their dreams.

Director: Yoshihiko Iwata

Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo

Kakashi desperately tries to reach out to Obito, but his words fall on deaf ears. Obito instead accuses Kakashi of being trash, which angers Naruto, forcing him to step in and defend his Sensei.

Director: Takuma Suzuki

Writer: Junki Takegami

Sasuke returns to the Hidden Leaf Village seeking answers, and standing before him are First Hokage Hashirama, Second Hokage Tobirama, Third Hokage Hiruzen, and Fourth Hokage Minato, all reanimated.

Director: Kazunori Mizuno

Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo

Villages did not exist when Hashirama was a child. It was during this strife-filled time that he met Madara Uchiha.

Director: Kazuya Iwata

Writer: Shin Yoshida

After listening to what Hashirama and the rest of the former Hokage have to say, Sasuke finally understands how the Leaf Village and its shinobi came to be.

Director: Yoshihiro Yanagiya

Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo

The fighting rages between Naruto, who stands at the vanguard of the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the team of Madara and Obito.

Director: Masayuki Yamada

Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

Madara and Hashirama eventually become the leaders of their respective clans.

Director: Atsushi Nigorikawa

Writer: Shin Yoshida