10.0/101 votes#1 - A Mask that Hides the Heart
Season 16 Episode 349 - Aired 2/6/2014
After the end of the Third Great Ninja War, the Leaf Village is divided over who should become the next Hokage.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
N/A/101 votes#2 - Minato's Death
Season 16 Episode 350 - Aired 2/13/2014
Kakashi becomes part of the ANBU Black Ops, an elite team of shinobi who are under the direct command of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Director: Daisuke Kurose
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/101 votes#3 - Hashirama's Cells
Season 16 Episode 351 - Aired 2/20/2014
At the Foundation, Kakashi meets a boy who uses Wood Style, a jutsu that only First Hokage Hashirama was capable of using. Kakashi goes to Third Hokage Hiruzen’s library to seek answers and discovers records regarding Hashirama’s cells.
Director: Kazuya Iwata
Writer: Junki Takegami
N/A/101 votes#4 - The Rogue Ninja Orochimaru
Season 16 Episode 352 - Aired 2/27/2014
Orochimaru is forced to flee the Hidden Leaf after Third Hokage Hiruzen exposes his illegal experiments. Danzo, fearing that Orochimaru’s capture would lead to the exposure of his own involvement in the experiments, sends out one of his men to help.
Director: Yoshihiko Iwata
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/101 votes#5 - Orochimaru's Test Subject
Season 16 Episode 353 - Aired 3/6/2014
While pursuing Orochimaru, Kakashi wanders into a village inhabited by the Iburi Clan, a group of people with the unique ability to turn into smoke. Kakashi is soon captured and learns that the villagers all serve under Orochimaru.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/101 votes#6 - Their Own Paths
Season 16 Episode 354 - Aired 3/6/2014
Yukimi leaves the village to see the outside world, taking “Tenzo” with her. Kakashi tries to convince the two to return so that he can set a trap to capture Orochimaru, who is after Yukimi’s blood.
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
10.0/101 votes#7 - The Targeted Sharingan
Season 16 Episode 355 - Aired 3/13/2014
Danzo orders Tenzo to kill Kakashi and take his Sharingan. Reluctant at first, Tenzo decides to carry out his orders after learning that the Leaf Shinobi has come to be known as “Kakashi the Friend Killer.”
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#8 - A Shinobi of the Leaf
Season 16 Episode 356 - Aired 3/20/2014
After being saved by the target he was ordered to kill, Tenzo realizes that the man known as “Kakashi the Friend Killer” is someone who values the lives of his comrades more than anyone.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#9 - An Uchiha ANBU
Season 16 Episode 357 - Aired 4/3/2014
Itachi Uchiha is inducted into Kakashi’s unit as the youngest member of the ANBU Black Ops. Itachi’s father, Fugaku, is pleased, thinking this will grant the Uchiha access to exclusive, top-secret Leaf intel.
Director: Takuma Suzuki
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#10 - Coup d'État
Season 16 Episode 358 - Aired 4/10/2014
Following the aftermath of the Nine-Tails incident, many on the Leaf Council voice suspicions that the Uchiha Clan were behind this tragedy. The Uchiha are then placed under 24-hour surveillance by the ANBU, which causes further tensions to arise.
Director: Atsushi Nigorikawa
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#11 - The Night of the Tragedy
Season 16 Episode 359 - Aired 4/17/2014
Kakashi visits the Uchiha District and notices that the community seems more antisocial than the last time he visited. Meanwhile Itachi finds concrete evidence regarding the Uchiha Clan’s coup against the Leaf. The fateful moment is fast approaching…
Director: Fukutarou Hattori
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
10.0/101 votes#12 - Jonin Leader
Season 16 Episode 360 - Aired 4/24/2014
Hiruzen relieves Kakashi of his ANBU duties and assigns him a new position as a Jonin Leader. Reflecting on his past mistakes, Kakashi decides to use the same test that Minato once used to measure one’s teamwork.
Director: Daisuke Kurose
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
10.0/101 votes#13 - Squad Seven
Season 16 Episode 361 - Aired 5/8/2014
Hiruzen assigns Kakashi to be in charge of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, three genin that bear a striking resemblance to the former Team Minato.
Director: Masayuki Yamada
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
The Best Episodes of Naruto Shippūden Season 16
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Season 16 Ratings Summary
"A Mask that Hides the Heart" is the best rated episode of "Naruto Shippūden" season 16. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Naoki Horiuchi and written by Junki Takegami, it aired on 2/6/2014. This episode is rated 10.0 points higher than the second-best, "Minato's Death".