The Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden
Every episode of Naruto Shippūden ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden!
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 be easy though as he has amassed a few more dangerous enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Naruto Shippūden" is "The Battle Over the Barrier", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was directed by Yuki Kinoshita and written by Yuka Miyata. "The Battle Over the Barrier" aired on 4/16/2009 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Strange Bedfellows".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Battle Over the Barrier
Season 5 Episode 105 - Aired 4/16/2009
Kabuto plans on breaking Leaf’s The Four-Corner Sealing Barrier from the inside by using Yukimaru’s power and have the Three-Tailed Beast go on a rampage.
Director: Yuki Kinoshita
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 5 Episode 107 - Aired 4/30/2009
Guren tries to attack Naruto within the Three-Tails, but, in her weakened state, is unable to do so and passes out. Meanwhile, Kakashi tells Sakura and Ino to heal Yūkimaru while he, Shizune, Kiba, Sai, and Hinata search for Naruto. Naruto and Guren soon encounter a horde of mini Three-Tails that try to attack them, but they evade them and begin to argue about Yūkimaru. While Yūkimaru awakens, Naruto summons a bunch of Shadow Clones to look for a way out of the beast's stomach. Elsewhere, Kabuto gives Curse Marks to Rinji's men.
Director: Toshiaki Kanbara
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/10 1 votes#3 - Counterattack of the Curse Mark
Season 5 Episode 109 - Aired 5/14/2009
The Sealing Team prepared to start sealing the Three-Tails and tell Sai to take Yūkimaru somewhere safe, but he gets attacked by Kabuto's men. Kabuto meanwhile prepares his plans while Lee, Tenten, and Kiba are also attacked. Rinji finds his men and converts them back to his side, ordering them to attack the Sealing Team; they're stopped by Kakashi, Yamato and Shino. Rinji then makes Yūkimaru eat the pills to control the Three-Tails, which Naruto and Guren learn about.
Director: Shigeharu Takahashi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 2 votes#4 - Kakashi Chronicles ~ Boys' Life on the Battlefield ~ Part 2
Season 6 Episode 120 - Aired 7/30/2009
Obito ignores Kakashi’s order to continue with the mission and leaves to save Rin, who was kidnapped by the Rock ninja. But the enemies detect Obito’s arrival and defeat him. Kakashi arrives at the last minute and saves Obito…
Director: Masahiro Takada
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#5 - 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
10.0/10 1 votes#6 - Successor of the Forbidden Jutsu
Season 7 Episode 145 - Aired 1/28/2010
Naruto, Sai, and Yamato escort Hotaru to the hidden village of the Tsuchigumo Clan. Upon arriving, however, the villagers don't seem so happy to see Hotaru. Elsewhere, after Utakata reflects upon the time he spent with her, he comes face to face with Akaboshi and his group.
Director: Shigeharu Takahashi
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/10 1 votes#7 - The Successor's Wish
Season 7 Episode 146 - Aired 2/4/2010
As Naruto heads back to the Tsuchigumo Clan village, Akaboshi and his group find Hotaru with the help of Hotaru's uncle. Hotaru manages to escape but the ninja bandits surround her in the forest. Utakata comes to her aid and manages to take her and escape from the ninja bandits. Akaboshi and his group are about to chase after them until their boss arrives and reveals to them that Utakata is in the Hidden Mist Village's Bingo Book.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/10 1 votes#8 - Rogue Ninja's Past
Season 7 Episode 147 - Aired 2/11/2010
Naruto, Sai, and Yamato arrive to save Hotaru and Utakata from the attacking ninja who they discover are Anbu from the Hidden Mist Village. Yamato attempts to negotiate alone with the head of the Mist Anbu, Tsurugi, and after their discussion, Tsurugi talks to Utakata alone. Tsurugi attempts to convince Utakata to return to the Hidden Mist Village but the latter refuses and remembers the horrible pain he suffered at the hands of his former master.
Director: Yuki Kinoshita
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Heir to Darkness
Season 7 Episode 148 - Aired 2/18/2010
Naruto and his team, along with Hotaru and Utakata, return to Mount Katsuragi to plan their next move. Tonbei reveals a way to remove the forbidden jutsu from Hotaru's body which would result in the jutsu losing it's power. Hotaru states that if a man named Shiranami returned, the clan would be restored. Naruto decides to look for Shiranami within two days. Little do they know, the man they are looking for is actually the one after the forbidden jutsu. Meanwhile, Utakata wonders if Tsurugi spoke the truth about his master.
Director: Eiko Nishi
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/10 1 votes#10 - Parting
Season 7 Episode 149 - Aired 2/25/2010
Naruto manages to find Shiranami's location but he discovers that the Shiranami he found was actually the ninja bandits disguised as him. Hotaru finds the real Shiranami where the latter convinces Hotaru not to have the forbidden jutsu removed, and takes her back to the Tsuchigumo Village. After Naruto is saved by Utakata from the ninja bandits, the two return to the Tsuchigumo Village, where they find that Shiranami has everyone in the village under his control.
Director: Shu Watanabe
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Forbidden Jutsu Released
Season 7 Episode 150 - Aired 3/4/2010
While the rest of Team Kakashi holds back the possessed villagers and the ninja bandits, Naruto and Utakata go to save Hotaru. When they find her, they discover that Shiranami has activated the jutsu and Hotaru is also under Shiranami's control. Can Naruto and Utakata stop Shiranami and save Hotaru before the forbidden jutsu is fully charged?
Director: Kiyomu Fukuda
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/10 1 votes#12 - Master and Student
Season 7 Episode 151 - Aired 3/11/2010
After the peformance of the forbidden jutsu, Hotaru is horrified to see the damage the jutsu has done. Shiranami then notices the forbidden jutsu overflowing with chakra and the fact that it would destroy itself along with Hotaru. While Naruto chases the fleeing Shiranami, Utakata tries to save Hotaru using the hidden power within him. Can Utakata save Hotaru?
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/10 2 votes#13 - 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
10.0/10 2 votes#14 - Danger! Sage Mode Limit Reached
Season 8 Episode 164 - Aired 6/10/2010
Naruto successfully begins taking out Pain's bodies one after another, but when his Sage Mode reaches its limit, Pain attempts to take control of the battle. Is the moment of Pain's victory at hand, or does Naruto have a plan?
Director: Yasuhiro Minami
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/10 3 votes#15 - Confessions
Season 8 Episode 166 - Aired 6/24/2010
As Pain tells Naruto about why he does what he does, Hinata appears on the scene and confesses her feelings to Naruto. In order to save him, she attacks Pain... Things are about to get messy and Naruto is about to go over the edge!
Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru
Writer: Toshiyuki Tsuru
10.0/10 3 votes#16 - Planetary Devastation
Season 8 Episode 167 - Aired 7/1/2010
Naruto's rage pushes him to unleash six of the Kyubi's tails against Pain. In order to combat this menace, Pain is forced to rely upon his most powerful technique to stop Naruto. Will Pain succeed in defeating Naruto, or will the most unexpected of allies appear to calm Naruto down?
Director: Atsushi Wakabayashi
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/10 2 votes#17 - The Fourth Hokage
Season 8 Episode 168 - Aired 7/15/2010
The Fourth Hokage appears in Naruto's mind and prevents him from foolishly setting the Kyubi free. Will this confrontation between father and son give Naruto the confidence he needs to stop Pain once and for all?
Director: Kiyomu Fukuda
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/10 1 votes#18 - Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy ~ Part 1
Season 8 Episode 170 - Aired 7/29/2010
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, left behind his legacy before he passed away. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke attempt to find Minato's legacy before the other shinobi teams can get to it.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#19 - Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy ~ Part 2
Season 8 Episode 171 - Aired 7/29/2010
Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji continue to search for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy while chasing off some unexpected visitors.
Director: Yuki Kinoshita
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#20 - Rookie Instructor Iruka
Season 9 Episode 176 - Aired 9/2/2010
In the aftermath of the destruction of the Leaf Village, Iruka thinks back to the time when the Third Hokage first gave him the task of being Naruto's homeroom teacher at the Academy, since no one else would take him in.
Director: Kiyomu Fukuda
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/10 1 votes#21 - Iruka's Ordeal
Season 9 Episode 177 - Aired 9/9/2010
Iruka struggles to deal with his hate for the Nine-Tailed Fox inside Naruto as he tries to connect with Naruto after seeing him shunned by his peers.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/10 1 votes#22 - Iruka's Decision
Season 9 Episode 178 - Aired 9/16/2010
After discovering a kunai knife with a secret message on it, Naruto winds up being pursued by three kunoichi from the Hidden Waterfall Village. Iruka mangaes to find him, but when the situation grows worse, Kakashi appears to save them both.
Director: Atsushi Nigorikawa
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/10 1 votes#23 - Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge
Season 9 Episode 179 - Aired 9/30/2010
Kakashi has a flashback back when he was assigned to be the sensei of Team 7. In a bid to know his students, Naruto, Sasuke & Sakura, better, Kakashi spies on them and to see how they would all get along as a group. Angered by Sakura's talk about calling Naruto a brat and that he has no family to tell him right or wrong, Sasuke tells Sakura she is annoying. Realizing Sakura's sadness, Naruto goes to battle Sasuke, but gets defeated. It then goes back to the present and Kakashi claims that it is up to him to stop Sasuke.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#24 - Inari's Courage Put to the Test
Season 9 Episode 180 - Aired 10/7/2010
As the ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village work on repairing their village in the aftermath of Pain's invasion, Naruto and Sakura come across a familiar face among the carpenters: Inari and Tazuna have arrived to help out. Inari recalls what happened after Gato's death and how Naruto and Sasuke came to his rescue.
Director: Masaharu Watanabe
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/10 1 votes#25 - Naruto's School of Revenge
Season 9 Episode 181 - Aired 10/14/2010
In a flashback of Naruto and Sakura's, Team 7 is on a mission to take an ostrich called Mr. Ostrich to his home. They arrive at a village where they see a swordsman named Tsukado who has a vendetta to carry on a man named Katazu who killed his distant relative Shikazo. Tsukado fails to defeat him so Naruto decides to teach him unusual revenge lessons. Katazu has then took his brother's identity and attracted Shikazo's pursuers while Kageki and his family went into hiding. Tsukado decides not to kill him and ends their years of fighting though Kanabun wants them to keep fighting. The swordsmen, Team 7 and Mr. Ostrich chase the Kanabun Gang out of town.
Director: Shu Watanabe
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki