6.2/106 votes#1 - Naruto Enters the Battle!
Season 14 Episode 296 - Aired 1/17/2013
Naruto makes his entrance onto the battlefield and uses his sensory powers to detect and destroy the transformed White Zetsu clones. During the battle, Shikaku updates Naruto with what they currently know on Madara.
Director: Atsushi Nakagawa
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
9.5/102 votes#2 - A Father's Hope, A Mother's Love
Season 14 Episode 297 - Aired 1/24/2013
Gaara leads the Fourth Company into battle against the previous Kage, including his father, the late Fourth Kazekage. The Fourth Kazekage attacks Gaara in order to determine if his son is truly worthy to be the current Kazekage.
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Shin Yoshida
9.5/102 votes#3 - Contact! Naruto vs. Itachi
Season 14 Episode 298 - Aired 1/31/2013
Naruto and Killer Bee engage in battle against the reanimated Itachi Uchiha and Nagato. Itachi learns from Naruto that Sasuke has chosen the path of vengeance.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
9.5/102 votes#4 - The Acknowledged One
Season 14 Episode 299 - Aired 2/7/2013
Itachi uses the ultimate genjutsu technique Koto Amatsukami to free himself from the Reanimation Jutsu. Itachi then joins Naruto and Killer Bee to fight Nagato, who is still under Kabuto’s control.
Director: Hidetoshi Takahashi
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
9.0/102 votes#5 - The Mizukage, the Giant Clam, and the Mirage
Season 14 Episode 300 - Aired 2/14/2013
The Fourth Company continue their fight against the reanimated Kage. Gaara and Ohnoki team up to hold off Second Tsuchikage Mu, while the remaining shinobi take on the Second Mizukage, who is willing to be sealed away.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
8.5/102 votes#6 - Paradox
Season 14 Episode 301 - Aired 2/21/2013
Temari leads the attack on the Third Raikage using Wind Style, but even her strongest jutsu is not enough to penetrate the Raikage’s invincible armor.
Director: Hisashi Ishii
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
8.5/102 votes#7 - Terror: The Steam Imp
Season 14 Episode 302 - Aired 2/28/2013
Gaara and Ohnoki manage to overcome the Second Mizukage’s mirage attack. Having taken an interest in Gaara, the Second Mizukage decides to further test the young Kage’s skills.
Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#8 - Ghosts from the Past
Season 14 Episode 303 - Aired 3/7/2013
Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, and Kiba find themselves up against some familiar faces from the past. The Sound Ninja Four have been brought back by Kabuto’s Reanimation Jutsu, and they are ready to seek vengeance.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#9 - The Underworld Transfer Jutsu
Season 14 Episode 304 - Aired 3/14/2013
Shikamaru, Neji, Choji, and Kiba succeed in defeating the Sound Ninja Four. But the enemy uses the Underworld Transfer Jutsu to trap the Leaf shinobi’s souls inside a barrier.
Director: Yoshihide Ibata
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#10 - The Vengeful
Season 14 Episode 305 - Aired 3/21/2013
Time is running out for the Leaf shinobi whose souls are trapped inside the Sound Four’s barrier. Ino and Shino exhaust their own chakra to keep their friends alive.
Director: Atsushi Nakagawa
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#11 - The Heart's Eye
Season 14 Episode 306 - Aired 3/28/2013
Hinata defends Neji from a White Zetsu clone while he’s recovering from an earlier fight. She then remembers the time Neji protected her the same way after she temporarily lost her sight.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/101 votes#12 - Fade into the Moonlight
Season 14 Episode 307 - Aired 4/4/2013
Three years ago, Leaf Anbu Yugao Uzuki lost her lover Hayate Gekko in battle. Unable to cope with his death, Yugao has since left the Anbu and joined the Medical Corps. Meanwhile, Kabuto has reanimated Hayate.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/101 votes#13 - Night of the Crescent Moon
Season 14 Episode 308 - Aired 4/11/2013
Yugao is ordered by Sukui to track down the reanimated Hayate. Still shaken by her lover’s unexpected return as an enemy, Yugao manages to catch up to Hayate and his men.
Director: Hidetoshi Takahashi
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/101 votes#14 - An A-Rank Mission: The Contest
Season 14 Episode 309 - Aired 4/18/2013
Naruto arrives to help a team of Allied Shinobi Forces led by Karui, who are struggling against a reanimated samurai. Naruto recognizes the samurai as Tatewaki, a man he met during a past mission.
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
7.4/1039 votes#15 - The Fallen Castle
Season 14 Episode 310 - Aired 4/25/2013
The Leaf Shinobi succeed in bringing young lord Shu into custody, placing a disguised Naruto as his double. But Tatewaki soon uncovers Naruto’s identity and surrounds the intruder with his men.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#16 - Prologue of Road to Ninja
Season 14 Episode 311 - Aired 5/2/2013
Madara is prepping his new jutsu Limited Tsukuyomi, choosing Naruto as his test subject. Meanwhile, Naruto is spending his day off alone in his room. Thinking that Naruto is lonely, Lee suggests they all go to the bathhouse for some relaxation.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Yuka Miyata
10.0/101 votes#17 - The Old Master and the Dragon's Eye
Season 14 Episode 312 - Aired 5/9/2013
Might Guy arrives on the battlefield to stop a Reanimated Shinobi who he recognizes as Master Chen, the legendary Taijutsu User from the Third Great Ninja War.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Hideto Tanaka
10.0/101 votes#18 - Rain Followed by Snow, With a Chance of Lightning
Season 14 Episode 313 - Aired 5/16/2013
A reanimated boy who can control weather appears before Team Ino-Shika-Cho, Sakura, and Kiba, who are all fighting in different locations. To their surprise, the boy seems to know them.
Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/101 votes#19 - The Sad Sun Shower
Season 14 Episode 314 - Aired 5/23/2013
The weather-controlling enemy is revealed to be Yota, a boy who came to the Leaf Village years ago and befriended the local kids, including Naruto.
Director: Fumiaki Usui
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/101 votes#20 - Lingering Snow
Season 14 Episode 315 - Aired 5/30/2013
Naruto and the others finally regain their lost memories regarding Yota. Years ago, the Leaf Village kids came to befriend Yota, but the adults believed the young boy was a spy and took him away for questioning.
Director: Hisashi Ishii
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/101 votes#21 - The Reanimated Allied Forces
Season 14 Episode 316 - Aired 6/6/2013
Kabuto reanimates an army of unknown shinobi led by Danzo’s former bodyguard Torune to retrieve the ones he lost to the Allied Forces. But aside from Torune, the reanimated shinobi are all weak and are quickly sealed away.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#22 - Shino vs. Torune!
Season 14 Episode 317 - Aired 6/13/2013
During their battle against the White Zetsu, Shino’s beetles detect the presence of another enemy. Leaving the fight to Kiba and the others, Shino goes to investigate and finds Torune preparing to unleash his forbidden jutsu.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#23 - A Hole in the Heart: The Other Jinchuriki
Season 14 Episode 318 - Aired 6/20/2013
Kabuto reanimates Fukai to attack Killer Bee and Motoi. Fukai warns Killer Bee to escape before being taken over by Kabuto. To everyone’s surprise, Fukai releases Eight Tails’ chakra and enters Tailed Beast State.
Director: Hiroaki Nishimura
Writer: Shin Yoshida
10.0/101 votes#24 - The Soul Living Inside the Puppet
Season 14 Episode 319 - Aired 6/27/2013
A reanimated Granny Chiyo attacks Kankuro and Mifune’s team. Kankuro fights back by using the human puppet of Sasori. The sight of Sasori causes Granny Chiyo to recall the painful memories that led her grandson to create his human puppets.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#25 - Run, Omoi!
Season 14 Episode 320 - Aired 7/4/2013
The Allied Forces receive a report that Omoi has deserted his post, much to the Raikage’s shock. It is soon revealed that Omoi has defied orders to go save the Thundercloud Unit.
Director: Kazuma Satou
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
The Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 14
Every episode of Naruto Shippūden Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 14!
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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Season 14 Ratings Summary
"Naruto Enters the Battle!" is the best rated episode of "Naruto Shippūden" season 14. It scored 6.2/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Atsushi Nakagawa and written by Yasuyuki Suzuki, it aired on 1/17/2013. This episode is rated 3.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Father's Hope, A Mother's Love".