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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!

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...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:TV Tokyo

Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Land Ahoy! Is this the Paradise Island?" is the best rated episode of "Naruto Shippūden" season 12. It scored 7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Yamazaki and written by Katsuhiko Chiba, it aired on 1/5/2012. This episode is rated 1.5 points higher than the second-best, "Killer Bee and Motoi".

  • Land Ahoy! Is this the Paradise Island?
    7.0/103 votes

    #1 - Land Ahoy! Is this the Paradise Island?

    Season 12 Episode 243 - Aired 1/5/2012

    After a long voyage at sea, Naruto’s ship finally arrives at the island of its destination. Before everyone can rejoice, a giant squid attacks the ship. Fortunately, the crew is saved by Killer Bee, the Eight Tails’ jinchuriki host.

    Director: Hiroshi Yamazaki

    Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

  • Killer Bee and Motoi
    8.5/102 votes

    #2 - Killer Bee and Motoi

    Season 12 Episode 244 - Aired 1/12/2012

    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.

    Director: Hideki Takayama

    Writer: Shin Yoshida

  • The Next Challenge! Naruto vs. The Nine Tails!
    5.5/103 votes

    #3 - The Next Challenge! Naruto vs. The Nine Tails!

    Season 12 Episode 245 - Aired 1/19/2012

    With Killer Bee as his new master, Naruto begins his training to control the power of a Tailed Beast. In order to do so, one must fight the Tailed Beast head on and absorb its chakra, converting it into one’s own power.

    Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa

    Writer: Junki Takegami

  • The Orange Spark
    10.0/102 votes

    #4 - The Orange Spark

    Season 12 Episode 246 - Aired 1/26/2012

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

    Director: Masahiko Murata

    Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki

  • Target: Nine Tails
    10.0/102 votes

    #5 - Target: Nine Tails

    Season 12 Episode 247 - Aired 2/2/2012

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

    Director: Hisashi Ishii

    Writer: Junki Takegami

  • The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!
    10.0/102 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Thank You
    10.0/103 votes

    #7 - Thank You

    Season 12 Episode 249 - Aired 2/9/2012

    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.

    Director: Chikara Sakurai

    Writer: Junki Takegami

  • Battle in Paradise! Odd Beast vs. The Monster!
    8.0/102 votes

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

    Season 12 Episode 250 - Aired 2/16/2012

    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.

    Director: Kiyomu Fukuda

    Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo

  • The Man Named Kisame
    8.5/102 votes

    #9 - The Man Named Kisame

    Season 12 Episode 251 - Aired 2/23/2012

    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.

    Director: Kenichi Nishida

    Writer: Shin Yoshida

  • The Angelic Herald of Death
    8.5/102 votes

    #10 - The Angelic Herald of Death

    Season 12 Episode 252 - Aired 3/1/2012

    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.

    Director: Hayato Date

    Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

  • The Bridge to Peace
    9.0/103 votes

    #11 - The Bridge to Peace

    Season 12 Episode 253 - Aired 3/8/2012

    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.

    Director: Yusuke Onoda

    Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

  • The Super Secret S-Rank Mission
    8.0/102 votes

    #12 - The Super Secret S-Rank Mission

    Season 12 Episode 254 - Aired 3/15/2012

    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.

    Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa

    Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki

  • The Artist Returns
    8.5/102 votes

    #13 - The Artist Returns

    Season 12 Episode 255 - Aired 3/22/2012

    Kabuto and a reanimated Deidara attempt to grab hold of the jinchuriki, but are stopped by the Tsuchikage, who has come to protect Naruto.

    Director: Hideki Takayama

    Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki

  • Assemble! Allied Shinobi Forces!
    9.5/101 votes

    #14 - Assemble! Allied Shinobi Forces!

    Season 12 Episode 256 - Aired 3/29/2012

    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.

    Director: Hisashi Ishii

    Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo

  • Meeting
    10.0/101 votes

    #15 - Meeting

    Season 12 Episode 257 - Aired 4/5/2012

    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.

    Director: Shigeki Kawai

    Writer: Junki Takegami

  • Rivals
    10.0/101 votes

    #16 - Rivals

    Season 12 Episode 258 - Aired 4/12/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Junki Takegami

  • Rift
    10.0/101 votes

    #17 - Rift

    Season 12 Episode 259 - Aired 4/19/2012

    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.

    Director: Noriyuki Abe

    Writer: Junki Takegami

  • Parting
    10.0/101 votes

    #18 - Parting

    Season 12 Episode 260 - Aired 4/26/2012

    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.

    Director: Yusuke Onoda

    Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba

  • For My Friend
    10.0/102 votes

    #19 - For My Friend

    Season 12 Episode 261 - Aired 5/3/2012

    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.

    Director: Naoki Horiuchi

    Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo

  • War Begins
    9.0/102 votes

    #20 - 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

  • Sai and Shin
    9.0/101 votes

    #21 - Sai and Shin

    Season 12 Episode 263 - Aired 5/17/2012

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

    Director: Hisashi Ishii

    Writer: Shin Yoshida

  • Secrets of the Reanimation Jutsu
    9.0/103 votes

    #22 - Secrets of the Reanimation Jutsu

    Season 12 Episode 264 - Aired 5/24/2012

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki

  • An Old Nemesis Returns
    8.0/102 votes

    #23 - An Old Nemesis Returns

    Season 12 Episode 265 - Aired 5/31/2012

    The commando unit is in hot water as they engage the reanimated Kekkei Genkai shinobi, which include Zabuza Momochi and Haku. Luckily, Kakashi and his unit arrive in time to assist them.

    Director: Yusuke Onoda

    Writer: Shin Yoshida

  • The First and Last Opponent
    9.0/102 votes

    #24 - The First and Last Opponent

    Season 12 Episode 266 - Aired 6/7/2012

    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.

    Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa

    Writer: Shin Yoshida

  • The Brilliant Military Advisor of the Hidden Leaf
    8.0/102 votes

    #25 - The Brilliant Military Advisor of the Hidden Leaf

    Season 12 Episode 267 - Aired 6/21/2012

    The Akatsuki dispatch an army of powerful reanimated shinobi and White Zetsu across the war zone, causing chaos within the Allied Shinobi Forces’ chain of command.

    Director: Hideki Takayama

    Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo